Aparna’s Blog

andhi vaanam araikkum manjaL
koNRai poovil kuLittha manjaL

It’s that time of the year again when the above lines from pacchai nirame are the ones that I get reminded of every time I step out on the roads. The spring season is slowly beginning in Chennai. I saw the first of the copper pods bloom on some trees in L.B.road some three weeks back and a couple of weekends back saw the first of the yellow carpet of copper pods on Boat Club Road. It’s just a matter of a week or so before my city gets decorated by the yellow of the copper pods.
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Waking up feeling so fresh (this is surely not a thing that happens often on a working day ), with Dad deciding to drop me at office, me happily listening to Sanjay’s Padmanabha CD (had a tough time choosing between Ghajini and Padmanabha!) and enjoying a beautiful sunrise on the way , reaching office in record 20 min!, this day couldn’t have had a better beginning! And with a Sanjay’s concert today evening and a whole lot of concerts/lec-dems, including a concert of Sanjay, lined up during the weekend, the next couple of days is surely going to be even better with me doing a lot of sabha-hopping! Just thinking about it has got me even more charged up that I cannot wait to finish my work soon and leave!

Btw, this morning, yet again, I started feeling that it’s high time I started driving the car. It would be great coming to office in your own vehicle without having to hurriedly get ready every morning worrying all the time about missing the bus! And with good music for company, it would be even great!

Updated in 2010: I don’t know which is the right time to visit Valparai. I don’t have contact information of any travel agents there. Please do not comment here asking for any information about those. 

Warning: This is quite a lengthy post. Read it when you find time.

I had been to Vaalpaarai and Topslip during the September 20th and 21st weekend with my team. This was a trip that I had been looking forward to for the past couple of months.

We left for Coimbatore from here by Nilagiri Express on Friday night. Reaching the ever-busy Central Station, meeting up with friends, choosing seats on the then empty train, thus began our tour.
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As I saw cotton candy-like clouds adorning the evening sky, making it a treat for the eyes, I got reminded of one of my favourite songs, megamae megamae from the movie, Vaanam Vasappadum and the entire bus journey (Oh yeah. This is yet another post on what I did while travelling by bus ) had me humming this song to myself. I remembered that it had been really long since I last watched/listened to the song and here I am now, happily listening to it for the past one hour. I love all the songs in Vaanam Vasappadum. This is one of the few non-ARR albums that I have bought. I like the picturization of the songs too. I am now going to listen to other songs from this movie. Meanwhile, you enjoy watching this song here. (Couldn’t find a better quality video)

Hey All! Good Morning!

Having had to read quite a few times about me being bored, I guess it would be a good change for you to read that it has been more than a week since my boredom went away! So how did I beat the boredom? All I did was a little introspection/retrospection/whatever and before I knew it, I was out of boredom! Rather, boredom was out of me.
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Last week, while I was showing the sunrise photos to my cousin and was telling her how beautiful it was to see the sun rise and cast its first rays on the sea, I was bitten by the desire to see the sunrise at Marina beach again. Seeing the photos, she too got tempted and she wanted to see it the very next day! We checked the newspaper and saw that the sun would rise at around 5:50 am. Lazy me was dragged out of the bed by her at 5:30 am the next day and we reached the beach at 5:50 am sharp - just in time to see the sunrise! Needless to say, it was beautiful!

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The months of March-May, which everybody hate because of the scorching summer here, are among the ones that I enjoy the most in Madras. No it’s not because of the summer, but because of the fact that Madras is at its beautiful max during these months! With the autumn ending by February end or so and the onset of spring thereafter, the month of March is when all the trees are adorned with not only fresh, new leaves but also the flowers that start blooming, giving company to the leaves.
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