Lately i have been catching up on the prison break series.Its currently running in StarWorld in India but do not know which season it is playing right now.Anyways I could get my hands on the DVD.. season 1 -3,thanks to one of m friend. Now that i am so hooked to it, i do not have time for anything else.my routine has become like this : I get home from office and within half an hour i am infront of m laptop , somehow very reluctantly manages to get to bed by midnight and weekends completely dedicated to the same .My ears and eyes are taking a toll on dis routine though, but thats how much so i am hooked to it..and no resting till i finish all seasons..hehehe.
So talking about Prison break, for those who do not know the storyline ..it is about two brothers and how the younger brother Micheal (played by WentWorth Miller)gets in to prison so that he can save his elder brother Linc ( played by Dominic Purcell ) from the death sentence he is facing. Wat i liked about the series is its not at all dragging, the meticulous details that has gone in to Miller's character is amazing,how it manages to keep you on the edge of the seats on every episode ,the characters seems almost real not fully though but.. yeah.. pretty appreciable work except this timing of how everyone has a good enough reason to break out at the same time..everything looks fine.Linc being the brute and Micheal being the brains theres scope for both action and some brainy stuff. And they managed to squeeze in a romantic track too .. The fun season starts after their escape from prison although how they get lucky eachtime is pretty indigestible..but since i do not want to get them caught..dats fine with me :D
Two people I enjoy most on the series is Micheal and Agent Mahone . Both are very shrewd , prudent , intense people. I have become a die hard fan of WentWorth, the guy has such powerful eyes, and its rarely that a smile crosses his face and I go wild when that happens.:P .Willaim Fichtner , the guy who plays Mahone is a better version of Clint Eastwood , hes probably in his 40's .Both are a pleasure to watch on screen and i just ogle at these two.. :P
All the whole, prison break shouldnt be missed if u have the stomach for a powerpacked(violent)series..
Ciao ..
\m/
Friday, August 29, 2008
I.Refuse.To.Grow.Up
I refuse to grow up...
I have reached a certain age of m life...a certain age where jantha around (read family, friends, neighbors ...all those who know me in some way )expect an whole together different set of things from me, where I am expected to act like a grown up (wut ever that is )they prefer to see me settled (read get married n raise kids )...add to the mayhem basically...you will be provided with reasons too..they say this is the time.. but wut eludes me is how do they know this is the time or right time or more specifically whether it is the right time for me??That it is neither one year later nor was it one year before..but NOW… How come they know what is right for me, what works for me or just because I reached a certain age I should be doing certain things, despite the fact that whether I want to do those … I find it difficult to comprehend jantha’ point.
Giving it a thot…almost all from my age group are married…some have kids, one of them even has twins...but I never got tempted/inspired/lets give it a try thot..nope.nothing .never. I remember reading somewhere man is born free but everywhere in chains, and most of the chains are self imposed,, courtesy of marriage, the only difference is whether you end up liking the chain or not..But a chain nevertheless.. and kids..ofcourse kids are on the cards,,but am I ready..well, the answer is NO..And all they say is its time …
So what should I be doing now, do not lend my ear to the experienced jantha and do it when I feel the time is right? Or...… Sigh…Anyways as far as jantha refuses to fathom my point, I do not have much of a choice rite... Emotional blackmailing is what I detest and I know for sure one day I will succumb to the same whether I like it or not... jeez….who’s in charge of my life????
Anyways letting u jantha know once gain…I refuse to grow up!!!
I have reached a certain age of m life...a certain age where jantha around (read family, friends, neighbors ...all those who know me in some way )expect an whole together different set of things from me, where I am expected to act like a grown up (wut ever that is )they prefer to see me settled (read get married n raise kids )...add to the mayhem basically...you will be provided with reasons too..they say this is the time.. but wut eludes me is how do they know this is the time or right time or more specifically whether it is the right time for me??That it is neither one year later nor was it one year before..but NOW… How come they know what is right for me, what works for me or just because I reached a certain age I should be doing certain things, despite the fact that whether I want to do those … I find it difficult to comprehend jantha’ point.
Giving it a thot…almost all from my age group are married…some have kids, one of them even has twins...but I never got tempted/inspired/lets give it a try thot..nope.nothing .never. I remember reading somewhere man is born free but everywhere in chains, and most of the chains are self imposed,, courtesy of marriage, the only difference is whether you end up liking the chain or not..But a chain nevertheless.. and kids..ofcourse kids are on the cards,,but am I ready..well, the answer is NO..And all they say is its time …
So what should I be doing now, do not lend my ear to the experienced jantha and do it when I feel the time is right? Or...… Sigh…Anyways as far as jantha refuses to fathom my point, I do not have much of a choice rite... Emotional blackmailing is what I detest and I know for sure one day I will succumb to the same whether I like it or not... jeez….who’s in charge of my life????
Anyways letting u jantha know once gain…I refuse to grow up!!!
R.I.P frend...
One of my ex team member met with an accident some days back.Following day we got the dreadful news that he passed away.what followed was a ghastly chain of events which set me thinking..About the boy, lemme call him vj..since thats what he called himself, was a tall lean fellow with a good temperament. we were good Friends, being a late joinee to the team, he treated everyone with respect, and worked hard to prove his metal . we shared adjacent cabins in office, pulled each others leg in every opportunityt. Sitting 10 meters away ,e-fighting as we always used messenger facility to the max on a free day at ofc . I only hav fond memories of him just like everyone else.
Occasionally i think about him, still have not digested the fact that hes not sharing world space with me anymore. On the day i got the terrible news i kept checking the messenger , praying the news be wrong hoping i get the pop up saying vj has singed in...but whole day whole week his profile said away den some days later it said offline. for the messenger thats wut he is now..hes just offline..
In office though there was no official mails about the mishap , nothing from corporate service/human resources whatsoever.Mabbe its because stuff like this doesnot add any value to the company , doesnot delight the stake holders in any way,so why waste corporate bandwidth rite. The only thing the company did as far as i know is they deleted vj's profile in no time. it was like he never existed. made him a ghost in one day..for the company he worked thats wut he is now... a profile that is flagged deleted or something in the database..
One of our teammate showed the courtesy of sending an unofficial mail to everyone who have known him.What followed was a chain mail about how well a person he was and how good he was at his work..i felt sick reading all that ..did not reply to the mail.. dint not let any of those contaminate my thoughts of him, to me he will be just vj.and i do not pretty much care how well he knew java or anything for that matter...among all the mails send around mourning over his death, there were two which stood out. One from his current team lead ..sharing to his team mates how good he was at his work, and best part:the mail was send to vj too...i sincerely hope vj cannot check mails where ever he is now.Another one was from the person who selected vj to the team, it was about his take on how vj dint get thru the interview but still how he believed in vj's talent.I felt something turn upside down in my stomach after reading that.
I am not sure whether i should be saying this,,but i pretty much have an idea of how will things be tomorrow if i die today ..
VJ..where ever u r...May ur Soul Rest In Peace!!
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Happy BDay To Me :P
dats m Bday cake :) was a surprise from m roommates at sharp 12 on m birthday ..sweet na :D
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
The Unfathomable Cycle of Life
I turned a year older the other day; the day went well. Even amidst all the warm wishes and laughter something disturbing kept coming up, something inside was roaring high for my attention. Following day on my way to office, my mind took the liberty of questioning itself, more like a feedback form they pass around after a boring presentation .It raised half a dozen not so pleasant questions which on any other day I would have readily avoided but this time it was different it was the brand new day of my brand new year. Was I happy to be alive, what would be the one thing I would be doing if it were m last day? Does my work excite me enough to make me look forward to hitting office the next day?? Pretty heavy stuff on an innocent morning to confront huh??Well there was no escaping this time..
I should be the hip and happening software professional drawing fat salary end of month working in air-conditioned rooms all day, partying hard n hanging out with fellow “cool’’ software professionals on weekends to fit the picture of a modern day working woman. Real picture: I was feeling pretty miserable myself. I was not doing the things I want to do anymore, the "ever exploring new horizons me" have long gone lost somewhere in the woods, not seeing the places I wanted to see, around people I do not care a darn about, I go to the flashy spaceship lookalike office, doing the work any average person can do, having all my meals from the office cafeteria with the same people, cracking the same silly disgusting jokes .How I was starting to loathe all this and felt exasperated inside!!! In short there’s no life in my life anymore. I tried to find out my buddies take on this. And boy!! was I surprised, the stories are pretty much the same.. days are spend writing shitty code, drinking filthy coffee reading forwards that have circulated around the world in record time, and nights dedicated to making the mobile network company rich!!
Having got a big picture of the miserable life around , I still was not sure whether to feel sympathy towards myself for the clone I became or rather feel happy for all that I have...I mean at least I am not lagging behind anything rite. I have enough money to spend on a book or a DVD, have friends to call when I need a good laugh.. who shows empathy towards me.. to constantly assure me that everything’s going to be alrite, folks who worries about me when a silly bomb goes boom. I am lucky for sure but maybe the lession I have to learn is you cannot have all the things in the world. As they always say to appreciate what u have keep an outsiders perspective handy...there are people who take a lifetime dream vacation to the Maldives or to the Bahamas and never come back home because tsunami or a hurricane with a silly name hit them , there are people who give the performance of a life time and before the reviews are out , before basking in the glory, they will be in an altogether different world where these things have no meaning...there are worst things that can happen and you are spared for at least this day, this minute. I still can afford to contemplate whether to catch up Mama Mia at the nearby multiplex, or a weekend getaway with friends to a serene place . So at the end of the day you still have to fight your demons but that should not stop us from enjoying a steaming cup of tea on a roadside shack, rain pouring outside. For now on, I am juss gonna enjoy myself!!!
I should be the hip and happening software professional drawing fat salary end of month working in air-conditioned rooms all day, partying hard n hanging out with fellow “cool’’ software professionals on weekends to fit the picture of a modern day working woman. Real picture: I was feeling pretty miserable myself. I was not doing the things I want to do anymore, the "ever exploring new horizons me" have long gone lost somewhere in the woods, not seeing the places I wanted to see, around people I do not care a darn about, I go to the flashy spaceship lookalike office, doing the work any average person can do, having all my meals from the office cafeteria with the same people, cracking the same silly disgusting jokes .How I was starting to loathe all this and felt exasperated inside!!! In short there’s no life in my life anymore. I tried to find out my buddies take on this. And boy!! was I surprised, the stories are pretty much the same.. days are spend writing shitty code, drinking filthy coffee reading forwards that have circulated around the world in record time, and nights dedicated to making the mobile network company rich!!
Having got a big picture of the miserable life around , I still was not sure whether to feel sympathy towards myself for the clone I became or rather feel happy for all that I have...I mean at least I am not lagging behind anything rite. I have enough money to spend on a book or a DVD, have friends to call when I need a good laugh.. who shows empathy towards me.. to constantly assure me that everything’s going to be alrite, folks who worries about me when a silly bomb goes boom. I am lucky for sure but maybe the lession I have to learn is you cannot have all the things in the world. As they always say to appreciate what u have keep an outsiders perspective handy...there are people who take a lifetime dream vacation to the Maldives or to the Bahamas and never come back home because tsunami or a hurricane with a silly name hit them , there are people who give the performance of a life time and before the reviews are out , before basking in the glory, they will be in an altogether different world where these things have no meaning...there are worst things that can happen and you are spared for at least this day, this minute. I still can afford to contemplate whether to catch up Mama Mia at the nearby multiplex, or a weekend getaway with friends to a serene place . So at the end of the day you still have to fight your demons but that should not stop us from enjoying a steaming cup of tea on a roadside shack, rain pouring outside. For now on, I am juss gonna enjoy myself!!!
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