Tuesday, August 08, 2006
Thursday, July 27, 2006
Last read - Goddess: Marilyn Monroe's Biography
About the book: Its a very detailed and well researched book about the life and times of Marilyn Monroe by Anthony Summers.
I am not into reading biographies...but when I saw this one on the shelves of 'BookWorm' a bookstore selling secondhand books, I decided to read up a bit on Marilyn :)
its an informative book....with info about the hundereds of people Marilyn seems to have slept with and The mystery surrounding her death.
I end up not really liking Marilyn and hating the Kennedy's !
anyway am now picking up 'Angel of Darkness' by Caleb Carr hoping this would turn out to be more interesting :)
I am not into reading biographies...but when I saw this one on the shelves of 'BookWorm' a bookstore selling secondhand books, I decided to read up a bit on Marilyn :)
its an informative book....with info about the hundereds of people Marilyn seems to have slept with and The mystery surrounding her death.
I end up not really liking Marilyn and hating the Kennedy's !
anyway am now picking up 'Angel of Darkness' by Caleb Carr hoping this would turn out to be more interesting :)
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Song of the week!
hm mm ...
magar lagataa hai kuchh aisaa, meraa hamadam mil gayaa
na tum hame jaano, na ham tumhe jaane
magar lagataa hai kuchh aisaa, meraa hamadam mil gayaa
na tum ...
yah mausam yah raat chup hai, do hoton kii baat chup hai
khaamoshii sunaane lagii, hai daastaa.
nazar ban ga_ii hai, dil kii zubaa.
na tum ...
muhabbat ke moD pe ham, mile sabako chhoD ke ham
dhaDakate dilon kaa leke, ye kaaravaa
chale aaj dono, jaane kahaa
na tum ...
Me thinks Hemant Kumar has a really supercool voice :)
magar lagataa hai kuchh aisaa, meraa hamadam mil gayaa
na tum hame jaano, na ham tumhe jaane
magar lagataa hai kuchh aisaa, meraa hamadam mil gayaa
na tum ...
yah mausam yah raat chup hai, do hoton kii baat chup hai
khaamoshii sunaane lagii, hai daastaa.
nazar ban ga_ii hai, dil kii zubaa.
na tum ...
muhabbat ke moD pe ham, mile sabako chhoD ke ham
dhaDakate dilon kaa leke, ye kaaravaa
chale aaj dono, jaane kahaa
na tum ...
Me thinks Hemant Kumar has a really supercool voice :)
Monday, July 24, 2006
Superman returns...
and I wonder why?? why did he return....why did i go watch it? yawn yawn yawn
Superman is a stupid superhero (Batman rocks!). I just cannot stand the bright and shiny Superman.
The movie has a crappy script and even Kevin Spacey cannot rescue the movie...just one saving grace for the movie is, where Superman saves Lois Lane (surpirse surprise) and safely lands a plane on a baseball field in middle of a game, so that the crowd can applaud him. its a fast paced scene, unlike the rest of the movie.
Go back Superman and do not show your face in the thetres again !!
Superman is a stupid superhero (Batman rocks!). I just cannot stand the bright and shiny Superman.
The movie has a crappy script and even Kevin Spacey cannot rescue the movie...just one saving grace for the movie is, where Superman saves Lois Lane (surpirse surprise) and safely lands a plane on a baseball field in middle of a game, so that the crowd can applaud him. its a fast paced scene, unlike the rest of the movie.
Go back Superman and do not show your face in the thetres again !!
Friday, July 21, 2006
How Green is your city?
I was on my terrace the other day...and just clicked. Mind you I stay in the heart of Bangalore and this is what surrounds me :)
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Friday, July 14, 2006
Current Mood: Irritated
People Accept meeting invites......and do not turn up to meetings.
People talk about movie plans and expect you to organise the whole thing, so that they can grace the occasion with their presence.
People do not respond to mails
People do not respond to the messenger, be it work related or personal.
Its friday morning and I am in a rotten mood. I would rather be at home with a book than have to deal with people !
If you are reading this on friday July 14th and you plan to
Call me
Talk to me
meet me
ping me on yahoo
Scrap me on Orkut
Just one advice: STAY AWAY!
People talk about movie plans and expect you to organise the whole thing, so that they can grace the occasion with their presence.
People do not respond to mails
People do not respond to the messenger, be it work related or personal.
Its friday morning and I am in a rotten mood. I would rather be at home with a book than have to deal with people !
If you are reading this on friday July 14th and you plan to
Call me
Talk to me
meet me
ping me on yahoo
Scrap me on Orkut
Just one advice: STAY AWAY!
Monday, July 10, 2006
Road ‘trip’ : Church Street
Koshy’s at one end and Planet ‘M’ at the other, ‘
Browse through books in ‘premier’ book store. A lovely, expensive place where one can buy first hand books. Despite being a book lovers paradise this has never been my favorite place.
‘Blossoms’ = Books for me , One can find the rarest of books for the cheapest bargains. I spend hours some Saturdays at this place. I have been told that ‘Select’ is a better bookstore for second hand books, I am yet to find it :(
Lunch may mean ‘Koshy’s’ for non veggies, ‘Angethi’ for the veggies or ‘Katti Zone’ for rolls :)
There is the ever present ‘
‘Bombay House’ for snacks.
Bowling at ‘Amoeba’ is most fun if one were to go in a gang of 5 or more!
Also ‘Barton Center’ has an entrance from Church street which means one can visit ‘13th Floor’ the pub that offers one of the best views of Bangalore or ‘Ebony’ a restaurant also on the 13th floor that offers an equally good view of Bangalore. However you need to be seated in the balcony for this.
‘Movie’ Review: XXX – State of the Union
Lol, Apparently this is an action movie…. I knew this movie was bad, but I wanted to see how bad it really was.
The worst movie I have ever seen in any language is ‘Ghosts of Mars’ starring Ice Cube.
When I thought Ice Cube could not do worse, he is in and as the ‘new’ XXX.
Well, a porn movie sometimes has a better plot and screenplay than this piece of shit that passes itself as a movie.
The movie has people walking about looking ‘cool’, with some rap music playing in the background, and these cool people go around saying ‘Save me the lecture’ or stuff along those lines and guess what ? The movie ends.
The movie has a hilarious climax where the ‘hero’ chases a bullet train catches up with it driving a sports car on the railway track!!
And yes ‘Ice Cube’ is an apt name for the fat, ugly guy, he is frozen alright.
If this is the ‘State of the Union’….it sure is a pitiable state.
Avoid this movie like the plague !
The worst movie I have ever seen in any language is ‘Ghosts of Mars’ starring Ice Cube.
When I thought Ice Cube could not do worse, he is in and as the ‘new’ XXX.
Well, a porn movie sometimes has a better plot and screenplay than this piece of shit that passes itself as a movie.
The movie has people walking about looking ‘cool’, with some rap music playing in the background, and these cool people go around saying ‘Save me the lecture’ or stuff along those lines and guess what ? The movie ends.
The movie has a hilarious climax where the ‘hero’ chases a bullet train catches up with it driving a sports car on the railway track!!
And yes ‘Ice Cube’ is an apt name for the fat, ugly guy, he is frozen alright.
If this is the ‘State of the Union’….it sure is a pitiable state.
Avoid this movie like the plague !
Monday, July 03, 2006
HIMMESH RESHAMIYA IS MY HAIR-DRESSER !!
A revelation at the Hairdressers on Sunday ! My barber resembles the 'Great' and nasal Himmesh Reshamiya.....
A beard , a jacket and a base ball cap to match. Starting a conversation with him got out interesting stuff.
He told me inside information like the song "Jhalak dikhalaja.....ek baar aaja aaja" was banned because the dead were responding to the song and getting out of their graves !! and all this with a straight face.
He soon stopped talking and started belting out popular Himesh songs and the transformation was complete :D
P.S: I hope my barber is not into active blogging, else my next haircut may not be very plesant looking
A beard , a jacket and a base ball cap to match. Starting a conversation with him got out interesting stuff.
He told me inside information like the song "Jhalak dikhalaja.....ek baar aaja aaja" was banned because the dead were responding to the song and getting out of their graves !! and all this with a straight face.
He soon stopped talking and started belting out popular Himesh songs and the transformation was complete :D
P.S: I hope my barber is not into active blogging, else my next haircut may not be very plesant looking
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
The dreaming spires of Oxford
This post is a result of a friend coming over to my desk and threatening me with dire consequences if I missed mentioning Oxford in my Blog, :P So here it is.
Oxford almost did not happen, we had been to Cambridge....and colleagues told us "If you have seen Cambridge then Oxford will fade away in comparison..", however an intense desire to cycle through the countryside complelled us to go to Oxford. (why Oxford??...well, Why not?).
After a week of rain, it was a glorious day and once we had the cycles...it was heaven ! Cycling by the 'Thames', just following the river upstream and then downstream, taking diversions into the countryside and then back into town....to look at the "Dreaming Spires", Oxford indeed is the most beautiful thing I have seen in England. Everything else, every other city/Town I had been to faded away in comparison to this beautiful university town.
My motivation to go to Oxford was for more literary reasons....Colin Dexter 'Inspector Morse' (one of my favorite fictional characters) solves crimes in and around Oxford!, Two of my all time favorite books 'Alice in Wonderland' and 'Through the looking glass' were written in Oxford. I was most happy that the visit happened :)
Whatever said and done, I think "Small Faces" say it best in their song "Itchycoo Park"
Oxford almost did not happen, we had been to Cambridge....and colleagues told us "If you have seen Cambridge then Oxford will fade away in comparison..", however an intense desire to cycle through the countryside complelled us to go to Oxford. (why Oxford??...well, Why not?).
After a week of rain, it was a glorious day and once we had the cycles...it was heaven ! Cycling by the 'Thames', just following the river upstream and then downstream, taking diversions into the countryside and then back into town....to look at the "Dreaming Spires", Oxford indeed is the most beautiful thing I have seen in England. Everything else, every other city/Town I had been to faded away in comparison to this beautiful university town.
My motivation to go to Oxford was for more literary reasons....Colin Dexter 'Inspector Morse' (one of my favorite fictional characters) solves crimes in and around Oxford!, Two of my all time favorite books 'Alice in Wonderland' and 'Through the looking glass' were written in Oxford. I was most happy that the visit happened :)
Whatever said and done, I think "Small Faces" say it best in their song "Itchycoo Park"
Over bridge of sighs
To rest my eyes in shades of green
Under dreamin' spires
To Itchycoo Park, that's where I've been
What did you do there?
I got high
What did you feel there?
Well I cried
But why the tears there?
I'll tell you why
It's all too beautiful
It's all too beautiful
It's all too beautiful
Thursday, June 22, 2006
Status report...
I am back home...feels good, a month long stay in London has made me wonder how people manage to settle down abroad...leaving ones country. When I was in there I was not homesick, nor was I lonely, I had a gang of friends and colleagues there, all the comforts (including a huuuuge room with a king size bed), but what was missing was India itself. Maybe as you read this you feel, this is some kind of stupid patriotism that I am talking about...well whatever you call it, I am glad I am back home :D
Music I am listening to
As I type out my post on a notepad, to be transferred onto the blog tomorrow...the time is 10:30pm on a cloudy wednesday night and I am listening to
The soundtrack of "The Phantom of the opera"....I watched the musical at "Her Majesty's Theatre" London. We got "Cheap" tickets 32 (pounds!!) for balcony seats (supposed to be the not so good ones, quite contrary to movie seating) but the performance was worth every penny! it remains etched on my mind to date, the music by Andrew Loyd Weber - brilliant, the sets - out of the world, the special effects- breathtaking. Truly an experience to cherish. My original plan was to watch a musical and a play (Agatha Christies "mousetrap" maybe) but the play did not materialise. Glad I got to watch the musical....better than watching a movie anyday
In sleep he sang to me,
in dreams he came . . .
that voice which calls to me
and speaks my name . . .
And do I dream again?
For now I find
the Phantom of the Opera is there
inside my mind . . .
The soundtrack of "The Phantom of the opera"....I watched the musical at "Her Majesty's Theatre" London. We got "Cheap" tickets 32 (pounds!!) for balcony seats (supposed to be the not so good ones, quite contrary to movie seating) but the performance was worth every penny! it remains etched on my mind to date, the music by Andrew Loyd Weber - brilliant, the sets - out of the world, the special effects- breathtaking. Truly an experience to cherish. My original plan was to watch a musical and a play (Agatha Christies "mousetrap" maybe) but the play did not materialise. Glad I got to watch the musical....better than watching a movie anyday
In sleep he sang to me,
in dreams he came . . .
that voice which calls to me
and speaks my name . . .
And do I dream again?
For now I find
the Phantom of the Opera is there
inside my mind . . .
Songs in my head....
Once I was the king of Spain
Now I eat humble pie
ye palatial palace that was my home
now I eat humble pie...
-'King of Spain' Moxy Fruvous
Heey Matilda Matilda Matilda
she take me money and run venezuela..
well the money was to buy me house and land
then she got a serious plan
hey matilda she take me money and run venezuela
- 'Matilda' Harry Belafonte
Now I eat humble pie
ye palatial palace that was my home
now I eat humble pie...
-'King of Spain' Moxy Fruvous
Heey Matilda Matilda Matilda
she take me money and run venezuela..
well the money was to buy me house and land
then she got a serious plan
hey matilda she take me money and run venezuela
- 'Matilda' Harry Belafonte
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Bush: Bloody Sunday
Monday, June 05, 2006
In Greenwich
Like most places in UK Greenwich is not pronounced as it is spelt (I wonder why this is so) Greenwich is pronounced as 'Gren-itch.
I had to visit the place where the longitude is 0 0...the place where time begins...
This is a wonderful little town an hour by the boat cruise that we took or 30 mins by Bus. Lovely Gardens surround the "Time line". it also has a beautiful market that sells all kinds of things :)
the timeline !
View from the hill
Open market at Greenwich
I had to visit the place where the longitude is 0 0...the place where time begins...
This is a wonderful little town an hour by the boat cruise that we took or 30 mins by Bus. Lovely Gardens surround the "Time line". it also has a beautiful market that sells all kinds of things :)
the timeline !
View from the hill
Open market at Greenwich
River Cruise down the Thames
We wanted to get to Greenwich and decided to take the boat there !! it was wonderful indeed...
Thursday, June 01, 2006
Friday, May 26, 2006
Da Tag.....
Neha tagged me
1. Grab the book nearest to you, turn on page 18 and find line 4
"But style is one thing and idiom another" from the introduction pages of Homer, Odyssey (thats the one closest)
2. Stretch your left arm out as far as you can.
Soft Pillows
3. What is the last thing you watched on TV?
A stupid serial called 'Sugar Rush' for about 10 mins 24 hrs ago.
4. Without looking, guess what time it is?
11:05 pm GMT
5. Now look at the clock, what is the actual time?
I know you wont believe me but it is 11:05pm GMT !! ok maybe 11:06 pm
6. With the exception of the computer, what can you hear?
The Vehicles that go by (not many though).
7. When did you last step outside? What were you doing?
AAt 7 pm headed for "Belgo Centraal" a Belgian restaurant for dinner and drinks.....am composing this post after consuming
Margarita:1unit
Beer: 2 Units (read Pints)
Shots: 4 units
Schnapps: 4 units
8. Before you started this survey, what did you look at?
My Orkut page.
9. What are you wearing?
A River Kali adventure camp T-Shirt and Track Pants.
10. Did you dream last night?
Cannot Remember.
11. When did you last laugh?
30 mins ago when I saw my project manager drunk and dancing down the street :D.
12. What is on the walls of the room you are in?
The fire escape safety instructions of "Buckingham Hotel" and a print of the "Red Fort"...
13. Seen anything weird lately?
Sure. I saw a very weird thing on TV called 'Big Brother's house'.
14. What do you think of this quiz?
Interesting.
15. What is the last film you saw?
Mission Impossible - III.
16. If you became a multimillionaire overnight, what would you buy?
British Museum (well maybe I could afford one of the tinier rooms).
17. Tell me something about you that i dunno.
At present I am using my bath tub to wash my clothes and my hair dryer to get them dry !!
18. If you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt or politics, what would you do?
The World is just right. Thank You.
19. Do you like to dance?
I love to. Cant stop
20. George bush.
Yuck.
21. Imagine your first child is a girl, what do you call her?
Draupadi (I have a wild imagination).
22. Imagine yout first child is a boy, what do you call him?
Major Major Major Major (have u read 'Catch 22'?).
23. Would you ever consider living abroad?
No, I am in London at present...but would rather be back home in India :)
24.What do you want GOD to say to you when you reach the pearly gates?
Yo ! whassup brother from a different mother.
25. 4 people who must also do this meme in their journal.
Krishnan, Simi
1. Grab the book nearest to you, turn on page 18 and find line 4
"But style is one thing and idiom another" from the introduction pages of Homer, Odyssey (thats the one closest)
2. Stretch your left arm out as far as you can.
Soft Pillows
3. What is the last thing you watched on TV?
A stupid serial called 'Sugar Rush' for about 10 mins 24 hrs ago.
4. Without looking, guess what time it is?
11:05 pm GMT
5. Now look at the clock, what is the actual time?
I know you wont believe me but it is 11:05pm GMT !! ok maybe 11:06 pm
6. With the exception of the computer, what can you hear?
The Vehicles that go by (not many though).
7. When did you last step outside? What were you doing?
AAt 7 pm headed for "Belgo Centraal" a Belgian restaurant for dinner and drinks.....am composing this post after consuming
Margarita:1unit
Beer: 2 Units (read Pints)
Shots: 4 units
Schnapps: 4 units
8. Before you started this survey, what did you look at?
My Orkut page.
9. What are you wearing?
A River Kali adventure camp T-Shirt and Track Pants.
10. Did you dream last night?
Cannot Remember.
11. When did you last laugh?
30 mins ago when I saw my project manager drunk and dancing down the street :D.
12. What is on the walls of the room you are in?
The fire escape safety instructions of "Buckingham Hotel" and a print of the "Red Fort"...
13. Seen anything weird lately?
Sure. I saw a very weird thing on TV called 'Big Brother's house'.
14. What do you think of this quiz?
Interesting.
15. What is the last film you saw?
Mission Impossible - III.
16. If you became a multimillionaire overnight, what would you buy?
British Museum (well maybe I could afford one of the tinier rooms).
17. Tell me something about you that i dunno.
At present I am using my bath tub to wash my clothes and my hair dryer to get them dry !!
18. If you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt or politics, what would you do?
The World is just right. Thank You.
19. Do you like to dance?
I love to. Cant stop
20. George bush.
Yuck.
21. Imagine your first child is a girl, what do you call her?
Draupadi (I have a wild imagination).
22. Imagine yout first child is a boy, what do you call him?
Major Major Major Major (have u read 'Catch 22'?).
23. Would you ever consider living abroad?
No, I am in London at present...but would rather be back home in India :)
24.What do you want GOD to say to you when you reach the pearly gates?
Yo ! whassup brother from a different mother.
25. 4 people who must also do this meme in their journal.
Krishnan, Simi
Thursday, May 25, 2006
Cambridge
A beautiful old town 1.5 hrs train ride from Kings Cross, London.
The rain did not dampen our spirits:)
The rain did not dampen our spirits:)
Sad
I was in office...and I could not help but overhear a very senior guy say "I am ok to visit any of the offices, but I will never go to India...just cannot"
What a pathetic piece of s**t.......
What a pathetic piece of s**t.......
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