MEINE CORNER IN THE BLOG WORLD!

-Continual Rain -Long hours with latest assignment -Lots of chatting :) -1 day of succesful fasting -another day full of food! -cozy long hours of sleep -no driving -cold, cold tiles forcing me to wear slip-ons -more chatting on the phone -walk in the rain -making list of stuff for upcoming travel Phew! seems like I achieved quite a bit!Last 4 weeks of 2006, but there's so much more to do before 2006 ends!

Certain movies are very attractive for the cast , others for concept...Dhoom2 falls in the former category without any doubt! But there are sub categories ; if you get lucky the overall quality is still good and if not you regret having watched it...options in the latter case is you "go with the flow" or "rest your brain" rather!! So Dhoom 2 inspite of the heavy budgets, strong star cast lacks proper script, flow and its like a movie made for the convenience of the stars...for example, lets hv bipasha in double role , without a good reason, lets have hrithik do all the stunts, AB baby (:P) has no proper role or presence in the movie, was Ash acting ? I dont know but what a waste of money really! And the songs are not great too,low quality lyrics in all of them except for the catchy "Dhoom Machale " title track. "Crazy kiya re" is catchy too but cliche lyrics, its a forget-soon song! Overall you would hated having chosen to watch it , unless you j...

Rains always excite me, its the most rare thing in the desert...I know I explained this over and over but the love for rain seems to be as big as that for sleep or food! I never get tired of these... Ya so, my point is we just had a small rain here this afternoon! At around 1400hrs when you expect the peak of heat, it was getting cooler and dim like the evening had begun! soon we had drizzle n small rain! As ever, the entire place looks amazing, the view outside my window right now is like picture perfect or close! Sigh! i am stuck in office!

There's no better stage in life than childhood, I refused to believe that as a child. Now, I know what they meant....miss being a child ! anyways, i think some part of us is still a child and I hope that remains with us always..!! Happy Childrens' Day!

No, I am not dead yet...LOL! I just had 3 weeks of hectic holidays, excuse 2 days in between were lot of fun....the rest was just continuous travel within India through different modes, suffering from flu and the kinda holiday that is so out of definition! The temple trips and outing with friends was worth, not sure if the rest was really worth it! All I know is I need another holiday that would live up to the definition and if i am lucky, thats coming soon! Expresion : hehe (LOL)

Not been blogging, just find nothing very interesting to share about! Either life's a drag or I am too occupied to think too deep!! I would like to think its the latter...:-) I watched "The LakeHouse" about couple of weeks back, it was a bad choice to watch on big screen, total timepass movie and really not worth making a trip to watch it! My Strategic Management lectures are on...they are pretty enjoyable since the lecturer is interested to go into details, give you varied examples and makes sure you are with him on the topic! Due to Ramdan timings I am having no traffic trouble, though the afternoons are still a pain, but I get some nap time before classes and Iftar timing is good to drive to Dubai! 2-day weekends are making a lot of difference as there is more time to spend with family and we leisure with getting lunch/dinner from out, so that's been fun! Some shopping is on , now need to complete packing.I am off to India for a lill less than 3 weeks -Diwali, gran...

Its been a while, September has been an eventuful month but mostly uninvited ones...so as a result , blogging about random stuff was just not happening... I watched Bas Ek Pal with S&V this saturday and we could have killed ourselves to have just gone by the star cast...though the movie has Urmila, Juhi, Sanjay Suri and (irritating) Jimmy Shergill, the storyline was depressing and the flow was so slow that i think a snail could win the race! Woh Lamhe looks good, though the story is predictable- the track "Kya Mujhe Pyaar hai" sounds very very nice...Shiney Ahuja n Kangana make a nice pair (from the GANGSTER fame). Anyways, keeping that aside, the next movie I am awaiting is "Pyaar Ke side effects".Its been a while since I watched a Rahul Bose flick...and this time its with Ms.Sherawat too!I have liked most of his movies, I feel he has added a new line to contemporary cinema....let's hope this flick is pretty good too!

Happy Ganesh Chathurthi to all ! May Ganesha shower his blessings upon you and your family!!

Its Abhishek Bachchan this time! Of recently, I am in awe of his talent, the characters he is taking up in movies, his clothes, his unshaven beard too!!! I would recommend Bluffmaster and though KANK can be quite a disappointment, AB baby rocks...I thought he was pretty cool in Yuva, Dus and Dhoom! I must admit I wasn't at all for his earlier flicks! The point is he can be the dreamy guy, conman, lying husband- laugh, dance quite well, get furious, be kiddish and even cry and yet is adorable...

To all the Indians,wish a very happy Independence Day! 60 yrs have gone by, besides hoisting the Tiranga, it would only be right to remind ourselves of every single soul who have given up their lives for our freedom! I miss being in India so much now! I miss all the colors ....seems so dry and awful to be in another country not having people to celebrate with ! its disappointing!Anyways, am glad for all those who are celebrating!!! There's no better country :-)

last weekend was fun! went out with Jess and her younger sis, along with Sam n Zorif ....after the pick-up , we headed to Thunder Bowl, the only place I have really gone bowling...I still didnt cross the previous score...this was the 4th time i think, took me time to get into the game and by then didnt score , only 1 strike; which meant worse than last time!! Burgers were the easiest choice to eat at the beach side and it was amazing to enjoy the calm there,except ofcourse for a few who wanted to prove their decibel-abilities over their phones! Oh! how can I forget , we had about 4 cats waiting for us to finish, not to mention I speeded up my gobbling! but it was fun, don't know when it will be possible to have a fun outing with Jess again, she will be married in less than 2 weeks from now! (Office is to myself, so I am busy listening to music and sometimes reading!)

Is it ok to feel lonely in a crowd? to feel odd wherever you are placed? to feel unhappy whatever you do?? Is it ok to feel lost? to feel distant no matter however close?to feel there is no company better than oneself? to have nothing to say at times, no focus , no objective? Is it ok to just let people believe that all is perfect? Is it ok to think too hard, too deep? is it ok to dwell in the past? to be wary about the future?to have no control on the present? is it ok to sacrifice and let go all the time? to be called a child at time and grand parent at other times? to question where is the world running to and for what? to feel lack of need to fall into the usual cycle of life?to feel as though the missing pieces will remain so? Is it ok to not feel ok? Is it ok to indulge in such thoughts....?

An animated comic movie -"Over the Hedge" is a probable indirect mock on humans by the animals. Our lack of consideration for their inhabitation and the growing cities over few months whilst losing balance of nature is the highlight of this family movie. The story revolves around an odd collection of creatures who claim to be family and their meeting with a human-life and city-familiar Raccoon and their adventure. The hilarious highlight of the movie is how Food controls a human life! The best characters are Stella(the female skunk) and Hammy ( the nut-freak squirrel)!Voices and quick-wit are strengths of this flick. If you are an animation fan, this is no-doubt worth a viewing ;guaranteed to make you feel light!

The Germans managed the third place at the FIFA World cup 2006; after having shed tears at the Semis 4 days back.They are glad and so are their fans; the country is celebrating! Schweini emerged the hero and Klose couldnot add to his top scoring list.Kahn(GER) and Figo(POR) made their way out of International Football as modern legends. The match however was not all that entertaining since we didn't see much of a fight back from the Portugese. The Finals to watched out at CET 20:00!

The turning point at both the Semis... Grosso took Italy to the Finals while Del Piero confirmed the same....2 goals within the last 2 minutes, unbelievable Football can be! Germany shocked and so its fans....Emotions changed quickly at Dortmund stadium after about 2 hours of no score by both teams. While at Munich, France made their way with a penalty shot by Zidane and Portugal just couldn't score or had any luck with referee judgement for penalty appeal! To watch out now.... if France/Italy would be champions and if Germany/Portugal would secure the 3rd place!

We are now left with 4 European teams; quite unsure about who would lift the 2006 cup! Now that crowd favortites- Brazil ,Argentina and England are off , Italy was the only predictable win! Theirry Henry and Klose remain my heroes as France and Germany enter the semis of FIFA World Cup 2006. My new hero is Ricardo who without doubt proved Portugese are better off than the English team. Crippled by the loss of a crying and injured Beckham and aggressive Rooney; the team couldnot even take advantage of couple of tense penalty shots by the Portugese! At 3-1; we soon had a whole bunch of England supporters crying at the loss ....The following match was also quite a surprise win as Brazil are still considered the best team!I hope to see re-run of the Brazil vs. France match before I comment on the match.... On the other hand, half of 2006 has already passed by while I think I was just getting used to the year 2006.Now when I look back- I did finally get my car windows tinted, got a new wall...

Its one thing to have a deadline and another to meet it! While the former is a pain, the latter gives sooooooooo much relief.... I mean I submitted my assignment last night! I am going YAY! about it from this morning!!! [ I had no energy last night]:-) Frankly, ISM(Info System Mgmt) was evil,wicked, painful ....a subjectI couldn't bring myself to do any extra readings on! Dry,boring....while troubling Sam to get information was one side of it, getting down to write about it and analyse took me time! Thanks a lot for the help Sam, am sure you wouldn't wanna get involved in any more assignments of mine! Anyways, I am glad its gone for submission and a month later, I can worry about the results!eeks.... There is a next one is Finance,but thats gonna take time since lectures are still on plus I know and ,more importantly, like the subject! So I expect it to be more interesting !!! Its a Thursday and I dont want to work!I am waiting for 2pm to get home and have some yummy lunch! Oh!...

International Football matches are something I have missed in a long time....Thanks to the FIFA 2006, I decided to watch football after ages or lets be precise...the last football match I saw was (Arsenal vs. Tottenham) was a year back which was different fun! For the 2002 FIFA ,I had the pleasure of being in Germany and obeserve the craze, the street celebrations and even big screens in offices, this time its at home!! Yes, we took the connection! I come home after Violin classes and I get the pleasure of seeing Lahm's goal in less than 2 minutes of my settling down...then on the game was pulsating. Costa Rica were actually good fighters, the birthday boy (Klose) was just too good and Frings' goal confirmed Deutschland's win!I was so excited that I watched the next game - Ecuador vs. Poland , and as predicted, Ecuador were too good for the Polish! Not a great game though... Ok, I am watching out for today's matches, but the awaited one is the Brazil team!

Its been a while since I blogged....now the excuses are lately I have been trying to submit my assignment, so I am sort of done with that, editing is remaining...I haven't cooked anything interesting/new, I feel days are flying, I have not been able to go to violin classes. I am not getting time for anything and blah blah... So I decided to make a list for every month, hv some targets n keep in line with them...For June, its going to be fairly relaxing on the course side, heavier on shoppin side ! So i made a shoppin list n the first item was removed from my list last evening, Yes, I finally picked up the Nokia6111. Been wanting it for a mth or so, was waiting to sell the 6670, got a price higher than expected and parted with it....I love my new phone, its so cool-simple,compact with cool camera! :-) My new babeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Now I need to pick some shoes, a nice new purse, get my car windows tinted....lets see if I can do them during the rest of June.. ya, by the way, the search ...

I don't think ever before I have been this scared to step into anything...I am not saying life has been a perfect journey so far, there has been bumpy roads, wrong moves, crazy characters, terrible situations, different kinds of tests and so on, but this move... Ya, I am talking Marriage, such a huge,important, delicate,life's turning-point kind of decision.All this while been taking it cool and smiling about cousins and specially friends' weddings or even engagements...didn't really think about how I would deal with the same situations. Some of my friends have relocated abroad , some found partners within India, some in the same city!My own sis has relocated and is happy about her life. I mean its been good all the while, no denials, but its like smelling the coffee before tasting it to really feel it!! All said and done, if you choose a partner that you have already met and known for a while, am sure things would move more confidently into a marriage, no comments abou...