*From To Sathish*-Sathish's new movie Info & Pics pg20! - Page 28

quotes to ponder and decipher

Dream delivers us to dream, and there is no end to illusion. Life is like a train of moods like a string of beads, and, as we pass through them, they prove to be many-colored lenses which paint the world their own hue.

"One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything's fine today, that is our illusion"

We're just two lost souls
Swimming in a fish bowl,
Year after year,
Running over the same old ground.
What have we found?
The same old fears.
Wish you were here."

"Don't believe everything you think. Thoughts are just that - thoughts."

"If it looks real and feels real, do you think it matters if it's real?"

"Liking other people is an illusion we have to cherish in ourselves if we are to live in society."

"You said you were a fairy princess
You said you were a shooting star
You said we'd go to Bora Bora
Now look at where the f**k we are"

"Don't talk to strangers. Don't do drugs. Don't smoke. Don't drink and drive. Don't have sex. Wear a condom. Wear sunblock. Wear a seat belt. Wear a helmet. If you see something, say something. Just say no. Stop, drop, and roll. Stop, look, and listen. Look both ways before you cross the street...
Safety is an illusion. Bad things can happen to anyone at any time, whether you follow the rules or not. You can check left, check right, check left again before you step off the curb and into the crosswalk, but that won't stop an anonymous asshole in his shitty pickup from putting you in intensive care..."

"When your heart truly adores somebody,
your mind perceives a halo on that man's head."

"The truth, my friend, is an awesome thing, to be handled with wisdom and with courage denied to ordinary people. Most of us must make do with illusions. Or else -- or else we could not endure."

Thanks for those collection of quotes...very thought-provoking words indeed. Edited by spain - 10 years ago

                        significance of an individual


Many fortunate people do make intimate relationships which continue until death,and which constitute their major source of happiness.But even the closest relationship is bound to have flaws and disadvantages,and it is often because people do not  accept this that they are more unhappy than they need be,and more inclined to abandon one another.If it is accepted that no relationship is ever ideal,it makes us easier to understand why men and women need other sources of fulfilment.As we have seen,many creative activities are predominantly solitary.They are concerned with self realization and self-fulfilment in isolation, or with finding some coherent pattern in life.The degree to which these creative activities take priority in  the life of an individual varies with his personality and talents.Everyone needs some human relationships; but everyone also needs some kind of fulfilment which is relevant to himself alone.Provided that they have friends and acquaintances.those who are passionately engaged in pursuing interests which are important to them may achieve happiness without having any very close relationships

                                                                                           STORR

Things that are messy

We take everything for granted.most importantly our loved ones and forget the basic courtesy which is due to them.The wife,replacement mother,resident sex worker,permanent cook and the pillow to vent our angst.to those that follow the above virtues i hope your D...s fall off.

late teens if you are lucky until late forties,those three or four times a day turns to three or four times a week and soon to three or four times a month and soon in a year.well what do you do with that women who is in the house.most pass like ghost ships passing each other in the night.marraige is a necessary bond or evil but rather than bring two of the opposite sexes to procreate and further their genes,wouldnt it be beautiful if they came together in friendship,a person to talk to and share thoughts.

in todays warped world whom can you trust and how do you begin a trustworthy friendship and who the heck has the time.

maybe it is true that men are from mars and women are from venus but real friendship and love can change all that.

Like there is no word hinduism which is just a plural form of saivism,vaishnavism,saktham,gaanapathyam and koumaaram love is just an abstract word to describe the various emotions such as loyalty,gratitude,friendship,passion and physical attraction.

oh utopia,land of perfection what an illusion

                Prayer prayer on my knees and on my feet
              folded hands anxious and at the edge of the seat
                i whispered my thoughts and fears to him
               and he whispered back deep in my mind
              call it two halves of my brain,call it the conscience
           the whispers calmed me and i grew strong on my madness and prayer



                        Every now and then and offlate it seems every other day i look up to the sky and search for him for i have been out of quality work and getting by on small ads which should suffice you might say.But the sand of time are eroding my years and strength and that really puts the fears up my bony arse.So lately rather than say my prayers that is just chanting sanskrit slokas,half of which i have no understanding i start my day and go on as usual in despair surviving.There is one whisper who teases me with these scary and wicked taunts saying dude,chill just a few decades more and it will be done and you can be at peace for only in death is there true happiness.

                                  And still there is another whisper which screams like thunder saying god has given you everything and yet you wont fight and achieve what you are capable of and soon time will run out and the only thing you will achieve is brand new dentures and a walker.that hurts.


                    so i decided that i would really talk from my heart to these gods i have been praying to all these years.damn it i ended up talking to the whole bloody gang.i started talking to shiva and soon i had to include shakti and ganesha for i didnt want to leave them out of this family problem.the family means me and them.weird but still time left for the loony bin.


                         well i prayed for more movie roles,better tv serial offers and lot of national ads and soon very soon i thought to myself what the f..k.dont you or them have better things to do with your time for at least they do and more people in real and dire need to attend to.

                                sheepishly i said ok but what about my wishlist to which the voice whispered take the wishlist and shove it where the sun dont shine.oops now that hurt for i knew god would not use those foul words or would he.maybe if i really tested his patience.


                           But in the end i felt better about myself and realised that prayer can calm you,make you see things in the real perspective and most importantly make you feel thankful for what has been given to me and you.so i decided that i wont pray anymore for my prayers could clog up and add to the burden of the long list of prayers god has already.prayers from orphans,from souls dying of cancer,molested children,rape victims and most politicians who are thinking of ways to make more money.couldnt resist that.prayers for real friends who care and love you.now i think i have lots of those so i can sign off for the day and go about posting nasty jokes on sardar and bihari potty problems.

                          CHENNAI EXPRESS


            I saw chennai express on tata sky showcase.I liked the film,it was decent and a great timepass film.God if one went by all the reviews and how the film got 1 star out of 5,1 star out of 4 you would have thought that the film was crap which it was not.And pray tell me who are these monkeys who rate and give stars to films.Let me inform those critics or pretending to be critics that the people have given a big thumbs up to the film and it has made more than 350 crores at the box-office.Now not 100,or 200 but 350 crores.why do you think so many people watched it and me thinks it is firstly because we love shah rukh khan,secondly deepika looks great and has acted well and lastly because they know that rohit shetty will give them a good timepass family film.


                                There seems to be this hate wave flowing against shah rukh for the past few years and even when he stays out of controversies and is supposed to be a down to earth person.Maybe they dont like his success or just that hate him cos the whole of india loves him even when he hams and sniggers with a lop sided smile.Starting from baazigar and darr people hailed shah rukh as the answer to inherit amitabh's mantle and while he didnt live upto mr.lambu's heights shah rukh never declared that he is going to take up the mantle and then people are dissapointed with him.We have to come to terms and make peace with the film industry in general and accept the fact that there are no more great stories to be told but only the rehash of old and cliched plots.Maybe the screenplay can be tinkered and made to suit todays actors but the hard cold fact is great cinema stories cannot be made anymore just because nobody will go to watch it.really but great timepass films can be made and will go on probably to make 300 crores or 400 or even 500 crores.but that is today and it can be done with the amount of publicity and product placement done for and in the films.


                      But coming back to the film chennai express i had eyes only for deepika padukone who looked better and acted better than shah rukh khan who could have done his in his sleep or maybe in a coma.We expect so much from films and build ourselves or let ourselves be dragged into the hype and hysteria and then if we dont like it we rip it to shreds.a film my friends is just a film in the end.


                                In todays climate and when you look around the films that have made money in the past few years you notice it is star power and only the stars who bring in the crowd.DABAANG,READY,BODYGUARD,EK THA TIGER,WANTED were salman's big hits and they made so much money because of salman and his fans.they might not have great stories and yet they were huge blockbusters.so it shows that there is a market for even mediocre and ordinary timepass films.so the junta is made up of these like minded people and there is nothing wrong in it.


                      Inthe end we have to accept that great stories dont guarantee big hits but great perfomances might just do the trick and even if that fails great marketing and packaging will do it.Life itself is an illusion so then why do we bitch and crib when we thought was great film turns out to be just that.

You watched "Chennai Express" and you actually liked it?! 😲
Really?

Yay!! I'm glad my Shahrukh is finally back in form!!
And I'm happy everyone enjoyed his "Chennai Express" too...

I swear I felt like murdering him when I saw him in "Jab Tak Hai Jaan"...
I thought he was headed for career-suicide...
but I'm glad he came back with "Chennai Express"

I knew all along Deepika would outshine him -
but by losing out to his heroine, Shahrukh always ends up as the winner.
Right from the beginning of his production house, he always made his heroines look gorgeous and act well.
"One 2 Ka 4" was a flop, but Shahrukh-Juhi Chawla pair was the best I had ever seen in that movie.
Juhi was apparently pregnant while shooting for this film, but she and Shahrukh made me laugh so much...I cried.
I miss their pair very much.

"Asoka" flopped, but Kareena Kapoor stood out.
"Chalte Chalte" was average, but Rani Mukherji looked stunning.
"Main Hoon Na" was a hit, and Sushmita Sen looked sensational.
And Deepika looked and acted well in both "Om Shanti Om" and "Chennai Express". Both are blockbusters.
They all come from Shahrukh's production house.

Not to mention he is the king of romance too.

If you liked "Chennai Express", you may like "Raja Rani" too...
but I doubt if that movie is your cup of tea.

Meanwhile, I listen to "Tum Hi Ho" (Aashiqui 2) - "Imaye Imaye" (Raja Rani) - "Titli" (Chennai Express) back-to-back everyday.

My 15-month-old nephew, on the other hand, listens only to "Lungi Dance" and "One two three four" (from Chennai Express") day and night, esp while drinking from his milk bottle! 😆Edited by spain - 10 years ago

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                                        love of my life

             Hands entwined and in the joys of youth they met and lived the fullest
              Even as age caught up and broke their unsurmoutable wall of love
             and hands riddled with aches that plague older souls
            they shuffled entwined and connected in their souls
             the fall of his or her shadow was the shade and they shielded themselves
              until she passed on and cast no more shadows to protect him
              so he lay her among the flowers and in the womb of the soil in his garden
              and everyday he bathed her even though she was six feet under
             soon the green became greener and the flowers grew more colorful
            he lay his body among the bed of grass and she came upto him and spread
             and entwined her arms.she was happy for now she ahd thousands of blades of grass
             to hold him and cherish him.
              even now her spirit crept and poured into the trees and they bent over to shade him
              and then the moment came and he left and she slowly covered him more and dragged him down under
               and once again they were together not just two bodies but atom in atom and molecule in molecule

                                                                                              satish

I must tell about this man I met at work today.

A nice, well-built man in his early 50s walked into the Emergency room and sat up on the bed.
The nurse told him to change to the hospital gown and lie down. The doctor will come and see him soon.

Well, I didn't see him so soon.
I had to sort out some very sick patients first.
By the time I came to him, he looked very irritated and annoyed.
"Just give me some strong pain killer for my splitting headache and I'll go home and have my tea. I don't want to waste my time waiting here."...he growled at me.

I apologised to him.
(Imagine the irony of my situation here😳...apologise to him for what??? For wasting my time and the hospital's time!?)

Well, I kept my professional manners intact and asked him what the problem was.
He came with a letter sent by his family doctor. He had acute sinusitis with worsening headache, which did not improve with pain killers and antibiotics. His family doctor was concerned he may have a more serious problem and had requested me to do a CT brain for him.

So I arranged for him to have a CT brain and gave him a strong pain killer.
I examined him and apart from his sinusitis and the headache it causes...I couldn't find anything wrong with him. I told him once he got the scan done, he could go home to his wife and follow up with his family doctor.
By this time, the pain killer kicked in and he was feeling better.
He looked less annoyed and he gave me a big smile...he had a lovely smile. He apologised for his abrupt behaviour too.

While he got his scan done, I continued to see other patients.
Half an hour later, I saw his CT images and report.
It was written in bold letters: "small meningioma seen in right parietal region. chronic sinusitis present in left ethmoid bone."
I discussed with my boss and the neurosurgeon.

I came back to him. He was smiling like a 1000 watt bulb.
"Hey, look at me...my headache is gone now and I feel great!! Thanks for all your help. I'll go home now and have my tea."

I said, "Hold on...before you go home, I need to talk about your scan report.
I have some good news and some bad news."

His beautiful smile disappeared and he became apprehensive.
He composed himself bravely and said "Give me the bad news first."
"You have a small brain tumour inside your head" I told him.

He stared at me...as if I just cracked the worst joke. Except I wasn't joking.
I could tell he was shocked.

Then I gave him the good news..."The good news is it's only 9 mm!!"
I said those words so cheerfully, he looked at me in horror...

"How the hell is that suppose to make me feel better...you just brought back my headache again!!"

By this time, I broke into laughter. "The secretary actually made a typing error on the scan report. She wrote the tumour size as 90mm, instead of 9 mm. 90 mm is 9 cm...you would be in very critical condition if you had a 9 cm tumour inside ur head, you know!!"

He laughed with me. "Oh, 9 mm is not so bad as 9 cm...I didn't think of it that way..."
Actually, he laughed with tears in his eyes...happy tears.

I reassured him he was not in any danger, it was only an incidental finding, and to follow up with his family doctor and the neurosurgeon. He thanked me and left the hospital.

It is amazing to see how people walk into the hospital with such a strange attitude...that they have everything under control...only to be humbled that they can actually leave the hospital alive without losing their life!!
One numerical digit on one scan report can literally turn one's life upside down.

Have gratitude for what you have in your life - it is priceless compared to what you wish for.

Advanced wishes for a wonderful Diwali!!😊Edited by spain - 10 years ago