Update

Got this link from one of my friends .. its a parody about the Bush Vs Kerry race for the post of the President, which by they way is very fast becoming a big joke all over the US.
http://goodbysilverstein.com/client_site_beta/thisland.html  .... Thought it was pretty funny.

So I've been up to nothing much. Just the usual routine life , plus a lot of cursing cos this is the worst summer we have had since I got here ( which was eons ago, by the way ) . It keeps raining all the time and we have hardly had any sun. Sucks big time.

Kudos to Lance Armstrong. Proved once again that determination, single - mindedness and endless hours of practice can make anything possible. For a guy who was given less than 50 % chance of survival in life, to fight back and win the most gruelling event in Sport - 6 times in a frikkin row - is pretty mind blowing.  Over the course of 20 days they cover about 2000 miles which is the equivalent of 600 days of running for me on the treadmill. Bet u aren't even doing that.

The Indian cricket team is playing like it used to about 3 yrs back -- sloppy, lazy, careless and like a bunch of amateurs. Hope they wake up and smell their pants on fire before they get their ass whopped by Sri Lanka again.

Schumi Schumi Schumi ... when u gonna lose one next. Somebody has to try and give this guy a run for his money soon.

Is there anything else ... hmmm .. nothing comes to mind right now except for a small trip I am very much looking forward to ... in abt 3 weeks time.

Adios.
The Moj.

I, MOJO

So here I am again. Its been a very long time and before I listen to more abuse from Aps, lemme write something to keep it going. Saw the movie I, Robot a few days ago and was very impressed with it. Am not a fan of Sci-Fi movies at all. So didn't have too many expectations walking into the theatre. Primary reason for going was to see Will Smith cos I'm a biggg fan of his kind of entertainment movies. ( Got to see too much of him though .. he's exhibited his body proudly in this movie) And the movie was totally worth it. The mix of futuristic thinking, combined with Will Smith's deadpan humor and some excellent graphics to pull of the Robot is gonna set the cash registers ringing. By the way , not many are even gonna give any credit to the guy who played the Robot .. Alan Tudyk ... but I thought he was excellent. He's as important as Will Smith and they carry it off brilliantly.

Well now that this is out of the way, lets get down to more serious stuff. I really don't understan how I can listen to love ballads interspersed with Gangsta Rap and enjoy both thouroughly. So any explanation toward that is welcome. I promise I will be back with more soon.

Red White and Whooo

Am Back Bloggin now...
Was away for a while ... took a whirlwind tour of Washignton DC , New York City and Syracuse .. to celebrate the American Independence Day. We reached DC quite late .. too late in fact to catch the museums ... which is the best thing about DC. But did manage to get to all the memorials and monuments. Walked like 10 miles I guess ... was one tired dog by night time and found what a tired dog could really use .. The Hard Rock Cafe. HARDROCKCAFE .
I had been planning a visit to this place for a while now .. and it was definitely worth the wait. What an awesome place. Great drinks, Excellent food, Cool waiters, Brilliant music and superb ambience. Yeah I was excited ..as u can see. Picked up a souvenier too ... Beer mug .. one from every city is the objective. So that topped off the day really well. That was July 3.
July 4 .. Independence day ... decided to go to NYC to catch the Macy's Fireworks display ... voted MSN as the best fireworks display in the country. Got stuck in the wrong end of the right street but still managed to catch it .. though it wasn't up close and personal .. but a 30 min fireworks display is pretty amazing when u actually see it. The went to this restuarant called Bubba Gump .. the whole place is themed after the movie Forrest Gump. BUBBAGUMP . Brilliant store and good food .. prices go through the roof though. But it was great experience ... they are right on Times Square and the squar as usual did not disappoint. Also got a pic taken with The Rock's likeness outside Madame Tussaud's .. that was a highlight for me .... waiting to develop it and get it scanned.
July 5 was much more laidback. After all the walking and running of 3 and 4 , the body was starting to give up. Went to the Carousel Center which is supposed to be one of the biggest malls this side of the country and did some shopping. So after all that we gt home .. I had a big hole in my pocket ... but still mustered the courage to go see Fahrenheit 9/11. Best documentary I ever saw and it got me thinking .... the politicians in India aren't too bad after all .. the corruption here is even more. And why is it that all Presidential candidates here are such dick's. We all know George W hasn't exactly distinguished himself ... u think Kerry is better .. go check KERRYLIED and u'll know what I'm talking about. This country might actually go to the dogs one day. Guess India might in fact become a superpower like some great minds predicted centuries ago.

anyways that was my weeked and now am back to the drudgery of the work day. God help me with that.

Adios ppl.

The Moj.

Life - Does it get to you ?

A very wise friend of mine inspired me to put some thoughts on to paper ( figuratively speaking ). If you fear what life has to offer, then you live in the sort of state of mind which prevents you from enjoying what is right before you .. thinking instead of what might / might not happen say 6 months down the line. So thats when I thought its better to let life hit you in the balls someday rather than fearing that life might hit you in the balls someday. That might not have made sense to a lot of people but thats the way it is. When you don't expect it and you get hit ( in the balls .. by life ) then u r in pain for a while .. maybe a few days but you will survive and move on and all the while you would have been having fun till the 'incident'. But if you keep expecting to get hit ( in the balls - by life ) then you today is as miserable as the day when u actually get hit and then the tommorow's are no better. So go on enjoy life and let it hit you when it wants to. Don't expect the unexpected ..... jus let it happen.

On the subject of Balls .. saw this awesome movie DODGEBALL which was so full of physical humor and some lewd jokes I guess but it was so much fun. Ben Stiller does surprise me with his ability to morph into characters which are actally so unlike him. Anyways their slogan is GRAB LIFE BY THE BALL. Now that is interesting ... I guess its reverse psychology ... instead of life hitting you in the balls .. Grab its balls.

Anyways hope all your balls are safe and you are moving ahead safely on the ball-bearings of life.

Balls to everyone.

Moj.

The Sport of StickBall

Today was a fun day for me. Anything's fun for me as long as I don't have to study. Played my first game of stickball. For the stickball - virgins, stickball is an offshoot of baseball. Its played in a much smaller are than an actual babseball pitch, the bat is a lot thinner ( kind of like the dry brooms in India ) , and its played with tennis balls. So the rules are similar to baseball ... tag outs, home runs, running bases etc. My team lost 27 - 24 but I managed to hit 4 Homers and never struck out the whole game. And I was told that was kind of a big deal for a decent player, let alone a debutante. So at least now I have an alternate career option .. albiet an amateurish one.

Followed that up with Spiderman 2. For those of you who liked Spiderman 1 .. u'll love Version 2. Its a better story and the effects are just as good .. and a few scenes are heart stoppers. There are a couple of corny scenes in there but overall .. its a billion dollar making money machine. The producers are gonna laugh all the way to the Swiss Bank. For those of you who don't care too hoots about it .. don't go see it and spoil it for the rest of the people at the theatre ( like some girls at the movies over here did today).

Heading to sleep now. After a 15 hr day .. now I get 3 hrs of sleep before I head off to work again. Man life is tough .. but sometimes fun.

Cheers.
The Moj.