Movies

I watched 'An Education'. It is beautiful!
Carey Mulligan is amazing. She did a great job and the Oscar nomination was worth it.

Incidentally I also watched 'The Blind Side'. It was good.
Sandra Bullock did a decent job. Somehow, the movie did not touch me. Maybe, it's the Indian ethos.. taking in a street kid is very common. Infact, my dad being a teacher, I lost count of the number of children that stayed at our place - some of them for months together.

Probably that's the reason why it did not seem like an 'out-of-this-world' act of kindness for a rich family to take care of a black kid. Nevertheless, the Oscar bosses felt she deserved the golden statuette.

I watched Julie and Julia. Both Amy Adams and Meryl Streep were amazing. Infact Meryl Streep knocked me out (as ever) with all the mannerisms, idiosyncrasies of Julia Child. She did an amazing job as ever. But I guess it is a usual habit of the Oscar guys to nominate her (along with Helen Mirren) every year. Like - "Oh!.. let's not forget our default nominee - Meryl". 16 Oscar nominations!! This women gives all the actors (both the men and women) in hollywood a run for their money with her talent.

I haven't watched the 'Last Station' and 'Precious' yet. Strangely, 'The Hurt Locker' has been available for the last 2 weeks and I can't get myself to watch it. I have this very strong feeling that I would be disappointed!! ..

Humble Pie..

The year 2010, at least until now, has been a lot of 'eating humble pie'

Goals not reached .. I tried, but when was 'just trying' enough??

I always believed.. Blood doesn't necessarily make someone family. We always choose our family. This year I'm waiting to say 'Yes!.. I'm right'

In the last two years I met some incredibly giving, kind people.

Last year I met someone who could be one of my business partners.

This year, I learnt a new lesson. It helped me grow up. So far So Good!

The first quarter of the year is almost over. I hope the coming nine months bring some new triumphs. But, you know what?... I'm not afraid of learning lessons.

Let's see how it goes!

Replacement..

I had a funny call today morning.

An acquaintance/friend of a friend called up. He knew I was starting something. A few months ago he had different plans about his career. He wanted to take a break from work and and go back to school.

But, as things dint work out, he decided to change careers and find something new. So far So Good! He asks me what I'm working on. I just give him the barest of details, cause I'm not ready to talk about the startup - It's still in the research phase.

When I give him the general idea, he says he would like to be on the team. (Okay.. Good!.. I like your enthusiasm!)

Then, he goes on to say it's gonna look good on his resume when he applies next year - (Let me get this straight.. You "would like to be on the core team of my startup" and tell me that it's gonna look great on your resume next year when you apply to B-school again.. all this in the same breath!?)

How funny is that!... And you want me to go back to my team and say "Hey guys..We have somebody who wants to really work with us.. uh!.. just for an year.. as it looks good on his resume!"

Oh, btw I watched 'Confessions of a Shopaholic'

I'm starting to fall in love with Amy Adams after Enchanted, Julie & Julia, Doubt.

We finally have a new, 'real actress ' on the block :)

Random..

Yesterday a friend was complaining about the number of rifts between married couples these days, and I couldn't help wondering if she was right.

She told me an interesting story. One of her girlfriend's has been married for the last 5 years. The couple already have a cute little daughter. But the husband and wife had a big fight when he felt that she was not being true to him. I can't cover the whole incident here. But let me tell you, it boils down to lack of trust and insecurity.

After discussing about that, my friend told me something very beautiful. Her dad and mum were a happily married couple until recently - until her dad passed away due to Cancer.

In her own words, "My dad was the head of the family, but my mum had the last word!.. always! My dad respected my mum to do things her way. Sometimes, when he had to get some groceries from the shop down the street, he would insist that my mum come along. He loved to do everything together with her, He wanted those walks and arguments with her. This is how it was until he was bed ridden with Cancer. Where is that old school romance gone? Our generation has so many places and resources to hang out as a couple. But these days people cant get over their egos and insecurities.."

I could do nothing but wonder who I'll be with.. Talk about wishful thinking!!

Oh, btw Last week I checked up something on the dictionary and it made me happy!

I checked out the meaning of the word EMOTIONS.. yeah you got it right!.. emotions

Somewhere, deep down, a doubt - Am I emotional or not?? And is my right to 'Not share every instinctive feeling' with somebody right or not?

So my favorite online dictionary - Dictionary.com defines emotions as below(No.. I don't check out Oxford/Cambridge/Webster)

emotions :

1. an affective state of consciousness in which joy, sorrow, fear, hate, or the like, is experienced, as distinguished from cognitive and volitional states of consciousness.

2. any of the feelings of joy, sorrow, fear, hate, love, etc.

Yes!.. Yes! .. Goddamn it! I am emotional!... I feel joy when I discuss new ideas. I feel fear when I start implementing one of the projects, I hate it when things slow me down. I love it when I dream :)

I am happy I made peace with myself about something which has been nagging me at the back of my mind.

I watched Julie and Julia. I loved it!...

Somebody finally said the words, which I have been fearing to say, to escape the 'unhealthy eating', 'reckless, fattening habits' tags...

IS THERE ANYTHING BETTER THAN BUTTER?

I completed my first Sigma Force novel - Black Order. It was amazing, at least until the end. The pace of the book was so fast... uff .. I literally ran along. Friends thought that I was going mad with the number of times I said "Oh Shit!.. n "F**k" during the novel.

On the more lighter side, I completed reading P.G Wodehouse's 'Uncle Dynamite'. I read it at a very slow pace ... "Pongo, My boy, Don't hurry it.. It will come to you" :)

As usual, P.G. Wodehouse is always bright, funny... like the warm sunshine which makes you breath in lungs full of fresh air, adds a lithe to your step and makes you say "What a nice day"

Where are you?

Situation: X and Y plan to meet up/ X is waiting for Y. Now Y doesn't turn up at the expected time. So X calls Y to check where he/she is. When I say 'where' - I mean exactly that!!! 'WHERE'

The following are some of the answers I get...

Question: Where are you?

Ans 1: Here!! Just coming (You Idiot!... I'm waiting.... I need to know until which point you have traveled!...)

Ans 2: In the Auto (Ans 2 generally given by the fairer sex!... I dint ask what mode of Transport!..)

Ans 3: 2 minutes/ 5minutes .. I'll be there! (I dint ask how much time I'll have to wait... and for the record I have been waiting for more than 2o minutes before I gave you the bloody call! So you better tell me 'where are you'... not how long I'll have to wait!!)

Ans 4: With the rest of the gang (Holy mother of God!... I know you are with the rest of the gang and I'm at the bloody ticket counter waiting like a moron!!.. Where are you?... not Whom are you with!!!)

Ans 5: So so Sorry!... I'll be there in a minute (Apologize when you are here buddy!.. and why do I get the feeling it'll take more than minute!?)