Monday, April 30, 2007

Time for some Buzzwords!

Mokka--- The latest buzz word, the pulse of chennai rather..I call it the pulse of this terrific city, cus its used 'n' times in 'n' different contexts by 'n' chennaites everyday.Too mathematical, isn't it;) Well, for people who don't know tamil, mokka technically speaking means nothing more than a very bad pj. One rule of the thumb to be followed while using this buzzword as a part of an english sentence is that u can only 'put' mokka and not 'say' a mokka (check the verbal usage!) . I don't know who framed this rule, but that is how you are expected to use it! The same word can be used as an adjective as well. For ex, 'it was a mokka trip' .So here, w.r.t this sentence 'mokka' means boring. one word, that can be an adjective and also a verb. Kinda complex rite? But the worst part is that I cannot form one single decent sentence these days without this golden word!The word mokka has found so much of prominence not only in my life, but in the tamil world on the whole, to such an extent that irrespective of whether u crack a good joke or not, people term it a mokka. Everything on earth is a mokka.. A good joke, a bad joke, a concept, an advice, a fact,whatever. So the best way to conceal the fact that you don't really understand what somebody is trying to say, is to call it a mokka! cool idea, rite(now dont call this one a mokka;)). One cool icy word that can camouflage w.r.t context!Great, isnt it?

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

The Name Sake

How are u? The Indian Ishtyle of starting a conversation. The funny thing about a few questions is that you are expected to give only a standard answer and that makes me wonder as to why we take all the trouble of even asking.For ex, when somebody asks you, 'How do you do?' , you are expected to reply with a good or fine. But, I wonder how it would be like, if you ask somebody as to how they are doing and they take all the pain in the world to explain the situation! like ' I am in the process of pursuing my biggest desires(am not talkin bout IT professional's here! Am talking bout general feasible desires:)). I am searching for happiness' or something like, 'I am sick and trying to get the hell out of this place'.. or 'Am not doing anything. There is nothing much to do in this f***ing place..' or something more dramatic like 'This guy ditched me and what do you mean by how do u do? Do you think I am honeymooning with my neighbour?' oooooh.. Its hard to even imagine! What if u ask somebody like, 'how is life?' and they reply 'its bad! I wanna commit suicide. u wanna join?' U'd better hang urself to death rather than get a response like that! So if there was no word called ' good' or 'fine' .. can u imagine! Life would have been a nightmare rite?

Thank god, there are some untold yet accepted rules! Now u might be wondering as to what this female is trying to convey through this post! Like most of my posts have some kinda take away point, so does this one! Small words can make a difference and we should learn to appreciate the small things around us!( you are right, I flicked it from some random forward. This is the best place where I could fit it in and so...:)) By now you should be almost sure that the author is wierd and so is this post! Digging deeper into the concept of this post, can i even put it like most people do most things for the sake of it??..A 'how do u do?' or 'hows life' does not imply anything..Nothing implies anything anymore. Nobody cares bout ur answer. The world is moving at a fast pace.. Jus play along! No body wants to listen! So why bother explaining??Pls

Note: The author has gone conk and is not responsible for the after effects on those ppl who read this post! And btw, how r u?;)