Looking Back 2010

As is the popular cultures dictat we must look back at the year gone past and pick the Top /Bottom popular choices, so, every magazine & newspaper worth its salt has been out doing the Popularity Poll, thank God our Govts. are not selected like this, or may be they should be! No time for serious political debate. This post has been brimming out of my head for sometime & the only reason this is so late is because I was too lazy to obtain the required photos for this Blog. Yes, I will give you my top 5 of movies & tv series right here. Only Disclaimer to it is that I suffer terribly from the Recency Effect, & as I am generally lazy I will not bother you with the WHY I chose the one's that I did. Only one explaination I can put in here is there were a whole lot of choices and the reason for my list to be limited is my lack of patience and Ofcourse I haven't watched all of the movies/tv series currently on air.
I can of course graciously provide you with a list of Releases in the Year 2010 for Ind and USA, that should be good adventure for some of you.


TOP 5 BEST MOVIE - In absolute Random Order ....

Special Mention :

TOP 5 WORST MOVIES - Again in Random Order

TOP 5 MOVIES THAT I LIKED & OTHER'S DISLIKED

TOP 5 TV SERIES

Have Fun reading and making your own list :))

A Thoughtful Evening

I spent the evening at a family gathering. It was annaprashon of my very young daughter of my Mama. I went there expecting to be bored, but when I stepped out of my house I decided to leave my cell phone as an experiment to see how well I deal with social situations without the luxury of hiding behind the cell phone and finding sustenance in FB or Blogs etc.

I must say I didn't miss fb nor did I miss the phone, I did my customery rounds with the parents meeting all the people and exchanging pleasantries. I repeated atleast a dozen times where I worked and expalined to them what is it that I exactly do. Yet, all the while I smiled. I thought I had out done myself this evening. But there was more as we settled down in chairs with beverages being served with some finger food I concentrated on simply observing and absorbing all that was happening around me. I sat looking at people walk in and out, Walk about the enitre length of the room. Children running around for no apparent reason giggling and screaming their lungs out.

My mother sat surrounded with all my aunts and her sisters and they chatted about everybody present and more about everybody who was not present. I could hear a few snatches of the conversation. I saw my mother and realised how proudly she talked about me, I saw how everybody was eager to talk to her, she is well loved by her family.I saw my father in a deep discussion with my uncles - I imagined what their topic could be. What is it taht my father found in common with them I wondered. He isn't a man who indulges in small talk, I sat closer to them and realised in was a politial debate.

The dinner was excellent, and as I nibbled my food, I can never really enjoy food, I think i am way oo excited about food, just like I am excited about everything, atleast with the idea and the notion, when it comes to the action or the doing I seem to lose it. So, I was nibbling my food and heard all the criticism that went with it. What is it with people at parties, they dig into the food and the same time criticise it, I cannot imagine How the two can happen simultaneously?

I spent almost 3 hours in this evening doing something I thought I didn't like and would not prefer to do, but then I came to a conclusion, that the Human mind can be trained to handle any situation.

I honestly had a good time... and may be next time I have an invitation for a family gathering i will feel excited about spending some calm and relaxing time. Observing people and situations has it's own merit. My friend & guide always says to me to become An Observer in life, I think it isn't such a bad idea, but like all thoughts revealations can only make you a true believer. Today I may have had that revealation... I thought of good beautiful things on my way back, & i didn't worry about tomorrow being a Monday and despair at the thought of going back to work. Is it that I have finally discovered the secret to not being disappointed with life all the time & having the monday blues. Who knows?

For that U n I both will have to wait for the sunrise.

2 AM Friend - The original Writing

Every one should have a 2 am friend.
It is as important as drinking 3 liters of water every day, which is necessary for the proper functioning of your system. So is a 2 am friend.
The 2 am friend is not your husband/wife, boyfriend/girlfriend or even your regular friend. This friend is special. You only have one of them in your life and they usually walk with you till the end.
The 2 am friend is the one who sees your soul and if you tell him/her that he/she will laugh you out of the room calling you "insane". But this is the friend you think of when you are in danger, when you are confused, when you are in love, when you are out of love, when you are frustrated, when you are scared, when you want to die or when you want to live.
The 2 am friend is the one you might call one night and say, "I think we are meant to be together, lets get married" and then you hear him/her laugh you out of the room for the umpteenth time; you call him/her all the bad words in all the languages you know before you bang the phone down. And as you bang the phone down you will hear at the other end a voice saying, "Sleep tight" and a smile creeps upon your face even though you are livid with the voice at the other end. And then you wake up in the morning and call the friend and say, "This guy has asked me out on a date, what should I wear?" and he/she says, "How about that dress....."
The gender of the 2 am friend is not important. In fact after a certain age it doesn't matter whether he is a he or a she; or she is a he or a she or neither or all. All that matters is the friend who will wake up for you at 2 am and listen to your raving and ranting because he/she cares.
It really does not matter whether you are physically intimate with your 2 am friend. After a certain age even that does not matter. Either you are not interested or you have journeyed enough in life to compartmentalize different aspects of your life.But what is important is that you can discuss anything and everything under the sun, from your ovaries to your in-growths, without flinching.
What matters is the `Connect'. Every time I use that word my 2 a.m friend laughs in my face - literally. That is important. Your 2 am friend should be able to call your bluff, tell you like it is, lift you up when you are down and bring you down when you are soaring high and in the wrong direction. And he does it with utmost respect and love.
If there is one thing that I am sure of my 2 am friend, as sure as the sun rising every day, it is the fact that he loves me and cares a great deal about me. There is a difference between "he is in love with me" and "he loves me dearly" - the former comes with no guarantees...the latter usually comes with a lifetime warranty.
It takes many years to find that one 2 am friend. Some don't find one at all. But when you find one you better keep him/her for life. They are precious.

Christmas Eve and Day

Christmas celebrations had always meant cakes - fruit and rum, a school function, a day when we got to wear our dresses & not uniforms. Christmas meant carols & Jingle Bell, the Tree decoration & the fun of sitting through the re-runs of Grinch or other animations. Yesterday at the most happening 24th Nite bash I realised how the idea of celebrations had changes. In an open air ground the most skimpily clad women chattered in the dew, the expensive beverage & food would make one feel ashamed to think of the thousands who did not have a dinner last night. Standing in the middle of the teeming Crowd I thought How Strange the world had become?

May be I have not grown up or grown up too much yesterday night's tom foolery made me regret my decision to walk into that party,at that exclusive club. The same club whose membership I had once craved, suddenly I could not be bothered to be part of all of that jazz and lights any longer.

As I travelled across the city hoping to get into a Eatery before all of them closed shutters for a much needed dinner, I thought here I was doing exactly what I had forever wanted to do, Party on Christmas Eve and I didn't even like the party.

It was good to have a great company with me, time flew past, good conversation flowed add to it a bit of Bitching, a bit of fate finding a way tos urprise me again. Fate threw up yet another curve ball as I bumped into someone I least expected, & much to my dismay realised that I still feel silly arond these curve balls neither did I handle it well & I also lived to regret the missed opportunity!!

Like always Fate plays it's hand and waits for to blink, & what do I do? Completely act like a 16 year out of high school. Nothing gets under my skin than those Goosebumpy memories and thoughts....

Christmas Day was better because I got to watch Johny Depp and Angelina Jolie romance the camera from all the possible angles, & wait for 1 hour to grab a breakfast at 12 in the noon. It is amazing how brand is built around queues, over priced menus. & I fall for it hook line & sinker. After a few photoshots snapped up at the local mall & giggle ridden time with my girlfriends, I can safely confirm that I like spending my quality "off" time with friends doing same ole boring stuff & not the superficial fashionests evenings.

So may be I am old fashioned, but at the expense of being sounding like a stuck up, I just wish things were the same as they used to be, warm & yummy!.

Those 2AM memories

There is this post I read somewhere about the 2AM friend. If you don't have one you can't possibly know who we are referring to. They are the rare breed of people who are there for you not just at the oddest hour of the day/night but they are their at your oddest hour of need.

The need to which the only answer is speaking to these 2 AM friends.

My friend's sustain me, and out of those a few select group are even more important as they let me relax after the worse day at work or after the worse day of my life. Here's to you!

• The first thing I remember about you is the incessant chatter about some girl who you had the huggest crush on. The chatter drove me nuts but I admired how you remembered the most insignificant details about a situation or person and I wondered how you manged that. You still amaze me with your capacity to remember, to string words, to observe & to make the most sarcastic yet humorous comment. Sometimes I can't help wondering what greater heights you are yet to achieve & whatever they might be I know you are an amazing person.
• There were those nights when we argued like 6 year olds over the most trivial issues. Hugely frustrated by our stubborness to agree on one single point & when I gave up to easy on any argument, I remember how you always said, "Don't give up the fight."
• One night I knew all I wanted was to hear your voice but I couldn't get through to you that's when I realised how much I needed you.
• You went out on a long trip and everyday I wished you would call and then I knew how much I missed you.
• All I wanted was a warm hug and you rocked my world with your genuine care & warmth.
• The last memory I have is of refusing to come out to meet you one evening, And one day like all good things you were gone.. taken from the world so early that I cannot bring myself to forgive my trespasses, criticism and antipathy. I wish we had more time, I wish i understood you better. It's so easy to lose someone in life .... it takes a drunk driver, one drunken step, or push on the accelator to take away the precious gift of a friend. I miss you !!

To all of you who I speak about here, I still can't imagine what my life would have been without you. Everyone of you have made a difference, you have brought to me so much in experience, warmth, love, passion & life. Somehow I hope somewhere you know How much you mean to me.

Of Random Thoughts & images

There is no explanation why a image crops up in our head sometimes from memory sometimes untraceable perhaps from a future we are yet to face. These images loosely strung together form the mysteries that define our lives and what ever powers guide it or don't. If we be but Actors on this stage then we have De ja Vous of an upcoming scene or a flashback. What do these mean? They could be signs of the times that lie ahead or reminders of mistakes we have made and not to repeat the same.

How do we define their meaning? Can we really believe that these are signs or portents?


When you spend days contemplating the images and words in your head things in the present start getting tangled up and reality seems to move in and out of focus. Should you then worry about your mental health? May be or may be not. Who is to say what tricks our mind can play on us?

Like inception, are we dreaming this life, or will we wake up to find this to be a dream or a nightmare....!!

My List of Drool-worthy-forgiven-for-having-an-Affair-with Men

The Local English Daily listed a few Celebrities in Entertainment business both in India and USA in their list of Irresistible Men. I agree Vehemently with their List which is given below & would like to Add a few more :)

THEIR LIST

• BRAD PITT
• GEORGE CLOONEY
• ROBERT DOWNEY JR.
• JOHNNY DEPP
• GAEL GARCIA BERNAL
• RANABIR KAPOOR
• GERARD BUTLER
• ARJUN RAMPAL
• RAHUL KHANNA

MY LIST (NOT IN ANY PARTICULAR ORDER)

• ROBERT PATTISON - That Guy from the Twilight series, Vampire with a Soul
  

• HAYDEN CHRISTENSEN - No wonder I am a Star Wars Fan Now.
  

• TOM WELLING - Still watching re - runs of Smallville, and to wonder that's the only Work he is famous for but who cares when one has those eyes and that smile.
  

• PATRICK DAMPSEY - A visit to the Hospital can be a welcome change when you get attended by him.

• JOSH HARTNET - Perl Harbour that's all I can remember.
  

• CHRISTIAN BALE - As the Batman or the Amercian Psycho just Awesome.

• 

COLLIN FARELL - The Thief or the Saint?

• DANIEL CRAIG - The Rugged and rough around the edges Bond.

• ERIC BANA - Not overshadowed by the Presence of either Brad Pitt or Orlando Bloom in Troy.
  

• DANIELLE RADCLIFFE - Harry "Danielle" Potter need I Say more?

• JAKE GYLLENHALL - Brokeback Mt. Anyone?

• JAMES FRANCO - Remember him from Spiderman; he definitely had more eye catching looks than Spidey himself.

• JONATHAN RHYS MEYERS -You don't want think beyond Match Point.

• JUDE LAW - My Blueberry Nights anyone? Simply delectable.

• JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE - Slightly OTT sometimes but definitely worth a look.

• LEONARDO DI CAPRIO- The one and only... Leo.

• ORLANDO BLOOM - Boyish charm and all that no match for Johny Depp but Still has majorly Cute!!

• HUGH JACKMAN- Now who hasn't gone Ga Ga over his Kate & Leopold?

• SHIA LABEOUF - Cute Guy / Boy next door looks and some major movies to boost, Transformers & Wanted topping the list.