I have to write about this :) no better way to come out of the hiatus and get a few comments in here!

For the lack of better memory.... I think the lamest movie I have watched was the one I just stepped out of.. "Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani" :D

I didn't know if people around me were laughing at how lame it was (like me) or if they were really enjoying it ;).

Anyway as I said my memory fails me, can you name lamer movies? Lame with respect to the story, not even the actors! Go on add to the list... leave me the lamest movie you have watched or if you can beat mine :)

The instinctive brain "All heart on the edge" wants to do one thing..
The practical brain "Old one" obviously advices the opposite...
They are in a war...
This is when I just hear one constant tempo, rhythmic buzzzz ... just one string, one fret of the bass guitar
Then the headache... one that doesn't leave easily as I don't want either parties to win!

Yes I have a splitting headache! To many things to do beyond the petty war of the brain clusters!

Apparently there is "beauty in breakdown"!

Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.

~ Robert Frost

An age old battle,
For should it be Fire or Ice,
The paths to choose,
The choices to make,
But at the end of it all,
They all lead to one outcome,
What ever that maybe!
The age old battle of Fire and Ice.

Ironical that I should come across, of all the books, in Eclipse . But as always Robert Frost's poems makes me want to linger on for a bit and give all perspectives a thought!

I'm going to write about  'Twilight'. Yes, I know it can be classified as a silly movie that teenagers might watch, An adaptation of an immature fantasy series. And fantasy series that concentrates much about lame romance. I've never been a big sucker for romantics. Neither did I like twilight for that or for the persona of one can do it all, perfect image of the main character yet can be an amazing romantic.



But it was the adaptation of the book into the movie that intrigued me. I first watched the movie. It didn't bore me. It was of the accurate pace and above all it had a brilliant sound track which blended in with all that was happening in the movie so well. I understood this better after I read the book. As I said the book is a little immature in the fantasy series genre. I have read many fantasy series and watched their adaptation. Adaptations that were so meek, ones that didn't come anywhere near to how beautiful the brain could picturize (Some harry potter movies (Cast is brilliant, but a few magical stuff... :D), Inheritance series- Eragon, so many more...). But Twilight was a very good adaptation. Gave more to the main character Bella, 'cause in the book she even irritated me, but movie just strained out the irritating thread but left her other characteristics in. Also as the book is in first person narration, few happening that are showed in 3rd person view is just very good scripting. The capturing of all the locations mentioned in the book as described, the weather, the feel of the location is as good as how one would image while reading the book. So is the casting. (Hmm I still have doubts about Robert Pattinson, but I'll let that go for now).

Another thing is the soundtrack. After a long time, I came across a sound track that fit in to every feel that was there to be shown in the movie, Hatred, danger, love, remorse, sadness, intrigue all depicted through beautiful piano solos and a few guitar strums. No words, no lyrics. Even after the movie is over, the book is kept aside, if a certain track from the soundtrack were being played, it took me back to that exact moment in the movie, something that I hadn't felt since the LOTR soundtrack. Like how even now when you listen to Howard Shore's Helm's deep, you go back to Helm's deep no matter what, something like that :)
Carter Burwell's piano pieces are worth a ear. The lion did fall in love with the lamb, atleast I feel so when I play that on the guitar! These songs without the movie are empty and so is the movie without its soundtrack.

As far as fantasy series go, No matter how it is I have to read it :D just rushing through and ignoring the sappy parts LOL! Too much romance is gagging in a world of vampires and werewolves! ;)

For starters I loved the movie. I didn't even realise how time zipped past and there was interval already. The flow was smooth, had all important parts considering it was 600 pages book, it was fun to watch with all the humour added to the dialogues. Grafted well enough with adds and deletes to suit a movie. Harry is a bit more light hearted, more sensible in the movie :D to add to his 16 year old character.



For people who don't read the books, I don't know how much of the movie will make sense. It may if they remember all the previous movies but For someone who is a fan of the books its a good watch :). Enjoyable actually! But must say, the ups and downs towards the end is more intense in the book than the movie.

Still after the 1st 2 movies, that I liked a lot, Half blood Prince is the next best atleast for me :).

Read Half Blood Prince again the last 2 days. Been more than 2 years since I read the last book, I can't believe its been that long! Darn, time flies. I had even forgotten how much I love floating around in the Potter zone when I read the books!

My first try at making my own earings. Had a few messy moments with the pliers, but wasn't as bad as I expected it to be. :) Guess now its time to experiment a little more!



PS: Simple pleasures of creation :)

All of us wear masks. They can be worn out of love and the desire to remain close to those around us, to spare them from the complicated reality of our frayed psyches. We trade honesty for companionship, and in the process never truly know the hearts closest to us. - TSCC

And I wonder whats so interesting about terminators coming back in time to kill John Conner and Terminator re programmed to protect John under Sarah Conner's watchful eyes. So much more.
Yes, I am a fan of the Sarah Conner Chronicles.

I just watched a very well made episode. Nothing to stop the enemy, save the world kind of thing, just a normal TSCC episode but very well written. So much so, that it almost beats the Judgment day narration. The episode was called "Goodbye to All that".
I always drew a comparison to the "Oz" story to a lot of daily happenings or just certain mental state, certain emotions, but mostly to Dorothy's journey to Oz, on the Yellow brick road, Along with the Corwardly lion, Scarecrow and my favourite "TIN MAN" (Ha! tin man!).
But in this episode it was quite something to hear the narration of the wicked witches death and the events that lead to it to be drawn as a metaphor to how the episode flowed and so forth. That how intense could the depth of the story of "Wizard of Oz" could be paralleled to.

Lyrics have always mattered to me in a song, and so have dialogues in most tv series/movies I watch. This is one such series where I intently listen to everything that is said, as most sentences there mean much more than just "Save John Conner" and "Kill the machines from/in the future". Its a pity that there is going to be no season three!



Here are a few to ponder upon:

“Know thyself.” John once told me it’s inscribed on the front of the temple of Apollo. The entire quote is, “Know thyself and thou shall know all the mysteries of the gods and of the universe.” That’s quite a mouthful. My version is this, “Know thyself because what else is there to know?” People hide secrets, time is a lie, the material world can disappear in an instant. It has and it will again. Our identities change. Our names, the way we look, how we act and speak. We’re shape-shifters. There is no control, no constant, no shelter but the love of family and the body God gave us. And we can only hope that will always be enough.

On July 16, 1945, in the mountains outside of Los Alamos, New Mexico, the world's first atomic bomb exploded. The white light pierced the sky with such intensity that a blind girl claimed to see the flash from a hundred miles away. After witnessing the explosion, J. Robert Oppenheimer quoted a fragment of the Bhagavad Gita, declaring, "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds." His colleague, Ken Bainbridge, put it another way when he leaned close to Oppenheimer and whispered, "Now we're all sons of bitches."...
Sarah Connor: ...Now we are all sons of bitches.

It is said that the death of any one person is the death of an entire world. Certainly for parents, the death of a child is no less than a holocaust. In the case of my son, these words are literally true. And even though we’ve traveled through time, bent the rules of nature, they will keep coming for him. Keep trying to kill him. But until that day, it’s gonna be one hell of a dogfight.

Relapse! Should have better known. A symmetrical chaos! Away from the singularity is the most scientific escape route. Faster than speed of light is the key. Far away from singularity, away from Relapse!

And I thought it was gone!

No its not gone forever! Just disappeared for a while. After a month and a half "India Coffee House" was re opened in a new location on Church Street (From M.G.Road). Small none the less for its the same! Same chefs, same waiters and same coffee! Though I am not a regular, but can't wait to get back there and have a cup of coffee soon!

Have been away from LJ a little. Guess I realised that when people started asking me why I haven't blogged in sometime.

I don't know if its different things that occupied my mind thats brought in a void to my writing here or if its just my numbness to everything! Anyway I can't figure that one. Lets just say I'm wary of putting my thoughts down these days.

What else interesting has kept me occupied? Its FLICKR! Yes, I have been quite excited about flickr, my activity there and the responses too. I don't think I can pick my favourites from there to post in on LJ as I like them all. But just for a peek, a pic or few.



Other than that, I had been to a good trip! Beach by sunlight, sunset and moon light and all that jazz. Muzhappilangad Drive-in beach in Kerala.



I'm learning to see things front different perspectives, different lighting!



My fave kinda photography, Attention to detail, detail thats usually not staring at your face.



For a better understanding of my Sweet new DSLR. For all the colours in the world!

So, life on flickr keeps me thinking of better expression through photography, Keeps me occupied, creative, active and happy

Thought I would capture the process of bringing a blank sheet of paper to an attempt of a life like shape.


And for the first time I was trying charcoal pencils. They are messy for my intricate style of sketching, but it does enhance the features and the strokes. Especially the eyes.


Now for the most beautiful part! The pencils themselves! :)

Sometimes I feel Like I dont have a partner
Sometimes I feel Like my only friend
Is the city I live in, The city of angel
Lonely as I am, Together we cry

Summer holidays back in school(hmmm 5th Std), I watch my grandfather throw a palm full of rice grains in the backyard. As I wait quietly for the next 5 mins, I see sparrows coming in one by one to eat the rice. At least 20 sparrows would visit the backyard around that time for their afternoon treat.

Somewhere during high school, I run around peering through the trees around my house to search for the Bulbul I just spotted a few minutes ago. And there I see it, it looks beautiful.

In 9th standard, Mom feeds a parrot that comes near my front door. It visits us from 4 days I think and Mom wonder, can I keep it as a pet ;)

But then that was ten years ago!BANGALORE and now and Sparrows??? Bulbuls??? Parrots??? fat chance!! Crow??? Maybe!! Anything else, na... People of all shapes, sizes, kinds, shades, and numbers beyond comprehension??? Oh yesss!!!

But then there is a limit to toleration, what am I talking about?
Well I got used to/ignored or atleast tried to when the number of two wheelers in B'lore increased.
Got used to the amazing number of people who came down to bangalore from all over the country.
At any point in time I hear any language other than kannada being spoken around me. Got used to it.
Got used to always carrying a stole with me to protect my skin and hair, so that they do not smell of smoke when I'm out.
Got used to the explosion of cars on the streets. One car for every person!
Got used to Fly over constructions, Malls and Malls and more Malls, Zillion eat outs and Cars parked on every pavement!!
Even got used to the ultimate Traffic jams! Deadlocks actually!

But what I saw today was heart breaking! I don't think I can get used to this one. 30 feet of Lalbagh wall broken down. The beginning of building of the Metro station near Lalbagh West gate. Anyone who has understood and has liked B'lore even a little bit will understand how important Lalbagh, Cubbon park and such places are for this city. They not only are the greenery but also carry on the little left history of this city!

Govt has acquired parts of Lalbagh, Cubbon Park, Indira Gandhi Musical fountain by tweaking their Law to build the Metro stations :(. They will "Prune" the trees on Nanda road from South End all the way till the end of that road. Thats so many trees, I can't even count, ones that form a tree cover over the road! Its heart breaking! This feels like the end of south bangalore. End of Lungs of this city!
They might was well acquire all of the land, build a few more multiplexes, malls and most importantly Parking lot complexes to solve the needs of the ever growing city! Argh!! Just venting it out!!!

Read on if you are interested!
http://www.hindu.com/2009/02/09/stories/2009020960470300.htm
http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Jan222008/scroll2008012247942.asp
http://bangalore.metblogs.com/2009/04/15/human-chain-protest-at-lalbagh-today-6-pm/

Its such a weird thing that I never stop for a while, never slow down to think and realise that its my mum's aura that keeps me going, however near or far. To never realise only she will always be by my side silently, for all my things gone bad, things she is completely unaware of, like most things that I never share with her!

For her...

Happy Birthday to my favourite person. A person I respect the most. May he live to see a hundred and more. Happy Birthday thatha!



I still remember even as a small kid I used to associate him to a calm smile, white colour and the smell of Sacred ash (Vibhuthi). Nothing has changed in 20 something years. :)

I made an effort to fill up the Facebook note, just cause I thought it deserved to go here,
So here's presenting "25 random things about me" ....
If you can think of any random thing about me that's not on the list, leave me a comment about it :)

1. I always read a magazine from the last page, I wonder why!

2. I follow lyrics of my fave songs as if they were scriptures. But I call myself an atheist.

3. I love, just sitting and watching people doing what they do

4. I miss carrying my camera around atleast 5 times a day

5. I can sit and gaze at stars for hours.

6. Though it obstructs playing my guitar, I can never convince myself to chop off the nails on my left hand completely. (Haven't done it since tenth, there is always atleast 2mm left!)

7. I am scared of floyd songs, the lyrics, the guitar solos, Yet I am floydian.

8. I can recognize the make of most bikes on b'lore roads just by its engine sound. (Really true, i'm not joking! lets say atleast 70%)

9. Which brings me to a point about, Riding/driving. I'm not scared of any kind of fast,rash,unreasonable driving/riding but can never get myself to ride/drive.

10. I judge most people by their music choice (but there are exceptions) .

11. I love eating fruits more than anything else.

12. I don't like Chocolate cakes and chocolate Ice cream (basically too much chocolate) :)

13. I would pick a Carnation over a rose anyday!

14. I hate losing my Concert Tickets!!!

15. I get very irritated when I realise that I have spent on unwanted activities (ah!!!!)

16. I don't like Maths though I have scored pretty well in maths all through my life. I believe that Maths is a religion like Calvin!

17. I have loved the colour green since from whenever I can remember.

18. I love the smell of wet earth, and the feel of the morning SUN on my skin.

19. I don't like the supersonic advancement in technology.

20. There is more reality in Calvin's world and comic books than there is in ours!!

21. I have a zillion stoles

22. I am amazed at the variety of jewelery that I own and how not one includes any Gold!

23. I absolutely cannot carry a bag, whose handle ends before my elbow! (Rules out 90% of the bags out there, :) so glad!)

24. I love watching F1, only sport I have followed for 9 years straight.

25. I cannot believe I got till 25! Yippe!

I believe if there's any kind of God it wouldn't be in any of us, not you or me but just this little space in between. If there's any kind of magic in this world it must be in the attempt of understanding someone sharing something. I know, it's almost impossible to succeed but who cares really? The answer must be in the attempt.
- Before Sunrise

Guess even the attempt is sometimes too much to ask, cause i'm asking for something magical!

Words of Rorschach -

I heard a joke once:
Man goes to doctor.
Says he's depressed.
Says life is harsh and cruel.
Says he feels all alone in a threatening world.
Doctor says, "Treatment is simple. The great clown Pagliacci is in town tonight. Go see him. That should pick you up."
Man bursts into tears.
Says, "But doctor... I am Pagliacci."
Good joke.
Everybody laugh.
Roll on snare drum.
Curtains.

End of story!
Empathizing with Pagliacci!

"Who watches the Watchmen"?

She is beautiful! She is my own...



Couldn't help but play Audioslave 'Be yourself' on it as thats the only song in my head still!

I haven't listened to a song in almost a week now, by that i mean my ipod, my songs. But still Audioslave is ringing in my head!
"Even when you paid enough.... hmmm....hmmm..." (ok stop!)
They have become injurious to health! :)

I don't want to hear my sounds for a while!
Now i know how a smoker feels!