The meet - an update

Submitted by Lata on Fri, 10/29/2010 - 23:10
Thank you for helping me connect with your family Ashwini. It was fun talking to all you! I hear that it is raining heavily in Chennai, and Rajam decided to come a bit early for the same reason (I think she is the only member from Bangalore attending today)! :0 I don't know if you had noticed, but among the two sisters, sometimes it is hard to say which one would do/say something naughty. Usually, it is Jaya madam who says her one liners, and it sets off a series of interesting and witty commentary. But this time, Rajam decides to play a prank by pretending as if she was unable to attend, and finally ends up being there before anyone else. :) While speaking to Judy I came to know that Sumathi has changed her entire home decor to match the green theme (including the curtains). Talk about getting into the spirit! There is a new grandma among the members - we're happy to announce that Viji madam has a brand new grandson. Congratulations, and I can't wait to see what you quill today. :) It was exciting to talk to our old and new member friends, and I could feel and hear the highly enthusiastic spirit in everybody present in the room. I also got to speak to Mrs.Kala (Sumathi's aunt) and Mrs.Gowri (Sumathi's mom). I'm so glad Jenny (Judy's sister), Ramya and Jayanthi could make it today. I got a quick rundown of the different saree colors of everyone as I drifted off to imagine them doing a fashion show for us. :) At the time of our conversation, Masala vada was doing its rounds, and Marinddaaa was yet to be opened! :0 Yay, it is going to be Holi time in Chennai pretty soon!! I can't wait to see...
Vinci
Thanks a lot, Lata for giving a glimpse of the meeting, which I was waiting to hear since morning.. RajamAmma, this is not fair, Giving a surprise!! I'll be gald to see you in photos.. Congrats Viji Madam.. What about Rani and Veni? Rani should be there in the meet enjoying, as I couldn't see her in the comment section.
Fri, 10/29/2010 - 23:51 Permalink
ammuchandhini
WOW...it was such an enjoyable experience friends which I would cherish for a loooooong time....nice talking to u latha and nooooo d mirinda bottle was opened only after our lunch and no ....nothing like last time happened....i was so very careful ...u know ,,,not to get into any conterversies...ha..ha.hha.....what a surprise...after entering sumathy's house and seeing rajamma mam...i just shouted and ran to give a hug...such a lovely feeling which u can't express in words....waiting for d photos to be sent to me by mail as it would be me who is going to do d write up this time as judy will not be able to do as she is going to her mom's house...sorry friends if any grammer mistake...pl bear with me...but i assure u i will express d joy whatever we experienced during that time of any incident happened....as much as i can...bye for now...
Sat, 10/30/2010 - 06:07 Permalink
ammuchandhini
Thank u nithya also who called me to know what was happening....nice to see newcomers like jasree, ramya shiva and meeting bharathy mam and pinky ..as.this was d first time for me....
Sat, 10/30/2010 - 06:09 Permalink
viji_j86
Thankyou Lata for congragulating me. We had a wounderful time and it is Ranis turn to give the entire programmes discription. I will soon send my quilling work. Happy talking with you. viji
Sat, 10/30/2010 - 06:45 Permalink
jasree
Thank u Lata. Thanks for calling. It was very nice talking with you.Today we had a wonderful experience!!! Even though it was rainy, every body participated with so much enthusiasm. It was a nice experience with our senior citizens Rajamma, Viji, Kala & Jaya mam's participation. Once again thank for the wonderful platform, which u made for us.
Sat, 10/30/2010 - 07:30 Permalink
jasree
Thank u Lata. Thanks for calling. It was very nice talking with you.Today we had a wonderful experience!!! Even though it was rainy, every body participated with so much enthusiasm. It was a nice experience with our senior citizens Rajamma, Viji, Kala & Jaya mam's participation. Once again thank for the wonderful platform, which u made for us.
Sat, 10/30/2010 - 07:31 Permalink
subashini

Thank you lata for calling us.we, all enjoying the meet. as school going children.we miss you very much.
Sat, 10/30/2010 - 07:48 Permalink
Vinci
I could feel your enthusiastic mood after seeing the comments. I guess after stepping into the home, the very first thing you all did was sharing your happiness with us.. .. Thanks for doing it so.. Rani will be waiting for your write up.. Tomorrow I'm absent Maam (As I'm suffering from fever.... Please grant me leave...he hee..) See you on Monday.. Waiting to see surprises..
Sat, 10/30/2010 - 09:06 Permalink
subashini

poi sollak koodadhu thozhiye, poi sonnalum nee yengal thozhiye(Don't tell lie, If so, still you are our friend)(chinna piLLa thanama illa irukku)
Sat, 10/30/2010 - 09:12 Permalink
vijaysowmya
From the comments I can imagine the wonderful experience had by our friends at the Ikolam meet...they will be cherishing it for a long tiime ......waiting for your write up and photos Rani mam...
Sat, 10/30/2010 - 09:17 Permalink
subashini

one who willing to play tiger and goat aattam.
Sat, 10/30/2010 - 09:30 Permalink
Vinci
Ha haa... Thanks for accepting me as a friend..
Sat, 10/30/2010 - 09:51 Permalink
lakshmiraghu
Hi friends..we realy enjoyed the meet,and hospitality from Sumathi's family members memorable..thank you Lata for ur call which added feather to the meet.hats off to Sumathi &fly members...and thanks for every one for making it to grand success.. special thanks to Rajammaji who made it all the way from Bangalore,Thank you one and all.
Sat, 10/30/2010 - 19:26 Permalink
viji_j86
Dear friends,(apart from our pachaicolour jungucha). During the meeting Jaya and our beloved Rajamma mam contacted one game. There was a great buildup before starting. Like, only for members, only 3 mints, no copying, no talking, no bits like wise. Most of us having our heart beat raised to certain level and i had a little hand shevering also. Immediatly after getting the paper we very very sincearly started writing the answer. It was such a easy one, like who is owner of the ikolam, who are male members, what is the name of kolam for Telugu and Bengali, what is the birthday for ikolam likewise. All are very happy answering ................................... Everybody wrote the correct answer.......................................\ Nobody got the prize........................ Friends,(lata you too)......................................guess why we not got the prize ?????????????????? Break until Ammu wrote the entire happening. viji
Sat, 10/30/2010 - 19:47 Permalink
jkmrao

You see internet does some good things too besides spreading viruses and worms and crashing computers (first-hand experience in both :-) I am glad everyone enjoyed. Regards! - mOhana
Sat, 10/30/2010 - 20:02 Permalink
lakshmiraghu
Viji Madam, wrong question paper !!! made no one to get the prize.....hehe....
Sat, 10/30/2010 - 20:13 Permalink
ammuchandhini
Hai I just wanted to share along with viji mam about d test conducted by rajamma mam.....it was a set of 10 questions...to be answered in 2 mins time ...and d main instructions were not to talk, to discuss and not to copy...so like school children we all sat a little far away and strted d answering...it was so wasy questions untill d 8th question which was ...I T IS ENOUGH IF U ANSWER 2ND AND 10TH QUESTION...now u can imagine d feeling running in all of our minds while all were sincerely answering all questions one by one....but for JUDY who guessed it right from d very start itself and she did what exactly had to be done....and gave away her answer sheet so quickly long before us....and now was d actual galatta happening....lakshmi had jenny to answer for her like a runner in cricket match and she went to jaya mam and rajamma mam and started quarelling with them about d question paper being set as it was a wrong one...rajamma mam was saying we all scold our children if they tell they didn't read d instructions na ...now what u people have done...never read d instructions and so no one passed this test....but lakshmi never gave up saying that u shd have given d instructions in d top itself as to its enough if we answer only 2 questions...ur setting of question paper is not right and viji mam too supported her for this cause....we were all laughing so long as to seeing lakshmi poraadifying with jaya mam and rajamma mam about d wrong question paper ......and u know what is d climax.....lakshmi called up jaya mam in d evening to say sorry and it seems jaya mam had said u commented d teacher itself was wrong in setting d question paper na...now why r u cajoling me....so funny ....when i got to know this right now from lakshmi herself....so bye for now until i see u again....
Sat, 10/30/2010 - 20:27 Permalink
Lata
:0 and there begins the DRAMA! Now that the intro is narrated, who is doing the next phase? :) Is someone going to reveal the question paper, or would you rather have our heads explode? :? Rani, I thought I had asked you to keep a tiny recorder in your handbag. UPLOAD IT, let's have some mazaa! :) (mazaa=fun)
Sat, 10/30/2010 - 21:39 Permalink
ammuchandhini
Hai latha....how to upload when i couldn't carry a tiny recorder with me....he he and even if i did u wouldn't be able to hear any single conversation going on clearly as there was much halla gulla all over sumathy's house and also there were mini groups formed here and there and when in d process of recording one conversation i would've missed other galatta going on somewhere...R U CONVINCED OR NOT OR DO I HAVE TO TYPE MORE....HA...HA...OMG how all i have to escape for not obeying latha's order to carry a mini recorder with me....ha...ha..ha...
Sat, 10/30/2010 - 22:01 Permalink
ammuchandhini
Another thing which i forgot to mention is that we will upload d question paper itself for u all to enjoy..it is with jaya mam i think...jaya mam pl do it when u can....
Sat, 10/30/2010 - 22:07 Permalink
viji_j86
O.K. Now clear to everybody? We really enjoyed the movement.Everybody realised the sense. After the meeting I cameback to home and asked the same question I asked here to my Grandson Naveen. He simply told that in the question paper there might be asked to answer certain question only. Without go through all the question how can you strightaway write the answers vijimma. It is your fault. You must read the questions since there was a mention in the begining that to read the questions properly. I wounder. The younger generation children are very shrued. I must be aware i thought. O.K. friends did you all enjoyed the game here by reading our comments? viji
Sun, 10/31/2010 - 04:34 Permalink
ammuchandhini
Hai friends...I just want to say something which i forgot to add...and here is d ANTICLIMAX of yesterday's test galatta which happened .....it was not as such a quarrel or something betn jaya mam and lakshmi...but it was a pure funny thing going on there as we couldn't control our laughter seeing lakshmi making us realize about d question paper and then only we too got some courage and started gathering up supporters for a wrongly set question paper...ha..ha...and what i have already told about lakshmi talking to jaya mam in d evening was nothing concerned about d question paper or anything else....we were planning to have a visit to Dakshinchitra for making some arrangements about our next meet. And at last only later we came to know that for making us all to come out of d exam tension....lakshmi and jaya mam had planned this galatta and we were here having this hearty laugh....which we would never forget until some more funnier incident happens in our next meet.
Sun, 10/31/2010 - 05:01 Permalink
jayamohan
Hi all These were the questions of the so called 'Damaging Quiz' of the Chennai meet! Enjoy! ikolam quiz Time: 3minutes Instructions: 1. Please answer in English only. 2. Read all the questions before you start answering. 3. Draw sketches wherever required. Questions: 1. Who is the owner/creator of the website www.ikolam.com? 2. Recently we celebrated the birthday of ikolam. How old is the site? 3. Name two active male members of ikolam. 4. Who crossed half century in chikku kolam recently? 5. What is the equivalent of ‘kolam’ in Telugu and Bengali? 6. Name the Tamil month famous for kolam. 7. Name two accessaries/aides using which PC kolams are drawn. 8. Do not answer all the questions. Answer only Q no. 1,2 and 10. 9. Name any three types of kolam. 10. Draw a star, shanku(conch) and a lotus.
Sun, 10/31/2010 - 19:37 Permalink
Lata
Yipee! The question paper is out! Mani, let's see how many of these do you get it right? :) I'm telling you...you better not get any of our friends' names wrong. :0 I'll be kinder than Jayaji, you can skip Q 8. Thank you very much Jayaji for posting these. They are an interesting set of questions, and I knew beforehand that you'll have some trick up your sleeve. :)
Sun, 10/31/2010 - 21:49 Permalink