Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Mixed emotions

GANESH SUNDRAM !!!! I love him man. I fucking fucking love his voice sia. He is definitely one talented singer who fucking deserves to sing on Vasantham. The best part is, I really wanted to go for the show for my Jordan (my awesome musician for #PoNeePo) and of course for Ganesh Sundram. I knew he was going to render my favourite songs :D ! So I was late for the show and I missed some songs - anyway they weren't my favourite numbers and so I was still cool. So I reached during the end of the 1st segment and right before the 2nd segment started. Met some familiar faces and some came up to me to congratulate me for the #PONEEPO video (I will talk more about it some other time) and soon, they started the second segment and Kaushik, Vignesh (Seelan), Vicky, Swathi and all rendered their bits and when GANESH came on stage I fucking screamed my lungs out I say. I simply couldn't control my own emotions and I recorded of all the songs he rendered because I simply love him. Hahhaa.
So right after the show, I took pictures with some of them and I literally ran behind Ganesh because I wanted to hug him and say he was just fucking amazing. Poor thing - he was on his way to the loo and when I called out to him, he simply turned around and walked towards me and of course I couldn't control myself and I pounced on him. Hahaha. And even before I opened my mouth to say he was just too fucking fabulous, he went like "OMG Vitz, your PONEEPO was too good. Your acting ..... OMG" and he did the "goosebump" thing and I swear I was tooo excited that I started jumping. I mean I really really really value Ganesh Sundram's comments and I wanted to listen to his feedback and I didn't expect him to talk about my acting and so I got too excited. I mean unknown to many, I initially wanted to work with him and my vocalist (the one who did the acoustic rendition for my PoNeePo) and I chose a different song but his schedule was kinda tight and we couldn't plan on it. So I opted for PoNeePo with no regrets and I really have alot of respect and admiration for Ganesh Sundram so you can imagine how I felt when he liked PoNeePo. I mean I thought he would place alot of emphasis on the singing part but I didn't know he would even like my acting and so yea.
And on that day, I realised that I had a HUGE HUGE SOFT CORNER for Ganesh. Yes. When I saw him walk on stage my heart really broke. I mean ..... I don't know how to make this sound but ..... he was like ... really big sized and he had trouble walking. He was swaying from side to side and it was obvious that he couldn't really walk and I swear that sight really really broke my heart. Like I really admire him so much and I just cannot accept the fact that he is not able to walk properly. I mean all this while I have never seen him walk and I never knew he had such a problem and when I asked Ragha about it, Ragha being the practical person that he was and always be, told me that Ganesh Sundram's knees will give in real soon and that really made me feel sooooo sad. I mean I got very teary la. Like he is fucking talented and it breaks my heart to watch a talented person like him go through something like that. I mean I know I sound fucking biased but who cares - he shouldn't go through such a problem because he is fucking talented. Wah lau ! I mean .... I naturally harbour very very soft corners for weird things and I swear, I naturally have a huge soft corner for talented people who're big sized. I mean yea, my previous posts from months back may show otherwise but I'm fucking serious. I have a HUGE soft corner for big-sized singers who have magic in their voices (but of course, if you're in my hate list then that becomes my trump card) and I have a plethora of soft corners for other weird stuff too .... like I have a soft corner for people who tie that holy prayer string (black/red) on their hands - I have no idea why ... I have a soft corner who those who smear that holy ash (vibuthi) on their foreheads and the bigger it is, more greater my soft corner. I have no idea why. So imagine how I felt when I saw Ganesh walking like that. Haiz. The best part is ... I am like listening to his rendition every fucking day and when I do, I really travel into a whole new world because he is just too good. Like a few friends spotted me in a daze at the canteen. I was listening to his rendition and I was just smiling to myself because he is good la. I love it when people respect the songs that they sing and you know, take good note of the minute nuances in the songs, improvise it and really sing it well. It makes me feel sooooooo happy. Like happy is a fucking understatement and its been a long time I last felt this way and Ganesh evoke those feelings all over again. I love your voice, Ganesh. Really do but your walking thing is making me feel soooo depressed.
AND AND AND ..... I was talking to Ganesh and he went like "so Vitz, can we work together. I really want to work with you" and I swear I almost died. OBVIOUSLY GANESH !!! Working with you would be another dream of mine ! So yes, the plans are underway. I already thought of a song and the storyline but I want to improve on it because this is going to be really really much more challenging than PoNeePo. I set my own standard with PoNeePo and now I got to stretch my own standards. So ........ let the count down begin. I am going to include a few surprises in the next video though :) !
And my salute to all singers who did so well on Sunday. Sometimes I wish I can sing equally as good as you'll. Especially Ganesh and one other vocalist whom I used to adore alot really do make me feel sucky at times. Like I love to listen to songs ... esp songs that has alot of technicalities involved and it makes me feel sad that I can only listen to them and not like .... reproduce it in my own version. The most that I can do is like .... suggest an acoustic version, listen to it .... have a rough mental schema on how it is supposed to sound like. Hahahaha....... ok la, I cannot ask God for too many talents all. But for whatever you had given me Lord, I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Mixed emotions
People can sometimes make you feel distanced or distant with their actions and their words. Well what can we say. We came with nothing and we should understand that whatever that happens while we live are meant to be with us on a temporal note. So we should be prepared to let go at any stage. What do we do with emotional attachments and memories that embed in your heart ?. Well you should be strong enough to let go and be prepared to go. Simple right ?. Not exactly. But well, that's the sad part of our lives. We are literally trained to do that day in day out. So some people harden themselves to prepare for that journey and I guess, I got to do that too. Superficial.
Meri Aashiqui.
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