oo-la-la wonder-la - PART-2

Teeeeengggg Teeeengggg Tinggg...... Bangalore Lokamanya Tilak express will shortly arr ... err...no..this is not the announcement i intended to make.  Wait a minute. AAh..ok..gotcha Here it is.

Announcement Number-1
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This post should not be held as a review or comment about Wonder-La.  This is a work of pure fiction and the opinions/ideas expressed here are solely that of the author's. [mostly ideas that  generally hit him fresh during those cold night, long and romantic beach side date with someone from the Padukone family. (Dream date pa - literally! )]

Announcement Number-2
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Kids who have landed on this page by searching for 'wonder-la' and are looking for Kids-stuff, please move away immediately. This particular post is not suitable for children (unless you are a PPP like me - Pinjulayey Pazhutha Pazham) !  Anycase, you will be better off checking out

http://www.wonderla.com/game/spider.html

[yippeee... I love spider killing ! .... it gives me immense pleasure the split second the spider turns red before it chokes to death! wow..what a game for kids!]

And Adults (18+), who have already wasted a couple of mins shooting random spiders and who are also looking for more of Kids-Stuff  , jump in folks...this one is for you -lets go- ooh-la-la-Wonder la!

Announcement number 3

You may want to read the first part of the story here before proceeding on to this one.

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Sunday.

Gin gets up in the morning and is surprised to see R already awake and sitting in a corner messaging.

Gin:  "R, enna da ... P oda samaadhaanam aaiduchaa ... cha...oru swarasiyamey illama sanda pottukareenga da...  oru one year...at least 6 months sanda pottu pesaama irundhaa oru gethu.... maximum 6 hours ..adhukulla la poi sorry kettudara.... waste da nee "

R: "dei... indha murai un aasai palichidum pola dhaan irukku.... "

Gin: "oh... enna aachu?"

R: " nethulirundhu onnilla rendilla... ezhu  message anupchitten da... sorry kettu.... no reply... ellamey failure dhaan.... cha"

Gin: "kadaisiyaa innoru murai anuppi paaru...kandippa..."

R: "reply varumgariyaa?"

Gin: "illa varaadhu !"

R: "aprom yen da anuppa solra"

Gin: "already ezhu murai message anupchitta... idhukkum reply varalennaa  .... 'yettu another failure ' nu oru mokka joke adippen ...adhukku dhaan :) "

R:  "thoo...."

Gin: "seri ok 10 mins...takkunu ready aagu...time aachu... kelambanum....wonder la!"

R: "yes...wonderla.....ellathayum marandhuttu innaikku freak out pannaporen!"

After 600 seconds .

R is in front of the dressing table.

Gin: "Dei.... ennadaa idhu  pattayaaa pacha color la oru belt.... karate la vaanginadha?"

R: "illa... kada-theru la vaanginadu...."

Gin: "vera color-ey kedaikaliyaa da unakku!"

R: "go-green da..."

Gin: "enna go-green?? pacha kozhandhaiya irundhaa nee ippo pacha porukki aayittennu ulagathukku kaatriya?"

R: "ayyo ayyo....dei....dood aagaradhukku mudhal vazhiey belt color a change pandradhu dhaan.... dood kavidhai kettadhilla nee"

Gin: "urupatta maadhiri dhaan...adhu enna?"

R: (in TR style) "thala ya pannungada spikeu... oora suthi

      alaya karizma bikeu ...  

      kannukku podungadaa coolersu.....

      namma denomination eppavumey dollarsu...

      mandaveli mylapore luzzaa...

      irundhaalum saapidu  nee pizza...      

      facebooku orkuttu twitteru

      english la appappo peteru...   

      idupula color colora beltu ... machi

      ponnungalaam udanadiyaa meltu.... "

Gin : "sahikala"

R: "periyavanga sollirukaangaley....oru dood a innoru dood aaladhaanda purinjukka mudiyum nu.... unakelaammmm eppo purinju....."

Gin: "dei...edho message vandhaa maadhiri irukku...."

R: "aah...apdiyaa...ayyayo..."  (looks anxiously at the cellphone)

Gin: "kelambi vaa... message um varala oru mannum varala.... ivan laam dood aam..."

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On their way to Wonder-la . Gin drives the bike and R sits behind.

Speed: 27 Km/hr.

R: "wow... munnadi semmayaa oruthi passion bike la oru dood oda poittu irukka da.....c'mon da...follow pannu da andha bike a.. quick quick...."

Gin: "dei...edhukku.... adi vaangaradhukka.... "

R: "machan....idhula thappey illa da...naan padichirukken da"

Gin: "padichirukiyaa????ennada solra?"

R: "self help books la laam padichadhilla nee??....."

Gin: "self-help  aa?? edhu....indha 'Count your chickens before they run away with the neighbors dog'....andha maadhiri books a?"

R: "exactly...andha maadhiri books ellathulayum 'follow your passion' nu potirupaangaley da.. adhaan follow panna solren...adhu passion bike dhaan."

Gin: (to himself) "aandavaa... ivan thirundhara maadhiri theriyala.... innaikku ennenna nadakka pogudho...."

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At Wonderla (Crowded Ticket counter)

Gin : "Machaan... ticket 500 rooba.... ATM card irukka....???"

R :"he he... indha PAN card, Driving License , ATM card ... idhelaamey wallet la

    original vechikka koodhaadhu... xerox copy dhaan vechikanum nu engamma sollirukaanga da"

Gin: "ada thoo...kaasilannu solradhu kku ipdi oru saakka....naaney ticket eduthu tholaikaren..."

R: (in a loud tone)"adhu seri...ennada....ticket vaangaravan ellarum thelivaa irukaanga"

A couple of people throw a weird  glance at Gin and R.

Gin : (in a silent tone)"yennadaa solra????"

R: " illa da... water theme park.....varravanga ellarum thanni la irupaangannu sonnayey...adhaan ketten"

Gin: (silencing R) "ssshhh....enda ipdi silra thanamaa pesittey irukka...."

R: "be the change you want to see nu ....yaaro sollirukaangaley.... (thinks)"

Gin: "Gandhiji sonnaru....aana indha artham illa...."

R : "endraikku midnight 12 manikku oru vaalibanaal besant nagar beach il ilam pengalai sight adikka mudigiradho....andraikku dhaan indha naadu sudhandhiram petradhu endru artham..... idhu yaaru sonna? carl lewis aa  karl marx a???"

Gin : "shut up .. ippo nirutha poriyaa illayaa !!"

R: "ok...ok... silence.. history pidikaadhunnaa sollittu po...yen kathara ??"

[After a few seconds]

Gin: (to himself)"aandavaa... ivan thirundhara maadhiri theriyala.... innaikku ennenna nadakka pogudho...."

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Inside Wonder la..

R: "machaa,.... follow me.....gold da..gold...."

R rushes towards a pretty girl who is walking at a distance.

Gin carries his heavy body and tries to match R's speed.

R after nearing the girl starts whistling for a while... dosen't get any response from the girl... and then hums an old Ilayaraja melody.

R: "♫ ♪ ... endha pennidamum illaadha ondru...adhu edho....unnidam irukiradhu....♫ ♪...adhai ariyaamal vidamaatten....adhu varai unnai thoda maaten....♫ ♪  "

Gin just reaches the place and pulls R from behind and stops him.

Gin: "dei vetti....adhu ponnu illada...payyan....long hair vechirundhaa back side la irundhu paathaa aambalayaa pombalayaa nnu kooda adayaalam theriyaadhaa da...."

R: "aaha...thanks machan... vaa...avanukku artham puriyaradhukulla odiduvom...."

Gin: "aandavaa.... (fill in the blanks) "

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After hours of rides ,both Gin and R are terribly tired.

R wants to try one more ride while Gin refuses.

Lazy river - Basically a ride to relax where you get into a man made river and just stay afloat for 30 minutes as you slowly move across the river to the other end. 

R wants to try it while Gin who is even more lazier than the river decides to stay back and sit under a tree.

 R immediately after jumping into the river finds a girl floating alongside alone . He waits for a while and just keeps pace with the girl.

R (striking a conversation..) : "hey"

girl  : "hello... "

R: "nice place ..huh"

girl: "oh yeah...am loving it"

R: "coincidence! am loving it too!"

girl: "what was that?"

R :"never mind... where are you from ? Bangalore?"

girl: "why do you want to know?"

R: "ok...lets talk something else... how did the indo-US congress for the welfare of the african tribes meeting go? i heard the tribes were going like 'ooooooooo' "

girl: "omg!"

R: "he he... so u want to switch back to the older question?"

girl: "u r funny!"

R : "no..i am R ...from chennai!"

girl: "chennai yaa??? sooper!"

R: "oh... tamizhaa nee?"

girl: "aamaam.....am pooja"

R: "saraswathi a lakshmi aa?"

girl: "what?"

R: "enna pooja nnu ketten"

girl: "kadavuley...."

R: "rendumey kadavul dhaan ... he he..."

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[in the meantime]

Gin sits under a tree. No one is seen around.

Suddenly from nowhere a guy silently moves towards Gin and tells him something . 

A hushed conversation takes place for a while. 

Gin looks around for R and to his shock finds him at a distance with a girl!

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R: "so pooja... unakku coimbatore la friends irukaangalaa?"

Pooja: (thinks for a sec) "illayey.... not anybody i can think of immediately"

R: (sigh of relief) "good... thanks!"

Pooja: "yenna  good...yenna thanks?? "

R: "illa...coimbatore ponnunga laam oru maadhiri ... u know.... romba koba kaara ponnunga.... adhaan... just... sonnen.... "

Pooja: "ennada R...girlfriend aa?? therinjaa adi pinniduvaala?? "

R: "cha cha.. not at all.... Girlfriend irundhaa unna maadhiri oru azhagaana ponnada time spend pannuvenaa?"

Pooja: "...summa kadha vidadha da...."

R: " azhaga irukennu sonnaa kadha vidarennu solra..."

Pooja: "hey... naan sonnadhu girl friend kaaga"

R: "cha cha.... naan oru suthamaana payyan.... u know...as pure as ... u know.... cooker la irundhu suda suda edutha  idli maadhiri....avlo pure"

Pooja:"ayyoooooo...."

R: "nee epdi??"

Pooja: "avasiyam sollanumaa...don't u think this is too much for a conversation with a stranger on a random ride like this?"

R: "well...life is a strange movie ... with twists and turns all over the place"

What happens after this needs a bit of explanation. The suddenness of what is about to happen might be tough to explain in words, but i would invite the reader to imagine the situation. All of what is explained below happens in about 2-3 seconds.

 The river takes a twist, Pooja's float turns first and goes away from sight. At the same instant, one other float from behind crashes on R's float and he is shaken up a bit.Both their floats stop at the turn of the river and R turns at once instinctively to find some unknown guy smiling at him in a weird manner. The Random guy who could not have seen Pooja by any chance smiles again at R and says

Random_guy: "Sir.... Ungalukaaga dhaan ivlo dhooram vandhen!"

R: "Yaaruyaa nee?"

Random_guy: "naan yaarungaradhu mukkiyam illa sir.... unga prachanaya epdi theekaradhunnugaradhu dhaan mukkiyam"

R: "ennayaa solra??? enna prachana?enna theekka pora nee???"

Random_guy: "enakku ellam theriyum sir.....(smiles weirdly again) girlfriend kooda laam sanda pottaa summa vida koodaadhu sir!"

R: "yov.... enna venum unakku???"

Random_guy: (suddenly lowers his voice) : "sir... unga friend ellathayum sonnaru.... indha maadhiri problem ku ellam naan dhaan sir indha area la dealer..leader...ellamey..... neenga mattum indha leggiyam vaangi saapudunga....  ungalukku 10 ey nimishathula yaanai balam kedaikkum sir .... aprom neengaley nenachaalum ungalaala......sir...sir.... enga sir poreenga.... irunga sirr.....just 2000 rupees sirr... unga friend neenga kandippa vaanguveengannu sonnaaru sirrr.....sirrr....."

R accelerates his float and takes the turn to find Pooja's float at a distance

Pooja (at a distance..getting out of the float) :"All the best with your girlfriend  R... my lazy friends are waiting... nice meeting u.... bbyeeeeeeeeee"

R lies on the float and starts staring blankly at the sky ...

 [sad music in Subhabhanthuvarali raga in background]

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That night in the room

<<<< Cellphone vibrates >>>

1 Message Received.

Sender :  P

Message:  " Gin spoke to me and explained everything...."

R rushes to Gin

R: "dei paradesi.... ennada phone panni pesinaa P kitta...."

Gin : "i explained everything machaan!"

R: "dei...... enna everything??"

Gin: " unna maadhiri oru payyan kedaikka ava leggiyam panni vechirukanum nu dhaan... i mean....baagiyam da...sorry sorry ..maathi solliten da!!!! :) :)!!"

R: " podaaanggggggggg"

<<<< Cellphone vibrates >>>

1 Message Received.

Sender :  P

Message:  " apologies accepted... waiting to see you soon...good night for now <3 "

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From the HR Department:

Hey Folks,

I tried to hire a HR representative to post the admin related details, but the only one i could hire for free was myself. So here i am, posting the details.

First and foremost, Gilmananda has successfully survived 1000 straight days (with occasional extended periods of hibernation ) !!!
In any case we will celebrate the blogs 1000th birthday now!!!

And on this special occasion, i thank all the regular followers who have kept me inspired either by commenting on the blog, or sending emails or dropping in a line in gchat or sending occasional flowers (well, one of the four is not true). 

On this special day, i invite any of you interested to send an email to vdrn485@gmail.com or leave a comment here in case you want your blog to be linked to Gilmananda's blogroll.

Finally,I (along with all of you) hope Gin and R will continue to inspire mankind to lead a foolish life and still be content with it !!!

Thanks for reading.

Have a nice day! And have a great Christmas/New year!

Sincerely,
Gilmananda (neither holy, nor poli )

oo-la-la wonder-la - PART-1

R visits Gin's place in Bangalore  (meaning a dilapidated single room rented house) during internship.(of course with his brand new company laptop) !

 On a lazy Saturday afternoon.


Gin: "endiri R endiri..... endiri R endiri..... endiri R endiri..... < 8 more repetitions >"

R   : "dei death_customer .... kaalangaarthaala endaa ipdi koochal pottu ezhuppara?"

Gin: "dei... mani madhiyaanam 1:30 ... japan la innerathukku mega serial ey start pannirupaanga.... ezhundhuru da seekiram.... poi saapidalam..."

R(manages to get up from the bed): "hmm... munnadilaam veetla kaalaila kolangal poduvaanga... ippolaam night dhaan podaraanga... what a pity"

Gin: "dei...thelivaa irukiyaa??"

R(rubs his eyes): "sollu da....enna plan innaikku?"

Gin: "adhaan sonneyney.... poi saapidalaam..."

R: " thoo..??"

Gin: "dei...ennada nakkalaa... kaalaila irundhu unakaaga saapdaama irukken..... unna ezhuppa kathi kathi en thonda katti pochu ... theriyumaa"

R: "machaan... nethu night treat la nee saapta saapaatukku innaikku nyayapadi unakku 'sore-throat' vandhirukka koodaadhu da.... 'soru stomach' dhaan vandhirukanum..... adhukulla epdi da marubadiyum unakku pasikudhu..... anyway..... post-soru enna plan??"

Gin: "innaikku already late aayidichu... saaptu vandhu kavundhu paduthu thoongidalaam.... naalaikku venumnaa wonder-la polaam"

R: "wonder la va?? adhu enna da??? thirunelveli pasanga 1.5 a tamizh la solraa maadhiri solra!"

Gin: " adhu oru water theme park da...oo-la-la oo-la-la wonder-la ..."

R: "wow... sounds cool machan... "

Gin: "yep!... naan ponadhilla anga...but neraya pasanga sollirukaakaanga... i think we can check out a lot of 'interesting' stuff there !"

R: "aah... check-out nu sonna udaney dhaan nyabagam varudhu..... office la code onnu check out pannirundhen.... adha check in pannanum"

Gin: "ada paavi.... ponna 'checkout' panni 'commit' aagungadaanaa code a check out pandraanaam.... dei... unna vechuttu andha P romba kashta pada poraa da!"

R: "machan....avala pathi pesaadha da"

Gin: "aahaa.... night late aa thoongum podhey nenachen..... avamaanam...vekkam...vedhanai....thuyaram.... choose the correct answer"

R: "all the above!"

Gin: "excellent.... ennada aachu?"

R: "dei....irukara kadila dhum adikka aarambichidalaamnu irukken da..ganesh beedigal kedaikumaa da inga?"

Gin : "dei.... adhelaam romba thappu machaan... thondayila cancer varumaam... kich kich vandha kooda ok...vicks saaptu guna paduthidalaam!"

R: "cha....indha naatla oru aanmaganukku sogatha maraikka  dhum adikka kooda sudhandhiram illayaa"

Gin: "machaan...... freea dhum adikaradhu dhaan 'freedom'  naa naadu urupadaamaa poidum da"

R: " thoo... nee oru kaaigari thol porthiya pazham da"

Gin: "ayyayo... unakku kandippa edho aayidichu.... kanna pinnannu olarara ... ennannu sollu da "

R suddenly shouts :" aaaaa"

Gin : "dei....ennada aachu...."

R: "poyum poyum indha P kaaga gym kku ellam poi bayangaramaa exercise panninen da.... ippo kai pudichikichu .... kaal pudichikichu !"

Gin: "kai kaal pudichaa pathaadhu da... manasum pudikanum...adhaan kaadhal...adhuku gym ponaa pathaadhu!"

R: "ennada solra??"

Gin: "workout panna mattum workout aagaadhu nnu solla varen da"

R: "ayyo.... already kadila irukken da.... innum cryptic aa pesi enna confuse pannaadha da"

Gin: "seri ok done.... vishayatha kakku"

R: "adhey pazhaya panchaangam dhaanda..."

Gin: "silly old calendar!.... enna aachu... edhavadhu SMS la prachanayaa.....???"

R: "epdi da kandupudichaa?"

Gin: "idhula naan PhD da.... mela sollu"

R: "nethu P office la saree day aam"

Gin: "interesting .... "

R: "ennayum ava office kku vara solli irundhaa..."

Gin: : "unakku ramar blue chiffon sarees semayaa suit aayirukkum... pottuttu poirukalaamey da!"

R: "dei....!!!"

Gin: "useless fellow... ava officekku kooptaa poga vendiyadhu dhaaney... yenda kelambi bangalore vandha ???"

R: "natpukaaga"

Gin: "naasamaa pochu"

R : "ava office la gethu geetha nnu innoru ponnu irukaa da..."

Gin: "what a twist!"

R: "avala pathi sonnaley P kku kobam varum da!"

Gin: "note pannikaren.... orkut la apparamaa thedanum"

R: "adhanaalaa avala ethi vittu ethi vittu P a kindal pannuven da"

Gin: "idhu engayo thappaa poraaa maadhiriyey irukkey...."

R: "cha cha.... adhelaam illa da.... nethu saree day vera yaa.... so P kku oru message anupchen da..."

Gin: (hums) selai kattum pennukoru vaasam undo... ennannu anupcha...

R: " 'GEETZ POO SAREE AAMEY!'  nu anupchen...."

Gin: "apdeenaa...???"

R: "Poo potta saree da.... "

Gin: "whatever.... adhula enna apdi thappa irukku???? "

R: "adha ozhungaa anupchirundhaa dhaan prachanayey illayey!"

Gin: "aprom??"

R: "theriyathanamaaa dictionary mode on la irundhadhu da.... enna nybagamo theriyala.... idhey message a apdiyey type panni anupchitten da!"

Gin: "puriyala.... enna aachu??"

R: "nee venumnaa naan sonna message a apdiyey dictionary mode la vechu un mobile la type panni paaru :( .... "

Gin takes his mobile and goes to 'Messages'

Inbox:    0
Outbox:  0
Create Message   (selects this)

Puts it in dictionary mode and types 'Geetz poo saree aamey!" and checks the content...

Shock! Shock ! more shock....


Gin: "dei!!!!  enna kodumaa daaaaa idhuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu... idhukku enna artham"

R: "enakku ketta neram nu artham ...vera enna ... i can't even imagine what it could possibly mean.... gundu payyan ... uhmm... no... idhukku artham  puriyumnnu enakku thonala.... "

Gin: "un nelamai ipdi aayiduchey da....."

R: "vidu machaan.... naaney idha marakanumnu irukken....... kenaru vetta boodham kelambunaa kadhainaa idhaan..... enakku mattum yen ipdi aagudhunnu theriyala..... anyway.....naalaikku wonder-la porom..... relax pandrom! deal??"

Gin: : (in a partially agreeing tone) "deal!"



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Author's note: Am sure you have already figured out why R is so frustrated. You can  empathize and sympathize with him in the comments section!