Moive Review : Vantage Point : The Mist
Vantage PointVantage Point is a very good movie. It could have easily scored above 4* but the repeated restarts really drove me crazy. But don't let that deter you. This is a good movie to watch. Rating - 3.5*/5
The Mist
The three weak points in this movie are as below:
1 - Too long in the middle...I was bored in the supermarket...I hate them anyways.
2 - The conversion of people by a hyper crazy woman from gentlemen into animals baying for a kid's blood...a bit too much...
3 - I somehow cannot accept the ending..It seems completely out of character for the protagonist to make that silly choice.
Rating? 2*/5 for basing it on a Stephen King story.
Labels: Movie Review, the mist, Vantage Point
HELL EXPLAINED BY A CHEMISTRY STUDENT
The following is an actual question given on a James Madison University chemistry mid-term. The answer by one student was so "profound" that the professor shared it with colleagues, via the Internet, which is, of course, why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well:Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)?
Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law (gas cools when it expands and heats when it is compressed) or some variant. One student, however, wrote the following:
First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So we need to know the rate at which souls are moving into Hell and the rate at which they are leaving. I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving. As for how many souls are entering Hell, let's look at the different religions that exist in the world today. Most of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell. Since there is more than one of these religions and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all souls go to Hell. With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially. Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell because Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand proportionately as souls are added.
This gives two possibilities:
1. If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all Hell breaks loose.
2. If Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over.
So which is it? If we accept the postulate given to me by Teresa during my Freshman year that, "It will be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you," and take into account the fact that I slept with her last night, then number two must be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and has already frozen over. The corollary of this theory is that since Hell has frozen over, it follows that it is not accepting any more souls and is therefore, extinct...leaving only Heaven, thereby proving the existence of a divine being which explains why, last night, Teresa kept shouting "Oh my God."
THIS STUDENT RECEIVED THE ONLY "A".
Cathay Pacific strengthens services to India
Press Release DetailsBoost for Hong Kong hub as Cathay Pacific strengthens services to India
15 January 2008
Cathay Pacific Airways today announced that it will significantly enhance its schedule to India beginning 29 February, with more flights added to its existing services to Delhi and Mumbai and the launch of a new destination, Chennai.
The enhanced services - a total of 20 new flights a week by early June - to one of the world’s fastest-growing economies will serve to further boost Hong Kong's position as a leading international aviation hub.
Cathay Pacific Chief Executive Tony Tyler said: "We are very excited indeed about being able to boost our services to India - something we have been striving to do for decades. With our home in Hong Kong, Cathay Pacific is ideally positioned to act as the natural carrier of choice for passengers travelling to and from one of the world's fastest growing markets, India. The opportunities for Hong Kong as a leading international aviation hub are very clear."
Cathay Pacific's services to Mumbai and Delhi will both become a daily operation from 29 February with the addition of three more flights a week to each city. The extra flights to Mumbai will continue on to Dubai.
From the beginning of the summer schedule on 30 March, the airline will add a further three flights a week to Mumbai, taking the number of flights to the city to 10 a week. At the same time, another daily flight will be added to Delhi, making a total of 14 flights a week. And on 1 June Cathay Pacific will add Chennai, India's fourth-largest metropolitan city, to its network with four flights a week.
Details of the flight numbers and schedules for the services are still being finalised and will be published in due course.
Cathay Pacific began flying to India 25 years ago, launching a passenger service to Mumbai in January 1982. Delhi was added as a passenger destination in March 2001 and the airline also operates scheduled freighter flights to Mumbai, Delhi and Chennai.
In addition to the Cathay Pacific India enhancements, sister airline Dragonair will launch a daily flight to Bangalore, the country's information technology hub, on 1 May, using an A330-300 aircraft.
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Movies to watch!
Meet the Spartans - 28 Feb - FUNNYIndian Jones & The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - 22 May - Classic
Jumper - 14 Feb - Okie Dokie. Watch out for part II.
Labels: indiana jones, jumper, kingdom of crystal skull, meet the spartans, movies
best Joke of the month!!
Baapu says On Appraisal .........."Agar koi tumhari salary na increase kare , tumhe promotion na de, tum kam karte raho.... sirf kam hi nehi zada kam karo...... promotion ki ummed na karo....... Dekhna, Uski aatma ek din jaroor jaagegi. Aur vo tumhe salary hike aur promotion zaroor dega" Aur agar fir bhi koi salary hike aur promotion nahi mile , to uske paas jana, use ek Guldasta dena.... aur Vinamrata se kehna....... i am resigning and GET WELL SOON MAMU Baapu Ne Bola Hai.......
Baapu says On Appraisal ..........
"Agar koi tumhari salary na increase kare , tumhe promotion na de, tum kam karte raho.... sirf kam hi nehi zada kam karo...... promotion ki ummed na karo....... Dekhna, Uski aatma ek din jaroor jaagegi. Aur vo tumhe salary hike aur promotion zaroor dega" Aur agar fir bhi koi salary hike aur promotion nahi mile , to uske paas jana, use ek Guldasta dena.... aur Vinamrata se kehna....... i am resigning and GET WELL SOON MAMU Baapu Ne Bola Hai.......
Labels: appraisal, joke, Mamu, resignation
On Marriage...er...wives
DavidBissonetteWhen a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her.
Sacha Guitry
After marriage, husband and wife become two sides of a coin; they just can't face each other, but still they stay together.
Socrates
By all means marry. If you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.
Anonymous
Woman inspires us to great things, and prevents us from achieving them.
Dumas
The great question... which I have not been able to answer... is, "What does a woman want?
Sigmund Freud
I had some words with my wife, and she had some paragraphs with me.
Anonymous
"Some people ask the secret of our long marriage. We take time to go to a restaurant two times a week. A little candlelight, dinner, soft music and dancing. She goes Tuesdays, I go Fridays."
Sam Kinison
"There's a way of transferring funds that is even faster than electronic banking. It's called marriage."
James Holt McGavran
"I've had bad luck with both my wives. The first one left me, and the second one didn't."
Patrick Murray
Two secrets to keep your marriage brimming
1. Whenever you're wrong, admit it,
2. Whenever you're right, shut up.
Nash
The most effective way to remember your wife's birthday is to forget it once...
Anonymous
You know what I did before I married? Anything I wanted to.
Henny Youngman
My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met.
Rodney Dangerfield
A good wife always forgives her husband when she's wrong.
Anonymous
A man inserted an 'ad' in the classifieds: "Wife wanted". Next day he received a hundred letters. They all said the same thing: "You can have mine."
Anonymous
First Guy (proudly): "My wife's an angel!"
Second Guy: "You're lucky, mine's still alive."
The Revenge of the Bongs
This email reached my inbox titled "The Big Bong Theory"...An educated professional had spent hours digging out "Bong" sounding names from the firm's address book and emailed it out to all of them...I can't believe somebody could really do this...but again...it was the year of the pig last year and now its the year of the rat...whatever comes next...THE BIG BONG THEORY
There are two kinds of Bengalis that I know. Probashi or Expatriate
Bangalees, a fairly large and diverse group about which I can't
write as I am one of them. And Bangalees who are from Kolkata. This
group is incorrectly known as Bongs, as they are merely a subset.
However, this is the only group which matters. Gokhale told of
them, long years back, "What Bengal thinks today, India thinks
tomorrow." To which Rene Descartes responded, "I think (today),
therefore I am (Bengali)." Like all other Nobel Prize Winners,
Oscar Awardees and most successful Indian cricket captains, Rene
Descartes was also a Bong (this fact is not known outside of
Kolkata).
Physical Description:
The Bong has a large head, glasses, glistening hair and dark skin.
Older Bongs develop an ample stomach to balance their large heads.
This happens by the age of 25. They smell of Keo Karpin. The
average life expectancy is 65 years. What is even more impressive
is what they do in those years. Outside Kolkata, regardless of
weather, sex or age, Bongs can be seen in Mankeycaps. This is a
must-have accessory as well as a sign to recognize other Bongs.
(please see second update for more). The Bongling can often be
recognised in either over-sized or under-sized school uniforms. The
Bong mother's second biggest fear (See diet for the biggest one) is that the "porer bochor o lomba hoye gele abar notun skirt kinte hobe!!" or "Next year, if you grow taller, we'll again have to buy a new skirt!!" Thus, the school uniform is selected to last at least three years. Thus the uniform sits as conspicuously on the Bongling as the plumage of a macaw.
Early Years:
While most Bongs are born with innate talents in singing, dancing,
painting, film-making, cooking or embroidery, their creative
talents are honed even before they can start speaking. Frequent meets are organised between infants and their successful ancestors
and other relatives. MA degrees (preferably from Cambridge , at
least from Presidency or Jadobpoor) are displayed over the cots.
The infant is exposed to the best of Bengali thought - Marx, Bentham, Kalidas, Tolstoy, Chekov*. This increases the sizes of
their heads and the height of their ambitions. Similar examples,
though rare, can be found in European traditions as well, like in
the case of Mozart. In India, however, Bongs have the sole
preserve on such activity during infancy. Soon, when they grow up a
little, their characters are honed in the best of schools. Here, I
am not referring to the South Points, La Marts, Don Boscos and all.
They are important in the nurture a Bong child goes through. What
is even more important are the schools the Bong child passes
through before school and after school. Many a Bong child wakes up
at five o'clock in the morning to attend swimming classes. After
one hour of swimming, he attends tennis coaching before rushing off
to one of the South Points, La Marts etc. mentioned above. School
finishes by two or so, from where he scoots along to Singing/
Instrumental Music/ Dance Classes, then tuition (for at least three
of all five subjects). He rounds off the day with coaching on
either Debating or Quiz. Many a Bong mother will carry the child
along through this day, feeling equally energised. This behaviour
is again not restricted to Bongs. It also seen within kangaroos in
Australia who rush along from one clump to another bush.
Growing up:
Soon the Bong attains adolescence, doesn't find friends of his age
(since everyone is competing for the Nobel Prize or the Indian captaincy) and finds intimacy in conversation in his/her parents
and poems of T.S. Eliot and Pablo Neruda. When school ends, they
move on to the good colleges- Presidency, Xavier's or IIT
Kharagpur. The best of them, though, move straight to Joo (Jadobpoor). However, in recent years, Dilli (Stephen's obviously) is becoming the preferred destination for some escapists. In colleges, they decorate their rooms with books or portraits of Robi Guru (Tagore). On the opposite wall, men would have posters of Che/Maradona and women would have Enrique Iglesias, thus expressing
solidarity with Latin American culture. All of them share equal interest in the Bong-Rock (Bhumi, Chondrobindu, Cactus, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple).
Later Years:
Bongs mature early. Critics have said that they grow old early, but
that is nothing but old hat. Years of toil and Eliot would obviously bestow wisdom. The reason they look older is because the sole purpose of a Bong's life is to win the Nobel Prize or the Oscars (and in recent years, captain the Indian team). With great responsibility comes great age. Add to it the chlorine in the swimming pools and you know why Bongs grey prematurely. As
far as their mission in life is concerned, they have been very successful at it. Every Indian Nobel Prize winner has been Bong. So have the Oscar Awardees. And most successful Cricket Captains. And Bipasha Basu. Once Bongs have kids though, their mission on life changes. The only raision de'etre for them is making sure
that their progeny achieves the heights that they could (or couldn't). Hence, they are mostly found outside of schools, colleges and tuition classes.
Diet:
Diet is as important as Robindro Shongeet. There's nothing that a
Bong can't eat. However, they prefer protein over other food
groups. The largest source of protein for them is fish, then meat,
and then mishti (sweets) made from milk. More than fish itself, it
is the knowledge of fish which is coveted and enjoyed. Carbohydrates are tolerated if they are fried in oil or if it is accompaniment to fish. Luchis (somewhat like a Puri), Telebhajas (pakoras) and Phuchkas (Paani Puri) are the favoured source of carbohydrates. The young Bengali though invariably always has Farex, Lactogen and Waterbury 's Compound. As far as they most important meal of the day is concerned, please do note that what dieticians have been saying in the last few years, Bongs have known for centuries. Breakphast/tipphin is an occasion where the entire family comes
together, to watch the office-going Bong male and school-bound Bonglings eat. The Bong woman's biggest fear is that "Shokale bhaat dal machbhaaja na kheye beriye gailo" or "In the morning, he went out without eating rice, dal and fish fry." To round off the calories, Dal is often accompanied by aaloo bhaate, aaloo bhaja, potol bhaaja and various other heartily fried stuff. Not for the faint-hearted.
Mating and procreation:
A few Bongs end up being in relationships, which lead to lav
marriage. This is sometimes shown in movies and song. However, most
do not have any such social malignancy and end up marrying the
woman of their mother's dreams or men of their father's choosing.
This results in mixing the right genes for the next cycle of Bongs.
Love marriage, by its very nature, is random. It sometimes results
in tragedy, like marrying into another country (like India ).
Hence, it is avoided, wherever possible.
Social Life:
Adda, Robindro shongeet and cha. Repeat. Do note that the young Bong
doesn't have a social life (at least not till he wins the Nobel or gets a Government job). And phootball. The Bongs have had an illustrious history of achievement in football. Every para
(neighbourhood) has stories of when they won the World Cup at the
expense of the next one. The last time it happened in my parent's
para was in 1986, when Argentina won in Mexico . Diego Maradona,
who looks Bhodrolok enough, give or take a few lines of coke,
scored famously using his hand, a skill which he learnt in Kolkata.
Over the last few years, Brazil has been gladdening the hearts of
many Zicos who were born in Kolkata around 1982-86. The only team
which is not Bong is Germany as they play with more efficiency and
no creativity, which thus is not amenable to adda. Do not ask of a
Bong doing anything on the phootball field as then the Bong will
keep you occupied about Jakarta , 1962. "Chuni Goswami
je Ball tule dilo PK ke. Match-er aagei bolechilo, "Ekta Ball debo.
Daam kore maarish. Gol hobe"." Chuni Goswami put a ball up for
PK (Banerjee). He told him before the match itself, "I will give
you one ball. Hit it with a bang. Goal will happen." Obviously, it
is also the crowning moment of Indian phootball.
Habitat : While you may find a Bong in other places (like occasionally in offices), the best time to observe a Bong is in his natural habitat - the best of colleges, the best of schools, the best of coffee houses. It is here that he will tell you about Balzac while she will recite poetry with gay abandon. To mix in with the Bong, apply Keo Karpin to your hair and carry a jhola. Hopefully, they won't notice your small head. Do not worry about not knowing the language as the Bong likes being heard.
Famous Bongs:
Many famous Bongs have been referred to in this extract. Hence,
this section is used to debunk that big myth about Bongs. People
believe that Bong men can't be hunky. If so, then what about
Abhishek Bachchan (via mother), Saif Ali Khan (via mother), John
Abraham (via girlfriend), Hritik Roshan (via grandmother).
Bongs in Literature, Film, Art:
Everywhere you care to look.
Closing Word: Being Bong at the end of the day is a state of mind.
Or, a case of being discovered by them.
xxxxxxx That is the end of the theory xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
The new iPod Touch 32G is out
And it costs HK$4000...perfect Valentines Day gift...I wish somebody loved me that much...muhahaha
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Whats with it?~
Why do white guys like Asian girls and vice versa...Really? Why not ask the girls...
