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THe Most expected film of the decade ...certainly did meet its expectations, unlike many fall like damp squib.

I watched this in 3 D(someday all films should be watched this way) ,providing out of World Experience

Year end seems to be time some good films are coming out , be it 2012 (some say it s a dumb movie),Rocket Singh, 3 Idiots ,Sherlock Holmes

Avatar is so different from other ones coz of its very thought of living in another planet ,courtesy his special effects

Cameroon just gives us around 15 mts of time at start of film , before we understand that
'We are no more in Kansas and should get used to Pandora'

The irony is that kernel of scientifc possibility of such a life cannot be ruled out .

Here are some Flake facts supporting Cameroon's World

Pandora is a alien world where Nature is still intact with its people, a Super conductor paradise.

The rare 'Unobtanium' ,which Earth is so deficit of ,for its Energy crisis ,is ubiquitous here

We all know that When superconductors are in the presence of a magnetic field, they can float.

Pandora is such a place where its assumed that Mountains ,Landscapes, reefs float Coz of this principle

Unobtanium can conduct electricity without resistance at room temperature; the best current superconductors work only when the temperature is below minus 150 F

Thus Unobtanium loaded mountains, Trees float in this Massive magnetic field

Another startling effect is bioluminescence Ecosystem – organisms’ ability to create their own light, This might be a reality tomorrow if we run short of Energy and Nature when deprived light produces on its own.

Pandora is more of a Moon rather a Planet , where Day/Night is quite long (27 Earth days to revolve the planet)

The radiation Emitted is also downplayed by Super Magnetic field , thus protecting people living there.and their huge Sizes are result of Gravity (10 times of that of Earth )




THe Usual filmy gimmicks are also there,like Navi people speaking English(not sure why they are blue coloured) , Invasion tactics compared to Iran/Afghanistan ,Destroying the Giant Tree Clan when The Precious metal is available everywhere in Pandora but Sci-Fi totally overhauls all those minuscule Errors

The Climax is one to be worth watching in 3 D

The Story is envisioned in view of a paraplegic who remains saving the alien group while Good Spirits(Eva) ,Neytiri, Bio-Scientists all form best of acting crew.

Albeit the Length of Movie is bit Elongated ,you dont get these movies every decade

3 Cheers to Cameroon !!!

IF GOD WAS A Banker ... Revisited










Thought of reading this from last year.... somehow got time to complete this only this year ...albeit I read Ravi 's next book about Metaphor Ferarri .

This is certainly , just NOT another book from IIM Alumni sequel Story .
Its a fast paced book, telling tale about 2 IIM bozos ,their life and their paths to glory .

Ravi really keeps up to his reputation of Alumni tag, but there is too much Bias about our hero Swami in the book ...may be there r best of pals,belong to south India, or often share Idli/vada(as stated in book)
The book really opens up, the nuances of fresh B-School grad's life after college, transformation from college to corporate arena , in eyes of our protagonists ,Swami and Sundeep Srivatsava
Retail marketing, Banking jargons,small Witty oneliners ,
Honesty vs Aggression ,Corporate Cupid , Post marital affairs , Promotion politics
This has it in all to be made a short pacy fictious film (English though..)
The common traits of this book are , both Swami & Sundeep are level-headed,ahead of their times, witty , and are climbing corporate ladders in their own styles

Swami is epitome of all good things, coz of his middle class upbringing ,and proves that humbleness and honesty can take you to places,sooner or later, with peace of mind .
Sundeep is portrayed as Womaniser,still aggresive,gaining pelf through peril , attaining attention at any cost (helped by Naresh) , but, with No peace of mind .
Kalpana , Natasha ,The US auditor , all play pivotal roles, but the beholder of the book was the boss Aditya ... who started by recruiting our protagonists, and culminates by saving Sundeep and raising Swami to another level .
Anybody who is fresh from college needs a guide to Wily corporate World, and Aditya was one such metaphor used in book .
I m not sure why Ravi , gives such a dark side to people who are in High positions in Corporate Ladder, although it might be true to some extent ,could have thrown more light into promotion politics rather than Flesh and Booze ,Nevertheless gritting Debut .


Quarter life Crisis ...Devoid of Nous ..

I got this mail some years back ..but didnt realise then .... they feather you as calm Wind later...

Life is realy different after 25 ....

Not talking about Cortisol levels or Cerebellum receptors fading down...

It is knowing yourself..and searching within....

What the bleep Do I know...?

It is when you stop going along with the crowd and start realizing that there are many things about yourself that you didn't know and may not like. You start feeling insecure and wonder where you will be in a year or two, but then get scared because you barely
know where you are now.
You start realizing that people are selfish and that, maybe, those friends that you thought you were so close to aren't exactly the greatest people you have ever met, and the people you have lost touch with are some of the most important ones.

What you don't recognize is that they are realizing that too, and aren't really cold, catty, mean or insincere, but that they are as confused as you.
You look at your job... and it is not even close to what you thought you would be doing, or maybe you are looking for a job and realizing that you are going to have to start at the bottom and that scares you.
Your opinions have gotten stronger. You see what others are doing and find yourself judging more than usual because suddenly you realize that you have certain boundaries in your life and are constantly adding things to your list of what is acceptable and what isn't. One minute, you are insecure,Coy and then the next moment Confident,Suave. You laugh and cry with the greatest force of your life. You feel alone and scared and confused. Suddenly, change is the enemy and you try and cling on to the past with dear life, but soon realize that the past is drifting further and further away, and there is nothing to do
but stay where you are or move forward..... You cant live in past ..:(
You get your heart broken and wonder how someone you loved could do such damage to you. Or you lie in bed and wonder why you can't meet anyone decent enough that you want to get to know better. Or maybe you love someone but love someone else too and cannot figure out why you are doing this because you know that you aren't a bad person.
your friends about the same topics because you cannot seem to make a decision. You worry about loans, money, the future and making a life for yourself... and while winning the race would be great, right now you'd just like to be a contender!
What you may not realize is that everyone reading this relates to it. We are in our best of times and our worst of times, trying as hard as we can to figure this whole thing out.

Wasting our precious Time.. and then cripping about it .. At the end of Tunnel .. We are not that bad as we think ... but we seldom appreciate ourselves.....and fall in trap of Time and Tide...

But as everything else..this too will pass... and we would be in next stage of life, confronting nxt set of challenges....

But I feel, we are devoid of nous, restless and want things to happen in faster pace , in this transformation phase , than they really happen ..

Typical 20 something attitude...

Feel free to share if you see same facets in your journey...

Yearn for Urn ..


Legacy ....

Nobody else in the world know better this word than the English .Not coz They ruled Asians for many years, and have a yawning history.. They knew how to remember and cherish that ,
Ashes , All England lawn Croquet club ,FC's are finite remnants of Sporting history ,which dates back to 18th century

If January you are down Under, July U shud be in London ..The Summer is best here than many parts of World . The Sporting calender goes full circle , with F1, Tennis, Cricket and Football .



Two people who captured every Brit heart this summer was Federer (Greatest Ever..?
and Flintoff .

The former went onto beat Sampras grand old record of 16 grandslams ,and is in acme of tennis
Ashes , as well know ,is test match cricket is played between England and Australia , for the little urn .

I like my peers still feel, 2005 was best series every played for the Urn ..in lot more ways

Australia had an almost invincible team with Ponting at the helm, supported by Hayden/Langer at top ,Clarke and Martyn in middle ,Gilchrist to keep , Warne and Mcrath to destroy . But still having all this resources They lost to Vaughan's England 1-2 .
Test matches were never boring , in Ashes series, since It was equally fought , withball and bat , and some words :)
An Intruiging Series, with bits and pices of controversy , professional commentary by Great Team of Richie Benaud,Boycott,Bumble ,Mark Nicholus, Tony Greig,Botham .
Cricket became Summer sport again in England .
The Series was later called as Flintoff's series, same as that of Ian Botham , back in 1981.The Big fella took wickets/runs and more importantly Fit ,to be on top of Oz's .

Andrew Freddie Flintoff Lords 2009 by starwarshoarder.

4 years On, The passion remains the same in Ashes 09, but Is Quality of Cricket still same..?

Remember there was no T20 cricket then, No IPL, Schedules werent crumbled....

England were bent to their knee in Cardiff to hold a draw .... but come Lords They rose to the occasion , winning OZ by more than 100 runs .The last win came around 1934 .
Who was hero ...Its Freddie again, playing his last series .

Ponting was at helm again, but now he is without the Wings of Warne & Mcrath ..so he had to trust his new kids on block, but Unfortunately Mitchel Johnson went wayward , couldnt control himself in aura of playing first time in Lords' and adjust to that slope , erring too much ,exposing his captain's weakness and succumbing to pressure .

Oz are always expected to bounce back, Let's see where is this heading to....

In this modernage of T20 cricket,This still remains the best Test cricket series , and hopefully will remain ever ...coz of Legacy ..The History holds a lot of say in this .