Let's go on a cruise!

Submitted by admin on Wed, 08/10/2011 - 16:59
Hi all,
How are you all doing? Schools are yet to resume at our end of the globe and we have a few more days of our summer vacation left. It is upto us to enjoy them to their fullest. After spending some time thinking about what could be done in these last few days of summer, this is what we’ve come up with:- What could be more relaxing and rewarding that going on a cruise with friends and family? Won’t you please join us?
Here is the plan; let’s imagine we’re going on a cruise with our friends and family for a few days to take a break from our daily life. Let’s enjoy fun things like snorkeling, fishing, boating, and going on sight-seeing day trips on islands while the ship is docked. Imagine watching the sunrise/sunset from the deck of the ship, enjoying the various sumptuous cuisines from around the globe, and participating in the different activities in the company of our friends. As part of memories from the trip, we’ll bring back artsy souvenirs to keep which remind us of the various sea-creatures we met with during this trip.
Here is what we’re going to do. Notice the sea-theme image shown at the top? Behind those beautiful blue waves lies a vibrant world of sea-creatures. I’m sure you can spot most of them, although some of them are quite sneaky and don’t show themselves. Do you think we could each make a rangoli taking atleast one sea-creature from this theme for reference? We hope you’ll join us in this wonderful sea-journey with family and friends. Also, if you had had the pleasure of having gone on a cruise before, please share your experiences with us – the good and the bad. :)

Happy Cruising!

PS- Can you try to name all the sea creatures that is shown in this image and email us? Let’s see who gets them all correct. We'll post the members' names in a few days from today. :)
Updated on Auguest 22 - 2011:
Everybody is on board, let's have a great journey together! :)
http://www.ikolam.com/campaigns/2011/lets-go-on-a-cruise
ammuchandhini
Haiyya...uma, suba...everybody come here....we have got some interesting hw after sometime....hmm...to do a rangoli on one sea-creature from this page aah....going to be very very interesting and challenging....
Wed, 08/10/2011 - 20:19 Permalink
dibbutn
Wow Lata dear, thanks for the homework... looking forward to seeing beautiful beautiful creatures on Ikolam now. I can see a hammerhead shark, whale, crab, jellyfish, seahorse, sharpnose shark, turtle, orange angel fish(??), shrimp, shells, stingray, dolphin, mermaid. Hmm that is about it that my old eyes can see. Happy to have u back in action Lata.
Wed, 08/10/2011 - 22:24 Permalink
julien
Wow.. nice idea... lata mam .... very interesting topic u have given us... A.Julien
Wed, 08/10/2011 - 22:31 Permalink
umaraja
hayee haayaee he ha ha come come my dear frnz lets all join d cruise, just today morning i was nagging raja that he has kept me home for d past 2 mths which makes me frustrated, we were planning a trip for d quarterly hols, we were browsing abt d cruise journey in singapore packages and finally he postponed it to d april,,, but c hw lucky i am nw to have a pleasant trip with my dearones.. thanks a lot lata, , latea vandhalum latest o latesta vandhteenga(though u were late u r d latest),, mmm thn ....... rani were r u ?i could see u drawing a biggggggg rangoli with 101 dolphins,,,,rekha mam painting a seahorse in an egg, vasanthi drawing fishes in her bb,, pushpa a red crab rangoli with crab borders, maha with blu whales in her red floor, juli with colorful breathing fishes,,etc etc etc happada,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,start start start dears
Wed, 08/10/2011 - 22:37 Permalink
dibbutn
He He Uma nice imagination dear, but keeping a secret regarding what u r going to draw eh??? :( i will be so busy for another week with the varalaksmi pooja, avani avittam, and then later on my hubby is leaving for sabarimalai ... i hope i somehow squeeze in the time and do lots of kolams. I am so excited actually.
Wed, 08/10/2011 - 22:41 Permalink
ammuchandhini
Adengappa....uma u have made our job a lot easier i think...haha...though it is going to very very challenging....and me...yenpa...yen indha gaandu(why punish me with such a biiig job)haha...101 dolphins aah...too much pa....i just luved maha's choice pa...blue whales on her red floor....keep waiting i will ask her to give that choice as dhaanam(gift) to me...paint my floor red with ur fav kavi and one biiiig blue whale...haha
Thu, 08/11/2011 - 00:35 Permalink
julien
dear friends... i think in mind... uma dear u miss tom and cherries are there.... yes rani mam & Reka mam,,, (tom & cherry )the butterfly and barbie girl.. then, x'mas thatha light pink color on PM, water snakes are pushpa mam... collection and padma's... look like night lamp on pinnal kolam for rani mam, see horses on sahana's (PM grands child..) light green leaves and small design flowes on indra mam creations.... vasanthi mam uniform color for snail's..then Rekam mam.... step by step improving the kolamss.. for snail.... ha ha (mam dont angry..) i know mam u read my para your smiling.... face.... just comment only.... blue blooming fishes on malar anand.. jayasree and akilas colourful shangu , maha and sndal floor on sea stars uma's decoration on golden fishes.... he heee judymam, malar, and rani creation on umbrella fishes on gray color... etc..etc.. A.Julien
Thu, 08/11/2011 - 03:25 Permalink
jkmrao

Don't forget, only rangOli on water is allowed :-) Regards! - mOhana
Thu, 08/11/2011 - 07:57 Permalink
Lata
Rani, I can see it is interesting but I don't think it is going to be challenging for you dear. :o Pushpa, if your eyes have spotted the Jelly fish, I would say your eyes are pretty young. :) Please mouse over the creature you had uploaded this morning and notice that your name shows up as a lable (Just wanted you to know that sometimes I do my homework promptly) :0 Julien, you've covered almost all names in your list of members. I'm not sure if Jerry has read this but I sure smiled at it for quite some time. :) I hope Adhirai can draw a fish rangoli shaped like her big & beautiful eyes :) Uma, your comment was a great conversation starter at my house this morning. It went something along the lines of... "It seems Uma (& family) hasn't traveled anywhere for the last two months and they are already planning for a cruise - a real one. We haven't gone anywhere for the past....:( ". And the conversation started sounding more like "Adutthathu Ambujatthai paarthelaa"! It was hilarious! I even wanted to imitate Sowkar Janaki in twisting my mouth but failed miserably. :0 And you are too good at dishing out homework for others :) JKM Sir, water rangoli is an excellent idea. Perhaps members could make water rangolis also as a bonus to the regular ones? Someone had already uploaded a floor-rangoli early in the morning. :)
Thu, 08/11/2011 - 16:30 Permalink
ammuchandhini
Oh so already our flower has started to submit aah....so soon...hmm very active indeed....haha lata i am imagining u twist ur mouth like sowcar janaki...so funny pa...julien umbrella fishes of grey col aah...ok..ok dear...i will keep it in mind....yesterday..infact when i was going through my collections of kolams...i could see all d kolams were crawling or swimming so smoothly....haha..
Thu, 08/11/2011 - 20:20 Permalink
Dr.Rekha Shetty
Ohh i am very late again l .soo interesting.... H.W.my stomach is indeed paining after seeing july's comment snail like improvement ..ah ah ...umaji ..sea horse in oval bb ..not a bad idea ...ammu u see everythig swimming around u ..ah ah I decided to swim in this water and reach our darling lata and rao sir any body wants join me (Mumbai to US )....? yes snail and sea horse for me .What about sea and ships dear? uma sea horse in the comments too .i am lateUma and july reduced my burden of choosing the sea creatures thank u july yes snail and sea horse .what bout the ship dear ?
Thu, 08/11/2011 - 21:31 Permalink
dibbutn
Hmm I can spot a snake as well, not sure though.
Thu, 08/11/2011 - 21:54 Permalink
dibbutn
Wanted to ask u Lata, can we include creatures which are not exhibited here as well but they do dwell in water???
Thu, 08/11/2011 - 21:55 Permalink
umaraja
this page is turning out more interesting and funny to read,, jkm sir water rangoli??? my goodness ive tried it out many times and failed,,, infact i found d site IKOLAM only when i was browsing abt water rangolis,,,any experts pls teach still more detailed,,lata(sowkar) i coudnt control my laugh after reading this and also made raja and my br to read this ,,, rani who is that flower pa?? is it pushpa?(shall we keep a gg)
Thu, 08/11/2011 - 22:30 Permalink
Lata

In reply to by umaraja

Dr.Rekha, sure, the sea, the ships/boats, and the lighthouse could be included too. :) Pushpa, sure, you can include other creatures that live in water as well. Uma, seriously speaking, I think we should keep a separate travel section opened up just for you and your travel experiences. It will come in handy for other people who might be interested in the places you've been to. :)
Thu, 08/11/2011 - 23:10 Permalink
julien
rEKA mAM... TODAY was late.... yes... i saw your words ... i am laughing... mamm... ist time the child was stand,,, at this time he / she very fear.... (that is my point)... ha hhaaa... same from you.... last year in the same feelings.. about me... Rani mam in center place u see one fish shapes are look like umbrella,,, (head) then small hand stick., hahaha... i know u r smiling... anybodies are joking or commenting to me.... (really enjoy the page) REKA MAM U DONT WORRY... LATA MAM WELL PLANNED SO SELECT THE BIGGGGGGGGGGEST, STRONGGGGGESTTTTTTTTT, AND GREATEEEEEESSSSSSSST SHIPMAN CHOOSING..... SO DONT BE FEAR WE ARE ALL SAFE IN A cruise.... LOT OF THANKS TO LATA MAM... THANKS FOR YOUR SHARING... TIME...SPENDING .... A.Julien
Thu, 08/11/2011 - 23:03 Permalink
vasanthi

eeeee, what is this pa...very very interesting topic...i am also tooo late to see this section. thank you so much lata mam...for boosting us with this great topic...rani mam, julien, uma, suba, bala mam, suba mam and other all friends let us prepare for this wonderful crusie...yeeeeeeee...
Fri, 08/12/2011 - 00:58 Permalink
Dr.Rekha Shetty
lata i liked the new ikolam symbol it is tooo cuuuuute .
Fri, 08/12/2011 - 01:16 Permalink
vijaysowmya
Really an interesting Home work given by you Lata.... ..is there any time limit for submission....
Fri, 08/12/2011 - 01:29 Permalink
subashini

Rani, yesterday was being varamahalakshmi viradham, I couldn't entered into ikolam.very busy. with neighboutrs and some ralatives. very tired.by the way, it is interesting theme , I will try.and I can see sea horses and sea plants.I decided to concentrate with them .Let us see.
Fri, 08/12/2011 - 18:45 Permalink
ammuchandhini
Hmmm...seahorses and seaplants as a ps creations...sounds so interesting pa....hope u celebrated varalakshmi vratham in a grand manner....happy aavani avittam to u and all today pa....
Fri, 08/12/2011 - 19:52 Permalink
dibbutn
Hi Rani mam, naanu seahorse upload panniache yeh yeh yeh
Fri, 08/12/2011 - 21:16 Permalink
subashini

Thank you Rani for your wishes and same to you.I don't know to draw even an ordinary horse proper.no chance to draw sea horse perfect. mm, A small longing , that's all.
Sat, 08/13/2011 - 07:02 Permalink
smahalakshmi
Wow, I'm toooooooooooooooo late for this topic. Interesting topic, Lata. Uma and Julien, good that u people have assigned something for me to do. Let me try my level best to do something on this. Rani, you can also do the same HW given for me by Uma in your style, dear. Wow, pUshpa, i think you have named almost of all the creatures that is shown here and also congrats to you for the first submission. Suba, all the best for your creativity in PC. Mahalakshmi
Sat, 08/13/2011 - 22:00 Permalink
smahalakshmi
Dear Lata, In I-kolam home page, I could see a person standing and moving in a I-Kolam boat or in a I-Kolam rail. IS that something related to this topic? Whether it is related to this post or not, it is so so nice dear. I liked it very much. So sweet. Mahalakshmi
Sat, 08/13/2011 - 23:59 Permalink
Lata

In reply to by smahalakshmi

Actually, Suba ma'am, in my opinion, drawing sea horses is fairly easier than drawing horses. :) Dear Maha and Rajam, the lady you saw in the ikolam logo is a lighthouse (representing the "I" in ikolam). The "entire" ikolam is supposedly going on a cruise. I didn't draw an outline of a ship around the logo since the lighthouse doesn't usually go within a ship and always stays put. :0 But, in this case, I wanted the lighthouse for "I" and also couldn't separate it out from "kolam" as the I belongs with Kolam according to our logo. So, just chose to send the logo sailing away on the waves supposedly on a cruise. :) Coming to the part as to why did I use this logo in the front page? When I introduce any new theme for rangolis, I usually use a small part of the main image in the front page to pull in the audience (when you click on it, it leads one to the whole story). Now excuse me while I go off to my dreamland dreaming about what our dear Maha and Rajam ma'am are going to be making! :)
Sun, 08/14/2011 - 19:29 Permalink
subashini

Thank you lata for your engagement and hope on my drawing.I will try my best.
Sun, 08/14/2011 - 20:21 Permalink
anirudh
wow....great, i enjoyed little bit of water at lake tahoe....into sea, need to explore & spend next vacation, hope to make it.....this is going to be lots of fun
Mon, 08/15/2011 - 03:05 Permalink
ammuchandhini
Pora pokke paartha ...(just like d way things r going)...i think i will be joining d cruise just like di-caprio(jack) comes running in Titanic...in d last few mins...haha....suba...i will do a sea rangoli and u do a horse...and we both will merge our rangolies into a sea horse...eppudiiii...vasadhi...haha..hmm...push already uploaded sea horse aah...too good pa...
Mon, 08/15/2011 - 18:04 Permalink
umaraja
ha ha ha rani even yesterday i was breaking both my head and pencils to draw a sea horse,,, whatever i draw this papu comes out with a naughty comment ,,,,
Mon, 08/15/2011 - 22:13 Permalink
umaraja
lata did u get my mail abt naming d rangoli in papus name for d cruise,,
Mon, 08/15/2011 - 22:15 Permalink
Suguna Murugesan
hello lata aunt, i am suguna murugesan's daughter. i submitted a drawing on the theme cruise ship.
Tue, 08/16/2011 - 04:46 Permalink
vasanthi

Lata mam I also submitted a kolam on this theme today. Uma as you said I submitted a fish kolam drawn on my BB he he...
Tue, 08/16/2011 - 05:01 Permalink
umaraja
oh, is that so vasanth iam eagerly waiting to see urs,, u r a bb queen na......
Tue, 08/16/2011 - 06:18 Permalink
ammuchandhini
Hmmm...seems like push and jkm sir r leading ...haha...uma...what happened only one aah...buck up dear...
Tue, 08/16/2011 - 19:48 Permalink
subashini

i have already sent ship with animals of seahorse, jellyfish, crabs, different shells, and also light house on seashore plants.
Tue, 08/16/2011 - 21:58 Permalink
umaraja
no rani ive sent 3 pa, 2 in my name and 1 in papu
Tue, 08/16/2011 - 22:09 Permalink
dibbutn
I forgot to mention the hammerhead shark.
Tue, 08/16/2011 - 22:51 Permalink
ammuchandhini
All d names push has mentioned r in my throat only...but not coming out...haha...only after i see d names i remember them...
Tue, 08/16/2011 - 22:53 Permalink
dibbutn
Ammma amma neega coffee kudichitirundhal yepadi names veliya varum (yes yes if u keep drinking coffee how will it come out of ur mouth, it will be stuck in ur throat only)
Tue, 08/16/2011 - 22:55 Permalink
ammuchandhini
Exactly pa...i am crazy of hot piping thanjavour degree coffee...anytime...anywhere...here in ikolam preferably early morning...haha
Tue, 08/16/2011 - 22:58 Permalink
smahalakshmi
Lata, I saw ur comments in my kolam. please wait for me, dear. I have a couple of simple kolams to be shared with u on this theme. Since there is no time for me during the week days, I'm waiting for the weekend to come. Probably in a day or two, I will try to upload some kolams. Mahalakshmi
Wed, 08/17/2011 - 21:12 Permalink
dibbutn
Hi Lata dear, can u pls let me know when is the last date for submissions. It would really help me and the others out dear.
Wed, 08/17/2011 - 22:25 Permalink
Lata

In reply to by dibbutn

Ofcourse, Maha. I think there is one more week to publish the ones that have come in, for this theme. Even afterwards, we can keep publishing more as members keep adding on. :) Pushpa, I hope one more week is enough. You are welcome to add more if you like even after the first round of release. :)
Wed, 08/17/2011 - 22:35 Permalink
umaraja
hai lata, can i upload rangolis for d veggie patch which i actually missed ,is it possible for u to flag it up in that theme?
Wed, 08/17/2011 - 22:39 Permalink