Sucker of a weekend

Arsenal keep loosing, this time to Chelsea, but I still have faith in Wenger.

Played TT on the weekend with KAM and SD and discovered that my left knee doesn't really allow me to have a go on the top-spin.

If work goes fine will watch Monsters vs Aliens sometimes one of these weekday nights.

The best part of the weekend was this. I got a basic reader membership along with the magazine plan but alas I have no time to read.

Reading: 1> India a wounded civilization by V.S. Naipaul
2> The Associate by John Grisham

Realization

People think I hate everyone around me, what they don't realize is that I am the one all around me.

NOTHING

Have a call in 17 mins. time. A lot has happened but work and travel have pushed me away from this blog. Anyways Tioman Island was awesome and I am back to work..deadlines to be met this week and I am still getting nowhere.

For the past two days the concept of doing NOTHING{due credits to Office Space} has been on my mind :(..

Jaunty Jackpole - Ubuntu 9.04 beta! - Part 1

I upgraded from 8.10 to 9.04 beta last weekend. Graphics are awesome especially the new notification window. Opening and closing windows is a tad slow hope that improves on April 23rd.

Watch out for more updates..

Shit Happens!!

I have had no luck for two weeks.

Roger Federer kamikaze-d again against Djokovi in the Miami Open after winning the first set and smashing his racquet along the way. Liverpool lost to the much hated Chelsea at home 1-3. Arsenal though have recovered nicely to with the return of Adebayor, Fabregas and Walcott.

The ELECTIONS are coming and this time I really have no idea whats going around they I have a faint intent in my heart to vote - maybe its the in thing nowadays. Work has been killing, especially more since I don't feel like doing any of it.

Booked tickets to Pune for 24th April, trying hard to convince CJ/ID to join us. Spoke to SB{Dimpu} after years -felt nice, guess I will meet him up while during the trip.

Have been experimenting with music a lot lately; bought Neil Young and ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND last week. Neil Young's rendition of "Down by the River" has me floored.

Reading nothing nowadays -feeling extremely frustrated. Shit!! nothing seems to be happening.

Federer vs Murray

The Federer vs Murray Indian Wells semi-final is coming live on Start Sporst right now. The on-court camera angles are pathetic unlike the Slams but that will have to do..

Yeah its 2.00 am on a Sunday morning :)

Set 1: Federer 2 - Murray 3*
Murray just served out at love. Its 4-2 in his favour right now.
Set 1: Federer 3 - Murray 4*
Murray wraps up the first set 6-3 with a double break.
Go Fed go, stop crying and start winning..

Whoa, Federer breaks Murray's in the first game of the second set.
Set 2: *Federer 2 - Murray 1
And Murray breaks back - 2 all now in the second set. Murray to serve..
Set 2: *Federer 2 - Murray 3
Long service game here Federer on advantage..
Set 2: Federer 3 - Murray 3*
Federer is up 40-0 on Murray's serve..40-30 now..will he won't he???
He does!! Federer to serve at 4-3.
Set 2: Federer 5 - Murray 3*
Set 2: *Federer 5 - Murray 4
And Federer wraps it up 6-4.

Set 3 Murray to serve..
Set 3: Federer 1 - Murray 1*
Murray double faults at 30-40. He holds..
Set 3: *Federer 2 - Murray 1
And Murray does it again he breaks Federer twice to clinch the 3rd and the match. Extraordinary number of unforced errors from the Master, he must do something about his final set concentration it happened in Wimbledon and the Australian
Open and it has happened again here at the Indian Wells.

Nadal vs Roddick coming up - the second semi-final. Pray, Roddick manages to pull
out the upset of the year.

GULAAL

Went to PVR-Forum to catch Gulaal yesterday evening and boy oh boy! Bollywood has arrived.

The story revolves around an ex Rajput scion's {Kay Kay Menon as Dukibana} dream of a "Rajput Rajasthan" or "Rajputana" and his attempts to control University youth and politics for the "greater cause": a book-wormish cowardly Rajput youth Dileep Singh, {Raj Singh Chaudhary} becomes his chief weapon in this quest.

Dileep's metamorphosis into the angry "smoking-barrels Rajput" is played with aplomb by the actor and handled magnificently by the director. KKM thou steals the show with his thunderous performances as the Rajput leader urging fellow men to rise in revolt. The scene where he exhorts all assembled Gulaal smeared Rajputs to rise up for their motherland is reminiscent of "V for Vendetta". Gulaal's terrific use of colours in the narration draws inspiration from Trois couleurs: Rouge: showcasing emotions and moods with astounding simplicity.

AK has mastered the art of storytelling weaving sub plots into the main one in a masterly fashion - Dileep's frustrated idealist, Cambridge returned "His Royal Highness" roommate {Abhimanyu Singh}, Dileep's "lady love"{Ayesha Mohan} who uses him to exact revenge for loosing the elections all do more than justice their meaty roles. Brilliant cinematography and unique song lyrics from Piyush Mishra woven with music by Indian Ocean typical to such a dark film leave you mesmerized and riveted to your seat.

The frenzied "shoot 'em up" climax is a tad clumsy but the rest of the film more then compensates for the glitch: even the first half does drag through a little bit in an effort to weave the complex web of intrigue expected in a political film.

This is Hindi cinema at its best - go get colored, go watch it!!