Discoveries in life

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I'm scared of dogs. Though I find them adorable, it takes a lot of courage from my side to actually go close to one, and I'd be the happiest person if I could muster enough courage to go pat or stroke one (we're strictly talking about grown-up dogs here, not puppies - I have held puppies in my hand!)

So it happened two days back that I saw, for the first time, a stray dog in Singapore. I was sitting in the bus stop waiting for a bus when I saw the dog in the opposite side's bus stop. I was surprised, and I smiled, despite all my fears. And that was the mistake.

The dog, rightaway crossed the street and came to the bus stop where I was sitting. I was terrified, and look around. I was alone in the bus stop...HELP!

The dog came and stopped a few inches short of me. Then it darted off to the left and relieved itself on a pillar nearby. And when it left, it almost brushed past my legs, but I didn't do anything much as I was frozen with terror.

And everyone in the road was genuinely surprised when they saw the dog. Many were pointing to the dog and looking at it with awe (as though they've never seen such a species before!)

So what am I trying to say?

Singapore-a irukkatum, Ambattur-a irukkatum, theru -nai engeyum irukkum!
(Applause, please!)

34 comments:

Sheks said...

Singapore-a irukkatum, Ambattur-a irukkatum, theru -nai engeyum irukkum!

pudhiya thathuvam pathaayirathi naapadhu. :)

Rags said...

Add a line to the thathuvam...
"Theru nayin tholayum irukkum"

Chez said...

Indeed an interesting discovery.. applause.. applause.. lol

BTW, Happy Pongal, Vani.

Vani Viswanathan said...

sheks,
cha...number-a increase pannu!

rags,
andha naaya kaanum, innum thollai pannithu na idha add pannidalam!! :)

Vani Viswanathan said...

magnus astrum,
Finally, some applause!! Thank you, at least you appreciate my discovery!
And Happy Pongal to you too!! :)

Anu said...

hahaha..:))..What a romantic encounter!! :p

Ramya Shankar said...

Quite a discovery and a greater courage mustered to sit intact in the presence of one!! Personally I looooveeee dogs!! :o)

Sheks said...

adhenna-nu teriyala.whenever i come across a post on dogs,i'm reminded of curses,with gajini BGM(zulo....bozo) playing @ the back of my mind :)

Aravind said...

pudhu thathuvam kadu piditha vani-kku ellarum nall oru tharam kai thattunga :)

~phobiac~ said...

Dogs-a !!....yenakkum athan species-kum aagave aagathu...

atha paatha naan kathuven....yenna paatha athu kaththum... !

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Anonymous said...

Lol. That was funny.

I dislike puppies but like the bigger ones. Much too huggable.

But hey, singaporeans are like that, even if they see a hen on the street, they'll look till their eyeballs drop.. Err, okay, so I'm one of them *rolls eyes*

Vani Viswanathan said...

anu,
podi!

*nice reply!! :)*

ramya,
thank you, thank you! wish i could love dogs enough not to be this scared near one!!

Vani Viswanathan said...

sheks,
hehe!!

aravind,
romba nanri!ellarukkum inda manasu varuma? ;)

Vani Viswanathan said...

phobiac,
naanum apdi daan...veli oorula vandhu naaya pathu kathi edhukku maanatha vangikanumnu vai mudindu irunthuten! ;)

the woman,
hen on the road? they definitely should stare!!

Harish said...

yakka
u too join the kadichifying list??

Vijay Ramamurthi said...

Happy pongal..chakkara pongal saaptengala??

as for the thathuvam..:) romba yosikkarenga :)

Sandhya Ramachandran said...

yemma... enna achchu unakku? Romba naala thanni podarayo? Range-a penathara!!! :D Sarri thathuvam! But for one.. i love just one dog in life- Lassie! :)

Aravind said...

Vani, Danks :)

ivlo periya seithi solli irukkeeenga... idha acknowledge panna venaama? adhaan :D

Chakra said...

adada adada... enna oru thathuvam!

Vani Viswanathan said...

harish,
curses kadi pakkathula idellam oru kadi-ya??

vijay,
chakkara pongala? kizhinjudu...kashta pattu oru masal dosai sapten! ;)
>>romba yosikarenga
idhukelam yosikave vendam....koodave porandhadhu!

Vani Viswanathan said...

aravind,
good! ungaluku nalla manasu!!

chakra,
thank you, thank you...

Vani Viswanathan said...

sandhya,
adipaavi! edho oru dadava otthunda ellathukkum thanni adichu ezhudirkiyanu kekariye? enga amma kitta solli vechudadhey, adi vanguva!!
btw, who's lassie? (enakku therinjadhu lad lassie dan!)

TamilPonnu said...

I read this first - "Singapore-a irukkatum, Ambattur-a irukkatum, theru -nai engeyum irukkum!" I thot u were talking about MEN. jk

Yours Truly said...

*appaluds* :)
The doggie too would have felt "it takes a lot of courage from my side to actually go close to one" Just kidding:)

Harish said...

oru biscuit poturukalaam la! :)

neways, congrats on 15k!

Vani Viswanathan said...

tamil ponnu,
lol...paravailla, sollunga sollunga, who cares? ;)

vJ,
hehehe, romba nalla idea! :) adaan tourists ellam namma oorukku vanda aadu maadellam photo edukarangale!

Vani Viswanathan said...

yours truly,
yeah, you better be kidding! ;)

Vani Viswanathan said...

harish,
biscuit-a?? adha poda poi adhu enna kadichuta? ;) edhukku veen vambu!
and oh, 15k vandhudta? (nee solli daan pakaren) :) Yayyyy!!!

Jagan said...

:) ..and i was surprised to see beggars in usa ..

Vani Viswanathan said...

jagan,
There! If someone ever says 'India has stray dogs, beggars and people who dirty the streets' etc., now we know what to tell them!

Anonymous said...

Singapore-a irukkatum, Ambattur-a irukkatum, theru -nai engeyum irukkum!
>> Andha theru nai illatiyum, this thathuvam will hold good. :D .. Did i mean something????????????? No offence mate!

Even, I'm so scared of dogs. I know a kutti dog which scared the s**t out of 4 of us.

Vivhyd said...

stray dog in Spore?? surprising.. well in India thgh sometimes its scary and we r like holding our breath passing thru some aggressive ones isnt it?..

Vani Viswanathan said...

anon,
warning: kutti dogs are highly capable of freaking us out!!

vivhyd,
namma oorula aggressive dogs mattum illa aggressive nariya vishyam irukku...adhukkellam pazhagi indha nai onnume illaye!! ;)