A supernaturally damaging weekend…

I am not superstitious, but I do believe in one thing, whenever I do something which I do against my family’s wishes…my car takes a hit..this is not the first time, but then I’ve never had two consecutive hits till date..

On saturday, I decided not to tell anyone and go and get some computer games to play…because of my propensity to get addicted to them, my family is not too excited on my gaming endeavours…I ended up tearing apart my rear tyre…then changing it in the blazing hot soon…

On sunday, I was supposed to run a few errands, which I missed out…because I had to go to the Blogger’s meet…and I parked my car. But, straight into a ditch…as of now, I haven’t really inspected the damage. but should be getting an evaluation done by the end of the day…updates on that will follow…lets hope everything is fine…but then the tyre has to be changed…

Tags: my+life, car, drive, superstition, family, gaming, blogger’s+meet

Chartered accountants can now advertise

Here is something ground breaking about my profession that I am forced to blog upon…A member of the institute of chartered accountants of India can advertise his professional services and he would not be held guilty of misconduct. This would open wide avenues in the line of individual marketing and advertising strategies.

Just imagine your Tax consultant who has a logo which says “we make tax less taxing” or something like that. Pretty impressive. The council’s decision is going to go a long way in making CAs improve their marketing skills. Although certain purists might raise objections as to the ethics of the decision, I would think that in this age of consumerism, nothing can survive unless they are protected by the customer and this is no exception in the case of Service providers as well.

Read more about it here

Tags: Chartered+accountant+india+auditor+advertisement+marketing

The train ride

I quote my twitter post which I made in the morning today

“Apple really can change lives, I left my car at office and took the train back home, just bcos I couldn’t stop listening to music on my ipod”

It was late at night when I left office, just because I wanted to escape rush hour traffic. The traffic gets terrible in the peak evening hours, especially at places where I enter the city limits. Exponential growth of vehicle population, poor infrastructure support, road construction sites which obstruct traffic all put together make the traffic even worse than it would have been. I was about to get into my car, when I realized I could take the train home. So then, I went over to the nearby station to aboard the suburban transit train. Waited for around 25 minutes for the train to arrive, really empty because it was around 8 and since it is one of the first stations on the path. I made myself comfortable, listening to music sitting near the window..

There was nothing I could see outside so I had to satisfy myself with the scenery inside the train. A few others from my office were in train as well (although, I didn’t know any of them…) There was a young boy returning from his college (most probably..) Few men who looked like they worked as accounting clerks in manufacturing companies (no offence…) and few young men who were loiterining around..The trip took around 1 hour as compared to 2 hours if I had driven home…

I got down at my station and walked home, listening to music looking at the lovely dark skies with twinkling stars above me..These are the small moments in life which make it worth living…

When I was sitting in the morning sitting in the hot train with the scorching heat so unbearable..and was sweating profusely…I missed my car so much…

Tags: train+suburban+life+office

Iron Man

I just couldn’t resist myself from writing a review for this movie. I could in fact sum up the whole review in just one line. “Why are you wasting time reading this review…Go and watch the movie….”

I decided to watch Iron Man after I read an article about how the movie had grossed more than Speed Racer…Now if SR was good, then this had to be excellent…and I wasn’t disappointed one bit..Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark is a natural for the role as he plays it with ease…He shows the suffering and the pain he goes through at the hands of terrorists and then again at the hands of his business partner…(Oh! God, too many spoilers, thats why I did not want you to waste your time reading this review…) The technology is realistic and the CG are added in the correct quantity…Not too much, not too less…I cannot but help drawing comparisons between Tony and Bruce Wayne…which makes me want to watch Dark Knight ASAP….

For Gwyneth, her role is a walk in the park and she does complete justice to her role…The action scenes are well shot and look great and slick…

I would like to sum up by saying that, out of the many superhero movies, this is one of those movies with a

heart…not just special effects…

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Go speed Racer go…

From the creators of matrix trilogy, comes another movie…Speed racer. I decided to watch the movie, since I could not get tickets for anything else; plus the trailers weren’t too bad. But watching the movie, I was just blown away..The eye candy was great…the shots were superb..some places they went really overboard, but then what do you expect from a movie which talks about cars driving at around 800 mph? The plot is simple.  The races are fixed by a cartel of multinational capitalists who don’t care about the sport. Speed racer is out to stop them..

I realized during the course of the movie that the reason wachowski movies are so cool is because they try to convert japanese anime into cinema with real life actors. The action in the Matrix was inspired by “Ghost in the shell” (which happens to be one of my favourite manga series) In the same way, speed racer comes from an anime of the same name. Japanese cartoons a.k.a manga or anime is one of my favourite genre of tv shows..its no surprise that I loved watching the movie.

Since the movie is an anime adaptation, there is should ideally be no surprise value in the movie; after all you know that the hero will succeed. But, the exaggerated graphics, cool effects and the neck breaking speed keep you at the edge of the seat..since you wait with bated breath for the way the hero wins…unrealistically of course Forget logic, have fun…

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The Dark Knight

The plot for the Dark knight movie on IMDb goes like this

“Right after taking out Ra’s Al Ghul’s plan and the mysterious disappearance of Dr. Jonathan Crane AKA Scarecrow, Batman continues his seemingly-endless effort to bring justice to Gotham’s crime and corrupt with the help of Lt. James Gordon and new appointed District Attorney Harvey Dent. But this time, The Dark Knight faces a rising psychopathic criminal called The Joker, who’s eerie grin makes him more dangerous than what he has yet to unleash. It becomes an agenda to both enemies that only one of them remains and are willing to break every part of what they believe in to stop the other.”

Now that sounds interesting..Batman is one super hero I have been a fan of ever since I was a kid. I watched my first batman movie when I was 8 and I have watched every single batman movie ever since. I grew up admiring Bruce wayne and batman. The very fact that Batman was the only superhero who did not have any super human powers appealed to me all the more. Plus we’ve got two face this time around…what more can a batman fan ask for…

The sinister and eerie look of Gotham city (loosely based on NY) and the dark villians who always had a personality of their own, had a dark sad story behind them made the plot only more and more intriguing..I am really sure this is one movie any batman fan should not miss…especially when it features the Joker…Dont miss the trailer below, You should just check out the honors the video has got the very day it has been uploaded…

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Tashan – the review

“First imprejon is de last impression” says Anil Kapoor and it is definitely not good. I really do not even understand how anyone could even make such a movie. Is there no system of quality control..Didn’t anyone watch the movie before it was released in the theatres. I am forced to watch Akshay kumar jumping(flying) from rooftops, window sills and the whole thing looks like I am forced to watch an extended Thums up ad. Anil Kapoor has been wasted throughout the movie..Saif tries to act, but then it is not easy to do so in such a terrible movie..Akshay tries to act too..every now and then..

If you though that Jhoom Barabar Jhoom was bad..This is terrible. You have anorexic Kareena in a bikini (my earlier post) , but that won’t sell a movie this bad. In fact, nothing will..There is not a single memorable song. (ok, dil hara will grow onto you if listen to it repeatedly…) but then all that is not reason for you waste your money on such a movie..Everyone who is a part of the movie should cleanse their sins by bathing in the Ganges…The plot is almost non existent, but whatever is left of it, is filled with gaping loopholes…The action scenes are amateur, the graphics terrible..Please please grow up bollywood..Even if I left my brains at home…its still very nonsensical…I do not want to go and watch an amateur video of the directors and actors having a bizarre party, I get better stuff on Youtube..

If someone has watched the movie…please do tell me why at all Kareena choses to tell her part of the story to Saif and not to Akshay Kumar in the end? Just so that we could stretch the movie or did she deliberately want Akshay to get electrified?

Tags: tashan, movie+review, bollywood, saif+ali+khan, kareena, anil+kapoor, akshay+kumar

Krazzy 4

I watched this movie really sometime after the movie got released..I read a lot of reviews on this movie and all that made me feel that I would be wasting my money on this movie…But then it was the late night show and I had no other options so I decided to go ahead and watch Krazzy 4…Here is a quick review…First things first..the actors are all mindblowing…Everyone played their part well..Everyone acts mature enough to handle the role…its fun popcorn entertainment with a level of decent thinking put into it…If people can watch movies like kya kool hai hum, then I guess those would be the people who write bad reviews about a movie like this…Arshad warsi is mindblowing in the movie..plays his part very well..and the best part is noone overreacts..
yes, there are lot of irrelevant and haphazard scenes such as the actors breaking into a song because they need 1 rupee..but then, please understand that this is after all bollywood..I hated Rakhi sawant’s item number…it was pathetic…not at all required in the movie…I hated Shahrukh’s item number, it was worse…He really looked gay in those clothes and the way the guests were watching him dance..it was really really gay…maybe the should’ve interchanged songs…lol…
Hrithik’s spl appearance song was great..great dancing…Other things I disliked were the finishing lectures from the Krazzy4… and the fact there is no mushy romance and running around trees…But overall, I loved the movie..do drop in ur comments abt what u think of the movie or what u think of my comments…I really know now that sex sells…how do I know that? I tag a post with the word “bikini” and I’ve got so many page views already…but of course its all by people who do not wish to comment, lest they be seen…lol…

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Tagging along

A is for the alphonso mangoes I like, the aspiration that drives me inertly…

B is for the bed which allows me to sleep and regain all that energy for another great day and all my blogs which I really like..

C is for staying cool, and cold when I am with those whom I dislike..and the care which others shower upon me and computers which are so much a part of me..

D is for the darkness, the greek lord of which is Erebus…

E is for all the energy in me, that which allows me to do things never done before, in ways never done before

F is for the fun and frolic I have in life…and all my friends who are my biggest strength

G is for the God in me and the God I am

H is the health that keeps me and those close to me happy and hale…and the happiness which I believe is the foundation of life..we should aim at happiness of self and others…

I stand for myself, and everyone I love and care for…

J is for japanese anime, which really entertains and interests me, Jin Kazama who is still my fave gaming character

K for the kisses that make me stay alive

L is for the love without which I cannot be what I am…

M is for my mother whom I love so much…

N holds nothing

O is for the openness that I use to deal with ppl…

P stands for all the people without whose help I wouldnt be what I am…

Q for any queue I hate to stand in, if there is something I hate, its waiting…

R for the ra

S for the speed I love, the suzuki I drive

T for all the tr

U understands everything that goes on…

V is for being valiant even in trying circumstances

W is wealth and water both of which are needed to sustain life…

X for all the XXX i watch…lol..

Y for you who needs to be thanked for reading this…

Z for the gentle zephyrs which make me feel so alive…

I tag…my twitter friend, badbadivy (her post) … (posted after being tagged by swati)

Maruti Swift Dzire

The maruti swift dzire is here..The latest version of the swift (the erstwhile esteem) is here in India.

The maruti swift dzire is here..The latest version of the swift (the erstwhile esteem) is here in India. I haven’t seen many on the roads, but happened to come across the demo car and found that it really looks spacious and big..The boot has been designed in such a precise way that it doesn’t become a misfit on the swift..

I would only complain about two aspects..One, there is nothing but the grille to differentiate the dzire from the swift when looked at from the front..Two, I personally am not too impressed with the name of the car…