Rock On ! ! ! !

A guitar is lying by my bedside but i have not been able to learn it properly coz i am unable to find a good tutor around. Anyways more on that later...

Out of habit, i walked into cinema hall, yesterday to watch the first day first show of a new movie. This time it was Rock On !! . I had very high expectations from the movie and i guess all of them were fulfilled. Movie was all about music, friendship and all the emotions associated with relations and passions one follows. Complete with absolutely fantastic performances by the actors, all of them, its an enriching experience. Just watch for the music and the performances and a fab way of narrating a story.

So what makes this movie special. Its the message that it sends across loud and clear that " No matter what may come, one must never give up on one's earnest desires. The fantasies do come true if we are honest in our approach and work to fulfill them sincerely. A certain goal is there in everyone's life. Its upon us to identify it and work towards achieving it. Living our life without an aim and an objective will make our lives incomplete. So never give up on your desires and its never too late to realize our ambitions and dreams. And these things, desires,ambitions,dreams and hope are all part of our lives."

As for my guitar, which is lying by my bedside, I am going to make it a point to learn playing it as soon as I can....coz I just wanna do it.

Some Of my fav quotes from the movies

You are the only person that can make
my heart beat faster and slower at the same time.
The Hot Chick

Truth is, I gave my heart away along time ago,
my whole heart, and I never really got it back.
Sweet Home Alabama

Love is a leap ...
I was never inspired to jump.
Kate and Leopold

"I am just a girl standing in front of a boy asking him to love her."
Notting Hill

"I came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible."

"I love that you get cold when it's seventy degrees out. I love that it takes you an hour and a half to order a sandwich. I love that you get a little crinkle above your nose when you're looking at me like I'm nuts. I love that after I spend a day with you I can still smell your perfume on my clothes, and I love that you are the last person I want to talk to before I go to sleep at night."
When Harry Met Sally

"The world moves for love. It kneels before it in awe."
The Village

".....I think I'd miss you even if we'd never met."

"The hardest part of love isn't loving someone, but having the courage to let them love you back."

The Wedding Date

Stealing one's heart is the biggest crime. What should one do? Call the police?
Dont know which movie it was..

now some funny ones

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
If I'm not back in five minutes... wait longer!

Airplane
There's no reason to become alarmed, and we hope you'll enjoy the rest of your flight. By the way, is there anyone on board who knows how to fly a plane?

Back to the Future II
The time-traveling is just too dangerous. Better that I devote myself to study the other great mystery of the universe – women!

Spaceballs
Barf: I'm a mawg: half man, half dog. I'm my own best friend!

Forrest Gump
Forrest Gump: (referring to Apple Computers) He got me invested in some kinda fruit company.

I Stand Vindicated !!

Congratulations to all the Indians for the gold medal won by Abhinav Bindra at the Beijing Olympics today. As all of us know by now, its the first individual gold won by any Indian at the Olympics. It took 29 Olympics, but finally we did it.

The history created today by Bindra is all the more special, because for the first time some Indian has lived upto the expectations.

Also all those who said that we are a bunch of non performing athletes, this is a befitting reply.As for me , who said we should we should stand by our athletes, it is a great relief. I feel as proud as any other Indian today.But this event is done and over with. We should not sit back and relax, now that we have won a medal. I hope and believe that our athletes will strive for more and will win some more laurels. R S Rathore is playing tomorrow and i hope he does us proud once again....

Thanks Bindra....and May we win all more medals and hearts as well...

Olympics : A Dream Or A Nightmare

Dawn Fraser, Australian swimmer, 3-time winner of Olympic Games:
" The Olympics remain the most compelling search for excellence that exists in sport, and maybe in life itself. "

As the curtains rise for the Beijing Olympics, the attention of the whole world will be on the 10,500 athletes from all over the globe, who will be competing for 302 gold medals in 28 different disciplines. Just like Dawn Fraser, the whole sports community of the world thinks that the Olympics are the ultimate test of a sport person's ability to search for that excellence and that drive hidden inside him. As the games begin with the competitions today, USA and China are expected to fight for the top honors at the games. Will China be able to displace USA as the sporting powerhouse of the world, come august 26th and we'll know. For the time being, lets sit back and enjoy this spectacle that's unfolding.

So where does India stand? As always the question is, are we going go win any medal at the Olympics? I know most of us are now habitual of seeing our athletes coming empty handed and only hope for next games every time. But when all the world is dreaming of winning an Olympic medal, why are we, the Indians have all the nightmares regarding the Olympic medal drought?
Are the athletes to be blamed or the authorities ??

Our country predominantly is not as good in sports as compared to even many smaller countries like say, Cuba or a Portugal etc.. The system in our country encourages children to drop sports and take up education more seriously even if the child is better at the sports. Our infrastructure is in shambles.A country like Portugal has 1800+ football grounds, Netherlands has 2000+ hockey fields. We, the hockey superpower of the past is not even in Olympics this time around !
The governing bodies of different sports are in ruins. Athletes are ignorant about different drugs that lead to doping scandals very often in Indian sports. Shooters, who are our pride, cant' even train in their own country because their are no standard shooting ranges in India for them to practice ! The state of Indian sports is not very good, esp when we consider that Delhi is going to host Commonwealth Games in 2010 and it aspires to host 2020 Olympics.

And then our 1 billion plus population expects these athletes to match with the best and those who have access to all the best facilities in the world. That's just asking too much of them. We unduly pressurize them. This time around, we have 56 athletes and as i write this 2 shooters and 1 judoka is already out of compt.

But all is not lost. These athletes represent our country. They are our pride and we should stand by them even if they fail to win any medals. Heroes have emerged for India at the Olympics. R.Rathore, Leander Paes, Malleshwari, Milkha Singh, Limba Ram, PT Usha, Dhyan Chand and our hockey team which has 8 gold medals out of total 17 ever won by Indians !
Many dont even know, our football team qualified for the World Cup 1952o but could not participate because they did not want to abide by rule of wearing shoes to play the game ! And they also finished 4th at the 1956 Olympics.

Or we can also say India is unlucky. Yes, the sports like billiards, snooker and Chess, even cricket, where we are the world champions and unbeatable are not part of Olympics, which is sad.
So we should know our athletes have it in them. Our authorities must wake up from their slumber and get going.We still have time for next Olympics or 2016 Olympics

As for these games, lets hope that our dream does not gets transformed in to a nightmare and we are able to win hearts if not medals at these games. May God be with our athletes and so does our countrymen.

The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well.


Pierre de Coubertin