Mangalore. That's where I will be.
Thanks to Sri Ram Sena's innovative approach (Read this and this) to protest this stupid Greeting Card Day, I am planning to be in Mangalore on the said date.
Not just be there, but go to some mall. Not just go to a mall, but buy some of the typical gifts like flowers and teddy bear dolls. And after buying them, somehow strike up a conversation with some girl who is there without a male companion in tow. And I would be conversing with her while showing the gifts I bought. Hopefully this would fit the protester's parameters and they should come after me and that girl. And when they suggest that we marry, I wont resist.
Btw, I don't like Sri Ram Sena's violent approach and totally condemn their actions in the pub. But I am mighty intrigued by this protest of theirs.
Showing posts with label marriage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label marriage. Show all posts
Saturday, February 07, 2009
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Why I am useful to some of my friends
Some of my friends at work have been encouraging me to select a good looking girl in the office and get married to her.
While they have always been suggesting this, ever since this Guru peyarchi thingy happened 2 weeks backs, some of them are going over-board. Raj suggested that I start visiting the local temples. He even suggested the popular time slots that could yield good results. Ganesh suggested that I simply put the "katti pudi vaidhiyam" to good use.
Yesterday, my unit had a small celebration in the office. The event witnessed decent attendance and there were lots many new faces. Some good ones too. :)
For the entire duration of the event, Raj, Ganesh and even Ramadurai, seemed to be very keen on goading me to select one particular girl. I reminded them repeatedly about the vast age difference between the girl and me, which in effect would only lead to disappointment if at all I proceed. But to no avail. They kept on selling this idea to me for nearly an hour.
But the coup de grace of all this was what happened at work today. I had gone to office for as an interview panelist. Towards the end of the day, another friend of mine started telling me to "proceed" with the HR girl who was coordinating the whole interview arrangement!
I have started getting a feeling that probably all these guys are proceeding with their "sight seeing" and just using me as a valid excuse, in case someone suspects their motive!
While they have always been suggesting this, ever since this Guru peyarchi thingy happened 2 weeks backs, some of them are going over-board. Raj suggested that I start visiting the local temples. He even suggested the popular time slots that could yield good results. Ganesh suggested that I simply put the "katti pudi vaidhiyam" to good use.
Yesterday, my unit had a small celebration in the office. The event witnessed decent attendance and there were lots many new faces. Some good ones too. :)
For the entire duration of the event, Raj, Ganesh and even Ramadurai, seemed to be very keen on goading me to select one particular girl. I reminded them repeatedly about the vast age difference between the girl and me, which in effect would only lead to disappointment if at all I proceed. But to no avail. They kept on selling this idea to me for nearly an hour.
But the coup de grace of all this was what happened at work today. I had gone to office for as an interview panelist. Towards the end of the day, another friend of mine started telling me to "proceed" with the HR girl who was coordinating the whole interview arrangement!
I have started getting a feeling that probably all these guys are proceeding with their "sight seeing" and just using me as a valid excuse, in case someone suspects their motive!
Sunday, July 01, 2007
My first photograph
Yesterday, I finally took my official matrimonial alliance hunting photograph.
The ordeal was very much on the lines I anticipated it to be. I obviously got very self-conscious facing the camera. Not just facing, it was actually posing for the camera.
While standing, the photographer went about asking me to put one foot partially forward, turn my body slightly away from the camera, tilt my head below and face the camera. All this at the same time.
The next pose was even more interesting. He now asked me to turn the other way and then face the camera. The key difference this time though, was that he asked me to stand with my hands crossed - kinda like the standard Vivekananda pose. Even here, there was a lot of attention to detail in terms of where the fingers had to be positioned on the arm and whether it should be gripping the arm or simply letting it lie there.
He then took a regular close-up version too after making me sit on a cushioned stool (which by the way has not been cleaned since threthaayugam).
He then showed the 3 pictures on his camera itself and asked us to choose two. We had to go in for the full length one by default and so the decision was narrowed down to the crossed-hand or the close-up. My dad and I agreed that the crossed-hand one was better than the other one.
Now the package deal is that I pay them Rs.225 and they give me one copy each of the two that were identified and I would also be given a CD with these two pictures. I would have liked the deal if it involved paying this amount and getting some 10 photos taken. Then, they can charge the printing separately - like they do when you give them the negative (or soft copy for that matter).
Anyways, I have to go and collect them in another one hour. And then brace myself for the "comments" that would be made at home!
The ordeal was very much on the lines I anticipated it to be. I obviously got very self-conscious facing the camera. Not just facing, it was actually posing for the camera.
While standing, the photographer went about asking me to put one foot partially forward, turn my body slightly away from the camera, tilt my head below and face the camera. All this at the same time.
The next pose was even more interesting. He now asked me to turn the other way and then face the camera. The key difference this time though, was that he asked me to stand with my hands crossed - kinda like the standard Vivekananda pose. Even here, there was a lot of attention to detail in terms of where the fingers had to be positioned on the arm and whether it should be gripping the arm or simply letting it lie there.
He then took a regular close-up version too after making me sit on a cushioned stool (which by the way has not been cleaned since threthaayugam).
He then showed the 3 pictures on his camera itself and asked us to choose two. We had to go in for the full length one by default and so the decision was narrowed down to the crossed-hand or the close-up. My dad and I agreed that the crossed-hand one was better than the other one.
Now the package deal is that I pay them Rs.225 and they give me one copy each of the two that were identified and I would also be given a CD with these two pictures. I would have liked the deal if it involved paying this amount and getting some 10 photos taken. Then, they can charge the printing separately - like they do when you give them the negative (or soft copy for that matter).
Anyways, I have to go and collect them in another one hour. And then brace myself for the "comments" that would be made at home!
Sunday, March 25, 2007
Latest Deadline
Earlier this week, my parents visited an astrologer. He is in T.Nagar and my folks have consulted him for a couple of years now.
During every visit, my mother has been asking him about when I would get married. His usual answer has been "by June" or at best "in the next 2-3 months".
But one thing about him, he has always given only one of these two options/opinions.
This week, when my folks consulted him vis-a-vis horoscope matching, my mom asked him if/when I'd get hitched (of course, she'd have asked with better words). This time his answer was, "If an alliance doesn't get fixed in the next 10-15 days, it will take him another 2-3 years for him to get married"!!!!!
Naturally, mom got a bit tensed. She cross checked with him about his earlier prophecies, especially as to why his earlier deadlines didn't seem to be near target. He responded by saying that perhaps the effort wasn't enough!
So the moral of the story now is that, I only have another 7-12 days (its 3 days since my folks went there) left for my marriage to be fixed. Else, its another 3 years.
During every visit, my mother has been asking him about when I would get married. His usual answer has been "by June" or at best "in the next 2-3 months".
But one thing about him, he has always given only one of these two options/opinions.
This week, when my folks consulted him vis-a-vis horoscope matching, my mom asked him if/when I'd get hitched (of course, she'd have asked with better words). This time his answer was, "If an alliance doesn't get fixed in the next 10-15 days, it will take him another 2-3 years for him to get married"!!!!!
Naturally, mom got a bit tensed. She cross checked with him about his earlier prophecies, especially as to why his earlier deadlines didn't seem to be near target. He responded by saying that perhaps the effort wasn't enough!
So the moral of the story now is that, I only have another 7-12 days (its 3 days since my folks went there) left for my marriage to be fixed. Else, its another 3 years.
Saturday, July 29, 2006
the latest enquiry was at the furniture store
i think one of my earliest blogs was about how everyone who knew my parents were asking abt my marital status. well, i got to experience one first hand.
we decided to buy some new furniture and went to the local furniture store which is becoming quite famous. i am not going to name that store since i dont believe in free publicity. lets just say, that the name of the store belongs to a bird in the genus Melanerpes. and btw, the owners (husband and wife) of the store used to reside near my house and so we know each other. enough to have them refer one of the eligible girls in their family to us for a marriage proposal. which, needless to say, could not progress due to the calculations of the astrologer.
coming back on track, while we were looking around for a good sofa set with the help of the sales staff and the owners came in after some time. and after the mutual "hello"s and "how r u"s, the first thing the lady asked my mother was "enna, edhavadhu nalla edam amanjudha?". if u look up a tamil-english dictionary, the above question would roughly run on the lines of "what, did any good place settle?". but the non-natives of this part of the planet need a proper translation. what the lady actually asked my mother was "were you able to make good progress on a suitable alliance for your sons's marriage?".
it was a furniture store. while the hour of the day and the absence of any "x% discount" hoarding ensured that the store wasnt that crowded, the sales people and the 2 other families in the shop need not have known about the status of my wedding proposals. or rather, the lack of it.
anyways, we ended up buying a sofa that was way over the limit that i had in my mind. not that i usually shop with limits, but this one really overshot my estimate.
we decided to buy some new furniture and went to the local furniture store which is becoming quite famous. i am not going to name that store since i dont believe in free publicity. lets just say, that the name of the store belongs to a bird in the genus Melanerpes. and btw, the owners (husband and wife) of the store used to reside near my house and so we know each other. enough to have them refer one of the eligible girls in their family to us for a marriage proposal. which, needless to say, could not progress due to the calculations of the astrologer.
coming back on track, while we were looking around for a good sofa set with the help of the sales staff and the owners came in after some time. and after the mutual "hello"s and "how r u"s, the first thing the lady asked my mother was "enna, edhavadhu nalla edam amanjudha?". if u look up a tamil-english dictionary, the above question would roughly run on the lines of "what, did any good place settle?". but the non-natives of this part of the planet need a proper translation. what the lady actually asked my mother was "were you able to make good progress on a suitable alliance for your sons's marriage?".
it was a furniture store. while the hour of the day and the absence of any "x% discount" hoarding ensured that the store wasnt that crowded, the sales people and the 2 other families in the shop need not have known about the status of my wedding proposals. or rather, the lack of it.
anyways, we ended up buying a sofa that was way over the limit that i had in my mind. not that i usually shop with limits, but this one really overshot my estimate.
Monday, June 05, 2006
random note 1
"Is your son married?"
"Haey..., so are you married now?"
"Amma, namma thambiya, .... 'abcd' kovillukku kootittu ponga."
"neenga vaenna onnu pannungo. ....'xyz' oorla oru kovil irukku. anga poyee 27 dharam pradhakshanam panna sollungo. oray maasathula nichayam aayidum".
sounds familiar? thats pretty much the lines which my parents and myself get to hear from all and sundry. starting from the lady who brings in the milk packet to the niece of my mother's second cousin's uncle's sister-in-law's "orepadi's" cousin twice removed!!!
Why this obsession with my wedding? Agreed, it is one of the top priorities in my life now. But why is it on everyone's agenda? Asking it once in a while is again ok. But not every time man. Contrary to popular opinion, no one is doing any favor to my family by asking such questions.
"Haey..., so are you married now?"
"Amma, namma thambiya, .... 'abcd' kovillukku kootittu ponga."
"neenga vaenna onnu pannungo. ....'xyz' oorla oru kovil irukku. anga poyee 27 dharam pradhakshanam panna sollungo. oray maasathula nichayam aayidum".
sounds familiar? thats pretty much the lines which my parents and myself get to hear from all and sundry. starting from the lady who brings in the milk packet to the niece of my mother's second cousin's uncle's sister-in-law's "orepadi's" cousin twice removed!!!
Why this obsession with my wedding? Agreed, it is one of the top priorities in my life now. But why is it on everyone's agenda? Asking it once in a while is again ok. But not every time man. Contrary to popular opinion, no one is doing any favor to my family by asking such questions.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)