ICE

If I knew you were frozen,
I would have never made friends with you.
If I only knew you were stuck in the past,
I would have not included you in my present.

Past is Past,
It dead and gone.
Don't kill your present with past experiences,
That was not meant to be for you anyways.

Understand that everyone has a past,
But that should not interfere in your present behavior.
Life is too short to waste it on the past,
We all grow and move on to be more interesting people.

So, my friends its that time of our lives,
When we come to terms with our past.
Forget the pain you went through,
But remember the wonderful moments.

Life is beautiful and to live,
Let us not just survive!

© 2009 roshk79

Kamal Hassan in this role is AMAZING

Kamal Hassan has always been versatile and shall continue being so. It is amazing to see someone who is so passionate about his work and sometimes he does get too self involved that others find him annoying. He is a perfectionist and could get onto some peoples nerve. But, look at this guy being so committed at 50 years plus and he is still going strong.

He is so amazing in the first role of a Vadiyar in Dasavatharam and potrays the character so effectively. I don't think anyone else would have done this kind of justice to the role. His appearance and personality is best suited for this role in the movie. No other role in the movie has this kind of impact on the audience.

It might sound unbelievable but when I was in school there was a movie to be shot with Kamal Hassan which later got shelved. I was spotted by the then Assistant Director of K Balachandar and I was so excited to audition for the role. It was a role opposite the GREAT KAMAL HASSAN. The role was that of a school girl and this movie was shelved around 1994 approximately. A girl from Bishop Cottons, Bangalore was selected but unfortunately the project didn't happen. I think to myself where I would have been at this moment if I had auditioned for that role and also been approached for other opportunities.

I have always been fond of Indian movies and music. I dont think any other movie industry has this kind of diversity and technical expertise. Especially the techicality in the Tamil film industry is far too advanced compared to other film industries in India. South Indian film industry is a lot more innovative and creative compared to the rest of India and most of the people would agree on this. Anything new you would see is from the South and the rest of the world is just aping the west without realizing that their ideas/ styles are so cliched. Very rarely do we see anything with a "Wow" factor and I'm not being biased here since I watch a lot of Hollywood movies and movies from other parts of the world as well.

I am proud to be a part of South India and to be born a South Indian! There is so much raw talent and also talent that needs better platform from here. One day, I plan to do something on this front and want to make documentaries if I don't intend to pursue my doctorate. If anyone knows of short terms courses please leave information in the comments section. I would really appreciate it!

Thank you for taking time to read!

A bird .....

One morning, I found myself near a stream and as usual I am lost in my own reflective phase whenever there is nature around. Since people living in city have to unfortunately make an effort to be amongst nature, I make the most of it when I am amidst nature.

Suddenly, I heard this bird hovering around the trees around the stream. I was trying to spot it and wasn't able to see it, but I was able to hear the bird. From the sound of the bird chirping I could more or less guess it would be small bird. As usual my curiosity was getting onto my nerves and I just wanted to know where was this little bird that was trying to communicate a lot to everything around it. If we carefully listen there is so much more to everything in life, we see and speak a lot but don't pay attention; nor actively hear anyone or anything around us.

This little bird didn't bother if I could see it or not but wanted to spread the message of life around. It was saying that life is too short to waste it on anyone or anything that is useless or trivial or unnecessary. Life is beautiful and no one can make it nice or bad for you. You make your life or break it! Its all that you want you seem to attract. So, from this moment on attract all that you want so the unwanted things dont even occur or happen in your life. As Rhonda rightly said in her book "The Secrets", we all have a magnifienct power to make our lives successful and fulfilling. All we need to do is to start working on the same and believe that we have the power to change our lives and ensure we are content with ourselves!

So, I have heard that message this bird was to convey to me and that has made a lot of difference in the way I look at my life now.

Start looking at things in a different perspective and don't even blame yourself for not having a wonderful life. Instead start your work right now!

© 2009 roshk79

Life is a............

Life is pretty interesting,
You never know what's in store.

Live each day to its fullest,
Never worry but plan for tomorrow.

Life is beautiful so don't waste,
On people or events that will never be there forever.

So, smile and take each day as it comes,
As God has a plan for each of us and its just a matter of time.

© 2009 roshk79

Have the biggest crush on Suriya

Suriya has always been someone I have had a crush on ever since I watched Pitamagan. I have loved watching all of his movies even when I never understood a word of Tamil :-) This is the effect he has had on me and its impeccable.

The other day I got so irritated since I wanted to watch Ayan but couldn't. I've been meaning to watch this movie for a really long time now :-( He was brilliant in Varanam Aayiram. He was superb in Ghajini, hilarious in Pitamagan, kinda attractive in Aaru, sweet in Sillunu Oru Kaadhal (ignore errors in spelling, if any ; smile) and there are so many other movies of his during the earlier days which I haven't watched. Probably I could catch up those too :-) Firstly, I need to make a list of the movies I haven't watched :-) Don't I sound like a teenager crazy about a celebrity, its not like that at all. There is something about Suriya's personality that is so appealing and attracts me.

So, looking forward to meeting Suriya in person and I have a very strong feeling that I would this year :-) More on the same once I actually get to talk to him.

Trust and Respect - two pillars of any relationship

Relationships are wonderful and they give a deeper meaning to our lives. We are all social no matter if an extrovert or an introvert. We long for that companionship, that friendship and love knowingly or unknowingly. Relationships don't define us but we define them to make them successful. Trust and Respect are two important pillars of any relationship that is meant for keeps. Looks or anything that attract us initially are actually not the things our subconscious mind is looking for. As important as it is to be physically appealing, emotional as well as intelligence quotient are the other facets to any person we would be attracted to. Since our world is so dynamic there has to be a lot more than just looks or intelligence or being emotionally comforting.

I keep using the word "we" or "us" a lot in a relationship as its a team and not individualistic. We've got to work as a team together in making our lives a lot more successful. Its so important to compliment each other so that it would be a team functioning successfully under all circumstances. Trust and Respect are those tools which enable any relationship to sail through tough times and live each moment.

I dedicate this post to that special someone in my life and may we discover each other a lot more. We've got the potential and just need to keep sailing as we are, we'll be together someday baby!

Wow! I havent written anything since MAY !!!!

I completely forgot about my blog as I was busy looking for a job and I have started working more than a week back and it is amazing to see what technology can do! I wanted to get into a profile which involved training or education. And this particular role of mine enable me to train and educate people which is amazing for any person who loves interacting with people.

Although distance learning is a totally different ball game, there are lot more opportunities to become a really effective trainer and ensure that the audience is engaged. It is amazing to engage an audience and keep them engaged till the end of the session. And it shouldn't stop there but continue till the trainees go back and look at it in retrospect. The challenges of a trainer as so different when it comes to satellite education. And training people on non technical aspects is a lot more interesting.

I am reminded of the trainers or teachers whose classes I have attended and they were very content driven and didn't ensure that the application of the same is discussed or spoken of. In our lives we do not have sufficient time to sit back and wait for the particular opportunity to knock on our door to experience it. We all have to be ready to take up any task on hand without being anxious or fearful.

It is important to have a program with the content that is crisp and have a high impact on the audience. Also a lot of interaction and probing the audience would help in making the session a fun filled learning experience.

As I would have my first live session this week I would be constantly working on making the session as much interactive and fun filled as possible, without the message getting lost during the session and after that as well. The students should get to to take away a lot back home and think about. Self assessment on many areas of personal development really help in bringing about a change in a person's outlook to life. This helps him/ her perform better in any assignments they would take up as well as encourage them to have a wonderful personal life.

So, as excited and apprehensive I am at the moment I would make the most of the first session I would conduct. More on the same once I finish my first session. Till date I really haven't got a feedback on anything that I have done well so I would have to wait and watch!