Ok. The T-Mobile service gurus. are Gods.
Do you know what they've come up with? Do you have any idea how brilliant this is?
They have a CALL BACK system while you're on hold! It tells you how long you have before you speak to a representative, then gives you an option to be called back when its your turn in line. You don't lose your place or anything. It takes the number you wish to be called back at, gives you an approximate time span, and you are free to do what you want.
NOW THAT'S INNOVATION! Pure Genius!
Thursday, June 29, 2006
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
In a quest for answers....
In search of solitude ...
A love of magnitude....
Greater than salvation itself...
This is Rabba Mere Rabba
Enjoy...
As selfish, materialistic and practical as we may be at times, we always need a few moments to stop and think, and re-align our purpose. Be thankful for what we have, be grateful for all that we've been given. And exercise our capability to help those who are in need.
Xinu sent me a touching e-mail about her friend, Shabbi Khan, which spoke of a son's battle to help his mother, Farhana, who is suffering from a critical form of leukaemia. They have racked up high flying medical expenses, and authorities refuse to perform the critical bone marrow transplant, until and unless funds are provided upfront. Please check out the website that he created for this purpose, at www.mymomhascancer.com. You can donate via PayPal, or participate in any which way you can. It will only take a few minutes of your time, and please give generously to this cause, in the form of funds or prayers.
Xinu sent me a touching e-mail about her friend, Shabbi Khan, which spoke of a son's battle to help his mother, Farhana, who is suffering from a critical form of leukaemia. They have racked up high flying medical expenses, and authorities refuse to perform the critical bone marrow transplant, until and unless funds are provided upfront. Please check out the website that he created for this purpose, at www.mymomhascancer.com. You can donate via PayPal, or participate in any which way you can. It will only take a few minutes of your time, and please give generously to this cause, in the form of funds or prayers.
Monday, June 26, 2006
Gham ka mausam guzarta nahin
Zakhm yaadon ka bharta nahin
Raat parbat hai kat ti nahin
Din hai dariya utarta nahinMain akela na reh paoongaDoor tak raat hi raat hai
Zindagi ek alag cheez hai
Zinda rehna alag baat hai
Umr kaise guzar paayegi
Ek pal jab guzarta nahin
Immortal lyrics by Rahat Indori, from the song
"Haan judaai se darta hai dil",
Kareeb - OST
If you haven't heard this track in a while or ever, listen to it. One of the select
songs by Kumar Sanu that have long-lasting appeal - like "Tere Dar Par
Sanam" and the songs of Saajan and Aashiqui.
Its movies like THIS that represent the true coming of age of Bollywood. The crisp, clean, slick look of Kabul Express is hot! Do check that trailer out. Arshad Warsi is a legend!
Sunday, June 25, 2006
Hole-y Crap!
Krrish has more plot holes than Liz Taylor has divorce petitions. Crush on Krrish? More like crushed by Krrish. Its such a kiddie movie, it shouldve been called Creche!
I'm not usually so headstrong about movie-based opinions, but "what a load of crap that was". Like, are you serious? Another horrific wastage of a brilliant actor. I'm not even going to bother opining on the same.
Whenever I feel that Bollywood is progressing by leaps and bounds, a movie like this comes up and turns the clock back to zero. Ugh! An absolute insult to human intelligence, coupled with a glorious collection of every possible Bollywood movie cliche imaginable. Talk about devastating the hype.
You know what I can't wait for? "Aap Ka Suroor" live! Yay! Oh my god! (Relax, i'm kidding). Anyhow, I'm sure that along with the audience, there will be a significantly amount of unearthly presences. Wanna know why?
Hoorah for my peeps at MindShare!!
Krrish has more plot holes than Liz Taylor has divorce petitions. Crush on Krrish? More like crushed by Krrish. Its such a kiddie movie, it shouldve been called Creche!
I'm not usually so headstrong about movie-based opinions, but "what a load of crap that was". Like, are you serious? Another horrific wastage of a brilliant actor. I'm not even going to bother opining on the same.
Whenever I feel that Bollywood is progressing by leaps and bounds, a movie like this comes up and turns the clock back to zero. Ugh! An absolute insult to human intelligence, coupled with a glorious collection of every possible Bollywood movie cliche imaginable. Talk about devastating the hype.
You know what I can't wait for? "Aap Ka Suroor" live! Yay! Oh my god! (Relax, i'm kidding). Anyhow, I'm sure that along with the audience, there will be a significantly amount of unearthly presences. Wanna know why?
Hoorah for my peeps at MindShare!!
Friday, June 23, 2006
My god. Krishh is all over Singapore! He's like the country's national mascot!
Btw, Dinner at RL was tres magnifique - loved the wine. And I am quite inspired by Cloud Gate, Anish Kapoor's shiny design in the middle of Chicago, which I parallel with The Gates in Central Park for city-art and creativity.
I'm done trotting around, and would like to sleep in my own bed now. Awaiting my return to the East Coast!
Btw, Dinner at RL was tres magnifique - loved the wine. And I am quite inspired by Cloud Gate, Anish Kapoor's shiny design in the middle of Chicago, which I parallel with The Gates in Central Park for city-art and creativity.
I'm done trotting around, and would like to sleep in my own bed now. Awaiting my return to the East Coast!
Monday, June 19, 2006
When in school, we often learn about the hand-in-hand relationship between distance and time. But can distance ever be a function of time? The parallel universe concept, of your past running side-by-side with the present in sync, with the separation of penetrable wormholes, is something that has been explored by many a book/film (Timeline, Sliding Doors).
But, what's interesting is the way "Lakehouse" blends it into a heartfelt love story, and effortlessly capturing an emotion that is rather rare in modern cinema: sheer helplessness.
Other than the fact that everyone seems to take the "issue" in the movie, rather comfortably - i guess that can be covered well by the fact that everyone reads Dostoevsky and other unconventional literature that was ahead of its time - and it is supposed to be 2006, where people have come to terms with so much more - but that does still appear to be a minor directorial overlook.
Also, the scene where Sandra meets Keanu at her birthday party, couldve been handled with a little more finesse. It was brushed away like lint on your best suit. But the scene where they dance in the courtyard, and hold each other, was carried out, astoundingly well.
Although they did cheezify the ending, to make it more of a chick flick than it deserved to be, Lakehouse strikes a reverberating chord. All in all, plotholes and issues aside, Lakehouse is a movie that really makes you wish that Time Travel was possible, and generating that emotion in the audience is creditworthy. How will it do at the box office? Time will tell.
Moreover, The Break-Up - LOVED the ending. That's probably the best part of the flick - in an overall broken-up screenplay, with a lot of patchwork.
In other news, lot of globe-trotting cuz of work this week. may not be able to write. but will update you all soon.
Peace out, world!
But, what's interesting is the way "Lakehouse" blends it into a heartfelt love story, and effortlessly capturing an emotion that is rather rare in modern cinema: sheer helplessness.
Other than the fact that everyone seems to take the "issue" in the movie, rather comfortably - i guess that can be covered well by the fact that everyone reads Dostoevsky and other unconventional literature that was ahead of its time - and it is supposed to be 2006, where people have come to terms with so much more - but that does still appear to be a minor directorial overlook.
Also, the scene where Sandra meets Keanu at her birthday party, couldve been handled with a little more finesse. It was brushed away like lint on your best suit. But the scene where they dance in the courtyard, and hold each other, was carried out, astoundingly well.
Although they did cheezify the ending, to make it more of a chick flick than it deserved to be, Lakehouse strikes a reverberating chord. All in all, plotholes and issues aside, Lakehouse is a movie that really makes you wish that Time Travel was possible, and generating that emotion in the audience is creditworthy. How will it do at the box office? Time will tell.
Moreover, The Break-Up - LOVED the ending. That's probably the best part of the flick - in an overall broken-up screenplay, with a lot of patchwork.
In other news, lot of globe-trotting cuz of work this week. may not be able to write. but will update you all soon.
Peace out, world!
Sunday, June 18, 2006
I was asked yesterday by a Tisch-graduate friend of mine to name a scene that really made me think of death in a more palatable and pleasant way, other than the usually morose and morbid approach used by film-makers.
After much thought, the only one that I could tell her about was the pre-closing scene of "City of Angels", when Meg Ryan dies, riding on her bicycle, arms outstretched. She looks so happy, so pleasant, like she's embracing God, embracing the inevitable. Beyond the Roquefort that the rest of the movie was, that scene was pure cinematic magic.
In other news, she is such a doll! That was her at the IIFAs in Dubai! And check out King Khan's youthful glory here. Wow! Did anyone ever think that this mustached-soccer boy will turn the world into a tizzy someday.
Life comes full circle. It really does.
After much thought, the only one that I could tell her about was the pre-closing scene of "City of Angels", when Meg Ryan dies, riding on her bicycle, arms outstretched. She looks so happy, so pleasant, like she's embracing God, embracing the inevitable. Beyond the Roquefort that the rest of the movie was, that scene was pure cinematic magic.
In other news, she is such a doll! That was her at the IIFAs in Dubai! And check out King Khan's youthful glory here. Wow! Did anyone ever think that this mustached-soccer boy will turn the world into a tizzy someday.
Life comes full circle. It really does.
Thursday, June 15, 2006
The best Craigslist ad EVER!
Reply to: res-171648454@craigslist.org
Date: 2006-06-14, 7:57PM EDT
BUT I HAVE DREAM, THAT I WILL FIND ONE EMPLOYER WHERE THAT IS NOT TRUE
EMAIL FOR A RESUME
HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA! Somebody hire this guy NOW!
I KNOW AM A BAD FIT FOR YOUR COMPANY ..........I AM NOT A MORON
Reply to: res-171648454@craigslist.org
Date: 2006-06-14, 7:57PM EDT
BUT I HAVE DREAM, THAT I WILL FIND ONE EMPLOYER WHERE THAT IS NOT TRUE
EMAIL FOR A RESUME
HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA! Somebody hire this guy NOW!
Finding some strange things in Home Depot, these days? Hmm, I'm thinking of making the switch from Ikea ;-).Also, how hot is Laila Rouass? From Channel [V] to BBC's Footballer's Wives! Its the Moroccan-Indian parentage! Wow, I love fusion kids.
According to Wiki, "She came into the news in 2005 when an Arab Sheikh apparently offered her a million pounds for a dinner date, an offer that she refused". What? Was it a million pounds of squashed beetroot? That's hard cash, woman! Jeez, beauty and brains is not just a tough combo to find. Its an impossible one!
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Kudos to mah home boy, Shafquat, grandson of the legendary Ustad Amanat Ali Khan, and after creating musical magic with his classical-rock band, Fuzon, he comes out with a phenomenal song, Mitwa, in the OST of Karan Johar's Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna.
Although the music is by the Unity-in-Diversity trio of Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Mitwa has so much of Fuzon-ic influence that its startling.
Esp. after Atif Aslam (Lamhay,Aadat), Rahat (Mann ki Lagan, Jiya Dhadak), Amir Jamal (Kaho na Kaho - didnt' wanna add this, but *sigh*) and Ali Azmat (Garaj Baras), its nice to see the Pakinvasion of Bollywood, with one of the few singers of true Classical quality. This boy's gonna go places!
Although the music is by the Unity-in-Diversity trio of Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Mitwa has so much of Fuzon-ic influence that its startling.
Esp. after Atif Aslam (Lamhay,Aadat), Rahat (Mann ki Lagan, Jiya Dhadak), Amir Jamal (Kaho na Kaho - didnt' wanna add this, but *sigh*) and Ali Azmat (Garaj Baras), its nice to see the Pakinvasion of Bollywood, with one of the few singers of true Classical quality. This boy's gonna go places!
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Words create lies. Pain can be trusted!
Catch that, and you're golden.
Thanks for all the props on Yaad. It was a rather heartfelt track. Fueled by a lot of variegated emotions from many incidents involving many different souls over the last few months. But it all comes together, in the end.
Recommended Listening: Kenny G's version of the Simon-Garfunkel hit, Sound of Silence. Don't miss the background/intro-resemblance to the opening of Ae Mere Humsafar from QSQT.
Catch that, and you're golden.
Thanks for all the props on Yaad. It was a rather heartfelt track. Fueled by a lot of variegated emotions from many incidents involving many different souls over the last few months. But it all comes together, in the end.
Recommended Listening: Kenny G's version of the Simon-Garfunkel hit, Sound of Silence. Don't miss the background/intro-resemblance to the opening of Ae Mere Humsafar from QSQT.
Monday, June 12, 2006
Sunday, June 11, 2006
The lyrics of Makhdoom Mohiuddin, in one of Muzaffar Ali's (the man who gave us Umrao Jaan) classics, Gaman (1979), are timeless. Here's the lyrics of the track, which was used by Ahmed Jahanzeb for his track, Aap Ki Yaad, as well.
The original song is put to music beautifully by Jaidev. What's curious about it, is that the song goes percussion less for nearly two minutes, before the rhythm and instrumentation begin. Lilting vocals by Chaya Ganguli, in an offbeat movie featuring Smita Patil.
aap kii yaad aatii rahii raat bhar
chashm\-e\-nam muskuraatii rahii raat bhar
aap kii yaad aatii rahii ...
baa.Nsurii kii suriilii suhaanii sadaa
yaad banabanake aatii rahii raat bhar ...
yaad kii chaa.Nd dil me.n utaratii rahii
chaa.Ndanii Dagamagaatii rahii raat bhar ...
koii diivaanaa galiyo.n me.n phirataa rahaa
koii aavaaz aatii rahii raat bhar ...
Also, the song Seene Mein Jalan, which brought Suresh Wadkar into the limelight was from Gaman as well.
Saturday, June 10, 2006
Life works in such mysterious ways. Suffice it to say just that much.
Sometimes I feel that every thought, every emotion, every little, maybe even indistinct, sentiment, is pre-destined, pre-charted and plays a role in the eternal screenplay of life. Leave it to us to either be wary, or be intimidated by the remnant unpredictability of it all.
Sometimes I feel that every thought, every emotion, every little, maybe even indistinct, sentiment, is pre-destined, pre-charted and plays a role in the eternal screenplay of life. Leave it to us to either be wary, or be intimidated by the remnant unpredictability of it all.
Brideshead Revisited
Ahmed Jahanzeb. An un'sung' genius, who hasn't received his due, but one of the most brilliant Pakistani composers and singers out there.
Listen to "aap ki yaad" and "kaho ek din".
Ahmed Jahanzeb. An un'sung' genius, who hasn't received his due, but one of the most brilliant Pakistani composers and singers out there.
Listen to "aap ki yaad" and "kaho ek din".
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