When there were talks of me going on an official trip to Canada, the first thought that sprang was – will I get time to go to Niagara falls. Along with Grand Canyon, Niagara falls was there on my list of ‘must-see’ in US. The scheduled date of travel was somewhere in January and there was a consensus that Niagara might be frozen during that time. Eventually a lot of things happened and my travel got pushed to June. Not only that, the travel destination changed from Canada to Andover. Still the falls was not out of plan as there …
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The film is fun and made me laugh aloud a lot of times with its excellent comedy. The songs are amazing. My favorite was ‘Behete Hawa..’ but who can stop singing ‘All izz Well’. Aamir and co have acted well. Aamir does justice to a college going student look. The social message is good and Aamir should be praised for the way he handles such subjects. A strong message in a beautifully sugar coated movie.The film is not without its share of, shall we call it cinematic loopholes. I don’t understand what is a professor to do if his students …
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Anand was once again crowned the King of Chess but not before having to fight a challenging Topalov till the end (12 round that too with Black pieces). The win was sweet considering that Anand had to travel on road for more than 2 days (because of volcanic ash the flights got canceled). Hail the king !!
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In the turn of events my earlier blog engine ‘Tabulas’ had to be shut down. I had to find a new host and ended up with blogger. The only problem is that while Tabulas allowed me to have my private diary (private posts) as part of my blog, here I might end up with another blog just for that (not very nice). Hopefully it will be added to blogger at some point of time. I am moving all my public posts for now especially the popular ‘Expense Organizer’ and ‘Tax Planner’ tools.
Continue readingDelhi, Agra and Jaipur
Taj was always on my list like the Great wall of china and the Pyramids. With the Great wall of China ticked off (courtesy – an official trip), Taj was beconing to be the next. My colleague and car pool mate Nayak informed me that he is planning a trip since there is an offer in GoAir in which round trip air fare would be 5k inclusive of tax and airport fee. I called my wife and booked the tickets the same day. I knew a few who would be interested and checked with them as well. The cost was …
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It was the interval and munching some pop corns I was thinking that this film is the best attempted in Tamil Cinema to match a world class quality in action and adventure and also one of the finest films I have seen and there could be nothing in the second half that can take this away from such a superb film – unfortunately, I was wrong. The film starts off and never once misses its pace for the entire long first half. That is a credible thing. Most of the people would be amazed by the attention to detail, the …
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Indian cricket fans should have one quality, endurance of pain, the pain of being so near, of almost winning. But among the pains of yesterday when India lost, something else was there to cheer about, a man dedicated to cricket. The devotion that this single man has shown in his life to this sport is amazing to say the least. After a wave of questions of retirement who everyone from my neighbour to the cricketing critics has been throwing at him, yesterday he showed why, he is the BEST. The little master at the age of 36 single handedly carried …
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It started with my uncle arranging his daughter’s marriage at dindigul. My brother in law was also invited for the marriage and he masterminded the tour plan. He also had to convince Kayar and finally the tour plan was on. I took upon myself the duty of finding a good place to stay and make an itinerary that would keep everyone sane. Had I left this part to him he would have made sure everyone was on their toes for the full tour. I always think tours should be a relaxed experience rather than rushing to see the most of …
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I am watching in joy as Federer is inching towards that famous French win which was eluding him for so long… Will update after seeing him raise the cup. Yeah.. there it is, after losing 3 finals to Nadal. I am a big Federer fan, but I have a feeling that it would have been extremely difficult if Nadal had played again (though Federer beat him in at his own den recently). All thanks to Solderling for ousting Nadal.
Continue readingWii @ E3
Nintendo did have some surprises for Wii in the annual E3 expo on June 2nd 2009. The announcements of interest are * Wii Sports Resort will ship in June (was actually announced on E3 2008) * Wii Vitality Sensor (attachment to Wiimote that can sense your pulses) * Wii Fit Plus (Sequel to Wii Fit – an exercise + game to keep you healthy) * Super Mario Galaxy 2 (a sequel to the great SMG) * New Super Mario Bros. Wii (3D multiplayer adventure of the classis 2D) * Metroid: The other M (The next metroid) * A new …
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