Read it somewhere...

"Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up. You build up all these defenses, you build up a whole suit of armor, so that nothing can hurt you, then one stupid person, no different from any other stupid person, wanders into your stupid life...You give them a piece of you. They didn't ask for it. They did something dumb one day, like kiss you or smile at you, and then your life isn't your own anymore. Love takes hostages. It gets inside you. It eats you out and leaves you crying in the darkness, so simple a phrase like 'maybe we should be just friends' turns into a glass splinter working its way into your heart. It hurts. Not just in the imagination. Not just in the mind. It's a soul-hurt, a real gets-inside-you-and-rips-you-apart pain. I hate love.”~ Neil Gaiman

My take: I so bloody much agree...

Bargain

I've exhausted my 1 tb hadrdrive and needed another one to go...
So in an attempt to buy one... I went shop juggling y'day... and that's when this blog occured to me...
RULES of Bargaining - Indian Style
Rule #1 - The true price of any item is what you pay — so talk with several vendors before making a significant purchase.
Rule # 2 - Assume a number and die trying to make the sale/purchase happen at that price...
Rule # 3 - Make them show lots of merchandise — Get the vendor to “invest” in the transaction — emotion, time and energy.
Rule # 4 - Say “TOO HIGH”, a lot – Don’t even start negotiating until the salesman has scratched through the initial price and lowered it at least twice
Rule # 5 - Remember Rule # 2, don't drag yourself to the price

One final point - no matter what price you pay — if the sales guy is smiling when you leave — guess who won…

define freedom...

last two days... I've been part of these interesting conversations... Initially had some pieces to add... but then I got lost... and thought would post them here... to get more from ppl...

1. Topic: freedom...

a bunch of us were having discussion, one of my friends who's been brought up here brings the topic to life... he's simply said... I wouldn't wanna go back and stay in India... and this triggered it...

I asked him, why... he said... coz I can't deal with it... fair enough... he's got a reason... then we all added to it.... that given a choice... we'd wanna go to this country / that country or wherever... yeah India is the place for me...

anywaz... the arguement popped up... of why that place and not here... where we all are right now... and all of us the recent expats... answered unanimously "freedom"... HZ asked us... to define freedom and... why do we feel confined... in this place... immediately few of us came up with random and absolutely idiotic examples... which I personally condemned ... ( these were... lame ones... like... I can drink and drive... I can smoke... and swear... etc... others were beyond the levels of stupidity... hence i refuse to even quote them)... comin back... HZ asked me to quote one example to define, how freedom means someting beyond in India and not here...

I was dumbstruck... all the examples that kept poppin inside my head... were in line with what was poppin out from the others... lame... all of them were lame... all were of them had a similar base... breaking down rules... all of them were bordering themselves between legal & illegal...

I gave up... I told him that in the current context of all the examples being quoted and denied... feedom is not the ability / grant to do anything and everything one desires... but in pure form an absence of fear... an absence of the constant circumstancial fear... a fear of being tested against equality...
... in the end ... I told him that freedom is an emotion and not an expression..., hence I cannot quote an example to prove why not this country or otherwise... I couldn't think of anything better... in the end to close the conversation...

this conversation was stalled for the moment... but I still don't have my answer...

still struggling...

chandni chowk to china

....spoilers....

I am a huge fan of AK and hence not gonna elaborate on this one...

but in my attempt to be sincere... I think the movie sucks... too many loopholes... random links to extend the movie/ connect the story in parts to make a movie...

AK was gud... DP was average...

my advice... watch it, only if u got nothing.... absolutely nothing better to do...

please know that the movie ain't worth all that... hoping that this lowered expectations makes it better...

Oh yes... the highlight of the movie... was a friend of mine jumped off his seat... yelling... "what crap" ... and I second him... " What crap"

rating : 4/10

cheers...

slumdog "overhyped" millionaire

welcome to the world where hype obscures reality...

To be honest... I got so bloody bored, I had to skim through the movie at places to finish it...

My honest opinion, I'm still to figure out why, why is this movie acclaimed so?
It's not believable, if you are an Indian you'd have similar stories of rags to riches a million times... what it does beyond is to showcase the poverty in India... an wasted attempt to mix poverty vs. realism... the movie is loaded with so many negative scenes about poverty , sequentially placed in a manner that it does create a sensation (not sure of if the word fits right) amongst the westerners, who've have forever looked at India as a land of poors/ snake charmers... for them the movie will appeal as they in their myopic view on realism... see what they want to see and believe.

What surprises me is, why are there are so many people celebrating, and why especially in India? Just coz it has an Indian/Indian origin cast, staff, viewers in India, Indian show hosts, news anchors ... does that mean we need to agree upon or just create a hype for the same...

Are we aware that by appluading this movie we are reinforcing the stereotype... ?

And abt Rahman winning @globes... have you guys lost your senses or taste... Rahman... no doubt makes brilliant music... infact brilliant is an understatement... but this surely wasn't a piece that great... pick any movie for which he's given music to... I bet, u'd find atleast two or more tracks far better than "jai ho"...

My take on the movie: just another movie ... overhyped...

rating : 6/10