-: Dreamer's Den! :-

Six years back on November 5th 2001, I along with many of my friends started our professional career by joining a Chinese telecom major software firm in Bangalore. It was one small room, the so-called 'training room' where 24 of us assembled on day-one of our work life to start a new journey. And today is the 6th year for all of us, 6 years in this IT industry, 6 years experience in resume! Lot of nice memories to cherish and to cheer. Hope this journey continues for long time to come!!

First of all, after a long time I am blogging again and I love this! :-) Yesterday, went for the movie 'Jab We Met' in the newly opened Fun Cinemas hall in Sigma Mall, Bengaluru . Went in with the expectation that the movie will be good, worth watching and entertaining (Many reviews of this movie were very positive!) and the results were exactly as per my thoughts and expectations!! The movie was good, Shahid looks pretty professional and Kareena , as usual, the bubbly-girl and especially this movie, highlights her bubbli - ness :-)) Overall, no part of the movie was boring and it has been shot very nicely, all in India though ( Bhatinda , Simla , Manali and Mumbai ). Yesterday was one more kind-of special day...it was half-an-year or 6-months Jab We (me and my wife) Met and got married!! :O) The scenes of Manali in the movie drove us back to our romantic honeymoon that we celebrated in Manali . (I remembered my driver in Manali saying that Shahid - Kareena are he...

In past one week, I have seen two reports, in different newspaper (one in Bangalore Mirror and another in Deccan Herald ), where these reports speak about 2 different persons who donated their valuable eyes upon their death! Also, their great donation has inspired lot of their friends and families to pledge their eyes for donation upon death! Hats off to those two great persons for being an example to the people. Let their soul rest in peace and their eyes give vision to 2 + 2 = 4 corneally blind people! This brings lot of cheers to me, a great supporter of this noble cause for which I have started a project a year back called 'Gift Your Sight' @ www.giftyoursight.info I wish and hope more and more people who have read the report in the news paper, come forward to pledge/donate their valuable eyes. Remember, though we will not leave in this world forever, let our eyes be, after our death, giving light to two corneally blind friends!

Finally, the wait got over for the much hyped, much talked and much awaited movie of the year - a festival for most of the Tamil filmdom fans, the release of the movie " Sivaji - The Boss " took place on June 15th 2007. Only reason this movie got so much hype from all parts of the world is coz of our Anna, our Thalaivar, our Bengalooru Boy, our Superstar - Rajnikanth (aka Sivaji Rao Gaekwad), being in the lead role, after 2 years of break ( Chandramukhi was the previous film, released in 2005) Film-wise, nobody can speak anything about the direction, photography, choreography and above all acting by Rajni and co-stars. Rajni looks damn damn damn good (even though in real life he may look like *yuck*) and his usual styles rocks!!! Kudos to that person who did the makeup of Rajni!! Shreya...ah! that beautiful lass deserves a mention here...she is one of the few beauties of cinema who carries all kinds of clothes and makeup so comfortably...be it a traditional saree or weste...

One of the main reason why people *still* love bengalooru (Obviously, I love namma ooru always!) - the city has switched itself from 35 degrees hot mode to around 25 degrees cold mode! Yeah, from past 2 days, the weather across the city is very cloudy, threatening to rain heavily at any point of time but sadly no rains at all...even the hottest city Chennai is getting drenched by heavy rains!! Whatever it is, the weather is very pleasant, bit lousy though (wish I was in home, sipping a cup of hot tea with Lays/Kurkure or mom's super handmade pakodo giving the company!) :-) Especially the morning drive thru the cubbon park is the most enjoyable stretch I can say coz U will be passing thru lush green on both the sides and adding to this, is the super cloudy chilling wind blow - Cant expect anything more from this concrete filled IT city! :0) All in all, enjoy maaDi!!! :-))

Almost 2 months back, I had submitted a small travelogue of mine to a place called Tungareshwar (near mumbai) to Rediff people. After much wait and followup, I gave up on the hopes that I will see my article on rediff. But today, I was taken by surprise when I opened the rediff window. My article has been published under the title ' Walking through the Western Ghats ' !! :-) Do read on the article and let me know how it is. Hope you like it and appreciate it! ;-)

After a month of super celebrations, back to somewhat different normal life now!! ;)) Check this one of the dozens of snaps and memories I have got from my beautiful trip to Manali!