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If you have the right company ,it hardy matters where you are headed..coz time just evaporates leaving behind a great experience to cherish for long.I visited Tahoe,Reno and Napa this weekend ,its become a July 4'th must visit for me ..but this time it was just Jai's presence that made the difference.

I decided to make my next post after watching Vikram in ‘Anniyan’. Before I jot down my observations and comments on this one, I wanted to go down the memory lane to the years 1985-89.My holidays at 83 Palanisamy st KK pudur were spent right in front of our Orson TV watching countless Mallu, Tambi, Hindi and English flicks .Dad used to be a partner at 2 video shops on NSR road.’Audio Videos’ and ‘Sight and Sound’, rather funny names when I try to recollect them in my mind now. We also had this amazing collection of Mallu classics at home. Being the son of PG (Dad’s called that in his circles),I could walk into our shop and pick up loads of videocassettes and return them well after the normal time limit for renting. I grew up watching movies of Padmarajan, MT Vasudevan Nair and Bharathan. This also happened to be the golden era of Malayalam movies and I still believe that some of the mallu movies that came during that period were a class apart. These movies set an extremely high benchma...

Got back from San Diego this evening ..hardly remember my co passengers coz I was dead tired and half asleep listening to 'Yesudas' during the flight journey... 'Rouse ' is the perfect description of what we did at San Diego all weekend... First Jai surprised me at the airport by showing up in bermudas and his new frenchie did add to the confusion..yes my pre KG till high school buddy had changed so much that i almost missed him in the crowd of mexicans...Till i heard his trademark high pitched 'Machiii' ..i was in a dilemma. I did have a fairly adventurous ride to La Jolla (la Hoia….) thanks to Jai’s Driving gimmicks..Every now and then he kept reminding me that his Nissan Maxima was a 260 bhp stud..and that did’nt help the cause either.. We picked up some buttermilk,curd and orange juice to enroute to La Jolla parkway. Dinner happened in a jiffy and before I realized murli had joined us and we were recollecting our high school stories, crushes, fiascos…nostalg...

Come May 30'th I will be completing one year in the US.I remember telling Sundar my best pal at the Meenambakkam airport on the 29'th May last year 'De i will be back in 3 months'.I can only smile ironically at that statement today.From a uncertain 24 year old ..the US experience has made me a independent,open minded and calculative individual. I like recollecting past events,so let me start off with events and dates... Some dates that flash past in no particular order..Aug 10'th,Oct 23'rd,Jan 10'th..Dec 9'th,Nov 2'nd,Nov 19'th .Some were days of sorrow,some days of ecstasy ..some a start of a new journey,some were nights of drunken chivalry(Nov 2'nd..heheheh). I had the great pleasure of listenting to SPB unplugged at the Chabot college ...his 'Ilaya Nila' was truly a masterpiece,met Maddy a few weeks back at San Jose,cudn't break thru the hordes of preety aunties n gals to talk to the dude tho. Now a list surprising rendezvous ....

It's been a laid back friday at office .Had a expresso,a mocha .and a extra sweet lemonade today and yours truly is half asleep by early afternoon. Spent the most of week finishing up pending work to meet the deadline on the 30'th and now i dont have anything to do on a beautiful friday..and that was some motivation to start blogging! Last weekend when i spoke to the San Diego BVB gang comprising of Jai and moorli..i had a pleasant surprise waiting ..an invite to visit the So Cal coast.San Diego i was told is the party place in California and the thought of partying had its effect on the spending pattern last Saturday when i drove to San jose to watch Kana Kanden,120 bucks spent at JC Pennys on clothes phew! Its gonna be 4 years since i last met Jai and murli..I saw the schedule for the next few days lots of beaches and night spots in the list.. Hoping to strike some gold!!