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Saturday, March 22, 2008

Mis-match!

Many time, we are in place we are in team of two to do an common task...like in cricket...2 batsmen or a couple dancing or doubles partner in tennis,...where your indivual performance counts but also the action in resonant rhythm to deliver 1+1=3 ...you come across situation you are playing well than the other or vice versa...so in situation where in you are not in good as the other and other is blazing away...what do you do????i remember once a cricket comentator said..when Sachin Tendulkar is blazing from one side...what can the batsmen on the other end do? ....Just watch the magic happening and enjoy the moment....

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Stranger than Fiction

I was watching the movie "stranger than fiction" ..a movie wherein an authors fiction is someone's real life... sad part is that the writer is a 'tragedy' writer...hmm...wonder if our destiny has already been written...is the author a tragedy writer, an optimist ? or an drama writer? is the author of our lives like a movie story writer, who has filled our lives with sweet ,sour, bitter, spicy tinges.... can i answer this question now, though i am 27 as of today ? what more is to come ? is the sweet or the happy part over ? (just as in movie, where the begining is live with humour and later becomes serious with a plot/struggle)?...Just as sometime, when things do not go in our wishfull ways, sould we take up the cliche phrase "Let Go"...we also do point it on destiny /fate as some one had already written that in our individual fictions...we have some many targets to reach...same with many people.. how each ones target crisscrosses is mystery...we try to be there at many places...be many persons...when i pose this questions to myself i wonder...why question? just, Live your present...
As Emma Thompson's character puts it in "Stranger Than Fiction,"
"Sometimes, when we lose ourselves in fear and despair, in routine and constancy, in hopelessness and tragedy, we can thank God for Bavarian sugar cookies, and fortunately, when there aren’t any cookies we can still find reassurance in a familiar hand on our skin, or a kind and loving gesture, or a subtle encouragement, or a loving embrace, or an offer of comfort, not to mention hospital gurneys, and nose-plugs, and uneaten danish, and soft spoken secrets, and Fender Stratocasters, and maybe the occasional piece of fiction. And we must remember that all these things, the nuances, the anomalies, the subtleties, which we assume only accessorize our days are in fact here for a much larger and much nobler cause. They are here to save our lives. I know the idea seems strange. But I also know that it just so happens to be true"

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Thursday, December 13, 2007

Keep in Touch...

Today I met my engineering college friends (to be precise 2: coz, they are twin brothers) after 6years, and also part from a friend whom I might not be seeing for a long time (cynically thinking)…then I wonder, I would have thought the same, six years back too when we finish our course and each one was at an exit point ready to go their own ways chasing his or her destiny… No assurances or guarantees that we meet except for the cliché phrase “Keep in Touch”… only feeling that was guaranteed was/is the Hope to meet. As an old saying goes,…meets and depart are ways of life, but depart and meet are hopes of life… so guys, catch you soon…

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Saturday, November 17, 2007

Top of the world

Yep, i am on top of the world...This is one important ( not so ordinary ...if humbly put) moment of my Life..... Today the November 17, 2007...02: 32 AM ( Bangkok time)...Google thinks that, The most relevant weblink concerning the word "WINSON" which happens to be my name is in it's entire information world database is provided by my Blog "Homepage de Winson".
Page rank of 1 of about 739,000 for winson. (0.22 seconds) ...
Cheers....n Thank you, Google....

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Saturday, September 01, 2007

Eureka!!!

Last weekend, i caught up with some old n close friends @ my friends new appartment ( + reason to open some wine)...We came to bangkok as part of our studies and now we end up working in BKK...

We see that, our lifestyles has changed from the days of university and now...Flashback wonders us on the things that we used to do ....You can imagine a typical students room..how,we have devised our very own indegenious systems to keep the room clean...let me list a few...



--Keep your glasses/plates/spoons in the refrigertor after use... no need to wash...
--If you have opened a can of Rosgollas, then keep the can in plate with water..so no Ants...
--Keep the flowers in the comode.
--Keep the expensive perfumes in the refrigertor.
--Keep you football jersey/Boots/Socks after playing for "Air Wash(Hang it in open air)" prior to wash.
--etc etc...cant remember nw...you can add if you remember...
Obvioulsy Thing are different now....gone are the days of Flowers/Morning football....

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Monday, August 20, 2007

First among Equals

Are all people equal? Is a Egalitarian society pragmatic?

I once met a young army captain (in his early 30s), he said to me pointing at a old sergeant standing guard outside his door. That man is far too old to me, does that mean, I keep him on my head. We all believe in the generic rule of ‘each human life is invaluable and priceless’ then , why is it that , everyone cannot get a life insurance policy over one million euro. Guess there is a value commanded by each person, depending on how critical he/she is to the society.

Last year, there has been a military coup ( Thai Rak Thai – TRT, led by Thakshin Shinawatra was overthrown), following mass protest against then Prime minister (Thakshin Shinawatra) alleging corruption, tax evasion etc. In Thailand, there seem to be a rift between 2 sections Anti- Thaksin (majority constitute urban Bangkokians-30%) and Pro Thaksin / TRT (mainly supported by the rural massed accounting up to 70%). Due to TRT policies that were focused on the non bangkokian (so called populist policy) like 30 baht(1 USD) medical insurance, local entrepreneurship project (OTOP) etc..TRT was very popular among the non urban and also people originating from these section, but based in the capital. The TRT had a vote share of 70 % plus, and was in a commanding position and by number, cannot be replaced…Majority (number) rules…

In comparison, urban bangkokian are well educated and relatively adding the chunk of economic value. Post coup, the TRT has been banned and member barred from entering politics for 5 years. Now that the party (representing the majority) has been officially wiped off…The smaller parties are going to come in to power. Implying that small percentage of urbaners ( so called educated /modern/sophisticated) class going to run the country.

Is that Fair? Or Should the numbers(valid stake holders) decide the fate of the country (irrespective of the quality of numbers) ? Numbers would matter in the world of the equals, which is not the case. Again, economic value(a sign of the smart ones), commands the say. On the face of it may seem a anti-capitalist cliché (few rich running the masses) but I guess, that seems to be the eventual reality in all walks of life.

I guess, Democracy /egalitarian society is mirage....

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Monday, June 25, 2007

Annyeonghaseyo!!!!

Being from the Land of Bollywoood, Kolly, tolly and other woods in India...I have a strong interest and have been fascinated by the silver screen...well going to movie was not that Easy in India till by end of schooling for obvious reasons(except for the sat/Sunday movie on our Doordarshan)...Have started seeing film from my college days…most of them by logistically bunking classes and being in the theatre...
Once having come to Thailand, watching movie has been easier and more comfortable and more variety...Being in Thailand, Have got chance to watch many South east Asian Movies ( Thai, Japanese and Korean) ..of which Korean movies and even series(shhhh) have cast a spell on me...I would rate Korean film industry as one of the leaders in this part of world with movies with High caliber of Technique, People, Storyline, Art...., I would rather say that they are exceptional in portraying emotions/Melodrama...Movies are classy, elegant and beware the love stories are too mushy....
Coming to the series, the ones I have managed to see are 3-4 way love triangles…but are too mushy again…This would be good market for the teens and will be far from the Mother-Daughter in law types(saas –Bahu)…Ekta Kapoor ..hey, are you listening.??
So People , if you haven’t seen one…go n get one ...
Below are few movies I would recommend that I have seen...
Movies:
Taegukgi: The Brotherhood of war –(2004)
You Are My Sunshine (2005)
Love Letter
Also you can get a good list of movies/Series in here:
Wikipedia – Korean Cinema

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