Thursday, July 20, 2006

Pretty it is !!!



Hiiiiii !!! Hope u guys are doing great. I have been feeling really dumb and bored. Not much activity in blogsville. In search of solace, i switched on the television. Nothing to interest me there too. Then, i sat down with my library book. Twisting and turning, i managed to read about 30 pages and then, i began to feel hungry. I moved to the fridge, only to find some veggies, ketchup, milk bikis, salt biscuits and many others that again least caught my attention. Rasgulla was also finished (exclusively by me) the very day it was bought. Another can of rasgulla would probably mean, cleaning up the wardrobe!!! For heaven's sake, pardon me from that.


As i was looking around the house, imagining, if anyone in this world would be as hopelessly idle as me, a mind picture burst out of thin air like a bubble - I saw myself dressed up like a clown and scratching my head!!! Sometimes, just like great ideas flash during the course of one's bath (quoted out of personal experience!!! Eurekhaaaaa!!!), ideas also erupt when you scratch your head. And it did !!!!


I rushed to the cupboard and took out the stock of old photographs. Within a few minutes, i could feel my excitement and thrill flush out. For sometime, i felt i was busier than the busiet business man in town. I was sitting in the middle of a whole pile of albums, like a kid left alone with a whole store of toys. Finally, i managed to get the pics i wanted - my fancy dress and school play photographs!!!



That was when i was in class 3. I was one among the 101 Dalmations in our school's annual celebrations. We were one big crowd and i can bet that the real Dalmations would have been easier to manage than us!!! :)



This was for our school's triennial project. I had to enact as a mother of a new born kid, whose naming ceremony was being performed. My teachers discovered that i could speak, only when they heard me protest for this role!!! The sari kept slipping my waist even when my mom had pinned up every fold with pins.



This was for a Krishna Bhajan in my uncle's place. Casually, i returned from school to enjoy with my cousins without any intervention from the elders. Little did i realise what was in store when i returned. My uncle and aunty lifted me and got me into this costume(i'm the one to the right). I stood there like a dumbo holding the flute (trying to cover up my tumy that kept peeping out) while my other cousin got to sit with the veena in her hand. I was literally cursing her that day.


That has been my encounter with fancy dress and plays. Have you guys any such adventures to share too????


27 comments:

Subramanian Ramachandran said...

cool prithz.......you look damn cute..esp the one in saree.... that child was so sweeet..

and needless to say nicely written :)

Intrepid traveller's dairy said...

Wow...great pics di...it is really exciting to see old photos and recollecting how that day had been and things like that...I did not like fancy dress competitions for the simple reason that one had to dress up a lot...I mean the make up and things like that..I never liked it and I still dont like it...but there were a few fancy dress competitions I took part in...it was probably the only time people heard me speak :P...micha neram ellam mounavridham...

s0ulasylum said...

hey tht were some reallly cool pics.. i wish i were as careful with mine then i'd have as many memories as you do! and abt bored people.. u r nowhere close to how bored I am!!!! :) have fun !

KK said...

Hey! kewl Pictures!
I have taken part in fancy dress once, I was a rabbit, I had to take a bite of a carrot and then talk something, but I forgot the dialogue, so only carrot eating :)
Otherwise acted in a few plays in school, the one that I can remember is, I was a Sleepy Dwarf in snow white and 7 dwarfs.

Has to be me said...

Isnt it so nostalgic to revive old memories esp frm the pics! Gosh its such a lovely feeling.

U looking damn adorable as the dalmation! & cute as Krishna.

As for me, after seeing ur old pics, Im reminded of the numerous dance/dramas that I've taken part while in school & also navarathri time where we (ie me & my friends) used to dress up (frm various indian states etc). Thanks for reviving thoes moments in me! :)

Syam said...

nice pictures...this reminds me of not participating in any cultural activities and more over teasing my class mates who does this...
YES I was a kadaisi bench student... :-)

Unknown said...

Fancy dress and Plays-ah?
Enakkum indha competitions-kum romba dhooram! :(
Panravangala kindal panradhoda seri.

Like Syam, me too LAST BENCH (from LKG to College final year! :) ), a proud one at that.

BTW, have u bought SPORTSTAR. Star poster is ur RAHUL DRAVID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

starry said...

nice pics, I think its fun to just browse through old pictures and reminiscence.

Keshi said...

**Rasgulla was also finished (exclusively by me) the very day it was bought. Another can of rasgulla would probably mean, cleaning up the wardrobe!!!

ROTFL Prithz!


yeah it's at times when one expects the least that bright ideas spring up :)

such pretty pics Prithz! U look absolutely gorgeous n so cute. And u were a dalmation? lollllllz so cute!


Keshi.

KK said...

@Syam and Karthik - yenakkum kadaisi benchula ou idam vaingo!!
School kalathula irunthe naanum kadaisi benchuthan...

Ekta said...

oh wow!!
teh snaps are so cute..its soo cute to be able to see your childhood snaps and all dressed up!

prithz said...

@ r.subramanian:

Thnk u!!! (*blush*)

That baby in my hand is a doll we borrowed from our teacher.. :)

BTW, i can rewrite Darwin's Theory of evolution, that monkey came from cute kids :)(i would be a living example) lol...

@ random thoughts from chennai to canada:

Very true di!!! I was also not too interested in such plays. Basically, i dont like crowd. Adhunalaye, i would hesitate participating.

Enga school la academics ku prize vanganumna, edhanum co-cirricular activity irukkanum nu oru rule. Appo dhan "All Rounder" nu prize vanga mudiyum!! So, nanga sila friends kootama povom... ;)

@ s0ulasylum:

Oh!!! It would have been really nice if u had preserved ur pics too. Mine are in good condition only bcoz of my parents. Thnx to them!!!

I talk abt boredom, but i can quickly revive from it!!! Hope u r having fun too.

@ kk:

Thnx KK!!!

"I was a rabbit, I had to take a bite of a carrot and then talk something, but I forgot the dialogue, so only carrot eating"

Idha padichitu, i was in peals!!! Super comedy. Adhukku prize vanginingala???

Pesama blog la Back Bench Students nu Oru title la, neenga, karthik, syam ellarum nadathunga... BSB madiri BBS!!! Epdi idea???

@ has to be me:

Thnx a lot!!!

Oh, Navarathri times are wonderful. I used to dress up in pattu-pavadai and go to all the houses. Since all my neighbours and my mom's friends knew that i am attending music class, they would ask me to sing. So every day, i will plan a song and sing the same song in all the houses!!! Lol...

@ syam:

Ahaaaaa!!! Ennaku oru villan sirrupu dhan nyabagam varudhu!!! Lol... Ennayum ipdi lam kindal pannikkanga.

KK, ungalukku, karthik ku lam oru suggestion pannikren (@ kk la irukku)... enna solringa???

@ karthik b.s.:

Ahaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!! Dravid ah??? Na unnum vangala. Appa nan idha vangartha ketarna, serippu adi dhan ennaku... neenga vena ungalodtha thangalen :)

Ungalukkum dhan andha suggestion.. poi padinga(@ kk la)....

@ starry nights:

Thnx!!! It is a wonderful thing to do indeed!!! :)

@ keshi:

Thnx a ton Keshi!!! :)

Hehe ;) I dare not ask for rasgulla...lol...

Have u got ideas while at bath too???

I was a dalmation indeed. My friends kept pulling my tail and ears!!!

@ekta:

Thnx Ekta!!! Its an amazing feeling!!!

Ganesh Ranganathan said...

hehe...cho chweet...:-))

KK said...

Prize'a???If it was eating competition I would have got a prize :(
Nice suggestion...how about B3(B cube) - Back Bench Bloggers :)

AJ ! Serendipity !!! said...

haha amazing pics
d tv one is really cute :))))
so u had a gr8 time

me hav some pics too, but wud die rather den put dose up :)
u c we had no girls in our school n guys were made to act a girls : smirks:

Unknown said...

Sportstar dhaane vaanga poringa? Adhukku yen adi odhaiyellam?
Seri yaam irukka bayam yaen? Go to :
http://www.sportstaronnet.com/

or more specifically go to:


http://www.sportstaronnet.com/stories/ss292909.htm


to see the actual poster in this edition!!

anyway, the image is not good! With sunsceen and all........................
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BTW, BBS-ah??????

(read it Supestar's style)

"Oruthan evalo height-ngruthu mukkiyam illa.
Avan evalo height-ku (life-la) poraan-ngruthu dhaan mukkiyam"!!!!

Idhu eppadi irukku!

che sara sara said...

wow .....so cute

Subramanian Ramachandran said...

sophie's comments were for b.s.karthik's punch dialogs??? ;)

prithz said...

@ ganesh ranganathan:

:) Thnx Ganesh!!!

@ kk:

Adhu seri!!! Nanum, Back Bench Bloggers yosichen... B cube romba technical ah irukku illa.. back bench pasangalukku indha name suit agala nu vituten :p

@ ajay:

Thnx Ajay!!!

It must have been aweful to dress up like girls with all the makeup... dat too i really wonder how guys had the patience!!!

@ karthik b.s.:

Idhe sportstar nan football season la vangirthenna, appa onnum sollamatar, rahul dravid poster kaga na vangaren therinja vambu... anyways, andha poster super ah dhan irukku... sexy hair style!!! ;p

Thnx a ton for sharing it with me!!!!

Edho range ah dialog lam solringa...

@ sophie;

:) Welcome to my blog!!!

@ r.subramanian:

Oh, apdi kooda irukkumo!!!

Krithika said...

A very sweeet post..:)

Harish said...

cute prithz...I was in std 5 when i was made to play SantaClaus in the christmas play since i was the only one looking close to him. The rest of my stage plays were in college..but santaclaus was fun :-)

Keshi said...

oh too many! :)

heyy u can take a character from Bollywood for my latest post..

Keshi.

prithz said...

@ krithika:

Thnx u!!! :)

@ harish:

That's wonderful!!! Hey, i remember once playing as an angel in a Christmas play!!! Thnx for reminding me abt his one!!! :)

@ keshi:

Oh!!! That's great!!!

As i said Keshi, i dont watch many movies, be it Hollywood, Bollywood or Tollywood :( So i dont know how to help myself. Reading my posts, you would be a wonderful judge to compare me with a character u know!!!

Keshi said...

hehe ok..let me come up with something for u soon :)

Keshi.

prithz said...

@ keshi:

Thnx u!!! :)

Kuan Gung said...

hee...hee

prithz said...

@ kuan gung:

:) Welcome!!!