Canon EOS 400D


Ladies and Gentleman I am now part of the playground, my latest buy is a Digital SLR, well one of best in the market, now I just need to learn how to operate it :-)
There will be lot more Random clicks on this blog for sure ;-) May be I'll convert it to a photo blog if I turn out any good with this piece. Yipeee!!!!!

It's not about the bike: My journey back to life -- Lance Armstrong


Where there is a will there is a way, Lance Armstrong a cyclist at the age of 25 was diagnosed with testicular cancer and was given just 40% chance of survival and no hope of being an athlete again. A person like me may not be able to understand what Lance has gone through, the worst i had was Dental Surgery. But this guy takes the cancer challenge head on, he fights with the disease in the same way he used to plan his races.
So beating all odds he recovers from cancer and goes on to win the toughest challenge for an athlete and world biggest cycle race "Tour De France" not once or twice but seven consecutive times.

Raised by a single mom in a small town fighting his way through cancer and becoming one of the most coveted athletes of all times. His life is an inspiration for people who loose hope due to small setbacks (including me), today he is working as a cancer activist and has a cancer foundation called LIVESTRONG , he also conducts inspirational talks. You can find all about it here

Even though the book is not the one of the best written books I have read but the reality of the story and what a human being can achieve with determination and hard work is truly amazing.

A must read :-)

Oscars List is out...check it here

One of my favorite movies of the year Juno makes it for Actress in leading Role, Direction, Writing and Best Picture nominations.......let's see how many it gets.....

Letterman's Top Ten W.Bush moments.....

Mr. Bush was watching hence a conservative list....find more of Bushism.............. here and here.

Inkheart and Inkspell --- Cornelia Funke



Yet another magic fantasy series and yet again I get bowled over by the authors imagination, Imagine you are reading Cinderella and she juts pops out of the book and stands right in front of you, looking as beautiful as the author portrayed her in the book. This series is all that and more, it's a story of a father and daughter who are blessed with this magical tongue and what happens when they start reading a particular book called Inkheart.
Where Inkheart leaves you thirsty for more, Inkspell takes you to the virtual world of this book. The adventure expands manifold and just when you don't want the book to finish and the story to carry on the author intelligently makes sure that you are left thirsty for the last part of the series......the story continues and now I have to wait for two books....last part of Inheritance series and this one.....

Inkheart is also being made in a movie and the trailer looks really exciting...check it out here....

Keynote - Bill Gates' Last Day

Across the universe....

One of the few musicals I liked.....beautiful story beautifully and psychedelically told...naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...na na .na nana nanana Hey Jude........naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa na na nananana nanana Hey Jude.......

BTW Evan Rachel Woods who played Lucy in the movie is the same girl who starred in one of my all time favorite music videos by Greenday "Wake me up When September Ends".....click on the link to check it out she definitely knows how to make you cry....

My rating ********** :)

A good friend of mine reminded me of one of my all time favorite movies --Jerry Maguire....you may remember the line "Show me the money"

A really really beautiful video....I bet it will make you smile and go aaawwwwwwwww..........

That's what you call attitude......

I definitely don't wanna wake up to this one

The Gathering --- Anne Enright



I have no idea why I can't agree with the panel that award Bookers...why year after year I waste my time in reading this stuff. Words almost fail me while describing how boring I found Gathering.
The almost non-existent story revolves around a really boring Veronica Hagarthy who is sibling to equally boring 11 other Hegarthy's....the whole clan is so uninspiring and so ordinary that you just can't find reasons of anything interesting about there lives.

Then there is Veronica's obsession with imagining her grandmother making out with Lambert Lugent and her own stupid issues of getting distanced from her husband for reasons a normal human mind can't understand and yeah the crooked explicit sexual overtones were just too much.

On the other hand the author has amazing writing style and there are some memorable passages like how Veronica is not surprised when she finds out that Liams dead body was found without any socks and underwear as she knows Liam is fastidious tidy and won't like to be drawn out of the water with dirty undergarments.

The best thing about this book is it worked like a sleeping pill for me....kind of reminded me of those boring history books in school ;-)

Wow...Evanescence brings me to life with this one ;-).......Amy Lee ROCKS!!!!

Outrageous Adverts

The Royal Beast --- Leave Home.....

Latest commercial.....



An year old commercial.....




The old one's right here.....must watch ;-)

Merry Christmas everyone....

Watch me shake my booty here.....

http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1594179879

Snake Dancer......

DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME or outside for that matter and stay away from that icchadhaari naagin....

What a proposal....here's the story and here's the video......Aaaaaawwwwwwwwww

How NOT To Use Powerpoint By Comedian Don McMillan

The area around my office does give me a lot of click opportunities.....So who will uncover this secret??????

MANDY UNLIMITED ---A TRAINER OF BIRDS Or A CHIEF GARBAGE-MAN

Your past life diagnosis:

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I don't know how you feel about it, but you were male in your last earthly incarnation.You were born somewhere in the territory of modern South India around the year 1375. Your profession was that of a trainer or holder of fine animals, such as birds..

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Your brief psychological profile in your past life:
Person with huge energy, good in planning and supervising. If you were just garbage-man, you were chief garbage-man.

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The lesson that your last past life brought to your present incarnation:
You are bound to learn to understand other people and to meet all difficulties of life with a joyful heart. You should help others by bringing them a spirit of joy.

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Do you remember now?


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