Friday, June 30, 2006

Dei...
I didnt wanna stay in chennai on ur birthday without u. I come back home this morning to c an envelope from the courier service u used from my house to send an applic. went to my room n cried my heart out. but all thru yesterday, i did something u would love to hear of me. i really love you Dude. I wanna c u happy. May be i cant c u. but i know u r really happy. i got u a cute gift from Phuket which i and only i shall preserve and cherish in ur sweet memeory. I will always love u the same way. I stand this day listening to songs that relate me to u. A belated birthday dedication is "Only the good die young" - billy joel, not maiden.
i love you Ramesh. I always will. I had certain other things in mind to do but i chose not to cos u know y. but i celebrated ur birthday in a way u'll love.
Always ur lover and brother
Shags

Thursday, June 29, 2006




Raja,

This day, when I saw you, 22 years before, after all the years of struggle in my life, I felt I am finally blessed with something so beautiful, a happiness I never ever felt in my life. Since then, you gave me so much of happiness as a child, as a boy and as a man. I remember the days you first walked, called me applu, your fear of crackers, your love for road engines, your saying your name is amechi, your cry when we left you for the first time in Sishya, your refusing to go to school because Nataraj is beating you, your acting in annual school day programs, your thrill of first flight, your writing the exam at Vanavani, various days I dropped you in school and waited for you in school, being with you when you wrote your entrance and jointly attending counseling, sitting with you in Venkateswara for admission, waiting for your semester results, so many holidays together, your only dance I saw on Ma’s birthday, waiting for you to come back home on countless days, your fondness for gee masala dosai in Balaji Bhavan, sitting with you to apply for visa, the sheer joy of seeing you leaning on the wall of bus stand on 2nd March and leaving you on 3rd March at Madya Kailash junction when you said Bye (for ever).

Every year, this day, first thing I give you the birthday card, just to hear you say, thank you applu and shake hands. Where are you da, please come and say thanks applu and shake my hands.

Raja, Eeshu, Deyee, Ma, Dude, Zorro, Base, Machan, Amechi, Ramesha and with how many more names, your immortal soul was called, answer one call now.

Why did you make me, ma, Gani, Snow White, Shags, Ganga, Ram, Priya and I don’t know how many more to love you so much, you thought you had enough of our love to leave us.

We realize now, the meaning of happiness, YOU.

This is a call from the souls of your applu, ma and your darling brother and Snow white who all loved you more than anything else. Answer us.

You can’t read Tamil, so I am writing this in English for you.

“Inbutru Uyer Koduthen unakku
Uyer vittu thunbam thandhai enakku
Uerutti valartha unnai
Advan karaindu nitram ezhum kadalil
Sidaikku neruppittu unnai karaithen
En kanneeril karaithirundal
Kan moodi unnai kathiruppen
Sitrarival engum thedugiren unnai
Agatharival kan moodum nall anre ariven unnai
Kathirekkiren, natkalai ennikkondu “

For me, you are there da in Gani and now you have given me an adorable daughter.

I received a message from Gani, I am very very proud of being the Applu of you Two. The days we spent together are too precious for me. No regrets.

Applu.

Tuesday, June 27, 2006

"you may come..not tomo. you may go..but never away from me. " These were your words to me. I tell u the same now. missing u my zorro.
love ,
Galadriel

Monday, June 26, 2006

hi da
i'm back. missed u this trip too. once the wednesday function is over i'm planning to take a short break so that i can start working on the bundler from july first onwards. will visit ur folks soon. dnt worry i'm just fine. i still hv not outgrown of missing u cos ... u know y. but i really wish v both were to host a combined birthday party.
blog u soon again. still sleepy n tired. love u loads da
luv
Shags

Wednesday, June 21, 2006

hey, this is a part of chapter 13 from my book....it sorta describes in brief the grief i went through.....the highlighted part reads it out.....don worry i will send it to u in detail pretty soon....


Jake came out triumphantly from the recording room with a gleam on his face. He found his partner sitting in a corner with a paper in his hand and all curled up. “Will, what’s up with you?” Will held out a paper to him. He took it and scanned it from top to bottom twice. “What’s up with this? Why are you like this?” He stood up and pointed to the surname of Burke Johnson and to the line below it. Jake read out “ Duke Johnson”. Will pointed at his badge. It read Will Johnson. “Could it be” Jake started before Will interrupted, “Yes!! Duke Johnson is my dad. And this is the secret my dad always wanted to tell me. He had another son. I had a brother. I remember seeing my dad in his deathbed long ago. He took my hand and struggled to tell me something. Choking out he said something like seek out your blood and that was the last thing he said. Now I know what he meant.” Will said wiping the tears that had started to come from his eyes. Jake gave Will a hug. “Its okay man, you got another brother don’t you” he said. “Thanks a lot man, Your the best” Will choked out. Jake could understand how bad his felt. Losing a brother was the worst tragedy that can happen in anybody’s life. It was a long lost sad memory of his fall and now with Will in his arms it came up fresh. Jake was very young, probably 17 doing his last year of high school. Nearing graduation day one day while he was sleeping his grandma who was crying waked him up. He got to know the news that his brother had met with a bike accident and was lying serious in the hospital very far. He was helpless and wanted to go see him but couldn’t. He gathered all his friends around to keep himself from losing hope which he didn’t do from the start. He always believed my elder brother will beat all odds and step back beside. Not for a second he cried nor was he scared. But then suddenly news came from his mother that his brother was no more. He sank to his knees and shouted out in pain. For three whole days he cried his heart out watching his near and dear ones also share the grief. Till the moment he saw his brother no more. That was the moment Jake gathered strength and decided this world rests on my shoulders and I cant show my grief anymore. My brother would want me happy. Years after that he cried here and there but never in front of others. He hid his grief to himself. Past had been long forgotten since then but he couldn’t help remembering after seeing Will’s tears. “I think you need sometime on your time. Take tomorrow off man. I’m serious” Jake said understanding the pain. Will managed a smile and walked away. Jake couldn’t bear this sight. He himself decided he needed a break and decided to sort out his personal feelings and then get back to work. He took his black SUV to a very big mansion near the edge. He walked up the porch with his head down. He rang the bell. A lady of perhaps 60 opened the door. He flung his arms around her. “Welcome home son!” She said. Hearing the commotion his dad came from upstairs. He was also very happy to have seen him. After years Jake finally his father’s happy which had spent so many years in darkness.

hope your happy ....
bye for now
ganesh

Friday, June 16, 2006

hey etchai

i know u miss me, we had all the fun too soon, because i had to leave early. i was always jealous of your strength and guts and boldness. why r u crying da, i left u early but i gave you some one else to take care of you who is better than me and dearer to me like u, you know whom i mean, you only knew everything and i told you every thing. you are a tough guy, you have to do what i left behind to do, you have to take care of ma, applu and patti and you are crying, idiot wake up. i am always with you, fulfil my dreams, which i could not do, i am in you, nowhere else. love you etchai as always. next time cheer me up, i can't rest if i keep getting all these sick messages and all these crying messages from all of you. i have to rest some time and i can do so only if you take over from me and stand by me. by the way, don't keep getting sick again, it bothers me, take care, i am watching you, waiting for a real cheerful message from you like you always used to cheer me up when I am down.

Thursday, June 15, 2006

its hard to say tat my tears have dried up....well they havent....im still trying to accept the fact tat ur not here with me but i cant....everything i do it reflects a memory saying the last time i did this ramesh was there....when i was thinking of my football matches at AISC, the best of my life then i suddenly remember, that time ramesh was there and now he s not....i dunno how to take this torture anymore....i just came back from blore....trust me it was so empty....with u there it would have been great....atlest now give me the strength and courage to stand alone....hey by the way, im sick right now, come back and take care of me and cry for me like u did when i had dengue....maybe i should get dengue again....only then u ll come back....see man what im trying to say is im showing myself to be as brave but i cant forget a single moment and im crying inside every second....i was actually dreaming of danceing in the rain when patti woke me up tat fatefull day....she was crying and she said im scared cuz ramesh met wit an accident and he s serious....wait for like five days....if u can read this blog then ill write down about those two days from my point of view....then u ll know how it was....maybe then u ll come back....right now i trust ur beside me reading wat im writing....im feeling around myself trying to place my hand on u....well i think i can be rest assured tat my elder brother will take care and guide me thru my life....

till next time
bye bye
ganesh

Monday, June 12, 2006

Dude
the bundler is taking shape. i will be completing its design before leaving for thailand. Once i'm back, i'll make a prototype and file for a patent. i'll bear all the costs and make this my mainstream business - BYS Enterprises - Specialists in Product development.
I wanted to start my own CAD consultancy but i'll take my time on it. Wish u were here to listen to all this. Cant believe i'm communicating very serious stuff with u. After all, hasn't it been that i was more serious and u were more of live-for-the-moment types? but why did u choose to finish living? Wat was that moment like, that u had to leave us all alone here?
So many questions remain unanswered. I know there can be just no way of asking U anything in person until i come to ur world. But i wont. not in the nearest. I can hear ur voice and see u guide me thru our goals. BYS may go global if i ever put in the input that u'll like and look up to. I'll b ur jockey. U lead me to the finish line ahead of others.
Love you Brother.
Shags of BY"S"

Raja,

I wanted to buy you Ice cream so many times, some how, I could not. I just want to hug you and hear you call me applu once, just once da... Applu.

Raja,

I wanted to buy you Ice cream so many times, some how, I could not. I just want to hug you and hear you call me applu once, just once da... Applu.

Raja,

I wanted to buy you Ice cream so many times, some how, I could not. I just want to hug you and hear you call me applu once, just once da... Applu.

Raja,

I wanted to buy you Ice cream so many times, some how, I could not. I just want to hug you and hear you call me applu once, just once da... Applu.

Saturday, June 10, 2006

Dude...
i still cant believe u r not around. i ask ppl - my mom and sister and yuppie at times - has he really gone? they console me which just means yes. i ask myself - wat do ppl derive out of lying to me? How could he not be around? I hav not gone to Bhai biryani kada in quite a while. I'll do anything and everything u want me to and anything that makes you smile. I really love You da. I cant survive this existence. I feel so numb to things i face. I was on my way back to chennai from tpr. The bus passed thru erode and i asked myself wn do i bring ramesh here and eat Boatti or kodalkari at devi vilas. I just heard u " Devi Vilas Weightt" I know how u spell or pronounce Weighttu. Aen da? Y shd i b orphaned off all my love? U meant all the fun and joy i ever thot a friend could give. Yuppie calls me his brother. What the hell does he know? I cant consider him even a second cousin. But U treated me like someone btwn a brother and a lover. I never felt the necessity of a brother ever since u n i became so close. I got two sisters still but not a brother, other than Gucci. I know u too loved him. I cant believe someone who never had a dog at his place, to the best of my knowledge, could respect mine so much. I remember how protective u were of him when other guys started talking shit. I just miss you...
When and where will i find a sweetie like my Bor, my lover, my WBR?
Remember those rice-grain writing night? We went to college without studying jackshit. I so remember everything. I gained so many acquaintances in ur area jsut because i traveled in ur bus to ur place with u. I still wish v had a stay-over, biryani together and watched some shitty movie of ur "IlaiThalpathi" the exact way u pronounce it.
I'm grateful to u and ur family. They r like family to me too. I cant wait to hug u someday in that world of no-return. I miss You.
give me the times that u should have spent here. I''ll achieve all that u wanted to.
More than ur dreams abt urself, i'll fulfil ur wishes for me and Bijou. I'll never make her cry. I'll always keep her happy. I'll always be what u admired in me. V mutually admired each other, respected our lifstyles, ideologies and philosophies. I'll continue to live life the way u wanted me to.
I love you
I always will
Cant find U around. But i know u can read all this.
I'll meet paatte soon. I'll never leave ur family. I cant fill in ur space even one ppm. but they all mean loads to me. I'll always stay in touch.
Bye 4 now
I love you
Shags

Raja

I have tried everything to get control of myself and be supportive to amma and Gani. Not writing in this blog, going to meditation class, spend the time doing some work, learn programming and for the past 5 days not even looking at your photo and forcibly not think about you and not shedding tears.

Our home is empty, silent, we all just push time with out knowing how long it is going to be. I just realized except for Snow White, none called and calls me Applu since 3/3 including Gani and especially ma.

Honestly nothing works, since last night, whichever way I try, my thoughts are going back to you, your face, your voice, your memories and the last agonizing days.

The questions still remain,

Why you,
Why this calamity to our little contended family who did nothing except good to others
Why this pain to be carried forever to Gani at this age
Why did you make me, ma and of all the people Gani to love you so much
What are we, me, ma and Gani punished for.

I am not a saint, I am an ordinary person with love and affection and I cry today from the bottom of my heart for you. Without realizing, I loved you so much and this unbearable pain is not from my body, it is the pain of my soul.

You rest in peace, that is all I now pray for and to give courage to ma and Gani and my undivided love and and affection to Gani and Ma. I am a goner and there is no "I", any more. - Your dearest Applu.

Sunday, June 04, 2006

Hi Da...
Things are getting confirmed soon. I'll be completing our BYS bundler soon and show it to applu. Once that is finalised I'll make a prototype thru some sources. I'll work out all that's necessary towards it. Our dream should be a success, come what may. May be we aren't going global as planned but the bundler should be born. I still remember what you'd told Chinnasamy Uncle in the erode train while u were coming back from ur kerala Rotaract trip - "he's done some designing towards it." That's gonna materialize now.
U r a winner. I love You Da. U'll always be WBR and SkS. I miss you more than i miss anyone else. I wish v made our hyderabad trip happen.
But more importantly as of now, I'll make Ur dreams come true in every way i can. I'll bear ur engineering spirit and execute everything within my span of control.
I love You... Continue to love me. Please be there for me. Let me feel u inside me as always. I can never forget any single thing u said. Tears don't make me weak but they stir up our glorious past and make me reminisce . I'll be ur hero in everything else too. Cant forget having heard it from your mouth that i inspired u. I never felt gr8 when so many significant others complemented me. but wn u said "machan nee weighttu da.", right that moment i felt gr8. to realise that u certify me so, i dont think i need anything more.
I'll always b weighttu the way u want me 2 b. I will live up to wat u wanted me to do in our final 4:29 conversation.
I'll be anything and everything to make u happy. wherever u r. Just smile and laugh as always.
As and wn there r improvements i'll keep u informed.
The kiss i wanted to plant on ur cheek wn u leave to U.S is still in my lips.
"I can be you hero baby
I can kiss away the pain
I will stand by you forever
You can take my breath away "
all the songs that i'll never wanna listen to or sing, they just hit my mind so much just because i can associate u with them all.
Dont ever leave me, dont ever go.
I love you.
I always will.
how do u suppose i can survive without you.
i love you.
Shags

Friday, June 02, 2006

Dude...
Finished all shitty exams. Waiting 4 a weighttu kooththu night stay with you. Hope u'll turn up. Anytime. Please come here and don't be late. I love you Da. Meet me at my place tonight. V'll go hv muttadosa together and come home.
Missing u...
Luv
Shags

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