An Unforgettable Evening!

It’s been more than an hour since the last class got over. It was raining heavily. The corridor gave a deserted look. The way the weather’s been acting past couple of days, I was in no doubt that it won’t rain. But who knew I’ll be proven wrong today. Heavy downpour and I was stranded without umbrella.

The last class teacher walked through the hallway and I skulked in vain. The reason for sweeping myself under the rug was my coming late for the last lecture of the day. She reprimanded and asked the reason for getting late.

“I started for the class before time but left my bag behind. I realized this when I reached college. 

So I hurried back to the hostel to get my sack. Consequently, I was late for the class.”

“Were you day dreaming when you left from hostel? How irresponsible you’ve been!”

The entire class was laughing while I took chair and moments later, she continued teaching.

Anyways, she was here once again in the corridor walk pass by me. It seemed like I kept turning up like a bad penny. But, she ignored me completely.

Her car was parked in a small compound parking behind cafeteria, adjacent to the corridor. She could not get off the corridor steps as water accrued till knee height.

“Can I get your car .., ma’am , to the other side of the corridor?” I inquired.

“But there’s a puddle of water cropped here. How will you walk through it?” she asked amicably.

“That’s all right. The thing is, once am in the car, the water dripping from my clothes will spoil the interiors completely.”

“You don’t worry about that. Here, take the keys and get the car safely on the other side please.”

In my frantic attempt to avoid drenching myself and to have a good impression on her, I ran for car’s main door but fell with face hitting the water. I was soaked to the skin. Nevertheless, I drove around and brought the car to a safer place.

“Here’s your car keys and am sorry for the mess”.

She thanked and asked if she can drop me to hostel, a small favor for the help rendered.

I said thanks for asking but I’ll wait for rain to stop. She insisted but I didn’t want to spoil her seat covers once again.

She ordered and the very next moment I was sitting uncomfortably in the non driver seat saving every drop of water falling off my head in my fist.

We drove and after few minutes I was standing near my hostel’s welcome gate. The weather turned nasty.

She turned around, bid bye and thanked once again.

The moment she left I realized I left my bag in the corridor. I was so much involved in helping her that I completely forgot about my bag. So I ran back to the college before anyone takes it away. She saw me running from the hostel back to college through her car’s window. She was confused but kept driving. I made a gesture that I left my bag behind once again. She smiled and drove off to her place.

I was back to square one. I was once again back in the corridor but this time I was soaked more from head to toe.

What an awful evening it was!

P.S : It's a true incident and since then the teacher never scolded me for my wrong doings. How bias she was! (i never liked her since then :P ) And the students never knew why she always had such a soft corner for me.

Have a good day!

Django Unchained Movie Review

Movie:

It was a treat to watch two good movies back to back after a long time. First it was the Silver lining and other Django Unchained. This post will talk about the movie Django Unchained.

Django Unchained is yet another masterpiece from a brilliant director, Tarantino. The movie has flair of comedy, unanticipated gravity attached to it and is a complete entertainment package.

Unlike most of Tarantino’s movies, Django Unchained has very less scenes that wobble like a tennis ball between present and flashback.

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Additionally, this movie has typical Tarantino trademark of showing violence, brutality, bloodshed throughout the film. He has maintained the consistency of showing blood oozing out of the amputated bodies and continuous gun firing throughout the movie.

As always, Tarantino shows a glimpse of himself (in a cameo) by making a guest appearance in Django Unchained as well.

Synopsis:

The movie is about a slave set free by a German Bounty hunter and later trained to be his Deputy Bounty Hunter, who sets out to rescue his enslaved wife from a cruel plantation owner. Along the way, he’s helped by the German Bounty hunter in every way possible.

Cast:

Tarantino picks up Jamie Fox, Leonardo Di Capri and Christoph Waltz for this flick. A brilliant starcast I must say.

Jamie Fox, the stand-up comedian has portrayed the role of slave Django brilliantly. The comedian has played the part flawlessly and he has shown his excellence in carrying out serious scenes like never done before by any comedian, although he was hilarious in most part of the movie. He’s a treat to watch throughout the movie.

Leonardo DiCaprio has gained lot of maturity in last couple of years. He’s the modern age Tom Hanks who does everything with such perfection that it’s always a pleasure to watch him onscreen in different characters.

Caprio has done an outstanding role in the film. Although his appearance is quite late in the movie but it does not take much time for him to settle down and take the entire movie in his control and outperform others.

Verdict:

If you are someone who loves Tarantino movies, you don’t a reason to think twice for this one. For others, if you love bloodshed movies like sin city, kickass and Taken, you must not miss this one!

Watch this movie from an entertainment perspective. Switch off your brain and just watch this crazy entertainer with bold scenes and bloodshed all over the screen.

Watch the Trailer:

Make Mistakes

The Learning never Stops!

At every stage of our life, we are learning a new thing. We learn and we forget. That’s when we re-learn but still find it hard to remember or understand and that’s when we make mistakes. But keep focus and believe in yourself. Because once you try harder, every mistake made will be nothing but a lesson learnt on how not to do it. Mistake is just another way of saying how not to do the same thing again in future.

Mistakes in the past will shape our future. So keep trying, keep making mistakes and keep learning till you become infallible or perfect at it. Learn from it, it improves our understanding of doing things in a better way!

“Take the first step in faith, you don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step”

                                                                                                                      D. Martin Luther King Jr.

The first baby steps!

From the day a baby learns to crawl first and then walk, things that we learn in school, first time when we learn how to ride a bicycle or swim, to, decisions we make in later stages of life, we make mistakes and we are always learning. Everyone has slip ups in life but nobody holds on to them but keep moving like a baby who rise again after falling from the first giant walking leap.

“How could I do this?” we ask!

Maturity (Experience) comes from learning. A young, naive child will make more mistakes than an adult as he has not seen the world or experienced it the way a fully-grown person did. So mistakes are necessary when we are raw and young. But that does not mean that we must stop making mistakes when we abloom (old).

We blunder at every stage of life, even at times when we think we are old enough to not to commit mistakes. And that’s when we start pestering, criticizing oneself as to “how could I do this?”, “what was I thinking?” kind of questions. But it’s alright to ask oneself such questions. We are mortals not god to do everything in an ideal way. Imagine how life would be if we get what we want so easily without committing mistakes, without trying, without seeing failure. The goal is to not to regret on the failure but to come out good. Remember, you are no exception to making mistakes, everyone does and some learn and move ahead, others crib about it. We all are in the same boat. Welcome aboard!

They say ‘it’s hard for old dogs to learn new tricks’. But why to restrict oneself when there’s no age limit on learning. One must have a goal set at every stage in life. And no goal is accomplished without making mistakes. Failure is the first step to success!

Never fear from mistakes!

Never made a mistake never learnt anything. Fear stops us from making mistakes. Never fear in life. Do not worry about what people will say if you make a mistake. Look around, we think about those who themselves have made lot many mistakes in their life. So they have no right to criticise you for your mistakes.

Focus on Your Goal and Desire for it!

If you really want to be good at something and wants to achieve it, start making mistakes and start learning. It’s good to make mistakes. Take full responsibility and correct all your blunders till you stop making one and never regret in life.

Have a Good Day!

Thank You for reading this post. Much Appreciated!

Value

“Who would wish to be valued must make himself scarce”

What is Value?

The dictionary definition of Value says:

“An ideal accepted by some individual or group”

What is ideal?

Definition:

1. “The idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain”
2. “Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence; embodying an ideal”

A value is a number given to a particular object or a thing to scale its worth. It’ll be wrong to say if i confine this definition only to things, today, we have given it a more universal appeal and added humans as well to it. We have stopped realizing the worthiness of people and stopped valuing them. We value machines / inanimate objects over humans. For e.g. if you buy a car, you will take extra care of the machine and see to it that there is no scratch or damage or choked carburetor in it. And soon you will realise that your life is more of the materialistic life quantified only in terms of riches. And very soon, you’ll start valuing machines more than you value yourself or anyone else.

Valuing lifeless objects is no good if done by overlooking (neglecting) humans. Value a person not by his wealth (materialistic possessions) but by his virtues.

Start valuing people over money, money is short –lived, we may have it today but tomorrow it’s gone but people, they stay with you not only in good but in your bad times as well.

If you do not respect humans today, you may lose respect tomorrow. I’ve seen people who overlook others and give undue importance to unnecessary things. Your materialistic possessions look good with you today but they may not last forever and so is the respect you gained from them. The only thing that’ll stay forever is how good you were with others and how much you valued them. Start treating humans as humans and not animals.

“Try not to become a man of success but a man of value”

The real worth of a person is realized by good deeds he does, not by the number of years he lived. That’s why people like Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Teresa have become immortals. People remember them because of their work and what they did for humanity. They always led a minimalist life and valued humans above anything else. They were like the trees who only knew how to give without any expectations. How many of us believe that we live life of a tree who only knows how to give love, respect and value to others without demanding anything back from them?

Be the tree that gives shelter to all by burning itself in the sun and acts as an umbrella during heavy rains, gives wood to people to construct houses and food for their survival, without expecting anything in return.

God gives value to all because we all are his children. He never compares one child with another or makes anyone without any worth. Every life on earth has some existence for the worth associated with it. It is just that we do not realise it, as a result, others stop giving respect. God has given brains to all, if you put your mind, you can be success in almost everything.

Value yourself and value others. If you have no value for yourself today, none will value you or your words tomorrow. Your opinion will just not matter.

“It is not good for all our wishes to be filled; through sickness we recognize the value of health; through evil, the value of good; through hunger, the value of food; through exertion, the value of rest”

'My Cousin Vinny' Movie Review

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‘My Cousin Vinny’ movie is a court room drama presented in an exceedingly comical way.

It’s a classic comedy directed by Jonathan Lynn, starring Joe Pesci, Fred Gwayne and Marisa Tomei in lead.

Outline:

It’s a story about two friends who while travelling through rural Alabama are put on trial for a 

murder they don’t even know they committed and one of the accuser’s cousin (named Vinny), a self proclaimed lawyer, who knows nothing about court cases and law, comes to their rescue.

Vinny has never experienced a trial before and somehow managed to clear his law degree in six attempts in six years. He knows the situation at hand is worse than he contemplated but he plays Mr. Cool in charge of the situation making all the wrong moves that’ll surely declare the friends guilty of the crime. Amidst all this chaos, he assures them with his preposterously funny and false hopes that he’s going to save their arses. And that’s when things go helter skelter.

Review:

‘My Cousin Vinny’ is a perfect movie for belly laugh. If it’s been a while and you haven’t seen a good comedy, I recommend you to go for ‘My Cousin Vinny’. Surely, this movie won’t disappoint you. This movie is a total fun ride and a must watch.

Watch the trailer here:

Cast:

Joe Pesci plays the classic role of Vincent (Vinny) Gambini exceptionally well. He does a ludicrous act, especially his court-room antics.

Marisa Tomie (Mona Lisa Vito – character name she played in the movie) won the Best Supporting Actress award for this flick in 1993.

This was Fred Gwayne’s last movie.

Reception:

The movie was a runaway hit and received appreciation not only from the critics but lawyers as well. 

Jolly LLB:

Arshad Warsi seems like doing a similar court room drama in upcoming Bollywood film Jolly LLB where he portrays the character of Vincent Gambini trying to save his cousin’s life in a rather amusing way. I hope Jolly LLB is something new and original and not a desi version of the classic ‘My Cousin Vinny’.

Watch the trailer of Jolly LLB here: