13 things I plan to AVOID in 2013

13 things that I plan to avoid in 2013 is part of the CBC contest. Chennai Bloggers Club is a group where a group of like minded bloggers meet and bring out the voice of Chennai from across the map of India :)

1.Being a shopaholic - How many is too many :) Planning to cut down on the shopping disorder I suffer with as it's turning to be compulsive, impulsive,suppressive,oppressive & depressive :(

2.Being a feedback Fathima - Suffer with a bad case of "Open mouth insert foot" which at times (read 90%) go overboard and I face the dire consequences of apologizing later after the damage is done

3.Stop singing - Save my husband, I know for a fact that everyone suffers in my block because of this trait..Edho long long ago so long ago donkey years back learnt music 
adhukaaga ipovum chinna kuyil Chitra rangeku I keep doing karaoke much to the chagrin of others. Have to avoid this at any cost before it reaches the ears of my association's president,treasurer, their thatha, paati and god knows who :)

4.Stop eating healthy - Yeah, you saw it right, am going to avoid eating healthy..Not that I eat a lot of healthy food but to gain lotsa much needed fat am going to quit being finicky 
about junk and become a junkie totally :D (evil grin)

5.Being an insomniac - This is just for the sole benefit of all the kaathu karuppu that roam around in my area..Offlate, I think there's a complaint that's been filed against my name to the chief of their gang..Gotto cut that cuppa filter coffee in the night and start taking stronger medicines (wink wink) before I hit the bed here on..Ofcourse I can understand all my nocturnal friends feeling bad that there's someone to give them competition..No more giving them complex

6.Biting more than I can chew - Simple words - Evlo mudiyumo am going to take only that much and leave the rest to others - in desserts and alcohol yaar..Too much of anything is good for nothing and some days I suffer badly coz I go tad overboard..Kid in the candy shop is what I turn at the dessert table ;) (well if someone thought I was thinking about work..sorry rude shock to you)

7.Workaholic - Oh well where do I start on this - Take a task and finish it before others, so that I can concentrate on other important things like browsing, online shopping, blogging etc..Naatula evlo mukkiyamana velai irukku adha vitutu why die on my job. Anyway appraisal system is screwed and I know what to expect, so less tensun less work :D

8.Wait until the last moment - Epdiyum vaanga pordhu thuppu most of the time (read 90% again) so why wait till the last moment rather than breaking the pot right then and there 
wherever whenever it needs to be broken. No amount of cajoling is going to do damage control at the last moment. So no more waiting - need leave 3 months later for a trip apply like NOW and coolly pack off without feeling guilty and atleast a lot drier than with all the thuppings

9.Flaring temper - I don't need anything in RED to take my temper on a high. Just a ishmmaaal trigger is enough,which actually is bad not for me but for everyone else around. My BP manages to stay intact but sadly my manager's doesn't ;) Will be a cool cat and meow softly and learn to get things done rather than gorrrr and fall flat :P

10.Taking risks - No more of taking unwarranted, unwanted risks.Risk edukaardhellam rusk saapadra madhri or am still young and youth nu no more telling..Nammalayum nambi oru 
jeevan iruku so might as well play it safe (with Bisleri) :D

11.Stop swearing in Tamizh - Aargh the bane of my existence..my parents were totally shocked to hear the non stop flow of Chennai Tamizh and its quintessential swear words 
within a short period of me migrating to Chennai..They were able to sagichify me converting from a samathu Agrahara kozhandai to aminjikarai aatha but I shock a lot of maamis and maamas even today when I open my mouth. Trying to stop swearing in Tamizh and move to decent level of swearing in English with asterix sign. Strict avoid in the list (believe me..swearing in English is not all that natural :( )

12.Fight the body - In other words I will try and stop being a superwoman (all in all azhagu rani). No rest makes my body grumpy and when my body is not proper condition, tinkering 
takes a long time and that leads to a total butterfly effect. No,am not saying that someone in Uzhavar Sandhai of America will bear the consequences of my gym body failing but ulloor la periya kalavarame varardhu. Idhellam thevaya ennaku - so beshhht is when my body needs rest am gonna lay low. Can fight inner demons only when the external one is hale and healthy - don't you agree :D

13. No more resolutions -Bloody avoid this at any cost. Resolutions, promises and deadlines are always meant to be broken. To me, next time if I feel like indulging myself with a dessert or kwaater I will do that without any inhibitions or guilt feeling of ayyo am breaking my resolution (not that I ever take a resolution on alcohol). How did I reach to this conclusion - simple..I made a new year resolution that I won't shop more, spend more and I'll save more and look where am within 2 weeks of the new year.

Ending this with famous lines from a not so famous movie - "idhu nirandharam alla..maarividum mananilai dhan" ;)




PS: Translation for those who can't get the Tangilsh in the post - (trying my bit )

adhukaaga ipovum - for that even now 
chinna kuyil - small Cuckoo bird
thatha paati - grandparents
kaathu karuppu - ghosts and other supernatural elements
Evlo mudiyumo - How much ever 
Epdiyum vaanga pordhu thuppu - Anyway will get spat at
Naatula evlo mukkiyamana velai irukku adha vitutu - how can i leave all important work in the country ;)
Risk edukaardhellam rusk saapadra madhri - risk taking = rusk eating (that easy ya)
Nammalayum nambi oru jeevan iruku - One soul actually believes in me
sagichify - bear with me
samathu Agrahara kozhandai - Sweet village belle / child
aminjikarai aatha - Aminjikarai goddess
azhagu rani - beauty kween
ulloor la periya kalavarame varardhu - inside city big disturbance coming
Idhellam thevaya ennaku - I want this ah??
"idhu nirandharam alla..maarividum mananilai dhan" - This is not permanent, my mind will change

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