OSCARS 2009

It's always nice to rant about the good,bad n the ugly after every party!!


GOOD MOMENTS IN THE 81st ACADEMY AWARDS:



Rahman winning the golden man was definitely an up moment.It had my mom jumping!!Got to give it to rahman..tat definitely was the best moment of the show.His acceptance speech was a lil disappointing though,he didnt go goo-goo ga-ga over India n tamil etc,etc... watch him.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcKhIykF72I





Resul Pookutty was a delightful surprise.I didnt even know he was nominated!!(Yes,I do drop of the planet occasinally!)Watch him say 'OM' at...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RVm2KXCJt8






Hugh n Beyonce put up a good show of the year's musicals...didn't know Jackson could sing!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WvJa2ZxFco&feature=related





Kate Winslet finally winning her oscar!!!Her dad's whistle was a hoot...(awwww!) She did have a good speech prepared,she gave the other nominees their due too...well done Kate.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Up3hL0UofY&feature=related





The SDM kids were adorable on the red carpet...All of them,absolute darlings.'Twas good to see all the innocence n excitement up there!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyuhuwOUvdI&feature=related





Thumbs up to Will Smith....the stage did get a notch hotter when he came on...(was it just Will or the action packed sequences he presented!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2hIdfJNeyY&feature=related

The idea of having five past winners introduce the nominees in the four acting categories was a stoke of genius.It brought class and comaradeship to the sometimes tacky contest,and it meant that every nominee was treated with respect and affection.

Steve Martin n Tina Fey presenting the award for the 'Best Original Screenplay' was hilarious!!Steve's 'Dont fall in love with me",their made up religion had me in splits...Steve is definitely the funniest guy around.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=On6NynkDTzc&feature=related

The sneak shots of Meryl Streep was a treat,(I'm a huge fan).She's one hellava woman,for those of u who haven't seen her act(if there is anyone at all!!),u simply must watch 'Devil wears Prada'.She can make being nasty to the bone a much desirable quality...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyliL72gc_g&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zicgut4gpwU&feature=PlayList&p=29AEEAE123F6DB0E&index=10 devil wears prada trailer

Penelope Cruz looked all stunning n beautiful winning the 'Best Supporting Actress' for the movie.Her spanish was a great add-on,though it was all gibberish to me!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcL7tz0mqTw&feature=related





The oscar for Smile Pinkie was a good move.A plastic surgeon today can earn BIG BUCKS,its not an easy joke instead to go around helping poor kids wid clefts...these modern-day fairy godmothers out of a cinderella tale deserve all the applause!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CamEXQ8x72c&feature=related





A much deserved award to Mr.Jerry Lewis.






The best moment of all was when the entire crew of SDM got up on stage.That was definitely a 'Time to celebrate' moment.It was good to see all of them smiling away up there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CF8EhpJp1ww




WELL GROOMED!



Angelina Jolie is definitely the hottest woman on the planet!!The emerald earings n ring...nobody would've missed those out!!



Brad wasn't at his best but he did don his suit well n certainly stood up to his lady's worth.




Alicia Keys presenting the oscar for 'The best original song' n 'The best original music score' looked stunning wid her waves.



Penelope Cruz was a barbie doll!




Sean Penn winner of 'The best actor' award didn't let anyone down..But wats wid the political speech at the oscars!





Our SDM hero Dev was all young and smart.




The new bond,not exactly my hot favorite,but Mr.Bond did dress up for the oscars.





Frieda Pinto didnt disappoint any of the SDM fans!




Everything about Miss.Croft was perfect on the big night,her hair,jewllery,gown n the look!




Kate's chic n formal hair-do made me forgive her 'I'm just outta batman' outfit.




Miss.Pinto wins again for her clever hair-do and the beautiful earings she was raving about.



I frankly can't recognise the lady in the centre,but whoever she is,she's got oomph earings!



Drew Barrymore cute as always,though she,looks like she just got out of a tussle.



DISAPPOINTMENTS:



Will someone tell me why is Beyonce wearing the dining room drapery of her new home!!



Whatever happened to the cuto Adrian Brodie!



Hope someone's told mickey why he probably didnt win the oscar!


Looks like he decided half way through his dressing that he'll attend the oscars itnstead of going skiing!



Wat!!Wat did Mr.Boyle do???Guess he was too excited about all his nominations that he just couldn't get his mind on other trivial issues!!




To wrap it up,the oscars 2009 was definitely worth the watch.It was complete oscar style,the glitz and the glamour wid a few good additions.And it did strike a cord with so many Indians up there on the stage.

DREAMS (A thought provoking one)

I am a girl,who people would call-"Born with a silver spoon".I just have to think of something(anything materialistic,that is) and i get it in two fold,no kiddin(ask my friends).My parents are doctors and I am (I would like to think) the most petted,pampered and protected daughter in my part of the world.I dont blame them,they are just acting the parent role(God-made or man-made or whatever) to the dot.And being the perfectionists that they are,they go the extra mile.

I'm not done here yet.You have to get a near-perfect(I did not inherit my parents' perfectionist gene)picture of me,before I get on with my dream.

I have worn a brand new dress everyday for the first 2 yrs of my life,730 days.Seven hundred n thirty new clothes in the 2 yrs of u'r existence is quiet a bit!!I've been to the best n one of the most posh schools in South India,I've gotten the best education,went for the best vacations,I always got back to school or college with the maximum tuck,I can practically buy the entire warehouse of lifestyle when I go shopping with mom!I wanted to become a doctor n bingo!My parents got me the seat.To simply put it,I have the best n most of what I want.

Hope you've gotten it by now-I'm the "RICH KID".

Now onto my dream,its very simple-I WANT TO BE A DOCTOR.I want to do it all by myself.I want to get there,not in an air-conditioned car,but in my two very own,God-given feet!

When u really want to do something,its like having another violent person inside u.She does not let u do anything else until you've fulfilled her wish!!

I did not know I felt this strongly about medicine until I got into med school.Wow.I belonged there!I found myself there.I thought I chose to go to med school as I did not know much about any other profession.I have been living inside hospitals and seeing it through a doctors' eye even before I was born(mom was working while pregnant).So logically,I thought it a safe choice.

Hell no!!I was born to be a doctor,man.When God thought-"Its high time;this planet needs a dashing doc now",He sent me here.I'm sure of that.I guess,Madame Curie felt the same way about chemistry,Beethoven about the piano,Rafael about tennis and Schumaker about racing!!Yes all of us are born do that one thing on this planet.

Having found my carton label,I lived every moment in med school enjoying medicine.I would like to say,I did complete justice to my books,teachers n patients.No,no,I was just another student,bunking class,goin out,and all.But I loved medicine,I simply loved it.I devoured every word my teachers had to say about it,in & out of class.I loved my patients too.I did not like the massive paperwork,though.Well,tats the system-You cannot have a fun time,all the time.The system sees to that(no matter what anyone is doing in life).

By now u must be thinkin-Gosh,who is this girl!!She is so absolutely lucky!
If u'r not thinkin that yet,well,I'm considered pretty n I do have some very good talents and a bunch of awesome friends.
There,job done!!![I'm kinda cheeky too:)]

But please dont forget the SYSTEM.
The big,monstrous,uncontrollable,feeling-less system!Thats what it is.Let me tell you what this system is doing to my life right now.

In the present scenario,after completing M.B.B.S,its an absolute must to specialize in a particular field for u to be considered a decent doc.Plain n simple M.B.B.S is not enough anymore.And so it is the routine for every student in India to continue studying even after the stipulated 51/2 years in med school.

And being born in India,the second most populated country in the world,where every third student takes up medicine,its THE most difficult task known to mankind,to get into a speciality programme of u'r choice and in the college u want to attend.This time I dont blame the system guys(it has not got its ugly claws on me yet).The entrance exams in my country are the toughest when compared against the world standards.Its the biggest rat race ever!What with 50,000 & more students competing for a meagre 200 seats nation-wide!And with OGcians like me (I'm sorry,I already feel like one without the degree yet) praying for more people to get pregnant,its only going to get tougher by the year.

As you can see,I'm a big gal and have gotten my ideas straight in this issue.So I rolled up my sleeve and started workin for it.I did not get enough time for my preparation though.You need a minimum of 1 year,12 months,365 days of solid ass burning,to crack this test.Well with the 7 months that I got I did get my ass burnt as much as that was possible in those months.I gave the test and I did not make it!

So what will any logical,straight thinking person like me do now....give it another shot,obviously!But what will all rich,over-protective parents,who cant bear to see their daughter sweat it out,do?(You needn't be a genius to get this one)Yes,they bought me a seat!!A lovely,brand new MS OG degree in a gold platter.

But wait a minute!Why does it not seem all gold n glittery to me!To me it looks like a monster sneering,(Hagrid might like it!).Well I didn't and i didn't want to go to that college.Then started the drama at home.Me and my parents arguing on and on with none understanding the other and both right in our points of view.

I cried,n cried,n cried myself out.(I can cry at the drop of a hat!)I was miserable.Michelangelo must have felt this way when his dad refused to get him his first box of paints.

Turning point

I was lying in my bed with my exophthalmic eyes.(For the non-medicos,exophthalmos is a condition where your eyes bulge out of their sockets).Mine became exophthalmic with all the crying I did.So I was lying there thinking-My life sucks,I hate the world and all the like thoughts that dance around in your brain when you are depressed.

Then suddenly like a bolt of lightening,a thought I read long back flashed through all the turmoil in my head.

"THEY CAN TAKE AWAY EVERYTHING FROM YOU,
BUT YOUR SPIRIT,IT CAN ONLY BE SURRENDERED"

That is when I stopped crying.(no offense to my dear darlin friends who kept calling and consoling me-it really helped guys,love u)

I decided,I have a dream and I believe in it,so why sit around and mop!!Once again,I rolled up my sleeve,this time with more determination and went right back to my books.I was back on track,chasing my dream.I can technically give these tests 2 more shots,but I'll need only 1,hopefully.

The college in which I have joined opens this May,I've decided to continue my entrance exam prep in college as well.I want to get into the classrooms where India's best teachers teach and I will get there,I promise myself.

Epilogue

My point is,whether Michelangelo had to steal his first paint box or his dad gave in to his nagging and got him one,he painted.He painted his heart out!

Thats it guys,if you've dreamt a dream,go after it,chase it,hunt the damn dream down.Nobody can stop you unless you decide to stop.

I will come back with a blog saying-"I did it",hopefully soon.

Until then ciao,Dream Chasers.

INDIA

I'm just another "Average Indian citizen",for the following reasons:
1.I'm 24,n I have voted only once.
2.I have given the government my share of criticism(which is quiet a deal).
3.I have the remotest idea of how my government really works.
4.I go about doing nothin for the betterment of my country.(No,no I'm not talkin abt things like the cheetah recently unleashed by our railway minister Mr.Laloo...But lets say,somethin on a smaller scale)
I'm terribly ashamed to admit to the above said facts and i grieve.

Having said that,it took 3 international vacations to wake the "patriotic me" sleeping somewhere in my head!I was surprised,shocked rather,to discover the feelings I had for my homeland.All of the places I visited were dream holiday spots.Like any religious tourist I did visit all the must-see sites in these places,tried new food,met new people,did my share of raiding their stores and wadding through the numerous lovely things these 3 different countries had to offer.

But all the while,something was amiss.Something kept nagging me!There was no life in these countries(and I would like to think of it in any other part of the world as well.I'm sorry if I differ)except for my very own beautiful India!!Yes,mine is a big beautiful country with 1 billion n odd people and with lots n lots of life.

By life I mean spirit,the spirit of living!I see a spirit,a life in the chaos here,its there in those traffic jams,in the roadside chaat stalls,in the sunday market in pondy,the rush in stores during a sale,bollywood.Its everywhere in my country,u just cant escape it even if u wanted to!

Thanks to my vacations I can now truly and happily say"I am proud to be Indian".I wouldn't want to be born anywhere else given the chance.I have taken a vow to reform my horrifying "Average Indian citizen" life.

I hope all Indians out there,do quickly take thier eye opening vacations.Until then,"May God save the Average Indian citizen".

THE IRON MAN

My little brother,yes I would like to refer to him as "The Iron Man".He is completely composed at all times,come what may.Nothing,absolutely nothing can shake his tranquility!

He applies to one of the most prestigious colleges of the country,gets the marks needed and meets all the other requirements.All set,now all that is left,is for this Mother of all institutions to open her gates and take my bro in.Wat happens....Some loser tries the college in court and word gets out that the court has passed a verdict,for the college to change its mode of admission!!
Scenario back home----MAYHEM!!Complete panic!
My Darling brother---Unruffled!

My ever so organized Mom,the hub of our routine life is at the zenith of her menopausal syndrome,finding every possible reason(most of them yet to be discovered/invented by mankind)to throw tantrums.
Status at home---An easy guess for anyone!!
My lil bro---He sails across untouched and unscathed!!!

He posts an important document via international mail and finds out 2 days before the deadline that it has not reached its destination yet!!
Darling bro's reaction---serenity!(yeah,u guessed right)

What can shake dis boy!!!Well I'm yet to find out.But until then I will be an ardent admirer of his superhuman ability to keep calm in some of the most nerve-racking moments in life.

And mind you,my little brother always has happy endings!Things always turn out for my lil bro,no matter how bleak everything seems.

May be,God has blessed each of us with a third eye to see through difficulties and at the happy endings,which only people like my Iron Man keep open!!

KITES

Passing by Marina beach,I did wat I always do when I go down that road,look up into the sky.The sky is at its colorful best over Marina beach.It is seasoned with kites flying about at all times!

Kites,I love them.I am fascinated by them.I can sit around just staring up at a kite for hours and be happy.Kites are such happy things(assuming things have feelings).They just fly about all day long without a care about anyone down below.Just flying away in bliss.

On pondering over it,i realize all of us are like those kites,happy to think we are flying high n free!But invariably and sadly,all of us have ever so obediently given the string that controls us to somebody else-be it God,some supernatural power or just another person on this planet.Yes we let somebody else control us and being the content fools,time has made of us,we are not even aware of it.

To the few kites that have truly broken away and flown to freedom-BRAVO!