Passive

Boredom and the absence of any activity has left me rather irritated. The flurry of social lunches and dinners have only burnt a hole in my pocket and made my clothes tighter. Neither of the results induce any kind of positive feeling. I went for a play last Sunday which turned out to be pointless; I was looking forward to Rockstar, which also turned out to be useless. My constantly decreasing motivation for photography has made me close that chapter as well. And I have spent almost a whole quarter like this....

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Rockstar has good music. It has the Delhi winter and a few shots of my college. Ranbir Kapoor has done a rather good job.  He has acted well, he is looking good, and has given the movie the little strength that it has. But the actress, the dialogues, and the narrative were so ordinary that they managed to kill the movie for me. Completely! And I am yet to see a Hindi musical which doesn't try too hard to connect the dots. 

Sadda Haq should not even have featured in the movie. It brought down the intensity of the song simply because it was placed out of context. 

Few Hindi movies play with guilt, and I really wish that Imtiaz Ali had picked someone who did not just have a pretty face. Nargis Fakhri... aargh!!

I had similarly looked forward to Mausam in September. I did manage to appreciate it far more than Rockstar, but it certainly left me yearning for more. In fact, the romance in the movie completely engrossed me. The cinematography was brilliant, Shahid Kapur looked good, and even Sonam Kapoor was tolerable. But I cannot ignore the fact that the movie was quite stupid in parts. And utterly idiotic towards the end. But I think I can watch it again merely because of the innocent romance. It was nice. 

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On a different note, my mind has been thinking of a mute poem the last few days. When life and everything around you seems poetically strung but it silences you in a strange way that you cannot tell if it is good or bad, positive or negative; just something unsettling, something worth your emotions.

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If dinners at Taj and meetings with some people seem as worthless as they do, I wonder if power is an aspiration worth nurturing and taking stress for. 

........now hoping to make the last few weeks of the year useful. 

Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara

I watched the movie last night. Did not tweet about it because I had a lot more than 140 characters in my mind. I did not write about it here earlier because the watch took priority. :) And now I am late for my beloved sleep. As I type, I am contemplating whether or not to elaborate already. 

...so I give in to the temptation.

I watch a lot of movies, but felt this one needs to be registered somewhere. It had the romance that I mentioned a post ago. I could feel it through the characters and the narrative. It was simple - the minimalism in expression was touching. It wasn't groundbreaking cinema, but worth a watch for some good editing, cinematography, and bloody hot men! I thought the movie would be a treat because it has Abhay Deol. But Hrithik Roshan playing a real person (unlike the Dhooms, Krrishs and Akbars) was appealing too. And I did not know that my favourite Naseeruddin Shah was playing a part too. On a different note, it was good to see Deepti Naval in the movie. 

It has suddenly started raining outside. :)

The Peepli Weekend

This was a long weekend. Mostly nice. On Thursday, I got the mind-numbingly expensive knee support that the latest doctor prescribed. It is my last hope to save the surgery. It helps me walk. Almost as much as I want to. So, on Friday afternoon I set out for a shopping bonanza to test it. Not only could I walk, I could walk fast (just the way I like to), and I was on my feet for close to two hours. This injury has been one of the many humbling experiences of the recent past.

I bought things that excite me most after silver jewellery. Bags!! Yes, plural. You can consider it a lottery. Moreover, the peace that doing such things alone gives evens out the madness. Therefore the word 'bonanza'. :D

The evening had a Teej-related dinner at someone's place. Highlight of the rather annoying gathering was the fact that an absolutely unrelated oldie located far, far away from here sent me personalised blessings. Felt good.

On Saturday morning I spotted a hot-looking guy at the hospital. Perks of an injury which takes you to places visited by fit people who play sports and get injured too. :P

I got home to learn that family had booked tickets for Peepli Live. What a movie! Beautifully made, edited with precision, awesome details, and a wonderful take on the horrible situation in the country. And of course, God bless Indian Ocean! Never thought Des Mera could also take such a filmi turn.

Saturday also saw my hair looking so killer(!) that I fell in love with it all over again.

On Sunday, Independence Day, I decided to hear what that prime minister had to say to us. It had been several years since I either watched the Red Fort programme or heard anyone give speeches the way it happened in school. It was so unfortunate to listen to the uninspiring Dr. Manmohan Singh use words that were literally used by Hindi teachers back in standard 5th. I say this because the nation is also in not too different a state since 1995 (on several levels). His speech was defensive for crying out loud! It was politics, not nation-building. Previous night's Peepli was flashing in my head as I heard him go on about one yojna after the other. Nonetheless, I still celebrated independence with extended family through rest of the day. Good food, long drive, bowling, camera flashes, and some smiles. :-)

I had followed the first three seasons of Indian Idol and always thought that a singer better than the winner got left out. But justice happened in Indian Idol 5. I am glad. :)

I expect the next one to be The Freedom Weekend. Hope to tell you why.

I Want New Clothes

I have lost count of the number of movies I have watched alone at a theatre. While it is no big deal for a lot of people who do the same, it sounds odd to those who have never thought of it as an option. The reason why I am writing about it here is that I 'inspired' two people to do this routine over the past ten days. :D Yes, we must applaud for Ranjan Atreya and Nidhi Bhardwaj. *whistles*

The irony though is that Inception and Aisha - the movies they watched - are still on my to-watch list. Before you judge me for mentioning the two movies in the same breath, I want to tell you... I know. I do. So, don't bother. :)

And I will assure you right here that I won't go for that 'We are Family' shit. I won't ruin my birthday.

I watched Wake up Sid on television today. I like Konkana Sen Sharma. And I like Ranbir Kapoor. And I oh-so-like Rahul Khanna. When the movie released people told me not to waste money on it and I listened to them. But I kinda liked the movie. Maybe because I did not pay for it, but it was a decent evening spent. Especially liked the bit where Aisha is made to realise that the real her deviates from the perception she had of herself. Nothing ground-breaking, but the fact that it was so real a feeling had a genuine connect.

I had a crush on Nagesh Kukunoor once. And not just because he makes good movies. But I am wondering why he has made this wannabe-looking movie with John Abraham in it. Do you know why?

House arrest for multiple reasons is worse than house arrest for a single reason. I feel I am losing out on too much in life these days. So much so that I might just fail at making that year-end list of new things I do every year. I used to joke that among all the firsts, 'my first surgery' would be for the back. Guess I was wrong. This is naaaauuut fun.

On another note, I wonder what is it with men exposing their vulnerability and me getting attracted instantly. From experience I say that it is a very dangerous zone to play in. But what fun are insensitive, closed guys? The funny thing though is that these insensitive guys have a way of exposing their vulnerability. And that one's even more attractive. Gah!

The last few years made me feel that it was okay to be a bitch. I was wrong. I now know because life is being a bitch and I am not liking it. However, since it is hard to change now, I can put it differently. It is more fun when you have another bitch to share things with. Life's a good friend. *pukes*

Evolving Amongst Contradictions

I have stopped rushing in the mornings. It's a nice feeling.

I was a misfit in a world of the smartest kids, and I am a misfit in this pool of morons too. Searching for a place where I might belong.

Being on a 'different' tangent made me feel like I am lot more of an individual worker than a team player. But the truth is just the opposite. I think a good team can add to your confidence, your thought process, level of interest, and a lot of other things that you might individually never be able to attain.

I am sure now that I cannot stay in one place for long. Short stints keep me happy. However much I may resist change, I know it always does me good.

I now also know why I have been feeling disconnected from everybody here for a while. It is because I do not get to see any other faces. At all! Residential is all right, but residential outside of planet earth makes you hate human beings. So, I may love you like crazy, and feel attached like I cannot live without you, but just the fact that I cannot give myself a break from you drives us all insane!

As of today, nothing gives me a high like travelling does. It's the best form of addiction I have picked from this life I have lived here, and I am hoping that irrespective of where I go from here, I manage to carry on with it.

I have written umpteen times on this blog about how cleaning everything around me makes me happy. But I think it has gone a step further by giving so much peace that it is almost heavenly. Taking out the trash is like hand-picking all the negative elements - men, sloth, jealousy, etc - out of your life. It's bliss.

When Vera Farmigia called George Clooney a parenthesis in her life, in the movie Up in the Air, it got me thinking. It got me thinking how my painfully inappropriate use of parenthesis in language, and its translation in personal life, both are equally obscene. And while I am completely aware of it, I feel almost helpless because I never know how to fix this problem. I end up making the same mistake over and over again, and parenthesis become a reality.


Why so serious? I do still drool over Clooney and that killer eyebrow of his! :D

Experience of a Lifetime

Here on campus we have a culture of screening movies in the auditorium every week. They range from award-winning work to popular stuff from across the globe. As you may expect, the popular stuff always has a bigger audience (including me).

This week's movie was Andaz Apna Apna. Social media got exploited in the best form - what with people's status messages on Facebook buzzing and the college intranet having constant updates too.

The auditorium regularly sees full occupancy because of random mandatory seminars. Seminars through which we nicely sleep. But the movie experience is different. The last time I saw madness there was during the screening of Dev D.

But last night...
The auditorium was almost full. People got packs of chips to eat through the screening. We had early dinner to ensure that we're there on time. Usually screenings begin at 10 p.m., but Hindi movies begin earlier because the hostel deadline of midnight needs to be factored in.

Aamir Khan's entry on the bicycle, Juhi Chawla's adaayein, Salman Khan's 'uyi ma', Aamir's 'hayi la', Crime Master Gogo's ghagra, just the name Bhalla, Teja's 'humara Bajaj', and almost every single scene with the audience delivering the dialogues in chorus, had us all in splits!
We sang along throughout. Be it 'do mastane chale zindagi banane', or 'ye raat aur ye doori', people knew every word with every sound effect!!

Karisma Kapoor's wardrobe was also a unique laughter point in itself. Phew!

This white thing even had pockets! :D :D

I don't remember a movie experience as crazy as this one! And I am sure nothing in future could beat it either. Some things are never to be missed. I am so glad I went for this one! :-)

Random tales this January

This deserved a mention a month back - when I came back to campus for this term, I had two people giving me Fuchsia presents. While Ruhi gave me a kurta that has fuchsia flowers on it, Priyam got me a perfume that's named Fuchsia. Now that's what we call branding! :D :D

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I love Marks & Spencer for the formals they make! And I cannot emphasise on this point enough. It's as if the rest of the world believes that I come from a different planet with a strange body type. M&S took my measurements while I was sleeping and came out with size 14!
God bless them!

I also got stranded in the basement of a mall today. Why? Arshad Varsi and Vidya Balan were there to promote Ishqiya, and people were going berserk. I didn't even see Vidya Balan. Just heard people go Vidya 'jiiiii'! But this is one movie I am looking forward to. I just hope that it's as good as the movies that Vishal Bhardwaj directs himself.

I watched Toy Story 1 and 2 (3D) today. Yes, I am graduating slowly. From hating animation to loving Sid to finding parts of these movies quite funny, I like the initiation of the process. :D

This guy was entertaining!

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Sometimes I think I am emotionally very stupid. I feel disconnected from a lot of people who are genuinely nice to me. That, I believe, is a cause and consequence of my obsession with the handful of people I like to like. And it's not like I don't like this other set of people, but I can't go around loving-shoving them. It becomes awkward at times.

I almost cannot live without Avantika, Prashant and Sahil today. All three for different reasons. But looking at my past I so know that these sets of people also keep changing as life changes. Today, even imagining not having them around gives me the chills. But there are so many other people also I have had to get over. People I loved just as much. Ok, I don't know why I am writing this!
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I am finally slightly comfortable with Pune roads. Now I can figure routes a tad bit better. It's annoying to imagine that it took me so long considering that I like to believe that I am fairly decent with navigation. But you know that I live in a village outside of the city, right?

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Lohri this year was just as much fun as last year. The campus comes to life with all the punjabi tracks and dance!


I was just thinking that I looked exactly the same as I did on Lohri last year. Not fun! Suggested makeover?

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Taking somebody's advice and going to sleep a little early today. So, until next post... tada!! :-)

Movies Happen Now

In 2nd year of college, I remember, I was kicked by the fact that I watched more than 12 movies at the theatre. That, because my parents didn't take me out for movies too often when I was in school, and I personally also was never too interested in watching all kinds of movies. I only watched popular stuff.

One thing that has not changed since then is the fact that I am not too much into movies. Few things interest me enough to either sit in front of my laptop or go all the way to a theatre to watch a particular movie. The theatre here is an even less attractive option simply because the closest one is too far.

This post is here today because this time I have watched 12 movies in the last one month itself! Yes, 12!! Two at a theatre, one during the weekly screenings of the campus, one during a random screening in class, and the rest on my laptop. Pretty incredible I say!
This would mean that I have a lot of free time on me nowadays. It is not quite that. Two things which have led to this are: too much rain for me to spend any time outside of the hostel (if not in class) .Secondly, internet connectivity has been an issue on my floor for the past couple of weeks. So I am often left without any options. But it's been quite ok so far. I watched a few of the very popular movies. The ones that got people to raise their eyebrows when I said I had not watched.
Here's a list of those movies.

Lost in Translation
Ice Age 3
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Into the Wild
The Hangover
Pursuit of Happyness
Kamasutra
He's Just Not That Into You
Mixed Doubles
PS I Love You - Didn't watch it in entirety. Was too depressing.
Angels and Demons
12 Angry Men

Next I will watch Pulp Fiction. I had started it one day but had dozed off while watching.

Most of it is thanks to the intranet. I know I would never have gotten to watching them if it wasn't for the uncalled for multicasts on the IP.

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Happiness Initiatives

I watched Ice Age 3 yesterday. And I am glad that it is just as good as the previous two parts.
It was after really long that I was excited about a movie. Of course, the fact that there were no movies releasing while I was at home cannot be ignored. But still, it was nice to realise that my excitement was not unjustified. The movie was brilliant.
The past couple of weeks in this city have been a little annoying 'coz something or the other keeps screaming out loud that it's a small city. Now I don't know why even an Inox or an Adlabs didn't screen it in 3D. It was soo made for a 3D experience! :(
My official love through the movie (excluding Sid who is anyway the cutest) was Ray Romano. Loved his series on TV, and love his voice here too!



After the movie, friends and I went to McDonald's. Happy Meal toy of the day was Ice Age 3 stuff!!! So I got Manny, a tumbler with the dinosaur landscape on it, and one ice-cream maker. :D Happppy!!

I also finally bought a happy yellow bag. I'd been wanting one for a couple of months, and yesterday I finally spotted the perfect one. Rs 350 only! :D :D

I also finally planted my croton. It is super-pretty and I love it!! Swetha named it 'Dhaniya'. So Dhaniya it is from now on. :P


P.S. - Dhaniya's picture another time. :-)

This deserves a mention

This afternoon I was sitting with a couple of people in the conference room when I could not help but interfere in their conversation. For the context, the youngest amongst us was Siddhant who has just completed first year of college and is also interning there. My guess is he is at least five years younger than me.

So, I'm not your regular movie buff/ avid reader/ passionate listener of music/ or crazy idiot box lover. Therefore, I usually steer clear of conversations about this stuff even though they are all over the place. But I was so bored today that even though I heard them say things like, 'oh, it's so gripping', and 'I've reached episode 16', and so on.. I still asked them what they were talking about. They said: The Mahabharata. To clarify further, I asked if they were talking of some animated version. They proudly pronounced that it was the original, B.R. Chopra version that they were watching. I couldn't help but smile. Actually, I just managed to control a laugh. For once I knew the stuff people were talking about. I spent several Sunday mornings watching that series with family as a kid.
It was really amusing. I never thought a day like this would ever come. Or at least so soon. Same generation as me?!
They were surprised that I knew about the epic. To confirm, Siddhant asked me if I knew who Kunti was. I laughed! It's silly, but I felt so cool sitting with four people who looked at me in the same awe with which they were talking about the series. Teehee!! And of course, I also knew who Nakul and Sehdev were. :D I was almost tempted to tell them what will happen next. (As if it was a thriller movie we were discussing!) I am not sure if you are also finding this funny, but it is pretttty amusing in my head. :)

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Also for the record, I watched two movies this past weekend. It's almost a feat achieved. One was 'Lost in Translation'. I couldn't figure why it was nominated for awards et al. I just kept thinking of Whose Line Is It Anyway through several scenes.
The other movie I watched was 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind'. I liked Jim Carrey in it. Other than that, since it is such a talked about movie, I do not have an opinion of it. Another post, another day on that phenomenon.

Uh oh

I watched Ghajini today. Feel like writing my opinion here, but I'm adding a disclaimer: most people around me feel that I have no taste in movies.

It is a 3.5 hour experience in the hall, so choose wisely where you sit. That is if you get a ticket.
If you think violent scenes don't make you happy, skip it.
If you want to appreciate good lighting and smart shots with precision, you should really keep the violence as second priority.

And once you watch it, please come back and tell me why in almost 2009 we need a story on ugly looking villain (thick gold chains and gold tooth) with uglier men by his side killing the hero's heroine and the hero taking up revenge as his sole motive in life? Did we not get enough of those through the '90s? Or is it that my assumption that Aamir Khan tries to make intelligent movies is incorrect? No doubt he acted very well, especially in the second last scene where he does complete justice to the expression of 'revenge'. But what happened? A police officer just walks into the criminal's home alone, hits him with a baseball bat, ties him up and starts reading his personal diary? A medical student can really be as stupid as they showed? Actually yes, I watched the last episode of Roadies on MTV. There was a dumb BDS student there too.

One of the main problems I had with the movie is that it does not have a good flow. Things have been done just to keep it going. The inter-linkaging between past and present is bad.

A lot of people will not agree with me because most of the audience today applauded in the end. I'm guessing they liked it. Yes, it's not as crude and gross as the '90s movies that I referred to, and it's not as if you feel that you wasted your money on it, but I expected better stuff.


PS - I thought we were done with bloopers like different handwritings of the same person in two scenes. The funny thing was that it was not even two different bad handwritings. One was pretty and the other a mess. :O

I want to be rich

Two uber hot bags at Kudos today. One of them the happiest form of green. It was a degree hotter than what your imagination tells you. The other is what was gifted to me. I wanted both. BOTH!!
Someday I shall buy the functional AND the fashionable things together.

Store the gyaan for some other post, please.

Today I was on a flight that had a female pilot. I got some strange kick out of the situation. Yes, I AM still straight.
And does Air India have leg room or what! Loved it. The old air hostess aunty was a shock as well.
Btw, Terminal 1A at IGI will probably remember me for a while now. I am their Mortein girl. Yes, my buddies in my room need a heavy dose of it and I had decided to carry it from home. Authorities decided to not let me carry it in my hand luggage. So I was made to go out and put it in my other baggage. Yes, that bag had gone for boarding. So I went with a Mr Sharma - on the way explained to ten different uncles and aunties that I live in a jungle and Mortein is important - and finally succeeded. Then a new boarding pass, security check again, and a complete round of conversations with more security fellows who all had some distant relative or the other studying in Pune. One recently got placed with Birla. Incredible, innit? :) But I am just glad I had enough time to go through the entire drama.

Also, I have not had such a sore throat in ages! I sound like a duck and my throat has barbed wires inside. Not nice. :-/

I watched Singh in Kinng and was it fun or what! Go watch it if you can appreciate raw and loudPunjabi way of things. Or simply for the love of Akshay Kumar, man. He is just brilliant. And may I please inform you - PVR Cinemas are making truckloads of money from this movie. 45 minutes of screening ads between the scheduled beginning and actual beginning of the show. Beat it.

I had also watched Jaane Tu.. (yes, finally) last week. Dunno what the hype was about. Really don't.

Ok now I need to go. Another frikkin test to study for. Tada!

P.S. - This post was originally to contain only the first para. Therefore the title. But of course.

Just not liking it!

I finally attained enlightenment on that superbly irritating IBIBO - don't be a balti campaign thanks to a friend. It is supposed to be competing with Photobucket.com ! My god! I am a user of photobucket, and still it never struck me. I wonder if ANYbody got it. :-/

I also watched the second half of Om Shanti Om today. Farah Khan should be shot in the head. It is not even brainless entertainment. It is plain brainless stuff. And yes, horrible horrible lighting. :-/

Rannvijay used to be cute five years ago. Whatever makes him dress so wannabe-ly now?! :-/

Why the f*** is it so humid here in June?! :-/

That perfume shop opposite Keventer's in CP now has all the perfumes I may like. Yes, Nike's there too. And several hundred bucks cheaper. As of now I want to hope that it's fake stuff. If not, then I am definitely shopping from there in future. :-/

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He's left. I cannot even say I don't know what to do because there is nothing I can do. For the nth time - change sucks! IT-JUST-SUCKS!!
Two reasons why I need to get out of here asap - 1. Otherwise I will go mad thinking about him. 2. Otherwise my already enough bloated-up body will explode.
But again, there is nothing I can do to leave earlier. Now I am just hoping I leave without further delay.

Tomorrow is Friday, the 13th. I have never really bothered about it in the past. I wonder why I'm itchy now.

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I love Radio Mirchi for the creep called Sud that they created. Not as much for his jokes as for the numerous wonderful moments he gave me.

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Why do deserts miss the rain?

Cricket, Movies, and More

As most of you know, I am part of a large Punjabi family. Lots of bhaiya-didis, chacha-chachis, and so on. Last weekend we had a lunch at my place. Apart from all the fun talks, the day's IPL match was also being followed. I made a request - please let's all go watch a match at Feroze Shah Kotla. So the boys discussed, one of them made a jugaad, and they decided that they can get hold of some corporate box passes for the match scheduled for 17th May. I repeated, please take us - the girls - along too. "Ok ok, we'll see." And well, whadyaknow -- the pigs didn't want to take us along. 6 of them! Could not take three girls with them. And nobody had the nerve to say no in our face either. Because then we'd obviously have tried to get tickets on our own. Can't blame some of them actually, but certainly the ones arranging stuff!!
So I was cursing left, right and center since Friday morning. Come Saturday morning, and the girls were obviously bummed and bugged because of the whole thing. And oh, they were all going to gather at my place first, and then head off to the stadium. :-| So, we had to do some thing!! The most convenient - lunch and movie. I wonder why it's summer break all over and no good movies around. We finally managed to find a show at Satyam, Patel Nagar for Khuda Ke Liye. And I am glad I went! The movie is almost a must-watch. Except for a couple of people who did not know how to act, and maybe the pace of the movie, everything else was brilliant. The story, the research that must have gone into it, the cinematography, the direction.... everything!! [Aside: I was noticing the lighting too. :P And it was SUPERB!] The bad thing on the part of the theatre though - they had turned off the subtitles. The Urdu was obviously hard to comprehend. One of the actors was super-cute too. :) On a more serious note, I wish more people have the inclination to watch it and to understand the issues that the entire world is faced with because of some loony brains (Yes, can't find a more frivolous adjective to describe them). It's sad.

Coming back to the original story. At 2 in the afternoon, when it was hot like crazy, I made a wish - I hope it rains and pours and pours in the evening. :P And when we stepped out of the theatre at around 7:30 p.m. - muhahaaaa!!! Rain gods were listening. And what good were the six buggers if they couldn't even get the home team to win. Yes, I'm Punjabi, but Delhi's home. So I was supporting the Daredevils, and not Kings XI. Anyway, a highly useless loss. But I am just happy that the Knight Riders also lost their last match. :D

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One more thing that I need to write about is the Metro again. I wrote to them after my last post about them. They took time, but they did respond. And again, very politely and sweetly. I was rather impressed. And the work's finally been done. Thank you very much.

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AND again, my cartoon boyfriend is the best cartoon in the world. The teddy-est person ever!! :D :D :D

When The Weather Is High

So, the first real weekend after the first week at work, and I was all set to live it up! Saturday morning, at 9 o' clock I stepped out of my house and felt that maybe I should cancel all my plans and run back home. We (Delhiites) talk about heat all the time but Saturday was crazy! 45 degress celsius!! And I, being myself, was still out the entire day! And all over Delhi. First I went to Campus. Not that I had any real work; someone else wanted to go and I thought it'd be nice to feel the place again. But what I felt was just fireballs dropping on my poor skin.

It was also a friend's birthday, so I couldn't come back home. We had lunch plans. So I was back to the south, went to Pizza Hut after really long and had some good food. But it was the dessert that made me forget all about the heat. Hot chocolate cake with perfect chocolate sauce and vanilla ice-cream with it. Aah! (Sorry, I've forgotten the name of that thing. It was Ivory and something something.) I don't know if any of you remember, but it was the same set of people with whom I'd completely checked-out a super-duper hot guy at Costa Coffee last year. Sadly enough, now that we were all single, we couldn't spot any hot guys this time! :(

Did see some extremely weird men though. And I shall not even get into describing them.

Lunch lasted a little longer than expected and so I got a little late for the next set of friends with whom I had to catch a movie. Ocean's 13 this time - one of the many thirds of a trilogy that have come out this season. Again, this was a let down too. I mean, George Clooney still remains hot but the movie loses its subtlety. There was nothing spectacular in the way they executed their plan and Al Pacino was also just okay-ish.

I felt like my social self after really long this Saturday. After stepping out of the theatre, I kept running into acquaintances from all over. It was fun.

Hung around with friends for some more time and reached home at about 7:30 p.m., only to go out for dinner with family. The day was perfect...the only spoilsport being the heat.

Also turned out that of all the people from college who've gone 'corporate', it's only me who's so busy already. People don't have work! But I guess it's better to have something to do than to stare blankly at computer screens.

Sunday morning was my best driving session till date. After what had happened last Monday, I had not touched the car for 5 days and was quite sure that I'd never be able to drive. But thankfully I went back more confident and drove well. My turns were smoother, I had better control of the car, and I was happy. :)

This was followed by a late breakfast at American Diners which was a rather eventful outing. Now I know what the fun in making men feel jealous is like. He could not stop glancing towards me and Varun and boy did I enjoy myself or what! :P ;)

From there we went shopping for Varun's girlfriend but did not buy anything. I came back home for a nice nap and went out in the evening again. This time it was to shop for myself....all expenses sponsored by my dearie brother! :D

The mall looked more like a mela, and the queue outside all trial rooms looked like railway reservation counter queues. I'm so sure I'm not going shopping on a Sunday evening again. But I did manage to get a few shirts for myself....and two of them are in different shades of green. :D :D

I had thought that I'd behave myself in office but who was I kidding! People already know me for my beautiful language, my sad jokes, my so-called uncontainable never-ending laughter sprees, and of course, my volume levels. But never mind! I have absolutely no issues being the entertainer. :))

It got quite cold in office today and all my arguments about how the temperature is very well maintained there got washed away. :/

I know that the length of this post will not validate this...but it was a fuck-tiring day. And that because I didn't work today. Sitting through presentations (FOR 8 HOURS!) is such a bloody irritating thing! MS PowerPoint should just die!

Life In A Metro

I watched the movie Life in a Metro today and quite liked the way all the characters were defined. Each one of them was very real, the stress that they were under was visible and the things that they did made sense. Ranjit was a downright chauvinist and KK Menon did such a brilliant job (as always) that I wanted to go and slap him right away. Yeah, I have the tendency to get carried away with movies and books but even so. Shilpa Shetty’s character was projected in a nice non-judgmental way and the credit for that goes to the makers for sure. There were people who thought that she did the right thing in the end and there were those who thought otherwise, and the way it was left open-ended made it intelligent.
All the actors except Dharmendra did a fairly good job and I...well, enjoyed is not the word...but I did not mind the movie. The music and the band are fab, although the director over-did the showcasing of the band with every song.

A good enough time-pass.

Bheja Fry

A day that started on a hyper note – sleeping at 0130, waking up at 0500 and then setting and resetting alarms every 10 minutes till 0700 to catch just a little more sleep.
So, with just a little sleep I could hear some buzzing in my head just before the exam. Not a good sign, I hardly ever do that to myself the night before an exam, but I had no option.
At 0900 I was handed such a royal paper that I wanted to walk out of the room within 15 minutes ‘coz I was sure that I would have to repeat the paper next year. This had never happened before! I consoled myself by thinking about all my friends who were in the same situation. Made myself sit there and write. There was a fan in the room that was making a lot of noise and I had told Ritika (the girl sitting behind me) before the exam that when we won’t have anything to write, we’ll just listen to it creaking. I did that for 25 minutes. Ugh! Ugh ugh ugh!

Falling and tripping, I think I am growing up to be a clumsy woman (my biggest confession on this blog). So I tripped on an escalator today, thankfully I was still down, and broke my favourite chappal. Had to live with that damned thing for so many hours (and a little bruise too. :( ).

But I am also learning to take care of myself. I’d like to believe that my fight against my moods is going good. So I decided to go for a movie considering that I have a decent gap before the next exam. Today being a Saturday and Ma being home, I could not possibly have gone alone so I put on my favourite red skirt (taking care of a mood, remember?) and took her along. Bheja Fry!

Bheja Fry has one of the best comic duos that India has today. They started with Channel V, if I am not wrong and have featured together several times – Vinay Pathak and Ranvir Shorey. They, along with Rajat Kapoor, Milind Soman (looked hot!) and Sarika made my day. I don’t remember seeing a better movie than this in ages. I don’t know about technicalities but I know that I have never laughed in a theatre the way I did today. It was outrageous! If you think Khosla ka Ghosla was good, I’d say this is three times better. Vinay Pathak is definitely the man of the movie! It’s about him, it’s his. AWESOME! Classic stuff! And the best thing about it is that you don’t have to leave your brains home unlike for the stupid movies that have started coming and becoming ‘superhits’ too. Plain, clean comedy – that’s what it is.
It’s a must-watch for anyone who wants to have a good laugh.

And now I am going back to have some ‘economic development in my sleep’.
Tada!

AB Again

So what if Gurukant Desai didn't look hot? He looked cute in his younger years. And the man has some personality to be what he was!

I liked everyone's acting in the movie. Ms To-be-Bachchan was also ok. Approved!

And Bachchan of course is still hot. :P