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Monday, November 5, 2007
Saturday, November 3, 2007
New things in my world
I have the following new things in my life:
Lenovo laptop - Y410 - 1.5 GHz C2D, 1 GB ram, 160 GB HDD, 14.1 WXGA, excellent value for India :). My brother got himself a Dell Vostro 1400. My dad got hiself an Acer Aspire!!! all three are State of the Art machines and cost between 850 - 1500 $ (bro - 1500, dad 850 and me 1250)
Bought new handsets for my folks - bought dad a Moto Razr V3i, and Mom a Nokia 2630. I got myself a Nokia 9300 communicator, my brother got himself an E61i. my girlfriend also left no stone unturned... she got herself a Sony Ericsson Z610i.
I got me a Canon digi cam (its a 3.3 but i got a nice setup)
New eye-glasses - increased number but its new all the same!!!
This last month has been very expensive for our family in toto
But it does not matter, its amazing all the stuff we have !!!!
Lenovo laptop - Y410 - 1.5 GHz C2D, 1 GB ram, 160 GB HDD, 14.1 WXGA, excellent value for India :). My brother got himself a Dell Vostro 1400. My dad got hiself an Acer Aspire!!! all three are State of the Art machines and cost between 850 - 1500 $ (bro - 1500, dad 850 and me 1250)
Bought new handsets for my folks - bought dad a Moto Razr V3i, and Mom a Nokia 2630. I got myself a Nokia 9300 communicator, my brother got himself an E61i. my girlfriend also left no stone unturned... she got herself a Sony Ericsson Z610i.
I got me a Canon digi cam (its a 3.3 but i got a nice setup)
New eye-glasses - increased number but its new all the same!!!
This last month has been very expensive for our family in toto
But it does not matter, its amazing all the stuff we have !!!!
Ever thought about this?
Ever thought about this??
Why do people die for money - even I do.... but then still why do people run after money....
Forget that for the moment - what started this entire craze for money???
In the before (goddamn Orbit ads in India) - Man stayed in caves, grew what was needed to eat and survive, lived very rudimentary lives. Then came the era of specialisation (why is specialization so important - when everyone can be self sufficient - which is what everyone aims at right now anyway - confused individuals)
Specialisation meant that every man knew how to do one thing only - which meant that (assuming, I was alive in the cave era) I would be good at only growing vegetables or hunting and that I would gather enough meat or veggies for the entire clan (yea we were a sticky lot even then) and then if someone else was good at cooking or stitching, then I would "exchange" meat for clothes and stuff. Still no money.
We were content and there was no anger or tension then...
Then suddenly somebody discovered Gold and it was "awe"-some. It was perceived to be of so much value, and it became freely exchange-able with anything. Whether it is the meat I collected, or the veggies grown by my neighbour... thus started money... lazy bastards, all of them went out to go collect the gold, and then started the whole stream of I WANT MORE THAN THE GUY NEXT DOOR, I KILL YOU!!!!
Then people wanted to create a quantifiable method of measuring gold to convert into services (stitching, washing) or products (meat, veggies etc). Fast forward to 17th century
People want cars, lights, big houses, more land to grow veggies, and people to service their every need and I mean EVERY need...
The concept of Money and luxury are unknown to me. I feel that it is practically useless... and come to think of it... if some asshole did not discover gold, then we would have no pollution today... can you make the link??
Please comment....
Why do people die for money - even I do.... but then still why do people run after money....
Forget that for the moment - what started this entire craze for money???
In the before (goddamn Orbit ads in India) - Man stayed in caves, grew what was needed to eat and survive, lived very rudimentary lives. Then came the era of specialisation (why is specialization so important - when everyone can be self sufficient - which is what everyone aims at right now anyway - confused individuals)
Specialisation meant that every man knew how to do one thing only - which meant that (assuming, I was alive in the cave era) I would be good at only growing vegetables or hunting and that I would gather enough meat or veggies for the entire clan (yea we were a sticky lot even then) and then if someone else was good at cooking or stitching, then I would "exchange" meat for clothes and stuff. Still no money.
We were content and there was no anger or tension then...
Then suddenly somebody discovered Gold and it was "awe"-some. It was perceived to be of so much value, and it became freely exchange-able with anything. Whether it is the meat I collected, or the veggies grown by my neighbour... thus started money... lazy bastards, all of them went out to go collect the gold, and then started the whole stream of I WANT MORE THAN THE GUY NEXT DOOR, I KILL YOU!!!!
Then people wanted to create a quantifiable method of measuring gold to convert into services (stitching, washing) or products (meat, veggies etc). Fast forward to 17th century
People want cars, lights, big houses, more land to grow veggies, and people to service their every need and I mean EVERY need...
The concept of Money and luxury are unknown to me. I feel that it is practically useless... and come to think of it... if some asshole did not discover gold, then we would have no pollution today... can you make the link??
Please comment....
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
My Favourite shows from the YesterYears!!!!
The Wonder Years
I love the running commentary and the expressions and the inane kiddish humour and the basic similarities i might have shared at some point or the other with my life in school!!!
The trailer:
Home Improvement :)
Another excellent serial that I miss :) - the idiosyncracies of a man lost in own machoism - but can bare it all to his only-eyes-will talk neighbour!!!
God I miss it
The Trailer:
Doogie Howser M.D.
16 year old boy genius delivers kid in the mall :)
young prodigy :)
great show this!!!
The trailer:
Mind Your Language
Oh the English language - anyway it is so complicated - in an effort to simplify it, Mr Brown meets people from various countries and walks of life who just go to no end to ruin it!!!! Oh the hilarity of the situation....
The trailer:
Johnny Sokko and his Flying Robot
I remember running home from school... All we had was DD and this was part of Fun Time along with a few others :)
The technical expertise by the Japs was worth the wait...
We would emulate Johnny and the Robot incessantly and it was a lot of fun - I miss this serial.. I miss my childhood
The Trailer:
Fraggle Rock
My aunt, my brother and I used to catch this on the weekends at her place when we had holidays - everything else would take a back seat for this show!!! oh we knew the title track for sometime - and now its just a blur - but the show is still a rocker :)
The Trailer:
AND this is not the end of the list but it sure is the cream of my favorite oldies :)
care to share your favourites???
I love the running commentary and the expressions and the inane kiddish humour and the basic similarities i might have shared at some point or the other with my life in school!!!
The trailer:
Home Improvement :)
Another excellent serial that I miss :) - the idiosyncracies of a man lost in own machoism - but can bare it all to his only-eyes-will talk neighbour!!!
God I miss it
The Trailer:
Doogie Howser M.D.
16 year old boy genius delivers kid in the mall :)
young prodigy :)
great show this!!!
The trailer:
Mind Your Language
Oh the English language - anyway it is so complicated - in an effort to simplify it, Mr Brown meets people from various countries and walks of life who just go to no end to ruin it!!!! Oh the hilarity of the situation....
The trailer:
Johnny Sokko and his Flying Robot
I remember running home from school... All we had was DD and this was part of Fun Time along with a few others :)
The technical expertise by the Japs was worth the wait...
We would emulate Johnny and the Robot incessantly and it was a lot of fun - I miss this serial.. I miss my childhood
The Trailer:
Fraggle Rock
My aunt, my brother and I used to catch this on the weekends at her place when we had holidays - everything else would take a back seat for this show!!! oh we knew the title track for sometime - and now its just a blur - but the show is still a rocker :)
The Trailer:
AND this is not the end of the list but it sure is the cream of my favorite oldies :)
care to share your favourites???
Monday, October 15, 2007
Lost in a Maze
Bhool Bhulaiya - What a fantastic concept. God bless Priyan for remaking it and being as truthful to the original as possible.
THE TRAILER:
The Movie:
Brilliant location - The 'haveli' was mind blowing... The setting was perfect, with great lighting and amazing weather to match (so it seemed). A few holes in the picturisation and the flow, but then otherwise good...
Musical timing: the score was decent, no holes... they cut one song from the screening, but it was not missed in the flow of the movie (so no harm done although it was one song I had hoped to watch)
Performances: Top notch performances from Vidya Balan (not just a pretty face after all) and Akshaya Kumar (appears to be loony) but great all the same... decent performance from Paresh Rawal (who took the 'I-am-so-scared' look a little too far), Amisha Patel was good, and Shiney Ahuja has bad luck being posted with leading ladies with a personality disorder in the movie. The poor chap is jinxed I feel...
But by far the best part of the movie is Vineeth (he has a nothing in terms of length role - but by far the most meaningful - and he is one graceful chap - even more than Vidya Balan). He is damn good at the role given to him, and is utmost importance for his miniscule role!!
Holes in the picturisation:
1. Why does Akshay have his sons name tattooed on his back, I mean if he is single, then why does he have a random guy's name tattoed on his back?? Is he gay?? Evidently not, since he asks for Amisha's hand in marriage at the end.
2. Scene when Akshay is talking to his 'Guru' - a spot boy in black teeshirt races across the left half of the screen in a vain attempt to get out of the frame!
Holes in the screen play:
1. The younger daughter of the big brother of the family, played by Manoj Joshi, has apparently been exposed to the spirit in the movie and has therefore lost her voice (miraculously returned at the end), yet, the movie from the second half speaks of only the leading lady having a personality disorder and no spirit, then how DID the daughter get affected???
2. The married couple were in the 'haveli' on the night before they were supposed to arrive, but then if they arrived at that time, why did they not go to the family home?? seemed kind of weird, but then who am I to assess this...
3. NO RICKSHAW WILL TRAVEL ACROSS STATES OR DISTRICTS (LEAST OF ALL FOR Rs. 13000 - even if they do why would anyone hire that??? what happened to the car service??)
Apart from that, not having seen the original Malayalam version with the National award winning performance by Shobhana, I feel the movie is spectacularly done.
THE TRAILER:
The Movie:
Brilliant location - The 'haveli' was mind blowing... The setting was perfect, with great lighting and amazing weather to match (so it seemed). A few holes in the picturisation and the flow, but then otherwise good...
Musical timing: the score was decent, no holes... they cut one song from the screening, but it was not missed in the flow of the movie (so no harm done although it was one song I had hoped to watch)
Performances: Top notch performances from Vidya Balan (not just a pretty face after all) and Akshaya Kumar (appears to be loony) but great all the same... decent performance from Paresh Rawal (who took the 'I-am-so-scared' look a little too far), Amisha Patel was good, and Shiney Ahuja has bad luck being posted with leading ladies with a personality disorder in the movie. The poor chap is jinxed I feel...
But by far the best part of the movie is Vineeth (he has a nothing in terms of length role - but by far the most meaningful - and he is one graceful chap - even more than Vidya Balan). He is damn good at the role given to him, and is utmost importance for his miniscule role!!
Holes in the picturisation:
1. Why does Akshay have his sons name tattooed on his back, I mean if he is single, then why does he have a random guy's name tattoed on his back?? Is he gay?? Evidently not, since he asks for Amisha's hand in marriage at the end.
2. Scene when Akshay is talking to his 'Guru' - a spot boy in black teeshirt races across the left half of the screen in a vain attempt to get out of the frame!
Holes in the screen play:
1. The younger daughter of the big brother of the family, played by Manoj Joshi, has apparently been exposed to the spirit in the movie and has therefore lost her voice (miraculously returned at the end), yet, the movie from the second half speaks of only the leading lady having a personality disorder and no spirit, then how DID the daughter get affected???
2. The married couple were in the 'haveli' on the night before they were supposed to arrive, but then if they arrived at that time, why did they not go to the family home?? seemed kind of weird, but then who am I to assess this...
3. NO RICKSHAW WILL TRAVEL ACROSS STATES OR DISTRICTS (LEAST OF ALL FOR Rs. 13000 - even if they do why would anyone hire that??? what happened to the car service??)
Apart from that, not having seen the original Malayalam version with the National award winning performance by Shobhana, I feel the movie is spectacularly done.
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Animal Speak
IF animals could talk to humans - in every day life situations - what would they say??
Scene 1:
Road Cow - a simple village road - two lane - speeding car - happy humans... suddenly out of nowhere a cow appears in the middle of the road!!! GODDAMN IT!!!! screaching skidding honking, the humans yell insults. Unmoved, the cow starts to slowly move to the side of the road. Happily chewing on its cud. The human is still yelling, no space for him to move. Insults like, "bloody animal", "slow creature", "bloody beef curry" and the like start to flow...
What does the cow say?? - "Bloody humans - in a bloody hurry all the time, cant even slow down. I am moving naa, not like i am standing in the middle of the road just to annoy. I liked the cool tar on my skin, and here he is irritating me. Bloody human"
Scene 2:
Human "walking" his dog!! Actually the dog is practically making the human, who is engrossed with his better half on the phone exchanging sweet nothings, run... all of a sudden the dog stops cold turkey, squats and lets loose his pile of shit!!! (he still has not started talking yet - ;-)) and the human caught unaware, steps into it.... FACHAAK!!! The human starts yelling at the dog, "bloody animal", "you have to stop in the way", and so on and so forth... POOR Dog!! (you think??)
What do you think the dog says?? "Stupid human - cant even look and walk, even i can side step a pile of shit... ur supposed to be walking me but here i have to take you around as if I am the one walking you, but then who would see the difference... I am just doing my business... this is how i do it... you be careful.. anyway you are so slow... bloody overweight oaf!!!!"
Do let me know if there are any other such thoughts!!
i know one thing, i am not going to take animals for granted, because although they dont talk, they are smarter than most humans,, maybe this one is you????
Scene 1:
Road Cow - a simple village road - two lane - speeding car - happy humans... suddenly out of nowhere a cow appears in the middle of the road!!! GODDAMN IT!!!! screaching skidding honking, the humans yell insults. Unmoved, the cow starts to slowly move to the side of the road. Happily chewing on its cud. The human is still yelling, no space for him to move. Insults like, "bloody animal", "slow creature", "bloody beef curry" and the like start to flow...
What does the cow say?? - "Bloody humans - in a bloody hurry all the time, cant even slow down. I am moving naa, not like i am standing in the middle of the road just to annoy. I liked the cool tar on my skin, and here he is irritating me. Bloody human"
Scene 2:
Human "walking" his dog!! Actually the dog is practically making the human, who is engrossed with his better half on the phone exchanging sweet nothings, run... all of a sudden the dog stops cold turkey, squats and lets loose his pile of shit!!! (he still has not started talking yet - ;-)) and the human caught unaware, steps into it.... FACHAAK!!! The human starts yelling at the dog, "bloody animal", "you have to stop in the way", and so on and so forth... POOR Dog!! (you think??)
What do you think the dog says?? "Stupid human - cant even look and walk, even i can side step a pile of shit... ur supposed to be walking me but here i have to take you around as if I am the one walking you, but then who would see the difference... I am just doing my business... this is how i do it... you be careful.. anyway you are so slow... bloody overweight oaf!!!!"
Do let me know if there are any other such thoughts!!
i know one thing, i am not going to take animals for granted, because although they dont talk, they are smarter than most humans,, maybe this one is you????
Monday, October 8, 2007
In Search of Satisfaction!
"In this life - one thing counts;
In the bag - large amounts..."
- Fagin (Oliver)
But my urge is not to pick a pocket or two... its just to find a nice balance in work, pleasure, happiness and satisfaction. Not necessarily in that order!!
I have for the past 3 years been on the look out for many things that can fully complete my basic necessities without over burdening me with more work, or giving me the dissatisfaction of being unemployed... I love to work, but then too much is just enough...
Colleagues all around are just dropping out of their current vocation to "take a break and figure out my life". I mean do you really need a break to figure out your life?? Its not a matter of state security. But then, in hindsight, it is in the best interest for emotional sanity (something I lack).
I look out of the window of my work space and see ships in various shapes and sizes, and then it dawns on me - I am a ship. I have been built for a purpose, to carry a load (be it biologically or emotionally) which I will dump eventually and pick up a new load.
Now its up to me how I can react to it. I could be happy that I have been given a responsibility and work effortlessly, because - lets face it; I am good -OR- I could crow around saying 'OH MY GOD!! SO MUCH WORK TO DO YAAR!!!'
And I wake up every morning and ask myself, will today be as good as I hope it will be??
How do you wake up?? Happily (I know everyone is groggy) or thinking I wish the world would come to an end...
Nuff Sed
In the bag - large amounts..."
- Fagin (Oliver)
But my urge is not to pick a pocket or two... its just to find a nice balance in work, pleasure, happiness and satisfaction. Not necessarily in that order!!
I have for the past 3 years been on the look out for many things that can fully complete my basic necessities without over burdening me with more work, or giving me the dissatisfaction of being unemployed... I love to work, but then too much is just enough...
Colleagues all around are just dropping out of their current vocation to "take a break and figure out my life". I mean do you really need a break to figure out your life?? Its not a matter of state security. But then, in hindsight, it is in the best interest for emotional sanity (something I lack).
I look out of the window of my work space and see ships in various shapes and sizes, and then it dawns on me - I am a ship. I have been built for a purpose, to carry a load (be it biologically or emotionally) which I will dump eventually and pick up a new load.
Now its up to me how I can react to it. I could be happy that I have been given a responsibility and work effortlessly, because - lets face it; I am good -OR- I could crow around saying 'OH MY GOD!! SO MUCH WORK TO DO YAAR!!!'
And I wake up every morning and ask myself, will today be as good as I hope it will be??
How do you wake up?? Happily (I know everyone is groggy) or thinking I wish the world would come to an end...
Nuff Sed
Sunday, October 7, 2007
Blogophobia
I have blogophobia - fear of posting reading material online... I fear I maybe ridiculed...
what cured me??? - the fact that I am ridiculed all along even in office :)
Would not really call it ridiculed - more like had fun at the expense of (in a good natured kind of way)
So I figured, if I can put up with that in reality, then ridiculing myself in front of a million odd people who may or may not know me is well not so scary!!!
now, the other thing that stopped me was the fact that I could not collect enough thoughts to actually sit down and post something ever so seriously !!! then it dawned on me - i am on email all the time.... even on my Nokia Communicator... so i could just jot down thughts and use them..
3rd thing that stopped me - the inclination to actually get down to doing it - aaahhh whose gonna sit down and go to my blog space and type out my thoughts - i mean apart from me - who cares!!!!!!!!!
anyway - i completely intend to over come this fear!!!
wish me luck
tc
what cured me??? - the fact that I am ridiculed all along even in office :)
Would not really call it ridiculed - more like had fun at the expense of (in a good natured kind of way)
So I figured, if I can put up with that in reality, then ridiculing myself in front of a million odd people who may or may not know me is well not so scary!!!
now, the other thing that stopped me was the fact that I could not collect enough thoughts to actually sit down and post something ever so seriously !!! then it dawned on me - i am on email all the time.... even on my Nokia Communicator... so i could just jot down thughts and use them..
3rd thing that stopped me - the inclination to actually get down to doing it - aaahhh whose gonna sit down and go to my blog space and type out my thoughts - i mean apart from me - who cares!!!!!!!!!
anyway - i completely intend to over come this fear!!!
wish me luck
tc
The Eternal Choice
Every now and then - people have to make choices....
some for wives, some for knives (lives here seemed to sidee)
some for cars, some for bars (the alcoholic types)
I was recently exposed to a real mind grating choice
Which laptop do I buy???
(I am still plagued by it)
I saw two possible options...
One is a Dell Inspiron 1420 (has rcvd rave reviews from various magazines and portals wordlwide.. and the other an HP pavilion "entertainment" laptop model 2401 TU.
Features wise both are similar... both offer me a nice battery backup, great storage, amazing graphics, excellent sound, and mind blowing value for money...
What do i DO - AAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH
roughly translated - I am going to be constantly in grief and regret for not having bought the other when it was available - hence....
Any one out help me get rid of my misery???
regards!!!
some for wives, some for knives (lives here seemed to sidee)
some for cars, some for bars (the alcoholic types)
I was recently exposed to a real mind grating choice
Which laptop do I buy???
(I am still plagued by it)
I saw two possible options...
One is a Dell Inspiron 1420 (has rcvd rave reviews from various magazines and portals wordlwide.. and the other an HP pavilion "entertainment" laptop model 2401 TU.
Features wise both are similar... both offer me a nice battery backup, great storage, amazing graphics, excellent sound, and mind blowing value for money...
What do i DO - AAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH
roughly translated - I am going to be constantly in grief and regret for not having bought the other when it was available - hence....
Any one out help me get rid of my misery???
regards!!!
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