nannaake (kannada)

Betegaarana kanDu hedharidha hariNiyanthe
ninna kangaLu enna kanDu hedharuthiveyeke,
aa kangaLalli kalethu hogiruva ennedheyu
ninagaagi usiraaDduvudhu ninage thiLiyadheke.....

enna kanDu nasunaachi nintha neere
enneDege baralu manadhi sankochaveke,
oLa koNe kadhava baLLiyanthappidhavaLe
kadha theredhu baLi baralu aa thavakaveke.....

naaniruvaaga ennedege thirugadha aa kangaLu
naa baralu thaDavaadhare hedhari naDuguvudheke,
naaniradhaaga nannarusuva aa kangaLu
ninnedhuru bandhaaga, kaNNaamuchaaleyaaduvudheke.......

naachikeye roopa hothhu ninthanthe
ninna mogavu kendhaavareyanthe araLiruvudheke,
ninnarasi bahudhoora bandhiruva ee dhumbige
kaayisi khushi paDuva aase, kamale ninageke..........

dhareya rahsyavella oLage bacchitta haage
aa ninna thutigaLu paraspara appiveyeke,
ninnedheya baagilali ninthiruva ennodane
thuti bicchi swaradhaare harisalu naachikeyeke.......

manadhoLenage kavithe baredhu haaDuva neereye
ennoDaniruvaaga baananchina ee mounaveke,
manadhoLage bandhisiha preethiya hakkigaLa
baaytheredhu ennedege, koncha haarisabaaradheke......

mounadhaa maLeyalli mindhiruve naanu
maathinaa seraginalli nannoresabaaradheke,
cheluve, naa horatu ninthiruve
nannodane kuLithu nee thusu maathaaDabaaradheke.......

baagileDege theraLalu naaneddhu ninthaaga
baaitheredhu nanagaagi nasunaachi nuDidhaLaake,
kaathuradhi nana nodi, dhareyedege mukha maadi
"matthendhu baruviree?" endhenna keLidhaLaake........

Korean Kuchiku

Koreans have strange names.... though most of them sound the same, they sure do have funny meaning... for example, the english translation of one of my colleague's name here is " White dragon seashore" .... he he he he he..... and another person's name is " nice kind bright red"...... when u hear their english names... u will for sure feel that their actual korean names are better!!!!

South Korean men are supposed to serve/get trained in army after graduation. It is mainly due to the increase in north korean army strength which has caused a bit of tension in a relatively less stronger south korean army..... So, i do actually see a lot of my colleagues here walk around in army dress in office... they can work as they serve the army for 2 yrs...... 2 yrs service need not mean training in the battle ground, but wherever it is... the men have to undergo some physical training to make themselves ready for war whenever they are in need...... As a part of training.... our colleagues here guard the company in nights patrolling the office walls!!!!

It's not a "no option" rule in S.Korea... one can actually reduce his army training from 2 yrs to just 4 weeks, if he studies PhD( 4 to infinite yrs) ;;;;)))) ... aaah, this makes me wonder, which wud be better ... he he he he

In S.Korea, schooling starts at the age of 7 or 8..... so, people graduate only at the age of arnd 24/25...... so, by the time an Indian s/w engineer gets married and has 4 kids, a korean engineer wud have just started his career...... the avg age of marriage for a girl here is 26-29 and for a guy is 30-32......

Info about S.Korea:

* It's a small country which might be equal to 3 big cities of India put together
* The country is as hi tech as any other developed country in the world
* It's currency is WON . 1 US$ = 1000 wons
* Seoul and SUWON are the main cities of SKorea
* Cost of living is as high as that in US or UK
* People at work follow a very hierarchical structure. The people in the lower belt can never get a chance to stand next to the top officials
* Samsung, LG and Hyundai are the big names of SKorea
* Fish and chicken are considered to be vegetarian
* "anyo asio" = Hello, how are you?....... "kamsamidaa" = "thanks / welcome"
* Hardly 5-10 % of koreans know english and only half of them know good english
* The whole country is filled with sky scrapers and only few wealthy people afford to live in independent houses
* There is no concept of lay off. Even a job in s/w company is a life time job.
* If there are 100 shops in a street, 40 of them will be departmental stores, 40 will be restaurants and 20 will be the rest.
* SOJU is their national drink.... it's a 22% alchoholic drink made out of rice... it's is used more than water from kids to grannies

First drop of success

First drop of success has just fallen
the rain is yet to come,
It's time to touch my dreams
I will do it one by one.

The dark clouds of failure
turned to be my saviour,
They drizzled all over me
to make this success special to me.

Life is an interesting salad
of chillies and cherries,
I've had enough of chillies
it's time to taste the cherries.

What if the time takes a twist?
and puts me again on waiting list!
I've been waiting for a longtime,
Won't I wait for some more time?

Zaraa si baath

Lehron ki tarah
Meri zindagi mein aaye,
kuch dher ki mulaqat thi
aur phir chale gaye.

Dil mein kitne armaan jage
Sapnon ke aasmaan lage,
zara si kya baath ho gayi
tho yeh aasmaan pigal gaye.

Humne laakh koshish ki
par yeh aansoo ruke nahin,
aap tho chale gaye
jaise kuch hua hi nahin.

Yaad karthe hue woh pal
yeh dil ab bhi tadaptha hain,
hum shaayad kabhi naa mil paayenge
phir bhi aapka intezaar hain.

Colouring You

If i had sparkling red
I would paint your beauty
If i had pure white
I would paint your character
If i had dark black
I would paint your secrets
If i had sky blue
I would paint your dreams
If i had lushy green
I would paint your expressions
If i had dashing yellow
I would paint your attitude

The world in you is coloured
but the heart is still uncoloured
Is there anything in this world
that would paint your heart?
It's so special that
Something special could paint that
Hope my heart was a a colour
I would have painted your heart with that.

WOH LADKI

Hum aage chal rahe the
par saaya wahi ruk gayaa ,
ladki itni khubsoorat thi
ke dil dhadakna bhool gayaa.

Baarish main bheeg rahi thi
jaise husn ki jashn thi,
hum tho dhekthe reh gaye
jaise woh hamaare liye bani thi.

Lehron ki tarah has rahi thi
hawa ki tarah jhoom rahi thi,
aisa lag rahaa tha ki
khubsoorthi khudh naach rahi thi.

saare nazaare ek saath
aankhon ke saamne aa gaye,
kavitha tho hazaar likhe hain
aaj pehli baar kavi ban gaye.

Sunehri Yaadon ki galiyon mein

Sunehri yaadon ki galiyon mein
aaj phir se tehelke aaye,
jisko dekhkar yeh dil dhadaktha tha
aaj us dhadkan se milke aaye.

un khuli zulfon mein khelti hui hawaaiyen
hamaare chehre ko savarthi gayee,
pyaar se pehli mulaqaat thi woh
jab hum aapki aankhon mein kaidh ho gaye

Un aankhon ki wohi sharaarat
Is dil mein aaj bhi lehren jagaa rahi hain
Saal guzar gaye, hum badal gaye
Aapki adaa aur meri aashiqui waisi hi reh gayee

Roke na ruke yeh kadam
Aapki taraf chal pade,
Saalon guzar gaye aapko dekhe hue
Ishq ki galiyon mein aaj dobaara mitne chalen

Aapki aur bhadthe hue har kadam pe
Woh saare haseen pal jhalakne lage
Jab hum dil ki baat sunaane aate the
aur aapki baaton mein, sab bhool jaate the

sau baar mile, hazaaron baatein ki
par dil mein jo baat thi, woh izhaar kar na sake
apni is dastaan ki kitaab tho likh di
par kai panne, dil mein hi chupaa liye

un panno ko kholne ka aaj mauka tha
phir bhi hum khamosh rahe
chup chupke pyar karne ka mazaa hi kuch aur hain
shaayad hum is maze mein hi mit jaayenge


Sunehri yaadon ki galiyon mein
aaj phir se tehelke aaye