It's mighty great when you realize that people have forgotten the your blog, even yourself for that matter... But then, hey... Microbloggin' surely takes the cake. Everyone loves one-liners!!! (I AM on Twitter you know...? But then, sometimes 140 words just doesn't cut it. Anyway, hopefully my parents have forgotten about this blog, so it's time to resurrect this one outta the wilderness.

Preparing to get out of this place and fear and sloth are the two words that stick out foremost in my mind at the moment. Sigh. What can I say... Somethings never leave, they just linger for the right time to arise. Such is the irony and tragedy of life and thus my never-ending battle. Yikes I say.

Posted in E&D for the night, I'll get back to sleep. I'm just glad I'm blogging again I suppose. Time to add a few badges here and there. :P

In Peace,
-Nelson

Classic Rock is Dead.

Classic Rock is well... Non existant... Hiphop has taken over. Some bands do well to keep the spirit alive. But not well enough. And the oldies who make comebacks in their 50's and 60's are well... Just too old. The King is Dead. Long Live the King.

Too many!

Weird. Too many networks. Sick. I've been permanently online. Have to check every site over n over. And the the blog. It's funny. But yeah, I'm a net addict. Ugh. Not good. Unless I start monetizing again. :)

Lemme Out...

Maybe I AM not interested in meddling with your life anymore... I do not want to influence any decisions you take. I do not want to be part of anything that's happening concerning you. I can't be advising you when I haven't figured out my own questions. I just might be biasing you. If anyone gets hurt, I'll be hurt more. I'm backing out. You've got other people to show you the way. I'll be there to support you and be your friend but I ain't gonna be a guide no more.

Yeah... Why I Haven't Been Posting Stuff?

Well basically I've been busy... And then my parents and sister found out about the site. And that was the straw that broke the camel's back. Sorry. I'll see if I can do something about it.

Iron Man VS Bruce Lee

GOOD EFFORT!! 

Street Fighter !!!!

Birthday Blues...

It's always funny when a birthday comes up... You start thinking of things past, present and future and always think of things to make it better... And here at the threshold of my 25th birthday, a time when I should have been settled in life atleast concerning my future, I'm still stuck... Well atleast I'm not living off my parents... But it still sucks... God always comes into the picture... Coz you're always thinking, OMG, how did things end up this way? I should have had a plan or something! Normally I'd just sleep it off but it's almost the halfway point of my life... And I walk on unstable foundations. Each step I take is on blind faith and the muttered "under my breath" swearing that I could have done something earlier... Where do I go from here? I better go sleep before this headache gets any worse... But seriously... Birthdays, and New Years should be banned if they just make people feel dreadful about their lives... Or i should just refuse to celebrate my birthday... Never connected with the day anyway... It's easier to run away from it... :)

Slumdog Millionaire

First things first... Let me wish everyone here a belated Merry Christmas and an early Happy New Year as well... Hope the hols were as fulfilling and relaxing as they were supposed to be!

Coming to the topic, Slumdog Millionaire, one of the movies that's getting rave reviews all over the world, is a guaranteed must-see according to me... It's one of the best movies this year without a doubt! I hadn't heard of this movie until I was going through the Golden Globe nominations and noticed A.R.Rahman's nomination for Outstanding Score for the movie... Well.... Then I noticed that SDM ;-) had been nominated for Best Movie, Director and Screenplay as well... I couldn't help getting more intrigued and so I went and bought the DVD. (...which isn't out yet? so you guys know what i actually did...)


Not wanting to spoil the movie for you guys, a heavily micro-sized synopsis for now... The story's based in India, mainly aamchi Mumbai, about how a street urchin who's barely educated, gets on the "Who Wants to Be A Millionaire?" contest (KBC!), and seems to know all the answers somehow... The story evolves over the various back stories of how he got to know each answer (through the trying experiences of his life obviously...) and about how and why he got on the show in the first place... The narrative's got it's moments and you just can't but help being happy for the hero in the end...

I was quite moved by the story telling which was both subtle and in-your-face at the same time... And the acting of the children especially, the colours, camerawork and Rahman's background score all added to the excitement, the athos and the pathos that is everyday India and Mumbai in particular... I dunno what it is about people using third world (Just generalizing... India's not Third World anymore...) country backgrounds for movies (maybe it's for the awards season), but it works... Director Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, Millions, 28 Days Later) and co-director Loveleen Tandan have made a movie that targets the worldwide audience as such. The stories are stories we've heard, stories that we know, stories that we've seen and stories that we've experienced and understand. and thus thanks to Simon Beaufoy (screenplay) and Vikas Swarup for the novel Q&A on which this movie was based... The movie's got quite a few familiar actors from Bollywood, each doing their parts quite well, except when they have to say things in English which were better said in Hindi... Dev Patel does a good job for his first movie... Apparently he's a Brit Indian... And Frieda Pinto looks beautiful and acts quite well too.

It's a movie that uses the age-old adage that fate and destiny make the world go round... And I think the movie works because of that. It's not groundbreaking or that different, but it's still a breath of fresh air.... Watch it. Tell us what you think!

See you guys!!!

Luv,
Nelson

P.S.
Q. So finally how does he know the answers?
A. Well, finally because... "It Is Written..."

To read more about the movie... Imdb, Rotten Tomatoes, Wikipedia...

Last Month.

One Month just passed by me and I hardly knew that it did! I guess that's what happens when you really work your ass off, (or at least try to...). I've on the first day of the three days of my "well deserved" leave. Hopefully to get thru my appointment order and my ATM card which my dumb bank just refuses to send for some reason. So I don't know how to survive the next few days... I'd have loved to go on a trip to Chennai or Bangalore... But then without money... The next best thing would be sitting and watching all the eps I haven't had time to watch over the last one month... I really need to start watching a few movies... Just collecting stuff doesn't seem interesting anymore for some reason. Maybe because I do have a life now. :)
Labour Room is and was fun of course... Totally loved almost every minute of it... There were the painful moments... I did learn stuff so... I think I'll be fine... :)