I was there yesterday - to see the Vastrabaranam (Drowpathai Amman taking her "vow") and also for my GodBrother's baby's 30th day.
He being in a Urumi, decided to show his love for God by singing. He can sing by the way. He's got a superb voice, seriously.
There came a volunteer and told this guy to stop singing.
This is what he said:
"Stop singing. The temple is a peaceful place. That is why we don't allow bhajans in the temple. So no singing in the temple."
And hello, he was RUDE!!! Extremely RUDE.
My dear brother (together with his Urumi, without instruments by the way) was singing at the Kaliamman Sannathi.
That bloody volunteer or temple member or whatever he is, stopped them from singing a song for my dearest Kaliamman. What the hell man!!! I was so ready to ask that fella' so many questions. But then, decided against it. I wanted to be nice that day.
Seriously, the temple is not a library to be quiet. The guys weren't singing some Tamil cinema songs. They were singing devotional songs, out of mere love for God. And that man simply told them to shut up!!! What the hell?!?!?
If the temple is a peaceful place, you shouldn't have the instruments (thavil and nathasvaram) to play for God nor have the priest to say prayers, because all that creates noice.
If you don't allow bhajans, then what was Veeramanidasan doing in the temple last year.
(I love Veeramanidasan. He's got a great voice and a charm in his voice that I have never heard in any others. His love for God is so exceptional and shown through his songs. WOW!!!)
I've got nothing to say lah. I wanted to write in to the management of the temple. But well, no point making a mountain out of a mole hill right? Let 'tharmam' (morality) live!!! ¶ 12:04 AM 0 Comments
Why can't they just accept certain facts. And move on with life.
If someone tells you they aren't interested being in a relationship, get that into your stinking head and live with it la.
It's either time does a change or u change your dumb idea of love.
And pleas stop crapping for goodness sake!!!
Really amazing how someone can talk about me, right in front of me. Or at least through MSN.
The person I'm referring to visits my blog. But i don't think that person will have any idea that I'm talking about him. I'm so bad right?
I'ld rather be genuine in hating you than be fake in liking you. Get it??? ¶ 11:53 PM 0 Comments
I really love Vaanthu’s mum and dad. Of course, Vaanthu too. We had a great chat. Very long one. We talked for hours when most of them were sleeping in the bus. The bus was freaking cold. But we didn’t seem to feel it because our chat was so ‘hot’…
I’ve got a lot to say about the Malacca tour but I won’t.
I was having lunch at Saravana’s (in Malaysia). I was sitting opposite Vaanthu and there was this old man sitting beside me. Well, since it had been extremely long meeting her, we had so much to talk. So while we were eating, we were talking. And the old man beside me said “Can you stop talking? You have been talking since the time u started eating. Please give respect to your food and stop talking.”. Like what the hell!!! As much as I wanted to retaliate, I just remained quiet and kept this smile on my face. I was fasting lah, so didn’t want to argue back.
Whichever idiot said that not talking while eating is a symbol of respect to food. HOW??? What’s the logic behind that? I’m not here to defy or totally slam what the old ones say. But seriously, think about it. What’s the logic behind not talking when eating? I feel that by talking while eating, I’m enjoying my food. What’s the point of keeping shut – feeling uncomfortable that you can’t talk and eat the food? I enjoy my food so I talk and enjoy it more. The basic way that one can show his respect to food is to pray before eating, think of all the people in the world who have got no food and are starving, not waste food, not complain about the food that one gets and let others enjoy their meal. If one cannot do all these and says that by shutting up, one is respecting the food, I think its utter rubbish. I agree, it is dinning etiquette that you don’t talk with food in your mouth (and I wasn’t doing that by the way). But in a normal restaurant (or more like a coffeshop/kopitiam), dining etiquette doesn’t require much of an importance.
And I found out that I am a rather modern Hindu. I know that by saying this many will think that I go against most of the Hindu “laws”. Well no. I just don’t follow the Hindu believes blindly. I would like to know a reason behind what I do. And if that doesn’t sound logical, most probably I won’t follow it.
Most of the believes that I have heard of are all what the old people (aunties and uncles and the 1940s and 1920s generation) have passed down. And the people nowadays, just follow them blindly. As much as I find it funny, I really would try my best to find a perspective that will not mock that believe. But at times, there isn’t and so I will just scrape that believe. It’s just me. ¶ 3:06 PM 0 Comments
I just realized today that I haven’t been having contact with many of my friends. Forget about those that I want to have contact with. There are people out there who I really need to go and spend some quality time with. Whether we study together or just go out for lunch or go catch a movie (which I wouldn’t want to), I really think it is important that I find a little bit of time for them. I don’t want to regret that I missed out possible opportunities to spend time with my loved ones (the word ‘loved ones’ maybe a little too strong – you can replace it with close ones, to be safe).
I was “friendstering” earlier, visiting some people’s account. What I saw really shocked me. I know lah, Singapore very small. But that doesn’t mean every single idiot has to know every single idiot on earth. Haha… I mean, Friendster’s main purpose is to connect people right? But then…
On the other hand, I think I’m just worrying too much. Worrying for what you may ask. I really don’t want to spell it out here. Those who know me well might just know what I am worried off. The bottom line being be careful with the friendship you choose and the words you use.
I just love Wednesday’s. Two reasons. One is because school ends early for me (2.30pm). The other is because most Indians have this common time, where we all can sit, talk and laugh out loud. Think about it. One more month or so, we are all going to graduate. And of course, I am more than prepared to not see anyone after graduation because all of them will be busy studying. We have been together for almost two years. God knows whether we will have contact with one another after we leave JC. Whether JC life was a good one is another story. But spending all these short breaks with the people who made a difference (positive or negative), is really necessary. For me at least. Haha…
There’s this girl in my class – Li Ling. I think I have mentioned about her before. I really envy her. She finds the time to go swimming. Swimming is my favourite sport by the way. She trains almost thrice a week. And I am here, not even able to find the time to go jogging. Jogging is another of my favourite sport too (if that is considered a sport). Haha… Is it just that I am unable to balance my time well or just that I am being Ragha (Ragha is a lazy boy)? I have to ask myself. Should go and exercise more because exercising is fun!!! Hell yeah mann…
My “owner” Auyeong abandoned me!!! How sad… Looking at the brighter side, it means I got more freedom being a stray pig. Haha… And I became the owner of a red panda. Is there really something called a red panda? My friends were telling me that there is such thing existing. It supposed to look like a raccoon with black eye patches (which is the only reason why it is called a panda) and is red in colour. I have never seen a red animal before. I love red and red animals will without doubt be the coolest and greatest creation on earth. Imagine getting a blue cat or a green panda (these are what Liying want) or a purple tiger (and this is what I want)? Wouldn’t it be extremely cool???
Well well well… As has sure made me crazier. That I can see. Haha... ¶ 7:21 PM 0 Comments
Well forget about that entry. Will upload it sometime, but not soon…
Life is getting crappier as As near. It’s not only me. My classmates are more stressed than I am. And the irony is they are doing far better than me but yet I am far relaxed than they are. I don’t know whether I am working too little or they are getting too worked up.
Was coming home with my friend (Li Ling) yesterday. She was telling me that she cries whenever she gets stressed and she knows some other people who do the same. What a way to de-stress right? They are others who are really afraid of becoming stressed. In the end they become stressed because they stress themselves not to be stressed. Haha… Funny people.
Met Valli Akka after so long. She shifted to Hougang recently and it was a shock to see he back at Khatib. Why was she here? To buy prayer stuff. She came all the way from Hougang just to buy things. Haha… We stood on the steps of the over-head bridge and were talking about our lives and friends. Of course, dance too. She’s in Apsara Asia. The dance group then deserves to be in the finals for Dhool dance competition but didn’t make it because it lacked SMS votes.
Visited the Dhool 08 blog. Here’s the link for those who wanna read it.
http://dhool08.blogspot.com/
It’s not the blog part that I like but the tag board. The comments people give are good as well as really dumb. Just give them a platform to talk and there they go. Haha…
I didn’t get the chance to catch the first two quarter finals of Dhool. So the recent Sunday’s quarter final was the first. I was totally impressed with Aerocratz performance. Their theme was good and the music piece they chose was simply awesome. Even though they were all guys, the elegance they had was astonishing. Really hats off to them for taking the effort to come up with something creative. Salute their boldness to actually do such a dance regardless of what people may think of them/laugh at them.
This quarter final was a serious clash. Three good groups – Apsara Asia, Aerocratz and Killabeez. Only to can advance to the finals, sadly. I am a fan of Killabeez but their performance on Sunday was a little disappointing. They made it to the finals though.
Killabeez’s dance is one full of energy and synchronization. Many groups that I have seen this far do not have co-ordination with speed. Killabeez is one of its kind. Apsara Asia has the speed and their dance steps are relatively different from most other groups.
The judges clearly stated that they favour Apsara Asia. But didn’t mention whether they favour it against Killabeez or Aerocratz. Haha… Quite obviously they favoured it against Killabeez. Sad eh? But well, there is a wild card round right? Guess Apsara Asia has to try then. I’m pretty sure they will make it to the finals la.
Another of my favourites in the finals is AR (Agni Reloaded). Tridiac is good too. All the best to the all the groups!!!
I miss dance mann... ¶ 8:12 PM 0 Comments
13 days to prelims. Today is the last Friday for Aadi Maasam. Tomorrow will be the last day for Aadi Maasam itself. So sad… So fast, my favourite month coming to an end. Good news is that I will be going Malacca on the 24th of August for another firewalking. Yahoo!!! Exciting eh? And I am going with my darling GodDad and GodMum. Even better, my darling GodSis Vaanthu is also coming along.
Everytime I see Sarah in school she gives me this weird smile and I some how can figure out that she is telling me to update my blog. Haha. I told her that I will post a very long entry that she can read it part by part.
Wanted to blog on Tuesday. Wanted to blog yesterday. But Ragha is a lazy pig. So… it explains itself. Oh ya. There’s this crazy girl in my class called Auyeong Weighing (that’s not the right spelling by the way). She calls me her fat pig and I call her my stupid dinosaur. We have been trying to sell each other off to other classmates. She wants to sell me for $5 and I want to sell her for $2.50. How cheap right? And we are supposed to be math buddies. The best part is we are always bickering! Every time we sit together in class, be it GP, math, biology or even lectures, we have to say something insulting to each other. We know that we don’t mean what we say. It’s funny sometimes – the things we say and her reactions. Oh and our dear Zhiling’s laughter when she hears our crappy talking.
Zhiling is the top student in my class (and 2 times top honour roll student). Even though she is extremely smart (especially if you compare her to me), she is very friendly. She mingles well with every one in class and is friendly with every one in school. Her laughter is distinct. It’s continuous and a little high pitch. My class can recognize her laughter easily. I really envy her intelligence. We both are in the same class. Her index number is before mine. She’s no.17 and I’m no.18. But the grades… You can see the huge difference. She’s like an all A student and I’m a below average student scoring two Us. Anyone who scrolls down the class list of marks, will surely notice the difference in grades between no.17 and 18. She’s smart and has a simply good character. Very rare to find such almost perfect character.
Wow. I just wrote one paragraph about Zhiling. Well, I can write a book if I want to go about talking about every soul in my class. If I want to talk about all the souls I know in NY, it will become a trilogy. Haha. No surprise.
Although I know a lot of people, whether in or out of NY, I seriously don’t want to trust anybody. Not that I don’t trust but I don’t want to. Too many experiences to state but they all teach the same thing – most people are not who they seem to be. They will seem like the best companions when you get to know them. After a while, they will just disappear into thin air. Suddenly, they will message or call. And the first question they will ALL ask is “Wah, someone never call at all ah. So busy ah?”. This question can really turn me off. I mean, I’m not those kind of idiots who just move away just because we don’t contact. I will take the time and effort to at least SMS a good night message or a good morning message. You people don’t have the courtesy to reply. I will still SMS. Maybe a few times more (10 times at least) and then I will decide that you really don’t deserve my attention. And that’s when I move off.
Okay. Let’s just move away from this friendship and crap. Studies are also a torture. As much as I am stressed, I envy my ITE friends. They live a relaxed life. But then, any ITE friend who sees me tells me “Eh Junior College/ A level student …..”. Irritating sia. Academics do not decide someone’s character. An uneducated freak can be so much nicer to be with compared to a University graduate. Seriously. Educated people are either too proud or too irritating. This may seem like an over-generalisation but that’s my personal observation.
My GP really worries me. The recent common test was something good. I got 4 marks for my AQ. 4 marks for my summary. But then the overall still didn’t change much. Haha. I got 0 for vocabulary. I skipped some questions too. My essay doesn’t seem to improve any much. Always at the 20+ range. My content and style are equally bad. I really don’t know how to improve my essay skills. Guess I have to expose myself to different types of writers and see how they write. Shall ask Vitz for her GP essays. Her GP is relatively good.
Well, I shall stop for now and go mug for my Math Mock Paper tomorrow. Am so not prepared for it. It’s just too fast la. But will try my best lor. Haha…
Cheers people. I lovee my NavaZ…
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Well, I really shouldn’t be using the lappy now. Less than 20 days to prelims and 78 days to As, I think. Nantheni is having her prelims tomorrow. How sad. If mine was tomorrow, I can seriously forget about passing any subjects. I am not even half prepared yet for my own prelims.
A levels is really stressing the shit out of me. I don’t remember being so stressed for O levels. As is just restricting my life – my enjoyment and what more, I have to cut down on going to temples.
A lot of things are happening. No one is to be blamed – surely I’m not. But what has to happen as to happen. Its already fated. It is quite amazing how so many things have to happen especially when I decide to become a mugger. Like all these issues, or at least most, could have been solved ages ago. But no one seemed to see its importance, not even me. And then, when I am all ready to start studying, these problems slowly face. And of course, they “oh-so-surprisingly” escalate.
I had sort of 4 days holiday – Friday (was a half day due to National Day celebrations in school), Saturday and Sunday (the normal weekends where my mind tells me to go and rest) and Monday (off in lieu to National Day). I kinda’ feel that I wasted these four days. I did study but then… I just feel guilty that I could have done more.
Night study programme has started in my school. But I haven’t stayed back yet. For some reason, I think it would be more productive studying at home.
78 77 76… and the days will just decrease. And by the time I realize it, I will be sitting in the hall (maybe classrooms) doing my A levels. ARGH!!!
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Very long since I blogged. Nor visited my cute lil' blog. Haha. Caught up with too many things. Studies especially.
Well, went to Muar Firewalking. Woohoo!!! The best day of this year... (Hmmm, actually would be two, since I was in the temple for two days.) Really enjoyed my time there. And not forgetting my GodMum and Darling Daddy (Vaanthu's parents) who really took care of me throughout the whole trip. And my new found friend/roommate, Vicky annae (Uncle's colleague). He too took good care of me, given that we don't even know each other! Haha...
Going Malaysia alone (excluding the fact that I went with my brother but was abandoned by him halfway), was exciting. Just a new experience. I never really thought of being alone in some other country. Not that I was scared. It tells me alot about myself and about my parents. And of course, about many other people and issues in life.
As of today, its 22 days to Prelims and 83 days to A levels. Not long eh? I dunno' how I manages my O levels. I remember I started late too. But A levels just don't seem the same way. Haha...
Fellow study mates are doing well. Nantheni is coping well. Vitz - don't know yet. School mates are doing well too.
Waiting for the National Day holiday. Got alot of things to do then. Especially catch up with NavaZ, brothers and sisters. And of course, not forgetting templing. (If the action for read is reading, the action for run is running, the term to go shop is shopping, then the term for frequenting the temple is "templing". It doesn't exist by the way.)
Got alot of things to update but my watch (although 10 minutes fast) tells me that I have to be studying now! Haha. So adiyoz peeps. Takkaire... ¶ 8:10 PM 0 Comments
