Non, je ne regrette rien

I watched Inception- the Movie, was so intrigued by the music and found that it was by a French Artist Édith Piaf. Loved the music and the translated lines.
Its her 95th birthday :)
Just a coincidence may be... but a fitting gift her eternal music deserved- a new fan.





No, nothing at all

No, I don't regret anything at all

Nor the good that was given me

Nor the evil. They're all the same

No, nothing at all

No, I don't regret anything at all

It's all paid for, wiped out, and forgotten

And I don't care for what's gone by

With my memories, I've lit a fire

My sorrows, my pleasures, I don't need them anymore

My romances wiped out, With the tremblings they brought

Wiped out forever, I set out once more from zero

No, nothing at all

No, I don't regret anything at all

Nor the good that was given me

Nor the evil. They're all the same

No, nothing at all

No, I don't regret anything at all

Because my life, Because my joys

Today, It all begins with you...

A Journey to Heaven

It was a hectic Friday and almost eight in the evening when he called me and said his trip was cancelled and we can meet tomorrow. Finally I thought my prayer for the day was answered and too excited about meeting him. Usually the nights before I meet him would be pretty tough. I will be so excited, slip into palpitation and will have a mild headache. I will loose sleep and would have to use every technique known to induce one. This time around, nothing worked. I had to use few pills too. I think I slept at around two in the morning.


I usually will try to catch the earliest possible bus in the morning so that I could get to spend most of the time with him that day. Just to make sure I loose no time in the morning, I packed his gift, I chose my clothes that I would wear, packed things I had to carry, even my shoes, the night before itself. I had a quick bath after I woke up, got myself ready and was there in the bus stop very early- at four in the morning.


It felt as if the bus is taking forever to reach the terminal, thirty minutes- the usual time. At the bus terminal I boarded the bus that will take me to his place. Since it was not a holiday season the crowd was too less in the bus. The conductor decided to wait for few more minutes before taking off to make sure he made reasonable business out of this trip. I had no choice but to curse him for delaying the journey.


At last the bus started, half full. It was summer and I could feel the warmth of the sun already. I experienced what seemed like some kind of a disorder which forced me to look into my watch every five minutes and wonder why is it taking so long. At one point, I realized I was looking at my watch every minute.  I knew by looking at my watch constantly I will not reach the destination early. Still I thought why is time moving so slowly and why is the bus crawling like a snail. I became oblivious to everything happening around me in the bus. All I could think of is meeting him and just him. 


The journey of three hours- that I felt like eternity- finally came to end. 
An eternal journey to heaven- to the land of my love.

Quotes

***
You were given two legs to walk
two hands to hold
two eyes to see
two ears to listen
But why only one heart?
Because the other one was 
given to someone else...
for you to find.
***


When you are in love
you cant fall asleep
because reality is better than 
your dreams


***
I love you
for not what you are
but for what I'm when with you.
***


Don't say you love me
unless you mean it
because I will do something crazy
like belive it.


***
I will hate the man you marry 
because it is not me
and love him
because he makes you smile.
***

Endless Goodbye

Seven Languages Translator

:) :) :) :) :) :)

Chocolate

***
Exercise is a dirty word.
Everytime I hear it I wash my
mouth out with Chocolate!


***
Put "Eat Chocolate" 
at the top of your list of things to do today.
That way, at least you'll get one thing done.


***
A piece of chocolate contains
just as much energy as you need
to take another piece...
Keep neutralizing the energy :)
***

Paarthalae Paravasam

அழகே சுகமா?

உன் கோபங்கள் சுகமா?

அன்பே சுகமா?

உன் தாபங்கள் சுகமா ?

தலைவா சுகமா? சுகமா?

உன் தனிமை சுகமா? சுகமா?

வீடு வாசல் சுகமா?

உன் வீட்டு தோட்டம் சுகமா?

பூக்கள் எல்லாம் சுகமா?

உன் பொய்கள் எல்லாம் சுகமா?

அழகே உன்னை பிரிந்தேன்

என் அறிவில் ஒன்றை இழந்தேன்

வெளியே அழுதால் வெட்கம் என்று 

விலக்கை அணைத்து அழுதேன் 

அன்பே உன்னை வெறுத்தேன் 

என் அறிவை நானே ஏரித்தேன்

உறவின் பெருமை பிரிவில் கண்டு 

உயிரில் பாதி குறைந்தேன் 

பழைய மாலையில் 

புதிய பூக்கள்தான் 

சேராதா?

பழைய தாலியில் 

புதிய முடிச்சுகள் 

போடாதா?

வாழ்கை ஓர் வட்டம்போல் 

முடிந்த இடத்தில் தொடங்காதா ?

வாழ்கை ஓர் வட்டம்போல் 

முடிந்த இடத்தில் தொடங்காதா?

சிறுமை கண்டு தவித்தேன் 

என் சிறகில் ஒன்றை முறித்தேன் 

ஒற்றை சிறகில் ஊன பறவை 

எத்தனை தூரம் பறப்பேன் 

அன்பே உன்னை அழைத்தேன் 

உன் அகிம்சை இம்சை பொறுப்பேன் 

சீதை குளித்த நெருப்பில் என்னை 

குளிக்க சொன்னால் குளிப்பேன் 

அழுத நீரில் கரைகள் போய்விடும் 

தெரியாதா?

குறைகள் உள்ளது மனித உறவுகள் 

புரியாதா?

இது கண்ணீர் நடத்தும் பேச்சு வார்த்தை 

உடைந்த மனங்கள் ஒட்டாதா?

இது கண்ணீர் நடத்தும் பேச்சு வார்த்தை 

உடைந்த மனங்கள் ஒட்டாதா?

அழகே சுகமா?

உன் கோபங்கள் சுகமா?

அன்பே சுகமா?

உன் தாபங்கள் சுகமா ?

தலைவா சுகமா? சுகமா?

உன் தனிமை சுகமா? சுகமா?

கன்னம் ரெண்டு சுகமா?

அதில் கடைசி முத்தம் சுகமா?

உந்தன் கட்டில் சுகமா?

என் ஓற்றை தலையணை சுகமா? 

Phone Models

Few days back I started to think about the number of phones I had owned in the past and listed them as Siemens- A35, Nokia- 3310, Siemens- A60, Nokia 6020, Nokia 3120, Nokia E71, Nokia N97.


Life is wonderful. Memories that takes you to the past and to another world that is no more.


I remember the days when I was using my A35 my very first phone. Life was much simpler. A very less pay, contended though. Had my first number as a prepaid service. Would check my balance so often after every call. I still remember- though I was the first one to own a cell phone (a gift from my father), I was the last one to discard a phone that had an external antenna. I don't know where it is now. Got to search that one day.


Then came my very prestigious and the then latest Nokia 3310 (a gift from one of my father's friend). Owning a Nokia phone is always a sense of pride and joy. It had the tune composer and I remember keying in my favorite numbers. My joy with this phone did not last long enough- the phone was stolen from my home in broad day light. 


Again loyalty calling me, I bought a phone myself for the very first time. Siemens A60. I had this phone pretty long enough until everyone starting telling me how I could manage with an old/outdated phone like this. Nevertheless, I attended few of my career changing telephonic interviews in that phone and I'm always grateful it had been my lucky charm. 


When one day my A60 gave up I decided to buy a phone that is the latest with all possible features. As I was not earning well I had to settle for an affordable phone. I bought Nokia 6020 as a stop gap phone. But it was the best phone I ever had. This phone that heard every word I spoke to him and those endless nights I earned for it to ring to hear him again. It heard me laugh and cry. Made me fall in love with the voice I heard.  Had seen me say good bye to him. I have stared at the phone for hours hoping it to ring and someday I would see his name flash again. Never did. In an unfortunate incident this phone was stolen too. 


Then I got Nokia-3120, the first affordable 3G model from the Nokia stable. A very compact phone with good call quality. There were so many who envied me for my wise choice. It recently developed some trouble with the speaker, otherwise it is still working good. 


After I joined my current job, I was able to get E71 for my official work. Though it was a second choice, I got the satisfaction that I was the only one in India who owned that color. At least I believed so. 
Again for official purpose I also got my N97 Mini and it made me loathe touch screens though I'm in total love with the style and the industrial design of the phone. I could hold the phone very firmly and can talk for hours, and I did. 


Of late, my phone usage has become very less and very rarely I use SMS. I've stopped syncing my phone for mails too. I guess I have reached the point where even the most primitive phone could satisfy my needs these days. With limited usage, no advanced features in the phone other than basic functionality excites me. I'm even charging my phone batteries only once a week. 


However times change and one owns latest phone models, it still is the joy of the old memories of those outdated phone models and the calls made, that brings bliss. 
I want my A35 or Nokia 3310 or Nokia 6020 with all those old days back to life. Can I?

Among us...

The girl is not married yet. It seems to be an unplanned pregnancy, and out of marriage. A difficult situation when the father of the still not born baby has abandoned the mother. Its full term now and may be she had to make a choice. She along with four of her fellow colleagues/friends plotted the plan and one among them is a nurse (or a dropout?). The nurse managed to smuggle injections and painkiller inside the highly secure manufacturing floor. The others brought in scissors and other accessories. They started their daily work as usual. They chose a right part during that night shift, locked themselves in a restroom and began the operation. The baby was delivered. And then they killed the baby, put that in a plastic bag and threw it in the waste bin. The next day morning a housekeeper found the body of the infant. What followed is the usual procedure of investigation- the girls were caught and we don't know the rest of the story.

Imagining the possibility of situations that could have happened during this kind of reckless and foolish acts is pretty scary. What if the girl has developed complications over her delivery. It could have been disastrous even for the girl. Looking at the circumstances and the incident itself it seems to be straight out of some fictional story with people who dare to spoil the life of a girl for granted and still get away, those who can dare to kill another life to safeguard theirs with such scant regards for life however puny it could be and those who can think the decision to take a life is easier and acceptable and be an accomplice in the crime. But these are real people and we live among people like this.