Encounter...with...MOHANLAL!!!???$#%%@*)?

hmm...am on a writing spree right now...so..making the most of it...

Anyway...lemme talk about the title of this post....
Yup...encounter(is it too strong...probably yes).Ok,I'll call it a conversation with none other than mallu's dear Lalettan ;).I was in my 12th then.I still remember that afternoon.Got back from school and was lunching with Amma.And like everyday Appa called home and asked about my day and things like that,and before ending the talk he said,Mohanlal was here in Riyadh for promos of his product TASTE BUDS and that the number is advertised in the local newspaper.He asked me try out,and....i told him.."obviously i wouldn't get connected".Anyway,for the heck of it,i tried.And,unbelievable i got connected.Another frozen moment!! I didn't know what to say,i conveniently slipped the cordless to my mom's ear!Let she deal with it!!Well,she asked him how he finds riyadh,and,how much we like his movies,blah..blah..blah...what else can u talk to a stranger!! and that too a celebrity stranger!And then she tells him,"My daughter wants to talk to u...her names Kavitha and she's in the 12th"...THERE!! she hands me the phone...gulp!!
I pick the phone...and right away say"HI Uncle...how r u??" hehehehehehehehe....poor lalettan....i might have been the first person who called him uncle!! even kids call him lalettan!!! well..yeah..nothing else came out!I didnt know how to deal with this situation!!!
To which he replied "Hello mole!..how've u been"...mole?? me???hehehe...another joke...!!!anyway....he asked about my school and how am finding the classes and..then,again i didnt know what more to talk..and i blurted "Am pretty much waiting for ur 25 yrs of stardom show!! Sigh,i cant watch all of it cuz of my boards!!".And well,the much acclaimed actor that he is,he sounded upset about the whole thing.It gave me the feel of "Ningal illandu enikku enthu aaghosham"(without all u ppl where's the celebration??)
And finally he wished me all the best for my boards and convey his "love" to everyone at home,and told..."I'll see u all when u come back to Kerala"(another joke)
Yeah,the conversation ended right there with adieu and goodbye!
It was a joke,a dream,a pleasant surprise...call it whatever.At the end of the day i had something to show off... "that i spoke to MOHANLAL!!".I called up my friends,I mailed my brother and relatives!Well,after the call ended was when the realization hit me,I was speaking to "Manikuttan in thenmaavin kombathu","Vijayan in akkare akkare akkare","Sunny in manichitrathaazhu","Mangalassery Neelakandan in devasuram"....and countless classics!!! Am an ardent fan of Mohanlal and when the time came that i spoke to him in person,i didn't get any feel of it.He sounded like another friendly stranger.(obviously,he should!!).
But yeah,felt great.A day to remember...

Songs.....

Songs,an integral part of my life.I was thinking about the songs that really matter to me...u know..matter to me..like how some people matter!!!Well yeah,lot of songs do....and am gonna be just talking about all those songs.

There's few songs that makes me feel like a bird!And the fastest flying bird.One such song is "Ehsaas-Atif Aslam"....the lyrics r so beautiful.It transports me to the clouds,makes me touch the star too!!(:D).The other day as i walking along the streets,i really lost myself in the song.The winds were strong,my hair went all wizz!!!Phew!!!I really felt like a bird.I no longer wanted to be human!!! [:O]....another birdie song's "Here I am-Bryan Adams".....wooh!!Very inspirational...Its like...even if everyone's against me...i really don't care...an energy booster!!

"Nila Kaaykirathu" from the Tamil movie Indira,its clam,serene,still.....and the voice is so very soothing.....
"Cloud Number 9-Bryan Adams'......Should i really talk about it???The songs just purrrrfect!
"I'll be there for U-Friends title track"....hmm...this one...i share this song with my best friend!!Whenever i listen to this particular song,am reminded of no one but her....the last day we spent together....morning 8 till evening 8...and the crazy things we kept doing!!!
"Maula Mere-Anwar".....mmmm.....guess it makes any girl feel like a princess!!![;)]hehehehe....yeah...the show gets over right after the song!!
"Javeda Zindagi-Anwar"......one song that can make me cry for long when am depressed and,that can make me depressed even when am in high spirits.....its a painfully beautiful song.The female voice rendered...is with so much feel....it's like the sounds coming from somewhere very very deep....
"Tu bin bataye-RDB".....just how the video goes....its mountain and breeze feel.
"Animal song-Savage Garden".....hehehe......think humans r disgusting! out to hurt!!! and...a feel good song...
"You are still the one-Shania Twain"....urrm...the song says it all.....
"Main Vaari Vaari-Mangal Pandey"....i have no idea why i like the song...the movies disgusting!...the video of the song is nothing close to graceful...but the songs really caught my attention
"Seetha Kalyana".....divine!!!
"Tujse Naaraaz nahi zindagi-Masoom", talking about this song....i never paid much attention until a finalist ,Amant Ali sang it in zee tv, sa re ga ma pa.....he really got into the song...i even cried!!! its beautiful...
"Kaatrin Mozhi-Mozhi",just like the lyrics of the song.....there isnt need for "manithanukku mozhi"
"Pretty Woman-Pretty woman"...the music is groovy!!!!gets the 70's mood!!!very..very wild!!!
"Kannukku mai azhagu-Pudiya mugham",fresh....something like the spring....
"Alliyilam poovo"....i dunno which movie though....its....one of the most beautiful lullaby thats there.....it will get the kid inside u...out...its got that warmth...
"Sunshine-John Denver"....
hmm.....cant think of more...[:(]

My future....

My future......As from what i see now,if i join Tcs,i'll end up being,just another drop in the software ocean.I'll go to work,sit with my pc,do what am to do.....blah..blah..blah.Make money,get dark circles,my brain going close to 0,(not that its 100% filled ryt now),go back home for sleep.......urrrmm....things like that.Phew,i already feel tired thinking about it.
Now,so,do i want to take up the job.YES.Until i find another solution.Talking of solutions,one day in a classless class few friends and i were making a list of how our future might turn out to be.Make a list of possibilities where we might end up being.I made mine too.I got close to 10 options...of which just 2 are feasible :D. I'll write them down anyway!

1.Join TCS (High probability)

2.Do course on professional photography,and join,Page 3/National Geographic(very contradicting fields)

3.Do course on mass communication and journalism (The Times might grab me :D )

4.Join NIFT (Be bollywood top designer,then ditch bollywood and join VERSACE :O)

5.Enroll for jewelry designing (Work for D'Damas)

6.Cartoonist (Warner bros??)

7.Traveller show host (for holiday in the BBC :D??)

8.Do MBA????(wonder why??......cuz i can talk?? so wat??....its just another option)

9.Do animation.....(why again, cuz i still enjoy cartoons....urrm...so wat??)

I loved my first 7 options.Finally we were looking at each others list, and, i hate to admit,I was titled a dreamer!!! Was i dreaming???Or does it classify under my eccentric sun sign of an Aquarian?
Well...am just trying to escape from the technical world!!Something that has never ever has succeeded in getting hold of my interest.I feel like a lost pup when i think of technical things!!
And a wizard otherwise!! :D

Just another job??

Right from the beginning of engineering,one thing that i have been hearing is "PLACEMENTS".
Anything wild or wrong happens,the next warning is threatening about placements.Placements that,Placements this.Finally,by the end of third year,it really got into our head.Training for writing the tests was for an year!!And wrote like,5 tests for those tests.Anyway,it was not the training that helped.It was just the fever of "WHAT IF AM NOT PLACED" syndrome.So,we did some work just before 4 days of the placement season.Read through formula's,busy looking at 500 or something "high frequency" words.
Finally it was DE DAY.At like 9 in the morning all of us had to attend the ppt.And well i hate to admit it,we were writing things from the ppt like "agyakaari batcha's".Wrote the number of branches TCS has all over the world,the products,the projects,the services,the what not!!!I still have that book wherein i wrote all these things,and trust me i feel so funny that i'd actually done all that!!!Then we were informed that the test is at 1:00 and that the test would be for 90 minutes.
Everything was fast.The test was good,the vocabulary was ok.All the while,i dreaded to see the result.And,since this was an online test,i'd get my result like the GRE score!!!!it was either "CONGRATS" or..."SORRY". It was so freaking!anyway,right after the 90 minutes,the result would come,and well,I was lucky.I got "CONGRATS".
Had to proceed with the interview.Well,it was scary,rumors flying around,"lot of C/C++ questions even if ur non-IT","rejection panel"....wat not!!We were waiting in the guesthouse for what seemd like eternity to me.Waited from 4pm to 7:45 pm.
And,finally a short man came outside the room and called out my name.It was a frozen moment.I went blank.I think I even forgot my name.Anyway,my reaction time wasnt that bad,i went inside the room.2 people in the panel.The guy kept asking me lot of questions.He asked about my schooling,my parents,my objectives,my long term ambition,some technical questions.And finally he asked "If selected for Tcs,where do u see yourself in 5 years".
OOOKKKAAYY!!!I was not one bit prepared for it.Number one,i didnt even see myself in Tcs 5 years ahead!!I was here,attending the interview just for the heck of it.I wasnt even sure if i would join.I looked at him like i was calculating my success rate,and i finally blurted,"I would like to be a team leader". And,frankly,i have no idea what other posts exist!I never did my homework.I dont know what else happens in all these places.So,the obvious answer.But,this guy was cleaver,he questioned me back "why do u think everyone wants to be a team leader and if everyone wants to be a leader where are the other posts??"....This was a sure googly!!what do i say next.Anyway,my instant response was the shot.I told him "Everyone might want to be a leader,but being good at it is the thing.Leader has more work than what someone can think,he needs to manage,lead,co-ordinate and do his work,so i think its very challenging"

He looked at me like i rendered an inspirational speech!! and i felt like i just recited a paragraph from a management text book.I felt like an idiot to have had said that.Did i have an option?NO.I had to fill in some answer.Anyway,the interview was done with.I was satisfied.And the rest,i left to my stars!
I was nervous again when the results were to be announced,which delayed for another 5 hours!!!We had to wait from 4pm to 9 pm to know the results!!!Got irritated,scared,stupid...everything!!We all decided to get out of the hall,a walk perhaps.Well the Gods above saw our heated up condition and out of nowhere it started to rain.And rain heavily! got partially drenched.But,happy.And right when we got back to the hall,the Tcs guys were ready with the results.All my friends and i got through.
But something that did happen was,right when the guy called out my name.I was uncertain.It was a frozen moment.I couldnt hear anything much after that.I was over joyed.I was feeling so weird.I just got my first job!!It was something new!I was trembling.I didnt know what happened.Called up my mom,called my brother.And when we got out of the hall.It was something.Went around screaming and with the rain.It was party!
Maybe the job is nothing great.Maybe i cheered on for something that i might cry much later.But yes,i loved that day!Like "Every dog has a day".....that day was mine!