Wii is a gaming console that has redefined the concept of video game in recent times. In fact it is not meant for the traditional game enthusiasts, but for people who disliked the aloofness and phoniness of the video games that are often played with a Jockey. Wii revolutionizes the idea of sports in front of a TV with a group of friends laughing excitedly, as against the typical video game of those days that make the player a moron. The most popular game is Tennis which is played by a remote which u use as a racket. No buttons to play with. The sensor senses the torque and acceleration to detect the direction and speed of your racket and accordingly hits the tennis ball.
After a year of playing awesome wii tennis, which to be honest used to cause quite some soreness on my upper arm (well, I am that fit !!), the hubby got me a Wii-Fit yesterday. This is true gym material. You can run like a maniac on the floor (holding the remote) and the wii system will keep track of your vital statistics. It is a great addition to the gaming console. I fancy losing all my extra pounds in front of the TV! There are some fun components like heading the soccer ball, skiing and ski jump. There are good aerobic exercises in basic run and wielding the waist twisting disc. The board that comes with the wii-fit is the brain behind the system in that it calculates the change in center of gravity as your move on it and this information is used to calculate your balance and posture. It is not to be run on like the tread mill. My favoirite is the Yoga and because it calculates the CG and shows it on the screen along with a target area where your CG should ideally lie, it is very useful in doing Yoga the right way. I am sure if used regularly, it can be a great addendum to your fitness routine.
It could be that the hubby is impressed with my workout routine that he decided to add a extra little nice something to it, or it could just be his last effort to keep me off the couch !
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
A Sunday
In an effort to host (and please myself) a few guests we had yesterday, I tried Bisi Bela baath and it did turn out very well. Following a heavy brunch when we started off from home after fighting the lethargy really hard and only after the DVD player truly let us down, a little rain peeped out trying to dampen the spirits of us which was just waiting for the smallest of reasons to couch back into cozy pillows and hot chai. However the anticipation was shortlived when the rains made its way for a not-so-hot and cloudy-yet-dry day. Walking with a couple of elderly people and young kids on strollers suited the lazy and laid back youth in us very well. We got off at WTC and walked to the Staten Island Ferry at a leisurly pace that it took more than a full hour. The thoght of downtown on a Sunday was pretty depressing, but as it turned out, it was pretty interesting to walk and take pictures like a tourist ! It was funny to wait in line for the typical picture with the Meryll Lynch bull. I did fancy climbing on top of the bull as the childhood memories of riding behind the elephant statues at the Parthasarathy Temple, Triplicane saw me smile. However in the interest of maintaining decorum with my folks, I restrained. The best part of the evening was when I found clothes in C21 that actually fit me. I spent the previous day in Newport Mall to find nothing actually fit me in this country, especially in summer ! Then we finished the nice cool day with a sumptuous three course dinner at Rasoi, Journal Square. whoo.... Casatta Ice cream spoiled all the workout in the last three months !
Top it all, Lakers stay in the game.
Sometimes it pays off to stay out of the sofa on Sundays too !
Top it all, Lakers stay in the game.
Sometimes it pays off to stay out of the sofa on Sundays too !
Monday, June 16, 2008
Dasavatharam
It seemed like a movie put together on an impulse. Kamal has tried to connect very disparate incidents in history into a thread that is so fragile. In the process, he has also allegedly twisted the history. While most of history cannot be proved, I believe it is best left alone especially if the twist endangers the harmony of the contemporary peaceful community.
Also his advertisement of atheism leaves the audience in a very bitter taste. I don't understand why he has to thrust his personal ideology in such a influential media movie after movie. The characterization of "Brahmins" is very flawed - purely taking advantage of a very tolerant community to create some unpleasant comedy in the screenplay. It is very silly of him to show himself as a perfectionist hero and the rest of the people as lesser mortals. The 10-role-play seemed very thrust upon and unnatural to the plot; adding a lot of unnecessary floss to an already non-existing story line. The "Telugu" Kamal (he can speak Telugu in 5 languages!!) creates some lighter moments, but the rest of the Kamal's facial make up adds to the let down.
The Japanese style fight scenes are a novel effort, but the alacrity was definitely missing when two sixty-year old Kamals dash on the screen. Not any like the martial arts shot that he has tried to emulate. Even the camera work of creating a Tsunami is below par and the artificiality is evident. However it did bring back the depressing memory of 26th Dec 2004. In all a over hyped movie is let down by every department of the movie.
Also his advertisement of atheism leaves the audience in a very bitter taste. I don't understand why he has to thrust his personal ideology in such a influential media movie after movie. The characterization of "Brahmins" is very flawed - purely taking advantage of a very tolerant community to create some unpleasant comedy in the screenplay. It is very silly of him to show himself as a perfectionist hero and the rest of the people as lesser mortals. The 10-role-play seemed very thrust upon and unnatural to the plot; adding a lot of unnecessary floss to an already non-existing story line. The "Telugu" Kamal (he can speak Telugu in 5 languages!!) creates some lighter moments, but the rest of the Kamal's facial make up adds to the let down.
The Japanese style fight scenes are a novel effort, but the alacrity was definitely missing when two sixty-year old Kamals dash on the screen. Not any like the martial arts shot that he has tried to emulate. Even the camera work of creating a Tsunami is below par and the artificiality is evident. However it did bring back the depressing memory of 26th Dec 2004. In all a over hyped movie is let down by every department of the movie.
Saturday, June 14, 2008
We always see men in top positions. Of course there are more women now than earlier holding powerful seats in the corporate world. What is disheartening is, a man thats successful in his career is probably successful in his personal life too. He has a family, many times more than one kid and a posh home in the a scenic locality and a wife thats takes care of the big family.
However more often than not, a woman who is successful career is often left with a couple of divorces or a stalemate single life or single parenting a couple of kids. Is it because men can balance work-life better than women can or is it because partners are more supportive of a husband's career than a wife's career? :)
So the empirical fact is that women have to work twice as hard (or harder) to get to the same position that she would be if she were a man or end up in a broken personal life. The intertwined and complex unwritten rules around the role of a wife, mother and more so of a daughter-in-law does not leave any room for spending time and energy shaping up a professional life – but at this point, I should also mention that women are simply, point black - more capable people.
From what I see, she is endowed with a special sense of balance that can be observed in all her actions. When she feels empowered her man is scared that she would not need him anymore. When the traditional roles played by a man of being a provider and protector are challenged, he is worried if he was becoming dispensable in the household. More often than not, it is not lack of time on her part that lends herself to broken relationships and ineffectiveness at work, but it is a self-conscious choice of trying of boost her man’s ego that makes her a contended (I mean truly satisfied) home maker or a simple supportive wage earner.
Haven’t we seen her cook elaborately for the family and yet eat the left-overs truly happily? She finds the best pleasure possible in feeding a hungry tummy in her husband and kids. It is delight to be a great cook and bliss to be appreciated for her efforts. She seemingly effortlessly observes fasts for the wellbeing or simply a promotion at work. Doesn't she encourage you to raise from rock bottom to cloud nine, even if it had to include many smooth lies?!
What about the selfless love and the sleepless nights? What about the hurried and tired she sweating in the kitchen to make your favorite bajji when you got back from work? What about the tired reproach when she picks up your dirty socks and used clothes from the restroom, verandah and half-eaten lunch boxes from inside your bag? What about she effortlessly handing over the exact same receipt that you were searching for two hours? What about creating a place that you would love to call home? She created the balance in you by balancing everything from her wishes to his, from her reasons to his and from her intellect to his lack of pluck.
I celebrate womanhood whether she is in the backyard or the boardroom for everything was a choice.
You know where to send the Thank You note if you have / had a lovely place called your home !
However more often than not, a woman who is successful career is often left with a couple of divorces or a stalemate single life or single parenting a couple of kids. Is it because men can balance work-life better than women can or is it because partners are more supportive of a husband's career than a wife's career? :)
So the empirical fact is that women have to work twice as hard (or harder) to get to the same position that she would be if she were a man or end up in a broken personal life. The intertwined and complex unwritten rules around the role of a wife, mother and more so of a daughter-in-law does not leave any room for spending time and energy shaping up a professional life – but at this point, I should also mention that women are simply, point black - more capable people.
From what I see, she is endowed with a special sense of balance that can be observed in all her actions. When she feels empowered her man is scared that she would not need him anymore. When the traditional roles played by a man of being a provider and protector are challenged, he is worried if he was becoming dispensable in the household. More often than not, it is not lack of time on her part that lends herself to broken relationships and ineffectiveness at work, but it is a self-conscious choice of trying of boost her man’s ego that makes her a contended (I mean truly satisfied) home maker or a simple supportive wage earner.
Haven’t we seen her cook elaborately for the family and yet eat the left-overs truly happily? She finds the best pleasure possible in feeding a hungry tummy in her husband and kids. It is delight to be a great cook and bliss to be appreciated for her efforts. She seemingly effortlessly observes fasts for the wellbeing or simply a promotion at work. Doesn't she encourage you to raise from rock bottom to cloud nine, even if it had to include many smooth lies?!
What about the selfless love and the sleepless nights? What about the hurried and tired she sweating in the kitchen to make your favorite bajji when you got back from work? What about the tired reproach when she picks up your dirty socks and used clothes from the restroom, verandah and half-eaten lunch boxes from inside your bag? What about she effortlessly handing over the exact same receipt that you were searching for two hours? What about creating a place that you would love to call home? She created the balance in you by balancing everything from her wishes to his, from her reasons to his and from her intellect to his lack of pluck.
I celebrate womanhood whether she is in the backyard or the boardroom for everything was a choice.
You know where to send the Thank You note if you have / had a lovely place called your home !
Pretty Woman
- Vivian: You're late.
- Edward: You're stunning.
- Vivian: [grinning] You're forgiven.
- Vivian: The stores are not nice to people — I don't like it.
- Edward: Stores are never nice to people. They're nice to credit cards.
"Pretty Woman" was a surprise hit with us. It is a simple Cinderella story of a hooker and the man in the white horse that sweeps off her feat. Some of the conversations truly portray the power and shallowness of wealth in a very sarcastic way. I could appreciate Edward's need for company more than anything.
As expected, Edward falls for the infectiously enthusiastic Vivian.
Saturday, June 07, 2008
Petals around the rose
This stuff is amazing.....
and the best part is I cracked it after a few days of trying complex arithmetic on some random numbers :) Trust me, none of that helps ! Truly think outside the box !
and the best part is I cracked it after a few days of trying complex arithmetic on some random numbers :) Trust me, none of that helps ! Truly think outside the box !
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