Echa Pasanga Naanga

I thought I would never blog again! But, New Year adhuvuma, rendu paera echai thuppi mangalagarama oru post poda vaendiya kattaayam! :)

So here goes . . .!

Steve and Mark-nu rendu close friends. Paakarthukku rendum total opposites, aana character-wise rendum same worstu behaviour wonly. Oru naal . . .

January 1, 1968
Steve: Dei Mark, innikku New Year da.
Mark: Aiyyo! Nallavela gnabaga paduthina. Namma annachi innum daily sheet calendar kodukkala!
Steve: Yaaru Sarathkumar-a?
Mark: Chi.. namma maligai kadai annachi da.
Steve: Idhukku ellam kavala padatha Mark. Enga veetla avar pona varusham kodutha calendar use pannama appadiye vechirukkom. Adhai vaena naan unakku tharaen da.
Mark: Ennai enna muttal-nu nenachiya?
Steve: Yaen da?
Mark: Pona varusha calendar-a indha varusham eppadi da use panna mudiyum muttal. 1968 leap year-la?

*Ippadithaan chinna vayasulaenthey rendu perum romba brilliant. Oru naal they were deciding on their careers*

Continue Thupping . .

Mark: Steve, 8th standard-la 9th time-a fail aagarom. Varuthama irukka?
Steve: Illa da tension-a irukku.
Mark: Yaen?
Steve: 10th anniversary celebarate pannama poiduvomo-nu.
Mark: Chi! Vera edhavathu field-la achieve pannuvomey?
Steve: Padippu varala. Paattu varala. Drawing varala. Sports suththama varala. Ivalo yaen, pichai kooda edukka try pannitom, mudila. Idhukku maela enna da panna mudiyum?
Mark: Mudiyum. ICC panel-la umpire-a povom.
Steve: Seri ok. Porathu dhaan porom. Fourth Umpire-a povoma?
Mark: Why?
Steve: Fourth Umpire-na namma kooda andha Mandira ponnu okkarum machi. TV-la kaatuvan.

*ICC selects Steve and Mark for the job*

Steve: Cha!
Mark: Enna?
Steve: Fourth Umpire-a poda sonna, enna da field-la nikka solraanga. Orey veyyil-a irukku.
Mark: Don't worry da. Kelvi pattirukkaen ellarayum first field-la dhaan poduvaangalam. Fourth Umpire-ngarthu very senior position. As you grow unakku Mandira pakkathula seat undu.
Steve: Ennavo po. Machi naalaikku match. Indha, unakkaga naan soda bottle vaangittu vandhirukkaen. Idha udachu, kannu munnadi vechu paatha kannu paleer-nu theriyum.
Mark: Thanks da. Naan unakkaaga sunnambu vaangittu vandhirukkaen. Idha moonjila poosinda un complexion affect aagama irukkum. Appuram Sivaji Rajni maadhiri vellai-a aagiduva.

*Match Begins*

Mark: Machi nee kodutha kannadi semma sharp da.
Steve: Ellam nalla theriyutha?
Mark: Yes da. Ippo dhaan anga rendu vellai pura joing-nu paranthu poachu. Naan paathutteney!
Steve: Ada paavi. Appo ball-a paakaliya nee?
Mark: Adha pathi dhaan pesittu irukkaen!

Steve: Mark, yaenda en kai-laye innum ball irukku? Match innum aaramikkalaya?
Mark: Ada paavi. Ippo lunch break da. Un kai-la irukkartha poosanikka.
Steve: Oho. Enakku match aaramichuthu-nu yaen yaarume sollala?
Mark: Dei Sachin-a out vaera koduthaye da!
Steve: Appadiya? Yaaro nadoola howzzaaa-nu kathinaangale adhukku dhaana? Naan yaaro merattaraanga nenachu konnuduvaen-nu kai kaamchaen. Adhu dhaan out-a? Yaenda sollave illa!

Steve: Dei Mark, nee kodutha sunaambu seri illa nenaikkaraen. Eriyuthu.
Mark: Yaenda naaye kannu-la ellam poda adhu enna mai-a? Nallavela, osi-la kadachuthu-nu vaera engayum thadavama vittaye.
Steve: Ippo eppadi da manage panna?
Mark: Loosu. Kai-aala dhaaney out kaatta pora. Appuram edhukku veena kanna tharandhu vechirukka. Nalla moodikko.

Steve: Dei appeal panraanga da. Saththam kaekkuthu.
Mark: Machi Ponting edho catch-a pudichaan nenaikkaraen. Sure-a therilaye. Enna panna?
Steve: Avanaye kooptu kelu da.
Mark: Dei Ponting, catch pudichiya?
Ponting: Yes sir, one pitch one hand.
Mark: Plum out. Dei Ganguly, loosu payale, one pitch catch-la poi out aaraye vekkama illa?

Mark: Kumble, yaen ippadi kaththara?
Kumble: LB appeal.
Mark: Leg Byes-ku yaen appeal pannara nee? Kaetta koduthuttu poraen.
Kumble: Aiyyo, Leg Before Wicket. LBW.
Mark: Sellathu sellathu. Yaenda mandaya kaal-a stump munnadi vekkama pinnadiya vepaanga. Not out.

*Press Conference*
Journalist: Many decisions in this match were controversial. What went wrong?
Steve: Ofcourse, the decisions wonly!
Journalist: Why did you not refer Ponting's catch to the third umpire.
Mark: Idhu Ganguly, Ponting and naan sammandha patta vishayam. Idha oru moonavathu manushan kitta kaekka solreengala? Cha!
Journalist: Appo why is there a third umpire?
Steve: Idhu neenga avara kaekka vaendiya kelvi!
Journalist: Jaffer was bowled. But it was a no ball. Why did you give him out?
Mark: Adhu eppadi irukkara ball-a illa-nu solla mudiyum. Naan poi solla maataen! Umaachi kanna kuthidum!
Journalist: Why did you give Sachin out caught when he did not even play the ball?
Steve: Paarunga, naan menakettu andha physio payyan kitta kaettaen. Avan dhaan Sachin-ku mudhugu pudichu vidartha sonaan. So Caught Behind out. Rules are rules.
Journalist: Why did you not give Ponting and Symonds out even when they nicked the ball??
Mark: Idhukku ellam eppadi out kodukka mudiyum. Ellarum dhaan ball-a nakkaraanga!
Journalist: Nakked the ball illa nicked the ball!
Steve: Appo ball-a nikka vecha thappa?!
Journalist: Aala vidunga! Kumble, how do you feel about the umpiring? Any strategies for the upcoming matches?
Kumble: Yes. Inimae umpire kai thooka try panna non-striker-a vittu kichu kichu mootta solla porom. Vera vazhiye illa!
Journalist: Any comments on Symonds being called monkey?
Kumble: There is nothing racist about it. We called Ricky monkey too, he never bothered. Symonds-ku uruthuthu.
Journalist: Appadiya?
Symonds: Light-a!
Journalist: Ponting, shouldn't you have played the game with sportsmanship? Is this right?
Ponting: It is a matter of integrity and no compromise must be made.
Journalist: Yaarukku?
Ponting: Yaarukko!
Journalist: Last question. Umpires, neenga nallavara kettavara?
Steve & Mark: Aaah. Aaaaaaah. Therilaye pa! Therilaye!
Kumble: Appo mudhal-la kannadi-a vaangi podunga da echa pasangala!

Wish you all a very very happy new year!!! A lot of you have stayed with this blog despite all my laziness. Thanks a ton!! :)

A quick update. MBA mudiya poguthu. I begin work right from next month! Inimae enna yaarum velai vetti illatha payyan-nu solla mudiyaathu :D