I dont have time for you till my exams...
Got the hint...time to let go...
Friday, January 30, 2009
Thursday, January 29, 2009
You have to be strong within...theres no other way...
I have again and again realized how people, once they know of your weakness or circumstances, don’t hesitate to take advantage of you; manipulate you or even just throw it in your face at the drop of a hat. Even the best of friends who seemingly are doing good out of the goodness of their heart – I attribute your behavior to your family circumstances…a perfect example of that…any close friend of mine knows about my “family circumstances”…but to throw it in my face just like that is so below the belt…that’s when you realize how important it is to be strong within yourself…but me being me…it hurts me deeply…
The minute things are a little less perfect I see the cover of calmness and control slip and what I see reminds me of the state of Voldermort in the last Harry Potter book…a pitiful contraction of the usual stronger self…why it bothers me so much? I know the answer…because I end up keeping people on a pedestal and when you realize that they are after all mere mortals no different than yourself…the realization instead of heartening breaks you…now there’s again no ideal to look upto :(
The minute things are a little less perfect I see the cover of calmness and control slip and what I see reminds me of the state of Voldermort in the last Harry Potter book…a pitiful contraction of the usual stronger self…why it bothers me so much? I know the answer…because I end up keeping people on a pedestal and when you realize that they are after all mere mortals no different than yourself…the realization instead of heartening breaks you…now there’s again no ideal to look upto :(
Monday, January 12, 2009
Khansamas...UB City...Bangalore
Yesterday J, D and me met for the first time this year and what better to do then to gawk at obscenely expensive clothes and accessories and top it up with a sumptuous meal…at least that was the plan.
The venue for this rendezvous was the new UB City in Bangalore…Now you know what I mean by “obscenely expensive”
The first part of the evening was adventurous…we ventured into name less stores and looked through innumerable racks of clothes and shoes and jewelry…Every girl’s dream come true except that they were mostly un wearable and un affordable…sigh…
So after we were completely worn out we decided to head to this new place for dinner – Khansamas by the BJN group…some colleagues and online reviews highly recommended the place both for ambience and food…not wanting to spend time waiting, I had made reservations before hand and quite rightly the place was packed…after waiting for 10 minutes while the waiter was getting out tables ready we entered the place…the smell of the place was extremely appetizing and made you want to devour anything in the vicinity ;) we took some time ordering drinks…most of them were the regular drinks, no big surprises there…very surprisingly the number of waiters for the number of tables they had we really low…and as a result the service was actually pathetic…I don’t know if this is the regular feature or just some problem yesterday… the waiter who took our order for the drink brought only two out of three drinks after 15 minutes…and then we spent another 10minutes locating the waiter and reminding him that he had forgotten the third drink…we had ordered a regular chicken starter…and the starter was served but there were no napkins on the table…after again trying to locate the waiter I failed and had to finally asked the usher (I hope I am using the right word) to get me the napkins…this was a slight let down…and I don’t think throughout our stay there which was almost 2.5 hours anyone refilled our glasses…
Now coming onto the food…the menu is ok not too great…though there are a lot of vegetarian options…we decided to be adventurous and ordered a crab…I was going to try that for the first time but my friends were all out in their love for crab..so they specifically told the waiter to get the crab without the shell as (I discovered this later) eating with the shell is a nuisance…after a long wait we got our food which looked really appetizing…but we discovered that the crab came with the shell…after complaining to waiter we were told that there is no other way it could be cooked…so we dug into the crab…my friends guiding me at every step on how a crab should be eaten…and it was easily one of the best meals of my life I loved the crab and the way of eating it…so what I enjoyed had nothing to do with the ambience…or the quality of food…but it was the company and the crab ;)
Though to be fair…the waiter was very polite and they gave us a complimentary crab dish which was without the shell when they saw us struggling with the crab…though the crab meat gravy was nothing compared to the original gravy we had ordered which was very yummm…
Coming to the ambience…the décor of very ordinary…the lighting was good though…but there were too many tables in too short a space and the whole place was way too noisy…there were some nice murals…the glasses were like old styled goblets and the cutlery was had a old jaded look to it…overall very ordinary and nothing creative about it…
All in all a regular place where you can have a good meal and happy times…but nothing extraordinaire…
The venue for this rendezvous was the new UB City in Bangalore…Now you know what I mean by “obscenely expensive”
The first part of the evening was adventurous…we ventured into name less stores and looked through innumerable racks of clothes and shoes and jewelry…Every girl’s dream come true except that they were mostly un wearable and un affordable…sigh…
So after we were completely worn out we decided to head to this new place for dinner – Khansamas by the BJN group…some colleagues and online reviews highly recommended the place both for ambience and food…not wanting to spend time waiting, I had made reservations before hand and quite rightly the place was packed…after waiting for 10 minutes while the waiter was getting out tables ready we entered the place…the smell of the place was extremely appetizing and made you want to devour anything in the vicinity ;) we took some time ordering drinks…most of them were the regular drinks, no big surprises there…very surprisingly the number of waiters for the number of tables they had we really low…and as a result the service was actually pathetic…I don’t know if this is the regular feature or just some problem yesterday… the waiter who took our order for the drink brought only two out of three drinks after 15 minutes…and then we spent another 10minutes locating the waiter and reminding him that he had forgotten the third drink…we had ordered a regular chicken starter…and the starter was served but there were no napkins on the table…after again trying to locate the waiter I failed and had to finally asked the usher (I hope I am using the right word) to get me the napkins…this was a slight let down…and I don’t think throughout our stay there which was almost 2.5 hours anyone refilled our glasses…
Now coming onto the food…the menu is ok not too great…though there are a lot of vegetarian options…we decided to be adventurous and ordered a crab…I was going to try that for the first time but my friends were all out in their love for crab..so they specifically told the waiter to get the crab without the shell as (I discovered this later) eating with the shell is a nuisance…after a long wait we got our food which looked really appetizing…but we discovered that the crab came with the shell…after complaining to waiter we were told that there is no other way it could be cooked…so we dug into the crab…my friends guiding me at every step on how a crab should be eaten…and it was easily one of the best meals of my life I loved the crab and the way of eating it…so what I enjoyed had nothing to do with the ambience…or the quality of food…but it was the company and the crab ;)
Though to be fair…the waiter was very polite and they gave us a complimentary crab dish which was without the shell when they saw us struggling with the crab…though the crab meat gravy was nothing compared to the original gravy we had ordered which was very yummm…
Coming to the ambience…the décor of very ordinary…the lighting was good though…but there were too many tables in too short a space and the whole place was way too noisy…there were some nice murals…the glasses were like old styled goblets and the cutlery was had a old jaded look to it…overall very ordinary and nothing creative about it…
All in all a regular place where you can have a good meal and happy times…but nothing extraordinaire…
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Fight club...
I had of course heard about the movie before. And was told from one and all that its some sort of a cult movie…now I have a thing against generalizations like that, a movie can be a master piece for its script, superlative performances, editing, direction, visual appeal etc. but I don’t really understand this phenomenon called “cult”.
So last weekend I had a chance to watch the movie…I was quite skeptic…not sure what to expect…having seen Ed Norton in other roles I was at least hopeful from his performance and Brad Pitt can quite manage to act at times apart from just looking good on screen…
The movie was gripping from the very first scene…you don’t want to stray for even a moment lest you miss some important tidbit…the director and the editors don’t digress from the theme for even a second and the movie does not drag anywhere…when the realization of what has happened sinks in it is almost a “Eureka” moment for the audience…and you feel absurdly surprised and silly at the same time…like you feel after reading a Agatha Christie…the clues were there in front of you all the time…you just never pieced them together…Needless to say the performances were easily the best I have ever seen…even the role of the maniacal “Marla Singer” was performed flawlessly by Helena Bonham Carter…it had to be given the fact that the character of Marla is what ties the lives of Tyler and Jack…Ed Norton has played the quintessential yuppie who lives a cataloged life where days and nights merge without any meaning and each moment is similar to the other…Tyler Durden, on the other hand (played by Brad Pitt) is a man with a mission…who seemingly has realized the burden of consumerization that we carry and has broken free from it and now wants to free the world…reminded me of “Sam Lowry” played by Jonathan Pryce in the movie “Brazil”…the movie peaks with the twist that actually leaves you breathless…
All in all a brilliant movie not just for the script but the treatment and the performances…A must watch.
So last weekend I had a chance to watch the movie…I was quite skeptic…not sure what to expect…having seen Ed Norton in other roles I was at least hopeful from his performance and Brad Pitt can quite manage to act at times apart from just looking good on screen…
The movie was gripping from the very first scene…you don’t want to stray for even a moment lest you miss some important tidbit…the director and the editors don’t digress from the theme for even a second and the movie does not drag anywhere…when the realization of what has happened sinks in it is almost a “Eureka” moment for the audience…and you feel absurdly surprised and silly at the same time…like you feel after reading a Agatha Christie…the clues were there in front of you all the time…you just never pieced them together…Needless to say the performances were easily the best I have ever seen…even the role of the maniacal “Marla Singer” was performed flawlessly by Helena Bonham Carter…it had to be given the fact that the character of Marla is what ties the lives of Tyler and Jack…Ed Norton has played the quintessential yuppie who lives a cataloged life where days and nights merge without any meaning and each moment is similar to the other…Tyler Durden, on the other hand (played by Brad Pitt) is a man with a mission…who seemingly has realized the burden of consumerization that we carry and has broken free from it and now wants to free the world…reminded me of “Sam Lowry” played by Jonathan Pryce in the movie “Brazil”…the movie peaks with the twist that actually leaves you breathless…
All in all a brilliant movie not just for the script but the treatment and the performances…A must watch.
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