"Warm scones....with jam and cream!"
mmmmmmmmmmmmm................
(what about you?!) ;)
mmmmmmmmmmmmm................
(what about you?!) ;)
Thursday, September 29
Monday, September 26
Hands Full....!!
Hang on guys.....
I have my hands full with so much happening in the offline life. :[
So, in the meantime - would you like trick or treat?! :D
No prizes for guesing that these posts above are my eccentric entries for the Bloggerati! And have been nomiated for the peotry category.
*why! I am honored...!! Robert Frost - here I cumm!!*
:D
En-zoy!!
I have my hands full with so much happening in the offline life. :[
So, in the meantime - would you like trick or treat?! :D
- Bollywood Dilemma
- Hero - You have to be quick!
- An Observation
- And it struck me..
- Getting a grip.
- How will a girl live.....?!
- The other side
- For hungry souls
- Come to think of it
- For feelings, thoughts and all those things..
- Long...lost...love?!
- No news is good news...really?!
- Raising..HELL!
No prizes for guesing that these posts above are my eccentric entries for the Bloggerati! And have been nomiated for the peotry category.
*why! I am honored...!! Robert Frost - here I cumm!!*
:D
En-zoy!!
Wednesday, September 21
Peace One Day!
As we all enjoy the fictional 'masterpieces' of our fellow blogmates, I would like to bring to your notice something that I found out yesterday - while watching a documentary on SBS.
Today is United Nations "International Day of Peace" - a day of global ceasefire and non-violence.
Or so... was the dream of the creater of this day - Geremy Gilley.
In a very moving documentary last night, I saw how this man travelled to the world's most devasted cities whose citizens are to this day, doomed to live in constant fear. These people are surrounded by violence, fearing everyday whether it'll be the next bomb or the next bullet or the next shooting or the next massacre - that'll finally end their miserable lives.
There are so many places in the world where UN volunteers cannot go and provide aid because these places are just too violent and dangerous.
After Geremy's efforts of years of visiting Ministers, and Ambassaders and Seminars and Nobel Peace Laureates - finally in 2001 in the UN General Assembly, the day was approved.
So this day was made - so that this one day - all countries will unite and observe a ceasefire, so that the people in need can be helped. But, thats still not the reality yet.
There is no cease fire yet!
But it has to start somewhere. Before we can have 365 days of Non-violence, we can atleast begin with ONE day of peace.
Lets all observe a minute of silence - for all the people who will be killed 'today'.
Peace One Day 2005.
Today is United Nations "International Day of Peace" - a day of global ceasefire and non-violence.
Or so... was the dream of the creater of this day - Geremy Gilley.
In a very moving documentary last night, I saw how this man travelled to the world's most devasted cities whose citizens are to this day, doomed to live in constant fear. These people are surrounded by violence, fearing everyday whether it'll be the next bomb or the next bullet or the next shooting or the next massacre - that'll finally end their miserable lives.
There are so many places in the world where UN volunteers cannot go and provide aid because these places are just too violent and dangerous.
After Geremy's efforts of years of visiting Ministers, and Ambassaders and Seminars and Nobel Peace Laureates - finally in 2001 in the UN General Assembly, the day was approved.
So this day was made - so that this one day - all countries will unite and observe a ceasefire, so that the people in need can be helped. But, thats still not the reality yet.
There is no cease fire yet!
But it has to start somewhere. Before we can have 365 days of Non-violence, we can atleast begin with ONE day of peace.
Lets all observe a minute of silence - for all the people who will be killed 'today'.
Peace One Day 2005.
Tuesday, September 20
You tell....I tell.... we all tell....
:D
Wow! We all have so many hidden fiction writers amongst us bloggers!
This weekend past - saw the rise of many bloggers to the challenge of 55 Fiction Stories. And what an interesting read it has been.
Currently the challengers tally looks like so -
Arathi -- Her 55
Ashish -- His 55 *NEW*
Ashtrix -- His 55
Colors -- Her 55
Cynic -- Her 55.
DJ -- His 55.
Divya -- Her 55. and more!
Invincible -- His 65!
I Take No Logic -- His 55. *NEW*
Kaush -- Her 55 and more! *NEW*
Manuscrypts -- His 55 <-- great stuff! Pinks -- Her 55
Prasad -- His 55. *NEW*
Ricky -- His 55
Seema -- Her 55
Vicky -- His 55 *NEW*
Wise Donkey -- Her 55
....and counting!!
And here's my second attempt at 55.
------------------------
Angel?!
"She is inviting me home!"
red devil - 'Yess! Go for it. You're wife wont know.'
..........
"Hey! Where's the other one?"
red devil - 'Who cares. Listen to me. Go with her tonight! :D'
..........
Up in heaven -
white angel - 'God! I hate traffic. I'm late for work again!!'
THE END
-----------------------------
And this one - not a 55er - but a short story nontheless I got in a forward this morning.
A college class was told that they have to write a story in as few words as possible. The instructions were:
The story has to contain the following three things-
1. Religion.
2. Sexuality
3. Mystery
Below is the only A+ story in the entire class.
"Good God, I'm pregnant; I wonder who did it."
:)
Any more takers??
Wow! We all have so many hidden fiction writers amongst us bloggers!
This weekend past - saw the rise of many bloggers to the challenge of 55 Fiction Stories. And what an interesting read it has been.
Currently the challengers tally looks like so -
Arathi -- Her 55
Ashish -- His 55 *NEW*
Ashtrix -- His 55
Colors -- Her 55
Cynic -- Her 55.
DJ -- His 55.
Divya -- Her 55. and more!
Invincible -- His 65!
I Take No Logic -- His 55. *NEW*
Kaush -- Her 55 and more! *NEW*
Manuscrypts -- His 55 <-- great stuff! Pinks -- Her 55
Prasad -- His 55. *NEW*
Ricky -- His 55
Seema -- Her 55
Vicky -- His 55 *NEW*
Wise Donkey -- Her 55
....and counting!!
And here's my second attempt at 55.
------------------------
Angel?!
"She is inviting me home!"
red devil - 'Yess! Go for it. You're wife wont know.'
..........
"Hey! Where's the other one?"
red devil - 'Who cares. Listen to me. Go with her tonight! :D'
..........
Up in heaven -
white angel - 'God! I hate traffic. I'm late for work again!!'
THE END
-----------------------------
And this one - not a 55er - but a short story nontheless I got in a forward this morning.
A college class was told that they have to write a story in as few words as possible. The instructions were:
The story has to contain the following three things-
1. Religion.
2. Sexuality
3. Mystery
Below is the only A+ story in the entire class.
"Good God, I'm pregnant; I wonder who did it."
:)
Any more takers??
Sunday, September 18
Ig-jactly!!
* How does it matter that I am in Melbourne?
* So what if I have seen all the places that they show in the movie? Its going to be good fun.
* Arrey, I have heard it from A. She reckons its great!
* Lets go see it naa.... I dont want to wait for it to show up on DVD.
* Pleeeeeeeeeeaase!!
Finally I went to see "Salaam Namaste".
Warning - Possible plot-spoiler ahead! My apologies. :)
*Phew*
A 'big' critic of Bollywood movies that I am (with reviews of some latest movies and older ones like this, this, and this. ) But this movie... I walked into the theatre with a biased mind..I'll have to admit. Melbournian, that I am.... I'll have to say that I was really excited to see what part of Melbourne they had captured for the Indian audience!
My two cents!
=> Ofcourse they have captured all the scenic locations of Melbourne + surrounding places in the state (Victoria) like the Great Ocean Road. But its strange to see the actors driving in the middle of city traffic and seconds later driving on roads that are hours away from the city. And also some scenes with honking horns when there's hardly any traffic. That - I can say dosent happen here...because honking here is equal to swearing at someone.
But hey! Who's complaining.?
=> They did show the guy's character as pretty selfish n shallow - it seemed... but later as the girl explained - he had been honest abt it all. And I reckon it was not wrong at all.
Being so far away from home and family backup - financial situations can be messy at times and stress in such situations can bring out the worst. And the yelling and fighting and making each other's life hell - having gone thru my share of housemates here -- It was totally correct. Even I have had to yell like that *a couple of times!* :[
=> And I had heard that Javed Jaffrey's role was annoying. But surprisingly - I really enjoyed it. The whole theatre full of Desis at the 9pm screening - all at his "ig-jactly" brought roars of laughter every time!! :D The good thing was that it was short n sweet. Just long enough....
=> When the movie began - I was like - 'What the hey! Cant I escape from the AB khaandaan?!' In almost every movie that I have seen recently - either I have seen AB, or his son or AB's voice over and here - AB's son's voice over!!
But later when he finally showed as the wierd gynac - the serious second half of the movie was again provided with a comic relief. And the theatre was once again roaring with laughter all thanks to his idiotic antics. This one was again... just a few minutes of sillyness - not stretched to the limits that might start to bore n annoy. I laughed a LOT!!
==================================
To cut the long story short - I care to disagree with all those who didnt like the movie. Who thought that the guy was shown as a jerk. Or the girl had been ridiculous in her expectations. Who said the comedy was annoying......
I wont say that I know everything there is to know about - young adults thousands of kms away from home and family. But I can vouch for one thing - all that they showed in the movie is very much possible!
Yes.... falling in love can be the most amazing thing ever. And yes later its does tend to lose its initial 'magic' and thats something each and every one has to deal with.
How each of us deal with this loss of magic is entirely individual.... some take it as an inspiration to start the magic all over again, while others leave it and move on.
Living alone without family can be very liberating and will bring great sense of independence. But it is extremely stressful. At such a time - having understanding friends can be the difference between blissful and miserable existence. And stress has a strange effect on even the closest of relationships.
.....ok. I'll stop my lesson of 'gyaan' right here!!
:)
Movie Concept - ****
Songs - *****
Acting - ***1/2
Overall - ****
Go and watch the movie. Go and see my Melbourne.
(Haanji - YRFilms, where is my cheque?!) ;)
* So what if I have seen all the places that they show in the movie? Its going to be good fun.
* Arrey, I have heard it from A. She reckons its great!
* Lets go see it naa.... I dont want to wait for it to show up on DVD.
* Pleeeeeeeeeeaase!!
Finally I went to see "Salaam Namaste".
Warning - Possible plot-spoiler ahead! My apologies. :)
*Phew*
A 'big' critic of Bollywood movies that I am (with reviews of some latest movies and older ones like this, this, and this. ) But this movie... I walked into the theatre with a biased mind..I'll have to admit. Melbournian, that I am.... I'll have to say that I was really excited to see what part of Melbourne they had captured for the Indian audience!
My two cents!
=> Ofcourse they have captured all the scenic locations of Melbourne + surrounding places in the state (Victoria) like the Great Ocean Road. But its strange to see the actors driving in the middle of city traffic and seconds later driving on roads that are hours away from the city. And also some scenes with honking horns when there's hardly any traffic. That - I can say dosent happen here...because honking here is equal to swearing at someone.
But hey! Who's complaining.?
=> They did show the guy's character as pretty selfish n shallow - it seemed... but later as the girl explained - he had been honest abt it all. And I reckon it was not wrong at all.
Being so far away from home and family backup - financial situations can be messy at times and stress in such situations can bring out the worst. And the yelling and fighting and making each other's life hell - having gone thru my share of housemates here -- It was totally correct. Even I have had to yell like that *a couple of times!* :[
=> And I had heard that Javed Jaffrey's role was annoying. But surprisingly - I really enjoyed it. The whole theatre full of Desis at the 9pm screening - all at his "ig-jactly" brought roars of laughter every time!! :D The good thing was that it was short n sweet. Just long enough....
=> When the movie began - I was like - 'What the hey! Cant I escape from the AB khaandaan?!' In almost every movie that I have seen recently - either I have seen AB, or his son or AB's voice over and here - AB's son's voice over!!
But later when he finally showed as the wierd gynac - the serious second half of the movie was again provided with a comic relief. And the theatre was once again roaring with laughter all thanks to his idiotic antics. This one was again... just a few minutes of sillyness - not stretched to the limits that might start to bore n annoy. I laughed a LOT!!
==================================
To cut the long story short - I care to disagree with all those who didnt like the movie. Who thought that the guy was shown as a jerk. Or the girl had been ridiculous in her expectations. Who said the comedy was annoying......
I wont say that I know everything there is to know about - young adults thousands of kms away from home and family. But I can vouch for one thing - all that they showed in the movie is very much possible!
Yes.... falling in love can be the most amazing thing ever. And yes later its does tend to lose its initial 'magic' and thats something each and every one has to deal with.
How each of us deal with this loss of magic is entirely individual.... some take it as an inspiration to start the magic all over again, while others leave it and move on.
Living alone without family can be very liberating and will bring great sense of independence. But it is extremely stressful. At such a time - having understanding friends can be the difference between blissful and miserable existence. And stress has a strange effect on even the closest of relationships.
.....ok. I'll stop my lesson of 'gyaan' right here!!
:)
Movie Concept - ****
Songs - *****
Acting - ***1/2
Overall - ****
Go and watch the movie. Go and see my Melbourne.
(Haanji - YRFilms, where is my cheque?!) ;)
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