Hawkers on Stage! (June23, 2006)

Now that the chemical factory is in control, its the right time to write a few things about the most happening show in the planet! (which planet ? what show ? answers below)

A day for sound engineering, 4 days of rehearsal, half a day for costume designing, and we were ready for the show.

Amphitheatre - Anybody's dream to get on to the middle of this..
And we were getting on to it for the 2nd time, in less than 6 months..
That is some great achievement.

Now for ppl wondering what the show is all about.. here is the breaking news
Dance!
Yep, we danced on stage. A 6 member trip, we relived the bollywood experience with the following songs, in the same order
1. Aaja Aaja (Shammi Kapoor)
2. Khaike Paan Banaraswala (Big B)
3. Ek Do Teen (Madhuri)
4. Koi Kahe (Aamir) - boy , v r haunted by this number. Anywhere a stage is set up, we'll get on to do Koi Kahe :D
5. Rang De Basanti (Aamir, again?!)

A 9min 15 sec performance..
Absolutely tiresome.
But the crowd received it well (Do you expect me to type - the crowd howled and threw stones?)
:D

Enjoyed every bit of it..

One fun incident..
For khaike paan, i had to look like a paan eater, with red lips.
Now, the best way (?) for this is, hold your breath (no, thats not the way), to put on lipstick!
Thanks to N, she allowed me to borrow her lipstick :-S
And she went that extra mile to apply it on me too :D
There I was.. in a funny costume, with lipstick applied..
The comperer who peeped in during a break got scared.. She asked "Are you okay?"
I replied "Well.. err.r.. hmm.. uhh... yes" :-D
We were called upon stage soon, and thats when I saved myself from the gathering crowd in the backstage !

Another incident..
For khaike paan, we needed a short black overcoat, sleeveless..
Spotted a guy near the stage with BiNGO same kinda overcoat..
With utmost certainty that he wont give it to us, myself and N went to him..
"Can we borrow your overcoat for a while, its for a dance"
He dint say yes, he dint say no. Within a blink, the overcoat was in my hand !
We were more than impressed with that gesture.. Satish, a good guy !
He was the part of the Conference Room Facility (CRF)

(Later, after the show, he msged saying "Hi sir, you and madam danced well" )
:D


After the dance , we spent some more time with the DJ nite..
N danced like a dog.. I too.. But then soon took up the role of the cameraman..

Left by 7.30
In office by 8.30. Discovered, that my jeans pant is missing..
Interestingly, my bike keys were in that jeans! Well and good..
A frantic round of call to locate the jeans wasnt fruitful..

Bin came to pick me up from office.
We went to MAS hotel. I had chicken biriyani..
And the rest, as they say, is history !

Happy Weekend one and all!
Enjoy..

Oh.. forgot.. Here is a pic of that magical show!
See the crowd all over the place !!!

The Story of a Chemical Factory

As narrated on Monday, June26, 2006

My Tummy
it was terrible on sat :(
i was uncomfy at around 4
but when a friend said come for the cultural event, i nodded yes..
and then i had to rush to the nearest asylum :-s
which was k2
at the desk, i lied down, in pain..
half unconscious...
shivering..
fever...
called up bin..
come pick me up
he came in 10 mins
i clung on to him bhind the bike, not withstanding the cold
at home, in jacket, 1 thick sheet, 1 woollen sheet, slept
amidst lots of qns, i dozed off..
later was woken up by guyz, for a hot lemon tea (with no milk)
had it and slept..
by 10 or 11, i felt warm..
sweating..
removed jacket..
back to bed..
got up at 9
better !
:-)

What all I had on sat ?

it should not the stuff i had on sat..
coz Alex says for hard food, it will take 12 hrs to respond
for liquid food, around 8 hrs..
i had a chicken biriyani on friday nite at around 10.30
sat morning (dint hav anything at all)
:-s
saturdays first food was brunch at 12.30
so the culprit is that biryaani !
should be
and today
i'm in bins shirt
jams shoe

On Stage Today ! June23 2006

>more details if i return alive in one piece after the stage "performance"<
:-S

Tagged by 6tus

Name six things/ behaviours / habits that bother you in a person:

1. Disrespect to elders
2. Asking me to repeat what i said
3. Cross-verification
4. Lack of attention
5. High Heels (and/or) lipstick
6. Smoking/alcohol consumption

Name six places you dream of visiting on a vacation:

1. Munnar

2. Himalaya

3. Ooty

4. Alps!

5. The leaning tower of Pisa

6. Kannur , my own home sweet home !

Name 6 things you would like to do/ accomplish by next year:

1. Be the proud owner of a hi-fi mobile (bro in Germany, you see )

2. Learn to manoeuvre a curve on bike, on two wheels !

3. Learn a lil bit of foreign language (I'll start with English)

4. Find out what happens in the ever suspicious room in my house - the kitchen!

5. Attend a few weddings (i missed a lot already)

6. Take MUA to new locations

Name six things people would be surprised to know about you:


1. I never shave ! (you'll ask whats new in it.. but there are ppl who donno this)

2. I sing pretty well !

3. Almost all the leading Malayalam Dailies have featured my photo in 'em!!

4. I've won prizes for painting competition (wow!)

5. I send 100 sms per day (whats new in this?)
6. Almost on all days (?) I wake up at 2.30AM from sleep !

Name six people you would like to tag:
Why just 6?! Every soul who reads this tag, and has a blog of their own (and who havent already done this tag), Please Take it up :)
If you dont hav a blog, dont worry. Just fill this up with your entry and send it to me by mail. I'll publish it here !!

BTW, 6tus is here : http://360.yahoo.com/profile-GtjUx68icr6gDisgBupEmB7_Iro-?cq=1

Ratheeshey.. Ente bag onningeduthey..

An annexe to the Go Goa travellogue:

"Ratheeshey.. Ente bag onningeduthey.."

A very casual dicole from Dipu. But its not what it sounds like. There's more to it. Read on to find it...

After a highly successful Goan trip, the awesome four-some gang of Rat,Sand,Dipu and Ganesh lands

safely at the Bangalore Airport. All called home to announce the safe return. Me too called mom to say:

"Ammee...njaanethi ! Goayil vellathil irangi.. Bangalore-il 'Air Deccan'-il* irangi.. Ippozhum jeevanode undu".

Mom is the happy :-)

When the drizzling came down in intensity a bit, we set out for our trip to our nests.. Ganesh and Sand were

to the same destination. Dipu and me to a different destination.

Auto-ykku vendi ulla adi thudangi. Oduvil njaanum dipuvum jayichu. Ganeshineyum Sand-ineyum konjanam

kuthi kaanichu nammal auto-yil yaathrayaayi.. destination - madiwala MAS.

The discussion inside the auto was about the time management skills of ours, that helped us cover most of the

Goan Land in our 25-hr long stay in Goa.

Intel-inte office kazhinju.. Auto moved still further.

At a cut in the divider, a Maruthi stepped on to our road, in an effort to make a U-Turn.

Spotting our auto, he stopped, his car midway on the road.

Dipu and me spotted it very early. And I remarked (in my usual style "Ippam idichene" )

But the autowala saw it late. And when he saw it, we were at a 15m distance from the car.

he applied brakes. Auto started skidding on its back tyres.

Finding that the auto is heading for a collision, the driver, now turns the auto to the left.

And then the inevitable happens.. After skidding for a kool 10m, the auto toppled on to its side (the right side)

and skidded more...

And when I "booted" up, I found myself supported on my knee joint touching the wet road. Dipu was resting peacefully

on me. Dipu somehow managed to get out. In the process, he used his elbow to knock my nose..

With me still trying to figure out what/where/who I am , the first thing I heard after the accident was:

"Ratheeshey... ente bag onningotteduthey..." !!!!!

That was Dipu in his usual casual tone, but talking from the safer side of the Auto - the OUTSIDE !

Luckily for us, both of us (and the driver) were all fine. I picked myself up and jumped out from the auto.

(the exit of the auto is now on the top, mind you! )

The act next showed our coolness(or rather, lack of it).

Picking up our respective bags, and putting 'em on to our shoulders, checking that the 'Air Deccan baggage sticker'

was intact, and with all smiles on the face, we set ourselves .. walking and catching the next auto that came our way.

People had rushed on to the scene from all ends. And the scene was a bit on the worse side - with the windshield of

the auto tored up and lying on the road a few mtrs away from the auto .. The very fact that the auto rested on its sides

was enuff..

Cudnt stop laughing (for a moment, i thot, have v both gone mad, after the impact ?? ) all the way to madiwala in the 2nd auto.

Even found time to announce the deed to Sand, in full detail :-)

Well, there were a few scratches here n there. One on Dipu's left shoulder, one on my right knee. Kurachu paint avidem ividem

poyi ennathozhichaal .. no problems whatsoever !

As someone said, all that ends well, is well

Rat

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* - Air Deccan had the honours to deploy Fire Service, on its Inaugural flight itself! The flight caught fire just b4 take-off

Pinnaamburam : Dipu's bag contained his 13K worth digicam. And hence his concern :-)

PS: Dipu claims that he had asked before getting out from the auto (and b4 his dicole), whether I'm OK.

I remember saying "i'm alright"

Update

SMS-ing chaalu !
;-)