Tag-o-tag-gu!!!

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Tag number 1:
Was asked to do this by Praveen. Paavam avan solrachey naan romba vetti-nu nenachutaan. I wasn’t then. Now that I’m vetti, I’ve qualified to complete that stuff. So here goes.
THREE NAMES YOU GO BY:
Lu
Vanilu
Kin
P.S: Requests for origins of these names will strictly not be entertained.

THREE SCREEN NAMES YOU HAVE HAD:
sugarspiceandnice
Free! Free!! Free!!!! (Exam mudinjapram aarva kolarula MSN-la vechadhu!)
Look at the half full glass (intelligent people should have noticed lots of traces of optimism here! Again MSN nick when my computer was giving me hellish trouble.)

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF
Nails
Eyeball colour
Hmm….ears! (vera onnum thonala, that’s why!) :P
Oh no, I love my hair (marandhupocchu!)
That’s four…but it’s okay.

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS YOU DON’T LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF
Nose
Cheeks (sometimes people really wonder if I hog food in Singapore…enakke romba confusion-aa irukku. Miserable food, yet it’s chubby cheeks! L )
That chicken pox mole on my face

THREE PARTS OF YOUR HERITAGE
Ehh? What’s this?
Seri,
Amazing old books
Helluva lot of awesome music
Temper! ;)

THREE THINGS THAT SCARE YOU
Cockroaches
Horror movies (the fun is in getting scared, but I don’t like to get scared!)
Sudden noises (guess I have a weak heart. Any kinda noise, konjam loud, if sudden, scares the living daylights out of me!)

THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS
Water (to drink)
Air (to breathe)
Food and music (to eat and then enjoy!)

THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW
Nightdress-la irukardhu naala, no comments

THREE THINGS YOU WANT IN A RELATIONSHIP
I won’t cook. Condition number one. (yeah, for the way I cook, he should gladly accept this condition! There, confessions!)
Latest updates after more contemplation:
Any person with me in any relationship should accept condition number one for their own safety.
Now, relationship with amma: Should make lots of rasam and of course, pozhinjufy with love! :) How I wish my mom reads this!
Ha, relationship with akka: Now that she is earning, get me lots of things and be my best friend! Sis, I know, I know, wipe your tears...
A, appa, thatha patti, friends, athai athimber, chitthi chitappa, periappa periamma, mama mami ellathukkum I need more time...so konjam porumaiyaa kaathiru.

TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE (in no particular order)
Praveen romba nallavan. (Now you know what the other two are!)
Naan romba busy
Naan romba chamathu!

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS ABOUT THE OPPOSITE SEX THAT APPEAL TO YOU
Meesai illadha moonji
Ah! One smile that would bowl me over!
Tall and thin, nice eyes
Edho, Madhavan maari konjam nalla irundha manage pannikalam!

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO REALLY BADLY NOW
Kill Praveen for asking me to do this.
Hug my pillow and sleep
Idhu mudichu thallanum!

THREE CAREERS YOU ARE CONSIDERING
Bajji putting (I’m expecting lotsa customers!)
Veedu perukkings (only perukkings; no thodachings or pathram alambifyings)
Rendum work out aavalenna edha ad agency poi copy writer-aa seruradhu!

THREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO ON VACATION
Bay of Bengal
Arabian Sea
Indian ocean…..illa Tsunami vanduchunna problem, so….Red sea!
Namma ooru veyilluku idhellam dhaan seri!

THREE KIDS NAMES YOU LIKE
Acchu
Thakkali
Getti chamathu!

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE
Space-ku poi Madras-a top angle-lerndhu spot pannanum
Meet A.R.Rahman
Live one day without anyone at home scolding me! (aah, matthathellam easy-aa nadandhudum, not this!) :P

THREE (make it more!) PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO TAKE THIS QUIZ NOW
Anu
A (leave it as a comment!)
~phobiac~ (pazhi-ku pazhi! :P)
Deepak J.D.

Yeah, now, tag number 2: Asked for by phobiac.
Total number of books I own:
Sathiyamaa theriyadhu. Ennavum mudiyadhu. (Haiyya! Nice limerick I’ve written; enna, rendu line missing, but ok!)

Total number of books that were given out and never came back:
Sniff, sniff, my (okay, my dad’s) precious R.K.Narayan collection. Number, cannot make it lah

Total number of books flicked from others:
Onnu rendu. What I remember is Three men in a boat by Jerome K. Jerome. What’s surprising is, now I can’t find it!

Last book I bought
Been ages. If books bought by my dad count, it was The Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh

Last book I was gifted:
How to Study by Ron Fry. Sadly, I got it in my class 12!

Last book I read:
Anil’s Ghost by Michael Ondaatje

I am currently reading:
Rich Dad Poor Dad
The Glass Palace
The Fountainhead (been pretty unsuccessful, though!)

Five books that mean a lot to me:
Sophie’s world by Jostein Garder
Swami and Friends, Guide, The world of Nagaraj by R.K.N.
All things bright and beautiful, Life as a vet by James Herriot
My class 9 and 10 CBSE English textbooks
The collection of Disney comics that were bought when Anu was a kid!

Now, Sandhya ( I know what you’ll write, but well…), Harish and Smitha go on….

19 comments:

Anonymous said...

Anniyan pathu mudichu ara mani neram kooda aagala...... vikram kollra madri ethavathu technique la onna kollalam nu ninachen...... aprom paavam nu vituten....

u r amazin... to have guessed that i am jobless as well.... i ll put my tags later..... gimme a days time....(i m really busy for a day)

DOUBTS:

1)relationship naa only with males aa.... onakku amma akka illa.... friends la ponnunga illa....

2)andha kids name ellam future la un kids ku vachu paru..... when they turn 15 u ll be tortured to death....

3)bajji sutta enakku thruviya???????

Juvenile Delinquent said...

Oh no... Now I guess the Captain Vijaykanth post should take a backseat... And yes, I'd definitely want to meet A. R. Rahman too - yaedhavadhu contacts irundha sollu... Unfortunately, the only time he performed live in Chennai, I had my board exams coming up... So adhayum miss pannitaen...

Vani Viswanathan said...

a,
ha! adhaan super brains! :P
hey..u're interested in knowing how my relationship wid my mom or sis will be, eh? or wid 'friends la ponnunga'? i shall gladly let you know.
andha names ellam nicknames for some kids i've known...so experimentation already done! :)
bajji sutta dharalama unakku kadaikum....aana each bajji $5...spl. rate..wogay-va?

Vani Viswanathan said...

deepak,
captain patthi post-aa? then you must let praveen know...he's a die hard fan! :P
uhh....feb 21, 2003..i remember the date too! i pleaded with my momn to let me go...she wouldn't! i was almost shedding tears when i saw it later on television! :(

S m i t h a said...

is that me u tagged? :(( thats me crying
wogay... i'll do it.

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Anonymous said...

I am exultant.... so i m wearin EXULTANCY la??? ecstacy, exhilaration or jubiliation would be a better replacement....

chorry en inglis konjam weaku.....

Vani Viswanathan said...

a....
ok, so i was just thinking of asking your name...good, you din give me that trouble!
paavam, romba kashta pattu adangi adangi edho ezhudhirkey! lol...
and what, you want me to find 3 more ppl for you to tag again? nah, nah!
s m i t h a,
cha..onga peru ezhudhardhu romba kashtamaa irukku...yup, neenga dhaan edukanum!

Anonymous said...

adangi adangi?????? appadina

Sandhya Ramachandran said...

vans...
I called u yest... where were u?

~phobiac~ said...

Meesai illadha moonji

appo gotee okva ?

Ah! One smile that would bowl me over!

cricket player-ku neraya chance!

Tall and thin, nice eyes

Giraffe (spell giraaappe) okva ?

Edho, Madhavan maari konjam nalla irundha manage pannikalam!

periyavanga ithathan NTPK-nu solluvaanga...(nenappu thaan pozhappa kedukuthu).

~phobiac~ said...

hey vani....my tag post is up....

Vani Viswanathan said...

a,
adangi adangi-nna i meant controlled-aa...:P
sandhya,
oh so it was you who'd called..nobody could tell me your name da...
phobiac,
cha...meesaiye vendam...goatee-ya...chance-y illa! :P
'cricket player-ku neraya chance!'
i'm crazy of rahul dravid!
Giraffe? Huh, maybe i should have specified humans...din think ur imagination would go this wild! :)
NTPK....imagination is fuel for life to run....so chumma yosichukinne polaam...adhaan namma policy!

Unknown said...

Vanilu,
At last taggitaya nee?! Keep it uppu!

"Praveen romba nallavan"-nu ellarum sollartha paartha enakku perumaiya irukku di...btw nee enna indha truth-a mattum sollitu baakki rendum poi sollita?! :D

Kill me-a? Indha nalla payyanukku ippadi oru sodhanai...umaachi kanna kuththa poguthu :D

Prabha said...

Lu,(Nice name)
Me too big fan of Maddy kinda looks..endha virumaandi type meesai is a big no-no

Vani Viswanathan said...

praveen,
ada pavi, profile photo-va saniyan picture ku maathitiyaa da!
prabha,
hi! lu is a nice name?? :P normal meesaiye konja peruku thaan nalla irukkum...idhula virumandi meesaikku no chance!

Unknown said...

Vani,
Yeah di...Saniyan-a avatharichu unnai paada padutha poraen nee enakku chocolate tharaatha kutrathukku...7.5 years mavale :D

Lu...idhu enna nee Little Lulu maadhiri vidaama vaai aaduviya? :D

Vinesh said...

Very enjoyable post Vani...

I must do one of these on my blog as well...

Post mele post vandhu blog-il serum...
Idhai vaangi thandha perumai ellaam unnai saerum...:-)

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