“Man ka ho to acchha. Man ka na ho to zyada acchha !”

I read it somewhere. Makes a lot of sense.

Translates into:

If things go according to your wish, then it's good.

If things don't go according to your wish, then it's even better!

Some wishes are not meant to come true...that's when you know, you probably wished for something you really did not deserve and he has something better coming your way.

Peace.

Chancey illai.

This scene from the movie Santhosh Subramaniam makes you go, 'Cha, chancey illai.'

Watch it if you follow Tamil.

Tai Chi dreams...

I was watching this show on NDTV Good times called 'One Life to Love' and someone on the show said, 'do something this year that you've been thinking you could never do.' Several ideas struck me, one of which was Tai Chi. See, why would I ever go to a Tai Chi class. There was no need, I used to think! It's not a question of whether I 'could' or 'would'... but I just didn't want to try it out.

But now I want to. I have been watching videos on it and I'm fascinated. I specially like this guy's moves. So graceful and smooth. His moves just blend with the music, nature and the mystic force around him.

I'm heading to Chennai and enrolling myself for a Tai Chi class!

Other things I want to do... Look at life from a different perspective. And how's that going to happen?

We'll have to wait!

I'm probably not OK

but that doesn't mean I cease to exist. It means I'm going to become a new me.

Where's the sun?

I don't get it...Whenever I think of the events in my past the weather is always pleasant. Everything seems to have happened during a cool evening or a pleasant afternoon...I just cannot see the sun... and how can that be possible. Whatever~

Funny but nice.

Ask and you shall recieve...

I learnt it by heart...and I believed in it... because it made sense...I learnt that no father will give his son a stone if he asks for bread nor give him a snake if he asks for a fish...why would God do it then? Why would he not listen to my prayers?

But somewhere down the line I think I misunderstood the concept...because I stopped asking God...I asked mortals instead...and of course I didn't get anything...I kept asking...all the time...that one day they would understand...but it didn't happen...they kept listening... and I kept asking... till it made me hate everybody...including myself.

God looked at me and said, 'ask me.'

I will ask.

The wisdom to 'ask' what is right.

Horton's motto...

No matter how small, a person is a 'person.'

And that exactly is the attitude we lack today. Today, as it stands, a person is no one but 'myself.' It all comes back to my 'self' at the end of the day.

But this amazing movie has beautifully portrayed the true spirit of love, trust, friendship and responsibility. Horton's (the elephant) efforts in saving an entire civilization, that appears to him nothing bigger than a speck on a clover, is so moving. The jungle questions his craziness because Horton believes there IS a world in the speck and that he heard voices from the world. Whoville's mayor, on the other hand, is questioned on his craziness because no 'who' in Whoville believes that an elephant is holding their world and that they just a tiny little speck!

But Horton and the mayor have great trust in each other and both their intentions direct towards one goal, saving Whoville from any impending danger.

An evil kangaroo, who does not want anybody questioning the current beliefs and fearing that the jungle mates may think beyond the possible, plans to destroy the speck but Horton diligently goes on to save the tiny little Whoville, because he believes no matter how small one may be, a person is a person!

Astounding sound effects and animation and an extremely thrilling climax.

Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears A Who: The movie is a must watch for kids and adults alike.

It's too difficult...

The more I want to believe I live in a mad world, the more I get upset about things that happen and some that don't (mostly things that don't happen)...
it's just to difficult to 'survive' here...literally...
seems like I'm the only one laughing...
but it appears that I'm the only one who is not happy...

Across the universe...

The second musical I watched this season after Sweeney Todd (Ugggh!)

This movie made me fall in love with Beatles! So weird, but I was always apprehensive about listening to The Beatles...and now I can't stop listening to them. I envy all those Beatles fans who by now know every song by heart...

I'm not going to write a review on this, you'll find loads of them on the net.

I liked the movie!

Tracks from the movie:

All You Need Is Love

Happiness Is A Warm Gun

I Wanna Hold Your Hand

I Want You (She's So Heavy)

All My Loving

Across The Universe

Strawberry Fields Forever

Let It Be

It Won't Be Long

I've Just Seen A Face

Hold Me Tight

If I Fell

With A Little Help From My Friends

Dear Prudence

Come Together

Because

Flying

While My Guitar Gently Weeps

Why Don't We Do It In The Road

Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

Oh!Darling

I Am The Walrus

Revolution

Blackbird

Blue Jay Way

Being For he Benefit Of Mr. Kite

Don't Let Me Down

Hey Jude

Helter Skelter

Girl

Something

Look! A sparrow...

Rains...fresh green trees...pleasant sky...oh, and a sparrow. My, where did these birds go? A sparrow is the only bird I can relate to the term, 'little birdie.' It's so tiny and cute and so a typical birdie. I take one careful look and I find so many of them...man, I must be living in one of those places where there's no hustle, no mad rush of vehicles, no tall concrete structures emanating hot air from their ACs...only beautiful trees and butterflies and sparrows!

Here's one, perching on the window grill...so typical of a sparrow...visiting your house gracefully and beautifully...

I'm stuck

I am 'literally' stuck in a state of boredom and monotony. I gape at the sky and realize it's lonely and it's depressing... My vision hazed...my self simply cut-off from things that used to seem bright...they now cease to look good...a monochromatic splash of expressions... the place, the air...everything around me now asks me to halt, take a look and come to terms with the bitter truth that I'm stuck...so stuck with myself and my bag of fickle aspirations...head saturated with hopes gone broken...suppressed in doubt... the dream seems too far away...how far can I stretch my hands?

...else, this monotony will kill my spirit.

iMelt

Very few things make me melt...like this song absolutely does. I love the composition and this is no doubt my favorite song ever. I don't know why but it gives me this weird feeling...like simply closing my eyes and 'feeling it' types...I am just not able to describe the feeling actually...it makes me want to search for something...

Then there are these other weird things that calm me down, like the rain and the smell of wet mud, the color blue, earrings, watches (I'm a material girl!)...and good music and books.

I do not know why started writing this post in the first place...I'm so lost and I'm listening to the song to try and make out what I'm missing out in life...

A Vow, broken...

For 9 years I have been keeping this Vow: no consuming meat throughout lent.

And I've been doing this not because I'm this extremely devout person or anything but more because I did it once and I was scared to break it for fear of being killed or cursed.

But I broke it anyway! Thanks to the food in office I ate fish on the second day of my 40 day schedule of abstinence. I remember my granny telling us cousins it's alright to have fish (but, only if we wanted to, and she would never do it!)...And I never asked why only fish (but why?)

So, I excused myself...and the next day I don know how, I ended up eating mutton!

Spell broken, should I say?

I told my mother this and she said, 'It's ok Mol. He only sees your heart. This is all superficial. Doesn't matter.'

But if my granny came to know, she would say, 'Ente karthavey! Ente kunjuney shemmikaney!' (My God! Please forgive my child!) And he would accept the apologies :)

:D

So then, I'm assuming I am forgiven!

Yaaawn...

That's all!

Mean meat eater...

I overheard X saying 'Ooh, and please stop consuming meat OK? Bad for health. Eat veggies.' Somebody nodded, reluctantly.

No, there was no debate on which was better 'Meat or vegetables.' Somebody just asked X how to get to this hip-hip club in the city.

X: Oh, you must go to this place...OMG, It's so amazing.
Somebody: Really? You've been there?
X: Of course! Every Saturday..Duh!...it's kinda like a Saturday night ritual. OMG, the drinks...out of this world...
Somebody: (Excited) Wow! Ya?
X: Trust me...the booze is whahowwayhoweywho!
Somebody: Woohoo...Alright...
X: Ooh, and please stop consuming meat OK? Bad for health. Eat veggies.

What on earth was X saying? I mean...X was clearly a booze addict or what and X is some veggie addict too?...and X says 'Veggies are good for health?'

Health? LOL!

My dear X,

This is me, a meat consumer. Yes you heard it right, I eat meat. The gruesome being. But no, you don't do it. It's good that you are a veggie. But X, my dear, please stop consuming those veggies...because, they're rotting in your system. Booze will do, my dear.

Booze will do. Yes.

Health.

Mean meat eater!

Free...Free

Free Booze (OMG! Elixir!)

Free coupons to the club (Stairway to heaven)

Tax exempt (??!)

Free 'ladies queues' at the cinema (Yeah!)

Freedom to interrupt anybody's conversation (anytime...)

Freedom to shout at anybody (because, duh! you're a woman!)

Free to complain (about anything)

Free...'everything'

Oh, but do not forget to protest for your 'rights!' (You're free to do that too)

Now!

Be a him... Be a her... Be a blah... Be a bloo...

Be the watch...be the watch

'But...I do not function like that...I cannot...I'm...'

Be the watch...

Be the spoon...be the spoon

'But, I'm just a watch...I cannot...'

Useless.

Wretched...

But...

We're different

Really...

I beg!

South-Park me!

Oh, before I leave for the day, here's something I want to show you...I south-parked myself.

Not able to blog...

There was this huge work pressure building up and I really couldn't blog...though I religiously blogged in my mind...I hope the weekend instills some blog spirit in me.

Have a great weekend! :)

Why is TZP still under construction?

Excuse me for following the not-done blogging techniques, that is to say, starting a topic and then not completing it...like the Om Shanti Om review and the never-gonna-be written TZP review! So why am I not publishing it? Frankly, I was gonna complete it and publish it but the TV stopped me! Well, I can blame my eyes too, ok whatever, so I saw this little boy Darsheel Safary (Ishaan Awasthi) giving his 'nth' interview on TV about his role, and the movie and blah blah blah. I expected the little child to be a child on TV, but it so turned out that he was not a child...he was this super duper star who had achieved something really noteworthy in life at such a young age, blame it on me for expecting. But, but...he is supposed to be a child and not have this 'yeah, so I'm a star' attitude! I mean, it's ok, after all 'Who' am I to judge? But it's just that when I watched TZP, I cried everything time this little boy cried in the movie (the only difference being I did not use glycerine) and I got attached to this little boy...SIGH!!!
I decided I will probably not continue writing the review because I was shocked. And I stick to my word, I will publish it when I publish my numerous other posts that are still in the 'draft' stage...
So, TZP is under construction...and blame it on the eternal procrastinator or otherwise!