August 21, 2007

Read in someone’s ‘about me’ section in Orkut : ‘I never complain about something that I have a choice of not subjecting myself to”.

Found it quite.. hmm.. nice. And appropriate to some of the things I am subjecting myself to right now and not doing anything about, except complain.

Work has been busy last couple of days, so I am blogging in my head right now. I type atleast 5-6 posts every day in my head but when it comes to actually typing it in here, I find excuses. Actually, I really don’t have enough time lately. Yesterday, I logged in from home but was soooo sleepy by 10:30 that I had to log off and hit the bed.

Really want to see transformers. Has anyone seen it? How is it? I hear its a total theatre movie and you just cannot enjoy it on small screen. So all those people who have the VCD or theatre print DVDs, think twice before watching it

Gotta go now. (Maybe I should just publish one of those posts which have been lying dormant in here)

August 21, 2007

Read in someone’s ‘about me’ section in Orkut : ‘I never complain about something that I have a choice of not subjecting myself to”.

Found it quite.. hmm.. nice. And appropriate to some of the things I am subjecting myself to right now and not doing anything about, except complain.

Work has been busy last couple of days, so I am blogging in my head right now. I type atleast 5-6 posts every day in my head but when it comes to actually typing it in here, I find excuses. Actually, I really don’t have enough time lately. Yesterday, I logged in from home but was soooo sleepy by 10:30 that I had to log off and hit the bed.

Really want to see transformers. Has anyone seen it? How is it? I hear its a total theatre movie and you just cannot enjoy it on small screen. So all those people who have the VCD or theatre print DVDs, think twice before watching it

Gotta go now. (Maybe I should just publish one of those posts which have been lying dormant in here)

as random as it gets July 12, 2007

I am all out of ideas for a thursday 13 and I am quite tired of cooking up stuff. So here is a random post. A just-like-that one.

Prats has gone on a much-planned-and-awaited-for trip to Hampi and Jog Falls. She is a photography freak. Which leaves me alone at home. Watched ‘the holiday’ before I fell asleep with the laptop on. Jude Law is so yummy. I am not so crazy about Cameron Diaz but in this movie she actually looks cute. Her character is the best defined and has the most potential. I am yet to finish watching it. I was so ready for a romantic comedy yesterday.

The house is almost set-up. We just have piles of dirty clothes waiting to be washed and another heap that needs to be sent out for ironing. Maid has been coming in for two days and I have divided the entire work so that its easy on her. Sigh. The DVD player and speakers are set up, so yay!

Work is a little laidback this week cuz its a non-training week for me. Since Prats is also OOO, I am eating at my desk and reading blogs. Quite a few that I read recently all seem to be talking about relationships, especially long-distance. (Like here and here). So many thoughts and opinions form in my head too when I read them but somehow, it reaches nowhere when I try to put them in words and document them.

There are few movies that I really want to watch – Fantastic Four, Diehard, Harry Potter. If I go to Kottayam, don’t know how it will work out. Not to mention that I will be stuck in the hospital for the major part of my vacation. Sheesh. What a dampener.

I really like the book I am reading now. Thought it will be like one of those art movies that everyone seems to appreciate and applaud but I normally just pretend to understand. Turns out I am wrong. Its interesting, simple and definitely different. Looking forward to reading more of Paulo Coelho’s work.

Those who have read him, which one is your favourite?

The Weekend That Was March 26, 2007

Hyderabad is hot now! I wake up feeling half-baked and dehydrated and even more sleepy than I was when I went to sleep the previous night. And I feel really stupid carrying a jacket to office! Cuz as it is throughout the year, office is cold.

This weekend was spent cribbing about the heat, tidying and dusting my clothes shelf, cooking, shopping for a pouch and a memory card for my camera and watching ‘pursuit of happyness’ (I kept the best for last so that just when you start thinkin I am boring, I can prove you wrong. Gotcha!)

How can I go further without telling you about that movie. I am in love with Will Smith. I had a crush-like thingie on him since Men In Black and Independence Day but this movie takes the cream and the cherry and everything above that. He has done a f-a-n-t-a-s-t-i-c job (when I type with these hyphens in between, its mighty important to me cuz its not easy to type that way you see, try it). People who had seen the movie kept telling me its a very emotional movie and I should carry tissues (yea yea, I am one of those emotional freaks who cries at a movie). Surprisingly, I kept waiting for the most emotional scene to burst out crying until the credits came and I realised the movie was over! Sheesh. Hope I haven’t lost my ’soft’ side. Or maybe not. Ok, whatever.

So the movie is great and all of you should go and watch it. Absolutely should!

Work calls now..

The ‘Guru’ Post January 19, 2007

Saw Guru yesterday. Mani Ratnam’s movies hardly ever fail to pull me to the theatres and my mental block against hindi movies (simply cuz I don’t know the language much) hardly comes into picture there.

Saw it. Liked it. In fact, liked it a lot. No dilutions in the sets. Truly post-independent ambience. Good performances by Abhishek Bachchan, Mithun Chakraborty and some people whose names I don’t know. Every single person in the movie did full justice to their roles, no matter how small or big it was.

AR Rahman, sigh.. No comments. Sigh.

For full reviews and more pics, toddle over to google.com and type in ‘guru mani ratnam’. Come on, I suck at writing reviews

Random Thoughts January 5, 2007

I was listening to a tamil song ‘Enna Thavam‘ from Parthibhan Kanavu. Beautiful vocals by Harini. I have always loved her voice. The guy says a word and the song is about describing those words in a couple of lines. Beautiful..

Some lines that caught my attention.

Vekkam..

Ithu penmai pesidum, mudhal aasia vaarthai thaan..

Meesai..

Ithu enakku mattum swandham aakum koondhal kuzhanthai thaan

Thirukkural..

Iru vari kavithai, oru porul tharume,
Iruvarum ithupole irundhal sugham..

Kanaadi..

Ithil ennai paarkkiren, athu unnai kaattuthe.. (absolutely love this one!!)

Kadhal..

Nam naangu kannil thondrugindra ottrai kanaveda..

Sigh..

Basic Instinct November 27, 2006

**Warning: This post may not seem up to the mark to a lot of you. Well, what can I say? I typed this right after I finished watching the movie, at around 12:30 in the night so I want to blame the lack of creativity on sleepiness**

I guess I am the only living human being who hadn’t seen ‘Basic Instincts’ before tonight. Well, I had definitely heard of the movie but just passed it off as another guy movie. Tonight, I was bored, had nothing much to do and decided to watch it. Incidentally I dont know how the dvd got here, probably Prat got it from somewhere. Anyway, couldn’t help commenting on it. I don’t know how long back it was made but I found it very gripping. And oh my god! Amazing performances from Sharon Stone and Michael Douglas. OK maybe these are comments that have already been made on the movie time and again. Let me say what I found intreresting. First, the way a guy can fall in love with a woman who is a total slut and openly admits having sex with multiple men just for pleasure. It totally beats me how a man, that too as intelligent as Curran, can fall in love with such a girl. Then there is the friendship between Gus and Curran. Friendship between guys always interests me because of its simplicity, openness and the fact that they can yell and scream at each other and yet not have any hard feelings following that. Don’t think girls are capable of something like that, atleast not the ones I know. Then of course the way the movie ends is pretty commendable. Now, I don’t know whether the second part is a continuation of this story, maybe it is. The DVD has that too, probably should watch that.

So long guys!

**Update: Saw Basic Insticnt 2 yesterday and it sucks big time! Only thing worth commenting was the way Sharon Stone was able to capture the character after so many years, almost 18 I was told. That woman has talent, I tell you!**

If Only.. November 13, 2006

If only…

Why is it that you get angry and not talk for days together?
Why is it that you can never tell me the reason?
How am I supposed to read your thoughts and guess my faults?
If only you would tell me…

Why is it that you always hide in your shell?
Why is it that things are often not what you think it to be?
How do I bring you out of this bubble called reticence?
If only you would tell me…

Why is it that you and I are poles apart?
With this gap reflecting in our opinions and relationship,
How do I make myself understand you?
If only you would tell me…

…Life would have been much simpler,
Eloquence helping us live better,
No guesses or assumptions to be made,
How I wish life would be that easy…

By the gal whose poetry I admire the most – Manasa

DON – Reviews October 20, 2006

This review might seem a little funny coming from me, especially to my friends who know how little Hindi I can understand and speak. Anyway, we were taken to an exclusive premiere show of the movie to Prasads IMax and the entire office got to see it before the movie was released to all. To begin with, I hadn’t seen the old version of the movie starring Amitabh Bachan, but was equipped with the story so that I am prepared for all the tricks and twists in the movie.

The movie opened with Shah Rukh smoking a cigarette and looking all ‘Don’ly. He does a not-so impressive action sequence hitting some bad guys and eventually manages to escape. The first impressive part in the movie is when the cops chase SRK’s benz. Now, it was heartbreaking to see the benz getting totally ruined but the play with the camera angles is commendable. Boman Irani’s performance was also good and his versatility is mindblowing. Priyanka Chopra was just put there to look pretty and don’t even get me started on Isha Kopikar. Another strength of the movie is the sudden unexpected twist in the end.

Definitely not a must-watch but something you wouldn’t want to miss if you are an SRK fan. Oh, ok ok, Priyanka Chopra fans too. Sheesh!

*I take this opportunity to apologise to all those people who were expecting a full fledged critical evaluation of the movie. I am no good at that stuff and there are a zillion sites out there who would gladly give you the same*

Heroes of Yesterday October 6, 2006

As I switched through the channels aimlessly, (channel surfing, I believe its called) I saw that HBO was playing Mission Impossible II. Though I had seen it more than once before I decided to stop my ’surfing’ there. As I sat there looking at Tom Cruise I felt something was wrong. I just knew it but couldn’t place my finger on what it is. Thought it must be just a weird feeling and ignored it. But trust me, it kept coming back. Then I knew what it was!! Yes! My heart no longer skipped a beat when I saw Tom Cruise in action!!! Now you might ask whats the big deal in that. Well the deal is, less than a year back I would have felt a lot different when I am watching a Tom Cruise movie. How come its different now? Whats changed? Age? Experiences? Maturity? (No way!). Then what is it?

I sat down to think. Not something I do much but yet I decided to do it that day. I started thinking and I realised. There is no particular answer. Its just time. Time changes us all. Its different from age because these changes do no happen at a particular age. It happens at a particular time. Sadly that time is here in my life. I no longer swoon over Tom Cruise. Sigh..

I had to stop with that last Friday when I was originally typing this post and my thought process was clearer then. Though I am all set to write now, can’t continue on this topic, sadly..