Takin a small break

Hello everyone, it's time for my well-earned vacation to India after a gap of 7 months. It's a bit sad that the duration is just for 16 days but anyways, a vacation is a vacation. I may take a break from our blog world during these days. I will not post anything on my blog but will keep on monitoring all of your blogs as usual. Wish me a happy vacation.....

Halla Bol

Saw this one last weekend. The movie is ok but there was a dialogue in this which I liked very much. It goes something like this: "Even an animal cries when it gets hurt but it is only humans who can feel for others pains too". Is this true? I was seeing many contradictions now for this these days. But the dialogue was good overall.

Eragon

Saw this movie a couple nights back. I didn't like the movie but I liked the following line from the movie
which Saffira says to Eragon: "It's good to be brave but sometimes, it pays to be wise".

Republic Day

India is celebrating its 59th Republic Day today. The celebrations which were aired on DD were awesome as usual. But the significance of this year’s celebration lies in the fact that this event is hosted by the first female President of India, Mrs Pratibha Patel. But it’s a pity that most of us doesn’t know why is this day called as Republic Day. As far as I know, the story goes like this. India, even though it got independence on 15th August 1947, didn’t have its own constitution for some years. The British used to assist the rulers with most of the governing. It was only on this day in 1950 that India had its own constitution and it became a Republic.



But I remember this date for some forgettable reasons. The date was 26th Jan, 1991. I was with hide-n-seek with some of friends. While running away from others, I turned back to see if anybody’s closing on me and the moment I turned to face the front, I saw was a huge water-tank with a iron-pipe(used to facilitate the outflow of surplus water) looming just in-front of my forehead. The next scene I saw was a lot of anxious faces looking at me in the hospital. I was told that I hit the iron-pipe and it bore into my forehead stopping just before some crucial bone. I think they stitched 6 stitches on the wound and I still have the mark on my forehead like a bindi on a woman’s forehead. All I can saw now is that the Republic Day left its mark on me.

Chess

Last week, I helped the Telugu Kala Samithi people to conduct a Bahrain Open Chess tournament. I did just the registration work for the participants. I don’t know anything about chess except some basic rules and moves. In fact, I never tried my hand in it. But after the registration process, I went in to see how the tourney is going on. I was astounded by the way small kids (most of them below 10 yrs) are playing. They are playing with the some kind of zeal (which I never felt in me) and expertise. For the first time in my life, I cursed myself for not learning the game. I hope to learn at least the basics of the game soon.

Rocky

As you know, most of the movies are a bit boring these days. So I started watching some old movies which I missed. This weekend, I saw Rocky I and II starring Sylvester Stallone. The movies are ok even in today’s scenario. But there were some dialogues in the second part which I liked too much. In one scene, Rocky’s wife asks him just after their marriage: “I hope… I hope you’ll never get tired of me”. Then Rocky answers in a convincing tone: “Oh no, you’ll never get rid of me”. You have to see the scene to believe the romantic moments. That is why they say “Old is Gold”.

కొవ్వు

ఎవరైనా కొంచెం పొగరుగా మాట్లాడితే వీడికి కొవ్వెక్కువరా అని అనడం మనకి బాగా తెలుసు. ఆ కొవ్వునే ఇంగ్లీషులో కొలెస్ట్రాల్ అంటామని కూడా చాలామందికి తెలిసే ఉంటుంది. పుట్టినప్పటి నుండి బక్కగా ఉండే నేను బహరైన్ వచ్చిన తరువాత బాగా బరువు పెరిగా. ఎంత అంటే దాదాపు 15 కేజీలు. తరువాత ఒక సారి ఇండియా వెళ్ళినప్పుడు మా పేరెంట్స్ నన్ను చూసి వాళ్ళు భయపడి నన్ను భయపెట్టేసరికి అదేదో కొలెస్ట్రాల్ టెస్ట్ చేయించుకున్నా. అప్పుడు వచ్చిన రిజల్ట్ చూసి మా మమ్మీకి ఒకటే బెంగ పట్టుకుంది. ఎందుకంటే నార్మల్ గా 125 నుండి 200 వరకు ఈ కొలెస్ట్రాల్ అనబడే కొవ్వు ఉంటే మంచిదంట. మనకి అది కాస్తా 245 ఉంది. ఎవరికి మాత్రం భయమెయ్యదు?
అప్పుడు మా వాళ్ళకి ఏదోలా నచ్చజెప్పి మళ్ళీ వెనక్కి వచ్చేసా. అప్పటి నుండి వీలైనంత తక్కువ తింటూ కొంచెం డైట్ పాటిస్తుంటూ, బాగా కసరత్తులు చేస్తూ చివరికి ఈ రోజు మళ్ళీ ఆ టెస్ట్ ఏదో చేయించుకున్నా. ఆ రిజల్ట్ వచ్చేవరకూ పడిన టెన్షన్ నా ఏంసెట్ రిజల్ట్ కోసం కూడా పడుండను. ఎట్టకేలకు ఒక రెండు గంటల తరువాత అది వచ్చింది. చూడగానే ఒక్క సారి యాహూ అని అరవాలనిపించింది. కాకపోతే అది ఆఫీస్ అని ఆగిపోయా. ఇంతకీ అది ఎంత వచ్చిందో తెలుసా? 172. కేక కదా? మరి కాదేంటి? 245 నుండి 172 కి తగ్గిందంటే గొ్ప్పే కదా. అదే మరి. ఒప్పుకోండి. ప్లీజ్……….