Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Busy doing...

a lot of stuff... Here's a brief list:

Read:

>> Come, My Beloved (Pearl S Buck)

I read The Good Earth years ago on Aditi's recommendation. I loved it. Turns out everyone's read it, and everyone loves it too... :)

So I picked up one of the 4-5 Bucks I picked up at "Blossom" last year in Bangalore. Come, My Beloved is my first Buck since The Good Earth. And I did like it a lot. A story of 4 generations... and how thinking changes over the generations. The story starts in the 1890s in America, and moves quickly to Pune, India! Besides getting an American perspective on the Indo-Brit struggles, the story of changing human nature is so beautifully depicted! We are all less open-minded, than we think. We have our limitations and no-one can deny it. The best we can hope to do, is atleast recognise ours, and accept them.

>> The Angry Wife (Pearl S Buck)

Pretty good book too - though not as compelling as the Good Earth. It ends on an unexpected note. I hope I never grow old! <shudder>

>> Of Human Bondage (Somerset W Maugham)

Will be reading this one for a long time to come. Started it about 2 months ago. After finishing 1/5th of the book, I abandoned it in favour of Pearl Bucks and a Jeffrey Archer. Easy reads those - not more than 3-4 days. But "Of Human Bondage" is different. Even literal bondage to the book, will not help you finish it in 3-4 days. If you're lucky - 3-4 weeks... I might just read this one for 3-4 months. <whew>

>> Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)

Of Human Bondage is too huge, to finish in one go. So at night, before going to bed, I read a few pages of the diary. This is another Aditi recommendation. In fact, she used to persuade me to read it way back in school - but I could never bring myself to read it. Isn't it serious invasion of privacy? I would hate it if people read all that I "poured out"!

>> It's Not About the Bike (Lance Armstrong)

Awesome book. Very inspiring. I think any cancer survivor would make an inspiring story - but Lance Armstrong - multiple winner of the Tour de France, just makes it a hundred times more so! I wonder if any of you have seen the film Dodgeball, starring Vince Vaughan and Ben Stiller. Armstrong appears for a minute and completely trashes the entire theme - such silly battles we fight!. If he could beat such odds, and still emerge with a smile on his face, why do we get caught up over imagined miseries? Life's good, life's short... Take a deep breath and smile about the good stuff! :)

Watched:

>> Savalee (Marathi)
>> Shrek 3
>> Jhoom Barabar Jhoom (as bad as Home Delivery)
>> Mungaru Male (Kannada SUPER-HIT!)
>> Cheeni Kum
>> Ek Chaalis Ki Last Local
>> Shootout at Lokhandwala
>> Bheja Fry
>> Spiderman 3
>> Little Miss Sunshine (Did I write about this one? Do watch it  - AWESOME!)
>> The Pursuit of Happyness
>> The Namesake
>> Provoked

Missed:

>> Pirates 3 :(((
>> Tara Rum Pum (whew!)
>> Life in a Metro
>> Delhi Heights
>> Swami
>> Dharma
>> Ocean's 13

Coming Up:

>> Sivaji (yeah baby!)
>> Aapkaa Surrooor - The Movieee - The Real Love Storiee (what?! I'm curious about the cap okay!)

Well... that's a long enough post for one night. Will think of more "coming ups" soon... er or later :)

Currently listening to:
The Best Of Mukesh

	Ivanbachs June 20, 2007   09:41 PM PDT   Me first! :)

	Di June 21, 2007   03:32 PM PDT   Always! :)

	deeps June 23, 2007   12:38 AM PDT   More eager 2 knw abt the "coming up" section!!:)

	TII September 16, 2007   09:15 PM PDT   Knock! Knock! Hullo?! Anybody in there?

	Lee October 16, 2007   09:03 AM PDT   Next comment eggjactly one month later.. Knock Knock.. anyone home?

	Di October 26, 2007   04:31 PM PDT   Actually, I am here only... Just procrastinating :D

	TII January 1, 2008   11:30 AM PST   Don't know if you are still visiting this blog, but wish you a happy and fun-filled New Year Di! Hope you (and me) re-start the blog again!

	Lee January 12, 2008   05:27 AM PST   Amen to that, TII! :)

	Bri January 19, 2008   03:54 AM PST   Just wondering if you're still around:)

	the-think March 4, 2008   02:29 AM PST   Heylo? My turn to check where you are :)

	Prasad March 20, 2008   02:31 PM PDT   Hey, by any chance would you have a poster of Savalee?

	the-think April 17, 2008   01:12 AM PDT   So what's the plan like - you visit everyones blog but dont update your own? :) But it's nice you're at least around!

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