Can't believe that the year is over. It was okay.. nothing special, except MnD visit. or was there more?? Lets see as per my blog, what this year was about:
Hmmm.... this is lot (30=2.5/month), but still not all.... so, it was a wonderful year!!
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Thursday, December 29, 2011
War Horse & Don-2
Watched War Horse (6/10) and I don't think it's really great. Just okay.. Not bad, but not great either. Somehow, couldn't feel the emotions. No connection to chracters - the horse Joey, the boy Albert or anything else. The french girl story was the most emotional/touching.. and a scene od the british & german soldier saving the horse together. But not as great as I expected....
Don-2 (8/10) on the other hand was quite good. Great action/crime thriller. It was FUN. Good performaces, nice storyline, cool action, pretty cinematography & great dialogues. FYI: At the end scene, the car to pick don has Don 3 written... SO??
Sunday, December 25, 2011
MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY HOLIDAYS 2011!!!!
A very-very Merry Christmas (to all Christmas celebrators) & Happy Holidays (to everyone else). Holiday time of US has started with Christmas & goes untill New Years aka Dec 24th to Jan 1st, which is like more than a week. People ususally spend time with family & do things & have fun & all that. I am celebrating my Christmas in Boston with Tani & her parents and seeing/enjoyig with other friends in Boston too (It's going to be almsot 2 yrs since I left Boston and this is 2nd time I am going back. I think it's nice to visit, just staying there was becoming unlemurable.). Christmas last year was fun. I went to see the Christams tree at Rockefeller Center (which was really cool unlike this year) and then went to midnight mass at St Patricks (managed to get in, in half hour, without ticket). Let's see what goes on this year, excited & waiting... again, Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays!!
Friday, December 23, 2011
Misssion Impossible: Ghost Protocol & Girl with Dragon Tattoo
MI4 aka Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (7/10) is quite good. Good to see Tom Cruise back, good to see him in action,, good to see him in style.. so, it's basically his movie & he has doen very well. The movie is about Nuclear launch control device & codes have gone missing and Ethan has to track them down & stop them . The chase takes him to Kremlin, Dubai & India (where you see Anil kapur in his famed hollywood stint for almost 100-200 seconds, dancing around like a charming cobra, as an Indian biliionaire business tycoon should be.. also, somehow you see lot of tamil/telugu script written on sign boards all over in Mumbai, India). Movie is exciting & fun, performances are good.. especially by Simon Pegg & Jeremy Renner (this guy is really good). Great action & great fun what you expect from MI!!
The Girl with Dragon Tattoo (7/10) is exciting in some ways, interseting in other ways, vulgar & gory in some sense & maybe disappointing in others.. Great job by Rooney Mara as the dragon tattoo girl, the investigator & all that. Others are good too & the movie is captivating is ome senses. The portrayal of woman abuse is very clear message in story & comes across appropriately. I think I would like to watch th eother two upcoming movies of the Millenium Series..
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Another day without water, second time..
Basically the water supply is gone for the day today from 8am in morning to 12 midnight. It's not as bad as last week when water was suddenly gone in the late evening until next afternoon. I practically had no water except half a jug for drinking. This time I have filled & stored a little more. Also, the steam heat here gets shut off if there is no water. So, it's going to be cold as well. I have never had it happen to me in USA, but as they say, there's always a first time. Although, this is second time. So.. wish me LUCK!!
Monday, December 19, 2011
Weekend with Sherlock, Harold & Kumar!!
Another nice weekend.. Why? Just had a god time meeting friends & hanging out & shopping & all that. Got stockings for Christmas, a nice rosy watch & many other things, JLT. Good mexican & vietnamese food (PHO 98) & Naked Pizza, homemade cookies etc etc. Sounds pretty festive, it was, it is. Watched 2 movies as well..
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (7/10) was pretty good. I would say as good as first one overall, sometimes better & sometimes not as much. It doesn't have the first time charm like previous but still has lots of action & stuff going on. Humor, action, adventure, drama & all that. Robert Downey Jr is a great actor & very good, so are others. Jared Haris as Prof Moriarty was good too. Seems they left scope for another one too.
A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas (6/10) was fun to watch. ALthough not as funny & iconic as previous two movies, it had its moments. Little more vulgar maybe & crude but still the pair of Harold & Kumar, cracks you up. NPH had a smaller part, would've been nice to have more of the hypocritical $%#@&. Seems they left a scope for another one too ;-)
Sunday, December 11, 2011
A really nice weekend...
This was first weekend after MnD's departure back to India. I miss them, a lot. However, still the weekend was good. Starting from all the awesome food that my mom has left for me in fridge & some frozen too. To a wonderful dinner at Komegashi too (really great japanese food, not that much of a city skyline view except tip of the south if you are sitting at a good spot. but you can be seated right by the water & enjoying wonderful traditional japanese food). To a nice stroll in the city watching SantaCon (its not Santa conning people, it's more like a Santa Claus Convention aka people dressed as Santa Claus or Christmas themed & walking all over the city) & the famous Christmas Tree at Rockefeller Center (it was not very impressive, just a huge tree with lots o flights on it, no fancy decoration etc). And the movies: Delhi Belly (8/10 - great comedy & very good performances too. Imran is good, Shehnaz was much more lemurable, Vir & Vijay were great but Kunal Roy Kapur was total pleasant surprise).. & Horrible Bosses (6/10 - good comedy & decent fun, not mind blowing ROTFL kinds but good laughs & all that). It was nice, very nice!!
It was Tani's Birthday on Dec 9th, a very-very Happy Birthday to Tani!!
Tuesday, December 06, 2011
MnD left.. back home to India
MnD left today to India. After a stay of almost 7 weeks, they left. It was so nice to have them here, very-very nice. It was one of my best times of my life and specially of my stay in US. It was sooooo GOOD. MnD's love & affection & caring, hanging out every weekend or even more, movie every sunday & more and on top of everything - the love & caring. I am going to miss all of it ofcourse. But it's awesome that they were here & we had such a good time. The life moves back to normal/usual, so it will. The pictures, the videos & the memories will keep bring smile to my & MnD's face :)
Sunday, December 04, 2011
MnD @ Liberty Science Center
My dad really been wanting to see Science Museum since he's been here. So as part of free BOA museums, I took MnD to Liberty Science Center in Jersey City, NJ. It's basically right next to Liberty State Park ,which means its 10 mins drive from me. Lucky like we have been many times for my visits with MnD, we got free street parking right in front of museum. Or it's like $10 I think. I think Science museums are more for kids, so they can get first hand experience on lot of scientific phenomenas & principles. It's good for that. Kinda huge, or maybe not. Surprisingly, lot of animals etc - like turtles, frogs, snakes, fishes etc. Then lot about communications, some about diseases/medicine etc. It seems it's not very well organized. But there are some interesting & interactive activities which are cool. It was quite good for FREE!! Then I took MnD to the Liberty State Park where dad did some driving & he was quite good for just his second time. Then, back to home & watched Nanhe Jaisalmer (5/10). So basically, we continued the tradition of going out every weekend & Sunday Movie nights with MnD. Nice day & Nice weekend!!
Dev Anand is Dead... RIP :-(
Just after Shammi Kapur, the legendary Dev Anand passed away as well today :-( Such a super star, the real evergreen super hero. He was one of those actors who created his own style & people started imitating him & copying him. Tons of people are making money by just copying & imitating him. He's one of the senior most actors of bollywood with Dilip Kumar. Just makes you think how time doesn't wait for any body and you need to accomplish everything you want with urgency (why I say that, guess??). But anyways, he lived his life to fullest and will always-always be alive in our memories & our hearts.
Rest In Peace Dev Saab....
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