So when does Mr Maker come?
After Bobinogs.
Ok, and when does Bobinogs come?
mmmm.. before Mr Maker.
Saturday, February 06, 2010
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Why I like Roger Federer
Well, I have seen a lot of great Tennis Players before. But Federer is simply the best among them all. The difference - well, the ability to annihilate the opponent in straight sets. That too in final of a grand slam. It seems that the 1st seed player is 100 places ahead of second seed.
Federer, you are God of tennis. I take a bow.
Pizza Hut Powai
I remember the first time I ate in Pizza Hut Powai. It was some Jan-Feb time just after our marriage, more than 6 yrs back. Nitya and I really liked it then. We used to live in Andheri E then.
Its been a long time since I visited Pizza Hut Powai. Today after a long time, we went to Pizza Hut to eat. I still liked it quite a bit. They have launched these new range of pizzas and pastas. The masala lemonade is outstanding.
Somehow though, if you wanna order pizza home, dominos still has the upper hand but i think Pizza Hut is a great eating out experience.
So, if I wanna order Pizza - I will still go for Dominos but if I have to go and eat, Pizza Hut it is.
Its been a long time since I visited Pizza Hut Powai. Today after a long time, we went to Pizza Hut to eat. I still liked it quite a bit. They have launched these new range of pizzas and pastas. The masala lemonade is outstanding.
Somehow though, if you wanna order pizza home, dominos still has the upper hand but i think Pizza Hut is a great eating out experience.
So, if I wanna order Pizza - I will still go for Dominos but if I have to go and eat, Pizza Hut it is.
The GPS Navigator - new toy
I hv got the MapmyIndia GPS device. Model VX140 and its pretty good. Am impressed.
Saturday, January 30, 2010
3 Idiots - movie review
Everyone told me its a fantastic movie so I thought lets see it. Lets at least try. So got my pack of 5 movies for 60 rupees - one of the movie was of course 3 idiots :-)
Third big movie from Rajkumar Hirani and really speaking, its 3rd if you try and rank the three movies he made with both Munna Bhais.
Why does Munna bhai score over 3 idiots - Originality. And no, I am not getting into the "loosely based on book" debate - not at all. What I mean is there are some issues in the world which will all evoke a very strong emotional response from people and almost everyone will have a similar opinion, like education system of India, terrorism, child labour, poverty, bureaucracy, Indian constitution, x-tra marital affair etc etc. A lot of people do mostly say the same things on these topics without providing a solution.
3 idiots is no different, it re-emphasises the fact that change is must however, after stating this universal truth (like The Sun rises in the East - with "S" of Sun and "E" of East in capital), does not get into providing solutions, its almost like in a project - the solution has been defined in the "Not in Scope" section.
Acting and all is good, Aamir is a master and Sharman and Madhavan have been ok. Strangely, Kareena Kapoor has proved that she can still look sensible, I was impressed - she was not completely repulsive.
At some points, movie is OTT and some sections seem to have been added for no reason - or at times, to prove a minor point, a lot of story has been told, characters added.
The movie could have been made with a lot less characters only focusing on the main ones more so as to make their presence felt rather than 3 people travelling from Delhi to Shimla to Laddakh in a bright red Volvo XC90.
Cinematography is good - nice landscape shots of Shimla and Laddakh. Music is so-so.
Overall, surely a watchable movie - after watching this movie, people will start thinking about what they are doing as job against what they have studied. All the IIT, IIM grads will start thinking of themselves as confused lot :-).
Well, not to worry anyone, nothing is wrong with anyone. All is well!!!
Third big movie from Rajkumar Hirani and really speaking, its 3rd if you try and rank the three movies he made with both Munna Bhais.
Why does Munna bhai score over 3 idiots - Originality. And no, I am not getting into the "loosely based on book" debate - not at all. What I mean is there are some issues in the world which will all evoke a very strong emotional response from people and almost everyone will have a similar opinion, like education system of India, terrorism, child labour, poverty, bureaucracy, Indian constitution, x-tra marital affair etc etc. A lot of people do mostly say the same things on these topics without providing a solution.
3 idiots is no different, it re-emphasises the fact that change is must however, after stating this universal truth (like The Sun rises in the East - with "S" of Sun and "E" of East in capital), does not get into providing solutions, its almost like in a project - the solution has been defined in the "Not in Scope" section.
Acting and all is good, Aamir is a master and Sharman and Madhavan have been ok. Strangely, Kareena Kapoor has proved that she can still look sensible, I was impressed - she was not completely repulsive.
At some points, movie is OTT and some sections seem to have been added for no reason - or at times, to prove a minor point, a lot of story has been told, characters added.
The movie could have been made with a lot less characters only focusing on the main ones more so as to make their presence felt rather than 3 people travelling from Delhi to Shimla to Laddakh in a bright red Volvo XC90.
Cinematography is good - nice landscape shots of Shimla and Laddakh. Music is so-so.
Overall, surely a watchable movie - after watching this movie, people will start thinking about what they are doing as job against what they have studied. All the IIT, IIM grads will start thinking of themselves as confused lot :-).
Well, not to worry anyone, nothing is wrong with anyone. All is well!!!
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Irony of life...
ever wondered in a non-QWERTY keyboard of a phone, typing selection and rejection use the same keys. Thank God HR does not use sms as a medium to announce interview results ;-)
My camera
Picked up T1i of a friend and played around with it. Am sooooooooooo happy that I bought a Nikon and not a canon.
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Electric Feather - Book review
Compiled by Ruchir Joshi and publicized by Times of India and Outlook as the 'coming of age' of Indian fiction.
Supposed to be a book on erotica, its just really crappy porn which will not appeeal to anyone with even pea sized brain. Starts with a monologue by Ruchir Joshi on how the esteemed writers turned his offer of writing stories for his book down, more like a self-praise that despite all odds, this book is out, type of message he wanted to give.
Well, the book is out for sure but I would really like to meet those reporters who think this is any good. I would rate even Mills and Boon a lot better than this. Seriously.
Not a readable book at all. If 1 star (*) is poor, I will rate it -1 *.
Sorry Ruchir, but this also means that I am not reading any of your other works.
Supposed to be a book on erotica, its just really crappy porn which will not appeeal to anyone with even pea sized brain. Starts with a monologue by Ruchir Joshi on how the esteemed writers turned his offer of writing stories for his book down, more like a self-praise that despite all odds, this book is out, type of message he wanted to give.
Well, the book is out for sure but I would really like to meet those reporters who think this is any good. I would rate even Mills and Boon a lot better than this. Seriously.
Not a readable book at all. If 1 star (*) is poor, I will rate it -1 *.
Sorry Ruchir, but this also means that I am not reading any of your other works.
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
2 idiots
Now I hear Mr Bhagat (Chetan Bhagat) is very unhappy with Rajkumar Hirani because Mr Hirani and Mr Aamir Khan claim that the movie 3 idiots is only loosely based on Bhagat's book - "Five point someone".
Well, I think the movie is good only because its not fully based on Mr Bhagat's book. Now, dont get me wrong, I have a lot of respect for Mr Bhagat, its just that I dont think he is any good as a writer.
Now Mr Bhagat, dont get so upset, at least your name is associated with the biggest hit of 2009. Stop behaving like an idiot.
This is one, who is another, well add Mr Arindam Chaudhary from my side - Chetan Bhagat reminds me of Mr Chaudhary quite a bit, may be they should make a movie together. It might still work, in spite of both of them.
Well, I think the movie is good only because its not fully based on Mr Bhagat's book. Now, dont get me wrong, I have a lot of respect for Mr Bhagat, its just that I dont think he is any good as a writer.
Now Mr Bhagat, dont get so upset, at least your name is associated with the biggest hit of 2009. Stop behaving like an idiot.
This is one, who is another, well add Mr Arindam Chaudhary from my side - Chetan Bhagat reminds me of Mr Chaudhary quite a bit, may be they should make a movie together. It might still work, in spite of both of them.
Friday, December 25, 2009
Got d D
Picked up D3000 on Christmas eve. Its outstanding, althought just clicked ard 200 photos yet - but its surely better than anyhing i have experieenced so far.
Am yappy :)
Am yappy :)
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Monday, December 21, 2009
Sunday, December 06, 2009
Next movies to watch
1. Did you hear about Morgans? - Hugh Grant and Sarah Jessica Parker
2. SALT - Angelina Jolie
3. Rocket Singh - Ranbir Kapoor and Shazahn Padamsee
All of them to release shortly in theaters near you.
Today - saw TinkerBell - Lost Treasure in BIG Cinema, R-City Mall - Arjun's second movie in theater, loved it.
2. SALT - Angelina Jolie
3. Rocket Singh - Ranbir Kapoor and Shazahn Padamsee
All of them to release shortly in theaters near you.
Today - saw TinkerBell - Lost Treasure in BIG Cinema, R-City Mall - Arjun's second movie in theater, loved it.
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Vibration Dampners
MS Dhoni, Indian Cricket captain built a new house in Ranchi. The house has a swimming pool and a cricket pitch on the third floor.
Now, I have heard of a swimming pool on floors other than ground. But cricket pitch??? It would be interesting to see what dampners his architect has used to make sure that the vibrations from ball do not reach the rest of the house.
Looks like Fiat can take a leaf out of Mr Dhoni's book and make a better Linea with less vibrations ;-)
Now, I have heard of a swimming pool on floors other than ground. But cricket pitch??? It would be interesting to see what dampners his architect has used to make sure that the vibrations from ball do not reach the rest of the house.
Looks like Fiat can take a leaf out of Mr Dhoni's book and make a better Linea with less vibrations ;-)
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Tunga Vihar - restaurant review
Going to Tunga has become like a weekend ritual for us. I think it serves the greatest south-indian food in this part of the Mumbai.
Paper masala dosa is the only thing not worth eating, because at times it has surplus oil. Everything else is absolutely fantastic.
5-Star to taste.
Paper masala dosa is the only thing not worth eating, because at times it has surplus oil. Everything else is absolutely fantastic.
5-Star to taste.
Friday, November 13, 2009
Dil Bole Hadippa - movie review
Loosely based on "She is the man". Tried watching this movie for more than half an hr before I started writing this post. Rani tried playing Amanda Bynes in the movie. Rani looked really nice. She was a sardar in more than half the movie.
Shahid Kapoor has a sort of confidence as he thinks (or maybe he almost believes) that he is a good looking guy who can act well too. Unfortunately, none of this is true yet.
In this movie, he gave a tough competition to Sherlyn Chopra by showing as much cleavage as she did.
Anupam Kher is wasted, the cricket theme and the plots around it are idiotic and out of context.
Yashraj films and Aditya Chopra want to experiment, which is good news. When we try changing something, going beyond our comfort zone, initially some of us fail miserably. Dil Bole Hadippa is exactly that failure for Yashraj and Aditya Chopra. I wish them all the best for next movies.
Shahid Kapoor has a sort of confidence as he thinks (or maybe he almost believes) that he is a good looking guy who can act well too. Unfortunately, none of this is true yet.
In this movie, he gave a tough competition to Sherlyn Chopra by showing as much cleavage as she did.
Anupam Kher is wasted, the cricket theme and the plots around it are idiotic and out of context.
Yashraj films and Aditya Chopra want to experiment, which is good news. When we try changing something, going beyond our comfort zone, initially some of us fail miserably. Dil Bole Hadippa is exactly that failure for Yashraj and Aditya Chopra. I wish them all the best for next movies.
Monday, November 09, 2009
The chronicles of a hyperactive brain
Its back, idiotic viral. Am ok with fever and weakness and everything related to that. I can handle it.
But the hyperactive brain becomes too much to handle. Can't sleep peacefully. Am going to be soo drowsy for the next 3-4 days. Now heres the catch, I cant sleep cos my brain does not stop, and if I dont sleep, how will I get better.
You know what, maybe eating panipuri will help. Njoy ;-)
But the hyperactive brain becomes too much to handle. Can't sleep peacefully. Am going to be soo drowsy for the next 3-4 days. Now heres the catch, I cant sleep cos my brain does not stop, and if I dont sleep, how will I get better.
You know what, maybe eating panipuri will help. Njoy ;-)
Sunday, November 08, 2009
Highway on the plate
Watching Highway on the plate. They went to Sonkachch while approaching Indore (am assuming from Bhopal as Sonkachch is mid point between the two cities).
I was surprised that they went to Pappu ka dhaba and had dal, paneer and roti there. I hope next time you will do better research guys, the punjabi meal portain of Pappu ka dhaba is non-existant - no one goes there. They should have gone to the other half of this place where they serve amazing bhaanp ka poha (poha cooked on steam) and mawa-bati (a form of gulab jamun).
Not impressred really with the show - they need better research team on what to eat where.
I was surprised that they went to Pappu ka dhaba and had dal, paneer and roti there. I hope next time you will do better research guys, the punjabi meal portain of Pappu ka dhaba is non-existant - no one goes there. They should have gone to the other half of this place where they serve amazing bhaanp ka poha (poha cooked on steam) and mawa-bati (a form of gulab jamun).
Not impressred really with the show - they need better research team on what to eat where.
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