Well Well Well, I had all this time thought that the one thing I would refrain from writing about would be about all this K-serials! But, the almighty had something else in store from me (ya i m getting inspired by them!!) and I now am writing my take on them!!
So well to be honest my mom is fanatic about such serials!! She watches them day in and day out, her expedition of all these serials starts right in the afternoon and finishes way past midnight!! And I end up getting more than a glimpse of such serials. I am simply amazed by the way this producers have been fooling the indian audience, time and again. The same "brought back from dead", "sudden bout of amnesia", "marriages and divorces by the weekend", "values and tradition", "mein sachchai ka saath dungi" are all repeated, tried and tested formulaes which actually has the indian audience hooked on to their TVs.
And what do they do when they have exhausted their bank of ideas..or tried the tried and tested formula way too many times..they "creatively" give a twist to such ideas. Like the other day there is one serial in the afternoon slot "karam apna apna" where the main protagonist dies. Now as they have officially shown the dead body and not thrown the body into a river or something they cant bring him back from the dead. So they pay a fat cheque to his "aatma" and get the aatma to work..who under the power of lord shiva is able to communicate with his younger brother and get revenge!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA! !! Or when they have lost out on ideas what do they do? They simply repack an old serial..and present it in a fresh format!
But still my mom watches the serial as honestly as earlier Now before you guys get thinking as to how do I know so much about all these serials, let me make it clear that I have got all the info from my mom n her very deary bunch of lady friends who quite fanatically follow this serials!!
Well I would like to tell the producers please spare us from all this trouble and stop churning out such stupid serials and also save a million young actresses from doin child labour! But I am sure if I go public with my views, a million housewives would hatch a plot to kill me! Coz this is what works for them, this is what has made the television industry a stupendous success!!
So go enjoy your daily dose of drama , action, suspense and romance!!
Adios,
RAJ
Saturday, October 27, 2007
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Hope is but the dream of those who wake!!
Well to start off with this particular post has been inspired by Omkar parnandiwar's recent post(ya dude givin u ample cheap footage!!).. After going thru his blog I for a minute was left thinking as to what am i gonna do in my future! Hmmm..well i dream about getting a big shot marketing job somewhere!! Maybe end up as a CEO of a company!! But the problem is "mujhe lega kaun?"
I have been proved to be worthless time and again...have no capabilities whatsoever..m gud for nuthing..n the last thing i heard was that they were nominating me for the most lazy person of the year..well I m atlst gud at something!! Every cloud has a silver lining...and my silver lining is that I m pretty confident that i will not end up somewhere bad! I have various options open rite nw in front of me...have secured a job in infosys..(well who hasnt?..lol!!)...have given ma gre...and me and a degree in MS is just a TOEFL away!! I m giving CAT this year..followed by many of its clones..in the coming years..so i pretty much am a jack of all trades...but master of none. :(
The three and a half years i have spent in engg so far have been one of the best I have spent in ma life!! But as Omkar rightly pointed out..I cant be the careless dude i used to be all these times!! I know there is something in store for me..and i have to recognize that something and go for it..full on!! It may sound more like a self motivating essay but then everybody always does a bit os self motivation here and there!!
I have always been playing around with two words...HOPE and DESTINY. Destiny is something that is supposed to be in store for you...seriously i dont believe in all that shit..I like the other word..HOPE...Hope it is that gives you the reason to fight..Hope it is that gives you the reason to dream..and Hope it is that gives you the strength to realise all your aspirations!! Hope reminds me of a movie I had seen a few months ago..Its named "The Shawshank Redemption". It was hope that gave its protagonist the determination to dig a hole thru the prison walls for 19 years!! I mean doesnt that give you goosebumps...a man digging thru a wall every god damn night for 19 god damn years!! His hope was freedom..a chance to roam around freely..a chance to breathe fresh air!!
It is this hope that I have to capitalise on..My hope to get a big shot marketing job..my hope to become the CEO of a company...and my hope to Succeed in life!!
I dunno whether 10 years down the lane..when i look back at this particular post.. I wud have done done atleast 10% of wat i wrote! But one thing is for sure...that whatever 10% I would have done actually..I would have given it my 100%...
There is a maxim which says "Hope is for the weak" I would say.. " Hope is for the bold and determined".
Until next time...remember the following quotes,
Once you choose hope, anything's possible. ~Christopher Reeve
When the world says, "Give up," Hope whispers, "Try it one more time."
There is nothing so well known as that we should not expect something
for nothing - but we all do and call it Hope. ~Edgar Howe
Hope is independent of the apparatus of logic. ~Norman Cousins
ADIOS,
RAJ
I have been proved to be worthless time and again...have no capabilities whatsoever..m gud for nuthing..n the last thing i heard was that they were nominating me for the most lazy person of the year..well I m atlst gud at something!! Every cloud has a silver lining...and my silver lining is that I m pretty confident that i will not end up somewhere bad! I have various options open rite nw in front of me...have secured a job in infosys..(well who hasnt?..lol!!)...have given ma gre...and me and a degree in MS is just a TOEFL away!! I m giving CAT this year..followed by many of its clones..in the coming years..so i pretty much am a jack of all trades...but master of none. :(
The three and a half years i have spent in engg so far have been one of the best I have spent in ma life!! But as Omkar rightly pointed out..I cant be the careless dude i used to be all these times!! I know there is something in store for me..and i have to recognize that something and go for it..full on!! It may sound more like a self motivating essay but then everybody always does a bit os self motivation here and there!!
I have always been playing around with two words...HOPE and DESTINY. Destiny is something that is supposed to be in store for you...seriously i dont believe in all that shit..I like the other word..HOPE...Hope it is that gives you the reason to fight..Hope it is that gives you the reason to dream..and Hope it is that gives you the strength to realise all your aspirations!! Hope reminds me of a movie I had seen a few months ago..Its named "The Shawshank Redemption". It was hope that gave its protagonist the determination to dig a hole thru the prison walls for 19 years!! I mean doesnt that give you goosebumps...a man digging thru a wall every god damn night for 19 god damn years!! His hope was freedom..a chance to roam around freely..a chance to breathe fresh air!!
It is this hope that I have to capitalise on..My hope to get a big shot marketing job..my hope to become the CEO of a company...and my hope to Succeed in life!!
I dunno whether 10 years down the lane..when i look back at this particular post.. I wud have done done atleast 10% of wat i wrote! But one thing is for sure...that whatever 10% I would have done actually..I would have given it my 100%...
There is a maxim which says "Hope is for the weak" I would say.. " Hope is for the bold and determined".
Until next time...remember the following quotes,
Once you choose hope, anything's possible. ~Christopher Reeve
When the world says, "Give up," Hope whispers, "Try it one more time."
There is nothing so well known as that we should not expect something
for nothing - but we all do and call it Hope. ~Edgar Howe
Hope is independent of the apparatus of logic. ~Norman Cousins
ADIOS,
RAJ
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
You dont win silver..you lose gold!!
These were the famous lines from an ad by NIKE.....during the 96 atlanta olympics!! The grand finale of the formula 1 season in brazil..quite aptly proved it. Raikkonnen by all means deserved to be the world champion. Hamilton came at a very deserving second(Championship) but i would have not minded if he would have won the championship.
What a dramatic end to an equally dramatic season!! Everything was going wrong for hamilton and mclaren..a faulty gearbox..a goof-up at the beginning of the race..and a horribly wrong 3-stop strategy!! And now Mclaren is crying foul by complaining against sauber and williams for irregular fuel strategy..so much for sportsmanship!!
At the end raikkonnen proved to everyone why is he called the "ice man". He kept his cool throughout the race..and held his nerve right upto the chequered flag! It was superb team work, out of the world strategy...and a bit of lady luck that favoured FERRARI!! I wish Hamilton all the luck for his next season..and many more to come.. What class he has shown in this season...a sensaional debut...being at the right place at the right time..and almost winning the world championship..this driver has miles to go!!
It will be quite exciting to see the two drivers fight for supremacy in the coming seasons..while alonso's future being quite questionable..but one thing is for sure ..the next few years in formula 1 will be a thriller!!
All said and done..at the end it is that one point that matters...that one point that gave raikkonnen the championshup, that one point that snatched the championship from alonso, and it is that one single point that constantly makes hamilton think..."You dont win silver..you lose gold!!"
What a dramatic end to an equally dramatic season!! Everything was going wrong for hamilton and mclaren..a faulty gearbox..a goof-up at the beginning of the race..and a horribly wrong 3-stop strategy!! And now Mclaren is crying foul by complaining against sauber and williams for irregular fuel strategy..so much for sportsmanship!!
At the end raikkonnen proved to everyone why is he called the "ice man". He kept his cool throughout the race..and held his nerve right upto the chequered flag! It was superb team work, out of the world strategy...and a bit of lady luck that favoured FERRARI!! I wish Hamilton all the luck for his next season..and many more to come.. What class he has shown in this season...a sensaional debut...being at the right place at the right time..and almost winning the world championship..this driver has miles to go!!
It will be quite exciting to see the two drivers fight for supremacy in the coming seasons..while alonso's future being quite questionable..but one thing is for sure ..the next few years in formula 1 will be a thriller!!
All said and done..at the end it is that one point that matters...that one point that gave raikkonnen the championshup, that one point that snatched the championship from alonso, and it is that one single point that constantly makes hamilton think..."You dont win silver..you lose gold!!"
Thursday, October 18, 2007
me getting CATastrophic!! HELP!!
Okie so i am blogging after a long time!! Things have kept me busy...and how!! It may sound a bit exaggerating but CAT has made me go nuts! literally! No matter how hard i try i am not able to tame it. Numbers seem to get jumbled inside my head.... words no longer make sense ..no matter how simple they are. I am more interested in doin things other than studying for CAT!
So its official now...i am by no teeny tiny way gonna crack it this year..and maybe the years to follow :) One thing good about it is atleast it has succeeded to keep me at my toes. I shud be honest here and accept that i have not been slogging my arse out now..but cmon..cant i get a gud percentile..without having to slog. Well it makes me very sad to everytime see myself in that 89 percentile region. but i also have been able to consistently maintain it..hehe.. anybody listening??
I have in the past few months (weeks actually!!) of preparing seen people craving for that one extra percentile.. whereas i sitting here..am very content with my 89 percentile. Sometimes..i end up doubting myself..do i have it in me...wat it takes to crack the cat..and enter that esteemed institute..known to a layman as IIM. Sometimes it feels..y take all the pain..y not opt for the easier route..have a job in hand..join it and make sum gud money..and then move to greener pastures as and when the opportunity strikes me! But then i feel a little undermined..y cant i do that 2000 people every year succeed in doin.... wat does my future hold in me. Seriously i give a shit about destiny.. you can never get into an IIM unless and until u slog ur arse out!! All said and done..i am still at square one... i dont think i will eva get to say the saying "back to square one" coz i m nt moving ahead. Okie that was a bad one!!
Well for now...all i can do is try to work a little more hard in the month that is left..and then conviniently push it off for the next year..thinking i will crack it the next time...
Well till next time...hope to write in some good progress!!
Adios!!
Raj
So its official now...i am by no teeny tiny way gonna crack it this year..and maybe the years to follow :) One thing good about it is atleast it has succeeded to keep me at my toes. I shud be honest here and accept that i have not been slogging my arse out now..but cmon..cant i get a gud percentile..without having to slog. Well it makes me very sad to everytime see myself in that 89 percentile region. but i also have been able to consistently maintain it..hehe.. anybody listening??
I have in the past few months (weeks actually!!) of preparing seen people craving for that one extra percentile.. whereas i sitting here..am very content with my 89 percentile. Sometimes..i end up doubting myself..do i have it in me...wat it takes to crack the cat..and enter that esteemed institute..known to a layman as IIM. Sometimes it feels..y take all the pain..y not opt for the easier route..have a job in hand..join it and make sum gud money..and then move to greener pastures as and when the opportunity strikes me! But then i feel a little undermined..y cant i do that 2000 people every year succeed in doin.... wat does my future hold in me. Seriously i give a shit about destiny.. you can never get into an IIM unless and until u slog ur arse out!! All said and done..i am still at square one... i dont think i will eva get to say the saying "back to square one" coz i m nt moving ahead. Okie that was a bad one!!
Well for now...all i can do is try to work a little more hard in the month that is left..and then conviniently push it off for the next year..thinking i will crack it the next time...
Well till next time...hope to write in some good progress!!
Adios!!
Raj
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