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movies

well, as u've seen in the previous post, my headphones were out of order for some period of time, so cud watch only few movies in the meanwhile (considering all the free time i had and the movies in my laptop)

mirrors was one... stars kiefer sutherland (24 guy). had guys tellin me it was obscenely bloody and gory (2 scenes are a little gory btw)... but finally went ahead to watch it. our protagonist is a suspended cop, who is living away from his wife and kids... he gets stationed at an old mall which had seen a devastating fire some time back. some history behind the place - it had been a mental asylum once where a schizophrenic young girl was held for treatment... so our hero gets to undergo the strange experiences which the policemen before him had suffered - its something with the mirrors at the mall - they seem to show ppl performing horrible things to themselves... so the hero goes on and investigates the case before members of his family come under harms way.

the concept is quite good, and the plot goes okay but couldve been better... 1-2 scenes really startled me (thats what u expect from a horror movie) i liked the ending too (perhaps making way for a sequel?!) anyway a good watch for horror/thriller buffs! i can give it a 6 maybe...

another movie i saw was the grudge with sarah michelle gellar. shes come on to live in japan for a while as a social worker, and comes upon a house where a lady who s suffering from dementia lives. theres a spirit there which results from 'a person dying in a fit of rage/sorrow'...  the spirit passes on to all those associated with that house. our heroine goes on to investigate the happenings behind the spirit and stop it before any further deaths occur. a sequel has come out... this one is quite okay and the setting in tokyo makes it interesting (its a remake of a japanese film btw)... a 5.5 - 6 from me

nadodigal is another movie i got to watch with friends... this ones a tamil one - so cant give a good enough review coz i dont follow the language. its a story of 3 friends who live happily with their families till another friend contemplates suicide following a split with his love... they travel all the way to namakkal to get the couple united - all with disasterous consequences which throw their lives off track...  they live happily thinking all is well with the friend they helped. but what happens when they learn that the couple is thinking of splitting?! a good story of friendship which is quite realistic... good watch for tamil film followers - 7

borat: cultural learnings of ameri....  is one other one ive watched... a satire of american society (and making fun of kazhakhstan all the while) borat is a kazhak tv reporter sent off to america to cover all the stuff that makes america 'great'.... he reaches new york with his producer, and happens to see baywatch on tv. he becomes obsessed with pamela anderson and persuades his producer to travel across america to california... all the while trying to adapt to american society and etiquette, and with humorous experiences throughout. sacha baron cohen is really funny as borat (but real crude at times) and pulls off a convincing performance. the film captures few aspects of american society. The only thing against it is its potrayal of kazhakstan - too harsh maybe, whod like their country to be shown this way - which is enough to create stereotypes among ppl. a 7.5 (pts reduced for the crude humour)

thats it for the movies ive seen lately...

Sennheiser Headphones and other tech musings ;)

Well, nothing particular about this blog... but its can perhaps be said that one of the things we fear most is - thanking others for what theyve done?! yea, its true to an extent....

the topic is about my headphones - sennheiser mx-50, which i had been using for the past one year... its sheathing (the wire insulation) had torn off at certain places and was looking awful. being covered by a 2 year warranty (one of the reasons i chose it) i contacted the customer care, and was ultimately able to replace it with only the little money and effort involved in sending it back... got back an mx-51 in 2-3 days! customer care at sennheiser is good and responsive, thanks to all of them and a certain vinod kamble there!! now im back to listening music clearly and tastefully with all the bass which was missing for the past few days - so to conclude, sennheiser is certainly recommendable for both their product quality and service!

the dvd-drive of my lap (toshiba) is similarly malfunctioning and refusing to burn any dvds - and even read some in recent days. have to take it to bengaluru/chennai to get it fixed.... hope to receive good customer service from toshiba india too!

what else, considering products in the recent months, its been war between nokia n97 and apple iphone 3gs - most tech forums seem to be devoted to articles regarding the same. nokia seems to have come up with a good touch phone after the 5800 (which was good enough for its price, but with its share of problems). being a dedicated nokia lover - all the phones ive bought ve been nokias - i would certainly choose the n97 over the iphone 3gs. iphone will sell well in the usa (appleland!!) and worldwide too - with all the hype behind the brand name and stylish features too... anyways, theyve got to brush up on some features essential for a mobile phone - and that includes a removable battery for one!

inspite of disliking apple corp. (except for maybe pixar for all the amazing animated features they make!!), i commend them for the bringing about the new touch generation in the mobile industry (maybe htc can stake a claim here too)... ipod was one hell of an innovation too - but my creative zen vision m has got a recorder, fm radio and can play formats other than *.mov ;) apple sure makes products for the american market - destined to have buyers in usa - but they are surely innovative...

good to find a fight brewing up between microsoft and google... both are companies i admire, so it will be interesting to find what comes from it... microsoft want to release free online editions of office, but office has always been fine the good old way... i cant imagine what life would ve been without word and powerpt and excel... all ve been indispensible!! btw, msword has recently celebrated 25 yrs - and its still the undisputed leader!

google too has been in the forefront in the search arena - have to check 'bing' out by the way... ive perhaps seen the google homepage atleast once whenever i went online for the last 5-6 years maybe... and any info to be researched is immediately 'googled'. the company has gone on to become a giant in the internet and is expanding further perhaps (android, etc) - one big example of the 'integrative growth' ive studied in marketing mgmt. google s perhaps growing by expanding in all possible directions...

thats it for this post regarding products and lifestyle... all the ppz livin under IST, check out tv.burrp.com for tv schedules, quite a useful site it is, has been recommended to me by sriram... thnx to him!

College/Hostel Life OVER!! Sports too...

so last one was from my mob... but im just too lazy to do it again via mob. spent the week at palakkad, visited hemanth's place at pattambi (vadanamkurushhi to be exact) with all the guys at hostel... spent the remaining days with 'send off ceremonies' organised by our juniors, unichetan (the person responsible for our mess, btw), and then uncle at our hostel... ensured that almost 2 weeks went with chicken occupying the menu for 1-2 meals everyday!!! that made sure that by the end of it all, we were actually craving for masala-free mild food! so vacated the place on 28th, finally...

sports and its off-season friendlies - real madrid and juventus are participating in the peace cup (and meeting in the semis on 31st) but no chance of watching it on tv. have to check up some site online... cr9 made his first dive in a real shirt, scored his first goal... the team seems to have become injury-proof now! also good that granero, raul, negredo also got on the scoresheets - and arbeloa is coming back to the club where he started... hope they make the right decisions in transfers out of the club now.

meanwhile, arsenal ve lost ade and toure :( ade was perhaps a bargain being sold for that much money.  but toure was a good fellow... sad to see him go. only hope that man city dont live up to all the hype theyre creating! also good if eduardo will be back in the line-up and vela gets a stint following his form in the gold cup - btw, the u s of america are so inconsistent!? was it the same team which took part in the confeds - donno...

no cricket action too (ie after england won that test with certain questionable decisions)... pl count out the wierd bangladesh tour of  bangladesh too. pak-sri lanka is going on, but donno whether im in the mood for it - kulasekara was bowling quite well today, donno what happened later...

Blog from mob?!

Yup.. Here i am, blogging from my mob... (the word "blog" is nt there in the t9 dictionary of my mob btw!). right now returnin to palakkad, and in the train... So hoping this gets posted successfully.

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...After Exams...

what happened after xams? well yes, some days went into organising stuff for our project report, and the presentation on the 30th. everything went well thankfully, with minimal grilling from the staff panel. what then... we had our course viva, which also went okay - even though those guys told me i wasnt upto mark in my basics. we also had all the formalities for getting our certificates ready which is not as simple as it sounds... gotta get signs from all corners of the college.

 

in between, all those days spent in enjoyin the very last days of college and hostel life... spending time at college, playing, eating out, sitting late gossipping, and sometimes slumbering for long periods... only in the past few months ve i started realising that things will never be the same again - the freedom to take your own decisions, the deadlines for tests, assignments, exams... the time ahead looms ahead like a great void.. gotta get work somewhere.

well, also went to kollam on 11th, for a frnd's (sreeraj's) sis' engagemt... so two days went like that at kollam. went to jatayu "para" (jatayu rocks) - where jatayus wings r said to have been cut off by ravan in the ramayana. infact, many features - the crater where jatayu's beak s said to ve landed, rama's footprints, the pond from which rama is said to ve fed jatayu (which never dries!) - correspond to incidents from the ramayana. the place is thus a great visit for tourists with a little bit of adventure, trekking or some spirituality in them - on the highway too i guess... check out http://www.jatayusculpture.com/ - theyre developing the place with tourists in mind - good thing to see considering how some other potential tourist places in kerala are....

next day, soon after the engagement ceremony, went on to trivandrum (the train would be startin from there) where we had just a few hours.. saw kovalam beach - just too busy n cluttered with tourists from everywhere... stayed there till sunset, n then went on to board the train. had some broken sleep in the midst of all the rush and reached early mornin at palakkad.. next day, made for kannur. nd thats where ive been till today! heavy rain at irregular intervals, and then sleep and "inertia" too, and matters at homeve kept me grounded...

noTHING IN PARTICULAR... Sports once again

Well, have been thinking of writing something for some days, either the time or the situation just doesnt permit it (...or perhaps my laziness)

so, what... well, nothing much to talk about in sport, now that that epic finale at wimbledon got over n fedex got his record. team india ve won that rain affected odi series n in football, real madrid are snapping up almost every player they want!! cr7 (cr9 now) and kaka and benzema and albiol (and hopefully negredo stays) - hopefully no. 10 is on the way - every real fan knows what i mean! arsenal ve just got vermeulen - but a good signing i guess, with the troubles at the back. they sure should make a bargain from selling ade n perhaps get huntelaar or some one else who's highly rated. 

just now watching the ashes... test cricket has got its appeal especially the ashes. england just sneaked thru with a draw in cardiff, n now well on top at their jinxed venue - lords.. havent won there in quite some time it seems. at times feeling sorry for the aussies (even though im supporting england) coz nothings going their way. mitchell johnson is wavering in form, ponting just dropped a catch... what not. theyll be hoping for the rains i guess, with the way things are going.

nothing more for the time being... got to get going...