My Expression!! My Life!!

Dasavatharam – Kamal Hassan * 10, Asin * 2, Mallika Sherawat, Jayaprada, Nagesh, K R Vijaya, …… Phew!!! The story starts off with Kamal speaking “Sutha-tamizh” explaining about the catastrophic event that shook the world – namely the tsunami – and his story up till that point… Now u may wonder how people can understand such pure Tamil especially a crowd that’s from all over India with even President Bush… but all that apart… It’s now old news that Kamal plays 10 different characters in the movie, Asin 2 and the others thankfully just one each… While you watch the movie, somehow you get the feeling that there are a lot of Kamal’s moving around which is a fact, but the movie looks very cluttered because of the same… the movie is altogether seemingly based on Murphy’s law, when something has to go wrong everything goes wrong sort of a cliché…. Too many mishaps happening, one after the other and all so very predictable… too many characters in the movie, some not needed at all… graphics are...

The newest show on the block – Splitsvilla in MTV … Okie it’s not exactly a new show; I guess it’s been running for quite some time now… I happen to catch the shows once in a while which is like almost every time I change the channel to MTV… they seem to be telecasting it on a regular basis (read: minimum twice everyday!) in order to increase the viewership or in my opinion to make the show “not-so-famous”… the theme is about this 20 girls vying for the attention and love of the 2 guys …. The guys decide who gets dumped.. basically meaning to say, any girl who shows “attitude”; who does not wear skimpy clothes; who is fair enough to call a spade a spade; who has got some sort of “class”; and who basically does not kowtow to the guys… gets dumped and that too publicly… fair is it not??!?! The girls are a mélange of models, professionals, students etc... the guys are ex-roadies (yup.. that does so much give them the authority to judge who’s the better girl of the lot!!)… Now that says it...

Lunch today was outside…. A kind of team building initiative as along with a pending treat… 2 birds in one stone concept!!! :P So anyways, it was at this new swanky place little close to office called “Lounge Habits”…. We reached there… and the place was more or less empty… well guaranteed that it is a new place and so a lot lesser people would have heard of it and therefore the minority there… the place is quite a eye-catcher what with orange colored paint on the walls, a pool table, a TT table (that sounds funny – a table tennis table!!), hookahs, movie cds, games and the whole gamut… all set to attract people… Ritzy victuals on the menus – mainly Mexican, American and Italian food including the likes of pasta, risotto, sizzlers, fajitas etc… the main problem was that the chow took eons in coming to the table… we were waiting, waiting, and still waiting, twiddling our thumbs, talking endlessly, waiting for the extraordinary cuisine to be served… the waiters would bring one order at a...

For all sad words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these, 'It might have been.'…. Life – Love – Philosophy – Philanthropy – Values – Beliefs – Morals – Ethics - Customs – Traditions – WAY OF LIFE!!! Flashes of memory… Glimpses of happy times… Twinges of sad ones… Stitch in the side laughing at goof-ups… Tears of frustration rolling down the eyes… Shards of anger… Remains of pain… Flickers of passion… Zeal of achievement… Ripples of heartaches… Pangs of separation… Fervor of veneration… Those trips that you take down memory lane, hoping that thinking about those times would probably help you find an answer to what you are currently going through… Times when you feel that if only I could go back in time there are things that I would/would not do, have said/would not have… Could have done that in another way… could have handled this in another way… should have had the sense to think up of this way to act in that situation… should not have said that in their favor… should have st...

Ever encountered these species of people who contradict anything and everything that you say…. I mean whatever you say irrespective of which topic it is they just have to contradict it… counter it… and they will still do it even if they know nothing about the topic or the subject… not something that I can easily stand… And you try to tell them “sorry boss!! U r actually wrong! That’s not what it is!” Nopes…!!! The individual is obviously gloating in his/her own little sunshine time that whatever we say just bounces off them… such thick-skinned creatures I have just had the privilege of meeting… If you don’t know something then have the humility to accept that you don’t know it and learn it… instead of that you are just curbing your own knowledge if you keep thinking that you everything about it… and even if it’s a topic that you are well-versed with, you cannot possible know everything that is there to know about that particular area. Admit the fact that some people might – just might ...

I feared being alone until I learned to like myself. I feared failure until I realized that I only fail when I don't try. I feared success until I realized that I had to try in order to be happy with myself… I feared people’s opinions until I learned that people would have opinions about me anyway. I feared rejection until I learned to have faith in myself. I feared pain until I learned that it's necessary for growth I feared the truth until I saw the ugliness in lies.I feared life until I experienced its beauty. I feared death until I realized that it's not an end, but a beginning. I feared my destiny, until I realized that I had the power to change my life. I feared hate until I saw that it was nothing more than ignorance. I feared love until it touched my heart, making the darkness fade into endless sunny days. I feared ridicule until I learned how to laugh at myself. I feared growing old until I realized that I gained wisdom every day. I feared the future u...

Dog’s tail…. Can never be straightened… Some things never change… Whatever, How many ever, Whichever way you tell some things, old habits die hard!!! It’s great to see history repeating itself though in a very satirical way… been a year now... But the expressions, the perplexed look, the rolling eyes, the bewildered exasperation… seems familiar… semblance of something that is more or less like… been there, done that!!! Lol… life does come full circle does it not… and all I have to say to the ones who are in the precarious position that I once was is that… GET USED TO IT…. SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE….

Weekend was filled with watching movies… catching up on lost time..!! Lol..! Got my new laptop (yup.. am boasting) and spent the entire weekend giving quality time to my laptop… its almost on the verge of becoming an addiction… :-) Anyways… so as I said… weekend was dedicated to watching movies… here’s a small review on all 3. Bring it on… (Kirsten Dunst & some lesser-known actors) Basically about a cheerleading group in high school and their problems… it’s a movie about high school trials and tribulations, and their lives… cheerleading chants, rivals groups, cheating, bitching, love life, attitude, the whole gamut… nice watch if u r in the mood for “something-is-better-than-nothing”…. Good acrobatics though..!! A Walk to remember… (Shane West & Mandy Moore) It’s a romantic movie all throughout… somehow brought about a feeling of Erich Segal’s Love story…. Anyways, it’s a nice sentimental watch if u r in the mood for some emotional drama… nicely taken, simplistic and competent...

Its 7:45 PM on a Friday evening and I am still sitting here in office rotting away.... What did i do to deserve this??!!? Why can't I go home at a NORMAL TIME atleast on a Friday Evening??? And it's not even like I have work to do.... I am just sitting here simply doing nothing... Why does it always have to be like this?? I understand working late on other weekdays but not on Fridays please....... that's INHUMAN ... and the sooner the rest of the world understands this the better!!! I am sitting here without any work... GOD.... WHY... WHY.... WHY....

This is too good!!! Crack up in flight...!! Brilliant answers! :-) It takes a college degree to fly a plane, but only a high school diploma to fix one. After every flight, Qantas pilots fill out a form, called a "gripe sheet," which tells mechanics about problems with the aircraft. The mechanics correct the problems, document their repairs on the form, and then pilots review the gripe sheets before the next flight. Never let it be said that ground crews lack a sense of humor. Here are some actual maintenance complaints submitted by Qantas' pilots (marked with a P) and the solutions recorded (marked with an S) by maintenance engineers. (By the way, Qantas is the only major airline that has never, ever, had an accident.) P: Left inside main tire almost needs replacement. S: Almost replaced left inside main tire. __________________________________________________________ P: Test flight OK, except auto-land very rough. S: Auto-land not installed on this aircraft. ____________...

I am stuck in a rut... Have been literally breaking my head over what to write next in my blog... Yup almost exactly like how Soorya was feeling a couple of months back... So smart me thought I would ask my colleagues to suggest about what i should write next... Topics ranging from experience of travelling in a plane, travelling to a hilly area, orkut and its various ramifications, out-of-body experiences, aliens - do they exist or not?, movies, etc etc all came floating in.... And yours truly (ms.high and mighty) was not impressed at all by any of these...!! (the orkut topic came close though - but that's for another blog at another time!) anyways... Now I am again back to square one... My creative juices have stopped flowing...!! Help me! Suggest Topics pls...!!! All suggestions welcome..!! And the best will be awarded a plate of "authentic hyderabadi biriyani" :-)

Fresh. Interesting. Bright. Cheerful. Brilliant. I’ll be HONEST! I loved the movie… Forget the clichéd boy-girl-best friends-not in love – falling in love... It’s just too good… Lightens you up… perks your interest and keeps it steady all throughout the movie… makes you feel like that girl who’s listening to the story in the movie … etc etc etc… I can go on and on!!! Witty dialogues… decent acting by everyone… nicely written script… no extra hungama… no frills… things said like they are… straightforward and amusing! The hero is CUTE… and that’s an understatement... There are traces of his famous uncle here and there when he is acting … but all in all he has done a good job! Played the character to a T. The heroine is good as well... Chirpy, bubbly and vivacious and she has done a decent job as well... Something could have been done about her voice… but you get used to it after abt 15 minutes into the movie..! The other characters have been played by good actors and Ratna Pathak as the ...

1. Thou shall not disturb the person watching the programme with ridiculous questions about the programme. 2. Thou shall not bid for the remote control during the programme in any way from the individual watching the same especially if it is a male. 3. Thou shall not ask queries about the serial background, plot, and character sketch if the person watching the programme is a female. 4. Thou shall not display thy ignorance about the various sports in front of the individual watching the sport. (Asking him to teach you the fundamentals of the game is a big NO NO!) 5. Thou shall not make uncalled for comments on the dress, acting, speech, personality or the way a person plays a sport during the programme. (Any such action can be initiated only when the Individual watching the programme starts it!) 6. Thou shall not eat or drink thereby making munching/slurping noises and disturbing the individual watching the programme. 7. If by chance during a sport, the place that thou sit proves to be ...

My 100th post… Boy! Am I glad!! :-) It feels so good..!! To know that I have achieved a century with my writing skills ;-) I can just feel the beginning of “Shah Rukh’s - Om Shanti Om – Filmfare award winning speech” rolling over my tongue!!! :-) But No! I shall withhold from all that and just in plain simple words …. Thank you who have been reading my posts and leaving comments and encouraging me all throughout…. Thank you so much for being appreciative and critical of my posts (it has only helped me grow!) Thank you for being you… :-) Thank you for being there… :-) With these few words ladies and gentlemen, I thank you for being there all throughout!!! :-) (yeah again!!)

First you get a mail inviting you for a talk of some kind by an eminent person… That’s marked to the women associates in the organization… Next you get loads of mails from people who are interested to go attend the talk…. Saying this is where they’ll take a bus from and would they please arrange for the same etc etc… And this is on REPLY ALL…. And then when you are fed up of repeatedly deleting the mails from the inbox…. You get another slew of mails, this time from loads of other people saying, “Please do not Reply All”… etc etc….!! It's amazing how the BRIGHT IDEAS strike about a zillion people at once!!! Why why why… Why is it that people don’t have the sense to just reply to the mail and not reply all… why is it that they are hell bent on clogging up people’s inboxes… Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy………… Okie I gotta go… I think I just received another set of mails to delete…. Phew!!!