"naan E" bugs the nest!! - Part 1 (Meez starts the Buzz!)

I watched this film, "Naan E" few days back..tho it was mokka...film was a little bit fun... It looked like a story by Meezwith some screenplay by Logic and some masala by Biddu/Bhai....so thought of a concept to see how the nest folks will respond if they were given the task to write a sequel to "Naan" E....

First...let's see how Meez would have percieved it....

Note: Remember to read as if Meez has written the below...

Opening scene starts with a buzz sound...it's dark everywhere...a rain drop falls into the dark area...and suddenly the dark area is disturbed...camera zooms out and we see a small river, the board on the side shouts "Cooum River" ...the buzz sound increases and the decibel level reach the max audible limit...and then shuts off...Camera pans to something that looks like an angel...zoom in and we pause and still on the main character, "M". This is where the title is displayed... "Enge iruka Saro? " oops that's my other blog post title..ok I'll figure out the title later....let's get to the story line....

The "E" from part 1 dies and reincarnates as "Mosquito" hereafter referred to as "M". M has more tenacity than E to repellents like Hit, M coils, Good Night repellents etc.. so more power to withstand itself from the evil villians....M flies to the heroin's room by hitching a ride on top of an E....since M was an E in the previous life, it's capable of speaking Eish u see...Now M has to get the attention of the heroin, what does it do? bite? Nah!...

How can M bite it'slover girl? But how can M survive without sucking Blood?

This is where we have a solo pathos song for M.... It needs to re"coil" with the heroin without hurting her...M is now all tired after the solo pathos and is weak...and goes to Bed….

Next scene starts with our heroin going for a early morning jog and this is where we introduce the pivotal character..."Theo E" referred to as Tee or T...Tee known for his famous characteristic of not knowing whatz happening when he is asleep is now lying on the road with his famous bed spread on him...


A little flashback shown here to explain how he lands on the road....It was T's Birthday and T was all dressed up expecting a surprise from his nesties..but the nesties decide to act like they forgot his B'day....clock strikes 12..Tis all ready to cut the cake but no one bothers to notice him...Exactly 5 minutes later T dozes off...Nesties try to wake him up but he won't...they carry him with his bed spread on and slowly place him on the road far from their aparment...

Back to present day....T's bed spread is so famous..T loves it so much that he wouldn't let the aroma leave by washing it....which in our story proves to be a lucky charm for him... Huge amounts of EEs, all types, all varieties are swarming around the T's bed spread...and our heroin who is jogging on the opposite side of the road gets excited (obviosly) on seeing the swarm of EEs...


She crosses the road and sits down by the side and stares at the swarm of ees and get's convinced that her lover boy has returned....her face brimming with happines...swings open the bed spread to find "Theo EE"".....Theo E wakes up to see the beautiful face and closes his eyes immediately...T couldn't believe this...he pretends to be asleep....heroin calls her "Naan E" ...my "Naan E"....theo opens his eyes sayin ..."mmmm. mmmm....naan Naaan E ille...mmm..." yeah ..."u r not "E" u r a human now u r my naan E...my love" ...heroin eyes oozes love....T sees her eyes and faints...This is where we plan for a dream duet btw T and the Heroin.....T is asleep in the whole song....

(to be continued)

This is Special Officer Edward Jones !! - Part 2

The second call rings. this time it is maddy..

Rajan picks up the calls..
maddy (md) : rajan.. cop call pannaaru.. fine kattanumaa.. jail adhu idhu nu solraaru.. neenga konjum vaangaa...

R : ok daa. tension aagadheenga.. we will be there...

All the nest gang goes down... gopi, nirupen, maddy and vasu were busy cleaning up messy roooms..

rajan: dey, two bedroom-la rules padi 4 per irukkaa koodadhu.. vasu thaanae lease-la illai... let him come up and stay with us till the cop goes..

theo : ennaa aacchi gopi.. cooker whistle podaliyaaa

gopi : illai theo.. cooker whistle pottom.. thanni kammi-aa vachuttom..

t : naan thanniyae vaikkaamaa rice vachu irukkaen.. enna adikkavae illai..

meez: dey theo.. anniki nee thanni mattum marakkalaa.. stove on panna kooda marandhuttae.. adhanala escape ayittom..

t : apdiyaaaa

dakalti : seri seri... cop vandhaa sound-a pesadheenga..

gopi: seri seri..

meanwhile maddy grabs a pair of shoes and hides it..

rajan : enna daa panrae..
m: onnum illai.. cop vandhu unga 3 perukku edhukku 4 pair of shoe-nu ketta enna panradhu..

everyone is laughing...
r : adappaaavi maddi.. ivvalo arivaali-aa daa nee.. nee ellam scotland yard-la constable-a irukka vendiyavan daa.. oruthan extra shoe vachurandha cop jail-la pottruvaangaladaa.. enna daa logic....

meanwhile nirupen says ennaku light-a doubt-a irukku. idhellam neenga thaan panreengala-nnu..

dakalti  : dey naanga enna daa pannom.. phone yaar kitta irundhu vandhuchu.. call that number back.. enga number irukkaadhu..

ok.. take care....

meanwhile BJ goes back up again and calls again..

gopi picks up.. he is little steady now..

BJ : I am edward jones sir.. I am on my way to your home

Gopi : ok sir.

BJ: are you guys paying the fine or should I detain one of you..

Gopi: sir, actually it was small problem. can u waive the fine..

BJ : No sir, bcos of your small problem, we had three fire engines started,one ambulance and two cops were alerted and started. so you have to bear the cost

G : ok sir..

BJ: when I come near your home I will call again.. all three of should come and stand in front of the apartment with hands raised up.. i want to make sure you dont have any weapons

G: yes sir..

BJ : ok. see you soon.. i am near your home.. you guys can come and stand in front..

Gopi, nirupen and maddy are ready.. they come to front of the apartment and stand their with their hands raised up...

all of the nest gang are in complete laughter.. they slowly go and stand behind them.. Gopi, nirupen and maddy looked at the nest and could find out that they were tricked....they are relieved... laughter prevails.....

everyone thought this was the end of the story.. time was near 12 PM.. but mr. t had other ideas... he hits his bedroom and is getting comfy under his comforter.. he thought of calling gopi and talking .. he dials a wrong  number and an american picks up the call..


american: whoz this calling in middle of night
mr. t : he he.. enna emaatha mudiyaadhae

american : what what.. i cant understand
 mr. t: ai ai ai.. enakkae vaa. naan ellam steady

american : what steady..
mr. t : ai ai.. summa veladheenga gopi..

american: hey whoze this .. i am calling the cops...
mr t : cop-aa.. ennakae vaa.. ai ai...

american : shut up and keep the phone down..
mr t checks the number and sees he dialed a wrong number.... he silently cuts the phone and gets under his comforter....

This is Special Officer Edward Jones !! - Part 1

"I was going through my old archives and found this one written on Tuesday, September 19, 2006, 2:22:56 PM. This is the time when the whole Nest was active into blogging. This is one of the unforgettable moments in our nest life. The World Famous, "Edward Jones" story !!! Most of the original happening is captured in part 1, I hope to capture the rest in another part as I need to revive my cerebral cells to remember those moments! "

"Uff... Just 2 more hours and Weekend is gonna end buddy"....Logic always wants to wake up to a weekend...well err.. for that matter every 1 in our nest want the same...:)

It was a sunday night ... after an active and excited friday's eve volley ball game...sumptous food ...and saturdays's cricket and dinner outside....and sunday's volley and a film...nest along with balaji n shakthi...were chattin...literally delaying the end of a weekend... every one were so sober and dulll..

1 more hour and all our phones would start ringing to hear the offshore folks monday morning calls....but the phone rang well before that ...time was 9pm... well this phone call made our weekend!

(Important background info to understand this happening: Gopi, Vasu, Maddy n Nirupen were all newbies to minneapolis and stayed in apartment 101, we call it Exit 101 as we used to go through their apartment (literally) to our volley ball court every evening. Needless to say we lived in the same building, they were on the ground floor and we were on the first floor)

Nirupen: Hello...dinakarrr?

Me: solra nann thaaan...

Nirupen: dinakr veetle firealarm adichichu...ethaachum problem ma?

Me: Enne aachu da??

Nirupen: ille dinakar samayal la oru techincal mistake..ore pogai..alarm adichidhu..

Me: acha cho!!

Nirupen: enne dinakar..ethachum probs sa..cop vanthruvaangala??

Me within myself ...(aaaha..payyan gili la irukaan pole..sari oru bit ta poduvom..)

Me: dei ethana vaati adichithu da...

Nirupen: 5 times dinakar..enne dinakar enne aagum cop ku signal poguma??

(Payyan sikki irukaan vitruvomaa???...The fun starts now...)

Me: ada enne da ipdi panniteenga...cop ku kandipa signal..poirukum...he'll call in any minute..

just tell him that u ppl were cookin and therez nothin serious...sariya?

Nirupen: ok dinkar...peria problem ethuvum illela...

Me: ille da..but call varum bothu paathu pesunagadaaa...

Nirupen: sari vachudren... bye..

Balaji(BJ): enne da matter...? Yaaru apprentice a?

Me: Yeah, Nirupen call pannan... fire alarm adichirukku balaji..pasanga konjam payanthutaanunga..ipo thaane US vanthrukaanga...chumma cop call varummunu oru bit ta potean...

BJ: adhu sari...aaaama...Namma call panna enne??

(Everyone paused for a moment and were zoned in on Balaji...)

Me: BJ...namma ph # thaan avunungalukku theriyume...kandu pidichuduvaananunga..

Bhai: dai Theo new # theriyaathu da...athula pannala..

Me: mmm.. okie balaji pakka accent la pesanum...ok va?

BJ: sari da oru towel kodungada..Ph a moodi vachuttu pesalam...illena kandupudichuduvaanunga

With everyone around Balaji and the phone on speaker mode....Balaji dialled Exit 101's land line #

(ph rings on the other side)

Gopi: Halo..

BJ: Hello this is special officer Edward Jones calling from Richfiedl Public safety department.

Gopi: Ayyo..yes yes ...huh...sir

BJ: It has been come to our notice that a fire alarm went out in your aptment...Is everything okay there?

Gopi: yes no..yes sir..we are cooking and fire came out..

BJ: Fire?? did you say fire

Gopi: no sir..smoke came and that's it.

BJ: You have actually violated the safety regulations of the state and there by I need a proper explanation

Gopi: Sir...we were cooking in coooker the rice sir, so pressure out and came smoke sir..then the alarm fire...sir

BJ: What!! did you say Fire again?

Gopi: No no no sir...only rice smoke....

BJ: You have violated the rules and not answering me properly...Based on the county rules, you would have to pay $1000 or 2 days under detainment in county prison...What do you want to do?

Gopi: After a pause.....and discussing with roomies...Sir we will pay fine sir... No jail...sorry sir...it is by accident sir....

BJ: ok, I'll be there in 5 minutes to inspect your home, do any of you have Guns?

Gopi: no no no sir...no gun...

BJ: Good. I'll give you a call back once I reach your apartment.

Phone Cliks.

The whole room burst into laughter....Usual than normal we all were rolling on the floor other than Theo...Theo was excited and contained his smile within himself....

Exactly 30 seconds later, we got another call, everyone knew who called us this time ...

rest in part 2...

pleasant drive in memory lane...

Somewhere i read one of the comment from 'unknown' user for blog writeen Feb 2006 (http://nestof8.blogspot.com/2006/02/ma-ma-magudi.html) and provoked me to post something here...

Here goes the comment

"nice to see this blogs..ur writing ur day today happenings in US....i read all the post....nicely portraited ur feelings .....
After 10years u guys wont laugh on seeing this..am damn sure atleast a drop will be there in each one of ur eyes..its the one th'gh which u explore ur feelings...My heart wishes to all of u...
U should stay forever and hope this eight when become sixteen shud remain as the same...:-)"

Here goest the post...

After almost 6 years read all the previous posts and comments.And i did had few drops of tears popping out of my control.
But i also laughed out-loud readin few of our escapades

Readers ...Nest - did become more than 16 now ...
Meez + 2 + 1 in development
Dakaltiz + 2
Mr .T + 2
Mr. Perfect + 2
Logic + 2
Bhai + 2
DRL + 1
Biddu + 1

and still seeming to adding more to the numbers :) :)
Lot of happenings to the nest birds and still bechance to stay united around MN area..

One of my previous posts read

"When u step into our house now u got to be carefull as u might step on a Ipod or a Sony vaio.And YES we are running a industry here.
Our house is packed with 1000 $ value Bose hometheatre..and 9 laptops..10 ipods..5 speaker systems..oh god..list goes on.."(http://nestof8.blogspot.com/2006/09/nest-and-i.html )

But if you step in now you will be surprised by cute kids running all around..

We sold our On road Queen (http://nestof8.blogspot.com/2006/01/on-road-queen.html)

Still colonial machans 'blood in the ear' saga continues whenever we getogether (
http://nestof8.blogspot.com/2006/02/colonial-machans.html)


By the wish of almighty and all you readers we indeed got lovely life partners to sympathize the life and treasure of our Nest life and enabling us to continue the same way.Thanks to each of them.

Really feel very happy that some instinct drived us to pen down all the memories and enabled to cherish the same down the life time..

I would like to restate the same lines that i had put down 6 years back

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.

and continue to add to the memory script.

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...

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