Rise UP

Mumbai faced the worst terrorist attacks ever and the aftermath will continue to haunt our souls for a longtime.

Many lives were lost and reason for my anger and frustration is that by calculated and timely response even more lifes could have been avoided, ONLY IF our ministers 'd been little more proactive. The whole administartion needs an autopsy. They behave like puppets to the hands of such elements, whenever the nation has faced a crisis situation like this. Instead of using advanced intelligence to their advantage and taking charge of the situation, they have always fallen prey to it.

So why suffer a common man for act of men, nominated by us and who have always deceived us. AND Why suffer a common man, for the act of men who fail to qualify as humans.
Time has come for us to react strongly to the situation and take the charge of our SOIL.
We recently saw a revolution of a sort on 3rd Dec, when people assembled for peace march at Gateway of India (Mumbai) and the message was strong and clear - we hate our politicians as much we hate these fucking terrorists - no more bloodbath - else.....

there was anguish, frustration, respect (for our martyrs), and ambition for a better India.
We do not want to be showcased as helpless- so better our very ministers understand the message.
We know our ineterst better than any one else and RIGHT NOW, what we want is to - ERADICATE TERRORISM .....which means hard measures to be taken immediately to counter all the punishable offence and set a tone to the terrorist world.

RISE UP

the fantabulous JOKER

Few years back, i watched Batman Begins, the remake of a superhero series brought back to life. i am nt a batman freak... But christopher nolan revived the character through his brilliant story telling methodology..that indeed caught my eyeballs...and one reason being the charismatic actor Liam Neeson of Schindler's list fame (my all time favorite), along with christian bale..

Cut to 2008, the caped crusader is back in the new avatar with The Dark Knight.
An euphoria and frenziness around the movie, never seen or heard before, but the only catch, this time its not the superhero but the JOKER who seemed to be garnering all the media attention. I also heard it...thought what crap. Yes, that prompted me to look fwd to this flick long before, and i am glad to say, the euphoria is only the tip of the iceberg.

WHY? Just go and watch this latest hollywood superhero offering, and you'l come out all praises..as for me i feel like watching again and again. Done it 5 times as of now.

Yes, the very existence of a superhero has been questioned by a supervillain who doesn't play by any rule, LITERALLY speaking...

Kudos to a powerpacked superb performance by the late Heath Ledger, who died early this year due to a drug overdose, probably bcause he was living the character too much....am i letting my emotions play and exaggerate...NO...just watch, i only wish he were alive to see himself win that OSCAR ...which he missed few years back.

form the very first sequence, the JOKER is witty enough for our applause and in the very next he shows you to disappear a pencil, BANG!! unpredictable...u r thumped..and this is just the start...he fosters psycho terrorism and makes you believe in himself....gotham fears him and so do his allies...he has no rules, no logic behind his mayhem..which is actally more terrifying..

you will be delighted to see Heath playing the character, he seemed to overshadow everyone including christian bale, who has little room to showcase his acting skills and more to display his armours and action skills. But soon you see batman living up to his superhero stature, and catching the JOKER, and you only feel sad, as its one and a hlf hrs, and movie looks to end..that's the intermission.
Fish, i thought. i'd read the reviews, JOKER terrorising Gotham, Batman's vulberability and existence questioned to death. Where was all of that...and i thought to wait and watch... And wht a wait it was..nt disppointed...its JOKER and his histrionics all the way...he pollutes your mind...he is not someone who is not vulnerable but he just doesn't give up...he captures your mind..he says" .. i am like a dog who runs after a moving object...bt doesn't knw wht to do"...yes he is just so finicky.

JOKER's one liners -
"...why should i kill you, you are the very reason of my exsitence, "you complete me" ; copied from jerry maguire :)
"...let me see that smile on your face...BANG!"
"...he missed me..bang"
"..why so serious son...why so serious...
"....i am an agent of chaos"
".....lets bring some anarchy"
"..mob has a plan, police has a plan, i dnt work by plans"
"...Madness...u c is like gravity, all it needs is a PUSH "
"....this city needs a different class of criminals..."

it's a complete cinema...some good dialogues...superb action sequences...worthy performances esp by harvey dent's character..which has been well crafted and acted..above all nt to miss...the mind blowing background score... which is the soul of the movie..fantabulous..

this certainly goes down as the best hollywood motion picture ever made...i have still nt over it..gonna watch it the 4th time..soon....those of u still waiting for DVD's ....rush now....

for those of you who already watched...post in ur best scenes from the movie...:)
as for me...the last scene was kool one...JOKER upside down.."....u just wont let me go...Madness...u see..is like gravity..all it needs is a little PUSH"....

CHEERS
Singh

Me...myself..I

When i WANT to write..i dnt have anything to write....bt when i have sth to write...i just dnt feel like writing.. :(

right nw..i m going blank...dnt even knw wht to write..bt i FEEL like writing sth..so i will start with my exp through out the day...most of the time was spent listening songs..my roomie gt from eccletic sources..m glad i found few good foot-tapping numbers...then i learnt about CAT application forms out..so hav to fill them up in time...dnt wana fall for the LDS (last day syndrome..me and my freinds coined this term in college..whr for a record we never submitted our assignments before the LAST DAY)...

so...gt bored..went out..alone..usually i spent my time alone...movies...fooding..for almost everything..dnt have much frd to count upon..except a few..:)
Watched Kungfu panda..out of curiosity and the fact that i had nothing else to do..liked the animation and voice over's...m sure a new benchmark has been set with this cinema...good tp...
rite nw..m waiting for tomorrow..my mom is coming to mumbai.,..i am always filled with joy..look forward to her pleasant vacation here.....i'd never let her go...BTW i am very disappointed to miss my brother's marriage.(name Sharad -- we call him raja bhaiya...) sth i had been lookin forward to since childhood..m really sad..bt i wish him all the best in all his future endeavors with loads of luck and happiness..he has been and will be my inspiration throughout..my sis was there to fill up for my absence..

as for SHE...nt heard frm her..been long..few weeks back she asked me nt to buzz her..i have obeyed her religiously just as i have followed her passionately...bt hw will she stop me from missing her..
well that's me since t-6 days.. u ppl keep watching this space for more...

cheers
singh

The Braveheart

This will go down as a momentous day in my life...last night i saw a fighter defeating a leader in a nerve-shredding epic show of one's skill and perseverance @ -- WIMBLEDON finals '08. Yep ...the indomitable..RAFA defeating the ruling champ FEDERER and earning a title for Spain which has been eluded since 1966. Also becoming only the second player after Bjon Borg..winning roland garros and wimbledon in the same year...WOW!! m sure..rank 1 wld be next on his mind...

It was the most thrilling match one cld have imagine in which the clay court champ, NADAL - ended Federer's aura of invincibility on green court, with an awesome display of skill and a "never give up" attitude.

He totally ruled the game from the word go, winning the first two sets and showing a sign of wrapping the game as early as third set..but then lightning strike(literally) and match went for a toss due to rains..

when game resumed..things changed..Fed's survival instinct kicked in..and the match went through series of tie breakers into the fifth set...where NAdal's survival instinct prevailed over Fed's mental toughness.. hmm...hell of a match..

Kudos to Nadal--- a true braveheart...

Cheers!
Singh

~Pulchritude has a divine profundity~

Good thing about blogging is that its legal as of now..as one writes anything and everything..open his/her heart out...ppl sometime tend to cross that thin line... i wnt be surprised if we come across sth like a "cyber blog law" -- that would regulate closely on wht and how one is writing blogs.....(courtesy AAmir, AB hoopla)...til that moment lets enjoy our independence...

well taking excerpts frm my college days...i feel like penning down this exp...
like others...i was not oblivion to CAT/XAT bug..it did bit me...and badly...i enrolled myself for coaching classes - PT india - who besides brushing basic and advanced quantitative, language and aptitude skills, also helped us groom our personality for the D war.

During one of those days..when we had just started "enjoying" classes - i heard of this phrase - "Pulchritude possesses solely cutaneous profundity" -- it took me few weeks and some brainstorming sessions with frds... to understand its literal and overt meaning...i.e. beauty is only skin deep next week this followed - "Freedom from encrustations of grime is contiguous to possessing divine attributes"....and many more...

those were tough days..

i was struggling with wordlist and usage, trying to mug up anything and everything that came my way...in the process i created my own lexicon...with unmatched data and ecclectic information...

nw 4 yrs gone...
i can tell u the literal meaning of these phrases...bt any in-depth analysis and i fail to find their relevance... after all pulchritde doesn 't solely posses cutaneous depthness...rather much more...pulchritude in any form---can kil you...possess u with undefined powers..make u lunatic..etc etc... meanwhile some puzzles for you ppl....feel free to respond...

1. Scintillate, scintillate, asteroid minim
2.The person presenting the ultimate cachinnation possesses thereby the optimal cachinnation 3.Probity gratifies reflexively
4. Promiscuity, controlled substances, and annepestic tempo

Awaiting ur response...
Cheers!!

21

It feels nice to graduate from writing exams paper reviews to discussing movies which influence me to some extent. I am an ardent fan of cinematic masterpieces like Schindler's list, Shawshank Redemption, Godfather trilogy, The Departed..to name a few...

this also comes from the fact that my job demand this knowhow to such an extent. well few weeks back i watched this hollywood flick "21" starring Jim Stugress, predictably the next big sensation in hollywood.

the movie is about a studious and exceptionally talented MIT grad, who aspires to join Harvard School (where admission fee costs an astronomical 300,000 $), but he's nt financially sound and has difficulty making "needs meet end".

Hence he took up a job (that pays him a paltry 8$ an hour) simultaneously starts preparation for the scholarship which would be his wild card to enter harvard, but that will be granted to only one among hundred students who can dazzle the panel with not just their CV but also with that ONE thing that really distinguishes them from the crowd.

Well well...so how does he dazzles his interviewer...thats what this flick is all about...
a must watch...

And just FYI...a bollywood flick "Teen Patti" is being made on similar lines...with Amitabh donning the role of Kevin Spacey from the original..and Madhavan playing jim...so watch for it...shld be good fun..

Cheers!!

Jolly Jolt

Hi people,

Sorry for absconding for so long. Was trying to organise myself in new job.

But received couple of jolts,in a different format, when i learnt about my friend, Tapan eloping with his love interest(or the other way round), getting married, and presently living in mumbai. Quite a surprise,the news hit me like a rock, not that i am not happy, but none of us had expected this to come from Tapan.

Well at the end, what mattered was his happiness, which i could make over the phone.
Good.

in another twist of fate...a long drawn love battle came to a pleasant end..when my freinds convinced their parents and got engaged...

i really wonder...will i ever get such opportunity..hmm

Born on 6th of May

Hi all

long time since i posted any blog..life's been topsy turvy..going thru all kind of patches..no sweat though..well heard Mr. Bachhan has started his own blog. Actually it helps a lot...ONLY when u have some purpose in life. He seems to enjoy a nice time, by getting back to ppl who deserve his remarks...SO wassup with you people, hope all is fine...wish the same for all of u.

Yes, today was the day i took birth. but as i rightly said..good me and bad me..are two undivided aspects of my life..mistakes and learning go hand in hand...u need to be conscious about that and be charge of situation.

And life is not only about fun bt its a journey, with several milestones to ahieve and regret.
26 yrs passed by and as i look back i find myself..winning and losing many battle. BUT Most importantly...its only good things i can remember :)...hmm...so much to write about..bt find no time and energy..these days.. will get back to u ppl..sooon :)

Now that the Love is Gone!!

All you party animals, must have heard DG's(David Guetta) " love is gone" for sure. Now read it!!

"What are we suppose to do
After all that we’ve been through
When everything that felt so right is wrong
Now that the love is gone

There is nothing left to prove
No use to deny this simple truth
Can’t find the reason to keep holding on
Now that the love is gone
(Love is gone)

Love is gone
Got to find a reason to hold on
But Love is Gone!! "

Have a blast and enjoy ur life to the fullest before it melts.
cheers
Singh

The Show Must Go On

Thursday was an end of an inning (hope well played)..as it was my last working day in MaFoi, and i was as sad as my colleagues esp Faiz. I could find him different, we have spent such a wonderful time together, teasing, fighting, helping, disturbing.... each other in all times. He is a gem of a guy, so genuine, straightforward and innocent.

Well the day started on a busy note, as there were many formalities that need to be completed. I never felt so nostaligic in my life ever, as yesterday. the days here in Ma Foi passed by so quickly, i still felt like spending some more time here, there was so much still to learn and know. I was extremely comfortable with my team, then why such a decision?

Probably the offer was indeed crucial and tempting for sky rocketing my career. But I must say, i have had this golden opportunity to work with one of the best companies in India, at this juncture of my career. Company which instills immense faith in its employee by providing a platform to grow the way he/she'd like to grow. The work culture is excellent and you are treated as being part of a huge family, so when u part, everybody is sad.

When i send out my parting mail, i'd expected few and known to revert. but i was really shocked to receive reply from people i have never seen but known only through HR mails. Thats how you are treated in Ma Foi family.

i have such fond memories of this place, time spent with my colleagues...i have been lucky enough to be part of BD and Assessments team during my tenure and thats how i earned worthy freinds..Faiz, Abhishek, Anthony, Poooja, Smita, Karthika....i also found someone who filled the emptiness inside me..and with whom i could be all time..but not everything that starts well..ends well..

anyways...i have seen people leaving and i knw its really difficult..and tough time esp when u share a strong bonod with them..when Anthony went out we could feel the same..for many days..we would search for him at our workplace and find no one..there was vacuum....emptiness..we missed the talks..discussions in cafeteria, time enjoyed together and everything...OK thatt how u feel when u r still part of the orgn..

but now i can even relate to the person who has left and what he is going through...its even more tougher for him/her...starting afresh in new firm...taking stock of situation, ur job, people..culture...finding one who would gel with you and one u can trust....etc..and at the same time...u miss it all...ur old buddies..u r left with so many memories to be cherished whole life..

Buut thts what is a rule of life...Change..we live and change...we learn and change..we do mistakes and change..we think and change...in the stage of life..we play different roles at different time..one need to understand this and pick up fast..and enjoy every moment of life...

seems like a new ACT is starting for me on this stage where actors are different...role is challenging and....i m without a script...but i knw that i am a good actor ..i have done it in the past..will do it again..

So the Show Must Go on.

In da School!!

A very unusual time to publish a post, bt doesn't matter.

In order to occupy my mind with some positive thoughts, i often go back to my school days. i remember the golden time of my life and that helps me sideline other worries.

In school you are free as a bird, quite often you are tempted to break the shackles of discipline. You do what you are not told to do. You always have your own herd of friends, who are just your alterego, ppl u hang around with most of the time.


Being an outoging, aggresive guy i made many friends and even more enemies. But just as u cant hold the water that's squeezing through ur hand, similarly friends also lose contact and hence you try to preserve those few droplets which had alwys been with you from the start, during good and bad times.


We were 8 of us, from the start till date. Saket, Anup, Mayur, Mukesh, Bobby, Radha, Sony and Myself, strongly bonded through years. There was an amzing dynamic and emotional connect among us. We would stand for each other during all times.


Mayur - the charismatic leader of our school, prefect, studious guy, good orator, adored by all esp faculties who hated me loved him, a casanova.


Saket - the technically sound chap, behnon ka bhaiya kishan kanhaiya, topper in all subjects, good natured humanitarian whom everybody used to love, more than a real brother in many sense.


Mukesh - the golden boy with a golden heart, a good samaritan, determined to join police force, my volleyball companion, we called him ambrose nt coz his capabilities with ball, bt coz he looked like him


Anup - well, if u ever wana know me, contact him, he is my man, gora changa, ladkiyon ka cutie pie, super athlete, and equally good at studies. we have been best buddies sharing everything from start


Bobby - the super hot girl, whom everbody used to stare on, beauty without brain is how we used to symbolise her, very hardworking and ambitious lady, a perfect freind, i had a crush on her from the start, and then she had on me when i was seein someone else. hmm these things happen with me quite ofetn u knw. we have a pact, if we find no one, we shall marry each other. :)


Sony - we knew each other frm the time, when we were in kg standard. so almost 20 yrs now. I dnt think i need to explain anything more. We have been with each other for so long and seen each other growing. She's been a perfect critic and a worthy friend, very preserving of our relationship. She has been my notes, recess, and sometimes my punisment partner as well.


Radha -- Well my BEST FRIEND, with whom i have shared in and out of my life, she feels the same for me. For her Saurabh is what friendship is all about and i am so obliged for that. When i dint study, she used to worry the most, when i had a heartbreak she used to feel the most. she was a good listener, particularly when i was speaking. When we fought she wld cry if i stop talking to her. Very sensitive and good natured human being.


Some one is missing. I said 8 of us. well ...ok its me.


So how was i in school. ideally these people should be responding, nevertheless i will take this opporunity on others behalf. (for any missing link..feel free to comment)


From the start i was the most notorious kid, always looking out for trouble, be it in any form. Teachers and students were all fed up of my acts. I was always charged up and dared to do things others would think twice. Breaking glass panes, switch borad, classboards, cracking bombs esp when its nt a diwali season, and esp in ur faculties room, u hate the most. And then even getting caught for things i dint do bt everybody thought i wld have planned.

And then my lovely friends SAMM making sure all this reached my mom in the best filtered format as in saurabh has nothing to do with it, he was made involved! faculties just hate him :)


I loved doing all kinda acts that grabbed attention. I just hated studying in school (bt nt bad in studies), to me it was a place where u come to enjoy and be away from home - a place where u follow rules set by your parents. I just hate rules.


I was always absconding frm my lectures (few dared to do so) esp during 10-12th class...Volleyball and Basket ball court is were one used to find me esp if it was a challenge match. Anup and mukesh used to be my partner, saket wld help us saving face in front of faculties whose class we used to bunk, mayur wld save me from the principal as he was more influential, radha was an emotional support, she wld share things with me, which no body knows, bobby took care of my belongings like school bag and other stuff's which used to reach home safely. All in all i am incomplete without my friends. We have grown , learnt and been with each other in all times. Hope this journey never ends.

There is just so much to write...well this blog may nt hold so much information. :)

Its 3.25pm nw, m in office, just relaxing after lunch. Well nw i need to get back to some serious work, u never knw ur IT ppl, perhaps they wld be aware by now. Hehe

Catch up with you pppl sooon.

Cheers
Singh