Me and Raavanan !!!!

After the hype created around raavanan and and the one I created by myself to see the movie without hearin any kinda non sense from any anti social elements... I watched the movie yesterday... The list includes my 2 friends and my cousin who i turned deaf ears to this past few days.. Turnin deaf ears even meant accusing them to my mom..

So finally about the movie which has been having a mixed response.. It was great.. or let me put it this way.. I Liked it !! Generally for the past week there have jus been more criticisms, but i don see anythin to be criticized in the movie.. You sit at a movie theatre and you have one of the most breathtaking views of the forests and the rain and hear some real good music, see amazing actors transforming as characters, and a great experience.. What lacks here?? It is a real down to down simple storyline known by all the Hindus.. Even the characters portrayed have shades of the epic characters.. And I found it ta be a great modern day adaptation..

The positives of the movie was the choice of cast, camera work, music, acting, and of course the mani ratnam banner... Vikram is awesomeness personified, Aishwarya - adorable, Prithvi - Neat, Karthik-as usual - leaves a mark, and others have done a great job too..

Still Mani Ratnam cant escape criticism... There were a lot of loose ends in the movie.. Towards the end a few characters were jus neglected and suddenly their characters stopped appearing.. And the editing I would call it different when compared to other movies.. There are people actually pointing out mistakes in editing but i think it pretty well suited the tempo of the movie..

Final Verdict - I would surely suggest this movie for hard core Mani fans and even people who like ta see movies with class unlike mass... U d surely Like it !!! But if u have made up ur mind to go and criticize, save the money and go for a ur type movie rather than irritating others !!!

Actually this final verdict is so harsh, cause i had people who don even watch enough number of movies to even talk about it.. When you don like somethin, you don like it... The person has ta keep it to themselves rather than pushin the idea to other people and make them change their perceptions..

After the movie, me and one o my best buddy had time out tagether at Express Avenue.. The new mall near the Royapettah Clock tower.. DO pay a visit there.. Its worth it !!

And ya, I am jus half way developung soemthin bout a bro-sis relationship.. Will publish it once done !!! Until then.. Veera veera veera

Cheers

The "ME" Tag

Here is somethin a flicked from Meow's Blog.. Jus liked it...

My 3 famous name

• Aishu
• Ice
• Eruma(Buffallo)

3 things that scare me:

• Insects
• Walking alone in the night at 12(I ve done it once)
• Facing someone when am embarrased

3 things which make me smile:

• A day out with him
• A box of Chocolates
• Thought of a Holiday

3 things I love:

• Chocolates
• Mobile, Ipod
• Rain

3 things I hate:

• People with a wrong attitude
• Being Questioned unnecessarily
• Being Lied to

3 things I don't understand:

• A lot of stuff in Medicine
• Why Girls are always jealous
• Why are Dads and Bros possessive when moms are supportive

3 things I am doing right now:

• Doing this tag
• Music on my comp
• Thinking of what ta do after this

3 things I can't do:

• Be without expressing what i feel
• Somethin which doesn make me happy
• forcing myself

3 things I think you should listen to:

• Melody Songs
• Ur minds Voice
• Sounds of dawn

3 shows I watched as a kid:

• Jungle book
• Tom and Jerry
• Somethin on Jain TV

3 things I want in a relationship:

• Lotsa Love and Romance
• Commitment
• Tolerance

3 things that appeal me from opposite sex

• Voice
• Smile
• Wit

3 favorite fictitious characters:

• Harry Potter
• Lizzy(Pretty Women)
• Me(If I were part of a book)

3 of my favorite hobbies:

• Dancing
• Music
• Being Online

3 beverages I drink regularly:

• Coffee
• Mango Juice
• Coffee days Cold Coffees

3 things I like about myself:

• Outgoing and Extrovert
• My smile and attitude
• My confidence

3 things I hate about myself:

• Tolerance
• Patience
• Being too open

3 things I am wearing right now:

• Clothes
• Jewels
• Glasses

2 truths & a lie (in the same order)

• I am an impulsive buyer
• I love travelling
• I I dont have time to blog(its an outright lie i Use)

This tag is open ta anyone...

Cheers

MOM !!! I am a piece of YOU !!!

Heyi,

Couldn think of any other title.. I thot of using titles like My mom Bestest or Super mom and all that but then decided against it cause anyway all these things go without say.

Its Mothers Day !! Its not that you remember your mom only on this day, its jus the day you acknowledge her presence in your life more than any other day. All of us are really attached to our moms. Though we have dad, brothers, sisters everyone are always around us a mother plays a more important role than anything else. That too in my case the relationship i share with mom is really way far more important that all the other relationships already present, yet to come in my life. I very well know that whatever happens to me, the first person to react to it would be my mom good or bad. Thats where a MOM stands

To talk about my mom. She is a pillar of strength to me. Everyone might think its just another humbug where the daughters write for their moms on mothers day but I find this a very special thing. She never loses the faith she has on me. Whatever confidence I have today in me is what she shared with me from her heart. I boldly carry a piece of her on my shoulder. She feels so happy when people say " Lakshmi Ponnu avala maadriye.. Romba smart !!" (that I am jus like my mom.. Smart !!) She is really a smart person. Quite difficult to find one like her.

She tells me stories of her early marriage days where she was married off at 21 and she had to face a culture shock. A Chennai bred person in a Tanjore based family. But i always hear it from my aunts and granny how she so well adapted to it. All of them from my dads family love her. Thats kinda really a surprise cause In laws never like the daughter in laws as per policy. Thats where she stands. A very friendly caring and a bold person she is. Will carry anythin off with perfect ease.

All through these years she has been this really best friend to me and now being the bestest. I have never generally hid anythin from her except for that one something which she now knows. Even then she supports me through everything. You know whats special about a mom. She will support you, she likes it or not, if it does good to you-she will support you. A bundle of energy she holds and passes it on to everyone. Her enthusiasm is so so so contagious.

We live in an apartment with 72 flats and any apartment function, my mom is involved. People want her to be involved in arranging it. She will go out of the way to make people happy. Its so typical of amma to say " When four people are happy because of you, You feel satisfied". All my friends so love her and always say that my mom is awesome and cool !!.. I feel so proud bout it mom !!

Leave all those things. For the past 2 years now, my mom and I have shared this real great bond. She acts as a perfect bridge between me and my dad. Convinces both of us so easily and always thinks of what makes me happy. She has been spending so much on getting stuff which i like, making me feel the best and taught me the best secrets. She always keeps telling me " even if you are married and away, you will be my best friend and we will share the best bond" which is perfectly true. There have been so many places i have talked back to her really rude but still she d say "its better that you change - for your own good" Can you ever think of any other selfless relationship. She supports me for everythin. To her my life and my happiness stands first. I jus decided to leave my job now - she never even thought of anything else, jus said "If you don wanna go - Don go" She never tried to convince me to stay for this reason or that reason. She doesn console when i cry, rather gives me the strength and says how much i don deserve to cry.

A typical explanation for my mom would be 48 outside and 28 inside... I wouldn call her 48 outside also cause she always looks and dresses Chic and decent. She looks like this amazing modern yet a culturally strong mom. You know what her latest love is - Facebook and more things on computer. I always aspire to follow her values so much which i will try hard to. Today, am this strong, bold courageous and also beautiful(genetically- the foto will explain the rest) all because of her. I live here with her guidance support and mainly HER !!

Hey.. Its time.. I promised to get her nail polish, and am here writing down stuff.. I better get going !! Happy Mothers Day mom !! And to all the moms in the world !!!

Cheers

If I Were....

Heyi,

This is one of an interesting tag Sowmi tagged me to do. Thanks sowms. I did some thinking to do this... ans here it is.. It was also like a comeback from kind of my hibernation.. I am gonna blog.. I shd...

If I were a bird, I'd be A COLORFUL PARROT(like the one at Singapore)
If I were a color, I'd be BLACK
If I were a leader, I'd be A FRIENDLY SUPPORTER
If I were a liquid, I'd be WATER-THE ELIXIR OF LIFE
If I were a time, I'd be THE GIFT OF TODAY
If I were a cellphone, I'd be IN MY GUYS HANDS
If I were a car, I'd be ON THE AMERICAN ROADS
If I were a music, I'd BE THE FAVORITE IN MY IPOD PLAYLIST
If I were a voice, I'd BE DIVINE
If I were a emotion, I'd be HAPPINESS
If I were a smile, I'd be FLYING IN AIR AND GETTING STUCK ON EVERYONE'S FACE
If I were a water, I'd be FLOWING DOWN AS A SHOWER

If I were an investor, I'd be a PROFIT GETTER
If I were a stock, I'd be IN TONS
If I were a subject, I'd be LOVE AND ROMANCE
If I were a flower, I'd be A TULIP
If I were a writer, I'd KEEP PEOPLE HOOKED TO MY BOOKS
If I were an artist, I'd be A DANCER
If I were a luck, I'd PASS ON LUCK TO EVERYONE I WANT
If I were a life, I'd be SWEET AND CHARMING
If I were a missing thing in the world, It'd be UNITY !!!!

SO.. There it is !!!

Cheers

Rambling and movie !!!

hey,

I ve been tryin yo write something for quite long now and roday i decided to ramble atleast somethin which has been in my mind for quite sometime now... For sometime now I ve been sitting at office with not much work ta do and suddenly started on an assignment of making changes in the college website.. I am doing it at the same time am feeling bad about having a no progress career and a really bleak future.. That apart..

I ve been wanting to start an event management company for a long time now... More than event management, its been a love for Wedding planning. Wedding planning is a really lucrative career abroad.. here it is nothing more than a low level Broker job. I seriously wanna bring in that Chic and hep culture of wedding planning. It might take time though. My next idea is to open a Cafe !! It know it sounds weird but, I always wanted ta open one.. I ve had a major part of my life at Cafe Coffee Day.. !!!

I saw Vinaithaandi Varuvaya few days ago.. I was jus wondering why i did not like it much.. Was it because i saw it when i had fever, or was it because the movie aggravated my fever.. Was it because my expectations were too high or was somethin really wrong with the movie???

Though i couldn conclude, the movie made me think a little.

I will never call that movie bad cause, it was a feel good chic flick with an Indian flavour, but certain things were sure unacceptable, atleast to me... I believe in love a lot and even on love at first sight.. Anyone can break into a song in any moment.. The emotion in great when experienced rather than being read. So, as the movie goes by its really clear that the female character Jessie is a volatile and unstable person who does not know what to do. The hero Karthik feels that there something great with Jessie and that she is like mature and super good and "the one". I feel he has made a wrong choice. Cause Jessie i would call a beautiful confused b***h who has no guts to even confront her dad. She lacks even the S in steadiness and stability. When the character is this, how did the hero be mad bout her. She is also this really dominant as she is elder to him. She has the guts to make out with him and say this might be the last time. ??? I thought a lot bout this and narrowed down on somethin what the guys of today always say. "Ellam Ponungalum Ipdi thaan machaan"(all girls are like this only, bro). But i disagree with that "All". Yes, there are a lot of girls doin this nowadays. When they love a guy nothin actually stops them, but when it comes to marriage they give into their parents lucrative options. There is always a way to make parents understand. But jus carryin on with life without confronting parents even once is the heights of being a B***h. SO, Thats for now.. Will write soon...

Cheers

Hey guys,

you know, i felt i really should deliberately put down somethin today in my blog.. Cause i have piles of unfinished posts lying in my drafts. Each time i start a post and i don complete it. Its been happening for ages now.. Life is nice but i dunno i have this disturbance at the back of the mind.. Anyway, I jus started tweeting few days ago and i started started buzzing through Google too... I felt these things are kinda nice only when you are bored. You cant maintain it like some really important thing like an email ID. SO.. Lets leave all that..

Yesterday i went to my school after a long time. It so brought back a lot of memories. Rest is best left Unsaid. I will come up with some pots or atleast a tag soon.. I wanna make a comeback !!!

Cheers

See me in Action !!!!

Hey Guys,

Its been a long time since i wrote.. But before i wrote i wanted ta upload a part of my dance show.. So. Here it Goes... I ll write about somethin soon...

Comments are welcome !!!

Cheers..

Pandora !! Eywa !! I SEE YOU !!

Heyi,

Its about a really rocking 2 and a half an hour experience which triggered me to write here. Before that.. Hope all of you out there had a great Christmas.

On Wednesday night, pressurized by my brother, I stepped out of the house really tired, worn out and sleepy out for a movie Avatar. I did wanna see that movie but not at the end of a slashing weekday. I removed my contact lenses and changed to my glasses. To my dismay, my bro tells me in the car that am supposed to wear a 3D glass. Normally I leave with contact lens but this day I very specially wore glasses. Reached there, mentally making up my mind to wear two glasses, one on top of the other and saying a silent prayer that it should fit and i shouldn sleep either.

Getting into the theatre INOX was a Herculean task. Getting the car valet parked, controlling my dads temper(for a change, not mine this time), getting the net tickets printed, entering only through one gate, moving one by one, stand in queue for the 3D glass, and get into the theatre one after the other. Such a mess. Nothing beats Satyam Multiplex.

I went in. Loads of expectations and excitement(Courtesy : Adithya(my bro)). His energy levels are really contagious. He has taken after me in that aspect. So, finally the movie started.

The hero was this really smart guy with broken legs though. That din bother me. Slowly I started getting into the movie and then into the most awaited PANDORA. For the benefit of those who haven watched, its a really small planet where the other planets are visible in the skyline. This planet Pandora has living beings who look almost human, with a few deviations though, standing 10 feet tall with an amazing flexible body. This movie is dates way ahead in 2154(jus imagine, we are talkin bout 2012 worlds end), where Humans find their way upto Pandora for its rich minerals. They have put up a research center, where they have DNA merged bodies resembling that of the Na'vi(the natives of Pandora). Technology is used to merge the nervous system of the human body to that of the MADE Na'vi bodies to explore Pandora. Its like controlling a remote body from your brain here. Thus begins the story.

Am not telling anythin more here bout the story line cause its best left unsaid and its for you to watch this amazing Screenplay with a fresh mind.

Pandora comes as a pleasant surprise. It is one of the most beautiful place which i might never get to see. The amount of imagination gone into the beauty of that place, its creations and the things which happen there make you wonder if James Cameroon visited GOD for an appointment to discuss World Designing. Even the small small things such as lights glowing on the ground when they keep every step, the places they sleep, the connections they make which the end of their pigtails and the animal tails make it feel magical. Few of the cute places were the Tree of Voices, Tree of Souls and their parent tree. Everything being connected and everythin working in harmony makes you fall for that place. We live in the enerdy borrowed from nature and nothin is permanent is stressed throughout the movie. The Spirit of Eywa, the very name made me feel good. I am jus not able to stop scribbling here as I liked the movie so much. Made me wonder where the Cinema world is heading to when Films like "Avatar" are made just once in a decade, remaining in the best memories forever.

Everythin in this film was worth a mention, music particularly, stirred my heart and made shivers run through my spine. With all these things who would not want to visit the magical Pandora. The importance of Nature conservation is told in one of the best ways.

I very Badly Wanna visit Pandora. Eywa You Hear me ??

I SEE YOU.. ;)

Contrast !!!

Heyi,

Been a while since i blogged. Today i get the time to enjoy writing along with the rythm of the rain. I dunno why, but life seems to be the best when it rains.

A week ago...

You feel like having stuff hot and drinking steaming mugs of coffee. There are people who say otherwise. They say life is miserable when it rains and that they are not able to continue with their jobs. The best impact rain has is on school students, that too during exam time. Exams getting postponed excites them. One of the classic examples is my brother who spreads this news of joy to each and every person in his class. He takes full pleasure in making my dad pay the phone bill to do a broadcast of "declared holiday" news.

Today..

A total contrast. Its sunshine. I jus think the weather is kind of fully confused with what to do. Keeps changing drastically on a day to day basis. Today is a Saturday, and am working. Thats sad, is not it... I feel bad to come so far on Saturdays but what do I do. Office cannot be shifted for my own fancies right. Still, apart from work i had a lot of things to do today. A concert, alumni meet, dance classes. But this distance between my home and work makes me handicapped. I cannot do anythin when i think about doing it.. Am I actually making my blog a "Cribbing About Everythin" area. Am stopping here.

On a happier note. Things seem to take a turn in life... I have 3 performances and an invocation dance lined up.. January is gonna be a month of dance. One of my friends is back.. My first training batch is over. Lots other things make me really happy too. This blog is named contrast as i have compared above the weather of yesterday and today.. My life works the same where I crib and the next moment i feel happy.. So.. There is some global warming happening inside me too !!!

Hey. I ve been thinking of a topic to blog on for ages but its never happened.. Bloggers out there.. Pls help me.. Until then......

Cheers

SPEAK YOUR MIND !!! Guest Post 2

Hi everyone!

It is my turn to disappoint everyone who came here to read a perfectly written article with lots of emotions and elegant words by charming Ms. AJ. 'Post Purchase Dissonance!' That’s not happening this time. You are here to read the words of a very confused and a sluggish big boy. That’s right you are reading an article which was due last week.

I should probably begin by thanking AJ for this opportunity but I am going to save that for the last. Let’s speak about something important. Shall we! Something very critical. Something that defines us. (Yes I know that you have heard about speaking your mindfor a loooong time and from looots of people.) But interestingly enough most of us are not doing a good job at it. Come on let’s be honest about it.

Ok! Let me start. I am really bad at it. More so I did not realize I was not doing it for a long time. I always believed speaking your mind was rude. And that I should never offend anyone, especially friends (Yeah I know am a nice guy :-) ). What I failed see was there is something which I was giving up all the time! My Right! Right to speak! Right to my have my opinion and more so Right to define myself.

Let’s see it in very simply way, things that happen with our friends. How many times did we have to go to a lousy movie just because our so called gang of friends wanted to see ? How many times did we have to do a shitty favor of buying a gift for a friend’s girl friend just because he doesn’t have good taste(well …when it comes to buying for women, who does?) or how may precious minutes in our life have we lost doing something we never wanted to do ? How many opportunities have we missed because at the right time we were not able to say what we wanted to? I could just go on.

I remember when I was in my 1^st year of engineering a very young lecturer put this in a nice way or should I say very understandable words for my age at that time “If you like a girl don’t just stare at her and do favors for her. Tell her how you feel because sooner or later some Shahruk khan will appear out of nowhere and take her away” Sounds lame uh? Maybe! But this statement made a me realize a lot of things at that time. (BTW I did tell her and yet Shahruk khan appeared. That’s a different story)

Never ever worry about hurting your friend by speaking your mind. If you don’t hurt them that once! You’ll end up getting hurt a lot more times. Finding it very difficult to say NO? Go through this article: www.bbc.co.uk/relationships/improving_your_confidence/exercise_mind.shtml. It might help.

Having a different opinion and yet doing quite the opposite, just because you could not speak for some reason, is really like insulting yourself. When you voice your opinion and choices you define yourself, you are letting everybody know what you are, what you want and how you think. When you define yourself, the society aligns itself to accommodate you. I agree there might be some lose in this process but it could not be bigger than losing your identity.

Not just with friends, with your family and especially at your work place. It is always better to let your preferences and choices be known. Voice your concerns! You might not just be doing yourself a favor but also helping out others who are not confident enough to do it on their own. Do not commit to anything you are not comfortable with.

If you observe it closely it all comes down to believing in yourself. You can not define what you are if do not believe you are worth that or if you think what you are defining is not worth enough. We know life is short, let’s not waste it on making everyone happy by suppressing our own interests. You might not get time in life to live like you want and do what you want, if you don’t speak your mind.

And why am I talking about this on AJ’s page??? Let me tell you! I have known AJ for almost 3 years now, sharing a classroom for 2 of it. I have never seen her doing something she did not want to do. I know what all she’s been through and never once have I ever seen her not standing up for what she believed in. That is something I have always admired about her and something which she inspires me with.

@ AJ: Congrats on your 1 year of writing. Keep going! And thank you so much for the opportunity.

Cheers

K.S.Raakeshmohan

Raakeshmohan.blogspot.com