Scorpions - A Real Mystery!

The Scorpion:October 24 to November 22

Scorpio individuals are enigmatic, strong-willed, and passionate. Scorpios are the most intense, profound, powerful characters in the zodiac. Even when they appear self-controlled and calm there is a seething intensity of emotional energy under the placid exterior. They are like the volcano not far under the surface of a calm sea, it may burst into eruption at any moment.Their tenacity and willpower are immense, their depth of character and passionate conviction overwhelming, yet they are deeply sensitive and easily moved by their emotions. Their sensitivity, together with a propensity for extreme likes and dislikes make them easily hurt, quick to detect insult or injury to themselves (often when none is intended) and easily aroused to ferocious anger. This may express itself in such destructive speech or action that they make lifelong enemies by their outspokenness, for they find it difficult not to be overly critical of anything or anyone to whom they take a dislike. Scorpio is not a natural socializer, but will keep close friends for many years. Scorpios are loners who look to themselves to solve problems. It is often said that a Scorpio wants to know everyone's secret but never willingly divulges his or her own.
Scorpio's emotional involvement is not based on love or pleasure, but on the control and understanding of human emotions and the role they play in the mysterious process of life and death.A Scorpio never forgets a kind gesture and tries to repay it handsomely. They r real mystery..one cant find what is running in their minds..Scorpions are fast thinkers too.Me being a scorpion haven't figured myself fully yet Coz I am a Mystery:)

Cooking is an Art!

Cooking is really an art if u do it with enjoyment! The interest for cooking came when I was 14 yrs old, sneaking into the kitchen finding how my Mom makes delicious food! She taught me some easy recipes but I forget all of them in a week.I used to buy lots of cookery books and try to make easy dishes and desserts at times!.It didn't turn to be tasty sometimes. My dad use to be the rat , I mean he will be the one to taste my cooking and even if it was bad, he will say that it was good.May be that built more interest in me for cooking!.But then I joined Home Science course in cultural academy 2 yrs back and cooking was one of the subject in the course!.It was fun learning to cook in groups with friends , all in one table !.In college they didn't teach us ordinary sambar or rasam..It was all party preparation stuffs, like biriyani , noodles, snack items, juices and stuffs like that!.After 3 months, I wanted to learn more of baking and confectionery so I joined part-time baking course on Saturdays in the same college.After few enough weeks I wanted to do more so I joined chocolate making classes..Recently I learned to make all kind of dishes that my mom makes at home. And today I feel that I know enough about cooking and my confidence levels are rising!

I figured that the art of cooking is like an ocean where the further u go the further the horizon seems!

Compering is Fun!!

Compering to say, It is my favourite job that I love to do!When somebody asks me to manage an event ....well I compere the program myself and I will surely make the crowd cheerful. Before starting a program,I plan for days and discuss with ppl getting ideas, as I will never say I put only my ideas in it!..I ask others for suggestions and include lot of their advises and then start with the program.The Best part is, U get to be the centre of attraction in the events that u compere and every one in the crowd will know u.U will be popular!!!! I compered my first program on stage when I was 14yrs old !That's how it all started and I didn't have any stage fear , I just stood on stage and spoke and the program went well. Till now I have compered like 12 programs and will love to do more in future.Its just fun!

My First Singing Experience On Stage With Devan!!

On Dec 5th 2003, Friday at 7.30pm, Two big stages were put up inside "Raja Muthaiyah Hall", Chennai....On one stage it was My Bro and Sis in law standing for their Wedding Reception and on the other stage was U.K.Murali's orchestra singing New Hit songs! I had planned to sing a song for my bro on his special occasion bugged my dad to arrange Devan as the celebrity singer for that occasion coz he was my fav. singer and I just love his voice!..I wanted to sing atleast one song with him in my life! Dad met him personally and asked him to sing for my bro's reception and that was the greatest gift for me from my dad!..Two days before the marriage I went to U.K.Murali and told him that I was going to sing a song with Devan and I asked him to give me formal practice to sing a song.I decided to sing "Macareena" from the movie"Kushi".Hmm coming back to dec 5th, I was standing at the entrance of the hall greeting all my relatives and friends ,waiting for Devan's arrival and suddenly one guy with white shirt and blue jean entered the hall and to my surprise it was Devan whom I just admired as a good singer , a celebrity!..I never get excited when I see a celebrity... but for the first time I got excited..It was 8pm Devan sang his first song "Oh Maria" ..U.K.Murali was standing on the stage , he looked at me from the stage and showed signs saying that next is "Macareena" song !..I stood still in the entrance, throat went dry, hands started to shiver, legs finding place to sit!..I was shocked to see myself in that state coz I have sung and compered lots of times..but this was the first time I felt the stage- fear!.I thought for a second "Am I capable? or Is my voice good enough to sing with him on stage?" .I was still thinking and suddenly My bro Satish caught my hands and dragged me all the way to the stage coz the next track was starting..and to my shock I was standing next to the stage next to him..along with Murali and Chorus Singers...and murali announced to the whole crowd that the Groom's Sis was going to sing ..3000 ppl were there , everybody's eye focused on me..ppl refused to go to the stage to give presents for the newly wedded couple, the camera man focused on me and I saw myself in all the TV across the hall, My Mom and my aunt's who were greeting ppl turned away from the entrance and looked at me without caring about the ppl entering in..the ppl in the hall stayed still for a moment and Devan started the song and my part came...I felt that the world was going to end!.I just closed my eyes tight and just sang the song...I didn't even notice what was going around....exactly 4mins and 35 secs..the song was over, all I heard was a loud applause from ppl all around in that hall..my brother from the stage looked at me and smiled with appreciation! I just got down the stage....My cousins ran and said " U Rocked"!!..My aunt gave me a kiss and said it was amazing!Everybody appreciating me!..I was very happy..I Felt as if I achieved something!....Almost everyone from that crowd appreciated me that day..I still remember few business men smiling at me and asking "Ma'am would u plz put an autograph for us?"

Even today when I see the video I laugh at myself for the fear I had!!

Devan Ekambaram - My interest for music!!

Devan Ekambaram burst into the South Indian film music scene just few years back. Even without formal training in music, he sounds very good and extremely confident in his albums. His spirited and spontaneous rendition of "O Maria" in Kaadalar Dinam, the same song in its Telugu version and in the Hindi version with Remo Fernandez in Dil Hi Dil Mein, all composed by AR Rahman, has made Devans voice very popular and Smye iye iye in Rajiv Menons film Kandu Konden , Kandu Konden & "iru vizhi" from Minnale have done wonders for his career.
Devan is also a wonderful composer. He can play several musical instruments and music is his lifeline now.His first pop album was Kamban oru kannilae with Singer Charan.His second album was released recently and its "Mudhal Mazhaye" with Singer Harish ragavendra. He is hardworking and focussed and knows exactly how he wishes his career to shape. Born and brought up in the US, but he has found his foothold remarkably
well in Chennai!

My Favourite Website!!

Recently my interest for fotography has increased a lot! One day I came across one fotography Website, I did not appreciate the art of fotography until I saw the images that were portrayed in that website!.....Since then I have begun to admire and appreciate the nuances that are part of each photo , each sight , each sound and each smell that go along to make a great shot possible!!...The amount of effort put into each of these fotographs is evident from the fact that they are enthralling and to put in simple words , absolutely fantabulous!!!They say "Great minds think alike" but in fotography profession each mind thinks in a different way and there is only one word to describe that persons way..and that is "indescribable"!His website is http://www.jjayppradeepfotographia.com/
View it when u get time...U all will love it for sure!!

My Trip to US of A

When I landed in New York JFK Airport on December15th 2005 , I was not excited as I used to be when I travel to other countries!.We were a big gang,Myself,Dad, Mom,Brother,Sister-in-law,Sanky,Aunt,Uncle and cute little Tarika.....It was morning 8am but we were feeling sleepy...That's what is called jet lag!
We went to our rooms and slept like we haven't slept for days! It was a long journey..so we were relaxing!Then myself, Sanky, Vijay my bro and Usha my sis-in law, sat up on the bed at 4 am..we were in the same room....It was totally dark out side...I and Usha peeped out of the balcony....the streets were empty..and the funniest thing I still remember is that...Tarika was playing happily jumping from one bed to another holding her heart shaped balloon in her hands so early in the morning...We were very hungry we didn't know what to do..we didn't even dress up..we just walked out in our night pants and went down the streets to get some food!..There was a chinese food shop opened & we walked in...The fried rice and noodles and the chicken in sauce and fish fry all looked very yummy...we just grabbed everything we wanted and brought it to our room...and we all(four of us) sat on the floor in a circle and opened our boxes...food looked great...when we started eating it tasted yuck...those sauce were tasting bad....but we were damn hungry we ate it all!...and at that moment I wanted to eat stuffs like idly, dosa , sambar which i use to ignore when it was kept for breakfast in chennai!

It was 9 am and we started our New york city tour!..We ate our breakfast in Mc.Donalds and Lunch at KFC and I was longing for Indian food....In the evening we..took a train and reached New Jersey to meet our cousin Selvi and Saravanan ..we reached their home by 9pm....and she had prepared delicious dinner for us!..The menu was Chicken Biriyani, chicken gravy, rice, chicken fry, fish fry, raitha, rasam, sambar , curd...and Ice cream for dessert .. and I was like"Oh My Good God!"..... we just enjoyed our dinner...we were eatting for one hour I guess!I have never longed for food in my life at all...I visited all the other countries with travel agents where they take us to Indian restaurants for both lunch and dinner....so I never noticed the urge for food!This tour ,we were on our own...so we just had to grab food in the nearby Mc.Donalds or KFC or Panda express or whatever!
I should talk about my dressing here.....all I bought to this country is just 12-13 sets of fancy jeans and beautiful short skirts and fancy belts..and nice Low cut T-shirts...I just wanted to rock here..but the stupid thing was that..I dress up so beatifully but when I land outside the hotel....I had to cover myself with thermal wear, sweaters, leather jackets, gloves for hands and stupid cap coz we landed there in winter.....and all my beatiful dressing were covered inside those warm clothing!
Things just went the same way...we went to Buffalo, then Ontario in Canada...and the climate was very cold that I never stepped out of my room one full day!There was a small indoor heated- up swimming pool in the same floor where my room was located...I walked in and got inside the pool...I was all alone in the pool...thinking about my beautiful Chennai and my native place Thirunellveli...."what a beautiful place it is and and how good my people are and what the hell am I doing in this country?"....all I can do is just laugh to myself!
Well then I visited Toronto, then came to Las Vegas, and it was the first time I got excited coz the city looked colourful and crowded......I was very happy seeing so many ppl enjoying themselves gambling....those gambling stuffs made me curious...I started bugging my dad for dollars...and he gave a $5 bill in hand and I went and sat on a slot machine and my $5 turned to $15 bill...I won 10 $...I was so happy...then we went to our room..rested......my mind was fully set on the slot machine....Iwanted more money!Gambling made me addictive in 1 min. So I slipped out of my room taking only 5$ bill in hand and went to the lobby were the slot machines r there and played on the 25cents slot machine.....and I played for only 3 mins and to my shock I had no money left ... I had lost all my five dollors!!!! I walked backed to my room...I wasnt able to sleep.....next day morning I wanted to get my money back so I went to those slot machines and put another 5 dollars and I earned 7 dollars in total...I got 2 dollars+!...I was happy....I wanted more money so I put all the 7 dollars and finally lost everything....but still I went to my dad and asked more money..he was bugged..he gave me a $100 bill and said "Use this! Dont ask me any more coz thats ur spending limit!".... I jumped out of total excitement...but 100 dollars is a huge amount and I didnt want to spend it....so I kept it in my purse and didnt go next to slot machines for 2 hrs.....I dunno why?!....then I headed to the slot machine changing my mind!...when I went there to put my 100$ bill inside the machine...one fellow stopped me...he was this guy from the hotel...he asked me for my id card...I showed my passport..he said i am not supposed to gamble coz i am only 19 yrs old..the age limit to gamble is above 21yrs!....I was like"WTF?!?!?!?".......I felt like crying.....I just went to my room and sat alone..while my bro, sanky, usha all were downstairs gambling happily....the next day I went to another gambling place and sat on another slot machine and put my 100 dollars...and again another man stopped me and asked for my id!...I acted so smart saying that I have my id in my hotel room and that I am 21 yrs old!!..he stared at me up and down and said u look like 18 and said I am not supposed to play unless i have an id card...Gosh !..all the excitement I had just went in one day!

Then we moved to Los Angeles.. visited the Universal studios...It was not very interesting as I have visited a similar place in Australia.....then we wet to Six flags theme park..rides were not very interesting to me....all that I liked was those games where we play and win a prize...I won a bugs bunny stuffed doll then a dog, a tweety, a dino...lots of stuffed toys!..then we moved to Seattle to visit my brother-in-law's family there..Anand and Sweetha ...who recently had a baby!..As soon as we landed there..we had a baby naming ceremony function in the evening..and we named the baby Rahul!
We had great food cooked for us daily for a week by aunt( sweetha's mom!) and we did a lot of shopping there!..It was great fun..then we went to Vancouver in canada by car it was great fun!
We were now 12 of us!..and we went to the seattle tower on New year's eve to see fire works....and the place was really crowded..and at the stroke of 12 am the fireworks began and people were yelling saying"wow!, great!, superb!, awesome!, excellent!" But I was standing still and wondering.."how these americans will react after seeing diwali celebrations in chennai?!"...lolz
Those fireworks were nothing compared to the ones that I used to do it on the terrace at my home!
On Jan 3rd at 4am in the seattle airport..there were two groups....my mom, dad, tarika, bro, sis in law, leaving to India via new york and I was heading to LA with my uncle and aunt and sanky!.....another gang were staying in Seatlle for some more days..so we were split into 3 groups....We looked at each other as if we r missing something....each one going in one direction..we were the happy 12 ppl for so many days....but now everyone was sad..even though they will meet up soon in chennai in 2 weeks time..!But we cant enjoy like this in Chennai coz everyone will be busy with their work once they reach chennai... I decided to stay here in LAfor somemore days and have fun!....even though I didnt like it at the beginning ..I started liking the way we were enjoying!Wish I was just a kid like Tarika running around without knowing what is happening around us, not worring about food coz only milk and ceralac will help and just few barbie dolls and stuffed toys to keep myself occupied every second!..no worries , no confusions, My mom always carrying me in her arms, and someone taking good care of me and pampering me!...Life will be Just Beautiful!