I suddenly realized, I completely forgot to make the paper kappal, and the kathi kappal! what a damn shame!
When I said this to my mom, the last time I realized it, she couldn’t believe her ears! “yeppidi da marappe?… poda nee vella kaarana maarindrukke” and all ensued.
I have to make it a point to learn it from her when I go visiting next time.
Sad state of affairs, people. 
***update: 12.27 pm – TK called me and guided me on the phone and it all came to back to me….surprising how deeply buried memories work….and I bloody made my first kappal in…like…FOREVER…. AM I FREAKIN HAPPY OR WHAT!!!
machi TK, you made my day!! appeeesheeeeeeeeyytt it !! 
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http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Paper-Ship
solravanga solra vidhathile sonna namakku puriyum
Actually enakkum marandhu pochu.. idhey prachnai enakkum vandhu.. aprom I tried google
pk – correctu dhan… but ennadhan irundhalum veetla solli thara style-ey thani..
romba vettiya inaiku velayla…
Neo – yaya.. exhausted after a hard 10 days of crazy work…
child at heart na idhu dhan perfeet echample….
tk – thanks again dude!
hey
me too enakum maradhu pochu..
4 cups or 8 cupsaa ..adhu nybgam irukaa??
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For you !!!
machi… for some reason paper kappal/kathi kappal seems to be a craze in my house. it was in a special requests for me to make for my wife’s nephew, during my visit to their house…
btw, i totally forgot that thing made like 4 boxes which you can fit in your four fingers (leaving the pinky out) and a song/rhyme also has to be sung along with it…edhavadhu idea eruka, nan enna solla varen nu?
priya – andha 4 cups mattera pathi dhan ennoda friend kitta pesindrundhen… pretty cool game that was..
srirama, see above comment… and OMG, I do remember the sing-song thingy… i mean, andha rhyme marandhu pochu, but I still remember that we did it… also, on each visible side of the cups, there would be something written on it.. like either names of colours or animals or flowers and such…
sigh…age of innocence da maplai..
yeah.. saw that after posting my comment…
pssttt… nice feeling to even think about those days, without the loads of things to worry about now..
Arun, something on those lines.. i remember a few years back Nams told me that just once we all should go in PP70 one day all the way from pillar to Vandaloor and come bac…that too in the morning rush..cant beat that da..
srirama – pp70, g70 andha sardar driver..frikkin nut he was..he used to reach chromepet from pillar in around 20-25 minutes… oh! those days!
ada amaam marandhee pochu
… shud try today get it back 
sneha – thanks for dropping by, and good luck with paper kappal.
Hhaha… I too had a similar thought a few months back.. and after a few tries, i realised, i could forget it even in coma stage… But then at the cost of environment!!!
Zep,
Paper kappal I know… Ithu enna kathi kappal?? I always make a paper boat on a rainy day and send it floating down the drain… BTW, I tried out the 4 cups too….and woo-hooo….I still do remember how to make it. Color, color, which color do u choose??
ducky – kappal with a spike below it… 4 cups, you remember? wow… yes, ciolour colour what colour was a cool game…