SMS policing

On 30th December
Sender : "Mr paranoid"
Text:
Plz Dont go to any crowded place. 6 terrorists are in the city and 4 of them are human bombs. just came on NDTV. So plz be alert. spread the msg plz..

On new years eve (31st Dec)
Sender: Blorepolice
Text:
msg From Police Commisioner Blore City - There were no untoward incidents in blore. Info about terrorists planning to attack the city is a rumour. Pls dont panic.

World Sunlight Map

This is coooooool :)

Happiness

I begin to realise that happiness is an extremely relative term.

Some people attain a certain level of happiness by owning a Ferrari others attain the same level of happiness just standing by the window watchin the rain.

So is the secret of a content life, the ability to bring down our happiness threshold?

Would one who does so be perceived as being unambitious?

Would a person who has discovered the secret to a content life be bothered about perceptions of others?

Is it the same with sadness....I think so.

TAKING LEAVE OF A FRIEND

-Li T'ai-po (translated by Ezra Pound)

Blue mountains to the north of the walls,
White river winding about them;
Here we must make separation
And go out through a thousand miles of dead grass.

Mind like a floating wide cloud,
Sunset like the parting of old acquaintances
Who bow over their clasped hands at a distance.
Our horses neigh to each others
as we are departing.

Song of the week

Paap: Laage tumse mann ki lagan
Somehow listening to this song, evoked a sense of intense sadness in me. An emotion I am not very used to. Superlative.

Music review: Rang de Basanti

After being fed on a diet of songs by Pakistani artistes(many of them quite good), here is an Album that is truly indian in flavor.

A.R. Rehman has come up with a wonderful album againThe Title Track, though with punjabi beats, sounds fresh.

'Tu Bin bataye' is wonderfuly haunting, this one reminded me of Enya's 'May it be' from LOTR.

The soft 'Khoon Chala' and 'Luka Chupi' are nice as well.

Rehman experiments with 'Lalkar' an inspirational chant.'Khalbali' which sounds like an Arabic number, is decent but not upto the mark.

However, the crowning glory of the album is definitely 'Rubaroo' and the more popular and peppy 'Paath Shaala'.
"talli hoke girane se, sikhi humne gravity...." go the lyrics of PaathShaala

Neat album overall :)

Movie : Equilibrium

Well, did not expect much from this one, though it gets a decent rating of 7.7 in IMDB, I did not find it 'awesome'. It was good, but then again I may be biased, as it has Christian 'Batman' Bale in the lead role.

The action is super-cool, especially the gun-fu moves, close calculated combat with a hand gun. Neato. A watchable movie. Better if you are a Christian Bale or an Action fan (who is'nt?):)

Resolution

I do not make New Year resolutions since I believe that one does not have to wait for the 1st of Jan to resolve. However here is one...

Bring a smile to someones face, make someone laugh out aloud, make someone feel nice, make someones day.

This is what I resolve to do. Its a simple resolution, thats not so simple to keep up. But trust me its fun :)

If you are reading this, I hope you add this to your list of resolutions too.

W.B. Yeats

Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths,
Enwrought with golden and silver light,
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
Of night and light and the half-light,
I would spread the cloths under your feet:
But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

2005

Top Movie(s) of the year

Batman Begins
Madagascar


Best Advertisement

Times of India 'Prakash Mirajkar selected'commercial.

Dissapointments of 2005

B'lore infrastucture, Traffic and Crime Rate

Bangalore to become Bengaluru and no serious opposition


Highs

Airport road flyover construction resumes (whew!!)

Laloo out !


Personal highs

Got into 'ThoughtWorks', arguably the most sought after company back in college :)

MBA

All the Mad-Ads performances

All the Jokes cracked

All the new friends met


Personal Lows

Seperation from a very special person.

Batman - DC Comics

Batman has been my favorite supehero, The Supermans and the Spidermans all possess Superpowers that help them fight evil.
Batman on the contrary is a normal human being, who has decided to fight crime.
Everything is dark about these comics, the atmosphere, the character, the Villans, Gotham City itself.

Batman's Character is one of the most complex characters one can come across in Comic Books. Like Batman says in 'Hush'
"Deep down I know Superman is a good guy, I also know that deep down I am a Bad guy! "

Haunted by nightmares and a feeling of guilt about his parents' murder by a criminal, Bruce wayne decides to become something that he fears the most, a "Bat".

When one reads Batman, one can sense, how close Batman is to becoming the same thing that he is fighting against.

I have been reading the Batman Collection.
So far have read
Dark victory
Year one
Hush

"Year one" by Frank Miller and Joseph Loeb is the best, and the Movie "Batman Begins" is loosely based on this.

The only shortcoming, I see in the Batman Comics is the use of Superfriends - like Robin, DarkWing, Oracle, Batgirl, Huntress etc etc

This dilutes the powerful characterisation of batman.

However the Batman remains and will remain my Superhero !!

Who is your favorite Superhero?

I am an MBA !!

I got a very boring 65.84% in my final sem MBA. Boring because, I have been getting 65 - 67 % in my first 3 sems. Not complaining but yaaaaawn !!

Anyway as with everything that happens, there are positives

I am an MBA now :)
I have given all the exams, do not see myself studying for another set of exams

O Captain! My Captain

- Walt Whitman (1819–1892). Leaves of Grass


O CAPTAIN! my Captain! our fearful trip is done;

The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won;

The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,

While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring:

But O heart! heart! heart!

O the bleeding drops of red,

Where on the deck my Captain lies,

Fallen cold and dead.


More...

A wonderful radio station

I came across PANDORA, on Dharampal's blog, before you say "well its another music cast", just check it out, all you need to do is give an artist or a song title and your station will play you songs that are similar to your selection, works wonders as you get to discover new songs. Try it.

The year(?) that was...

In a matter of a week we will be in 2006 !! The Cliche goes that "Time Flies" but one must agree it is so very true. I feel like it was very recently that I got into MBA, but now I realize that not only have I completed my MBA, but also am a couple of months away from completing a year at ThoughtWorks.

The Year has gone by in a blur. Its been a joy ride full of fun, lots of ups and few downs.

Another Cliche goes on to extend the previous one and goes " Time flies fastest when you are having most fun"

Looking forward to more years that will go past in a blurrrrrrrrrrrrr :)

Cannot resist....Another song of the week :)

Well this one would be the song of t he month for me :)

Smash Mouth- Shrek OST- 'Im a Believer"

This one rocks....

In the Jungle.....

Was listening to the Lion King soundtrack, and came across "In the Jungle....."

:D This brought back so many old memories, we had sung this for a party where Jungle was the theme, and boy did we have fun !!

This makes it my Song of the Week!!

Cricket....sweet pain !!

Last Saturday, Played cricket for 4 hours flat !! spent the week feeling like I had been run over by a truck :) Muscles that i did not know existed, announced their annoyance at not being used, so much so that even laughing out aloud caused pain (and laughin is somethin i do regularly....)

Ah the sweet pain :)

Played 3 hours of cricket again this saturday, and the pain i was expecting never came :) looks like I am fit again (ya right !!)

Weekend Movie: Bluff Master

Well, I went and watched BluffMaster, did not expect much. Was pleasantly surprised :)

Its been inspired by, "Ocean's Eleven" and "The Game", but a good hindi Adaptation. Good songs, great one liners, Nana Patekar has all the good lines.

A good movie to watch :)

The Silence...

Why, have I not been blogging ?? Well the reason is that am going through one of the most difficult periods of my life. I wonder if I shall ever overcome it. But I know that I shall not change and life will go on :D

"Whatever happens, happens for the best!" remember?