It was around 6 in the morning, i was inside my cottage at Kanthaloor, sipping the hot cup of coffee prepared from fresh milk from a near by farm. It was so cold and misty outside, creating a mysterious feeling inside me. I couldnt confine myself in the comforts of the luxurious cottage, my heart was aching to break the shackles and fly into the wild. So that i can be with the nature, smell the scent of newly bloomed flowers, feel the mist, listen to the sounds of nature and become part of the nature. I didnt have a second thought, put on a warm jacket grabbed my camera and i stepped out...

All i needed was one step forward...

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Its been over two years and six months since i last blogged.
Since then a lot has happened in my life!
Even Happy Nuts has undergone changes and has matured.

Writer's block kept me away from blogging initially, though i tried getting back but later i gave up.
Photography may be another reason why i stopped blogging.

This return was totally unexpected and unintentional. Not sure for how long i am going to blog!

But then Happy is BACK in the blogger's world.

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nenjukkulle

omma mudinjirukken

nenjukkulle

omma mudinjirukken

inga yethisaiyil

empozhappu vidinjirukko?

Seriously?! Is this the after effect of listening to the song over and again! Half asleep i was tossing and turning in my bed to get a few more minutes of good sleep. Thanks to Munna for pressuring me to finish up the "MAD Student of The Year" poster which kept me awake till midnight...!!! Giving up i decided to wake-up and have another awesome day ahead!

After the normal morning chores i went on to perform the most important morning duty of a netizen i.e to check FB,Gmail and Twitter! Owing to continuous traveling and lack of sleep, was lacking that drive. Which eventually led to me getting late for the class.

Getting on to main-road, i found the usual peak hour traffic and as usual i drove fast through the empty right-side moving past the vehicles which were slowly moving along the left side of the road (no i wasnt driving in America :P) not expecting any vehicles to come along MY WAY and the unexpected happened! Two ladies in a spark came along and i was definitely blocking their way, breaking the law. They kept making gestures cursing me and one woman was staring at me as if i  had called her out for a cup of coffee ;) I kept staring at her as i slowly sneaked into a gap and joined the normal traffic crowd and carried on my journey.
Getting late means you loose your usual parking lot! Had to park the car in a new place and ran for the statistics class. After the Statistics and Economics class most of the classmates decided not to sit for the afternoon's chemistry class, not because of the subject being boring but because of the heavy load of previous two sessions!!!

Me and a my fellow classmate were walking towards my car and were talking on some global issues and BANG!
My car's wing shield broken...!!!
Well a coconut, gravity and height of the fall is a deadly combination.Glass pieces were scattered inside the car, damn last week only got the interiors cleaned and the exterior waxed!
Let me alone know the rest of the miseries.

"Knowing a wrong information is more dangerous than an unknown information"
Yesterday, I passed on a wrong information to my PR Head, Munna, that Sonia Gandhi was visiting Trivandrum next week and which led to the PR Team (Including me) planning up for a big event- Mrs.Gandhi meeting our MAD kids and we started working out our options to put forward our proposal to Mrs.Gandhi. So we called up one of our old madster, Rahul (who is a big gun in Kerala Congress) to convey our proposal.
Today we came to know that the information was false and by then Rahul had reached the office of some big shot of Kerala Congress. We tried contacting him to let him know the fact, but we couldnt reach him! Damn! Both me and munna were ringing him up! After few minutes he calls back and says that before meeting the big shot he came to know that the information was wrong and a big embarrassment was avoided!
THANK GOD! We didnt inform National Team or JR about the event, else it would have been a total mess!!!

Things Happen for a reason!

So Move ON...
Tomorrow is going to be an Awesome Day :)

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This Love season Happy Nuts is presenting before you a CHAPTER from the love story of Laila & Majnu.

Laila: The most beautiful lady in her Kingdom & was a Damsel. In my words a HOT CHICK. She lived in a fortress surrounded by Berlin wall & to enter the Forbidden fortress one have to cross the Acacia Forest.


Majnu: The prince of SILICON VALLEY and a GEEK. But was in deeply love with our Laila.


Several days before the Season of Love arrived

Majnu was in a dilemma how to express his love towards Laila And Laila on other hand never spared time for him...!!! Finally an idea got decoded in his brain. He bought a parrot from the market for 500 bucks. But Majnu had to travel a lot to find the DESTINED BIRD.

He caged the bird in a GOLDEN CAGE & named it Laila. He cared it like his own baby & fed her tomatoes which were specially handpicked from the VEGETABLE SHOP. One fine day something unbelievable happened the bird talked, but only one word LAILA, this happened beacuse of our Majnu's passion & love. With few more days effort from Majnu's part the bird talked three more extra words I LOVE YOU.

The Season of love arrived

On the V-DAY our Majnu set forth on a journey towards the fortress to gift the birdie to Laila. After crossing the Acacia forest and reaching the Berlin wall, Majnu was stopped by the Knight's who guarded the Forbidden fortress. (No prince is allowed to enter the fortress) But our Majnu got a help from another princess, who lived in fortress and was a friend of Laila, and at 6:30PM she handed over the Birdie in the golden cage to Laila.

The princess' cant leave the Forbidden fortress after 6:30 PM & Majnu knew that the Birdie could at least spent one night inside the Forbidden fortress. But with the help of other princess' Laila got rid of the birdie and the birdie was thrown into the acacia forest. The birdie fell infront of the four legged beasts that inhabited the acacia forest, but luckily the Knight's rescued the birdie before it got barbecued.

The Knights felt pity for the birdie & Hung the cage in front of the Witch's room. The Witch was the Guardian Angel of all the princess' in the Forbidden fortress. Laila and her friends got annoyed on seeing the Birdie Infront of the Witch's room. Laila & her friends met The Witch & explained How and why the Birdie came into the Forbidden Fortress & requested to get rid of the Birdie or else it will be reminding Laila about Majnu.

After listening to all this The Witch said: The Birdie is not going anywhere and she stays here...
Now the Birdie is living happily inside the Forbidden Fortress Singing "Laila I love you... Laila I love you..."
Majnu is still living in a hope that one day Laila will understand his love

Love is always Patient and kind, its never jealous.
It is never boastful or conceited.
It is never rude or selfish.
It does not take offence and is not resentful.
Love is proof that there is an angel in everyone of us...
-A walk to Remember

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6th January, The day "Mozart of Madras" Allah Rakha Rahman, The Lebanese-American artist, poet & writer Khalil Gibran & My dear greatest FRIEND Seriene celebrate their birthday.

This year there was not much planning & programming for the surprise birthday party or any kinda celebration. But he came into class, which was a bit of surprise for me & got enough birthday bumps. By afternoon team ostinato had somehow decided to go out in the evening to celebrate the birthday.

Mr.Richard took charge of organizing everything & we met at PMG, near Richard's hostel. But we were in a "SITUATION" due to his lack of communication. But we resolved it soon & reached our destination "ALL SPICE", our newest hangout place. Again another "SITUATION", "THE BIRTHDAY CAKE", had to wait for one hour to get the cake...

So we decided to fill our tummies till the cake gets ready. After one & half hour the BIRTHDAY CAKE was ready & looked like we cant finish the cake by ourselves so we decided to cut it at "TEMPLE", Seriene's house. So me & Richard went in Activa & Seriene and Ziyad left to take a bus.

8:30 pm, Me & Richard reached PONGAMOODU & a call came from my HOME asking me to get back HOME in 30 minutes, sheesh... spoiling our party. When i called Seriene to know their status, he said they are still walking towards Pattom from "All Spice". So i asked them to wait at PATTOM junction so that i can handover the cake to them.

As we reached PATTOM our plans changed... we decided to cut the cake at "THE PATTOM JUNCTION" itself... sounds crazy... so we plunged into the idea, another "SITUATION" arised there was no knife...!!! ZIyad said he will get it somehow & asked me & Seriene to wait. Richard & Ziyad set-out to fetch a knife, but Richard was so tensed thinking that our CRAZY IDEA will land us into trouble. Finally they came back after five-minutes with a knife... Ziyad came running holding a knife on his hand & an old man got frightened on seeing him. It looked like a PYSHCO running with a knife at the PATTOM junction. He got it from Baskin Robbins on a security of 100 bucks, he just entered the shop & explained the "SITUATION" but the shopkeeper was so reluctant to give, the 100 bucks played the trick & knife was in Ziyad's hand.

No candles & No cameras... The chocolate truffle cake on top of the Post-box... Four engineering students... A knife in hand... "Pattom Junction"... Nine at night... Wish the COPS could have also joined the party...!!!

Occasions like this never comes... So treasure those beautiful moments...

In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed- Khalil Gibran

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SERIENE
This one is dedicated to You...

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I am posting yet another tag just to BREAK THE ICE

A-Z of my life

1. A – Available/Single

Yeah... Very much single and available with experience.

2. B – Best friend?

Yeah a lot of them, but Best of Best are: Richard( My dear Gloria), Ziyad( Osti) & Seriene( Once upon a time PILGRIM but currently ROMEO)

3. C – Cake or Pie?
Cake, especially Black forest & Chocolate truffle


4. D – Drink of choice?
Hot cup of coffee & i prefer it while watching a beautiful rain outside sitting in a big couch.


5. E – Essential item you use every day?
Money...


6. F – Favorite color?
Blue


7. G – Gummy Bears Or Worms?
Gummy bears... better than taking worms


8. H – Hometown?
Ananthapuri

9. I – Indulgence?
Traveling, i love traveling a lot and taking pictures....

10. J – January or February?
February


11. K – Kids & their names?
I am still Single & Virgin.


12. L – Life is incomplete without?
Happiness & Love


13. M – Marriage date?
------------------------------------

14. N – Number of siblings?
One younger brother

15. O – Oranges or Apples?
Apples. When i was a young boy, my mother used to feed me apples daily & used to say " An apple a day keeps the doctor away"


16. P – Phobias/Fears?
Breaking Laws... Is there a phobia like this???


17. Q – Quote for today?
"An idle mind is a devil's workshop" thats why i m blogging right now...

18. R – Reason to smile?
Smile for NO REASON...

19. S – Season?
Spring


20. T – Tag 4 People?
Srivardhan, Dracuz, Drama Queen & Kavi chechi

21. U – Unknown fact about me?
Let them remain as unknown :P

22. V – Vegetable you don't like ?
Peas


23. W - Worst habit

Nail biting


24. X – X-rays you've had?
Only once, when i was in 3std i fractured my leg.


25. Y – Your favorite food?
North Indian & south Indian foods, especially spicy ones.


26. Z – Zodiac sign?
Cancer & I am a typical cancerian.

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All were eager to see the needles in their watches to reach 12:30Pm... Oh god... the tight scheduled seventh semester B.Tech exams came to a much awaited end... Phew...!!!

After a few scheduling, re-scheduling & planning we reached Kabab restaurant at pattom to take our lunch & celebrate the day. Me, Seriene, Richard, Osti , Melvin & Sandy. After the lunch we dropped Melvin at Hostel & had to pick up Noble, who was standing at the PMG Bus-stop after a big THEPP from Richard... lol...

Then we headed towards EASTFORT in Ostinato's very own wagon(My car). Reached EASTFORT & parked the car inside GANDHI-PARK & as we were heading towards the bus-stop... Seriene, Sandy & Richard ran on seeing the Low-floor bus...

Yeah the Newly introduced KSRTC's lowfloor bus, riding on it was our "PLAN OF THE DAY". Those guys ran like small kids running behind ice-cream vans...!!! By the time we managed to reach the bus-stop, there were two buses one going towards Technopark-Kanniyapuram & Other towards kowdiar, even though i wanted to take Kowdiar bus, others insisted to take the other bus. So without much arguments we entered the bus.

Bought tickets to Kanniyapuram, the last stop, for 38 bucks...!!! Me, Noble, Sandy & Osti stick to sit at front section(the low floor section) & Richard & Seriene moved to back seat(The upper section). On the way Mobin boarded from University, even though it was not a stop the conductor stopped the bus for us.

The Bus's worth 80 lakhs for that you can buy a Benz S-class, but you never expect such head-turning. Everybody's eyes are on the bus, from the small kiddies, ladies, motorists, old people each & everyone on the road cant take eyes out of the bus. Yeah the bus has "THE ENVY" factor, no wonder a KSRTC bus tried to hit the bus intentionally(FOR more details read METRO MANORAMA) .

The bus drove through university, GH junction, detoured from pallimukku towards Kannanmoola, through Medical college, ulloor, sreekaryam, Technopark & Finally reached kanniyapuram.

On the way at ulloor, the bus had a narrow escape from getting scratched, but an alto car had to face that brutal faith...!!!

We the reliable engineers on-board were closely examining & evaluating this engineering marvel from VOLVO. Starting from Driver's dashboard, it has almost all the controls of the bus. A camera at the rear, at the entrance, the clarity of the video is simply awesome. Infact it has the features of a luxury car on the dashboard. The seats are very comfortable, audio system, display panel etc... Should give 10/10 for the accessories in the bus. The conductor & bus driver were also friendly, they were sharing their experience in the new bus & was talking about the bus fares & all. For hospitality also 10/10.

From kanniyapuram we bought tickets back to EASTFORT. The bus started after a 10 minutes halt. The return journey was so romantic as it was raining outside. You can feel as if you are traveling in a SUV. The journey from kanniyapuram to Eastfort was 1 hour long. As per the conductor there are enough commuters in the bus all the time & 25% of people are like us who board to experience this new journey. As the bus is air-conditioned you wont feel tired even after a 2 & half hour journey...!!!

Better catch a seat infront, its like the business class with regard to comfort.

USP: Redefining city bus travel...

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The gate was wide open & i was sitting inside the car. Just returned home & was getting out from the car. It was almost 8:15pm. There was no one in the road & KSEB street lights were flickering forming that extra topping to the Night scene.

I saw something moving into my car shed through the wide open gates. It was pitch black in color. I recognized the creature as it slowly came near to me. It was the black stray dog from my neighborhood, which has become a menace. It has already bitten many people & kids in my neighborhood. I slowly ran to backside of the car & searched for something big & heavy, finally my eyes caught a broken piece of brick & i didnt waste much time thinking. I Ran towards the beast, when the beast saw me with a brick in my hand. He realized what is going to happen next & ran away...

I threw the brick with maximum acceleration & BULLS EYE... it hit the beast with great precision...!!! Bingo...!!!

Happy saves the Neighborhood from the beast...!!!

Next day Morning...

When i got out of my house to take the newspaper, i saw that someone has messed up the garden & its evident that it has been done by a dog... The wounded beast has returned...The beast is still alive & has returned for vengeance...

& he has taken revenge on my slippers. One of the slipper is still missing... :(

Will he return???
Anyway his end will be in my hands... muhahahahahahaha...

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Kerala Cafe... A film with a difference... the word difference wont fit in aptly, its so vivid in every aspect of a film. A big experiment in the deteriorating Mollywood. An out of the box movie by Renjith & his friends.

The movie revolves around a cafe in railway station, named Kerala cafe. The movie has 10 parts or 10 short films all of them starts, ends or continues in this Kerala cafe. Lets have a look at each part of the movie

Nostalgia
Director: PadmaKumar
Lead Actors: Dileep & Navya

In this film Dileep plays a well settled NRI in dubai & has a wife & 2 daughters. His character is a selfish & cruel guy who has interest only in money. This story shows how he cheats & neglects others for the sake of making money.

Story is good, but Dileep's acting is waste & casting also not good.

Rating:4/10


Island Express
Director: Shankar Ramakrishnan
Lead Actors: Prithviraj, Jayasurya, Rehman, Manian Pilla Raju & Sukumari

Prithviraj is an Artist & is launching his book. He is launching it at a place & on such an date that every character of this film meet together. The movie shows how each characters played by Manian Pilla Raju, Sukumari & Rehman are attached to the specific date.

Prithviraj looks cool & also did his part well. Infact everyone did a great job. This one was a great relief after the crap Nostalgia.

Rating: 7/10

Lalitham hiranmayam
Director: Shaji Kailash
Lead actors: Suresh Gopi, Jyothimayi & Dhanya Mary George

Suresh Gopi is married to Jyothirmayi, Lalitha, but he falls in love with another girl, Hiranmaayi. He confesses about his affair to lalitha & its consequences forms the rest of the story.

Over acting by Suresh gopi & Jyothiirmayi & Poor direction. Shaji Kailash could have come out with an action movie

Rating:4/10

Mruthyunjayam
Director: Uday Ananthan
Lead Actors: Thilakan, Fahd Faazil & Reema

Fahad is the host of a TV show, where he shares his experiences about the spooky places in India. He comes to Thilakan to get the keys of a "Maanna", which is haunted. Rima is Thilakan's granddaughter.

Story isnt fresh, direction is average. Doesnt feel like an horror movie. But Rima's acting brings you goosebumps. Her character was totally unnecessay. Thilakan & Fahad have done justice to their roles.

Rating:5.5/10

Happy Journey
Director: Anjali Menon
Lead Actors: Jagathy Sreekumar & Nithya Menon

Jagathy is an all-time flirt who is travelling from Kochi to Kozhikode on the weekend. He creates discomfort for his co-passenger, Nithya. Story reveals as the journey advances.

Hats off to Jagathy for such a wonderful acting. Nithya, simply gorgeous & reminds you of Kanghana Rauhat. Anjali Menon, conveyed the message well in this short span of time

Rating:8.5/10

Aviramam
Director: B.Unnikrishnan
Lead Actors: Siddique & Swetha Menon

Siddique & Swetha are happy couple & Siddque owns an IT firm and is in a crisis after the recession. How they manage this situation is the story.

A well said story. Siddique did a well job.

Rating:7.5/10

Season
Director: Shyama Prasad
Lead Actors: Suraaj Venjaramood, Frank Pietropinto & Marie Muscroft.

Suraaj plays a local in kovalam who does anything to earn few euros. Story is what happens after he meets a Portuguese couple.

A comedy flick from Shyama prasad, very unexpected one. But he made it with a difference. Felt like watching a French comedy film. Music is very catchy. Shyamaprasad has utilised Suraaj's full potential.

Rating:7/10

Bridge
Director: Anwar Rasheed
Lead Actors: Saleem Kumar, Kozhikode Santhadevi & Kalpana

Two stories are told simultaneously were a character from each story is a burden for their families & what happens to them is the story.

I just froze by the end of this film, such an heart touching story & well directed. The best movie out of the 10 films. Not a single flaw in the movie. Santhadevi was so natural, she reminded me of my great grandmother.

Rating:10/10

Makal
Director: Revathy
Lead Actors: Sona Nair, Augustin, Srinath, Sreelakshmi & Archana

Story is about selling of girl child & about sex rackets.

Expected much more from the Director Revathy, but the work is good. The character played by the girls's mother did justice to the character by delivering her best.

Rating:7.5

Puram Kazhchakal
Director: Lal Jose
Lead Actors:Mammootty & Sreenivasan.

Mammooty & Sreenivasan are fellow travellers in a bus. Climax reveals the reason why Mammooty behaves strangely.

Mammooty did a splendid acting in the climax scene, else he didnt have much to perform. Lal Jose narrated the story in a novel way.

Rating: 7.5/10

Great effort by all the Directors & Technicians. A novel idea that should be well applauded. Best short film: Bridge Best Actors: Santhadevi(Bridge), The lady who plays the mother in Makal, Jagathy Sreekumar & Nithya Menon (Happy Journey), Siddique(Aviramam), Boy in the film 'Bridge' & Prithviraj(Island express). Best Director: Anwar Rasheed (Bridge) Kerala Cafe worth watching...

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