**From & To Satish **( New Pictures Pl see pg 163) - Page 126

Faithfully

Highway run into the midnight sun
Wheels go round and round
You're on my mind
Restless hearts sleep alone tonight
Sending all my love along the wire
They say that the road
ain't no place to start a family
Right down the line it's been you and me
And loving a music man
ain't always what it's supposed to be

Girl
you stand by me
I'm forever yours
faithfully
Circus life under the big top world
We all need the clowns to make us laugh
Through space and time
Always another show
Wodering where I am lost without you
And being a part ain't easy on this love affair
Two strangers learn to fall in love again
I get the joy of rediscovering you

Oh girl
you stand by me
I'm forever yours
faithfully
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
oh oh oh oh oh oh
faithfully
I'm still yours
I'm forever yours
Ever yours
faithfully

This is a song called faithfully sung by the super group journey.some of their other great ballads are don't stop believing,wheel in the sky,open arms,separate ways.however crazy rock groups are portrayed,they often come out with some amazing ballads which touch ones heart with the lyrics and music.and yes sometimes the words are on par with classic poems from the yonder,a few centuries ago.one wonders why most songs are of love and lost love.

"We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for." - Dead Poets Society.

Satish, I listened to "Faithfully" after a long, long time.

Hi,
This song is a reflection of the many dark,depressed bluesy days when nothing seemed right and everything seemed wrong.alice cooper sings this song with his own trademark voice.For a artist who many parents hated their children for listening to his brand of music,suprisingly this song reaches out to the listener and informs one of the depths of hell we are sometimes cast in or dig one for ourselves.But like all times someone comes along and tells us it will be all right and things will get better.

"I Am Made Of You"

Hi ,
Spain the posting of yours about your english classes was very nice,although my experience was kind of different.After my parents passed away my aunt brought me to chennai in jan or feb 1973.My schooling in bangalore was all done in kannada and i knew nothing of english or the ways of schooling in chennai.In fact my lkg and ukg education was done in a small shack which was in the next street to my house.i think the total number of students in my school for those years were about 14 or 15.One thing i do remember is my mum used to put a few chocolates into this small jute bag i used to carry which also had a small slate and a few chalk pieces.Today seated before my computer,my fingers searching for letters on the key board i still pause to remember that small satish with brown hair and baggy shorts drawing on that slate piece.

After coming to chennai my aunt somehow wriggled a seat in don bosco school in egmore which was like the school to go to those days and maybe even today but i sadly failed the entrance exam for it was all in english.So they put me in a small school near our house in mahalingapuram where we used to live those days.Luckily there was no entrance exam for that school for maybe they were just happy to have another student who could make up the numbers and also fill their coffers.But most importantly my cousin sister aruna akka took time and patiently taught me to read and write english and tamil and even more importantly taught me how to read time on our wall clock.For before that when i was asked for the time i used to say the big hand is near that and the small hand is near this.Today i look at my collection of watches and catch my breath and murmur to myself the big hand is at this and the small hand is that.Once my school education started and that began with 1st std my sister had prepared me well and in the very first english test i scored 98 out of 100 and remember running home to show it to my family but sadly even then i only got 98/100 for 2 marks were deducted due to my lousy handwriting and that plague continues until today.I regularly got marks deducted from all subjects due to my bad handwriting and the main reason was that i used to write so fast,but i also eat fast and speak fast.i always finished my exams first and walked out of the door to the irritation of my teachers who tried hard to find fault but failed for it was clear that i had answered all the questions given,whether right or wrong


I had gotten so good in english that my ego soon tripped me up in my 3rd std.we were being taught active voice and passive voice and the master was asking people to reply to the cat ate the rat and when i replied the rat ate the cat,the master asked the class if i was right and everybody replied in the affirmative.Well i guess you know what happened and after that i corrected myself and worked harder.even those days when i was in my 3rd or 4th std i used to read the syllabus of my cousin sisters specially their english prose,history and geography syllabus.I used to be fascinated by the history of england and france.Sometime during my fifth std my cousins started reading mills and boon,james hadley chase and nick carter and even though i couldn't understand much of it i used to devour them and let my imagination do the rest.well looking back now i guess starting from 1975 books have played a major role in my life and thanks to aruna akka i can write to you in decent english and express myself in a fashion that will pass muster i hope.

These days of my life seem to be running headlong towards its climax and even though i have lot of regrets on how i should have gone about my life,i stand here today with all of you and realise that there is nothing to regretted or beat myself about.i humbly salute words,languages,books and those who write them.for in words people express themselves better for in solitude one can bare his soul to its nakedness of pain and joy.

You have come a very long way, Satish.

Some songs reflect exactly what one aches for and wants back but in the end it is in vain for things gone never come back.But the memories live on and they remerge fresh every day for we live in them,dream with them and maybe our lives are really a dream within a dream.This song is often played in my house and i sit quietly and patiently waiting and yes i am still waiting.

Pandavar Boomi- Avaravar Vaalkaiyil


Avaravar vaalkaiyil aayiram aayiram maattrangal,
Antha ninaivugal nenjinil thirumbida thirumbida Ekkangal,


Athu oru alagiya nila kaalam,
Kanavinil dhinam dhinam ulaa pogum,
Athu oru alagiya nila kaalam,
Kanavinil dhinam dhinam ulaa pogum,
Nilavugal sernthu,
Bhoomiyil vaalnthathe,
Athu oru porkaalam,


Kaattrum kooda engaludan,
Iravinil thoonga idam kaetkum,
Malai thuli kooda yen thaayin,
Madiyinil thavala dhinam aengum,

Natthai koottin neer podhum,
Engalin dhaagam theerthukolvoam,
Kathum kadalum kai katta,
Kavithaigal polae vaalnthu vanthoam,


Thaayin madiyil dhinam irunthu,
Kaalaiyil meendum uyir peruvoam,
Kanavinil kaalaiyil oli peyarthu,
Solli solli sugamaay,
Dhinam sirippoam,


Aintheluthu pudhu oliyai,
Ariya vaithaal yen annai,
Annan thangai aivarumae,
Naesam kondu Tamil mannai,
Nilavugal saernthu,
Bhoomiyil vaalnthathai,
Athu oru porkaalam,



Annai oottiya pidi soattril,
Aayul mulukka pasi maranthoam,
Ottrai kannil adi pattaal,
Pathu kannilum vali kandoam,
(Brief Instrumental)
Pallikoodam thanthathillai,
Paasam ennum nool ondrai,
Vedhangal naangum sonnathillai,
Engal kathai pole vaerondrai,


Kangalum neer thulli kandathillai,
Aluthida avaigalum palagavillai,
Karuppaa sivappaa theriyavillai,
Kavalaigal ithuvarai mulaithathillai,


Saeygarithu vaippatharkku,
Thaevai indru edhuvum illai,
Iraivanukkum engalukkum,
Idaivelligal irunthathillai,
Nilavugal saernthu,
Bhoomiyil vaalnthathai,
Athu oru porkaalam,

This is a list of songs which has been waving around in my house.When i like a particular song i flog it until i am really tired of it and don't ever want to hear it again.But these songs will be making the rounds for a week at least before i move on.It could be the song in whole,or the pathos it wails and laments on my ears or just a spark which ignites my thoughts.but in the end they have all brought me great pleasure and i hope they do the same for whoever gets to listen to them.you can download most of them at the website which i have listed here.be well.

http://mp3juices.com/


1. The National - Think You Can Wait
2. The National - Exile Vilify
3. Donnie Darko - Mad World
4. Emiliana Torrini- Gollum's Song
5. Cat Power-Jukebox New-York
6. The Greenhornes - There Is An End
7. Arcade Fire - Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)
8. Blue Oyster Cult - I'm Burning For You
9. BLUE YSTER CULT -CITIES ON FLAME WITH ROCK & ROLL
10. Soundgarden - Fell On Black Days
11. Alter Bridge - Ghost Of Days Gone By
12. CocoRosie - Lemonade
13. Coldplay - Trouble
14. Jay Z & Kanye West - No Church in the Wild
15. Gilbert O'Sullivan - Alone Again (Naturally)
16. Lana Del Rey - Video Games
17. Lady Antebellum - Hello World
18. Steely Dan - Do It Again
19. The Rolling Stones - Streets of Love
20. Gotye Feat Kimbra - Somebody That I Used To Know

simple spain, waiting for the end game.waiting for the end and what it will bring and still waiting to see if there are people waiting for me as i have,am and will keep on waiting to be united.my words are simple and nothing is hidden and they reflect my intentions and thoughts.

So i will wait,eat ,bathe,clothe and go on with my mortal duties which this body has been cast to do and go on doing it with the same dedication with which i face the camera.its all an act and all of us are really role playing.i cannot say it better than edgar allan poe whose dream within a dream says it all and says what i want to say.

A Dream Within A Dream