Consistency

Eye-Thanga-Paththu-Kadal oru Saavi

Do my Tamil friends get it?

Jurassic World - a review

Jurassic World - a great plot with poor execution. 

All my friends who had watched the movie said it was pretty good and a must watch. I loved the Jurassic Park and Lost World. Obviously, I was pretty excited to watch the new take on the extinct reptile. The following will be a spoiler alert... you've been warned.

I realized by the end of the movie that the director/writer watched Surya's Singham movie before writing the script and dialogs. The movie was filled with punch dialogs at every turn. May be the things different were the absence of Singham dance and Surya himself. I don't remember watching a Hollywood movie with so many punch dialogs... not even western Vijaykanth's 'Die Hard'.

At the end of the movie, Claire and Owen dialog goes something like...
"So, what's next?"
"Survival... off each other."

Somewhere during the movie, Claire asks who is piloting the copter and Irffan Khan as Masrani answers "Who better to fly than me."

And then there were those ridiculous scenes that we have so come to love in Hollywood movies. The way Claire runs all around the park with heels on. Worse, she even leads a T-Rex with a flare torch in hand and using those pointed heels as if they were Ussain Bolt's track shoes. Then there is Owen trying on a Superman pose when all he had done in the movie until then was escape a dinosaur. And who can forget the Mortal Kombat between dinosaurs. Watching inter dinosaur battle was super fun but when it repeated more than twice, it felt more like Mr. T's Warcraft stunts rather than T-Rex million year old rustic moves.

More than all this, the biggest letdown for me was the execution. Don't get me wrong, I loved the plot. Probably one of the most interesting storylines to play with. However, I missed the thrill that was present in its predecessors. There was the dino escape scene - excellent plot but before you know it its already out in the open. No suspense, no thrill, no build up to the escape. There were lot of opportunities to seize and make it a thriller but guess the director was unaware of that word or MJ's song. I wouldn't have minded a few dino zombies dancing alongside Michael Jackson either ways.

Working during storm

San Francisco Bay area was facing one of its rare storms a couple of weeks back. There was so much hype surrounding this in the media including flash flood warnings, schools closing, companies advising employees to avoid commute etc. Flash flood or not, I received a flood of  WFH (Work from home) emails from my team mates that morning. Storms do not scare me and what more, I love driving in wet conditions. So I went to work that day and composed this sarcastic yet humor intended email to my team.

Ah yes, the free car wash (thanks to rains) was the icing on the cake. LOL.

How poor can it get? A tell tale.

There is this friend of mine who is pretty good at spinning stories and making people believe in everything he says. The other day he goes - 
"I visited this cafe and bar in the city this afternoon. Not too crowded. They have a wonderful set of beverages. They actually have a good collection of hard bound books to read while you are there. Imagine actual books in E-fied world. Surreal! I ordered tea while leaving through "Journey to the center of the earth". I must've been there about an hour before I decided the best beverage to pair with my winding story is Pale Ale. I emptied a few glasses of ale along with Jules Verne's classic before calling it a day."

A simple narration but I made out quite immediately that it was all a tale. How did I guess?

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Simple. He had 'T'ea before Ale. Get it? ;-)

An entry on Pneumonia

I was looking up "Pneumonia" online and here's what I found on webmd, the most trusted site for medical information. I found the entry pretty amusing.

"You can get pneumonia in your daily life, such as at school or work. This is called community-associated pneumonia. You can also get it when you are in a hospital or nursing home. This is called healthcare-associated pneumonia."

 What next? You can also get it when you are in a flight or a bus. This is called travel-associated pneumonia. You can also get it when you are on vegan diet or wearing a emerald necklace. This is called green-associated pneumonia.

"Germs called bacteria or viruses usually cause pneumonia."

 I was under the impression that leeches and spiders are responsible for most infections known to man. Hold on, it gets better.

"When you have mild symptoms, your doctor may call this 'walking pneumonia'".

When the symptoms gets worse, the nurse may call this 'running pneumonia'. When symptoms are severe and you feel you are going to die, the surgeon may call this 'leaping pneumonia'. Lord Haydes or Lord Yama may call this 'welcome pneumonia' but that's immaterial.

I am not sure who entered this for webmd. But sure was a lot of fun to read.

1000 different ways of saying the same thing

Artist well known for regular burps in her songs, Rihanna, is proving there are numerous ways of saying the same thing. Listen to her song "Diamonds" where she changes her tone, pitch, and enunciation to provide 1000 different ways of saying "Diamonds in the sky".
 This is not her first time fascination with diamonds or her comparison of stars and diamonds. Most of her songs have some reference or the other to "diamonds in the sky". Don't believe me? Pick her top hits and listen to them.

I'm 6Pac

My name is 6Pac,
I have a 6 pack,
I aint no 2Pac,
I'd take a tuppakki
and shoot at your 6 pack