Parents Mentality

I am very lucky to have my parents who have now understood the finer things in life and at which winning is not everything. I am taking up this topic just for one reason...how winning is important to parents which might not be so much for their kids.

Aunt from US: Hey you look tired?
Me: Yes
AFUS: Why?
Me: Was playing cricket for four hours.
AFUS: Ohh! nice! so did you win?
Me: Yes...(i wanted to say..i really don't care if I win or lose all I did was had fun.)

Yes, yes I don't have kids and don't know much about it though no formal studies on that but basic nature is...why are parents so sucked up on did you win or not?

The questions should be Did you enjoy your game? or Did you learn something new?

Here they are emphasizing all about winning and losing in a cricket match which is played in a ground with guys who just want to have fun on a weekend.

Another interesting story which I heard was this in a Parents and kids counseling room:

Counselor: So tell me what would you like your kids to become?
Parent 1: Engineer
Parent 2: Doctor
Parent 3: CA
kept on going till the last one.
Counselor: mmm interesting...so no one wants their kid to become a well behaved and helpful human being....

Look at all the things which we do today is run a rat race even which we win we are still a rat...quoted by someone which I don't remember. Parents compare ohh look at XYZ he has gone to US and you are still here...the kid would just think and say see what Mr. Nandan Nilenkani or Mr. Sunil Mittal has done and you are still here.

So to all the parents out there..I know it is a big bad world out there but if you constantly remind your kid about it surely they will be shit scared to go out there and enjoy instead just run around.

Five Point Someone Vs 3 Idiots

There has being a fight going off between the writer of Five Point Someone (FPS) Chetan Bhagat and 3 Idiots team Vidhu Vinod Chopra mainly due to the reason that there was no credit given to the book in the movie.

After rave reviews, I go for my first film of the year 2010 and it turned out to be super duper awesome experience in which people were clapping and whistling at times when the characters said some awesome dialogue or some scene which actually touched the heart (that is Raju Hirani special).

Having read Chetan Bhagat book long time back but still was one of my favorite due to the style of his writing and he went downhill after that (sorry but true).

The story is not same as the book but the overall characters and plot was similar to the book but things inside it were totally not in the book. Sorry CB you should have atleast got Inspired by CB book FPS but not the full movie credit coz there was nothing else same.

But I must say Raju Hirani pulled off another masterpiece and loved every minute of it.

Last Day of 2009

As our regular ritual we have to go to a party where there is booze and food on the house that means pay up and everything is yours. We end up going to a place in Andheri called Grande Imperial whose cost was steep but looked promising.

Reaching around 10.30'ish and looking at the crowd who were entering it was fun to see some college going kids getting all decked up to party. The girls were in their best clothes, high heels guys were wearing black shirt and fundoo hairstyle. I was just smiling all the way while waiting for a friend to arrive.

We go in and actually see kids who are just 17 and drinking...it is not that I mind their drinking but the organisers should not what if they get caught. So 12 am Wishing my friends people started throwing alcohol here and there which few drops fell on us. As we knew about their age status we just had to stare.

Bar was always full and alcohol was flowing...and kids could not handle their drinks. I saw the most number of people puking around in all my party years.

We had a grand exit to 2009 and making a Grand Entry into 2010.

So everyone shout out loud with me "HAPPY NEW YEAR"

Start of a New Decade

And 2009 is about to end and with it a new decade starts in next 10 hours...many things have happened over the past 10 years good, bad and ugly. If we start to make a list, we would go more than 2+ pages of blog.

For me, I don't recollect the good and bad just move on and keep on learning which should be my next years resolution...starting with web designing to making pastries and travelling more.

You would say why Pastries, hey this one thing would put me in high pedestial of being cute and nice...giving free cakes to people in birthdays and making it more personal.

Losing weight which I have being putting it all through 2009 but no more of pushing it ahead in 2010. Few signs are showing so all in all have to work on it.

So let us all Glitter this year and make everyone happy.

Road Trip - Konkan Beaches

Planned 3 days ahead on what to do for the big X'mas weekend and a good friend also leaving for USA early next month so decided to head down south to the beaches with his dog named Kasper

Day 1:
Started at 3 am so that we get empty roads and reach early to the first destination which was Dapoli. Around 300 KMS from Mumbai, Dapoli is a small town with beaches namely Murud, Kurde and Harnai 10 Kms away from it. To reach Dapoli you have to take NH17 and take a right turn from Khed town which looks like a diversion and then drive through the hills for 30 Kms to reach Dapoli.

Murud: Super white sand and water is clean which makes you go in without a second thought (ie until and unless you don't like water and the same sentence will be repeated in the next blog also). Here you can go for Dolphin Spotting, wind surfing and speed boat at a reasonable cost.

Karde: It is the empty cousin of Murud beach and driving to that place is pain in the ass as the roads are bad but reaching there you feel like you deserve that drive. There are lots of places to stay near the beach which looked quite good and neat. More of a family area and away from human settlement.

Had breakfast and Lunch just next to the beach.

Around 3 pm we started driving back and stopped on the way to shop for Cashew nuts which are cheap and good compared to Mumbai (as my mom told me).

Whats your Secret?

This guy is super awesome and has one the best blogspots..all about your secrets a small video he made..check it out


PostSecret: Confessions on Life, Death and God from Frank Warren on Vimeo.

The total number of visitors in his page is super crazy in a min almost more than 500 unique users come to his website from all over the world.

I hope he sells his books in India...

Indian Serials - How we love to Hate them

Well, some of us mortals who have only one TV at home and parents do want to watch their daily dose of Ekta-ised Hindi Serials. What else can we do but watch it back, few observations I made while watching the serials...

Joint Family:
Four generations live under the same roof GrandPa, Son of Grandpa, Son of son of Grandpa and son of son of son of Grandpa....and also Mama, Chacha, Kaka and the kids. So in a typical serial you will find around 25+ living under one roof.

Business:

This will be the biggest mystery of all the Serials, no viewer knows what the family business is but they still wear the most expensive suits, silk kurta and best designed sarees.

Food: 
When food is served and let us say even breakfast everyone is super decked up in again Armani suit and silk sarees as if they have to go somewhere.

Family Meeting:
This is one thing which I have never understood is family meeting has to be standing where someone will come and say a happy news in which 5 people will be happy and 2 will always be unhappy. Opposite effect for a sad news. I mean doesn't it hurt their feet standing up even if a plush Sofa made with authentic leather is made.

Slow Motion:
That takes up 25% of the showtime...happy news slow motion for every other person in the room, sad news slow motion of every other person in the room, someone coming in the house slow motion entry.

Camera Panning:
Sad news, sad face shown four times which looks like a presentation coming from left once, from bottom, from right and then a jerk motion. By the end of all the animation I forget what the bad news was.

Makeup:

Seen the most abnoxious kind of makeup which 3rd role aunt wears, massive bindi on their forehead which takes up 50% of the area..I mean who does that...

Background Score:
If you don't have a background score in the serial, you are not important in the serial. Vamps and Vampies have a background score like *tan tana* etc etc when they enter or have a bad thought in their mind. We viewers can live without it seriously.

Festivals:

Be it Diwali, Garba, Holi and even Christmas family has to celebrate in a big way.....things which will happen in a festive celebration....someone will be caught doing a bad deed, there will be some misunderstanding and someone will shout something which will stop the whole proceeding. Someone who was never seen before enters the house and creates a *ooh and aah* moment in the family. So there will be no festival without any issues.

Romance:
Girl will fall in love with someone who is poor and vice versa or she will fall in love with someone who is family personal enemy Son and vice versa...they will fight and run and lie their way around but rarely they will do talk romantically but all the conversation will be around family member. I mean get a life and talk something else.

These are the few things which I have noticed..would love if you add more...