Appearances can be deceptive
I was thinking about some of my friends; some who are my best buddies for the good part of two decades while some others are relatively new. One aspect literally baffles me. It is also similiar to what Gladwell talks as Warren Harding Error in BLINK.
I’ve been wondering why most of my buddies are quite contrasting in their behavior and attitude to what their appearances suggests. The most pazham looking ‘indha cat um milk kudikuma?’ types are by far the ones with all sorts of mischiefs and habits.
And usually the ones with a serious intellectual look turn out to have great sense of humor.
I can think of only one who looks and acts like a rowdy. But then, even in his case, no one would believe if I tell that this guy actually scored a 200 in Chemistry during 12th finals. Again deceptive appearances.
And no prizes for guessing the worst judges- mothers. It’s usually my own mom when it comes to my friends.
Usually the dialogue goes like this.
“Oh, M? evlo thangaamaaana payyan, avan tour ku varaanaa neeyum poittu vaa!!!”
Oh yeah!, poor M has so many responsibilities. Several TASMAC shops’ prosperity and future lies on his tender shoulders!
The ones with a rugged look are usually judged upon as “Avan mogaraye seri illa!!”
But its those RK in RM looks types (Raj Kiran in Raasavin Manasile) who are invariably the most helpful, reliable and samarthu guys.
Actually this contrarion theory can also be extended to tenants too. I shall never forget one tenant of mine who looked like a ‘gyaana pazham’ till he got the house keys. Only later did i come to know that this guy is actually a Lalu Prasad Yadav of TN.
One the other hand, i had a stern looking guy who came after “Lalu” vacated, he really scared me so much so that i almost rejected his offer but he never posed any problem to me during his stint.
Even in office if one notices, the one who is all concentration would be actually writing blogs (like i am doing now) while the one who walks around might be seriously thinking about deadlines and deliverable.
So the message to my readers is NEVER TRUST THE OBVIOUS.
If only you remember this, Indha Naal oru iniya Naal 
(One can even take even this post as an example, did it not start off like one intellectual discussion on GLADWELL? See how it progressed and how it ended!)
March 27th, 2006 at 5:10 pm
prabhu what about u?
neenga naaluvaraa illa kettuvara???
March 27th, 2006 at 6:59 pm
PK,
True! I sat on the edge of my chair and warmed up my fingers to type about Blink… enakku BULB:))
March 27th, 2006 at 8:56 pm
aaalai paathu yaaraiyum edaipoda mudiyaathupa
hehe..a nice post… paurna..ketukura mathiri…neenga nallavara kettavara?? (No replies in nayagan style :P) haha…
btw, story completed..check when u find time
March 27th, 2006 at 9:42 pm
Inniku dhaan naama meet panninom. Udane indha madhiri post
March 27th, 2006 at 10:00 pm
paurna,
thangamaana payyan 
ennoda ‘about me’ padikavum
casement,
hehe:)
anand,
rombo rombo nalla payyan
ferrari,
neenga gandhi,buddhar.. adhaan partha udaney theriyudhe!! :))
March 28th, 2006 at 1:02 am
this is something that i have always pondered about. this fickle human mind… when it sees another person, it first starts sizing them up. figuring out what that person is. whether you wanna accept… whether you wanna reject… whether you wanna love… whether you wanna hate… color, rich, poor, … et cetera. time to write a poem! chk my blog later…
March 28th, 2006 at 1:21 am
PK,
I promised you.. chk this on my blog.
March 28th, 2006 at 6:01 am
Absolutely true. I had a samarthu payaan friend (samarthu by appearance) @ school did what the “Boys” do in the movie. Whenever I went to his home his Patti would admonish me for not observing various religious ceremonies and rituals - perform Sandhyavandhanam and all that, like her grandson. Little did she know that her own clean shaven grandson. This guy would be one the guys who would lift the the Swami Pallaku during local festivals, etc.
But I think you are oversimplyfying things a bit - maybe sometimes RajKiran times are, well, Raj Kiran types
March 28th, 2006 at 3:22 pm
Hi Prabhu! I came across ur blog when I gave a google search for alaphia’s blog.Got hooked to that astrology article of yours… Interesting blog u have here….Congrats!on crossing the 500th post mile-stone:)
It makes a nice reading experience to see blogs like urs,with good variety!
Keep going!!
March 28th, 2006 at 9:30 pm
RC,
i read yr poem. fabulous!
anon,
i agree. sometimes Raj Kirans are raj kirans:)
vineetha,
hey welcome here!thanks for all the nice words
March 29th, 2006 at 4:41 am
Happens in life I guess..! I’ve experienced it myself on several occasions!
Your LPY comparison was funny.!
March 29th, 2006 at 5:47 pm
mugarakattai raasi ngradhu idhu daan…
en face a paathu oru payalum naan nallavan nu solla maatengaraan.. :((
March 29th, 2006 at 6:43 pm
been fooled so many times by appearance that i’ve actually gone by reverse logic many times..
still got fooled though
March 30th, 2006 at 7:03 am
very true - but theres also the saying agathin azhagu mugathil terium - n if u look closely most of the times u can know a persons intentions by the face expression
March 30th, 2006 at 7:08 am
chakra,
pozhachu poaanga vidunga!
vinesh,
its not easy i guess
visith,
>>if u look closely most of the times u can know a persons intentions by the face expression
true. there was one guy named sylvian tomkins, he was a master at face reading.