When Khrushchev was sacked, he gave his successor two letters.
Khrushchev told him, "When you get in a tight spot with not knowing what to do, open the first envelope and follow the instructions you find in that letter. And if you find yourselves in such a situation again, then open the second envelope, and follow the instructions in it."
And it was not long before the successor found himself in his first leadership crisis. And he opened the first envelope as told by Khrushchev. It read, "Blame everything on me." He did it and behold, everything was fine and he was able to save his face...
After some time he found himself in another jam. So he opened the second envelope. The instructions in that letter went like this, "Sit down and write two letters..."
Superb, right?
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Saturday, July 21, 2007
What matters...
... is the ability to stand up and be counted when it matters the most! And there are a lot of people in this world who are not able to do that many times! And I love a lot of them irrespective of the fact that they have the aforementioned flaw...
Indian cricket team and Argentine football team - two sides of the same coin. Both has plenty of talent, plenty of promise and at times takes you to cloud 9 just to throw you back on the lap of mother earth(?), too poetic??? Err, just trying a little too hard at writing well, I guess!
So, what we were talking about is these two enigmatic teams in the world of sports...
Argentina just got thrashed at the hands of bitter rivals Brazil, who seems to scrap through everything to win the ultimate prizes. Whole world who followed this Copa America were dead certain that Juan Roman Riquelme has fulfilled the task for which he came out of retirement to don the blue and white stripes again. But what mattered was that the Argentine team did not believe so or may be a more willed team broke their dreams...
Whatever may be the reason, it is high time they believe in themselves as I can't find a more talented team anywhere else in the world. I hope we are able to see those hay days of Argenine football once again back and shining...
Bring it on, Argentina...!
Indian cricket team and Argentine football team - two sides of the same coin. Both has plenty of talent, plenty of promise and at times takes you to cloud 9 just to throw you back on the lap of mother earth(?), too poetic??? Err, just trying a little too hard at writing well, I guess!
So, what we were talking about is these two enigmatic teams in the world of sports...
Argentina just got thrashed at the hands of bitter rivals Brazil, who seems to scrap through everything to win the ultimate prizes. Whole world who followed this Copa America were dead certain that Juan Roman Riquelme has fulfilled the task for which he came out of retirement to don the blue and white stripes again. But what mattered was that the Argentine team did not believe so or may be a more willed team broke their dreams...
Whatever may be the reason, it is high time they believe in themselves as I can't find a more talented team anywhere else in the world. I hope we are able to see those hay days of Argenine football once again back and shining...
Bring it on, Argentina...!
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Seabiscuit...
Yes, I am back with "Seabiscuit". I am feeling pretty good now. Are you wondering like, "yeah we know, continue with the blog!". Hmm, that means you did not read my previous blog. Read it, and you will understand what I meant by that sentence...
So class, we were talking about "Reservoirs and their sideeffects on nature". I know, I know, that was a poor joke. What to do? When I am happy, the 'PJ-index' in my language goes up...
Seabiscuit is a little bit slow at the beginning. We feel like it is some sort of documentary thanks to the frequent visits of our narrator. And it also does not help that stories at three different places are shown intermittently. We will not be able to understand too much from those initial sequences. But as in the case of any literary classic, we have to be patient before giving our verdict. But then classics have their fame which will make us go through those initial chapters...
ok, the synopsis of the story goes like this. A horse, which is not a good racing horse in terms of physique or looks, which goes on to become the best horse in US. And while it does that, it helps patch up the lives of three men whose lives were getting miserable day by day.
But more than the plot, which is very good, I liked the love which is projected through out the movie. The love in the eyes of the trainer for a lame horse. The love of the owner's wife for the Jockey's misery. The love of the owner for the jockey, the horse and the trainer etc. I am failing miserably to describe the feelings they had for each other...
The movie just captures whatever we want to see in this world, love, care and above all, hope!
Brilliant, to say the least!!!
So class, we were talking about "Reservoirs and their sideeffects on nature". I know, I know, that was a poor joke. What to do? When I am happy, the 'PJ-index' in my language goes up...
Seabiscuit is a little bit slow at the beginning. We feel like it is some sort of documentary thanks to the frequent visits of our narrator. And it also does not help that stories at three different places are shown intermittently. We will not be able to understand too much from those initial sequences. But as in the case of any literary classic, we have to be patient before giving our verdict. But then classics have their fame which will make us go through those initial chapters...
ok, the synopsis of the story goes like this. A horse, which is not a good racing horse in terms of physique or looks, which goes on to become the best horse in US. And while it does that, it helps patch up the lives of three men whose lives were getting miserable day by day.
But more than the plot, which is very good, I liked the love which is projected through out the movie. The love in the eyes of the trainer for a lame horse. The love of the owner's wife for the Jockey's misery. The love of the owner for the jockey, the horse and the trainer etc. I am failing miserably to describe the feelings they had for each other...
The movie just captures whatever we want to see in this world, love, care and above all, hope!
Brilliant, to say the least!!!
Monday, July 16, 2007
La Vita e Bella..!
Didn't get what it meant? I bet you did! Yeah, it says, "Life is beautiful..!".
There are a lot of feelings that we get when we watch a movie, we laugh a lot, we feel angst, we feel tension and at times(?) we cry..! There are a lot of movies that shows the good things in this world, like "Love Actually", which is just a feel good movie. There is nothing much in that movie other than different types and kinds of love.
There there are some movies that also shows the good things in this world, but amidst not so good situations. The best example is the movie with the name same as that given in the title...
I like watching these movies more than seeing too much of action or violence. This does not mean that I don't like such movies. I watch them with as much interest as the afore mentioned kind. But I prefer to watch the first type...
Sports Movies, the ones based on some real life story of at times imaginary stories, inspires me a lot..! I wanted to write about such a movie that I saw half an hour back "Seabiscuit"...
Strange name, right? But then the strangeness in that name itself gives out a clue about what sport it is dealing with. Yes, you are right! it's a movie about Horse racing and the title is the name of our "Hero" horse...
Oh, got to go! Duty calls! Will come back and complete this!!!
aargh! am not feeling so good... at times mind gets too heavy. I guess, it's because weekend is going to end..! :-) So, I will write about Seabiscuit some other time when I am feeling good...
There are a lot of feelings that we get when we watch a movie, we laugh a lot, we feel angst, we feel tension and at times(?) we cry..! There are a lot of movies that shows the good things in this world, like "Love Actually", which is just a feel good movie. There is nothing much in that movie other than different types and kinds of love.
There there are some movies that also shows the good things in this world, but amidst not so good situations. The best example is the movie with the name same as that given in the title...
I like watching these movies more than seeing too much of action or violence. This does not mean that I don't like such movies. I watch them with as much interest as the afore mentioned kind. But I prefer to watch the first type...
Sports Movies, the ones based on some real life story of at times imaginary stories, inspires me a lot..! I wanted to write about such a movie that I saw half an hour back "Seabiscuit"...
Strange name, right? But then the strangeness in that name itself gives out a clue about what sport it is dealing with. Yes, you are right! it's a movie about Horse racing and the title is the name of our "Hero" horse...
Oh, got to go! Duty calls! Will come back and complete this!!!
aargh! am not feeling so good... at times mind gets too heavy. I guess, it's because weekend is going to end..! :-) So, I will write about Seabiscuit some other time when I am feeling good...
Saturday, July 07, 2007
Spirit of Youth!
There is a community called, Make A Difference Cochin in Orkut. And it seems like they are doing a lot of good things like going to some orphanages and teaching them. I just want to congratulate the people who are behind this wonderful movement. This just shows that there are plenty of things that we can do with our lives for the betterment of society around us. I just wish, I could be a part of this.
The link to that community is http://www.orkut.com/Community.aspx?cmm=15031757. Do visit that community!
The link to that community is http://www.orkut.com/Community.aspx?cmm=15031757. Do visit that community!
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