UFO's

.....I close my eyes, like i have back traced in a time machine (The complicated kinds...like Back to the Future prototypes, where the similarity ending at the lead being as cute as Micheal J Fox in both the cases ;-) but in this effect it more seems like "A Blast from the Past" ) Flashback...my whole life flashes past me...(Soundeffects: zip...whoosh....zip) and i feel 16 again, and as hard as i can recall i may have been looking at the mirror and fretting over zits when i am suddenly distracted by some cacophony (Grr..&*!!!....brick-brack, Zapatty...Shrugo! Frreider!) in my drawing room.

I can hear gibberish, and my instincts stall me to stay away, but smart alec me remains in a hearing distance from them. To my bewilderment, i see a funny looking green alien, she had loud make-up on, a pig tail, but red in her cheeks as her anger resonated through the hall..... (How did i know it was a "she"; well it looked better than the other ugly alien); The law of nature you see...the female counterparts are always better looking than the male species or so i would like to believe and no matter the theories, i wouldn't want it any other way - Girl-Power Yeah!

I peeped through the shining glass, the language was of of course alien, but my senses could decipher the intent, the deeper meaning of each word as it spewed out like venom at each other, literally all over the floor...

"How can you assume that i would do it"..."Why did you leave the sink dirty"..."Why is your underwear all over the house??"

Er...rubbing my ears in disbelief, i shake my head violently, Am i hearing right or "Men really are from Mars and Women from Venus!!"

I thank my stars that atleast they dont belong to the species where the female bites the head off, post love-making! or in here post a fight...that would be a little too gory for my weak heart.

Hmmm i can see some family resemblance between them and myself..looks like she has my nose and i have the guys ears...On second thoughts, am sure god has this huge "Photocopier" up in heaven/hell and churns out second by second assembly line humans with a default mechanism of every 4th output being Chinese...Boing! Boing!. They dont make it like they used to anymore..Nope.

Looks like things are cooling off a bit, and i can hear mellow sobs and whimpers, and right then i can see the man go weak in his tiny knees. Looks like the score board has just made a somersault. Its a zillion to nothing, as it last reads...with the clear winner being the "Teary eyed-Ms.Green". The man summons his ship and springs out a huge bunch of slimy moss...(I guess thats romantic in their world!! ) and Puhleeease! spare me the details of "Kissing and making up" Yuck!! No sooner than i would jump at them and scream "Get a room!!" the mother ship swallowed them and disappeared into the vast galaxy..Whoosh..and as i watched them leave i felt a sense of relief that i would never see them again!

"Wake up!! Its past eleven in the morning you sloth!! " as my chain of thoughts was broken by Dad's shrill voice...I lazily made my way to the kitchen just to see "UFO's" (Unidentified fighting objects ) back in my kitchen this time...

(Grr..&*!!!....brick-brack, Zapatty...Shrugo! Frreider!) Oh noooooooooo......not again!!

"Ma, Pa...C'mon keep it down, Will ya!!", as i head back, munching on the cracker just to hide myself for the rest of the day..rather the whole week!!!

AK - One man army vs SRK - Mr.Narcissistic

Just as i returned back from Singapore after a "strenous" holiday (Had such a blast, that i needed a holiday from a holiday when i got back!) ..i read the reviews on Aamir making it once again with "Taare Zameen Pe". I wanted to watch TZP, and make my own judgements. Reviews are all rigged. There was no chance in hell, that i would buy into media hype once more after my horrible experience with OSO. Rather it was (Oh, so??)

TPZ was all that it claimed to be and much more...it made me soft in my knees, it made me human again...it made me realise that not everything is about yourself or about how much you make. It is not about having the perfect winning streak, but smelling the flowers on the way.Extracting these heart rendering emotions out of a kiddo..takes immense courage and a hell lot of sensitivity.

Aamir as an actor, a perfectionist, a pleasure to watch, over and over again. But as a director, a revolutionary.I just wondered how can this one man, make one movie a year..and bang on gets it right...every time, time after time! It takes more than "marketing"/PR or several trips to cricketing fields to match this one buddy!!

In comparison SRK, falls one shade pale,who is but all about himself. The country adores him for his arrogance! How vain....He made a narcissistic movie "OSO" it not only massaged his bigger than life ego a massage also it did not hurt to make millions either.

Its obscene to see, in todays world that the Indian junta still worships these stars as Gods...Apparently SRK quoted in an interview he has this innate need to be loved by ALL, to be accepted and revered by ALL...Not so soon Mr.SRK...you need to earn it not force it down our throats. And I mean for heavens sake...He hams, and goes smiling all the way to the bank...K..K..Kya ho raha hai... till then let me just practise my choroegraphed hand wave..

Aussies Ki Tussi Kardi Humne....We won guys!!

Ok we lost the Test Series in Aus. They retained the "Border-Gavaskar" trophy yet again... They are the undisputed champs of Test cricket with their 16th consecutive win.Though the jubilation on the Aussie fields as Micheal Clarke..took the final wicket was painful it was not easy as we watched, them wrap the Indian side to a mere 210 runs, every Indian in their hearts knew...We were the true champions today. Sniff..Sniff...It was like a "Taare Zameen Pe" moment for me...The spirit of the game is all that matters.Sportsmanship does, just like Anil Kumble gritted his teeth in anguish and despair at the proceedings of the game, but did not say a "boo".
His eyes called out to the guardians of the game as he said "Its for all to see,.... (how unfair this series has been" is what he implied). Today i am proud to be an Indian, with likes of him pushing us to be more than what we are, m0re than what the world expects us to be...We are bloody emotional, and boy! i love it..... Kudos to you Anil, you have made us all realize it dont matter if the chips are down, its all abt never calling it the quits!!!