And...

..then, God created Eve :)

~Naveen

One off my list..yay!

I have become a proud owner (It’s ok if you think that I have become one of the stupid people hooked up to video games!) of an Xbox 360 premium system. Yes, I bought a brand new one yesterday. Though, it is expensive, I guess, it’s ok to indulge myself in simple pleasures like this once in a while (well, a lot of times actually!!). My first game is PGR 3 (Project Gotham Racing 3). All of you who were communicating with me through gtalk, YM and Orkut, will now have to catch me up on Xbox live under the name ‘Wild Zephyr’. Hoping to race with you all :)

~Naveen

Bindu Re Bindu

No other song/video has been on my playlist as long as this one has. Though this is a remix of an old Kishore Kumar's (Padosan) song, it is extremely nice. The tempo is well within the enjoyable limit, unlike other remixes which have too much of 'noise' and ridiculously high tempo, that you actually start loathing the original song! The animation in this one is very simple and catchy that makes me feel, gosh, would I ever be that guy..:)

You can watch this video in youtube, if you want to feel the same way as I do!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rK2ArHNUAXM

~Naveen

Hallucination

We think we have complete control over our lives until the moment when someone comes and talks to us about our future plans. It then strikes to us that we are not actually progressing in the direction of our plans; instead life is taking us tangentially towards something else and we seem to have absolutely no control at all!

I’m not new to this and every time this happens, I think of this phrase, ‘No one dies a virgin because life f**** everyone’ and laugh at myself!!

~Naveen

Orkut – Beware!!

I read this article and I’m alarmed!

http://www.rediff.com/news/2007/feb/06orkut.htm

I’m just wondering if I should be deleting my orkut account and stay away from it or I should be keeping on searching for my name, day in and day out to make sure there is no other account in my name that has my private information!

~ Naveen

Brainless stuff!

The brain must be made up of at least 2 parts – 2 very different and opposite parts - docs call them cerebrum and cerebellum (I remember only these 2 names from my biology classes and of course the medulla oblongata!!) – Psychologists call them ego and alter-ego (Disclaimer: The author is in no way responsible if the reader assumes cerebrum to be responsible for ego and cerebellum for alter-ego!!) - Whatever – In my case, this proves to be very true – One says – ‘Man, what you are doing is so very wrong’ and the other pitches in – ‘Well, what the hell? It sure does make you feel happy, go for it’. And now, I’m wondering, if there was another part in between that juxtaposes these 2 thoughts and helps me choose the best one – would I not be glad? Or is there something like this in peoples’ heads that I’m missing?

Context of the out-of-context thought: I like something that doesn’t belong to me or there is no way it could belong to me..huh!

Pokkiri

Disclaimer: Spoilers and teasers below. Vijay fans, please STOP here and close the browser window, you might not want your feelings getting hurt!

If you are here reading this line, it means you've either skipped to read the disclaimer above or you are going to probably agree with whatever I'm about to say below. Lets see!

All through the movie, I had this burning question, what is it that is different in this movie from others? The answer is a big NOTHING. Yet another masala movie concocted from various other masala movies. If you want to see multiple movies at the cost of one, Pokkiri is your guy!The distributors could use this tag line, 'More movies for the price of one'!

I was told that this is Vijay's first movie as a police officer. I was hoping to see a different Vijay but I was disappointed, only in the last 5 minutes he is exposed (he is an undercover agent!) with the police uniform. Throughtout 98% of the movie, he is the same old Vijay, with the same old costumes, same old mannerisms and the same kind but a bit different PUNCH dialogues! I have a suggestions to the producers who produce such movies. Can't you guys, give an old vijay movie to some multimedia company, they could change the color of the costumes, locations, voice overs and the songs..and bang! You get a new movie without even worrying about the schedules and salaries of the artists? Think about this!

Then comes the 'Shooting skills' difference. I noticed that none of the villains knew how to shoot a target that is less than a feet away. The head of the villain gang, Prakash Raj, says at the end, pointing towards all his dead gang men, 'these are highly qualified criminals that I've nurtured, where will I get these kind of people again'? Wow, did he ever knew, that the so called 'skilled gun men' never knew how to shoot? Well, I guess, he didn't. The other side of the coin, our hero can shoot a target even if there is a visible 45° deviation between his gun's barrel and the target. Hmm..I guess, his gun was equipped with some kind of thermal signature seeking cartridges..but I would have appreciated the director, if he had told the audience about the hero's sci-fi weapons. After all, we are people who believe whatever is shown in a James Bond movie.

Of course, then there is the heroine – Asin. Well, I don't have anything against her. Poor babe, she chips in every now and then for a song or for a sentimental scene with a few drops of tears. In a man's show, heroines can't expect anything more than this. But I guess, she has tried to improvise her character by her acting talent..again, I stress the word. TRIED.

Vadivelu's comedy is fresh. Though it is not as humorous as his 'Winner', it is ok. But again, the movie is not about acting, comedy, heroine or the villains, its all about Vijay. If you are an ardent Vijay fan, i would not stop between you and the movie but if you are a neutral film buff, think again before stepping in to the theatres!

~Naveen

House Arrest!

Currently the temperature outside is -13C. It seems like there are virtually prison bars around in the form of piercing cold winds. Since the day I came back from vacation, I'm confined to my house and it is as if I'm placed under house arrest.

People here are busy with ice fishing. They make small tents over the frozen lake, pierce a hole and wait for a fish with their fishing rods. I think they are mad, instead of lazing before the TV with a packet of chips, they are freezing their asses off. Totally insensible! But if you ask them, they would probably call me a loser for not enjoying one of the most interesting winter sports. Who cares?!

The only noteworthy thing that I did today was to go to the Church.

And yes, I came across something that yet again proved the world to be very very small. How does it feel if you come to know that a friend you had thought was from the northern part of the country to be actually from the southern part, and that too just 60 km away from your native? Wow! I was excited and thrilled! Hope that person had the same feeling too!!

And with this, the weekend is coming to an end. Back to the drills tomorrow. There are meetings all through the day, GOK how I'm going to handle them!!

~Naveen

The Holiday!!

It has been long since I sat after midnight and posted something. I just came back from this movie 'The Holiday', I kind of liked it and so this post is happening. Of late, I have been watching awful movies like the Return and Casino Royale (some claim this to be the best Bond movie ever!). Deja Vu and Turistas were ok, though they did not live up to my expectations. Today we decided to pick one between 'The Holiday' and 'Apocalypto'. We wanted to take it easy, so settled for the romantic comedy.

Though we did not have any expectations from the movie, it did live up to the basic expectations of a normal movie-goer. The story was a normal love story and more of bollywood types. It even had a scene where the hero and the heroine were running around the trees, only there was no song. The performances are what I think is the highlight of the movie. Kate Winslet and Cameron Diaz have acted extremely well and I would say they both look cute and adorable on the screen.

I'm hearing a lot of British english these days (a part of the cast in this movie are British) and I've started liking it :)

And one other reason for choosing this movie is that I'm actually going on a holiday to INDIA next week..wow! yeah, after 2 long years and I'm really excited about it and looking forward to meeting friends and family there!!

In love with a cartoon!

Tin-Tin, Tom & Jerry and Jungle Book have been my favourite cartoons for aeons, until recently. I have fallen in love, head over heels, with a new cartoon series, "King of the Hill". It is being broadcasted in My29 and Fox. I don't know how many of you might have had a chance to watch this. But believe me, it is fun and thought provoking.

It is about the Hills - Hank, Peggy, Bobby and Luanne Platter (Peggy's niece). Hank is a strict but a very good hearted man. The whole story is about various social issues that confront the Hills, how the Hills react to them and Hank's stand on those issues. Though he is strict, he is loving and caring, gives a lot of importance to moral virtues and most important of all, he is simple and modest!

The voice over's and the animation is great. Dale Gribble's (Hank's friend) slap stick comedy is incredible. In all, it is a cartoon meant for wholesome entertainment. It contains everything that we expect from a good entertainer - social messages, comedy and a very good story line..

If you get a chance, don't miss to watch this!

PS: I dont see many of my blogger buddies blogging regularly these days :(..whats up guys??