Spirit of "Nest"

Clock Struck 2 AM. 

I was busy packing to leave the land of our famous "Nest", Minneapolis for the fifth time in 3 years...! 

My phone ringed....wondering who in the world is calling me at this time of the night, I picked my mobile...It was Rajan(logic) on the other end....

"Solra machaaan....enne pantu iruka? office la vela nu sonniye? U still in office?"

"Yeah da...pretty hectic...just took a break....dei ..am now cing our nest apartment da...the road we used to take to office....and the long walks we used to have in the neighbourhood during those wonderful days.....cha...antha time e inimeal varaatha da?....wat a wonderful time it was...."

 "Extreme Nostalgia" written all over rajan's voice....he sounded so so very emotional....

Obvious...It made me emotional too....Well just a slightest thought about our nest life would make us feel "emotional" and at the same time "special "....considering the fact that it is indeed a rarity for 8 of us from the corners of southern india...to join together and still be close to hearts for more than 12 years now...

"The Nest Life" will be always so special in all our lives....

That night...we chatted a bit about all those wonderful moments we had staying together...we re-collected a few interesting things that happened...and we just couldn't digest the fact that we can't come across such beautiful times in our lives again...

Yes! We won't come across those days in our lives yet again....but we are glad that we went through that wonderful phase in life...cant explain that feeling in mere words...

Four years have passed from the time we joined together in "minneapolis" and we used to think back at that time whether it will be possible for us to remain the same after entering into wedding fundaes....being in minneapolis ...all of us ...with the families ...together....well...frankly we never thought that would happen....

But God had other plans! :)

Days passed and the re-grouping started in minneapolis....After a minor struggle...Rajan and Preetha made it to msp to join Laxmi(Mr.Perfect) n Sangeetha...so did Arief (Bhai) n Fouzi...Theo(Mr T) n Nisha who were getting settled in a different place suddenly had to come to msp ....and meez (ramesh) who left our company.....re-joined the company and came onsite with his family(vaish n hari kutti).....raji(kula vilaku) though married had to stay in a different place though....

Biddu and myself were the "Single" guys and we managed to stay together...

It was a magical re-union!

However, we deeeply missed our dear "Nannu"(Anand) whom god choose to take to be with him....leaving an unerasable pain in our hearts...for the rest of our lives....It is an irrepairable loss and the moments spent with him...his actions...his mischievous acts...his everything..would remain in our hearts...

All family guys are now growing their own small nest ;) Though we stay in differnt apartments, the spirit of "Nest" makes us feel very happy n satisfied of being together.....

I have nothing more to add but to thank "Almighty" for giving us this wonderful oppurtunity to stay together for some more time in our lives.....

Hope...Me n Biddu join the "Nest" with our beloveds and Raji joins us too to make it a complete circle :)

Long Live the Spirit of Nest!

-Dina

Back to "The Nest"

Leaving the best place where u want to be in, leaving all the best things....best places, best food ;) and above all leaving your family and closed ones.... travelling several miles....across the seas to an alien nation....didn't make me feel a bit sad.....the moment i landed here in Minneapolis, MN, USA....

The only reason being,

"The Nest"

Well when i landed here ...i had my nest dudes...welcoming me in the airport...with the usual bang on the back... collecting the baggage we left to the parking lot to c the sizzling queen...our "Nissan Quest" blushin at me.... 15 mins later...i was in apt 211.... believe me folks...it felt like home... a sense of familiarity..... infact even i couldn't believe the feeling...i could feel the spirit of "Nest" ...a place where eight of us from the same college, same batch..same company, same client came onsite at almost the same time...and managed to get adjacent apartments too...210 n 211....

The eight: Raji(Kula vilaku..she stayed in a differnt apt though), Rajan(the famous logic), Ramesh(Meez mama), Arief (Bhai), Theo (Mr.T), Laxmi(Mr.Perfect), Anand(Nannu..Magudi) & myself dina... (dakalti)

When our kula vilaku left to india for good, Ajay(Biddu) joined us and straightaway he was part of the nest....the way biddu mingled with us so quickly amazes me till date...biddu was like a kid to us at that time.. but not anymore...;))

With 5 of the 8 getting wedlocked in succession and settling down in india...only 3 were left and i joined them....

Though the same 8 were not present now...the count of eight...is still maintained....with the legend of nest rubbing on to the apprentice\exit 107 folks (apt 107 had maddy, gopi, vasu , nirupen, venki, charls the last season and we togethter had a gr88 time)occupying apt 210....v got a new bee too...praveen....annother guy...who fits well among the scheme of "The Nest" things ;)

It was dinner time and no prizes for guessing the menu... any new bee or a re-entrant to nest is treated like a king.... had a wonderful dinner that day....w/ prawn briyani...onion salad egg..etc etc..

okie...now...apart from the feel @ home thing... the following are the intresting things i noticed...this season...

Chef Biddu - The Revelation

Bidd, who never got promoted from cutting\cleaning last season...is the chief of chefs now....biddu has beena revelation...in terms of cookin this season.... and the secret for this lies in his laptop....;) Bidde...we've wasted ur talent last season man.... U rock da...!

Paste - The Dominance

When i opened the cooler...i could see the dominance of the intruder into nest...this season...."PASTE" ...well itz not tooth paste folks.. you name a dish ..u can see a paste for that...lemon paste..tomato paste...puliogoray paste...vathalkuzhambu paste...and there was a Briyaani paste too... my goodness...this season is dominated by pastes...and v r slowly wrking on eliminating it..;) coz we at nest had never complained for not havin good food... n e ways paste has come in handy with the tight schedule we have in summer... ;)) v ren't gettin time to cook guys...coz after volley, tennis...v come home @ 10 pm...

Flicks - The Decrease

Nest had a screening comittee headed by Logic and Mr.Perfect who chose the best of flicks and v wud have one nice film screened every saturday....which has decreased now...reason....v have got lots a activities lined up our sleeve..and every one become so tired at the end of the day(EOD is 1 AM the next day for us..) V wont get sleep w/out cricket on saturdays and all the dvd we rent wud get returned without even opening them sometimes ... ;))

Chat Corner - Closed

Meez....no matter how tired he is...wud b there at nest early to welcome us after wrk with nice samosas..pakoras...pav bhaji...bajji and nest's famous Bread Veechu ... tat was last season ...and this season we have "Energy Bars" to energize ourselves for the spikin and slicin...meaning volley n Tennis.. ;)

Whatever changes may come... the spirit...the bonding...the love...the fun...the togetherness of NEST hasn't changed a bit and i'm proud to be part of this wonderful time in my life....

"Back to Nest"

-Dina @ dakaltiz...

Miami maamas. Part 2..

Day dawned and the epic trip has just finished day 1 and day 2 has just started. After being enthralled by the Hollywood studios, our expectations had sky rocketed. We didnt know at that time that not only our expectations but we all would be sky rocketed on day 2 :-)...

We entered the Island of adventures and the first thing that caught our eyes were the huge giant rides.. 6 souls were jumping in joy to experience the excitement. two souls were trying to find a hiding place. they were too afraid to just see the rides.. ok.. meanwhile mr.dakalti goes missing for a while. all the nest souls knew where he had gone :-)

Ok... The first ride was called "Incredible Hulk Coaster". This ride sends you on a high-speed roller coaster rampage, blasting off with the force of an F-14 fighter jet launching from an aircraft carrier.. well well well.. we never even in our dreams have seen such a roller coaster. it swung in all direction/all axis and came to a screeching halt..

After the rollicking experience, it was time for the "Doctor Doom’s Fearfall".. This ride defies gravity. it sky rockets you to some 200 feet and drops you.. aaah.. while going up we didnt experience the feel. why dropping down, we felt as if our body parts were detached from the body.

Then came the mega one that everyone was keenly waiting for. The "Spiderman".. we were really swinging thro the new york sky scrappers with the help of the all time hero Spider man.

After a quick break, it was the turn of Jurassic Park River adventure. We were taken thro a great ride and the setup was an exact replica of the real Jurassic park with Dinos standing here and there.. the last moment was unforgettable when we our ride took a sudden splash into the waters.. that splash not only excited mr. dakalti and mr. logic. it excited everyone out there.

Lastly it was the turn of the king of all rides. It was called Dueling dragons. They were high speed twin roller coasters. It was like the coaster that comes in Final destination part 3 :-)).. unforgettable, breath taking experience..

After all fun, we now had to leave for our hotels so that we could pack our bags to the place where the world's most beautiful beach lies.. none other than Miami...

Continue in next...

Miami maamas. part 1..

It was the biggest trip for the nest.. Everyone in the nest had got two days of leave after lots of fight with thier supervisors... Apart from these two days, we had a long weekend.. so were going to have 5 days of non stop majaa... it was a mega plan... we cudnt wait for the things to unfold... the trip was to cover The land of adventure Orlando, the southernmost tip of USA Keywest and see the World's beautiful beach City Miami.. huff..doesnt it sound exciting..

After a pretty long flight, we landed in Orlando. The start wasnt great. We had to wait in a big queue to get our reserved rentals cars.. two cars as usual.. one was a Camry and another Pacifica.. Our journey had begun......It took 1 hr to reach our hotel in Orlando. By the time we reached the hotel, it was around 2 AM in the morning and the reception was exclusively open only for us... got the rooms.. we barely slept before the sun rose..

Morning we got ready and set out for the adventure island Orlando.. we had plans to visit Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure.... First day it was the turn of Universal studios. This adventure island was sure full of adventure. we got the first taste of it when mr. dakalti hit a pillar and made a huge dent in the new shining Pacifica car while parking.. damn. what was he doing... only he knows. it took some time for settling down.. got the tickets and we were walking into the Universal Studios. we were all in Jeans and T-shirt and we were amazed to see that no one else in the entire theme park had come in jeans. everyone was either wearing a shorts or something which was shorter than a shorts. :-) Yes, we came to know
the reason within minutes. it was hot out there and we started feeling the pinch... after some "sight" seeing :-), we got to the first show Shrek 4D. After a long one hour wait, (not so long bcos of the colorful crowd, and a nallavan Theo to otify), we got into the show. We were simply enthralled.. The show was so amazing. we had some animals hovering above our head.. some rain inside the theatre . some fire.. wow.. no words to explain the 4D experience. now we got a feel of the Universal studios.. Our next destination was Twister..

Here we were shaken, terrified. We realized how a real tornado will look like.. amazing man... then came the turn of Revenge of the mummies.. We were expecting jus mummies here. but we were wrong. we were taken in for a surprise ride and guys, it was a hell of a ride.. we were jumping up n down.. heart was beating 2x faster.. uff.. we came out and to see the faces of mr. dakalti and mr. logic, we knew how a terrified person looks like.. By this time, we had taken 5 litres of water, 6 litres of coke+sprint+lemonades.. man, we were worning out faster.. we went for a lunch before we decided to move on...

after lunch it was again the turn of Men in Black and Teminator ... by the time Terminator came we were sleeping... We took the long drive back to hotel. after some rest we drenched in the cold swimming pool in that hotel.. we were in there for 2 hrs before a guest arrived to join us. it was bhai's college frnd. we had nice dinner outside together.. We had a Indian restaurant jus outside our hotel and the biryani was too goood. (do not ask what was the bill.. :-) we could have a bought a mini biriyani shop here in India with that money).. we went back to our rooms and slept dreaming about the Island of Adventure...

Continue in next..

When water becomes vodka - Part 2

Please read Part 1 again before reading....

Bhai continues...

Bhai : hmm. enna daa sollitu irundhaen

Me : Singapore-laa doctor-nu sonnae daa..
Bhai : hmm.. aamam daa.. School-la irundhae nalla palakkam.. college vandhadhukku apram innum close ayittom.. final year irukkum podhu propose pannaen...

Mr.T : Appovae pannitiyaa daa bhai...

Bhai : aamam daa.. adhukku apram ivvalo naal ungalluku ellam theriyaama love pannitu irukkom..

Biddu : enakki onnum era maatengudhu..

meez : biddu, slow-va kudi daaa... konjum konjum-a thaan erum.. enna daa mr.t.. onakku erichaaa

Mr.T : hmm.. mmm... mmm.. nalla erichu daaa... sari bhai.. sharmila avanga appaaa amma ennada panraanga..

Bhai : idho paaru daa. ivan nanban.. vera evanukku aavadhu idhu ketkanum-nu thonichaa daaa... ivan oruthan thaan akkarayaa ennoda maamanaar maamiyaar pathi ketkraan.. romba nallavan illai..

Me : dey yosikka time venum-na porumaya yosichu sollu. summa ipdi kadhai vidadhey..

Bhai: Mr.T, avanga appa singapore airline-la partner-a irukaaru daa..

Mr.T : oohh apdiyaa daa.. super...

Me : yei,.. idhu ellam over-a theriyala.. vitta singapore-ae onnodadhu thaan-nu solliduvae pola irukku.. innumaaa daa indha ooru onnai nambudhu..

Dakalti : yei.. summa iru daaa.. nee sollu daa bhai..

Bhai : apram enna.. adutha round adichutaae pesuvom..

mr.T : enakku nalla erichu daa. naan varala second round-ku

biddu: Enakki eravae illai. naan varudhu.. summa adi theo...

Dakalti : naanum second round adikka poraen daa..

Meez : neenga ellam adichaa naanum adikuraen daa.

mr.T : seri enakku oothu.. naanum adikiraen..

Bhai pours water in all glasses and gives..
everyone says " Cheers.. idhu bhai-kaaga"

Everyone is acting as if they are drinking. also everyone is watching what mr.T is doing..Mr.T is drinking the water, as if he is from the london royal family and romba rasichu rasichu kudikiraaan..everyone cant control laughter..

Dakalti : dey bhai, hmm solludaa. apram shakila-kum onakkum eppo daa kalyaanam..

Bhai : dey,.. enna daa sonnae.. ennoda aal pera shakila-naa sonnae.. evlo deiriyum daaa.

Dakalti : sorry daa.. theriyaama vaai thavari sollitaen..

Bhai : Adhu eppadi-daa vaai thavari shakila-nu sollalam..

mr.T : edho bodhayilae sollitaan daa... first time thaanae adikuraan avan... paavaam..

Bhai : bodhayilae eppadi daa shakila-nu sollaalam..

bhai now acts like as if he is hitting dakalti.

dakalti : dei ennayaa adikurae

rendu perum are acting like as if they are fighting.

mr.T : bhai, vidudaaa avana.. bodhai-la edho olaritaan daa... paavam avan..

mr.T : naan appovae sonnaen-la.. nalla erum-nu.. kettengalaa....

Biddu : enakki steady-a thaan irukku..

bhai meanwhile goes to balcony and sits.. and acts as if he is feeling very much..

dakalti meanwhile rests on the bed and sleeps with light korattai :)

Meez: sari daa. naan veetuku phone pannanum. naan poraen..

meez goes and acts near the door as if he is unable to open the lock..

mr. T to others: he he he he hee.. (in his own style) yei angae paarungalaen. meez poi thadavadhudu..

mr. T : meez adhai andha pakkam thiruppu daa..

Meez : thanks daa. nee mattum thaan steady-a irukkae

mr.T to others: naan meez-oda poi avanga kadhavayum thoranduttu varaen..
on the way to room meez meets some neighbours and casually talks.. mr.T is listening.
then after coming back to room, mr.T : meez theriyumaa daa. oru madhiri bodhai-la aaditae pesuraan. vaai ellam kolarudhu...

dakalti : yei evan daa avan. yei...

mr.T : dakalti onakku over-aa erichu. iru konjum lemonade tharaen. kudichu erangidum..
dakalti : yei... naanga ellam steady-a thaan irukkom...

Me sings some telugu song. biddu reacts by saying.. "yei andha padathulae geni super-a dance aadum"

me: enna daa gene panni apdinu.. poi thoongungaa daa..

after lots of laughter and non stop fun everyone goes to bed.. mr.T is still thinking that everyone was drunk and he was also feeling very drunk..

Next day, dakalti and mr.T are going to church. on the way, dakalti asks

dakalti : enna daa mr.t. nethu naanga ellam romba aatam pottaaamaa

mr.T : he he he.. aaamam daa. romba erichu bodhai ungalluku ellam..
dakalti : nejamaa vaa.

mr.T: aamaam daa.. nee-um bhai-um sandai ellam potteenga,.

dakalti : chey nethu namma ellam kudichu irukka koodadhu daa...

mr. T: naan thaan nethae sonnaen illai.. vodka romba over-a irukkum-nu.. kettengala daa

dakalti : adachee nayae. innumaaa daa onakku theriyala.. nethu namma verum thanni thaan daa kudichom..

mr.t: aaan aaan. enna emathaa mudiyaadhae

dkalti : ading nayae.. nejama thanni thaan kudichom. en daa ippadi irukkae

mr t : ?-!@#%&$$

onnum puriyaama edhuvum nadakaadhaa madhiriyae act koduttu church poraan

Last Year This Day @ Nest !!

It was a beautiful saturday morning and asusual ... meez and biddu were fast asleep in 210 and it was 11 AM in the morning... I got up very tired due to the koothu we had in the nest the previous night... sun was shining bright and blazin over the snow.

It was the 7th day of the new year ... the first weekend of the year ... we planned to meet balaji n shakthi... and go out... together in the evening...

For long time, I've been thinkin of trying to do 1 thing which my dear close friend didn't like at all!! shez goes hell when i tell of that... she havin flown off the nest and back to india... i thought it was now safe to try that out.. ;))

I had one last longgggggggg look at me in the mirror... i decided ...i'm gonna remove my mush this time...no matter how it looks....

Meez got up...' dei dakalti enne da panra??'
By this time ..my half mush was gone.....

Meez couldn't control his laughter....and then came logic...Mr.T and amidst all the noise...biddu was pulling up his comforter and sleepin .... comfortably! It was still early for him.

Okies now... the mush was completely off and herez the mushless me..... meez impressed by the smart me?? ;)) started lookin at his mush...

'Machi.... edu machi....eduthuttu paaru summa aamir khan maathri irupada'... well i was a bit afraid of being the odd bird out in the nest.....so persuaded meez to shave off his face.... meez ultimately fell for my words... and the next bird became mushless....

now Our next target was 211...logic wasn't going do this until he saw us.... and in the process he got two cuts in the face.....the last bird in the nest was mr.Perfect and It took a great effort from the three of us to convince him to take off his big big mush....

With Mr.Perfect too joining the list.... the nest became mushless!

It was total fun that day!
Wat a day it was! 7-Jan-2006 !

Nest and I

Lamp post ignited the street.I stood there looking at it
"7601 Knox Ave".
The place where i spent my 2 yrs of stay in US.
It was named as "Nest" later.

Away from home,from my girl for the first time in 25 yrs.
Nest life teached me a lot.
Nest rescued me off from my home sickness,missing my beloved.

Gave me a chance to meet some of the lovely souls in this world.
Enabled me to relive the good old days of volley ball that i played in school.
Nest is where i discovered that i can also cook.
Defined the meaning of "Fun".Enhanced my level of self confidence.

Nest folks that was really a awe-inspiring stay.No words to describe it.
The nest phase of life will ever be in my memories...always.

No way blood related..when i get hurt u guys felt the pain of mine..and thanks a lot for taking care of me

Will miss u Nest....

PS:

Mr.Perfect/Meez/DRL : All the best for your married life.
Bhai/Dakalti/Theo : True prayers for you guys to get "The your KIND of GIRL" in life.
Biddu : Wish u success in your carrier and Stay at onsite

Life in Nest..

It was that day when rajan left for india. everyone were in a terrible shock. Each one of us started understanding, it was not just fun around in nest. There is some real emotional bonding. After spending around 3% of my life time in nest, it is time for me to fly out of the nest. I am writing this blog with a heavy heart and am not getting any words to describe how much i feel.

Rajan -> You were the numero one in the nest daa. You did so many things to keep everyone happy and make life easy. So many sacrifices. So many adjustments. You are awesome dude. You built the nest

Theo -> Laughter is the best medicine da.. Dude, you made us laugh. Though we have ridiculed you many times, everything was for fun da and at heart we all knew how important you are. Without you, nest would have been deprived of lots of fun da. You kept us flocking

Bhai -> You rocked with your enthusiam da. You took the trouble of putting together multiple plans. be it for a weekend enjoyment or for a long trip. you enjoyed and made everyone be a part of it.. You kept us flying

Dakalti -> The unifying factor. you ability to mingle and keep everyone close to heart was really amazing daa. Without you we might not have even found out the term nest. Your good heartedness and friendship is what made most of us feel at home. You protected the nest..

Ajay-> Your bubbliness and enthusiasm kept the nest going. You never felt bad being around with all tamil guys and never separated yourselves from us. Keep up your enthu.. You added value to the nest

Nannu -> Your different thoughts and ideas, your speech and activities helped us going in tough times..

Laxmi -> Your experiments helped us improve. Your choice of movies, choice of food and many others helped us enjoy a lot..

Raji -> Being a single girl in the entire gang, you were the differentiator in the nest.. Cant forget the days when you have cooked for us and those days when you made coffee when we come from home. thanks for everything..

Balaji&Shakthi -> Your presence enjoyed us and you helped us in so many aspects. No words to explain what they mean to us

Finally, all others Nadans, Suthanga, Fardeen, Ibrahim, Gopi, Vasu, Venky, Nirupen, accn guys all of you had a important role at some point as the nest was built and was sustained.
Thanks for everything guys.. Will definitely miss this life.

PS: Askidupu nhi..

When water becomes vodka - Part 1

Yet another plot to decieve Mr. T. This time the plot was simple. Me empties a vodka bottle, wash it and fills up with plain water. Idea was to make Mr. T drink water thinking it is vodka and see how he reacts. The ploy starts..

All from nest assembles in a round table..
Dakalti says "Mr. T we are all going to have vodka tonight.."
Mr.T : Why daa..
Dakalti.: Just like that.. bhai told a great news....thats why..
Mr.T : dei bhai eppadi raa irukkae.. enna daa news-su...
Bhai: Onnum illai daa.. Unga kitta ellam oru vishayathai romba naala marachittaen. inniki thaan time vandhu irukku adhai solla...
Meez eats all chicken there meanwhile
Mr.T : Dei meez, chicken kaanadhu daaa...
Meez: ada chee mooditu bhai solradha kelu..
Bhai : Naan 8 varusham-a oru ponna love panraen daa.. nethu thaan avanga veetla ok sonnaanga...
Dakalti (hidingly smiling) : Paaru daa T, namma kitta sollavae illai paarthiyaa bhai..
Bhai : Aaamam daa. ponnu peru sharmila.. singapore-la doctor-a irukkaaa...
Me : (Unable to control laughter.. goyalae.. doctor-a. idhu ellam over daa dei...)
Biddu : dei onakki enna daa.. bhai nee sollu.
Bhai: ellam ippovae sollitaa eppadi.. oru round adipppom..
Meez: first time adikuromae onnum aagadhu illai daa..
Mr. T: kammi-a kudikalam daa meez..
Bhai puts water (Mr. T seeing it as vodka) in every glass and then puts sierra mist...
everyone is ready... takes there cup and say cheers to bhai daa...
dakalti : after having his first sip, enna daa kasakudhu..
Mr. T : dei konjum apdi thaan konjum kaandhum daa.
Me : Enna daa kaandhum kaanadhum.. apdinu....
Biddu: Dey rajan.. indha vodka-ki effect illai...
Rajan: Mavanae iru konjum nerathula kodal ellam vegal pogudhu...
Mr. T : enakku light-a erudhu daa.. mm. mmm... baai nee solludu
Bhai: College-la irundhae palakkam daa.. school-la konjum naal onnaa padichom.
Mr. T : Adapaavi...
Bhai: Veetla permission vaangitu thaan ellar kittayum sollanum-nu nenachom.
Mr.T : Apdinaa Permission vaangi aacha
Bhai : Naayae.. naan enna ingae kadha kalatchebam-a naduthuraen. olunga kelu..
Last week ok sonnanga...
Mr. T: apram ennoda pona vaaramae sollala..
Rajan: idho daa. vandhuttar daa kelviyin naayagan.... iru daa adhukkum bhai edhachum solluvaan.. theo, kelvo ketkuradhu romba easy. badhil solradhu romba kastam..

Meanwhile biddu overacts and pours sierra mist down as if he has got too much bhodai..

everyone.. dei paarthu daa..

Rajan: edho sonnaae.. ippo enna solrae..

Biddu : dei.. poda poda. naan steady-a thaan irukki...

Dakalti : Dei ennanga daa.. onnumae erala..

Mr. T: iru daa.. konjum konjum-a erum...

Rest in Part 2

Nest becomes Smoke Free

Who told nest is all about being together, having fun, good food, lots a music, Volley ball, Cricket, Treats, Dance etc etc...?

It's about keeping Promise, Commitment and Perseverance too!!!!

World, Today August the 30th 2006 is an very important day in our nest life ..
Today completes 21 days of severing an 8 years strong bond of our Bhai with one of his deepest love,

"Dum"

As an old saying ? goes.. If u can control anything for 21 days, You can control that forever in your life!!

We are very proud and happy today to see Bhai overcoming lots a Temptation over this 21 day period to keep his lips away from the deadly love!!

Bhai, No more kissing da!! :)


We know for sure that you wont hold that damn thing forever any more!!

We all are very happy for you and extremely proud of you da machaan !!!

This shows your resilience & perseverance and ofcourse you have kept your promise !! :)

Well done dude!!

You have made your family and your closed ones proud and happy!!

Hats off to you da Machaan!!

One more important note:
Balaji n Shakthi though they don't stay in our nest, they were always one among us the nest.

Balaji is the one who is mainly responsible for this.

We are glad that we got Balaji, Shakthi and now our kutti (Singi) nakshatra in our life.

With Lots a love,

(Smoke Free)Nest

Summer means No Blog...

Sometimes everyone in the nest think whether 24 hrs in a day is even enuf. We seriously dont find it enuf becos of the number of activities that we do during summer. During winter, the nest was busy with many indoor activities.. Now we have lots of outdoor activities.. hence no time to blog guys..

Playing volleyball has been the passion in the nest and the trend continues this summer as well... We also enjoy playing cricket these days.. The number of people joining the games have increased dramatically as well this year..

well.. its been a long time since i blogged something.. reason is purely bcos, i dont get a single minute free these days. whatever free time i have, i am spending talking with my would-be.. :-) so people who visit our blogs are getting utterly disappointed not seeing any new post..

so will try to update more often people... next topic in nestof8 is miami maamas :-) so wait for the release guys n gals...

Meez n Lax in a Fix

Headlines Today

Two young budding s/w engineers got into a terrible fix.
The Gang pities these guys and the whole world is pourin in the feelers.

well World.. our dear Mr. Perfect & Mr.Doma (a) Meez are leading us in getting Rivetted in life.
They both are goin to jump into a different sea of life very sooon...

Yep! Two of the world's luckiest?? ;) girls are awaiting the return of these kings ;) to india to join hands and live happily everafter.

Lax n Meez are getting divorced from bachelorhood and will soon be embracing Aaapuhood!

Wishing them a great n blessed life together with their queens.

Lax\Meez: Enjoi this little phase before marraige ...wishing you more kadalais, romance, butterflies in stomach, ...etc etc!

Congrats Guys!!

Luv n Prayers,
The nestof 8 and now 9 :)

vanakkam. vandhanam. namaskaar...

Vanakkaaam. vandhanam.. namaskaar. Seidhigal vaasipaathu ungal anbu ramesh...

Chennai airport-il orae figure koootaam... oru hero land aavraadha paarkaa.

US ponnungal ellam orae dhukkaam... oru superstar india poittaan-nu..

logic manasil orae kavalai... avanukku coffee poda aal illai-nu solli..

Dakalti mogathil orae bayamm.. samaikannum solli..

Baai manasil orae edhir paarpu : mani parcel koduthu viduvaar solli... :-)

Nannu moonjilae orae sandhosam: avana adhaataa aal illai-nu solli..

mr. perfect moonjilae orae erichaal : avaroda endha things-um kondu pogala-nu sollu

biddu mogathulae oru thookam : thoonginaa eluppaa aal illai-nu thoongamalae irukka...

drl and mr. t mogathulae oru aarvaam.. indha paiyan evvalo gundu aayiraakan-nu paarkaa.

next two weeks, naan india poradhaala idhu ellam nadakudhu... kavala padadheenga nanbargalae, 2 vaaram odi poidum.. indha pirivaa ennala unara mudiyudhu. but sandharpa soolnilai apdi..ellarum olunga velayaadittu irunga.. annan sure-a kuchi mittayum kuruvi rotti-um vaangitu varaaen... :-)

Will miss you my dears.

chee chee chee chee.. enna palakkam idhu...

konjum naal-a baai mogathulaa oru kozhai veri theriyudhu.. eppo daa kai-la evanaavaadhu maatuvaan-nu wait pannittu irukkaan. reason, nest-la paadhi per laptop-la age of empires game load pannitu, LAN-la velayaadhittu irukkaanga.Baai-ku Age of Empires-um puriyala. adhula vara sounds-um puriyala.. ellarum velyadum podhu enna panradhu-nu theriyaama muzhichittu irukkaan. paavam...

But yaa ,coming back to AOC, nalla interesting game. wish, we got this game long back. winter aavadhu seekram poi irundhu irukkum.. time poradhae theriyaalae..

I am getting lots of dreams these days and all bcos of AOC. i am even killing a few hundred people in my dreams everyday :-)) thooka kalakathulla "mandaattaam" apdinu kathuraen...
Logic as usual, avanoda muzhu theramayaa kaamichu velayaduraan. biddu, silent-aa oraama utkaandhu orae fugures-aa create panni thalluvaan.. (read the figures as buildings :-)) Daks focuses only on soru.. his people will say "soru sir-ae soru..." and meez focusses only on military... irundhaalum thothu poidurom computer kittaa...

ok ok.. latest-a nadakuradhaa adikanum-nu thonichu. adichaachu.. blade pottu irundhaa mannichudungo...

inimael engae AOC velayada mudiyum.. summer start ayiduchu... Cricket, volleyball, badminton thaan velayadanum.. lets enjoy maddies...

Subject: Evening plan

Was reading thro my old mails.. found this interesting mail chain. thought i could publish it...

It was one of those days... Mr.T was caught is a ottal wave... this is jus a sample...

Me says:
4 - 4:30 PM Me,Bhai,Daks,Mr T.. To check the car with Mr.X
Meez/Magudi to Hopkins..
And all.. 7 - 9 PM Volleyball

Mr. T says :
In this plan, a key needs to be given to mr.Perfect. He would go to home before us.

Me says :
Mr. T the Key Kapalan. dont worry we devise a plan to give the Key to Mr. perfect..Plan consists of three phase
Let me start first phase of the plan

First lets define wat a key means.Mr.T search the google. Now then analyse mr. perfect's metabolism and his acceptance level. Mr.T find out whether Mr. perfect is in a position to accept anything we give to him today evening..

If yes find out is he ok with a metal which makes sound...then define him that we are going to give him the REAL KEY...

Phase 2 some one please continue...

Meez says :
Phase 2 : Mr.T to jump from fifth floor to ground floor along with the key to find out whether the key given to Mr.Perfect is endurant enuf. In this process if any one his bones break, then the phase 2 fails. If he succeeds without breaking, then Mr.T will walk back to the fifth floor. This is to test the keys endurance. Now to test the key strength, Mr.T will sit inside a big mixer grinder and switch on the mixer. In this process if the key doesn’t crush then that means the key is strong.

Finally before handing over the key, Mr.T will run at 100 mph to home and check whether the key , he is handing over to Mr.Perfect is working. If it works then he will keep open the door and come back to office and give the key. ;-)))))

Yappa, enna oru thinking ;-))

Bhai says :
Yenngada ithu. Adanga maateengala..salary vaangurathukku konjamaavathu velai pannugadaIntha mail padikka vachi yennoda 3 minutes waste panniteenga

Daks says:
Phase 3. Mr T’s gonna smack Me n Meez after that

Mr T says:
Rather than doing this, I will keep the key with myself. If Mr.Perfect wants the key, let him go thru all this phases.. meez & me,Will you guys don’t get sleep without kidding me

drl says: Don’t give up.. Prove that you are TERRIFIC

paal irukkii.. palam irukkii...

tamil evvalo alagaanaa language-nu unga ellarukumae theriyum.
aana adhai kozhai panrathukku-nae oruthan US vandhurukaan. avan vera yaarum illai. namma latest member biddu thaan..

biddu pesura tamil irukkae.. killai mozhi.. poi solladhey-nu solla, he will tell poi solla maatedheyae daa... apdinaa enna-nu yaarukumae theriyaadhu.. edhai sonnalum oru lu illai li final add pannipaan.. figure madhiri pesuraan yaa apdinu rendu moonu per comment adikiraanga..

nalla paiyan.. its been only two three months since many of us know him. he has very much bcom a part of us now.. becomes close with anyone instantly.

his oodal with magudi is something that is ongoing.. avanunga thollai thaangalaa paa..

oruthan US vandhu oru varushathulla enna enna pannuvaano.. ellathayum avan oru maasathilae pannitaaan.. avan panna purchase-a list pottom-na indhaa blog space pathaadhu....

u rock buddy..

PS: Last line mattum thaan avanukku puriya pogudhu... so he he he. naan escape maamu...

Vanthutanya Vanthutanya !

Richfield nestof8 kudumbathil valarkke patte Terrific Jandhu thann thai naadu thirumbum pothu vazhangapadum varaverpurai...

Nestof8 kudubathin ilaiye (pazhaiye ??) varise varuge varuge!!

Cheque mosadi seithe uthamane varuge varuge!!

Nerathuku soru pongi podamal patiniyil vada vaithe tharumiye (karumiye ??) varuge varuge!!

Volley ball-il "its not mine" enru kural koduthu team-ku perum(!@#) pugazhum vangi thanthe theerane varuge varuge!!

Nissan queen-il valam vanthu rightku left thirupi sagasam purinthe veerane varuge varuge!!

Naan otre style-e thani enru wrong lane-il car otiya Mamethaiye varuge varuge!!

Veetil Bed thavira matha ella idangalilum thoongina thungavane varuge varuge!!

"Naan ninaa than stop ilati GOOO" enru traffic inspectorkke padam pugatiye soorekotai singekuttye varuge varuge!!

Thakali cut seivathu eppadi enru ethir veetu figureku soli koduthe asaane varuge varuge!!

Apptalk thooki niruthiye vetri thilagame varuge varuge!! (mandaiyan kite inthe page-i padithu katavum ;-D )

ASM venthe!!

Nee Thaayagam vatha,

Varuge varuge ena iru kaikalil poori katai enthi vareverkkirom !!


kidding apart... WELCOME BACK TO INDIA... CHENNAI...

:)

The Making of Kan Kalavu

ORU THIRAIKAVIYAM(??) URUVAGIRATHU


Scene - 1
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IDAM - MN RichField

Nerum - Malai sumar 6 mani alavu

(Veliyil azhagiye thooralgal... ramiyamane maalai pozhuthu... #210 Apartment-il..
Logic: Dei.. apo vara paaru en heroine.. apidiye camera fast-a move pani ava kanule poi niruthrom...

Meez mama : Dei.. heroine yaaruda. eppadi iruppa?

Logic : Athe than da padathule katte porean.. magane padathe parthutu eppadi laam jollu vide poreengalo...

Chitappa : Enthe college da machan

Logic : Paaru naan heroine pathi pesitu irukean. Inge oruthan college ethunu kekran paaru.Ivan laam enge thirunthe poran...

Dei kadaiye kelungada. Ava kannu, mooku, uthadu..ippadi camera angle kamikrom. kotre mazhaile mazhaithuli ava mudilernthu

laam apidiye azhaga sotuthu... Dei chitapa nee ithuku super-a music podanum da.

(Ippadi than KAN KALAVU thamizh thirai padithirkane kadai discussion nadakirathu.
Kadai, thiraikadai, Vasanam,Direction - "LOGIC"
Isai - "Dubuks" Dakaltiz
Camera Man - "Chai" Bhai
Kadai discussion nil pangu peruvor - "Meez Mams" Meez & "PPP(Peter Powder Pandi)" Nannu)

Logic : Ithu than da machan kadai. Apidi padathe parthutu pogum pothu ellarode manasum apidiye pizhijeduthe mathiri urukama

kadai solanum

Meez mama: (Romba nera yosanaiku piragu) Dei enna irunthalum ne solle vare theme sariyille da. Emale othukke mudile

(Ipadiye thodarthu nadanthu oru vazhiyage kadai logic sonathu polave mudivagiyathu)


Scene - 2
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IDAM - MN RichField Apt #210
Nerum - Iravu sumar 10 mani alavu

Logic : Dei machan. Paaru da. Nee koduthu vachava. Unaku super-a chance tharean. enge arpudhama oru music podu parpom.

Dubuks : Nee scene ennanu soluda... iop paaru oru isai aruvi pongi vazhiya poguthu paaru

Nannu : Ayyo.. arambichitangaya arambichitangaya (vadivel style??)

Meez Mama : Ayyo.. isai aruvida vazhiya poguthu. Innum konjam nerathule en kadu ellaam punagi ratha aruvi tha kota poguthu...

ithe ratha boomi akidatheengada...

Dubuks : (TRROOOOOOOIIIIINGG - key board alariyathu...

Meez Mama : Ayyo.. enale thange mudiyathu saami.. Naan escape. Machan kalaile coffee potu ezhupi vidra... (ule sendrathum

kadavu damal endru adaikapadum satham)

Dubuks: Kazhuathaiku theriyuma karpoore vasanai

Logic : Modelle unaku theriyumada... ozhunga vaasi sa

Dubuks : Ading... scene-e soluda

Logic : Rathiri neram.Heroine bed le paduthiruka. Azhagane night le.. Thaniya sirchukra..Apdiye yosikra... thirupi sirikra..

etho ninaivalaigal avalukulle oditu irukku.. apidiye puralra..
machan inge super-a oru music podanum ..

(Dubuks etho romba nerum kaiye kaiye endru KB-de satham pode vaikraan... romba nerum ange irunthavarkalode kadai kizhithe

vudan oru vazhiyage etho vasikke arambikke)

Logic : athethan da... machan kalakitte da.. Nee engey poge pore paaru.. che apidiye camera angle suthi vanthu kanadile

vanthu kikuthu.. anthe suthre feeling-e innum konjam thookala theriyare mathiri podra.

(Dubuks... thadavi thadavi etho pode.. apidiye etho andavan puniyathil angu irukiravarkalin kadugal thapikke vendum endro

konjam kekire mathiriyagave oru tune amainthathu)

IPPADI MUSIC DISCUSSION NADANTHERIYATHU......


Aduthu ennanu kekreengala?? - pidigraange padam pidikrange

Scene - 3
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IDAM - MN RichField Apt #210
Nerum - Malai sumar 7 mani alavu

Logic : Dei... camera ready-a?? dei nannu veti payale.. thendathuku nikran paaru...
arai nijaar potukitu... pakka da! nee than light man...
vaa vanthu lighting laam ozhunga pannu... chumma mathyanam matum enviornment create panrenu sonna pathathu...

vanthu ozhunga ithayachum urupudiya sei

Dubuks : TROOOOOOOOOINNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGG....

Logic : Dei... enda ipadi sothapre.. ozhunga podu.. unakelaam poi chance koduthean paaru... ilena padathulernthu

thookiduvean...

(Bhai entering...)

Bhai : dei enagada nadakuthu.. etho oru T potirupeenga kudichitu polaamnu vantha... enna da panreenge veti pasangala...

Logic : vaada va (Appu padathil varum padalai ragamai padukiraar ??!!??)...
dey music director...

Bhai : yaruppa athu...

Dubuks : dei colonial machan.. enna da parthiyaa..

Bhai : nanba neeya?? namme kacheriye marakke mudiyuma..
anthe naal nyamagam nenjile vanthethe nanbane nanbane nanbane

Dubuks : inthe naiykal andru pol inbamai irukevide villaiye athu en en nanbane...

Logic : adachi... niruthunge... solre velaiye ozhunga seinge...

Bhai : enge kootaniyai izhivu padithivitaai... naangal veli nadappu seikirom..

Logic : seruppu seiveenge.. vanthu camera pudi...

(ellarum avange velaile mumurama senjikitu irukange... everything set up... shooting start age poguthu...enna shot eppadi

edukke poromnu ellam logic director solli mudikiraar)

Logic : guys.. any doubts...

Dubuks : no doubts..Perfect understanding

Logic: enna perfect-o... heroine ready-a pa...

Nannu: Heroine Ready in position

Logic: Start camera...

Bhai : Camera Rolling

Nannu : Take 1. Kankalavu. Scene 1.(tap....)

Logic : Action....

Apidiye 2nd room lernthu heroine odi varange... apidiye Dubuks ode kaigal KB le vilayaduthu..

Thana thane thanananana
Thana thane thanananana
lalala lalala lalala...

Heroine kitte vanthutange...
Heroine Kaile kudai irukku..
Odi vare vegathule kudai mugathe marachirukku

Camera high angle poguthu
heroine nikrange...
Camera apidi kudai mele poi suthi suthi varuthu...
Light boy Nannu ensures light is even in all dierctions..
logic and bhai rotating the camera above kudai.
camera apidiye sarrrrrnu irangi heroine face katte vanruthu...

heroine kannu...........,g;lwrjgrjkegvehgouegfugfyigej
klgjhjwrgroghofpjpi

kangala... ilai azhagiye meengala..
vizhigala.. pada padakkum pataampoochigala...

ippadi laam varnika thona vendiya nerathule...

AYYO...
AYYAYO nu kadare vakire mathiri ...

ithanpa camera le therinjathu...



2 doma golis...

KAN KALAVU ileengo...

KAN AVINJU POCHUUUUU...

-drl ;)

Lost Paradise

It was a sad day in Nest. Everyone were seen doing something to forget it.. It was a day when everyone in the nest came to know that, the nest's most important person,logic had to go back to india.. unavoidable situation. pogaadhey apdinu manasu solludhu.. aana when it comes out of mouth, it comes as "poittu vaa daa".. didnt know what was happening to everyone..

It was sort of emergency for logic. he had to go. He couldnt stay longer in the nest. two days there was an uneasy feeling in the air. we didnt want to cook. we didnt want to eat etc etc. we were feeling, we were being deprived of our joy.. we felt our unity was broken. we felt someone crashed our nest. but everyone kept it to their heart.. they wished logic all the best.

day came, when logic had to leave next day. little bit of shopping here n there and packaging were all done.for dinner we had our thalai and nothing but girl coming in and cheering rajan and us..we didnt sleep for a long time that night..

Next day, most of us were in the airport.. everyone couldnt control the emotions at that moment when he had to leave.. he checks his baggages in.. chitap gives a big hug and becomes emotional.. as was others.. we all are still looking at him.. he goes for security check... he turns back again and again to see us.. and we arent moving.. we kept waving our hands till the minutest of his image was visible. One could feel the nostalgic feeling that was sorrounding us all.. we felt someone kalaichified our nest... we thought our titanic friend"ship" was sinking

we all came to office and felt some emptiness sorrounding us. we could hear logic's voice in the air.the phone calls reminded him. every mail reminded him.. we all felt the real value of this relationship that day.. it cannot be expressed in words..

now logic is back to the nest. we are one again..

will write the return of the "monster" and arrival of "biddu" in the next blog..

Ma.... Ma.. Magudi

Magudi.. one of important personalities in the nest. personality-nnu solradharku badhil, periya dakalti-nu sollalaam... avvalo periya kedi avan..

M for magudi mattum illai. M stands for mystery as well. yes his life is a mystery and only he knows abt it... avan ethana ponnungalukku application pottaan.. ethanai ponnunga ivanukku application pottaaanga apdinu ellam yosipom... but matter of the fact is magudi romba nallavan.. avan yaarukum application pottadhum illai. avanukku yaarum application pottaadhum illai..

Magudi is a very good person at heart. avan nest-la panra ovvoru matter-um will be different from what others do..

his volley ball serves will be like shane warne balls. u will not know which side it will turn. nalla server.. but enna solla solla ketkaama he will try overarm serves and will end smashing the ball to 494 exit ;-)..

konjum somberi from my view.. friday evening mattum oru kaariyathula erangittaaana avan minjaa yaarum kedayaaadhu. nest-la irukkuravangullu indha line kandippa puriyum..

great to have him as roommate. sonna pecha kettupaaan. will help during cooking very much..

magudi. nee 10 varusham kalichi indha blog-a padichittu, sure u will call me daa..