Invictus

I was quite eager to see this movie just because of three reasons:

1. Morgan freeman - playing Nelson Mandela

2. Matt Damon - playing Francois Pienaar the captain of 1995 rugby world winning springboks team.

3. Director Clint Eastwood

I loved the storyline and both Morgan freeman and Matt damon did justice to clint's direction.
It is all about how Nelson mandela and Francois Pienaar turned around the post apartheid situation which was very well explained by a scene in which in a South Africa vs England match all whites were cheering for south africa but all blacks were cheering for england. And as far as rugby was concerned, South Africa was hosting the 1995 Rugby World Cup, that being the only reason the Springboks were even competing in the tournament as its years in isolation has not made it world ranked.

Good movie!!

Let the madness start

It starts today!!



i have a liking for Rajasthan Royals.

i want Delhi Daredevils to win.

i am a big fan of Chennai Super Kings.

i admire Deccan Chargers.

Guess that's my line up for semifinals this year!! Lets see how it goes.

and i still wonder why Kolkata Knight Riders even playing? just to give the "fake IPL Player" a fabulous time?

The Hurt Locker

Kudos to the movie that won oscars for:

Best Picture
Best Director
Best Original Screenplay
Best Sound Mixing
Best Sound Editing
Best Film Editing


The Hurt Locker Trailer

AMG

They termed it as the car that can fly. This might look very familiar to many as it was showcased on one of the posters of Auto Expo 2010 and the poster was put up at several places across NCR.

Extreme looping!!not sure if any graphical tweaks are involved but looks very real to me.

Why so similar?

now... as my wife asked:

"if it is from the director of the dark knight, is it necessary to have a poster similar to one of the posters of the dark knight?"

good question!! :)

Baker Street looked good

Guy Ritchie couldn't have directed this better. Hans Zimmer couldn't have composed the music better. Robert Downey Jr. couldn't have played Holmes better.

The friday evening couldn't have gone better :) A 2 time watchable i think!!

Testing Indigo Manza

Manza turned out to be a pleasant surprise.

it has almost everything expected in a luxury car, but its still under an affordable budget.



a 1300+ CC SAFFIRE petrol engine as expected had the punch. The interiors are as lush as it can be in an affordable sedan.

2-Tone Beige Interior Colour Scheme

Storage Tray Under Co-driver’s Seat

Glove Box with Lamp, Lock, Card Holder & Pen Holder

a huge boot...

etc..etc...

almost everything one can look for.

the drive was pretty smooth and the engine responded well on every throttle movement.

a good sedan i would say!!

a prospective buyer would be so confused in today's scenario, he/she can get an SX4 around the same price, add a bit more and Linea is there!!

interesting!!!

Another car in town is Chevrolet beat: On Thursday Chevrolet organised a road show in my office campus and it was a carnival setup. A Beat hoisted on a truck, a band playing, a group of hip-hop dancers doing there moves, few circus type artists showing there skills and lot of noise!! Didnt actually got the chance of taking a look inside the car but from outside with the car positioned on a bit of height, it appeared similar to A-Star, specially the rear windows. The front is still by favorite till date!!



Need a second look though!!

The "Beat" is up for AE 2010

Chevrolet is finally coming up with the hatchback which actually packs the punch which i first experienced way back when hyundai delivered i10.



The front grill is one of a kind with the chevy logo!!

Auto Expo(AE) 2010 has few things lined up which are already stirring lots of questions/excitement/apprehensions:

R1 2010
Hyundai i10 eletric
Maruti Suzuki R3
and many more for sure.....
Exciting enough for a 6-7 day expo.

Idiots

after the magical sci-fi pandorical experience of AVATAR, what doctor ordered was some high (aamir khan) level emotional dose!!

3 idiots....it was never going to disappoint!! and after a very long time some hilarious movie scenes actually made me laugh like anything.

that day of the week!!

a brisk walk to the parking lot...

frantically putting on the riding gear...

reminding myself of all the top priority to-dos first thing in office...

turn the key and the ignition on...

finally putting the right glove on...

throttle away towards office...

reminding myself again of the to-dos...

hurling some very carefully chosen abuses to the traffic signal and then taking the "other shortcut"...

reaching the much popular traffic jam near the office...

hurling the next set of abuses on the traffic jam...

finally getting out of the jam and reaching the parking entrance ramp...

negotiate some very strange kind of traffic on the entrance and hurl the final set of abuses...

park the bike...

turn it off..

get out of the riding gear frantically...

hit the elevator switch to notice that all of them are actually going up...

wait for one and regret exhausting all abuses outside...

board an elevator when it arrives...

finally arrive at the floor and try hitting a piercing glance at the workstation hoping that it explodes...sigh!! it doesnt!!

Monday...managed to hit me again!!!

4

that many years have passed by. Gurgaon changed alot, things around here changed alot...

personally...i think i have had enough of Gurgaon :) ..then again...thats just me at around 11 PM in the night!!

aahhh..may be i should sleep over it a bit and give it a thought tomorrow.....



after all..its a Monday tomorrow :)

Pelham 123

One of the best ever if you are a John Travolta or a Denzel Washington fan. Most probably people are fan of both...at least i am.



don't miss the opening... don't miss the climax... hell..dont miss a minute!! Tony Scott directs a master piece again following the all time hits like Deja Vu, Man on fire, Enemy of the state, crimson tide and....who can forget days of thunder and top gun!! and now i know who the character was in one of my previous posts :)

Who's Coming?

My wife sent me this mail with this link today.
The adventure is really on now :)

Being the fastest...

It finally happened.....the fastest came home!!



Photo Credit: Wifey and her Nokia 6233

Odyssey 2009

The sixth edition concluded. Some of the most amazing bikers making it through the odyssey with some of the most amazing bikes that can ever assemble in one group.



The route looks pretty straight but based on my brief experience with Himalayan roads, its staright only till chandigarh, after that, completing a single KM is a big task on the hilly terrains in a car, so one can very well imagine the magnitude on a bike.

An amazing article that describes the whole experience. A few lines from the article which highlights the real spirit of the Odyssey:

They comprised professionals from various fields, with the youngest biker 22 years old and the oldest 55.

Vishnu Vardhan Kuna from Bangalore and Raja Swaminathan from Delhi, among the motorcyclists who took part in the 15-day Royal Enfield Himalayan Odyssey 2009, were moved to tears.

"Those tears were of joy because after years of only thinking of reaching there, we felt content and happy finally when we made it there. We had a sense of achievement," explained Swaminathan, a marketing professional, who had worked towards the moment for five years.

"Due to some personal and professional commitments, we couldn't make it earlier, but it's better late than never," he added.

Pilgrimage for indian bikers... it sure is!!

Picture Courtesy: http://www.royalenfield.com

Jacko..forever

never liked his dancing style but i still humm his songs every now and then.

RIP Jacko!!

BSA

What to do when you find a bike in your place's parking lot, from once the largest motorcycle producer in the world, with history going way back to world war 1 standing next to your bike which has a less than 10 years of history?
Answer:
1. hunt for that camera phone in one of your pockets
2. click some photos
3. respect and admire the creation
4. feel humbled
one of the BSA creations:




An honor to have it in the parking lot!!

the newest divide......

makes me nostalgic!!

One life...Why so serious?

Why so serious......
the joker said that.....but this time around Honda is saying that......
Honda has delivered a cracker and have raised the standard to an altogether different height.
JAZZ came out in honda showrooms this afternoon and i dropped by on my way home to have a look.
The 1198 CC SOHC i-VTEC engine is a proven technology on indian roads. City has been with it throghout.
The dashboard is very close to city/accord and gives that big feeling, unmatchable. The steering wheel is right out of city.
Boot space, is the biggest i have ever seen for a hatchback. "MaGic Seats" are really a magic. The back seat's back can come down completey, the half of the back seat can fold upwards. Front seats back can fold down.
Two glove boxes and lots of other spaces in ever corner, there is space for pretty much everything.
One couldnt ask for any more leg room than this, both in front and rear. Integrated stereo with pretty much everything one can ask for.
I was itching for a test drive but one, test drives were not available today and two, since wifey was also looking forward to it so decided to do it later.
For what this car is providing, the ex-showroom tag of 6,98,00 is justified and makes sense. But on the second thought the price looks a bit on the higher side by at least Rs. 75 thousand as if you look around you can get a Linea on around the same price. So price is a debatable factor.
I figured out an amazing fact which actually highlights the amount of space used, Jazz has a wheelbase of 2500 which is just 50 less than the City!! Width is same as the city but there is significat difference in length which obviuosly is justified as City has a lengthy back/boot.
I am sure the driving experience will be unique and amazing!!

three stooges - down memory lane

was working on some serious stuff this morning. suddenly this song popped up on my headset and it just dragged me back to those notorious days. It dragged me those high school to graduation days.
It took me back to the days when the three of us were not a single bit short of the three stooges.
I rememeber when:
- We used to take every problem by its neck and throw them in a gutter and watch it go till we enjoyed enough of its journey down the drain :)
- We used to behave like ultimate geeks and used to get that high kind of feeling after cracking an algo :)
- We used to search our pockets inside out for those precious 9-10 rupees for those blue moon special ultra yummy egg rolls..
- we used to go berserk in those dussehra matargashti...
- we used to check with each other after those crappy exams..and the check was used to be "You ok?" and not "how was the paper?" :)
- we used to hang out at "Candy's"..used to pakaofy those guys on the counter with our bakwaas...
- we used to make plans for a particular movie and most of the times ended up watching some other movie, becuase the one responsible for tickets overslept!!
- We dragged shwetank out of his hostel room and took him to lonavala with us :)
- we used to.......hmm...the list is long....but interesting!!
and yea..the song am talking about..from Dil chahhta hai - koi kahe kehta rahe.
remember the song guys?...essel world??:)
How about a reunion guys? Quite a few treats are due and quite a few bakwaas is due too.
and i still wonder..why of all places we went to mumbai for ghoomna-phirna? good question no?:)
and Sharad ..is vada pao still your favorite?? :P
.....................Time!!!...it flies for sure on Mach 3!