Tuesday - ராஜா அண்ணா கடை

Any young girl who lives in Perambur would've definitely been to this shop at least once. Sandwiched between Chandra book stores and a Meat shop right now, Raja stores used to be sandwiched between Chandra stores and an oil shop years ago(Right opposite to its present location. They still use the old shop also). Started as one extremely kutti பொட்டி கடை(mind you, it is still kutti) , ராஜா அண்ணா கடை became very popular in a very short period of time for its cheap and best junk jewelry. Everytime my friends and I went that side, we couldn't resist taking a peek into that shop(It was always crowded) and once we took that peek, we couldn't resist buying something. It was always those 5 rupee ear-rings or bands or clips. At one stage, whenever anybody asked me about my accessory, my answer always was "அஞ்சு ரூபா...ராஜா அண்ணா கடைல வாங்கினது" and thus spread the fame of that store. When I got a ear-ring, Jaya went in to get the same ear-ring. Then Bhuvana did. Then her sisters did. Their friends did. Our schoolmates did. Or we used to buy them for our schoolmates. And so the story goes...
After joining MOP, whenever the girls sold accessories as part of their curriculum, or during the bazaar, I used to take a glance and go, "ராஜா அண்ணா கடைல இதுல பாதி விலைக்கு கிடைக்கும்...தேவையே இல்ல". And when the girls dropped in one day, they realized it was true.

What makes the store click?

• The way they talk. Do you have this? No, but we have this. This is the best.
• I go in. Vedha...how are you?
• அண்ணா, 15 rupees. idhu too much. சரி மா...உனக்காக10ருபாய்க்குதரேன் எடுத்துக்கோ.
• And the variety and price of course

My sister who comes in from Bangalore does her shopping everytime in here. Perambur's answer to Pondy Bazaar/Parrys/Sowcarpet roadside stores - Raja Stores :-D

You can find this place in Paddy Field Road, just after the turning to Selva Vinayagar Koil Street, and like I said, diagonally opposite to the all-famous-lazy-shopkeepers-owned Chandra stores.

Monday - முதல்

திங்கட்கிழமை எழுத வேண்டியது. ஆனால் இப்பதான் எழுதறேன்... adjust பண்ணிக்கோங்க.

இந்த வார மைய வார்த்தை - முதல். முதல் என்ற சொல் பாடலின் முதல் சொல்லாக இருக்கின்ற பாடல்கள். Feel Free to add to the list!

1. முதல் நாள் இன்று- உன்னாலே உன்னாலே
2. முதல் முதலாக - உன்னாலே உன்னாலே
3. முதல் கனவே - மஜ்னு
4. முதல் முதலா மூக்கு வேர்க்குதே - வட்டாரம்
5. முதல் முதல உன்ன பாத்தேன் நான் அசந்து போனேன்டி- ??
6. முதன் முதலில் பார்த்தேன் காதல் வந்தது- ஆஹா
7. முதன் முதலாய்- லேசா லேசா
8. முதல் மழை என்னை நனைத்து- பீமா
   

Activity Activity Activity

There are 90 posts in my blog so far. Most of which is nonsense. So I've decided it is finally time to make some kinda sense into this nonsense so that the 100th post makes some sense for all the nonesense people who read my no sense blog. Makes sense?

For people who are not well versed in our kind of sensible English, here is a translation: I've decided I'll write things of value in here instead of just randomly rambling. (If it still doesn't make sense, I'm sorry. I'm only good at nonsense).

So I've come up with a theme for every day of the week. Here's what I've planned(And I'm hoping to keep it up! Cross your fingers for me!)

Monday - There is this fun game that we keep playing- Movie songs based on a particular theme. It is so much fun, and it gives you the space to ponder. For the extremely boring and tiring first day of the week, this sounded like the right thing to do.

Tuesday- Recommendations. From the roadside potti kadai that sells awesome stuff to that amazing new website, anything that deserves a mention will be mentioned here.

Wednesday- Well...this had to come at some point of time. Book/Movie reviews (I can never run out of things to write about on this one!)

Thursday- Lists. I love doing these. For a list of lists I've already made, Click HERE. But I promise I'll make lists that that are sane from now on.

Friday- மங்களகரமான நாள். Hence it will contain household stuff. I'll make it generic for now because I still haven't figured out what I'm gonna do then. Maybe I'll make it a guest column :P

Saturday- Weirdest/Most amusing thing that happened this week. Do I need to say more?

Sunday- The week that was (Like Duh!)

So look out for these posts!!!