Bouqets and Brickbats

Manchenbele Lake, originally uploaded by Jilmil.

That was the first thing that came to my mind as I was musing about the week that went by �

Tis a pleasure to be with old friends� and experience the thrill of childhood days.. it was like old times when we went shopping and excalimed at silly old things.. laughed ourselves with stuff that was bygone but yet held great memories for us�

Watched a couple of movies together�

Took her to all my favorite haunts� and she loved it..

Yes, it was a wonderful time� and I hope to repeat it again and again � as we grow old�

Dwarf ... it was really nice meeting you the other day.. ... I hope you had a great dinner.. we were so tired that day :) hope to see more of you online...

D � The Company�

My take on this� nothing new � same old story.. same old bloodshed.. same old lines.. just the characters have changed.. I think Ram Gopal is rehashing his script again and again� and well if you have watched Company which was the best movie of his covering the slowly getting on to the reality topic of the Underworld, this movie is just not worth it. yeah Randeep Hooda was better than Vivek Oberoi is portraying the serious quirked gangsta � Rukhsar is back� after her stint in long forgotten movies with Rishi Kapoor and Aditya Pancholi�

Parineeta

V V Chopra seems to have joined the I-am-inspired-by-you bandwagon and gone and done a la Devdas without the finesse and the creative touch of the masters� and that is the only woe of mine.. It is veryt obvious that the director did not have that great a personal touch with the movie and it seemed as if that the movie had been made just for the heck of making another movie..

Otherwise the movie has an okay pace and well though Saif could have given a better performance, he did well. Vidya was a refreshing change from all Aishwarya type characters� Thank God for that.. !!! and oh before I forget just when you think what will happen to the hero and the heroine� the last scenes of Parineeta which was supposed to be the piece de resistance.. came out to be like a Laurel and Hardy show� spare us the melodrama� and cut us some slack in thinking that we do appreciate a good solid emotional climax.

Songs are good. I guess after watching movied of Sanjay Leela Banshali and Rituporno Ghosh, I have set standards for movies which use the same style and theme.. they should be better if not a poor copy� and the audience can always make out the difference when the director has really put one�s soul into the movie or done this movie just like that� just because this is selling� SIGH�

Travel

Silverline at Savandurg, originally uploaded by Jilmil.

Drove down to Manchenbele dam and to Savandurga. Had a looksy at the Great Banyan tree. The drive was good and there was a lot of offroading that we did � so unless you have really good suspension, do not try this place from Mysore road section. It is better to access this place via Magadi road where the view is a sceanic one and you can also chill out a lot while taking some good photographs. We got lost here and there and were roaming inside the forest for quite sometime� before we could find the right road. It was fun� we met some cyclists who were doing the moonlit cycling trail� sponsored by BSA. So guys if you need a days trip to chill out.. you could try the above places�

The Great Banyan Tree, originally uploaded by Jilmil.

(Mis)Communication ??

I usually like to communicate with online friends but I seriously do not appreciate ( rather confused with) first time mails which start with

Really nice to receive retort from you...hope your daysgoin like you want!Big things from big people!

and then at the last line says

PPL GENERALLY LAUGHT AT YOU WHEN YOU SAYLIKE THIS DONOT KNOW ABOUT YOU HOPE U R NOT AMONGTHEM! I M FROM ENGG BACKGROUND FROM PUTATIVEINS.ANYWAY, UNCERTANITY IS THE FORCE WHICH DRIVES USTO MAKE LIFE CERTAIN!I THINK SO......GOOD LUCK ANDEVERY SUCCESS TO YOU!TAKE CARE BYEE

GAAAAHHHH what did I do to deserve this ??? I am certainly NOT laughing but I am defintely irked to a certain extent with the fact that you are taking the liberty to write what you want. I wish you well and I also hope that you find your goals. But believe me your first lesson would be to cultivate the art of communicating which starts with ... Hello how are you ? and not a RAP on someone's tired head first thing in the morning just because you are a fan or you demand attention... Excuse me for being a little pissed...

Again I apologise if this hurts your sentiments since you have portrayed yourself as a very sensitive human being... ( ???) and I hope that you understand that I am not being BIG here.. just trying to be polite... and please do NOT use capitals in your mails... its like you shouting in my ears....

( Good that is off my chest ... HUH... )