Hmmm, let's see if I can write a movie review... And when you write a review it is very easy to criticise. But that is not the reason why I selected this movie as the subject of my first review ever, I mean a written one. This is just a stunt to fill something in this blog of mine as I have not posted anything for a long time. I am not getting any other good subject to write over, what to do? Oops! Now I got one, anyway since I have started on this, I will continue. I hope it is not a crime to post two blogs in a single day, so that I can post one more...
The movie Don starring Shah Rukh Khan and directed by Farhan Akhtar (A personal favourite) released here yesterday. And me and my roommate thought it would be better to watch it on the friday itself so that we don't waste much time on the precious saturday and sunday. So we went straight from the office to the theatre with the laptop bags hanging on our shoulders. There is a funny side to this laptop bag. For mine, it does not have a laptop inside. I am in two minds to write it here or not. What the h**l!! I usually carry the laptop bag to carry my lunch box, my notepad and some other documents that are needed. Yeah, go ahead and have a nice laugh!! :-(
So we caught the Fremont train which goes in other direction than that to our daily destination Daly City. What? No, I was not trying to be rhyming, it is the real name of the place where I stay, 20 minutes away from San Francisco by train. So after spending around 45 minutes in the train, we reached Fremont. We had another plan also to buy some Indian groceries. But by the time we came out of the theatre, the store was closed. I know, I know, I am supposed to write the review. Hold on, Please!!!
So the show for DON is there at every hour since it is a multiplex. so we reached there by 6.40 and decided to go for 7.00 PM show. After standing in the queue when I reached the counter came a shocking news. The ticket for DON is available only for 12.00 AM show. I was not sure what to do, and I came out of the line. If we are going back without watching this then it will be another 6 hours' exercise to come and watch it again. But there was no other way. So we decided to watch Jaan-E-Mann by Akshay Kumar and Salman Khan. Was hoping that atleast there would be some comedy in it. What else to say, two people who came to see the most hyped movie of the year are being forced to watch a movie that I had not even heard about. With a heavy heart I went to the screen #7 which will be screening our movie...
Suddenly a crooked idea struck me. I was in two minds, whether to go ahead and do it? I was afraid of getting caught in the process also, which will be a shame to the company for which I am working. Its motto itself has the phrase "Driven by values". But as I am more selfish at times, I decided to take the chance. The thing about multiplexes is that once you are inside, you can go ahead and watch the movie in any screen. It once happened in bangalore that with the ticket for Rang de Basanti, I went and sit in a theatre screening 'Goal'. I realized this after seeing the movie for 5 minutes only. Till then I was thinking that this was a trailer. I ran out of the theatre to the correct one and luckily the movie had not started...
Oops, I think I am deviating from the topic again. So I went and sit in the screen#3 along with my friend and was praying to god that the seats don't get filled. Like that the first half an hour of the movie went by and I could not enjoy the movie as I was completely tense. Then I realized that the seats will not get filled. But why??? Was it because the people who had done the online reservation could not make it in time? Or was it a trick from the theatre people to get some people to watch other movies also. because they are quite sure that people will come back to watch DON again. You never know what was the reason for the seats not getting filled. So I consoled myself saying that I had paid money to watch the movie, so there is nothing wrong with what I did. Or was it wrong? I don't know!!
Regarding the review, I could not get a good review from any site to copy paste. So please bare with me. I will be more prepared next time when I am writing a movie review :-). But one thing has to be said, Farhan Akthar did really well to make some one like Shah Rukh Khan look so stunning and Stylish. Hats off to you, Farhan!!!
Sunday, October 22, 2006
Monday, September 11, 2006
Las Vegas!!!
First long weekend in US and no prizes for guessing where I spent it. And literally it is the place if you want to 'spent' something, one's time or money! Here one can get anything in this world that can be bought by money, even if they don't have mastercard. They just need money...
It was a very gruesome trip, had to travel for around 12 hours in car, that too without much sleep. You know what, it is not a problem for me, even if I don't get sleep for 3-4 days. Don't believe it??? May be I am not as much good with telling lies as I am with sleeping. And had to endure the same 'torture' on our way back also. Since it was a long weekend, it was like all roads were leading to LV. And we even had traffic jams...
The most important gain of this journey was to get a hand on "how to ride car in US". If not practical, at least I learned some theory lessons. The concept of freeways, exits, ramps and the importance of Google Maps and a Navigator. If you don't know, Navigator is a guy who sits beside the driver to help him to be on track and at times to be awake...
We reached there at around 3 AM and immediately came the first uppercut on the chin. This doesn't mean that there are more uppercuts to follow. The hotel, in which we had our booking, declined of having made any such reservations. Luckily, my friend had the support phone number of the site through which we made the reservations. And after 30 minutes, the receptionist allowed us to check in. And it was wonderful to get a bed, at that point of time...
And I happily obliged to my body and slept till 11 AM. By that time I lost sleep thinking that have I come all the way to LV to spent time sleeping? Nay, I said. And I told the same to my friend who was sleeping next to me. And he also woke up, albeit a little disappointed that he is losing something very important. We got dressed up and was ready to 'experience' LV...
And the moment I step outside, I felt like I am in Chennai. I haven't experienced this much heat anywhere else. There it was, Arizona desert in full steam. We had to walk to get to the hotel were our other friends were staying. And it was like hell. And to add to that, it was like walking through some desert and not like walking in the middle of a city. There were only 10-20 people who were out there walking. Then I slowly realized that in LV nobody wakes up and comes out of their hotels unless it is 2-3 PM. I was unhappy with myself for getting up this 'early'... And I walked all the way to the hotel named 'Stratosphere' and I was getting inside a casino for first time in my life...
It was a very gruesome trip, had to travel for around 12 hours in car, that too without much sleep. You know what, it is not a problem for me, even if I don't get sleep for 3-4 days. Don't believe it??? May be I am not as much good with telling lies as I am with sleeping. And had to endure the same 'torture' on our way back also. Since it was a long weekend, it was like all roads were leading to LV. And we even had traffic jams...
The most important gain of this journey was to get a hand on "how to ride car in US". If not practical, at least I learned some theory lessons. The concept of freeways, exits, ramps and the importance of Google Maps and a Navigator. If you don't know, Navigator is a guy who sits beside the driver to help him to be on track and at times to be awake...
We reached there at around 3 AM and immediately came the first uppercut on the chin. This doesn't mean that there are more uppercuts to follow. The hotel, in which we had our booking, declined of having made any such reservations. Luckily, my friend had the support phone number of the site through which we made the reservations. And after 30 minutes, the receptionist allowed us to check in. And it was wonderful to get a bed, at that point of time...
And I happily obliged to my body and slept till 11 AM. By that time I lost sleep thinking that have I come all the way to LV to spent time sleeping? Nay, I said. And I told the same to my friend who was sleeping next to me. And he also woke up, albeit a little disappointed that he is losing something very important. We got dressed up and was ready to 'experience' LV...
And the moment I step outside, I felt like I am in Chennai. I haven't experienced this much heat anywhere else. There it was, Arizona desert in full steam. We had to walk to get to the hotel were our other friends were staying. And it was like hell. And to add to that, it was like walking through some desert and not like walking in the middle of a city. There were only 10-20 people who were out there walking. Then I slowly realized that in LV nobody wakes up and comes out of their hotels unless it is 2-3 PM. I was unhappy with myself for getting up this 'early'... And I walked all the way to the hotel named 'Stratosphere' and I was getting inside a casino for first time in my life...
Saturday, August 19, 2006
First Experience!!
Ehmm... How will it be??? Will it be exciting? Will it be unforgettable?? Any thing first in life is supposed to be unforgettable. And I was also excited. May be a little bit nervous, but still I was happy for myself. There was that Adrenalin rush as the moment came closer and closer...
I arrived there with Vivek and Visakh. And it was comforting. But I knew that they will not be there when that moment comes. I will be left alone to face the truth, bitter or sweet. And the moments spent with them let me relax a bit. It was not the time to think about what is going to happen, I kept on telling myself...
It was around 8.30 PM and it was really dark. Also it was time that I had to be alone, albeit for some time atleast. So I thought, now that the time has come, I will just take those little steps towards it. So I bid adieu to both of them and walked to what seemed like a tunnel of light. Alas, it was only a door. Yes, the door towards the first Airport lounge that I have ever seen in my life. The security checked the tickets and let me get in. Hmmm, It looks like a small shopping mall only...
I went straight to Jet Airways counter and there they asked me to go and get my check in baggage scanned. Then I remembered that Arun had told me to get the baggage scanned first before checking it in. so I went to get it scanned and check it in. And I was waiting in the lobby for my time to board the first flight of my life (To be continued)...
I arrived there with Vivek and Visakh. And it was comforting. But I knew that they will not be there when that moment comes. I will be left alone to face the truth, bitter or sweet. And the moments spent with them let me relax a bit. It was not the time to think about what is going to happen, I kept on telling myself...
It was around 8.30 PM and it was really dark. Also it was time that I had to be alone, albeit for some time atleast. So I thought, now that the time has come, I will just take those little steps towards it. So I bid adieu to both of them and walked to what seemed like a tunnel of light. Alas, it was only a door. Yes, the door towards the first Airport lounge that I have ever seen in my life. The security checked the tickets and let me get in. Hmmm, It looks like a small shopping mall only...
I went straight to Jet Airways counter and there they asked me to go and get my check in baggage scanned. Then I remembered that Arun had told me to get the baggage scanned first before checking it in. so I went to get it scanned and check it in. And I was waiting in the lobby for my time to board the first flight of my life (To be continued)...
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Ouch, it hurts!!
This is one of the phrases that I have been using a lot lately. Not because I am a moron and people around me doesn't like me. In fact I am someone who does not cause much harm to others unless I feel that they are trying to harm me. Enough of this self boasting, I suppose...
Coming back to the main issue, it was paining in almost all of my Joints and Muscles so much that I started to realise that there are more joints and muscles in my body than what I had thought before! The reason for this was a glorious football match. The story goes like this...
On Friday evening, when I reached home after work, there was no current and it was around 7.00 PM. And it was very dark inside. Out of my laziness to light a candle and sit inside the house, i chose to sit outside and enjoy Radio City FM and some moon light. It was wonderful with some cold wind also blowing across. Then suddenly I came across some announcements about a football match in the Radio...
The match was organised by Radio City FM, Bangalore on the same day as that of World Cup final. It was as part of their Fifth anniversary celebrations. And they were looking for people who were willing to be part of that.I found it an exciting prospect, to meet some RJ's, have some fun playing football and there will be some goodies that will be given away as part of this...
All this prompted me into sending a message telling them that I am ready to be a part of this. But I did not get any call from them during that day. I forgot about it. Next day I went for a movie with a friend of mine and I got a call from Radio City, and I was all pumped up. I couldnt wait till it was sunday morning so that I could go there...
But everything did not go as I had planned. I went there along with two friends of mine and in all the excitement I didnt even had my breakfast. It was supposed to start at 11.00 AM, but finally it got underway after 12.00 PM. And I started to run around with all my energy that is stored as Fat in different parts of my body, mainly abdomen area lately. But soon I realised the amount of stamina I have as I started to pant like a dog...
It was not very embarrasing as most of the people who were there were like me only, some even worse. Suddenly I realised that the girl in the opposing team is causing our defense a lot of problem. I decided to control my offensive instincts and will dedicate myself to the defensive duties...
And I decided to mark her closely. No.... I never had any other intentions other than the fact that I will not have to run too much if I am staying only in the defense. the game went on and then came a high ball from the opposing camp. I saw that the girl in question is going for the ball, and me too went for it. It bounced in front of us and I tried to head it...
Dishum..... A leg with football boots came and hit my face. I was totally frozen for a second. Then I realized that it was her boots and that my lip is bleeding. It hurt!! I would have been fine, had she told me a sorry atleast. But then that didnt happen. And my body was aching like anything, when I was coming back. But my ego was more hurt!!!
Coming back to the main issue, it was paining in almost all of my Joints and Muscles so much that I started to realise that there are more joints and muscles in my body than what I had thought before! The reason for this was a glorious football match. The story goes like this...
On Friday evening, when I reached home after work, there was no current and it was around 7.00 PM. And it was very dark inside. Out of my laziness to light a candle and sit inside the house, i chose to sit outside and enjoy Radio City FM and some moon light. It was wonderful with some cold wind also blowing across. Then suddenly I came across some announcements about a football match in the Radio...
The match was organised by Radio City FM, Bangalore on the same day as that of World Cup final. It was as part of their Fifth anniversary celebrations. And they were looking for people who were willing to be part of that.I found it an exciting prospect, to meet some RJ's, have some fun playing football and there will be some goodies that will be given away as part of this...
All this prompted me into sending a message telling them that I am ready to be a part of this. But I did not get any call from them during that day. I forgot about it. Next day I went for a movie with a friend of mine and I got a call from Radio City, and I was all pumped up. I couldnt wait till it was sunday morning so that I could go there...
But everything did not go as I had planned. I went there along with two friends of mine and in all the excitement I didnt even had my breakfast. It was supposed to start at 11.00 AM, but finally it got underway after 12.00 PM. And I started to run around with all my energy that is stored as Fat in different parts of my body, mainly abdomen area lately. But soon I realised the amount of stamina I have as I started to pant like a dog...
It was not very embarrasing as most of the people who were there were like me only, some even worse. Suddenly I realised that the girl in the opposing team is causing our defense a lot of problem. I decided to control my offensive instincts and will dedicate myself to the defensive duties...
And I decided to mark her closely. No.... I never had any other intentions other than the fact that I will not have to run too much if I am staying only in the defense. the game went on and then came a high ball from the opposing camp. I saw that the girl in question is going for the ball, and me too went for it. It bounced in front of us and I tried to head it...
Dishum..... A leg with football boots came and hit my face. I was totally frozen for a second. Then I realized that it was her boots and that my lip is bleeding. It hurt!! I would have been fine, had she told me a sorry atleast. But then that didnt happen. And my body was aching like anything, when I was coming back. But my ego was more hurt!!!
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