I am glad I am posting my note again. I was afraid if I would leave yet another months of gap before my next one.
Its super bowl weekend and the game is nearing a nail biting finish I think as I write this.
The past two days was pretty good. It passed by faster than I had expected. I was hoping that i could get somethings done on my reading front. bt couldnt accomplish much. We went out to Suresh place on saturday for lunch.
I had planned to go to the NJ Tamil Sangam Pongal Celebs get together, mainly because I thought I could see Srikanth from Studio 1234 in live action. Unfortunately only after 1/2 hour into the programme, we were told that srikkanth couldnt make it. I was little disappointed as I had been planning for this for almost 10 days. Anyhow, we enjoyed the orchestra. The group of around 10 folks did a fantastic job to keep the crowd dancing and whistling. The song selection were done well enough to mix the old songs and new ones. Mr.Sreedhar, did a good job compiring for the function. He appreciated, thanked and also gave due credit to each one of the orchestra members, inbetween the ongs and mixed them up with funny conversations and jokes. The whole group was also very friendly, enthusiastic and energetic. Mr.Ramani, who leads the group did a great job running the show. He sings pretty well too, sounding like TMS. Singers Sunder and Suresh did a good job mixing up their styles with the song and dancing too. Female singers were start attraction, harini special with mentions. They were cool on stage and were singing better than their male counterparts. Manmadha Rasa song topeed the first half of the show. Some of the folks couldnt stop jumping out their seats to dancify for this duppanguthu. Uyiren Uyire song could have little faster, it seemed slow to me. Suresh was showing off on stage at sometimes, only to miss his timing and pitches. He was too loud sometimes. Sunder showed his capacity as a good singer. He did a few alaaps before some songs to showcase that he is a talented singer. I have listened to some of his recording with srikkath. Overall, it was a very good performance and thoroughly enjoyable. Our wishes will be there for them to grow.
Sunday went by with Bubu(Harini’s cousin) and Vadivel visiting us. Harini cooked a good sambar/rasam/poriyal meals and a cutlet snack for the evening. The game must have been over by this time, I got to go to see who won.
I have my orientation at MetLife tommorow. Its going to be another quick day and good week ahead, as I would start getting my hands wet at work! GN
