This Muggle Life

The emails have started to pour in.The IT industry has finally decided to acknowledge that this is the last working day of this year !!!
I ve decided that I’m going to start by doing something that I’ve never done before.I shall write (or atleast space it out like ) a poem :-D

A year sped by,
And anothers about to start afresh.
I’ve broken all my earlier resolves,
But I’m still making new ones.
For the coming year,
Is not about the old,
But abt bringing in the new.
Get over whats over,
And gear up for the new year.
Tread where you feared to,
Do what you didn’t dare to.
Bring in lots more fun,lots more cheer,
‘cos it’s a Happy New year !!

{ I so feel like singing Ilamai Idho Idho after writing this..Somehow no new Year is complete without watching Kamal jumping in his jinjinakka sleeveless suit on that motorbike saying “Happeeee New Yearrr “..I love it!!! ]

Out goes the old,in comes the new..i mean,new year resolutions.
I make them ,just to break them.
Still,I ll make them.This years list.

Become one hell of a fitness freak.I’ve always wanted to be one of those trendy sporty woman they show in the Nike or Reebok ads,branded tracks,tied up ponytail,sleek hairband on,some kind of a hi tech digi watch on wrist,Walkman also goes .I want to become a hardcore workout woman and work off all that flab.

Religiously read the whole newspaper,especially the headlines .And not just the supplementary.I want to stop reading the newspaper backwards.

Stop cluttering my handbag. My handbag looks more and more like a backpack.Its bulging and any minute it might burst.It contains some really extraordinary stuff that u don’t normally find in handbags,like marbles,lollipop,chocolate wrappers,nail file,old movie tickets,expired gift vouchers.

Stop wiggling one of my legs all the time while I’m seated.Someone told me that increases the risk of a heart-attack.Im worried it makes me looks like someone whos desperate to visit the toilet.

Stop asking one stupid ,aggravating question,namely,”Are you angry?” .Especially ,after deliberately doing something to drive the other person up the wall.

Stop being so paranoid.I look under my bed as soon as I enter my house.

Stop pseudo-driving the car while in the navigator seat.I keep putting imaginary brakes when the driver doesn’t.Like the cars gonna stop.I’ve a driving license that I got 5 years ago for driving in a straight line on Beach Road,Chennai and for incrementally increasing the gears. That doesn’t surely qualify me to advise someone whos been driving on the crazy Indian roads for ages.

And I think ,I forgot one most important resolution.Stop making New Year resolutions.

The weekend was verrry entertaining,for about ten seconds ,when Sreesanth was batting in the test match against SA.His little “Cadbury” jig may have earned him his ten seconds to fame,more than the sixer that he hit off his bat a wee second earlier.I was just wondering why NDTV still hasn’t conducted an opinion poll on whether Sreesanth should or should not have done his little break-dance(Or have they,while I am writing this post?).Or why Barkha Dutt hasn’t debated yet on “Code of Conduct on the Field-Do Indians stick to it?”.
In my opinion ,that was uncalled for.Of course,when it happened,it was really exhilarating and nice to watch him enjoy his sweet little revenge (God knows what Andre Nell said ...).But ,in retrospect … did he learn break dance from our great Gaptain???? ;-)

Dhoom2 -Could be easily nominated for the worst movie of the year.And whats more,it has a 100% chance of winning that.
Hrithik -The saving grace of the movie.The ONLY reason to bear the 2 hr torture.

Abhishek - Poor thing.Weak characterisation + pathetic dancing skills.Next to Hrithik,he cuts a sorry figure.

Bipasha - Looks really good.Does justice to her near non-existent character in the movie.Wish she had played Aish's role.Shes used to bare minimal clothing.So she carries of almost any costume with elan.

Aish - She better cover up.She looks awfully uncomfortable in most of the scenes.Perhaps 'cos shes not used to skimpy clothing.Also,terribly bad acting.Theres absolutely no chemistry between her and Hrithik.And very patchy makeup that makes her look bad in most of the scenes.She looks good only in one or two songs.Makes you wonder if blowing up that whole kissing scene was just a publicity stunt to get people to watch the movie.

Story - ? Whats that ? Theres nothing like that in this movie.

Overall,Dhoom 2 has left me with a bad taste in my mouth.It'll linger till I watch a good movie.

Labels: movies

Two days back,had dinner at Basera.The place was decorated like a mehfil(the kind in Devdas,but a little toned down ).The food was supposed to be good.And I was terribly hungry,having missed lunch.So ,I ordered an American chopsuey for myself(well,the deal was that I had to finish the whole thing myself).When the food arrived,I ,for some peculiar reason,couldnt eat and felt full with just 1/2 of hot n sour soup.As i started to make the usual i-cant-eat-anymore expressions,
Husband:You are finishing it.
Me:I cant ,unless you want me to die on the spot.
Husband:You ARE finishing it(wicked grin)
Enna family !!

Labels: Lifes like that