words of wisdom

Hehe thats a funny title
Yesterday was a blast! you wanna knwo why?
Well when do you get a chance to visit the Holiness and serenity of Tibet, the enjoyment of Chinese Culture, the taste of Korean Food, a walk around the busy streets of downtown Toronto in one day????!!!!! well I did Booo you all! hehe just kidding

Sophie just got back from her 3 month vacation in China so Andrew and Me just paid her a welcome back visit and had a small get together of our selves.

In the morning I just had crappy university stuff to finihs up then after that met Andrew at Pape station…after that we TTC ed to Sophies appartment…. Well speaking of appartments her one is on the 25th floor and the view oh man! Amazing… you can see the Don Valley Parkway and Downtown Toronto so clearly…and the breeze is always so cool! Loved it

After the enjoyment of the view and the house we had a chance to have our own traditional Chinese tea tasting thing. Sophie brought some kinda chienese tea called Ulong tea which took abot an hour to prepare. But above all the pots in whihc the tea was served was the thing that caught my amazement….it was quite espensive but it seems Chiense people take Tea parties so serisouly that theres so much tradition and art involved. Never knew that a tea pot would have so much varieties which are made out of a special expensive clay.

After that we started the journey to Tibet. Well not flying over there but Sophie brought hundreds and thousands of pictures and we got a chance to see just what was China was all about… It was indeed facinating.. I enjoyed it! I mean Tibet looks awesome with its serene life, envrionment and nature. While Beijing and Shanghai seem verymuch in touch with the western world wiht its rapid growth and industrialized environment. It made me realised what a boring city Toronto was. Seriously, theres nothign special about Toronto except the fatc that 150 cultures live toegther….thats it! that sucks! and what have u got to see? only the CN tower…boooo

After that Sophie got an amazing chick idea! lol She wanted to watch a chick flick with GUYS! holy cow…we were reluctant at first then wanted to actually try it and see.. well we chose the DEVIL WEARS PRADA! lol….before that we got to downtown ate some delicious Korean food! yum yum….Me want mroe rice cakes! mmmm
Then Sophie went chick shopping….lol which we guys were kidna embarassed to do.

Finally we watched the movie which wasnt that bad…the story was predictable btu worth the money! Anne Hathaway is not HOT!
anyways I had a blast….it was awesome…enjoyed everymoment of it…

I look forward to paddlign soon…until then bye!

Hehe for those non Tamil speaking people who read my blog the title is a name of a Tamil movie which is going to release very soon but the songs are out already and I cannot get enough of it! Its alot to digest and its rocking! I cannot simply sit at one place..and eat or read with patience since my heart is all about listening and humming along these songs….such great compositions and such great variety from the Maestro A R RAHMAN!

Jillunu oru Kadhal means suddenly a cool funky love or soemthing like that….dont knwo to translate it exactly as it is..and it has my favourite actors too which are Jothika and Surya…Go Jo gOOOOOOOOO!!!

Okay let me give a overview of the songs and people please dotn download GO BUY IT! Its sooooo good!

1. New York- My pic of the Album. Such freshness….Tamil cinema has never ehard such a new fresh song that is so addictive in its first hearing it self….the guitars at the background are awesome…This song talks about a mans loneliness bcoz his love is somewhere else and wihtout a doubt form the tone of the songs you can simply feel it…i really felt the loneliness the composer tried to convey to his listeners and none other than ARR can do it with such a blast! and ARR’s voice oh man…splendid…one of his best sung songs ever…maybe Dil Se re is the other… Its gonna be the Youths anthem after Paathshala form Rang De Basanti..NO DOUBT!!!! PROVE ME WRONG IF U CAN!

2. Munbe Vaa- Ah ah Shreya Ghoshal…Mam you are seducing with your voice every time I hear that song….so seductive…I love her voice and this song just brings out her talent even more..awesome…for a non Tamilian to come and sing this song with such emotions sure needs to be applauded….I am thinking of singing thsi song for the Tamil Kalai Vizha lets see if I can find a female for the duet… Poor Naresh Iyer I didnt find he got enough lines to prove his talent…but still he did his best with the lines given…

3. Kummi Adi- If u feel down lately and dont have abit of energy think agian after u listen to this song…I heard the first line and it just made to stand up and dance…awesome wedding song and soooo many voices singing i just loved it….Listening to Swarnalatha after a long time does work very well bcoz of her unique voice..If this song doesnt make you dance…plz chekc with the doctor…i aint kidding

4. Jillunu Oru Kadhal- Kinda like the theme song of the movie and it rocks! the new voice Tanvil does an awesome job in his Tamil Jazz composition….I dont think any other music director has the guts to do somethign Jazzy…comon everybody is only bothered about incorporating rap in their songs…comon yar..there are so many other musical forms which can be explored in Tamil music than rap and ARR knows it well and does it brilliantly…awesome funky song like the name it self..it has the same feel as Hello Mr. Ethirkachi form Iruvar….love it as well

5. Mazaa Mazaa, Maaricham, Machakari- The battle of the M’s lol….As always ARR compositions take time to grow on u…and once they get in you u cant run away form them since they are addictve…and these songs fall in that category… i am taking my time on exploring these songs as they are kidna new and the feelings…and emotions and the tunes are very new to the audience and experimentive with the instruments…so I am gonna leave it for a while and I am sure a week form now Ill say i cannot stop humming them! They are good now…but never say ARR’s compositions are good bcoz they are brilliant….unlike other composers…this guys spends months experimenting before recording a song and his work shows in every note u hear…
so lets wait and see how it goes…

now enough fo me talking…STOP READNG AND GO LISTEN! link follows….ceeya
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