Thursday, May 20, 2010

INSTALLING HUSBAND!!!

Oh i got a mail on this and i just thought i should share it with u all!!

Read it its really nice…
A woman writes to the IT Technical support Guy

Dear Tech Support,

Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend 5.0 to Husband 1.0and I noticed a distinct slowdown in the overall system performance, particularly in the flower and jewellery applications, which operated flawlessly underBoyfriend 5.0.

In addition, Husband 1.0uninstalled many other valuable programs, such as
Romance 9.5 and Personal Attention 6.5, and then installed undesirable programs such as NEWS 5.0, MONEY 3.0 and CRICKET 4.1.

Conversation 8.0 no longer runs, and Housecleaning 2.6simply crashes the system.

Please note that I have tried running Nagging 5.3 to fix these problems, but to no avail.
What can I do?

Signed,


Reply

DEAR Madam,

First, keep in mind, Boyfriend 5.0 is an Entertainment Package, while Husband 1.0 is an operating system.

Please enter command:ithoughtyoulovedme. Htmland try to download Tears 6.2 and do not forget to install the Guilt 3.0 update.
If that application works as designed, Husband1..0should then automatically run the applications Jewellery 2..0 andFlowers 3.5..

However, remember, overuse of the above application can causeHusband 1.0 to default toSilence 2.5 or Beer 6.1.
Please note that Beer 6.1 is a very bad program that will download the Snoring Loudly Beta.

In addition, please do not attempt to reinstall theBoyfriend 5.0 program. These are unsupported applications and will crashHusband 1.0.

In summary, Husband 1.0 is a great program, but it does have limited memory and cannot learn new applications quickly.
You might consider buying additional software to improve memory and performance.
We recommend: Cooking 3.0and Good Looks 7.7.

Good Luck Madam!

Saturday, May 9, 2009

J&K Trip Day 1 Part 2:

Now we were walking on Residency road towards Raghunath Mandir.It was like a mini commercial Street there with good stores like Wills Lifestyle and Coffee day and also small stores of sweets and even stores of ARMS AND AMMUNITION!!!(No wonder terrorists find arms so easily here).Then we enter Raghunath mandir after depositing our cameras and mobiles in the cloak room. This temple is nothing less than a cheap exhibition which comes in Palace grounds.Atleast people in the exhibition are selling something but here in the temple they are selling god only and his blessings too. Only if u keep money will the priest give u the blessings and Prasad. This temple is also very beautiful but the greediness of the priest puts u off so much that spiritualism does not come at all. And if u are a person like me who is very superstitious then be ready to spend some money at every doorstep.Anyways I think whatever I make is all god’s blessings so giving something back to him or people who take me to him is not bad at all. I also saw Saligram stones over there. These are basically 1000’s of small black stones which are worshipped.Saligram is Abhi’s native place and he says that there is only one Saligram stone and it’s so holy that no one can touch it. But anyways I was very happy to touch the fake saligram’s and seek real blessings for my family and friends.
After this the next stop was a palace called Amar Mahal Palace which was the last place of residence of Dogra Raja’s. This palace looks awesome and it looks like we were in a completely different country. It was very neatly maintained and it had a lot of paintings. Through this I learnt about Nala and Damayanti.Also there are large life size portraits of all the Raja’s and Rani’s which we did take pictures so that I can get something like this done for my palace J,Outside the greenery was awesome and I knew it was picture time. Lots of snaps with different poses and styles and then it was time for us to leave but not before checking out the Raja’s throne made of 50kg pure gold. It was a delight for the eyes. Once we were done with this it was finally the end of our sight seeing of Jammu and we were on our way to Katra.
Routine security checkups were happening on the way but we were enjoying the drive. Good roads and great scenery somewhat reminded me of Coorg.Before I knew I was fast asleep only to be woken up for a treat of ice cream (Kwality mango duet) and mineral water. Once done with the eating time for my sleep again. However pit stop happened again and this time for tea. The place looked really dingy but the tea was good. Now I feel bad that I don’t know the name of the hotel nor did we click any snaps there.30 mins from that hotel and we finally reached our destination our 5 start hotel named “White Orchid”. It’s a superb hotel with all the 5 star amenities and the best part were the toiletries my fav biotique (hehehe I know Ur also like that naah). Anyways after we freshened up I realized something is wrong with our door.Inspite of having a carpenter they could not fix the problem so we changed our room from 426 to 424 (Yeah sexy number according to numerology).First they get our luggage late and now this. Somehow dint get a good start L.By the time we settled down it was already time for our dinner. Our travel agent Nishant came to collect the cash and explained the itenary of the entire trip. It sounds interesting but u know me Ill always have some negative thoughts atleast sometimes.Anyways since our dinner was MAP plan (That’s modified American plan for people who don’t know what that means) we ordered to the fullest and ate till we burped really hard. Not to forget we also went for quiet walks outside the garden and clicked few pictures in the dark and beautiful lit up hilltop. For now day 1 seems really nice and im waiting for day 2 now!!!!Until I write this is Pallavi saying barla!!!!

Thursday, May 7, 2009

J&K Trip Day 1 Part 1



So finally my dream trip of Jammu and Kashmir happened.Early morning at 7 was my flight from Bangalore to Delhi.And this time yet another airline.It was jey lite.After bidding adieu to all the family members and friends it was time for us to leave Bangalore.We reached Delhi @ 9:50 and then boarded the flight to Jammu and finally reached here at 11:30.I thought the weather will be either warm or cool but its just like Bangalore.Its really hot and the temp is 31 degrees.Anyways the journey started off on a bad note coz of the vehicle.We wanted a AC Qualis with good seats but then we landed up with a pretty ok Tavera.Now Dolly is stuck with the bad back seats.Our driver Praveen resembles a hindi movie villain.Somehow this entire place is scaring me.Maybe it’s the influence of all the hindi war movies that I have seen. Anyways we have started our journey with the sight seeing of jammu.We came now to Bahu fort.It has a very nice Kali mandir.This reminds me of a temple in Bali.The fort looks really bad and small.Security is always there and is very strict.So we could not take any mobiles and cameras in.Somehow I could not trust these people will all my stuff so I dint give anything at the cloak room.We sent the couple in first and then Me Anil and Dolly went in.We could not see anything there because everything was prohibited there for entry.But the temple was pretty good.Then we went to see a garden called Bagh-E-Bahu.We first spoke to the ticket guy and asked him if there was anything worthy there to see.He conned us by saying that there was musical fountain.but for our bad luck all that we found there was just hot sun and some shade under the trees.We also saw some localites over there who were enjoying some quiet time for themselves there.Anyways we were already very tired of heat we decided not to see anything else there.Also there was a aquarium shaped like a giant fish which we decided to skip.The view was great with the Tawi river flowing beside the fort.Next when we walked out we saw the local transport.Its the same minivans as in Bangalore.We picked up a bottle of mineral water outside.But thanx to Slumdog Millionaire I was thinking twice before having to pay for the bottle.We just picked one bottle and then headed towards one more temple.
We reached Char Dham.Also in this Chardham temple is Ganga Ghat.The river Tawi was flowing pretty fast here.With just 2 girls who know how to swim in the entire group we just decided to sit around for 5 minutes and then saw the temple.It had 3 giant sculptures.One of Kari Ganesha,One hanuman and the other is Vasudeva carrying Balkrishna on his head in the basket.The temple deities again are very sweet looking.One more interesting thing is that all the deities are smiling.Thats when Ani made a point.Gods here are always ever smiling but people are not and its vice versa down south.Also the deities are very big and nice.There is also Amar Jyothi here.This deepa is always lite and its in front of huge lingam.All different avatars of Krishna was there which made me get back to spiritualism.By the time we finished it was already 2 and our stomachs were making noises for food.I just bought a lonely planet thanx to which I came to know about restaurants.
Then we went to Falak which is a roof top restaurant in a nice hotel called K.C.Residency.I was really happy to have found a really good and neat restaurant.But I was in a bigger surprise.This hotel was on the roof top and it was built kind off like outside the building.When we sat I thought the floor was shaking then I was told that the hotel was revolving.So as we sat for our lunch we could see the entire city of Jammu.WOW!!!What a beautiful place.Good food and an excellent view .Awesome selection!!!We saw the Tawi river banks,Raghunath Mandir and even a parrot sitting on a branch while having lunch.With just 1225 all the 5 of us had food till our throats.Thats how full we were.After that it was time for a walk on a busy street called Residency road.What happens after that ill tell u in the next part!!!!

Saturday, January 3, 2009

1st movie of 2009 Vaaranam Ayiram


First of all HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
May this year u get all the fame,money and happiness that u want!!!!
Now my first movie in 2009....Im very glad that my movie partner abhi is back on his own feet(yeah he had an accident and injured his toe)and to celebrate his wellness we decided to watch a movie.Now we always watch a bad movie with bad reviews so that we can have a nice laugh but i think time had different plans for us!!!
Yeah first we had our respective partners accompany us to the movie.So Shilpa and Somni also came along!!!I was thrilled becoz for me more the people more the fun!!!!
Okie now the second thing is suddenly yesterday PVR online booking just did not take any bookings which forced abhi and shilpa to go to PVR early and buy tickets from the counter for the movie Haage summane...but it was all SOLD OUT ( It was very astonishing coz its supposed to be a crappy movie according to all the reviews ) and then we finally decided to watch Vaaranam Ayiram!!!(Which by the way had also got some really bad reviews)
Abhi agreed coz there was Ramya in the movie and i wanted to watch coz Suriya was in the movie...somni and shilpa just wanted to watch some movie for timepass!!So we went to Europa (First time ) and started off with the movie [The best part i watched the promos for the very first time coz i was not late this time heheheh :-) ]
It started off with Surya (sorry suriya) as a old man...i was surprised it was him but then it was REALLY HIM!!!Thats when i knew i was in for a good movie....It was a long movie in the first part..atleast thats how it felt like....i really liked it coz the movie had a lot of Suriya in the first part and the story was gripping every moment...After the interval Ramya was introduced and thats when i realised that she was a mere second lead in the movie with a song and some 10 scenes....Man she was completely wasted in the movie (Though abhi would not agree im sure of that...hehehehehe..she has completely become boyzone material now!!!!)...anyways as usual im not gonna tell u the story!!!But its one movie that no one should miss...if u dont understand the language please take a translator with u and watch it!!!Its one superb movie with great acting!!!Its about a dad and son..and how fathers are an inspiration to children and what children might become if their parents will trust them!!!
The things to watch out in the movie :
1.Suriya's double acting - One surya is great so u can think wat can happen with two two surya's :-).Its like a double bonanza
2.The small details that they have taken care.It has a lot of retro stuff and flashback.And everything is done absolutely right.Including the marks of hand on the cheek of Surya after he got slapped by a goonda.
3.The costumes that all the actors have worn just to show the time.Its simply amazing and it brings back all the old memories trust me!!!
4.The beautiful way that they have potrayed love and romance and lust (Yeah yeah this is just for the girls!!!)
5.The clothes that Sameera Reddy has worn....she looks really good wearing both Indian and western clothes.
6.Beautiful locales and very nice music (also keeping in ming whether its in the present or the past)
7.The effects of smoking drinking and drugs (which is the most important message in the movie)
8.And finally how actors should cry in the movie.Surya can make anyone cry(including me)-Some actors overact and it makes them look so bad on screen....but trust me surya does it so well it can give all the good actors in our country a run for their tissues...sorry their money :-)
Okie the bad things :
1.Ramya is a complete waste in the movie.She has absolutely no role to play.OK ok thats kinda bad...coz i was expecting her as a herione of the movie.
2.Simran's acting was so good and agian i was expecting a little bit more (A little selfish i know).
3.The editing in the second half is really really really bad!!!They just cut so abruptly....its very sad.
Thats all the bad points i can think about.I know a lot of fanatics will start writing bad comments because its a Tamil movie...so let me tell something to all those people...my writing is not for people like u who differentiate languages so dont even think about commenting on this!!!!
And all my friends...please feel free to write anything u want!!!
In a way i was very very glad that i did not get tickets for Haage sumanne...Thanx PVR for having a bad online booking website!!!!
Until my next movie this is Pallavi saying Barla!!!!

Friday, December 12, 2008

Rab ne banadi jodi!!!!

Ok after the famous (*wink*) review of Dil kabaddi...i know u must be waiting for this movie...and so without any further delay here i present RAB NE BANADI JODI!!!
Now most of my friends know that i dont like SRK (as an actor...i somehow don't like him) but there is one thing that i always do..i watch almost ALL his movies first day first show.Somehow this is a habit (yeah im a big bollywood fan if u still haven't got that).And i had decided i had to watch this movie coz it was Adi chopra's direction and had SRK in it.

Yesterday in a interview to a new channel SRK said "Me and adi think that this is Rab's (God) movie and he has made this movie so we have not promoted it as much as we should do."I thought wow this is surprising and also i should watch this movie.So i decided to book tickets and send messages to RJ Rakesh pleading him to book tickets.At first he said "8 tickets!!!Difficult Pallu..its first day first show"(This was my first sign).Then he got it done (Wat a dahling he is!!!)
and i was sooper thrilled.I started calling all my friends to ask who woulod join me for the movie.Believe it or not...not one friend of mine was ready to come. and my forever movie partner had to ditch me coz he had broken his leg..the rest of them had all vague reasons (This was my second sign).Finally the famous 8 were ready for the movie(I will not bore u with the other details).
The D day..12th december 2008
My voice was completely gone and i was unable to get up early in the morning(This was my third sign)...and somehow left home being sure that i will miss the starting AGAIN!!!On the way car met with a small accident(This was my fourth sign)....But finally i reached the cinema hall 40 mins late!!!!
I asked Vijay (ma friend and great SRK fan) howz the movie...he smiled and somehow i knew i was in for a surprise...by the time i entered the changed SRK was on screen...and trust me by the end of the interval i was glad i missed the starting 40 mins.
I knew the Rab himself gave me 4 signs to get away from the torture but no i had to watch it!!!!
As usual i will not tell u the story (actually almost all know what the story is!!!)but i will tell u wat not to look out for:
1.A different love story (It has the usual arranged marriage-no love between the two-something to create love and chemistry kinda story)
2.The usual SRK comedy(I've never got so irritated with punjabi jokes as much i have got with this movie...and i think SRK cant pull off the irritating punjanbi act)
3.Chemistry between SRK and the herione(It's just not part of the story duh!!!)
4.Good locales (No romantic song so no switzerland!!!)
Over all i think the movie is a total waste of 150/-
But just in case u have to watch the movie coz u really HAVE TO watch a bollywood movie ill also tell u what u can look out for :
1.Anushka's salwar (I think its really beautiful)
2.A lesson on what kind off dressing style does not suit men (Both the avataar's of SRK in the movie are bad)
3.Also a lesson on how bad a couple can look when a 40 year old is married to (oops cast opposite) a 19 year old.
4.Some dostana kind off jokes between bobby (Vinay pathak) and Suri/Raj (SRK)
5.Good songs and choreography (especially the hum hain rahi pyar ke song)
6.Free sight seeing of Amritsar.
7.Finally Japan (yeah u have to watch the entire movie TILL THE END to know why)

So if u really are a HUGE HUGE SRK fan maybe you will like the movie....but if ur a bollywood fan its a disappointment...For me two out of three khans have failed to create any kind of cinema magic im just waiting for the final one to release.

Oh yeah also after this movie Japan Government has decided to award SRK with the highest citizenship award for promoting tourism through this movie :-)
Now why am i saying this ul know if u have the patience to sit through this movie like me.
(PS:If u really wanna watch the movie completely go with a huge SRK fan...why???Go and you will understand)
So all the best to watch the movie and until my next movie hum hain rahi pyar ke..phir milenge..chalte chalte
(PS :If ur thinking why i have changed the last line of my blog then let me tell u this is one bad side effect of watching this movie :-)
Barla!!!!

Friday, December 5, 2008

Dil Kabaddi!!!

Thats right when i was completely bored yesterday i decided i had to watch a movie and then veda (Our producer) said that there are some tickets for tomo's show (okie now its a little confusing naah!!!yesterday was 4th dec and tomo is 5th dec okie).The tickets were for the first day first show for the movie dil Kabaddi!!!I thought what a weird but funny name.Then i realised this movie stars my two Fav stars- Konkana sen and Rahul bose and that too together!!!
(Wow another Mr and Mrs Iyer maybe is a pyar ke side effects kinda movie..i was sooper excited).I was supposed to give those tickets on air immediately at 7 coz the show was at 10 (okie now technically i knew not many would come and pick the tickets at 7 in the night so i was sure to get atleast 2 tickets!!!yipee!!!)
I gave them away on fataafat kusti and voila almost all of them agreed to come and collect the tickets at 11 in the night also (Damn!!!).But then i was expecting atleast one person not to come and voila at 11 in the night i got the call from reception...our very sweet security Mr.Ravi called and said 'Madam tickets ide neevu hogthira beligge???'.
At 11 in the night i started to call friends who were ready to come and my obvious first choice is my forever movie partner my bro Abhi.We agreed we'll go and pretty happy that i was going to see Rahul and konkana i slept.
The next morning!!!
Movie is at 10 and since 7 in the morning im using the snooze button in the mobile and trying to wake up.Finally at 8 30 i decided to get out and was at PVR at 10:20.BUt then the free tickets are not so easy to get u see.The manager made us go about one entire turn and then finally i entered the movie hall at 10:30 (Damn!!!Im always late!!!Missed half hour of a 2 hour movie)
As soon as i entered i saw Soha ali khan and the guy who was Kabir's friend in Chak de India (Sorry i forgot his name both in real and reel life)...anyways i once turned back and asked whether we were in the correct movie hall!!!yeah we were and i thought 'wow soha looks nice but is acting weird though'.Anyways sat and thoroughly yenjoyed the movie.
Now this movie is about relationships and marriage.Its actually about urban marriages.Relationships between husband and wife,Extra marital affairs,Crushes with students wayyy below their age,Infactuatuions,Cheating on spouses,flirting and finally getting back to the place where they belong.This movie has everything that is there in a bad marriage or should i say wrong marriage.
Now what is the story of the movie im not gonna tell u but as i said the movie contains all the above elements in it!!!U should watch the movie for these reasons:
1.What will happen if u try and control ur husbands every move.
2.What will happen if u try and have an extra marital affair and that too with a bimbo
3.What will happen if u try and suspect everything that ur husbands does and says
4.What will happen if u have a crush on someone way out of ur league.
Now lets talk about performances:
Rahul Bose :Great actor but no scope for his acting in this movie.BUt as an art teacher no one else could have played it better than him.And yeah as usual he kisses even in this movie but surprisingly not konkana but some chick who is supposed to be 21.
Konkana sen Sharma : She is a perfect actress .She has potrayed a role which is true.I mean most women are like her ( i mean the role she has played in the movie SIMI).U should watch the movie atleast for that.The director has put all the women characters in one woman Simi.
Irrfan Khan: Very very irritating in the movie.Maybe coz i dint like the character he played in the movie.Very bad.
Soha ali Khan : Looks very pretty and yeah acted also well.She is a typical house wife (bharatiya naari kinds)who forgives her husband even though he has had an extra marital affair and refuses to talk to her in public.I mean who does such things now yaar.
Payal Rohatgi: My god if u think she was irritating and sad in Bigg boss she has beaten that character with this character called Kaya.Man Irfan is the perfect Rahul for her (In the movie i mean).She is just plain IRRITATING.And she looks like a perfect hrrr (u know what im trying to say naah!!).Man i hate her even more now.
There are some more characters in this movie and i dont think they are that important to discuss but yeah that 21 year ols raaga in the movie has inspired me with a new look.I should get a nose ring soon.It looks good and the people who wanna look arty (yeah like the art and theatre and play types) should take a look at her.She looks good and looks arty too....So in the end i would say what irrfan said in the movie ( Actually i would rephrase it a bit )
Writing for the sake of writing is bad!!!!
Now what did he say in the movie which sounds like this.....u should watch it urself.

Until i see the next movie...this is Pallavi saying Barlaa!!!!
And BTW Abhi hated the movie..he said navagraha (Kannada) was much better than this...Abhi commonnnnnn

Thursday, November 27, 2008

Car Pooling!!!

U know i think a year ago we saw a small article on TOI about car pooling and that time i thought this was a brilliant idea.I mean a person who made this thinks about bangalore so much.Hats off to Mr.Vipul..i still remember his photograph(he sitting inside a car).That day i even put him on air..and asked him some questions about car pooling.Thats when Pavi came up with a great idea of doing the entire car pooling event on air..We even did it for 2 weeks....but after that the fizz was out...not many banglorians are open to the idea (not that they have changed now).


Then as usual complaining about traffic every single day...yelling at Police and ofcourse yelling at others continued and increased day to day!!!U know if one person has to go a small shop which is 200 mts away they use a car.People go to gym to be fit and they use their car ( Cant they just walk and finish the warm up) not only that a lot of peolpe who go to parks and lakes for walk also come by car and then start walking (again cant they walk and finish it there).I mean everyone is adding to the problem ( but no one wants to accept it!!Oie enough gyaan!!!)


Today we have made an attempt to decongest the city(ditto copy from our studio liner).Actually its a choice that we have given to all...u wanna use it or not its completely left to u but then the choice is given.Thats car pooling.Instead of 4 people who go to the same office from almost the same place using 4 cars we give them a platform to get together and use only one car.With this we are helping from our end to cut the traffic down.

Its a superb idea..atleast for a short term until the metro is done and we have nice public transport system (atleastthats wat our additional commissioner of Police said ).We can make new friends and have fun while driving.NOt only that a lot can be saved...first energy (coz one week only u have to drive in a month if u have 3 others)..then money (u spend just about 14rs per lt petrol instead of 57rs) and then stress levels will also come down.Wow all of this with just one small initiative...man internet rocks.

Now i know that no one can car pool with me coz my timings is a little odd but nontheless i have registered and hoping one more person will come along.The rest of u common login to www.commuteeasy.com and register...Who knows maybe ur next friend is waiting for u!!!!

Until our next CSR this is Pallavi saying Barla!!!!