Epilogue 2009

Epilogue 2009

Yep! another year in everyone's life...

Remembering the past always swarms enormous moments to cherish.

And there is no 'present' or 'future' without the the history.

My 2009 had everything.. like a Bell curve..

My age incremented by 1. My first B-School interview. My first Six string. Started This blog. Also to mention..there were huge hiccups, mixups and mishaps :) .

The larking incidents and the amorous endeavours,completely offended and pissed off times,loneliness,emptiness. Anyway.. its always cool to overcome any tough situations and making both ends meet at the end of the day.

Dear 2009, U gave me the greatest get2gdr of all time with my college pals having maverick moments in Goa, the vegas of India. I will never forget that .. u bet on it !. U always been with me sharing all the happiest moments and lending shoulders in the toughest of the tough situations. So here we go buddy.. its over..and today is ur last day.

'Today is the first day of the rest of my life'. Sorry dear 2009. This wont be applicable for u from tomo . :-)

Sometimes u had been so horrible. I will take revenge on u with the help of 2010. I just cant blame u alone ..coz u are just a box and watver happened to me were just because of me.

Anyway buddy.. I am gonna miss u .. so lets hugg for this last one day..!

Something inside us will always tell that..All those jittery moments will leave u to get a quintessential thought. The best way to live happy is to believe on a thing and continue the pursuit to reach the destiny. U made me understood this concrete stuff.

When 2010 ushering me into the unexplored happy/tough days, the hope i received from you giving me the chutzpah to overcome everything and continue the pursuit to destiny.

'Hope is the good thing..Indeed, the best of the things..And no good thing dies' - The Shawshank Redemption

I always tried to be a reveller throughout ..for u 2009. I might have failed u many a times.

But some times u also had been a total bitch to me.. Its Ok. :-)

I will miss u..

Bye 2009 .. Foutre Vous 2009 :-)

And Happy happy New year to all. May all ur wishes come true !!.

Avatar - Movie Review

I dont know how the world could even imagine a war scene if ppl like Michael Bay , James Cameron dont exist. The hype created on the movie was too much. I thought of giving a shot, got the tickets for paid preview and yeah..on board to visit the Pandora. To be said in a single line, the movie has very little storyline, huge special effects, excellent 3D experience ( whole movie), lotsa desi movie look alike scenes , and completely aimed at first week box office gross.

The story starts somewhere in 2154 AD. . The corporate finds huge deposits of Unobtainium (?) in a natural satellite of another planet. There is a place called Pandora over there and a clan called Na-vi survives there. They have a Hometree and underneath it, lays the huge deposits of Unobtainum.Now they need to get it coz it can be sold at 20 million per kg. But its really hard to go over there to the oxygen-less Pandora and to fight with the clan and get the job done. So they work on a "AVATAR" program and make blue colored na-vi look alikes to intrude into the clan.

Jake, the hero who is an ex US Marine , who got wounded and paralyzed below the waist line, dejected and put on a wheel chair. He joins the program thinking that he can feel his legs back. His nearly 8 feet avatar been created with his DNA. He goes to Pandora and there meets a gal Neytiri and as usual..love at first sight , gets into amorous bonding and then all those bollywood stuff follows. Dr.Grace (Sigourney Weaver) mentors Jack and helps him through out his ordeal to give the message to the na-vi clan that the hometree gonna be blown off soon The rest of the story tells how he becomes one of them and fight with his own human clan to preserve the ecology of Na-vi and the ppl.He should be attending the Copenhagen conf. :P

So thats it.. this is wat the plot i could ascertain from the 2hr 40 mins movie ( Why Me? ). The story really failed to strike the chord. The whole movie is a 3D eye feast. Please dont waste ur valuable money on this movie, if its not in 3D. The top notch special effects can be experienced properly only in 3D. If its in IMAX, then bingo.. the movie is really worth it. There are some unbelievable visual 3D effects scenes, at the same time , there are some 'unbelievable' superstitious scenes also. Its a colorful movie. Believe it. The birds, animals, and watver u call it, everything had a rainbow over it. Nice to see it on 3D.

Why the Na-vi speak middle-east english.? (History been pronounced as 'his-tho-ry'). I dont know about the fantasy-fairy tale loving ppl, U guys will enjoy it. And the ardent novel readers will view the movie in another perspective. I am sure they will be keen on noticing the mythical creatures, their names etc been shown in the movie. It was lil bit tiresome to watch ppl snarling at each other and the heroine screech like a vixen all the time. I remembered billie jean on seeing the illuminating footpaths when the hero gets into Pandora for the first time. The movie ends with a 20 min long climax fight scene. Michael Rodriguez looks super hot in the movie!!. That was the only consoling factor :P

The movie holds a very thin love story also. But failed to create impact like the one in titanic. I really liked the trailers of 'Toy story 3' and 'The Nightmare Before Christmas'. They kickass in 3D. So its upto you to give a shot to this movie. ! And in the end, there is a kinda titanic dialog.."Jake,...My Jake". . hehe. Its a nice 3D experience and I wish u become kids too when seeing those colorful fauna and flora of Pandora on screen. !

Paa - Movie Review

Well, I went for watching this movie..fearing that it shudn be a 'Button' in Hindi. Everyone likes to go for a weekend movie to keep their mind and soul free from the 5 days work and get rejuvenated. But my intention on going for a movie is completely different. Ok lets review the movie ..

Actually I dont really like Amitabh per se. I can hear some 'booo' s.. Come on.. Dont I have an opinion.? Amitabh is a good actor. I agree.. But seeing him on all the commercials he endorses ranging from tooth powder to cement powder.. James bond suits to hair oils... Well I am sorry Amitabh ji.. But just give a break to them. And I still have great confidence that u can just catch all the audiences even at ur 68 yrs of age with ur professional acting. To be frank, the movie PAA belongs to Auro.. :). The movie starts with a happy violin music and Jaya bachan reading out the credits and credentials.. Nice one indeed.

The word 'Paa' comes only once in the movie. Can u believe it ? :) . Hmmm that too at the climax only. Abhishek bachan and Vidya balan were studying in Cambridge and they get to know each other ..and end up in making love without using a ..u know wat :) . And Abhishek never wanted to get into huge responsibility of having the baby and family and he s keen on getting into politics and become a visionary. So he asks Vidya to abort the fetus. She gets pissed off and leaves him, but goes ahead with her pregnancy and gives birth to Auro. Meanwhile she studies and become a gynecologist. Later, she comes to know that Auro suffers from Progeria . And from that , the movie is totally a Mom-Son true warm love story.

Auro's intro to the movie with the music accompanied it...was too gud. Auro , 12 yr old kid, but having the physique and health problems of a 60 yr old. He hates kichdi, coz thats the only food , he is allowed to eat. He never asks him mom about his dad. Abishek becomes MP and then he meets Auro in a school function. From then on, the friendly relationship goes on between him and Auro. Vidya comes to know this , but she never asks Auro to stop it. Coz..she still loves Abhishek. All the dialogues of Auro's are one liners making u to laugh like hell. Some dialogues were really stretched a bit like the one happens in delhi metro train btw him and Abishek. And some looked silly also. Anyway..it shud be viewed from a 12 yr old's perspective.

The movie goes good till the interval by carefully giving life to all the characters. Vidya's mom did good in her acting too. Auro calls her 'bum' coz she has a bigger one ! :). Funny !. Amitabh has done a really great work in dubbing his voice also...giving a nasal accent. [Dont think abt Himesh please ]. Some scenes on Politics were really not needed for the movie. Perhaps ..not cleverly done. Auro turns 13. But he gets ill and admitted in the hospital. Its really disheartening to see someone celebrating his/her birthday in a hospital. Vidya opens the Pandora's box and tells that MP Abishek is his 'PAA'. Thats the interval ..

Abishek promises Auro to take him to Rashtrapathi bavan. Nice sentimental cum funny scenes follows after that. Some times it makes to shell out few drops of tears also. Vidya balan is at her best. Really. The 31 yr old had no flaws in her acting. Except that why she is trying to get size zero.? Happened to see the trailer of ISHQYA. The next big one for Vidya...chk for the ChuSO4 in the clip. But i felt deceived at some scenes. The one where Abhishek and Vidya meet after 13 years. Could ve been made little more sentimental. P C Sreeram's camera pictured the aesthetic beauty of Cambridge as well as showed Amitabh really like a child. Vidya looked really beautiful when she carries Auro in her stomach. I dont know why woman look really beautiful at those times. ! Paresh Rawal performed as Abhishek's father, a retired politician. Nice to see him acting in movies other than Priyadarshan's. Balki has given a really nice movie. Good use of all the technicians and actors.

If all the above are the parts of the story.. the thing which connects all these and gives a life to it.. is nothing but Ilayaraja's music. One of the best BGM i had ever come across. The classic Ilayaraja's use of 'silence' as a BGM followed by a piano solo. Great to feel it. The violin solo when Auro utters the word 'PAA' really made to cry. There are several versions of PAA theme inside the movie. I wud say this movie will be a critically acclaimed one. This movie has got 3 stars from Rajeev Masand. Good one. But "Rab ne banadi jodi' also got 3. Now its little fishy ! Isn't it ? !

I feel the movie must have been named "MAA" coz its a Mom-Son story. And I loved it from that perspective only. The one dialogue needed to be looked upon. "There is nothing more hurtful, than hurting a person again & again who did hurt you sometimes back ! ". Auro makes his Mom to forgive his Paa and and.... please watch the movie :)

How to name it !

இசைந்தால்.. நம் இருவரின் ஸ்வரமும் நமதாகும்!!
திசை வேறானாலும்..ஆழிசேர் ஆறுகள் முகிலாய்
மழயாய் பொழிவது போல்...
இசை.. நம் இசை.... !

இசை நம் வாழ்வோடு கலந்த ஒன்று.. like oxygen. சில நேரங்களில் 24 மணிநேரமும் தொடர்ச்சியாக பாடல் கேட்பவர்களும் உண்டு. ஒரு ரயில் பயணத்தை எடுத்துக் கொள்ளுங்கள்.. இசை பற்றியும் இசைஅமைப்பாளர் பற்றியும் பேச தொடங்கினால்.. சுற்றி இருக்கும் அனைவரும் அந்த discussion இல் பங்கு கொள்வர் :) . அந்த அளவுக்கு அனைவருக்கும் உடைமையானது இசை.

தமிழ் சினிமாவில் இசைப் புரட்சி மூன்று முறை நடந்தது என்று சொல்லலாம்.
இளையராஜா , ஏ ஆர் ரஹ்மான் , ஹாரிஸ் ஜெயராஜ்.

இதில் நான் மிகவும் ரசிக்கும் , வணங்கும் இசை கடவுள்.. திரு. இளையராஜா. அவருக்கு இந்த post ஒரு சிறு சமர்ப்பணம்.

ராஜா என்றால் ஆளப் பிறந்தவன். தன் இசையால் 3 decades dominate செய்து.. இன்றும் நம்மால் அவரது இசை பிடியில் இருந்து வெளியே விட வில்லை .
அன்னக்கிளியில் ஆரம்பித்து இன்று வரை.. சங்கீத ஞானமே சினிமாவுக்குள்வந்து தான் கற்று கொண்டார் என்று கேள்வி பட்டேன். ஆனால் 'சிந்து பைரவி' , 'உன்னால் முடியும் தம்பி' போன்ற carnatic music centered படங்களை பார்த்த பொது.. அவரை கை கூப்பி வணங்கலாயினேன்.
மானிடர் ஊனம் இல்லாமல் பிறப்பது பெரிய புண்ணியம் என்று என்னவள் சொல்வதுண்டு . அத்தகைய மனிதர் இத்தகைய மாபெரும் ஞானத்துடன் பிறப்பது என்பது மிகவும் அரிது.

ஒருவன் 'மது, மாது' வழியாக உச்சத்தை அடையலாம். இதனுடன் இசைவழியாகவும் அதனை அடையலாம் என்று எனக்கு கற்பித்தது அவர் பாடல்கள். சோக சமயங்களில் கேட்பதற்காகவே 'How to name it?' , 'Mood Kaapi'. அவர் எந்தஅளவு இசையை ஆட்சி செய்கிறார் என்பது 'Three in One' கேட்டால் புரிந்து போகும்.

இன்றைய youth ராஜாவின் 'ஏப்ரல் மேயிலே ' , 'ராஜா ராஜாதி ராஜன்' போன்ற பாடல்களால் மேலும் மேலும் புத்துணர்வு அடைகிறார்கள்.
"திருவாசகத்துக்கு உருகாதார் ஒரு வாசகத்துக்கும் உருகார்..". ஆனால் எவராய் இருந்தாலும் இளையராஜாவின் 'திருவாசகம்' கேட்டு உருகி போவார்.

தனிமை மற்றும் காதலில் காத்திருத்தலை அழகான வயலின் இசையால் தடவி சொல்வர்.
'நான் உன்னை நீங்க மாட்டேன்.. நீங்கினால் தூங்க மாட்டேன்' என்னும் வரிகளுக்கு உயிர் கொடுத்தவர். அவரது படங்களில் வரும் பின்னணி இசையை மிஞ்சும் வகையில் எவரும் இதுவரை அமைத்தது இல்லை. 'நாயகன்', 'மௌன ராகம்' போன்ற படங்களை நான் BGM- காகவே பார்த்தது உண்டு :) .

இசையை தவிர இவருக்கு இன்னொரு முகமும் இருக்கிறது. 'பாடலாசிரியர்' .
'தென்றல் வந்து தீண்டும் பொது என்ன வண்ணமோ'.. பாடல் எழுதி, இசையும்அமைத்து, பாடியும் கொடுத்து நம்மை உச்சத்துக்கு கொண்டு செல்பவர். அவருடைய தமிழ் மொழி மேல் உள்ள பக்தி மற்றும் வல்லமையை கவிஞர் வாலிக்கு வழங்கிய வாழ்த்துரையில் காணலாம். பிரம்மித்து போன ஜீவன்களுள் நானும்ஒன்று.

'நீ பார்த்த பார்வை', 'கல்யாண மாலை' , 'கண்ணே கலை மானே ' கேட்டு கண்ணீர் வடிக்காத கண்கள் இல்லை இங்கே. அதே நேரம் 'எடுத்து நான் விடவா' , 'தண்ணி தொட்டி' கேட்டு ஆடாத கால்களும் இல்லை :) .

How to make several version out of a single tune? He has the answer !
http://www.musicquencher.com/blog/2009/08/25/multiple-versions-of-a-single-tune/

TMS (Thiyagarajar, Muthusamy theetchidar, Shyama Shastry) இசை வளர்த்தமூவேந்தர்கள். இவர்களுக்கு பின் இளையராஜாவின் பெயர் பொறிக்க படவேண்டும் என்பது என் ஆசை.
Contribute please : http://www.petitiononline.com/raaja/

ஒன்று கூறி முடித்து கொள்கிறேன்...
"உயிர்கள் அனைத்தும் இசைக்கு அடிமை...
ஆனால் உமக்கோ ... இசை அடிமை... !"

தங்கள் இசையால் மேலும் எங்களை ஆள்வீராக !


Song of the day : Muthamizhae - Raman Abdullah ( SPB , Chitra )

2012 - The Review

Roland Emmerich destroys the world again. This time, at the cost of 200 million USD. Personally I really don’t like zombie movies and the world-coming-to-an-end movies where US will be shown as the soul savior for the whole world. The same continues here again.

Cast: Global Warming, Mayan Prophecy, Chiwetel Ejiofor, John Cusack, Amanda Peet, and ppl from all over the world.

The movie is based on the Mayan calendar which predicted that the expiry date for the earth is 21 December 2012. The film starts somewhere in Mumbai, 2009 where an Indian astrophysicist finds that the earth’s crust undergoing displacements and the deluge gonna come in 2012. Adrian, an American Scientist gets this information and reports to the US Prez. The fist black president in a Hollywood movie, I think. Then the Presidents of all the nations are summoned and given a warning that 2012 gonna be the last year for the mankind. Meanwhile, all the nations also plan to survive the deluge which gonna come. So they build huge ships like Noah’s ARK, somewhere in the Himalayas.

Now the hero, John Cusack gets introduced. He is a novelist turned limousine driver. He has 2 kids, but his wife (Amanda) lives with her new boyfriend. John goes on a usual weekend visit and takes the kids to Yellow Stone National park for camping. There he sees a weirdo..perhaps he should be called a prophet. He knows that the government has a warning signal but hiding those from the civilians. He tells John Cusack that the apocalypse is approaching and the govt is building a huge ship ( like the machine in Digital Fortress) to survive. The 7 yr gal kid is so cute and lovable, who still uses her baby nappies :)

The same night, LA suffers a minor earthquake and Amanda freaks out over phone and ask John Cusack to bring back her kids immediately. He reaches LA and mom and the kids hug each other. Our hero doesn’t get a hug. Poor guy !. Meanwhile he comes to know from the kids of the Russian millionaire, whom John works for ,that a major disaster gonna come . He rushes back to Amanda and the kids. Takes them in the limo and head for the small plane which he had hired to escape from the disaster. Uptill this , the movie looked good. But it turned out to be complete Special effects treat and unbelievable computer animation stunts that completely didn make any sense.

The cracking boulevards and fly overs. Buildings falling like a pack of cards. Earth splitting and showing grand canyon underneath. Runways getting amputated. Too much of special effects. Amanda’s boyfriend Gordon, is a very funny guy. Its like , there will be a scene in all such movies , where one guy will get killed unnecessarily, rather a sacrifice !! Heehehe. I immediately guessed that.. Oh yeah..He is the one..Lets wait how he gets nailed at the end!!. John rushes to yellow stone park to see the prophet to get the map which leads to the ship. At that time, the volcano in the park erupts and throws fire balls. But its really lame to see they dodge all the fire balls, falling buildings, debris using their small plane. Ripley’s believe it or not !

The other part of the story, where the US whitehouse folks always gather up and then make video conf with other nation’s presidents and drafting an action plan. Chiwetel Ejiofor gives lengthy lectures with a constipated feeling on his face. Thandane Newton plays as the Prez’s daughter. The Prez refuse to board the Airforce One to go to the Himalayas. He gets killed by an earthquake followed by a giant Tsunami. The same time, the other parts of the world also gets into destruction. Vatican, Jesus, the redeemer in Rio, Eiffel, White House everything vanishes in seconds.. Coz of the huge seismic activity measuring more than 10 on Richter scale. Vegas turns out to be land covered with lava. People who were able to bay 1 billion EURO for a ticket, were allowed to board the ship. Govt makes money even in such conditions. So John Cusack has to find another way to get into the ship to save his kids and wife. They somehow managed to get a Russian millionaire Yuri’s bigger cargo plane carrying his Bentleys and Lamborghinis. Gordon, who always says that he cant fly the thing.. but he ends up in flying everything. Wat a stupid dumbo. Ok anyway it’s a character, however gonna get killed. Hehehe

They reach Himalyas and managed to get to the ship also. And then its hella lota time waited for the movie to get ended. I literally started yawning. Damn it , I went for 10:35 PM show..thinking that I can leave from the theatre by 12 and try get some sleep. But it’s a fking 2 hr 40 mins movie :( with just spl effects. Some dialogues were really good. One such is when the scientist Adrian tells about where the real ‘humanity’ getting lost. But still it didn add any stuff to the movie. Since he still had the same constipated look when he uttered those. Many scenes were predictable , like that Russian chic showing middle finger to Yuri. And dialogues like.."Oh my God, Its comingggggg". Hilarious. I like to watch the making of those scenes and laugh like hell.

The earth’s crust displacement makes the earth change its polarity. South pole goes to Winconsin, US. Giant Tsunamis of 1500 ft comes from both the sides and hit the Himalayas. And some Hollywood /bollywood drama and dialogues at the end and they are on board safely in the ship, after killing Gordon, who gets crushed between wheel gears of the ship’s side anchor door ! Some amount people, some animals, invaluable paintings etc survives the deluge.The same story as that of Noah’s Ark and Manu in Hindu mythology.

The thing doesn stop there. The waters start receding in just 27 days and the survived ppl gets ready to re populate the earth. Aarrrrrrrrrrgggghhh ! Come on! How could such huge amount of ocean water recede in just 27 day when John Cusack’s black suit didn’t get crumple till the movie gets over.?. The sequel to this movie has been made already. Its nothing but 'WALL-E' !

But still, the stuff , Emerich coming to say is really valuable. That the world is coming to an end soon. Of course I knew it when the movies like RACE, Rab Ne Banadi Jodi, Sawariya got released.. Hahaha. Truly guys !! Enjoy the movie. There are zillion of special effects. And don’t say like Rajeev Masand , ‘ I haven’t seen the movie yet, but I still want my ticket money back !’ . Heheh. Lets wait for Dec 21, 2012 to bring an end. Happy Children's Day !! :)

November Rain

Two days of wonderful rainfall.
Raining in November..that too in Mumbai is really strange. Thanks to Global Warming. I enjoyed the November rain. As I always say..Rains are the second thing I love the most in this world. The 7th ODI got washed out. Hope I get my ticket money back. Listening to “November Rain” during November rains is really fascinating!. Anyway it lasted for just 2 days. Nothing lasts for ever..even cold November rain :( . Mumbai always gets cleaned whenever there are showers. The roads get cleaned and the Red Pan stains get washed away. The BEST buses also take a complete water wash. Its always nice to see the kids playing on the stagnant muddy waters and the lovebirds getting wrapped under a single umbrella!. Hmmmm.. I am panting. I just miss someone now ! :-) .

2 Days of nice weather came to an end. The sun said ‘Good morning’. I generally don’t like light entering my room. I felt totally pissed of at the sun for illuminating my room early in the morning itself. I showed a middle finger to it and then drawn the curtains. It showed its wrath back giving a very very hot day after 2 days of its house arrest by the rainy clouds. A cyclone alert after 50 yrs in Mumbai. Many crazy ppl went to sea front to have a look at it. But the cyclone Phyan deceived everyone and disappeared. Thanks to Global Warming once again. Hehe. If u are out there and enjoying rains.. just take some videos and photos of it. And show it to your children and grand children in future. I guess, there wont be any rain at all after some years. I just used the opportunity to get drenched at night while returning from office.

Today, its Friday the 13th. WOW. Its the third time this year. Its spooky spooky day all over. Yeah. Try to go out in the midnight and search for Jason. The movie ‘2012’ getting released today. Getting released on Friday the 13th adds additional significance to this movie. I am planning to go for the movie today to see the world’s destruction on the very first day of the release. I hope the prophecies and the conspiracies related to 2012 come true. "We were Warned", "Apocalypse" , "Its Over". Nice taglines for the movie. If u want some really horror flick for this Friday the 13th, please go ahead with ‘Paranormal Activity’.


November is really a sweet month. While coming to office today, I noticed each and every ppl. How happy they are.?. Teens taking to their boy friends and girl friends. Office goers having a mocking conversation on their managers. Me just sat in the auto looking at all these and closed my eyes..with “Iris” going on in my earphone. I flipped my phone to read some messages and just made my mind to make it happen wat I am wishing for. After all, a promise is a promise. I haven’t thought that playing hide and seek would be such painful. There is always a silence after a storm. Any way, lots to continue on Goa blogs. The next one will be surely more entertaining. Will post this weekend.

And the saga continues..

I dont know whether its a curse or something that India is facing since last decade. They perform well throughout the tournament, but they fail to clinch the series. It happened again..And this time , its in the homeland. Really painful. Sunday's match was a disaster. Indian's top order didn survive even for 1.5 hrs. Hmmm I thought they hired a cab or something and went to Tawang to get the glimpse of Dalai Lama. :). Anyway Dhoni tried to play a responsible innings, but he failed to keep the scorebooard ticking. And yeah..we really miss the WALL. Bring him back.

The indian innings ended with Pravin kumar's finest knock. This person muscling the ball over the boundaries, is really happy to watch. The another person like him is , Dr. Venugopal Rao of Deccan Chargers.. hehe Hitter mania !!. So the Aussies did well on their part and achieved the target. Afterall aussies are not aholes to lose , that too chasing a meagre score of 170. Well, watver happened is happened !. No remorse. The next match will be a really fun to watch.

After the match, I just felt ...'Oh..did i waste a sunday?'. I had a plan of travelling on mumbai local trains throught the day and to take photos at each raillway station name board. Funny huh ?. But still, I dont have a choice !! :).Will make it up in the next week. I had a nostradamus that India will not win the series. But It shouldn have happened in the penultimate match of the series itself. But i personally think such loses will make the BCCI to think before selecting the team for a series. Also the players will realize how important to win a ODI or a TEST series and to climb up the rankings table. Lest we forget this loss. Hope Indians smash the aussies in the final ODI. Nov 11. Nerul Stadium. Here I come !! :).

Sachin Vs Indian Team

Nov 5, 2009, Hyderabad, Hero Honda Cup

Sachin scored 17000. Hmm Yeah . But I don’t know why that much hype had been created for that in yest’s match. We worship sachin, I agree and he can make miracles to happen like he did in Sharjah ‘98 . But I mean, come on guys..give a break..He was just short of 7 runs..which however he cudve made in the yest’s match. Anyway leave it. It was really a good ‘cricket’ match yest. After a long time, I saw sachin hitting six off a pull shot. Really felt happy when saw the confident strokes he made. And there was no 90’s syndrome on his batting which he is famous for!. I wud say whoever watched the yest match are really lucky to get the image of little master who played one more innings of his lifetime. The Aussies played well too. A ton by Marsh. And Watson gave a very daring starting too. A score like 350 can be easily made in that stupid ground because the pitch condition was dry and completely flat. I was very sure that some really good cricket to be followed in the Indian innings..coz everyone knows about the hard hitters, Indian team has. So I left for home immediately from the office and just glued to tv ignoring other stuffs. Sachin’s shots were very classic.. There were some dropped catches, mishits.. but still, all are a part of the game rite !. I watched the entire Indian innings for two things.. one is obviously for its happening in Hyderabad ..heheh. The other thing is I wished the match’s result in my mind and wanted that to happen. So was seriously sticking on to TV.

There were no ‘maa-ki’s and ‘obnoxious weed’ sledging in the matches. But still our bowlers sucked a big time and conceded runs. Damn ! Sachin scored 175. Its half of the target . And good support by Raina. But Yuvi, the prince of patiala..got out very cheaply. Aussie team, lacking their main bowlers siddle, lee , Johnson still managed to do it. Sachin is the God. And one must agree that this chap is still young and his shots are still powerful. The whole crowd went aloud whenever sachin clears the boundary. It was fun to watch it on tv also with the cute DOCOMO ads coming all the time and making to hum the tune and sing along with it ! . Good ‘cricket’ after a long time. The stupid IPL should be banned. Cricket should not be treated as entertainment stuff. Football is different from cricket. But we cant have IPILL , sorry IPL just for the sake of commercial purposes. But still I am waiting for next IPL season so that fakeiplplayer will rise from the ashes again !!

Honestly I wud say.. Sachin deserves this match. But not the Indian team. Any way , my friend got completely pissed off after watching the match that he started abusing all the Indian players. I was little disturbed too. I felt so sorry for sachin. I tuned into Pink floyd for some time.. High hopes, coming back to life, shine on you crazy diamond... Then checked my mobile phone for any message as usual. No messages yet. . Another day ended with a defeat. Hoping that the 7th ODI should be the FINAL . Coz I am bunking the office and going for it straight to the stadium. "Mom...I am gonna be on TV !!" :)

Assorted REVIEWSS

Hi fellas
Just a break from Goa.
Its time for some REVIEWS!! All these reviews are my own perceptions only. Nothing to hurt anyone's feelings.

Book Review: 2 States by Chetan Bhagat.

Hmmm I am not gonna tell and postulate the characters in chronological order. Rather I shall give the gist of the book and how did I feel when reading. It’s a kinda novel which u can talk with the characters when u read. I mean honestly, it has all masala fit for making a bollywood movie. ;). The book has several excerpts from the author’s own life. The main theme of the book is about the love which a Punjabi guy has it for a Tamil gal and how he successfully gets married to her at the last. And as usual, the story is told in chetan’s own style. The paragraphs always end with a one liner making u to laugh ur ass out. Depiction of characters was good and I wud say 2 things really moved my heart and left me in tears. First, when Krish and his father speaks up for the first time after a long cold war, when Krish comes to know that his father went all the way to the gal’s home and convinced them for the marriage. Was really good!. And the next one was when Ananya gives birth to twins and that too holding her husband’s hands. Really touching and very good end for their love story which is full of compromises, fights and wat not..even a break up between them !.

As usual , there are many making-out scenes, which bollywood directors will be thinking now , how to bring those on silver screens :P. And yeah.. many F words. Sorry , let me tell it .. the word 'FUCK'. This novel is a good time pass one which can be finished even in a day. Coz u'll feel it like a movie only. I read this novel in just 3 days. My dearest friend, who read all the previous 3 novels of him in just 1.5 days. Can u believe it ?. Am not an avid reader like that, but still I maintained my sporadic pace. Heheh. As soon as I finished reading, I opened my mail and emailed chetan thanking him for giving such a wonderful novel. Some incidents in the novel resembles with my life too :). I hope and believe the final lines of the novel should also resemble with mine!

It can be taken as a sequel to 5 point someone, coz the story quotes the love affair he had with the prof’s daughter in this novel. And the story goes on ..with him moving to IIMA and finding this tamil gal and falling in love for her. His respect for God is shown in this novel also as expected. Altogether, a funny, nostalgic and the love-doubled feeling I felt , after done with the novel. A must for fun lovers coz the novel contain only very little sarcasm and cynicism. Try it !

Now reading : The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler

Movie Review :

Eeram: Horror movie. ! And no bigger gimmicks , just believed in the plot and the scenes were well constructed. A gal dies of circumstances and she takes revenge via the medium of water. It extends the concept told in 13B, that the spirits tries to communicate through a medium. I don’t personally believe in this shit. So u just stick to it watver u believe. And yeahthe movie has a nice love story also. Those love scenes are shown in our own trichy. U wont believe it ppl, trichy is shown really good in this movie. All the places I frequented during college days, felt little nostalgic too. The love story ends with the guy accusing the gal and making use of wrong words that actually a demoralizing statement. That was unintentional, but somehow, hurting words always cant be taken when it comes from the one whom u love most!.

She gets married to another guy in the latter part and then series of incidents happens in her new flat and then her husband starts suspecting her for an illicit affair with another guy and then the whole story takes a turn. The little gal ‘Yaradi nee mohini’ saranya plays the role of heroine’s sister. There are some scenes where she s been possessed by the spirit and communicates to the hero. The movie goes about how the spirit kills all the ppl who were responsible for her death.

Such kinda stories, we wud have seen many times.. but its little new to tamil and I felt really happy to see trichy in the movie, that I even made a one-day-trip to trichy and visited the college and surrounding areas :) . Crazy huh !. Watver !.

Ananda thandavam : Happened to see this movie in Sun tv on diwali. Total Crap ! Very poor acting and very poor screen play. I took a bath immediately after watching that movie to clean my soul . lol ;)

Paranormal Activity : Freaking awesome movie. Still, it resembles with the movies like ‘Blairwitch project’ , ‘Cloverfield’. Inspired by true events. People who really got tired of seeing gore slash blood spilling horror movies , I wud suggest this is a wonderful horror treat. No big plot. A couple moving into a newly bought house. And she says that a series abnormal spooky things happening to her since childhood. So they fix a camera in their home and captures all the events. Please watch this movie using headphones. Because I felt really scary for a scene where, I heard the footsteps running on the attic from one side to another side. Simply awesome. And gadgets like Ouija board , the usual thing in Hollywood horror flicks, features in this movie also. Some scenes are really artificial. The movie ends with really horrific scenes.. And it will leave u in shock once u know that all those were real events. Best one for the Halloween !

Music:

Blue : ARR is missing in the music !!. Most of the songs, I felt, are made for attracting the West. I liked only 2 songs. Chiggy Wiggy for Kylie Minogue’s super seducing voice and Fiqrana !. The other songs are not that promising. I feel Delhi6 was the last best album from ARR. ‘Dil Gira Dafatan’ still rhymes in my ear !!. Oh forgot to add.. Kuru kuru song from the Hollywood movie ‘Couples retreat’ is good. Makes u smile throughout the song.

Adavan : ‘Nothing is coming..nothing is coming’ as Russell Peters say . A disappointment from Harris. I didn like even ‘vaarayo vaarayo’ for its lame lyrics. Unni Krishnan voice is good in that song. Avlo thaan.

Tv Serials:

South Park 1309 : Butters’ Bottom Bitch.
Nice. My favorite character in the series. Butters always does something innocent which turns out totally gay. Haha. So innocent kid. The episode starts with butters getting beaten up by fellow classmates for not having been kissed by a gal in his life. They are after all the fourth graders :) . lol. The story goes on with butters pay a gal and get kiss from her and events continue and he finally turns out to take that as business and becomes a pimp:). Very funny.

South Park 1310: W.T.F (Wresting Takeover- Federation)
This is a mockery on WWE. The 4 kids watches WWE smack down live and wanna be wrestlers. But they come to know that actual wrestling is not the one wat they just saw. So they form their own W.T.F and stage some stories like u normally see in WWE. The highlights are the funny stage names they keep for themselves. Cartman- rad Russian, Stan- Stan, the man , Kenny- Pollo Loco , a Mexican like Rey mysterio, comes with a mask and gives his muffled dialogues. Kenny rocksss ?
Another interesting thing is when the rednecks who sees the show starts cribbing and shouting 'They took our jobbb’ , ‘they took his doggg’, 'They broke his jaww’. Really funny.

South Park 1311 : Whale Whores
Stan , the hero. Main plot is the Japanese whaling. Stan trying to save whales and dolphins from the Japanese. Randy comes in the initial part and plays his foolish part as usual. Watch out for the song ‘Pa pa pa..Pokerface’ in this episode. Really good. Cartman rocks in that song when he sings it for Guitar hero !

Sep 30- GOA Day 4

So the ppl from Chennai reached the resort finally. We had only 4 bikes with us at that time. And now the total no of ppl turned out to be 11. Our resort was just a 10 min travel to baga beach. Now the Get together really started. Hugging ppl and exchanging greetings. The weather was cool with slight drizzles. But once these guys arrived, it started raining badly. Got into a sea face restaurant. Then the boozing session started. Meanwhile bala and stalin were on their way to Goa. The boozing+chatting+eating continued till 1 o clock. And the other 2 from banglore joined. They successfully reached Goa without any mishaps. Thanks to them. We were 14 of us from then on including KR who supposed to arrive the next day. Lots of Tuborg, Budweiser, KF, tequilas, and chicken, eggs, started flying across the tables. Ya , there were some veg Manchurian, mushroom Manchurian, panneer Manchurian ! Haha. Sad u veg guys ! . Stalin and Bala joined the dinner finally and ate the stuff we ordered for them and kept it safely in the vault. Then we rushed to the resort without getting drenched much.

Sep 30:

Now the fun starts.
Not everyone in our group knows hindi. And even whoever speaks hindi, struggle a lot in it. So during the whole dinner session, the ordering of food goes like this. Some one used to order the stuff to the person who knows hindi, and he in turn, places that order to the waiter. Lol. I had been to Goa couple of times and I know how the cops try to get money from ppl. I found they charged a person for drunk and drive. Come on.. Do they expect ppl come to goa for visiting temples !???. Sick!! Since we were 13 in number over there and we had only 5 bikes parked in the beach. We decided to take turns , dropping ppl at the resort and come back to beach to collect others. G.Rajesh Menon ( whom we call G, and will be called as G from now on in this blog ) took control of FZ. Bike riding is not a new thing to our fellas. These ppl were the one to get bikes during the college’s final year and thrashing and Vroooming all around the campus. So they just took control of each bike, saddled properly and ready to ride. After all, its Goa, wats the freaking use if u don’t ride a bike here.

Recap ...in Trichy:
Coming to the biking skills, we have a very very notorious person called Mr.Nattu (Nataraj). He is known for his story of getting caught by the traffic cops all the time during college days. We , sometimes call him ‘vibrator’ coz his whole body starts vibrating when he witness a cop even though he carries the driving license with him. Nattu, please don’t take hard huh ! ?.
I shal tell once incident about his brave endeavors. Once he was on the way to college and he was asked to pullover his bike by the cops near BHEL. Our lovable nattu didn carry his license with him and then he didn have cash also with him. The cops asked him to show the license and the other documents. Our hero is caught. But still as every1 does, he pretended to chk his purse and then the little pouch on the petrol tank. The cops knew this guy not carrying anything. But still they waited with a grim face so that they can get a lump sum from him. Suddenly Nattu drew a paper from that petrol tank pouch and showed it to the cop. It was nothing but the third cycle test paper having marks as ‘zero’ carved on it. The cop looked at him and showed that its Zero marks. LOL. Then nattu tried to persuade the cop but in vain. Finally the cop budged an inch from his stands and asked him..how much money he had. He opened his wallet and told “just 5 rupee”, showing a round 5 rupee coin. This made the cop piss off more. After a 15 mins of wait and showing all the seasons on his face (spring, autumn, winter, hot summer ) , the cop let him go. By the way, the cop managed to grab that five rupee also from him !!

The bike incident:

So lets come from trichy to Goa now. Yeah So we were going back to the resort. While on the go , I found traffic cops were on their midnight rounds . Natraj obviously forgot to take his license with him. G too didn carry his license. But still we didn show any sign of it and we moved peacefully, overtaking the cops' bike. But still to confirm whether everyone left without getting caught by the cops, me and G waited at baga circle to give a go ahead signal to our bikes following. We waved our hands to all saying ‘Everything is fine.. just go to the resort soon’ to the bikes followed us. The cops also went passing us. But we remained calm. Now the ultimate thing happened. Nattu and Kako ( Karthik mech) came in a pulsor. On seeing us, Nattu with an overwhelming joy…shouted “Hey guysssss… Why are u waiting… ?? come onnnnnnnnn !!!’ . Traffic cops saw this and they asked nattu to stop the bike. I asked G to leave this place immediately since he also didn carry a license and better not to get caught. I asked him to ride real fast and to handover the bike to me since I was carrying the license with me. Like a crew waiting for the command, G started the bike in full throttle and we were rushing on the empty road. Then I told him to stop and hand over the bike to me. Suddenly We saw a pulsor going damn fast not even caring about the road rumblers. G looked at that and told..’hey its nattu man!.. He didn stop when the cops asked to !’. LOL. Now the problem is really fishy. We followed nattu’s bike.

Nattu’s story angle: CRIME:What happened?
KUTTRAM: NADANTHATHU ENNA ?

After nattu screaming to us in the baga circle, the cops asked him to pull over the bike. Kako suddenly got an american accent and told nattu ' Hey cops da... Stop the bike !'. Then the vibrator started , but he immediately put his wagon on roll, out speeding the cops’ bike. He didn see us waiting for them . But G noticed him. Then he was just heading nowhere putting the bike in full speed. On the go , he saw a headlight in his rear mirror. Then he asked Kako to turn back to chk out who was following them. Now the first joke of the trip emerged. Kako at his best again. When nattu asked to chk who is following , Kako immediately , “ Hey, if I turn back , they will spot my face and they will track me , catch me and screw me !” . So funny. Poor nattu scolding kako , in his mind just didn have any option other than travel one more KM in full speed ?. The Headlight who followed their bike was none but me and G, trying to help them. We reached the resort and made a call to nattu. He finally came to the resort later after 10 mins. Then we started mocking Kako as usual. Nattu mocked at kako’s justification on not turning back and looking when he asked him to. Nattu told kako that the cops could easily track him using the sleeveless jockey he worn on that day .. Hahahah.. this kinda jokes happens only when we are in a group. Then we went to the beach again to collect the remaining ppl , shared the stories with them and then came back finally by 3 o clock. Transferred the photos taken to the laptop. Had chat session till 4 o clock.


Morning started at 11 o clock. Everyone was very eager to get into the beach. But there were restrictions everywhere and getting into water was prohibited due to the heavy rains. There were many red flags on the beach. Candolim beach is just 160 mtrs from the resort we stayed. So we made a plan to visit the beach after Brunch. After having food , and a 5 mins of walk from the resort, reached the beach. The beach looked so good and the waves were scaring too. The sea was totally rough and gave a ‘F*** OFF’ to all the water sports on the beach. Machan (Rajkumar) brought a football and Stalin took a Frisbee along with him. It was drizzling. We played some thing and it started to pour. Rain again !!. Ppl started accusing me , the official goa guide for the trip :P. Then we returned to the resort and got asylum to the swimming pool. Its just a 10 ft long pool. Having just 5 ft depth. But still , ppl on seeing it, started jumping in it and we took an yellow smiley ball and started to play. Now Mr. KR was on the way to Goa,. He made a call to Jack, the ripper (Senthil) and told that he was in Madgoan and asked us to tell the directions to reach the resort. Jack replied immediately, ‘Hey why u in Madgoan ?, come to goa and call us ‘. Lol. ! Amidst his urgency to get the directions , he made senthil to understand that madgaon is a part of Goa. Hahaha. We told many directions to him and also told him that we all in swimming pool now with beer in hands ?. KR asked us to remain there in the pool itself till he comes. But he arrived very late around 4 o clock. Me and bala went to pick him up and took him to the resort.

The Swimming pool :
The only entertainment in that rain. No rough waters. Nothing. Just get into it and have some swim like kid…coz its just 10ft long pool ?. Machan came with a silicon head cover …fully prepared. During the pool time, many funny things happened like switching between the sides like tennis match, Umpire crossing – G suddenly dives into the pool after having beer and do 2 laps ?. Lol. After around 3-4 hrs of so called swim in the pool, we saved our pool memories in the form of videos and photos. That was really a great day. We booked 5 rooms. Each shared by 3. But still the same Pearl hostel atmos was maintained. Suddenly 10 ppl barging into a single room and chat till 5 A.M. No one stayed alone in his room. Honestly I wud say..its really tough to organize and mobilze 14 ppl who got scattered across the country, rescheduling their leave plans , sacrificing diwali leaves etc…just for this get2gdr to happen successfully. Khudos to all the ppl.

KR , the last person to join. His story was very bad. He booked his ticket from telugu desam to goa couple of months back. It was on WL 1. And still, it remained WL 1 till the D-day . Hahaha. He managed to talk to TTR and got a berth in the SLEEPER and reached goa. Couple of my friends brought laptops and the internet USB tablets to do WFH. Sorry WFG . Work form Goa ?. Highly dedicated ppl .. hahaha.

The dinner session continues in the next blog...

Goa - Day1,2,3

Ok ppl... Yet another blogger.

I am not good in story telling.. but I shall try..

Please forgive me incase any errors in my English.

Ok here we go(a) !!.

Get together- Its really sweet to hear. Yes we had lotsa get togethers. Mostly in banglore. People who got scattered widely in different parts of india used to come to this place and have a 3 days of chilling time with friends. This time we planned it for a place which can be at the center point of india so that everyone can move their ass out and travel to reach. Several places came into mind as flashing images.. kulu manali, shimla, north east, himalyas..etc. Finally we ended up zeroing Goa. Since then we faced several problems till the D-day. Yeah..swine flu scare followed by intermittent rainfalls. Some booked the tickets already and they were so enthusiastic to head for the trip. And it started after many mail exchanges and conf calls . Thanks to sabsebolo.com :)

The Goa vacation plan is from Sep 27 - Oct 4. One whole week. Sounding crazy.. Isn't it?. For my friend bala it started on sep 25th night itself. He started to banglore riding his Thunderbird and from there he joined with Stalin and both them had a nice adventurous bike trip all the way to goa. Man ! these guys are insane !! . I landed in Goa on Sep 27th morning. Madgoan station. It was pricking hot and yeah...there were hot foreigners too :P. I was there in the station , getting my phone charged and waiting for delhi wallas - Cecil and Arun. Their flight supposed to be arriving at 2 o clock. Meanwhile chennai members reached banglore and started boozing session already. They had to reach Goa on tuesday evening accompanied by banglore guys. Goa is just 10 hrs from bombay. So i left on 26 th night itself....having in mind not to waste anymore hols.

So i waited till 3 'o clock. Those delhi wallas turned up . I bought a Goa map and was chking out the routes to all the places to be never missed at all. Our plan was to hire 2 bikes and cross the goa border and reach Jog falls monday morning. But to our dismay, we didn get any bike which can cross goa border. We roamed for one hour to get bikes. Our trip starts here it self. We went to benaulim beach , Colva beach , chking for bikes. Finally, with great dilemma , we ended up taking a car ( ZEN ESTILO ) and heading towards Palolem. We started in the late evening..

It was a 1:30 hrs car ride to reach palolem. Thanks to Cecil, who drove the car throughout.

As soon as we reached Palolem, we booked a room for accommodation and headed towards the beach. Palaolem is one of the beautiful beaches in Goa...yeah to the saying, it got lotsa foreigners too. They really outnumbered Indian tourists. We sat in a shack.. had our dinner and then sat along the beach for sometime and then left for the room.

Day 2:

The next day we went to the beach side for breakfast, then we completely dropped the plan of going to karnataka. We had a walk along the beach.So we headed towards a waterfall called DUDHSAGAR. I will say that South Goa seriously suck in directions. No sign board anywhere.. Getting routes from the localites and we moved on. Goan ppl are really warm and they helped us a lot. We reached a spot in the afternoon, where they told only bikes can use the mountain roads from there on. And moreover..no individual biking. So we 3 took 3 bikes with pilots in each. The ride was really scary. It took 1 hour to reach the base of the falls. Throughout the ride , there was no specific road all. We were riding on tyre sized footpath at the sides of the konkan railway track. Maximum speed is 10 Kmph. Only on first gear :P . Throughout the ride , the pilot was telling stories. And he also warned that if it starts raining ,the ride will become a mess and difficult to return. It was like getting into jurassic park forests. I was checking out for some wildlife or some ghosts on the way :). I saw a small watersnake going along a stream. Couldn find anything more.

Cecil asked his pilot reg the wildlife seen in the forest. He told wild animals like kangaroo, jackal comes here. Cecil was like WTF !!! . lolz. Then after reaching the base..we went by walk some 15 more mins..crossing high speed water streams holding on to rocks and catching hands to hands. The pilots were really cool and they described neatly about the waterfalls. When we reached the falls... OMG.. it was damn sexy and adrenalin rush too. It is listed as one of the beautiful waterfalls in the world, the one and only entry from India. As per the name, the water was so white and flowing down like milk. We took some dip in the waters and clicked some photographs for remembrance. The place where we took bath is more than 30 feet deep. The pilot told that they even took a toppled boogie from it once. People visiting by train will get a good view of it...So please visit this water falls. Jog might be mighty..but this one is beautiful :)

It was around 4 , we started to return. And it happened , Yea..it started raining... heavily..damn heavily. And its a forest , suddenly turned black, as if someone had switched off lights. It was raining heavily.. got completely drenched in rains..the pilot warned us to watch out for leeches at the sides. It was the scariest trip i ever had in my life. Literally there was no road, just a bike tyre mark and we have to travel on it , in that very heavy downpour. I took my spectacles off and started enjoying rain later. Nice to get completely drenched and feeling the rain water throughout the body. Its really impossible to get this even in the bathroom :). After an hour ride, we reached the starting point. We were still alive. Yippeee.. All our clothes were wet . Arun was wearing a towel only !! hahaha. So hilarious to see a person sitting next to the driver's seat in towel. It was like 'HANGOVER' effect !!

We headed towards Panaji, which is the central Goa. We stopped the car here and there for getting some junk food /cigar and for taking some photos also. It was really a nice trip , listening to all music ..ranging from rock, psychedelic, pop, hindi, tamil, old tamil also.. and singing some arbit songs.. :). This is where the goa theme song originated. Suryavamsam BGM. U can find this in one of the video in the picassa albums we posted. Cecil gets rejuvenated whenever he listens to 'Back in Black'. He asks it for one more time always.. But still i like to thank him for me being alive :) . hahahah. We reached Panaji.. It started raining. Booked a hotel room for acco and then went out for food. We went to Miramar beach for a walk and then to room and had a chat for some time and dozed off.

Day3:

The next day started at 10 o clock. Checked out the rooms and then moved towards Dona Paula beach. This beach has a yard like structure in the waters like the one comes in kaaka kaaka movie when surya accepts jo's proposal. So lovely for lovers to hang out. Sit on the stone benches for hours and chat sitting on the sea front. I just had a deep deep sigh inside :). And just imagined that i am with my lady love at that place. hahha. So sight seeing went for another 20 mins. Did some hat purchases, cowboy hat .. !! Then we went to colva beach to hand over the car and hire two bikes for next 5 days. Hired 2 pulsor 150 . Had proper konkan style sea food in colva beach. Really great food. There we saw a tiff between the hotel owner and some AP group!!. Arggghhh not again !! :) . The fight ended up in a bloodshed. We had nice food inspite of all this. I took the camera and went for clicking some postcard pics on the beach. We left for calangute where we had booked our resort for the next 5 days. It was a bike ride in rains from colva to calangute . Took nearly 1:30 hrs. But north goa is damn good in direction boards. The routes were great and its like neatly done for biking. Finally we reached our resort , Hired two more bikes ,Avenger and a Yamaha FZ , checked in the rooms and then left for baga beach for food !

Welcome to Baga !! The happening beaches of Goa. Calangute and baga always attract huge no of ppl making it lively all the time. There were limited no of shacks only compared to the last time i went. I love hanging out at baga beach. talking to the sea, eating some food and just talking to the sea. Wow... talking to the sea is really sweet . Please try it. Oh yeah.. this trip is mainly to ease out the office pressure, come out of the material world, go completely out of contact, out of reach like a gypsy. No computers, No internet..no deadlines...just to enjoy the innerself. I felt really happy to be with my friends again after 2 years. It was like getting back to Pearl Hostel of NIT Trichy. We reached baga beach, sat on the candle light sea face set up, on cane chairs and was enjoying looking at the crowd and the waves. Meanwhile all the people from banglore reached madgaon, hired a cab and reached the resort. They joined us for the dinner. It started raining and yeah the boozing session started. We got the 2 B's out of 3 one should get in Goa. Bikes and Booze ... and the other one.. will tell ya later. :P