Football and etc.

Oh how come I havent even let a single word about Football when the air is filled with the fumes of football fever. These FIFA days were of mixed bag of reactions and events -- disappointments, Sobs, Frenzied moments, Penalty 'tensions', Red Cards and most importantly the joy when the team one supported won. Brazil, which was the eye of many as well as Kolkata had a rather disappoiting exit. Spare Ronaldo, Ronaldinho didnt either show his overly projected mettle ! There were quite unpleasantries too especially when Argentina was shown the door out. They certainly would have deserved a place in the semi-finals had only the things would have gone fine. And in yesterday's match between Portugal and France, though France had won by 1-0, I really felt Portugal was more deserving. They certainly made many attempts on the goal, sadly they went futile. And I felt there were many instances, where France wasnt given 'foul'. I am not complaining that things went biased but all I feel is things could have been better.
Human mistakes cant be tagged especially when it comes to the match Referee. And looking on the other side, Zidane was too good, he made good use of the penalty kick that led them to the finals. It certainly made everyone realise he has lot of sports left in him and tagging him 'old' is just a cliche...

Worst Orkut Intro's !!!

As promised in the previous, here I present u the Irritating/Funny/worst Orkut Intro's !!!

ENJOY !!!!!!!!!!

1. "You have such a nice voice. can i be frens with u?"!!
2."Can I do friendship with you?"
3. K@MR@@N: HI, H R U ?I AM KAMRAN,FROM PAKISTANSHOULD WE BE FRIEND ?I AM WAITING FOR UR REPLY TC AND BYE
4.hello ,I think u r also in CTS ! when did u got the job ! i got CTS in march previous year n hoping to join in august this year ! lets b friends . mail or scrap back soon !take care ! byeeeeee
5.Leonardo:Hi!I am of Brazil and I would very like to be its friend!If you to want adds to me there also, ok ?A great kiss...L?o
6. I've seen fire and I've seen rain. I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end. I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend, but I always thought that I'd see you again.
7. "hi !!!wats going on....??really u r loooking stunning in all the pix...wanna friendship...?"
8. Hii,I have seen you in the movie "Mujhe Kuch Kehna Hai". I know you are Kareena Kapoor, why has you changing name to Archana under Orkut? I like you verrii maachhh. You friending with me?
9. Heyy , you look very beautiful. You will be best fit for my mega serial character. Pls friends with me and I will give you mega role in my next soap "Marudhaaniyum Maattu Saaniyum".Pls pls pls yaa, add as friend yaaa .
10. hi.. we r looking for a partner for my bro who has completed his double m.s from boston, univ of massacheusetts and is employed at wall street now. we would like to know if u would b intrested in getting married
11. hi interested?
12. Looks like u r new to orkut...let me trap u b4 someone else..What say??

[Courtesy: From an Orkut dating Community]

Back with a Bang !

Its been actually more than a month since I've updated this blog. Bit more workload and odd working hours kinda made me lazy to actually open blogger.com and post something spicy...

Though I was orkutting, my posts to blog kinda got postponed then n there...

Well, I am finding my assignment in the present project bit good, interesting and challenging. I am working on Oracle Applications (E - Business Suite) -- Projects. My previous exposure to HRMS is helping a whale and thanks to Smitha, my teamy who literally spoon fed me all these days on Projects and the functionality of my module.. Now, I am getting a bit to learn on Normalisation, Web Money and Oracle Time and Labor..Well, leave these at-work-chores..

Had been to home last week and this weekend to Kalpu' s place.. All previous weekends were dedicated to office ;-( Yesterday had a bit shopping in the hustle-bustle of Ranganathan St. with Nilesh and went to Marina beach.. Followed by my all time favorite - Capuchino at CCD...

And no movies all these days..Post my Chennai arrival, I had seen only one movie -- Pudupettai, which just kinda was shit of a storyline, apparenlty motivated at making something 'different' by Selvaraghavan. Didnt last to expectations, though I hear a certain section of junta liking it. Photography was good, but that doesnt make a movie full, right?

Well, will be back with anything interesting stuff if any ! Till then Enjoy the next post...

Singaara Chennai !!!

And yeah, I relocated to Chennai on an another transfer !!! I am happy for I am close to home, friends and relatives. Chennai climate is changing from the day next of my arrival, giving me a sigh of relief from the notorious scorching heat of Chennai.

Chennai is fresh after the post election grounds. Mr. K.Karunanidhi, the DMK supremo is the new Chief-Minister of Tamilnadu.

Addendum to the 5 point Reviews

Oops, I forgot including this movie

DARNA ZAROORI HAI

1. 'Company' product DZH starts with a lighter mode making a ride of its prequel Darna Mana Hai and finally fails to deliver with its multiple-horror-stories-packed-in-a-movie concept
2. Has a big go with multiple star cast and being the first Hindi film to be directed by six directors.
3. Only 2 or 3 stories appear to be fresh and creative; rest are kinda cliche
4. The first story with a film buff(Manoj Pahwa) is definitely the best part
5. Overall, the movie is watchable but dont expect kinda great horror that will chill your spines and nerves !

5 point Movie Reviews

For the last two weeks, I've seen more than my regular quota of movies.. Thanks to Sampath's motivation, I'm here kinda posting 5 point reviews of movies that I've seen during the past few days:

GANGSTER

1. Excellent storyline, with good screenplay and direction.
2. Music is foot tapping. Especially the numbers -- Tu hi meri..., Bheegi Bheegi..(2 gud!) and Ya Ali...(my personal favorite) stay close to the heart.
3. Very good cinematography. Locations in Seoul and some of the exotic places shown are sure a treat to the eyes.
4. And yeah, the new find Shiney Ahuja has done a brilliant performance with his expressions, sans dialogue screen presence and looks. Mark me, he's gonna be the next new sensation.
5. Definitely worth watching !!!

PS: Saw this movie twice. Gonna see again !


36 CHINA TOWN

1. Same, Old wine in a new bottle kinda story -- Murder, Investigation, multiple suspects and an unexpected culprit.
2. The element of humour is good but there are sequences as well that may irritate you!
3. Shahid and Kareena's screen chemistry doesnt go well but Upen has done well as a debutant.
4. Plus: A Ah Ashiqui mein teri, ja ja jayega jaan meri.. is too good. The background of it is oft repaeated in the movie
5. Climax fails to impress though overall the movie is quite okay. I mean watchable once!

THATHAASTHU

1. Screenplay doesnt do justice to this high voltage emotional drama; apparently this's a shameful lift from a hollywood flick.
2. Plays with your patience a lot with its mockery of the so called hostage operation.
3. Sanjay and Amisha fail to impress the audience with their roles.
4. Only one song that too an uncessary element
5. A poor climax that doesnt gel with intensity of the situation. However, that probably was the only exit.


POKKIRI (Telugu)

1. Belongs to the genre of Masala movie and has all the elements needed for a typical Masala movie - Action, Sentiment, Comedy, Fast Beat Songs, Romance, Revenge, sharp dialogues et. al
2. Plus: The damn gorgeous Iliana, the female lead ( Me too added to her fan following ;-))
3. The fight sequences (Action) is good and quite a new attempts have been made in this segment.
4. Minus: The Brahmanandam and Ali - Beggars Comedy sequence are the irritating stuff, they sorta test ur patience.
5. Music has been scored well with 3 of them being the chartbusters.

BANGARAM (Telugu)

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5. No point in watching this
PS: Unfortunately I happened to see this movie ;-( Pls Pls dont ever ever see this ;-( ;-(

Transitions

Ah.. I am realising that its more than two weeks and I am with no new post...

And the news is that I ve relocated to Hyderabad from Kolkata on a work transfer..

Transitions - Change to new place (though old to me) and new work environs made the apparent delay in actually posting a new crap to this so called blog mine!

Parting roomies and friends was actually hard.. The send off by them and friends at howrah station went emotional.. Anyways, Changes are a part of life and I am accepting them whole heartedly!

Well, Also Leaving Kolkata was a bit expensive affair too at the cost of a heavy treat.. But ulitmately, joy is to be shared only na ;-)

Will be back more info in the next post !!!!

Plagiarism and Kaavya

Addendum to my previous post

The much hyped teeenage Indian writer Kaavya Viswanthan has been charged with Plagirism by Harvard Crimson. Sources say that she has liberally used many of the ideas and phrases taken from McCafferty's Sloppy First.

See: The full text and the similarities by the Harvard Crimson.

Kaavya, meanwhile has apologised and accepted that unintentionally she had 'internalised' McCafferty's verses.