Shawshank Redemption

I watched this movie for the fourth time probably last Sunday and how much I loved it yet again!!! Another movie I would never ever get bored of and definitely, one of my all time favorites. A simple yet wonderful story about HOPE!!!

HOPE – One word that drives all of us and gives us reason to live. We push ourselves through our mundane lives in the hope of achieving / finding something that we dream of. In the words of this movie’s protagonist – “hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies”!!!

Superlative performances by Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman.

A must watch if you haven’t!!!

The God of Cricket

The Little Master
The Master Blaster
The Run-machine
Bradman of modern era
Grandpa of Indian cricket

And the list goes on!!!

There is nothing new that I can write about this man. The man who has been a constant & consistent reason for joy for millions of Indians over the last 20 years, the man who probably has all the batting records under his belt, the man who is a treat to watch when on song, the man who silences his critics whenever they point fingers at him, the man known as the GOD of CRICKET!!!

20 years and still going strong!!! Lara (test average proves) may have been better and Ponting may break his records (test cricket atleast), but either way, without a shadow of doubt, the greatest icon to have ever played the game and a demigod indeed in an absolutely cricket crazy nation!!!

SACHIN TENDULKAR!!!

A Sober Birthday

30 years ago, on the 14th of Sep 1979, a tiny one weighing 3kgs was born in a government hospital in a small town called Lalgudi in Trichy district of Tamil Nadu. This kid spent the next eight years of his life in Delhi and eventually settled down in Bangalore in the year 1987.........

What next? You can catch the rest of the story when I release my autobiography!

Well, the birthday celebration this year was a very simple and sober affair. I had taken a day off to spend time at home. Sappu cooked some of my favourite dishes including onion sambhar, aloo curry and a special dal payasam to celebrate the occasion. And after the sumptuous feast, it was time for a nice afternoon nap. Evening time was spent shopping and then eating dosas at parents place. And just when I thought it was all over, there landed Mamta & Mithun with a yummy cake (at 11pm). It was time for some wine & cake to round off what was a simple yet special day!

Thanks a lot to all the people who messaged & called in to wish me and thanks to Sappu for keeping it simple.

PS – My blog also celebrated its fourth birthday and I hope there are many more to follow!!!

Why God?!! Why me???

That's what Joey says on his 30th birthday!!!

And no prizes for guessing why I came up with that now. Well... am spending the last few hours in my twenties as I pen this down :-(

And does it feel different to be 30? I shall answer that tomorrow!!!

Why God?!! Why?!! We had a deal!! Let the others grow old! Not me!!

OUR First Car :-)

And there it is. Our first car!!! The one I bought last sat (Aug 8th). An electric-red Hyundai Getz. Do we love the colour or what??? A BRIGHT contrast in comparison to the earlier one. Sappu always wanted Getz to be her first car and here it is.

Just for you!!!

My First Car!!

There it is. My first car!!! The one I bought in 2005. A forest green Hyundai Santro Xing. It was a pre-owned one but still my first and I absolutely loved it!!! A lot of wonderful memories are attached with it.

Anyways, it was time to part with it and I sold it last Saturday (Aug 8th) with a heavy heart... a very very heavy heart :-)

Miss you!!!

Boyz Meet!!!

Aug 2nd (Sun) - It was THE night, the big night, the night of reckoning, the night that all of us were waiting for with bated breath. That was the hot topic of discussion and our conversations revolved around that. It was the night when Rakhi Sawant was going to choose her life partner!!!

Oops!!! Just got carried away...

I was to blog about the BOYZ get-together that happened on the 2nd. It was one of those ‘once in a blue-moon’ kind of occasions when all the six of us (of course with our spouses) made it to PJ’s house for a wine + dinner get-together. GP & Nanz were the first ones to make it followed by yours truly and Sappu. Then it was our ‘Gym’ Corbett man, Chiins, followed by Shaatz & Dia. Barry & Ranji were the chief guests for the evening (they were the last ones to arrive!!!). Of course, the centre of attraction and the cynosure of all eyes was obviously our little Changu who posed tirelessly with all of us while Chiins was busy clicking away with his new camera!!!

Our discussions involved the usual stuff - Chiins and his wedding / car buying plans, Changu’s activities, current job scenario, our next trip, the latest kannada movies, reality shows, our favourite topic of real estate and of course, Rakhi Sawant and her antics!!! While Sappu and me were found wanting when it came to Rakhi Sawant's reality show discussion, GP seemed to be in full form and totally updated much to our astonishment!!! All this while Changu kept Rachu busy most of the time with his on & off naps & cries.

And last but not the least, thanks to PJ for the wonderful wine that we had and thanks to Rachu (or should I say Shanti Sagar!!!) for the tasty pav bhajis & the ‘rockstar’ biriyani!!!

And finally hoping we have such get-togethers more often.

Ciao for now.


PS – More on our Singapore / Malaysia trip in my next post.