Nervous Crack

*sigh*

What’s wrong with you Tus!!!??? Are you nuts???…. Ive never met anyone like you..who is so complicated in life! Jees!

*sigh*

For the pass one hour I have been talking to my mind voice. I hate it when it happens. Because when it happens, I know its the decision making session. Its all because of….

I saw an ad for a workshop and I tried my luck by pitching for it. Then days passed and nothing came in. So at a point i told myself, I wont have high hopes. Besides tmr is the workshop so be it. Then suddenly I opened my mail, and im invited to it.

And now….once Ive got it. A normal person would jump up and down hearing this….but I sat numb. All that ran through me was fear. Fear of meeting new people. Fear of whether I fit in the group. Fear of just being me. What would I do now?  I thought I would just not attend it. But there goes my analytical brain…which works for every single decision!!!

So, after thinking about it for almost half hour (im fighting for time to reply them since I saw the email late)…… I got my guts to tell my parents…and they were super cool. He said okay for it and now I hear my parents in the hall discussing about how I got it. (haha….my dad as usual….whether I sleep tonight or not….im sure he will have difficulties).

Anyway, I start the workshop tmr. Wish me luck!

My-new-BlackLady!

After being at home for 8 days, I finally had an outing with my parents. For those who know me, they know the life here in Doha. Well anyway, the reason for the outing was mainly because I was having some urinary problem hence I needed the clinic. Fortunately my urine test was all clear and the doctor doesn’t know why I have such symptoms and so gave me some soluble to be taken for 5 days. I’m on it now.

Since we were out, we planned to shop a little and have lunch before heading back. We went to City Centre and there Mum told me to get a new phone and also said that not to feel bad that Dad is paying. (coz Ive been minimizing their expenses on me…since im still jobless). Well anyway, Dad agreed and we headed to the electronics section to look for one.

I told dad that since it is just a temporary phone, ill get the cheapest one. And to my surprise, the cheapest phone there was QR66. I never knew that phone prices have come down sooooooo much! I was happy that I didn’t have to tax my dad so much and I told him ill get that, coz all I need is to receive/make call and sms. But dad was not happy at all….he told me not to be so silly and said at least get a phone with the minimal features of todays trend. Well, if you want to know what he meant, it was….get a phone with mp3, speaker, color screen, Bluetooth, grps, gps…bla bla. Dad was pointing out to the 400+ and 500+ phones. I couldn’t manage him so I called mum over and she said, just get a normal phone, and later once I earn I can buy a good one. Then after so much of thinking and all…dad pointed to a QR384 phone and I pointed out to a QR254 phone. He didn’t like my choice coz in the specs, there isn’t mp3, or media player or usb port and all. But still I liked it…coz it had camera and Bluetooth, 2 features which I use the most. But dad was not keen at all…he then gave up and he handed me QR500 and said, just pick a phone u want within that amount and come. So I did as he said, I picked my choice the Nokia 2729 fold – for QR254. I paid at the counter and came. What attracted me to the phone was the fact that it is a flip phone that I always wanted (just that I wanted the MotoRazr hehe..bt still this is perfect) and also the keypad which was to my comfort.

Once shopping was over, it was lunch time. We went to one of our favourite restaurants here which serves Korean and Japanese food. Mum had her Korean food and Dad and I had Japanese food, the portions were so so so huge…(each dish cost QR53). It is considered a normal price in shops here. Soon as lunch was over, we headed back home.

And yes, I started meddling with my new toy. To my surprise, I told dad that, we have got a good buy. Because when I on the phone and checked the features, it had mp3, media player, video recording, gprs, good speaker. So now Dad is happy with my purchase and he is saying maybe they tagged it wrongly. Hahah…. Here when you buy the phone, they only show you the phone, you can’t take a look at the screen and features, they do not demo the phone to you at all. So I guess its worth a buy!

As for my old phone, my dear Motorola E398…thank you for working with me for 4 years. You will be treasured….in my cupboard!

Say hello to My-new-BlackLady!

Chicken 25!

Suzanne and I

The Chicky turns 25 today.

Wishing Sue@Chicken a very Happy 25th Birthday and many many more to come. Hope you had a blast and celebrated it well. I hope you didnt sit in front of the pc with loads of work to do today…hehe. I also hope to be celebrating your coming birthdays with you.

Take care sweetie! and lots of love, hugs and kisses.

Princess Putri!!!

Its the Princess’s Bday Today….A BIG SHOUTOUT TO HER!!!!

Giant Hug...babe!

Dear Puts, Wishing you a very Happy Birthday!!! You are in Terengganu now, somewhere away from your normal place to be on our birthday. Celebrating a special day of yours in a completely new place will give you a different dimension in life… I hope!

So, I wish you to have a pleasant yet a memorable Birthday ever. Even though LXES is not there with you… we are all with you in your thought for sure. Be blessed like always.

Keep smilling Princess!

Much much love from this Ostrich!

Poll

Vettaikaran

I recently hit the theatres with my parents and family friend to watch a new release Tamil film, Vettaikaran.

After watching the massive promos on SunTV (the movie is produced by them), I didn’t have much expectation on it. Since it is a Vijay film, it is definitely a commercial film. There would be fight, romance, songs (like which Tamil movie doesn’t ), and humour. But one thing that I like to look out in his movies are the comedy element and of course wonderful dance numbers since Vijay is a great dancer.

All said, we all came out of the theatre not uttering a word about the movie. This is one of the rare kinds of film where you come out not knowing what to say about the film. I was left blank. When we are in an era where most audience are far more educated than before, I can’t accept illogical scenes in nowadays films. Well, since this is the first film for the director, maybe in the future he would be more aware of it.

Leaving that aside, there was every element of a Vijay movie could give but still I guess, I wanted more humour and sadly one my favourite actor, Mr.Mano Bala didn’t have much scope but I like the way that his presence was felt. It was good to see the villain, Salim Ghouse, after so long, and also the other new villain, who confused me so much because I thought he was the same villain from the movie Aadhi. Apparently he is the brother, named Ravishankar. Talking about villains, I wonder how they come up with names for the villain!?? One has such a sweet name like Chella (sounds like chellam)…but then he is such a horrific guy on screen, and the other named Vethanayagam (the sound of it itself, gives u chills)…but he is soft, cool and calm villain. Hahaha….

Previously I said I like humour in Vijay’s film. In this film, there wasn’t just one person doing the comedy track but quite a few of them including the grandma. As for Anushka, I expected more from her but as usual she came in like a typical heroine for the hero, romance and song..that’s it. Talking about Illayatalapathy Vijay, hmmm… I wanted to see him do more comedy and also at certain parts of the film I felt like his actions were like Superstar Rajinikanth.

Lastly, which I think the key factor to keep people glued throughout the movie is definitely the song numbers rendered by music director Vijay Anthony, great peppy music and wonderful lyrics which suited a Vijay movie.

p/s: While watching the film in the theatre, I was very much irritated by the kids who were being as annoying as ever. I think theatre owners should have an age limit for kids to enter cinema. Im talking about few-month old babies here who scream and cry when the movie is going on. *sigh*

Welcome 2010

Today marks the first day of a new year, so here I am wishing everyone a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

This year I welcomed 2010 with a small gathering with family and friends over a BBQ dinner. And to my surprise, our wonderful friend got a cake for all the December babies. Me, Sharin and Pravin cut the cake together and let me tell you cutting the cake with much younger peeps make u feel younger too. Hehehe…

(Ill post pics soon…)

My first 2010 morning started off by….obviously brushing my teeth!!!… hahah….then I made some calls home and wished my beloved family. Later in the morning when I on my lappy and checked my mail, to my surprise I got a comment for my blog post from someone unexpected. It was the Director of the movie Achamundu Achamundu, Mr.Arun Vaidyanathan. At first when I read the name, I thought…oh what a coincident that this guy has the same name as the Director, and then upon reading his comment, email and website, I got to know its him itself!!!

I have been watching his interviews and pre-movie events and I really liked the way he thinks of cinema. And so to get a comment from him is sure overwhelming. I hope in the career of film-making which Ill soon be stepping into will have some inspiration from him. Thank you Sir!

un-FORGET-able 2009!

Hello Last Day of 2009!

This year has been not a very exciting or fun year for me. I felt more of negatives than positives.

I recall how I welcomed 2009. Well, I was in my hostel in Noida and I called up mum and while talking to her I was sobbing and sobbing like a little kid who lost her lollipop. (sad case!) This was because my friends all left and also it was the end of my stay in India and I really miss them a lot till today.

Taking the case above, maybe how you welcome the new year has an effect on the entire year!. This is mainly just a thought of mine okay! So anyway, from the beginning of the year till the end, I have been hearing or rather showered with death news. If anyone would ask me to recall 2009, I would recall the deaths I have heard and some misfortune that happened to my loved ones. Whenever I hear those news and that too when death became like an everyday affair around me, I had this inner thing that 2009 is an unlucky year, hence I wished it ended very fast.

And today comes the last and final day of 2009. In a way I am happy that it is coming to an end but also a little sad that … oh oh…we are all a year older! Hahhaha!

As Mahatma Gandhi said:

“Each night when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn.”

To those who wake up and are reborn tomorrow, I wish you a very Happy New Year. And for those who didn’t make it to 2010, I wish you a very Happy New Year too!

Special wishes to my dear….

LXES – Craig, Nora, Akmar, Sharmi, Syaz, Sue, Puts, Suffian, Andrew, Sangee.

my3ladies – Bea, Ris and HL.

Jon and Suresh.

Tus always loves you all and also not forgetting my lovely family. Thank you lord for keeping us together.

On a special note, today is my brothers birthday so I wish him a very Happy 26th Bday bro!

Free time = Movie time.

Even though I have nothing to do, I still don’t update my blog. I think the main reason is because I have nothing to update on.

But then again, I thought since I’ll be abandoning it for another month or so since Ill be visiting India for a month, hehe…yes peeps…Ill be visiting India for personal reason. Visiting grandma and temples like my usual India visits.

Anyway lately I’ve been watching quite a number of movies which varies in language. So I thought maybe let me write an update on the movies I have watched.

Let me start with the latest movie I just watched yesterday.

2012 – A movie on how the world ends. Amazing that we humans actually go to see a movie on how we die in the future (if it is for real). But at least we have an overview on what to aspect. Haha. Great effects, it doesn’t seem like effects at all in most of the parts, all look so real. Good cast, I like the way they somehow tried to cover all races in the world.

 

This Is It – A feast for MJ Fans, which is what everyone said. But maybe for a fan like me, its heart aching to watch it. Sad to watch his last days but the good thing is from this movie, I hope people will understand and change their views on how wonderful a person he was. Such a humble and sweet person he is. The show would have been a show of the century if at all it happened. The dance shown in it was superbly awesome.

 

Achamundu Achamundu – This is a movie which I was eagerly waiting to watch as I read so many reviews and hype even before its release. What’s special about this movie is, it is shot in US, with RED Camera, a tamil movie with Sync sound, and a new director with good artiste. I finally got the movie and it was indeed a good film. I like the feel and the story too. Good message in the film. The promos were more like horror but I think it’s a family thriller.

 

Eeram – When the movie came out, it sounded like nothing special. But after weeks running in the theatre and reading reviews about it, I thought I should watch this film. Mainly because it is produced by Shankar’s S Pictures. He somehow has the pick for good films. And yes this was a good film. It was something totally different from a typical Tamil film. The plot was great and also told in a very different point of view. The casting were good too, never expected someone who was portrayed as an animal-like-human in his previous film and in this as a smart and handsome police officer which so much dignity and class.

 

Thiru Thiru Thuru Thuru – A whole lot of fun. I like the dialogue delivery in this film. Directed by a women director, I think she did a great job. Nice songs, nice plot, and as usual Mouli played a wonderful character. An issue if it happens in real life which will be handled seriously is handled in a chilled out manner in this film and luckily it clicked. Haha. I enjoyed it.

 

 

 

God Must Be Crazy I – For so many years, I have been hearing that this is such a great movie, and finally just a few months ago I bought it. Well, for me it was interesting in some parts but most of it I found boring. But for a film to be taken in that manner and that too years before I was even born, I think credit should be given. Didn’t like the way the story goes but acting was all superb. Mum said, when she watched it those days it was so funny and the best movie, but now I find it boring. Hahah… I think it’s the time we live in now.

 

 

Scoop – I wanted to watch the movie for 2 reasons, 1 – it had Hugh Jackman in it, 2 – Woody Allen was in it too. But after watching the film, I kinda have another liking, just for this film which is Scarlett Johansson. She was amazing. The plot was great, and the humour was just enough and dialogues were great especially for the character Sydney (Woody Allen). This is also another film where a serious issue is portrayed in a light manner. I like it!

 

 

Fire – I had this movie with me for more than a year and just managed to watch it. Hmmmmmm……..! What can I say, a movie which has equal weight for men and women I would say. I cant site the women here and neither I can site the man. Not a film to watch with family. I like the fact that a movie is told with such minimal characters.

 

 

London Dreams – Recent release Hindi film which stars Salman Khan, Ajay Devgan and Asin. I watched it for Asin. And I think she did a great job. He mannerism in this film has some change and it was something new to see. Story was okay, Salman and Ajay did a good job too. But I think there was too much of the word Praa…in the film. Hahah….I like a song in it, which is Man Ko Athi Bhavey.

 

 

Masilamani – I actually have no reviews for this movie. It was just a normal tamil film, with great songs visualized very well. Story was okay and Nakul needs to keep in character, in certain scenes he keeps being himself. Sunaina a girl whom doesn’t know tamil but thankfully she knows how to lip sync well. It’s a one time watch and just for entertainment.

 

 

All The Best – A hindi film with many cast, kind of a replica of a tamil film Kadhala Kadhala just that told in a different way. They had good humour in it and the star cast are worth a watch.

 

 

 

Do Knot Disturb – Another hindi film with a few star cast and it was okay. Again nothing great in the plot, just with the same story and different twist here and there. But I really like the way Govinda calls for Dolly. Hahhaha! Hilarious. A scene in it was ripped off from the movie Panchathantiram (tamil movie), but luckily minor changes were made. Just another pass time movie.

 

 

Hopefully I’ll review on more movies that I’ll be watching. Don’t take my reviews exactly as it has been mentioned because, different people have different taste. So a movie which I didn’t like, you may like it. So enjoy!

Friday the 13th

Friday the 13th – whenever it is, I hear everyone talking about it. But I hear people say its bad luck day but never knew why. So I googled it and via Wikipedia I got to know about it.

And apparently it is either a GOOD or Bad luck day. I guess most horror flick use the term Friday the 13th and that gives the scare and hype for the day. Even a movie named Friday the 13th was released recently.

Well, in short whether its good or bad luck today, I hope everyone have a good day today!