Shanker Mahadevan -The musical maestro..

            This weekend was an amazing one. Last night was a funfilled, lively musical night!We went to the music-concert after work so we had no camera. I-phone was the only means to click few pics ..

            Accompanying Mr.Mahadevan were Mahalaxmi Iyer and Karthik, an upcoming artist...The crowd was overwhelming..Indians in immense number.. Felt like I was back in India for a moment..5,000 Indians in a huge hall!
            An awesome experience being up-close to such a personality...I danced away to glory like theres no tomorrow, clapped till my  hands were swollen (no exagerration there)....Had a great time! All said and done I would say it was a great show ....BUT.. not as good as Sonu Nigam concert (Jan 3,2010) ..

           Now a little bit about the man himself.. Started the concert with a Ganpati mantra..!! An ordinary personality, no air of arrogance,so down to earth.. The only thing that makes him stand out is the silky ,sultry voice! The first few minutes of the concert I was in a trance..He was with hs family, his wife Sangeetha ,and his son Siddharth sitting with the audience on the third row..Later Sidharth sang 'The Earth Song', by Late Michael Jacskson(May his soul rest in peace). A tall young teenager with long curls and an accent suggesting he must be studying abroad.Very much unlike his dad who has typical Tamilian looks...
           The band was amazing, particularly the guitarist.. I was overjoyed and fascinated at the same time.The crowd just went wild when Mr.Mahadevan started his jugalbandi with the band..
           The concert ended with his trade-mark song 'Breathless' and Sabse aage honge hindustani. The after effect of this music concert ???Am still humming his songs...Just cant get it outta my head..

         

My First Hindi Song! FINALLY!!

English songs are easy to strum and play along... I find Hindi songs difficult to play on guitar. Coz its difficult and any mistake is easily noticeable.This is an old song from the movie Jawanai Diwani 1972. Old melodies are so soothing and relaxing..Hindi songs are so famous..But I realised to what extent recently..
At work when I was interacting with a Chinese-Malaysian guy, he said that my name reminds him of the movie Shah rukh khan acted in and knows all the songs as he is a die-hard fan!!Personally I dont like Shah-rukh much...
If you search for videos on you tube, you will find chinese, Koreans, Swedish people singing Hindi songs, or at least trying to.... Its hilarious yet worth the effort they make..
Will try and learn more songs like churaliya hai, do labzo ki hai...

Blogging Maniac...

   Blogging comes naturally to me. It combines creativity, photography, writing, technology and more... Blogging to me is a hobby and a therapy.. Brings out the best of me.. Am not a face-book person, but hey, every person's entitled to their own opinions...

A new revelation to me was that you can track the number of hits your blog has had so far(Thanks bro once again! What would I do without YOU?)... Must confess made me feel good when I saw the numbers..Also number of views globally! The number of hits are supposed to be accurate! Well, accurate or not it certainly is a motivation..

Worth every minute spent writing.Couldnot stop myself from posting this ,so that I can share my joy with the world as I have , so far.. . Am so touched by the incredible response!!Also I want to take this opportunity to thank you all .

Keep reading..

A Short Guitar Rendition..

Back with another video although am not that enthusiastic about this one... Well, I learnt this song on my own too, chords of my choice. I wanna learn tabs and play Lead for all the songs, not just strum along. I guess I will have to wait for Eldon to come back from his vacation.
 I personally don’t consider myself much of a “guitarist” or “musician”… it’s just that I love music so much ..The mechanics behind guitar techniques, or  the music theory is beyond my comprehension … I just like to play.

The Best of Both Worlds...??

Lately am being so paranoid... of losing my identity..
I am paranoid that am losing time... Theres so much to do and so little time!!24hours is just not enough a day!!
When I look at books I wanna read them all... When I read those books, I wanna practice my french... When am learning french, I wanna strum my guitar, when I strum my guitar, I wanna blog... when I blog ,I wanna watch latest movies... when I watch TV, I wanna go out and see the world,... The "wanna-list" is just never ending... Its left me biting my nails, am a nervous wreck..
Although I've been busy it seems like am doin nothin!!!Am paranoid that am gonna lose out on the best of things... I wanna do it all, know it all,see it all.....Sometimes the hunger can be so overbearing.Am distressed that my hard work will go unappreciated and overlooked..
I just dont wanna be a stereotype indian wife only doing the cooking and cleaning.... I wanna explore the world, learn more, see more... I wake up several times a night just to remember a novel to read or a song to learn, or just to remember that I haven't plucked my eye-brows in 2 months..!..I feel so outdated , i dont know which is the latest movie in theatres now!!I cant even  remember the last movie I watched....
 Am I cracking up finally??

Nelly Furtado,Say it right!

Another video , but this one am proud of coz I learnt it on my own.without the pick too!Considering am working now and havent had a chance to touch my guitar for over a month now.

 Nothing comes easy, broken and chipped nails is the price I pay to strum my guitar! This is the sacrifice am glad to make though...

I find Hindi songs are much difficult to learn on guitar coz I have been tryin 2 Hindi songs and just cant get them right! Next video will be a Hindi song hopefully

Days go by,and lifes changing day by day minute by minute..But only thing that doesn't change is  the people around me who I can count on..I have been thinking of writing about 2 most important people in my life (after my mother ofcourse).Its only fair that I write few words about them when these two remarkable people have showered my blog with wonderful comments, been so encouraging and supportive.No matter what crap I write I have always had these two commenting and encouraging me to write. They are the reason why this blog is what it is today.The credit would go to Capt Ajay Rao and Putta. The two most important people in my life.

A Picture is worth a thousand words...

A View of Marina Bay Sands on a moonlit night...

ANJALI RAO UNPLUGGED!

My second video... took longer than I imagined..But trust me people its not as easy as it looks!Am still trying to get over my fear of singing...So far no luck!;) I love this song by Enrique Iglesius..Just wonderful..
I named my guitar SOPRANO and you can see the sticker on my guitar which was custom-made in my last trip to India..I wanna add some bling to my guitar soon..

Kindly leave a few comments if you like the video...(heeding to all the comments for my last video I've tried smiling in this one)

Happy birthday to my blog...

Its been 1 year that I wrote my first blog post.Since then my lifes changed so much! Its amazing to look back and see how much my beloved blog has evolved & so have I..

This post is not about me. This blog is definitely not a DEAR DIARY or a chronicle of my life but more like a tidbits of my life...
This post is about all the celebrities who go under the needle to keep up their good looks. And common man unknowingly worships and idolises them.We forget that they are just like any other ordinary person facing their own demons, with skeletons in their closets...

Here are the BEFORE and AFTER pictures of such celebrities

South Indian actresses are not behind ...Sridevi and shilpa shetty exclusively...

Men are not lagging behind too..Hair transplants(Salman khan) plastic surgery(Amir khan and all the other Khans) is a common procedure amongst these actors..

Makes you feel good about yourself isnt it?Bizarre yet true...

Help! I need to name my Laptop....

Need some help people!!!  I need to name my precious laptop and I've narrowed down to few names.I would appreciate any suggestions for the same..Consider this as a discussion forum   :)And ofcourse am looking for female names..


ILAJNA--------------> Spelled backwards its my name :)
PANDORA----------> cause everytime I open it havoc is released on the world.
MINERVA----------->the Roman God of knowledge.
HERMIONE--------->Also inspired by Harry Potter character / Greek name derived from the name of the god Hermes.

Cant think of anymore.. So lets do some brain-storming from different locations :) Contribute your ideas!

"Memories fade , but a photograph lasts a lifetime!"

Time flies like an arrow!Memories fade with time, thats the reason I capture moments in pixels!!!... So that old memories can be revisited.Making my memories last,each photograph is a story captured in a moment.These pictures were taken during my Air Deccan times... Those were the days!Flying high...

47kgs! Can you believe that>?? Neither can I....!Time definitely flies...As I write this, my present is becoming past, second after second....The Present is a point just passed!Time only seems to matter when its running out... Every second is slipping by....Matter of few days, I'll be year older..




Irony of life! Time flies, So where did it leave you? Old too soon, Smart too late!These pics are
all my possessions for a moment of time. Time doesnt change us, it unfolds us....
The bad news is TIMES FLIES! The good news is I am the Pilot!

MY FIRST MUSIC VIDEO EVER.....!

Finally the day has come where my talent (ahem!)would be unleashed to the world... Am not much of a singer although i like to hum along my favourite tunes and also am a music buff.. I've always been shy to sing in front of an audience or even sing along in an antakshari with friends...So this is a break-through for me... Singing and playing my guitar..

Do lemme know how u like it..