Random thoughts

1. It's great to be gymming again. I am being fairly regular for now. I do anticipate a break sometime in October, but that can't be helped

2. James Blunt's 'All The Lost Souls' is not a patch on his previous album. Sorry James, but you're gonna have to kinda live up to the expectations of Back To Bedlam. While your androgynous voice is not totally unpleasant, I wish the songs had been executed better... it really doesn't sound like you've grown much as an artiste

3. Dhamaal - awesome movie but you may want to leave your brains aside before entering the halls. Guaranteed to make you laugh crazily, so in case you have been doing a lot of abs on the previous day like my friend T, you might as well avoid the movie to prevent infliction of pain on yourself

4. The Bourne Ultimatum is a terrific watch too. But then, I may be repeating myself. The movie's everything you expect from Bourne - slick chases, lotsa hand to hand combat, one-upmanship and what not... I recently read an article about the tussle between the two JBs - James Bond & Jason Bourne.. quite an interesting read that. Don't have the patience to google for it though :P

5. Chak Dita India! That was one helluva humdinger, with both teams on the wire till the last ball literally. Like Shastri said, great cricket from everyone and India managed to win coz it held its nerve better. While it's too early to comment on Dhoni's captaincy, it's refreshing to hear his post-match talk - for the pure simplicity and honesty of it. He does have his 'I think the boys did well' speech, but the rest of it is just so straight-from-the-heart... Way to go boys!

For those who have no clue what I am talking about, see this.

6. I totally hate the new TATA Indicom ad that has the girls saying Waaaow, Haaow and whatever.... Stop it please, NAAAOWW!!

That's all for now.

For those of you who love the soundtrack (Hello little boys, little toys) in the new Razr2 commercial - here's a link to the song.

Been A Long Time Since Some Rock n Roll

Rock n Roll it was, alright. A rollercoaster of emotions, work-life, other lives, netherlives and what not. Culminated happily today in my joining and working out 500 cals in the gym for an hour. A pittance, compared to my original overdoses but a good start nevertheless. The first five minutes told me that I was terribly outta shape. The next 55 were spent in dogged determination to last out till the trainer told me to stop and go home.

I promised to return on Monday morning. Nice chap, he. I fear that he's gonna make me slog my ass like an ass very soon.

What else? I am trying to get my hands on Alan Greenspan's 'The Age Of Turbulence'. Please let me know how it was if you've managed to read it. I've already read my fair share of positive & negative reviews online. I am looking for some 'user opinions' here. Hoi polloi and all that.

Work's been hectic as usual. Though it's a lot more flexible and gives me more 'personal time' than my previous job. This one's very different from the old one in a 'cultural' way. For one, the average age is a lot higher. My interactions are mostly within the organization as compared to the previous one in which I used to have at least 75% of my interactions with people external to the organization. That's a definite change. Me being me, I do try and end up inserting myself into external engagements all the same :)

Parents were away for three weeks in Mumbai. Spent the time in bouts of movie marathons (thanks to DVD rentals), escaping collapsing flyovers, spending long hours in meditating and mumbling to myself and a coupla days recovering from a case of flu.

That's pretty much it, for now.

Meine dee, the comment has appeared and the new post is here.. just as I promised :)

But couronne's still not up :(