Egad - I am leaving in three days and I don't have my stuff together, my admit card for the trek, my rug sack packed! My tickets are booked though and I have spoken to the course director, I have made a list (very important thing to do), and my work appears to be under control, so I guess it's all going to be okay!!
I hope to God it'll be okay!!
I wish my husband was going with me - but I think he won't be cut out for the hard travel time involved. And I know I'm not in A-okay shape for the trek, but I'm hoping it won't be too arduous!!
One thing I should be doing is my studies - considering that I just sent my form today and that there is so much material left to go through.
Yes, I probably should get around 2 hours of studying done today.
I love this time before the trek - rushing to get work finished, waiting for orders to get done, finishing up frantically....
Biting my nails all the time!!
Getting the track pants, the socks in order, trying out my new shoes --- I just wish it wasn't so hot you know!!
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Das Leben der Anderen (2006)
Written and directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, this is a German movie set in East Germany before the fall of the Berlin Wall. It won the Oscar for best foreign film for 2006.
It is a very interesting film about a lonely secret agent who gets assigned the duty of spying on a young German couple. The husband is a playwright and his wife is a young pretty actress. It shows how the secret agent becomes engrossed in their lives - hence, The Lives of Others is the movie title.
I didn't know much about this movie when I began to watch it. I actually stumbled upon it. Like most things, if you have no idea what to expect, you are pleasantly surprised when the film turns out to be excellent, like in this case.
What do we live for? I think we live for others more than anything else. And we strive to be good. To be good human beings.
That is the point of life afterall.
I really liked Alice Sebold's last line in the novel - I think that the next time I even start to get angry, I will think about that last line. It gives me a lot of peace.
Even from Star Trek - Live Long and Prosper.
It is a very interesting film about a lonely secret agent who gets assigned the duty of spying on a young German couple. The husband is a playwright and his wife is a young pretty actress. It shows how the secret agent becomes engrossed in their lives - hence, The Lives of Others is the movie title.
I didn't know much about this movie when I began to watch it. I actually stumbled upon it. Like most things, if you have no idea what to expect, you are pleasantly surprised when the film turns out to be excellent, like in this case.
What do we live for? I think we live for others more than anything else. And we strive to be good. To be good human beings.
That is the point of life afterall.
I really liked Alice Sebold's last line in the novel - I think that the next time I even start to get angry, I will think about that last line. It gives me a lot of peace.
Even from Star Trek - Live Long and Prosper.
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Better days - Goo Goo Dolls (lyrics)
And you ask me what I want this year
And I try to make this kind and clear
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
Cuz I don't need boxes wrapped in strings
And desire and love and empty things
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
So take these words
And sing out loud
Cuz everyone is forgiven now
Cuz tonight's the night the world begins again
And it's someplace simple where we could live
And something only you can give
And thats faith and trust and peace while we're alive
And the one poor child that saved this world
And there's 10 million more who probably could
If we all just stopped and said a prayer for them
So take these words
And sing out loud
Cuz everyone is forgiven now
Cuz tonight's the night the world begins again
I wish everyone was loved tonight
And somehow stop this endless fight
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
So take these words
And sing out loud
Cuz everyone is forgiven now
Cuz tonight's the night the world begins again
Cuz tonight's the night the world begins again
And I try to make this kind and clear
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
Cuz I don't need boxes wrapped in strings
And desire and love and empty things
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
So take these words
And sing out loud
Cuz everyone is forgiven now
Cuz tonight's the night the world begins again
And it's someplace simple where we could live
And something only you can give
And thats faith and trust and peace while we're alive
And the one poor child that saved this world
And there's 10 million more who probably could
If we all just stopped and said a prayer for them
So take these words
And sing out loud
Cuz everyone is forgiven now
Cuz tonight's the night the world begins again
I wish everyone was loved tonight
And somehow stop this endless fight
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
So take these words
And sing out loud
Cuz everyone is forgiven now
Cuz tonight's the night the world begins again
Cuz tonight's the night the world begins again
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
"I wish you all a long and happy life". - Alice Sebold
Just living is not enough. One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower. ~Hans Christian Anderson
Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can. ~Danny Kaye
To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funnybone. ~Reba McEntire
If A equals success, then the formula is: A = X + Y + Z, where X is work, Y is play, and Z is keep your mouth shut. ~Albert Einstein
For if there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life. ~Albert Camus
Never tell your problems to anyone...20% don't care and the other 80% are glad you have them. - Lou Holtz
Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt and dance like no one is watching. - Randall G Leighton
As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn't supposed to ever let us down, probably will. You'll have your heart broken and you'll break others' hearts. You'll fight with your best friend or maybe even fall in love with them, and you'll cry because time is flying by. So take too many pictures, laugh too much, forgive freely, and love like you've never been hurt. Life comes with no guarantees, no time outs, no second chances. you just have to live life to the fullest, tell someone what they mean to you and tell someone off, speak out, dance in the pouring rain, hold someone's hand, comfort a friend, fall asleep watching the sun come up, stay up late, be a flirt, and smile until your face hurts. Don't be afraid to take chances or fall in love and most of all, live in the moment because every second you spend angry or upset is a second of happiness you can never get back. - Unknown
Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can. ~Danny Kaye
To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funnybone. ~Reba McEntire
If A equals success, then the formula is: A = X + Y + Z, where X is work, Y is play, and Z is keep your mouth shut. ~Albert Einstein
For if there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life. ~Albert Camus
Never tell your problems to anyone...20% don't care and the other 80% are glad you have them. - Lou Holtz
Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt and dance like no one is watching. - Randall G Leighton
As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn't supposed to ever let us down, probably will. You'll have your heart broken and you'll break others' hearts. You'll fight with your best friend or maybe even fall in love with them, and you'll cry because time is flying by. So take too many pictures, laugh too much, forgive freely, and love like you've never been hurt. Life comes with no guarantees, no time outs, no second chances. you just have to live life to the fullest, tell someone what they mean to you and tell someone off, speak out, dance in the pouring rain, hold someone's hand, comfort a friend, fall asleep watching the sun come up, stay up late, be a flirt, and smile until your face hurts. Don't be afraid to take chances or fall in love and most of all, live in the moment because every second you spend angry or upset is a second of happiness you can never get back. - Unknown
Eyjafjallajökull - the island-mountains glacier
Iceland is a small little country in Europe. It is funny because I always associated the landmass characteristics with the name - Iceland - land of ice.
Funnily enough, in April 2010, this premise was reversed after a volcano erupted on the island. The volcano is Eyjafjallajökull - which last erupted in 1823.
When I first heard the story on BBC, I was astounded. Man - a volcano in ICELAND? Not really heard of. I thought to myself, how come it didn't cause the ice above to melt before? But then, that is why it is a DORMANT volcano right?
(Taking a break to do some ironing)
Sometimes dormant volcanoes do erupt!!
So a volcano in Iceland has erupted. It wouldn't have been so bad if it wasn't located near mainland Europe - which saw havoc arise because its airspace was covered in soot. No one knew what the consequences of volcanic ash would be on the airlines - but no one wanted to take a chance.
Now airspace has been opened up again.
How interesting right? The world can still amaze us.
Funnily enough, in April 2010, this premise was reversed after a volcano erupted on the island. The volcano is Eyjafjallajökull - which last erupted in 1823.
When I first heard the story on BBC, I was astounded. Man - a volcano in ICELAND? Not really heard of. I thought to myself, how come it didn't cause the ice above to melt before? But then, that is why it is a DORMANT volcano right?
(Taking a break to do some ironing)
Sometimes dormant volcanoes do erupt!!
So a volcano in Iceland has erupted. It wouldn't have been so bad if it wasn't located near mainland Europe - which saw havoc arise because its airspace was covered in soot. No one knew what the consequences of volcanic ash would be on the airlines - but no one wanted to take a chance.
Now airspace has been opened up again.
How interesting right? The world can still amaze us.
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Fracture (2007)
Starring Ryan Gosling and Anthony Hopkins, this is one good movie that I must recommend. It is about a perfect crime - or supposedly a perfect crime. Hopkins is brilliant as the cool collected killer, who taunts the federal prosecutor into losing the case.
But what happens next? It is quite amazing how the film will keep you going and going and going. There is a fine distinction to be made in law - that is the beauty of law in the first place, and one of the chief reasons why I want to pursue law.
This film also stars Rosamund Pike - who I first saw in Pride and Prejudice. She plays Jane Bennet in this brilliant adaptation of Jane Austen's novel. I liked her - I even liked her in James Bond in Die Another Day. She is only 10 months older than I am!! That amazes me totally!! She is very very pretty though.
But what happens next? It is quite amazing how the film will keep you going and going and going. There is a fine distinction to be made in law - that is the beauty of law in the first place, and one of the chief reasons why I want to pursue law.
This film also stars Rosamund Pike - who I first saw in Pride and Prejudice. She plays Jane Bennet in this brilliant adaptation of Jane Austen's novel. I liked her - I even liked her in James Bond in Die Another Day. She is only 10 months older than I am!! That amazes me totally!! She is very very pretty though.
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Assignment for gender course & other thoughts
Right now, I'm in the middle of an assignment for the certificate course in gender I've taken up. It is interesting because it is making me think of things that I normally don't think about. How I have been influenced by my grandmother and my mother for one. Secondly, it is asking what I want for women of the next generation. That too requires thought.
I also have to study for this oncoming series of entrance exams that are coming up. I haven't even seen my 12th class board certificate for over a decade. It is funny fishing it out again!!
Apart from that I have some things for work to finish. That is why I decided that today I would just chill out and spend doing something for moi. That includes the gender course btw. Ofcourse I should also be studying, but sometimes you need a break right?
What is interesting about competitive exams is that they can ask you anything under the sun. And these days the sun is very very bright!!
I went for a walk to the malls nearby today and bought my sister a shirt as a congratulatory present. I also bought some movies - Black Friday and Rann. I sat and watched Rann right now. I liked it. It was interesting.
Black Friday is directed by Anurag Kashyap, who has become a favourite director of mine after I saw Gulaal. Gulaal is a good film - it was the first film that my husband and I went and saw on our first date. Little did I know then that he hates Hindi films and wouldn't watch them in future with me!!
I also have to study for this oncoming series of entrance exams that are coming up. I haven't even seen my 12th class board certificate for over a decade. It is funny fishing it out again!!
Apart from that I have some things for work to finish. That is why I decided that today I would just chill out and spend doing something for moi. That includes the gender course btw. Ofcourse I should also be studying, but sometimes you need a break right?
What is interesting about competitive exams is that they can ask you anything under the sun. And these days the sun is very very bright!!
I went for a walk to the malls nearby today and bought my sister a shirt as a congratulatory present. I also bought some movies - Black Friday and Rann. I sat and watched Rann right now. I liked it. It was interesting.
Black Friday is directed by Anurag Kashyap, who has become a favourite director of mine after I saw Gulaal. Gulaal is a good film - it was the first film that my husband and I went and saw on our first date. Little did I know then that he hates Hindi films and wouldn't watch them in future with me!!
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