Well.. i think its about time i updated this blog.. seeing as only around 5 people read it. i would be doing a grave injustice to them if i do not.. i think i have exhausted all the amar chitra katha's and tinkles in baba mama's house.. now i have to progress to the cockatiel handbook..

the harry potter book of course i finished.. i enjoyed it.. i dont care what you think.. i enjoyed it.. im listening to nightwish again.. "nemo", mother, if you must know.. its playing on repeat on my mp3 player..

still havent met a girl..

abhinandan is growing increasingly desperate in his attempt to meet a girl, so much so that he's taken to befriending stray dogs.. their names are

1) Spotty (after its amazingly dirty spots)
2) Poopsie (who clambered onto george's bed and refused to get out)
3) Poochie (whom he doesnt like so much cause it growls)

i think he has something for names that start with 'P'

staying awake in micro economics is, as my math teacher would have put it, "a herculean task, my child".. which means is too damned difficult.. i seem to have the power to resist his soporific voice, but for only half the hour.. meaning the half is spent looking aimlessly at the graphs on the board (im sure amma is reading this and going, "both these children of mine are wasting money on so called 'education'")

it matters not, for by then, i think im the only one who's awake in the physical sense, missing in the mental, and completely knocked out in the spiritual!

st ignatius is having a party on tuesday, which means we get a break.. we were planning to go to pondicherry, yes.. to get drunk (to mum : would i ever do such a thing).. now my mum is planning to bring me back from chennai i think..

but she will not succeed i say!

for i am superman!

Experiences at Loyola

Loyola can be strange at times.. It can be bordering on extremely boring (read: ENGLISH LITERATURE CLASSES) or it can be extremely fun (read: bunking Foundation Courses).. well.. my wallet doesnt allow me to roam around chennai so much.. so abhinandan (not my wallet. HE is a person).. decided to go for Harry Potter (read review below).. however, we planned this a week in advance, seeing as it wouldve been really difficult to get tickets, we went to Citi Center (INOX)

Tagged (again!)

1. I love Kamelot

2. My head spins sorry.. never happened

3. I'm arrogant

4. I have to read fiction - in the newspapers

5. I love Manchester United

6. I always get out of the insane traffic jams

7. I admit to the world here and now that im in love with Kamelot and Manchester United

8. I used to sleep


I tag
Arry (sporadicblogger)
Pat
Geet
AJ

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
I watched it yesterday and I have to say it was simply brilliant. The movie is not faithful to the book, but what do you expect, the book is 766 pages long. If you're a Harry Potter (book) faithful and you're going to whine in the theater about how they've not put in "this part" or "that part" I suggest you dont watch it. However if you can appreciate good movie making, then go ahead and watch it.

As usual, Daniel Radcliffe's acting (?) is poor. However he's improving. He's learnt to do ONE more expression - anger. Harry is biting everyone's head off in the book, but its not so in the movie. Rupert Grint has done a pretty decent job and you can see that there's flirting between him and Hermione (Emma Watson). Emma Watson has also done a really good job (I've maintained that she was the best actor amongst the three of them). Plus, she looked really really hot (speaking of hot, I suggest you watch for Tonks).

Imelda Staunton has done a really good job as Umbridge. She fits the description exactly. Speaking of fitting descriptions, Luna Lovegood is amazing. She's dreamy (as is weird, not dreamy as in good looking) and her voice matches exactly what I pictured it would be like.

However, I did not like Michael Gambon as Dumbledore. I think the late Richard Harris was much better. Gambon is not tall, nor does he wear Half-Moon Glasses. He screams unnecessarily whereas Dumbledore is portrayed as a picture of calm.

Barring a few ridiculous scenes, the movie is really good. If you can accept the fact that its difficult for film makers to convert books into movies, and expect a few scenes to be changed, then you will enjoy the movie. Otherwise, well, you can whine all you want.

The city is hot.. filled with flies.. but I still like it..

the fact that conductors on the buses dont bother to come up to you to collect money and that you have to play "passing the parcel" with the other passengers to get your money to him and back..

the fact that Guindy station will prosecute Uriners.. and the fact that you can buy Chicken Noodules.. the fact that people dont care that flies cover them completely ..


it is nice. the city.. not the flies.
Anyway, I've been repeating the same music over and over again.. I think i know each and every bit in Kamelot's Wander except for the fact that I cant sing like Khan...

I recall one summer's night
Within the month of June
Flowers in mahogany hair
And smell the earth in bloom
Only such a melody
Comes without a sound
More than faintly heard by those
Who know what they have found
Now it's just a memory
Silently we wander
Into this void of consequence
My shade will always haunt her
But she will be my guiding light
Silently we wander
In search of truth and confidence
So many hopes were lost here
Along the way from morning to night
Meet me by the wishing well
In cover of the moon
Whisper to me tenderly
That I will see you soon
Sing that song from long ago
So I remember you
Flowers in mahogany hair
And mellow days in June
Only for the memory
From ashes we were born
In silence we unite

I especially love the last two lines "From ashes we were born, In silence we unite.." .. this song is the songonification (like personification) of beauty.

it breathes, it speaks out to a hell of a lot of people (not only me, I'm not kooky).... in short.. i love this song.. people who havent heard it.. its Kamelot's Wander.. DOWNLOAD IT! (or buy it if you want to)

Chennai doesnt remind me of this song.. but I like the song anyway... it reminds me of nights.. it reminds me of times gone by as well..