Its Raining Love. . .

Hullo all of you,


Its been a really long time since we discussed something . I stress the word "discussion" here, because I'am sure this blog post is capable of evoking just that.



Two months after February and it seems to be raining Love harder than ever and this perhaps is the cause of all the unbearable heat we are all experiencing. All of a sudden everyone around me seems to be coupled(or is this just an illusion???)! Whatever it maybe this coupling phenomenon has visibly increased.

Love has not only been raining abundantly in Coimbatore but also in the media as well the Love showers have been doing immense good with two latest love stories becoming big hits. The first was a very hot sports couple trying to unite India and Pakistan in a different way and the other was a stupid two times married politician(Sashi Tharoor) and an over made up middle aged supposed to be good looking woman Sunanda. The second one caused so much trouble that people who are in no way connected with this (like Lalit Modi of the IPL) are running for cover and the poor ministerji had to give up his cabinet post. Talk of Love being powerful , after all this I will never ask for substantiation for that saying.


Now lets not stray into all that not so interesting politics and let us limit ourselves to where we are - Hot hot Coimbatore that now is boasting of not-so-hot-hot couples. Who cares if they are not hot when they are all made for each other or atleast so they claim. And they seem to be all over the place or all over every place that I frequent. Looking at most of these pairs I often wonder if it was only Love that was blind or even one of the partners had to be blind?


If any of the above mentioned couples happen to be reading this they definitely would be plotting my murder now so before they do that let me just tell " Sorry" to all those people who have been hit by Cupid's Arrow. I really meant no offence guys. And yes, you can say the same of the person who falls for me ( well that is if and only if someone does in future really fall for me).


Its raining Love so much that I am one of the few seriously affected by the floods it seems to be causing. So whats my problem??? "I am Single ! ! !" Ya, it is as simple as that. So, I don't mean just because I'am single everyone else has to be single but still being single in a coupled world seems so queer. That doesn't mean everyone out here is a couple, there are many single guys as well but the eye sees only what it shouldn't be seeing so thats primarily the cause of all this trouble.


Very sadly I seem to have no takers. Well thats the problem which comes with being a below average looking, sharp tongued, never sweet guy who has nothing to boast about and I don't crib about that. So I don't think there is even a small possibility of seeing me hooked up with someone, well thats how it seems, atleast in the near future.


Seeing all these people around I've been having thoughts like, "How nice it must be to have someone to pour out all about yourself to. How good it would be to know that at the end of the day there would be one person to whom you can always return to and watch all the ires of the day fly away. Someone who would give you a hug when you are in need of one, someone who would defy the world for your sake, someone who would Love you more than anything or anyone else in the world! Sigh ....I don't know if all this would just remain a dream in my Life!!!"And these thoughts are not exactly pleasant!


So enough of all this frustrating talk. In any case I do not know how all these made for each other love stories will end. Would it end with a " ....and they lived happily ever after!" or would it be a ".....rid of each other, they lived happily ever after"? In either case whatever happens will only be jolly entertainment for me. So lets wait and watch what fate has in store for all of them.

Just Wish them luck Phantoms!!!!!

Bye for now Phantoms!!!

P.S : Now this is a very hot topic and deserves commenting upon so common and pour out what you guys think atleast to me privately.

Rockford - Montfort????

Hi Phantoms,


I just finished watching this amazing movie "Rockford" by Nagesh Kukanoor and I just felt the need to put on record all my feelings after watching it. It was a real trip down memory lane to the Montfort that I joined when I was in third and a feeling of sadness thinking about what she had become now!! The film is entirely filmed in my Alma Mater Montfort !

First it came as a surprise that Nageshji about whom I had read a lot was an Old Boy of Montfort and then seeing this movie made me feel as if we share this bond that every montfortian shares. It was such a brotherly feeling towards him and watching the entire film only made this bond grow deeper.

Nageshji has portrayed to near perfection the Montfort that I joined back in 1998. The very next year Bro. George K J took over and every thing changed. The legacy of seventy years destroyed by the will of one man. How much ever I like Brother George and think he is a genius after seeing this film I want to say," Brother you've robbed our school of so much"!

Nageshji took me ten years back to the day I joined boarding school as an eight year old - a day that I remember vividly. Although at that tender age I was not subjected to as much as the protagonist, Naidu, I went through a different set of ordeals but strikingly similar. And I have every reason to believe that my seniors were upto all that is shown. That was the environment in which Vikram and Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss grew up to name a few of our Old Boys and not the present day Montfort.

The Paedophilic brother(not all of them), the blowing romances between teacher and students(yep they did happen) , teacher and teacher, the SSGY fetes, waiting for some kind of socials to get a peek at SHY (Sacred Hearts, Yercaud) girls, the letters that shuttle between the two schools all remind me of the good old Montfort days! Also it was very interesting to see the few students standing simply in the football field , reminding me of myself . Then the hero worshipping the bigger guys - ah how much originality !
And the usage of the unique Montfort lingo in many places was soothing. And saying the prayer before meals with eyes open and one hand on the chicken was so funny and reminded of my days in the lower standards. And having a crush on the staff. . . Nageshji you've left no stone unturned in portraying the Montfort of yore. But I would ve loved to see the batch fights shown in some way or the other.


For every Montfortian this is a must watch!

And for all those who are not, still it is a must-watch because we Montfortians influence your Life in some way or the other....

Bye Bye for now....

Have a Happy New Week ahead......

A Very Happy Birthday. . .

Hullo Phantoms,

I've never given much importance to my birthday, to me it is just another day. Or on the negative side it is a celebration of growing older. To top it all my Birthday falls on The Day dedicated to fools and 'fooling around' and one of my school friends had told me long ago that my birth was the biggest practical joke that God ever played on the World. Ha ha! Perhaps thats true !


But this year's birthday changed all my negative notions about Birthdays. I now think it is a celebration of how much love other people have for us however undeserving we may be. One day every year that is given for us to be the Hero. A day for all those who love us to show us how much they do!!

Now why am I ranting so much about Birthdays. Read on about my Birthday celebration this year you'll know....

The Night of March 31st was such a suspense filled night for me. I knew that my friends would definitely do something but the problem was the day in which I was born (April Fools Day) so I suspected a Conspiracy Theory to fool me. And prior to this one of my friends had revealed that they were going to cut a cake in the class room the next day. So, I was naturally doubtful. At around elven, I crept downstairs and went from one friend's room to another. Most of them had gone to play carom and the few left behind were asleep.

I told myself that I didn't care and went and lay down and listened to a wide variety of songs on my MP3 player and fell asleep.Awoken twice by two of my sisters who couldn't stay awake till 12 to wish me in advance.

Promptly at Twelve my room was knocked or banged or i don't know as I went automatically by reflex and opened the door. I could take in a gang of guys standing at my door, wishing me and the prominent faces i saw were Sarvesh, Adharsh, Ram, Karthik, Sanjoo, Sendhil, Sids,Yogesh and a gang behind them whom I couldn't take in due to my sleepiness. I think a few hit me by way of Birthday Bums but I didn't feel anything as I was half-asleep still.

Then as usual we went down to the previous Gymn room and there I cut my Mississippi Chocolate cake (am not very sure of the name). And then all of a sudden it was raining tomatoes (thank god they were not rotten) and after all that tomato hitting and things. I had to go for a bath. Yes people I took bath at 12:30 in cold, cold water. I changed into cleaner clothes and came back down and was given my gift.

A very nice T-shirt, and CDs of "The Hurt Locker" (I could fathom that they would ve opted for this after all my ranting about the film at the time of the Oscars) and "This Is It" (I was really touched as I had only mentioned in passing a long time ago that I wanted to watch it). Then after talking briefly for sometime I retired to bed.

Then Morning meant another Bath and lots and lots of wishes from all over the country. I went to the Vinayagar temple in the college and then went to class loaded with a lot of Five Stars. I waited patiently for the first period to get over and I distributed them among all my class mates. Then next period was Ponnuswamy sir's, as he was my project guide I went to give him sweets after he finished class. The very sweet person that he is, he made the entire class sing for me and he too sang in the mike. I was touched and also embarrased but all the same ,"Thank You so much Sir".

During class Adharsh gave me a cute key chain with an S on it. Then, during the break time the KTs gave me their cards and gifts. I was opening them when one of my dear sisters Sharnita took so much trouble to get a cake on time into the class and we cut it and had so much fun with throwing cake at each other's face and dress.Thank You so much Sharni, I don;t know how much of the same I would be able to reciprocate on your birthday. Around that time my cousin, Dr. Balamurugan had called up and put the idea of taking my friends out for lunch. I left it at that and cleaned myself up and gave attendance at Paediatrics Department, spoke to Michael and went had my third bath for the day.

Sasi and Rats had given me another beautiful Blue T-shirt, a card and a key chain with my name on it! My chechi had given a really cute and colorful Ganesha, the rest of the KTs together had given a beautiful Photo-stand and a huge card. Sharni gave me a Nice clock! Thanks a lot guys, once again!


Then I bunked class and began inviting friends to take out for Lunch. In all, I had 22 people coming in no time and I was pretty excited about it. I quickly booked a table for twenty five in The Rain Forest. Then I alone quickly changed to the Birthday dress that I had got as a gift from the guys and waited for the taxis to come and after all the waiting they finally came and we left for Rain Forest, by far the most beautiful hotel I had ever been to. We had an awesome time there and I settled the bill with my card and came off. The list of guys who had come are: Kaarthik, Teddy, Joo, Sarvesh, Sids, Jerin, Nave, Sri, Sharni, Swathi, Cheenu, Sneha, Ratna, Madhu, Sasi, Himangshu, Veena, Anu, Rowe,Aishu, Keerthi and Keerthana. Taking all of them out was like my happiness multiplied by twenty two!(I mixed the order up so as to avoid politics ... lol!!)

Then, I went to meet my uncle who had come for a consultation to our hospital and during this time the cake my mother had ordered for me arrived and I asked Teddy to take and start eating as it may melt but to save a small piece for me. The taste of the cake made them forget the last clause and there was nothing left. I was very glad they enjoyed it!!!

Then evening came, most of my friends left for home. I decided to stay back. And spent an hour texting some friends and opening gifts and cards. Shaikh and Yogesh had given me very innovative presents i.e., a comb and a scissor for obvious reasons.

I had a very light dinner and then I spoke for hours with Sharni and my sister and then Shaikh was telling me all that went on in our nearly empty class room that evening.

Then I spoke for some time with Kaarthik before going to Raghul sir's room for giving him a chocolate. I spoke to him too for some time and then finally came back and closed my door to a wonderful day that had been....


Every ear although many used to wish me, I always used to think of the few particular persons whom I would ve wanted to wish me and feel bad. This time I realized when I have the wishes of all these people who love me dearly why should I even care about those who give a damn about me!!!...


Guys, Friends, however cranky this may sound, "I LOVE YOU All".....You've given me a day to remember all my Life...


And am indebted to all of you....


Thats the story of the day I turned Nineteen Years old. . .