Well, the long weekend is finally over and also a few hectic days following the same though nothing has been eventful. Infact, last week has been one where I saw Aruna’s face daily as she worked out every single day – till Saturday. That makes it 6 days at a stretch of gymming. I have definitely done well – I am satisfied with my workout. However it doesn’t show in my weight. Frown I can’t really figure out what’s keeping me from losing all that mass although I feel much lighter these days. I haven’t hit another plateau – I can’t keep getting there every one kg. However, on close monitoring the weight machine, there is a fluctuation every 6 hours or so. Looks like its true – I need to put extra effort to achieve anything in life while others get there much easily. BTW, our friend has stated that she would get there much easily almost ridiculing me for spending 2.5 years to get here – which is fine, just firms up my resolve as the journey (to lose 10 kgs more) will be much tougher. However, I wish that it will take me much lesser than 2.5 years to lose the balance 10 kgs. Otherwise, this week was rather ordinary – no news or further developments on the career front. Deloitte is ambivalent. Perhaps they will decide one way or the other by this week. I can hope and pray that things work out for me. I can’t imagine why I should be ‘rejected’ because both my rounds went well. However, such doubts cross your mind when things are against you. The incidents over the past few weeks have left a severe dent on my confidence level. I have started feeling that nothing ever will be the same again...

Now for a change – I wanted to do a few film reviews. I have always resisted doing the same as plenty of good reviews are available on the net. I watched ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ which is the toast of the season – what with so many awards and nominations in its kitty. It is certainly and well told story and the conceptualization is superb – the best I have seen in recent times. I loved the intelligent way in which each question was interlinked with the life of the protagonist. Though, I won’t say that the portrayal of slums and the life of its dwellers were called for given the image crisis that India faces today. However, with due respect to Rehman – I don’t feel this composition was quite as good as we are used to. It might have won him the ‘Golden Globe’ and 3 oscar nominations but ... well he has set high standards for himself. I strongly feel that ‘Ghazini’ and more so Aamir Khan deserves praise for the kind of effort that went into making this movie. It was an old story well told but I couldn’t digest the violence depicted in this movie. No wonder he was deservedly awarded the ‘Entertainer of the year award’ organized by NDTV. The other movie I saw was ‘Chandni Chowk to China’ which was a disappointment as far as movie making was concerned – the plot dished out was mediocre even my mainstay ‘masala’ movie standards. However, the kids loved the 3 hour long entertainment if we overlook the glaring flaws in storytelling. Given the big banner and background of the cast and crew – they should have done a better job.

Well, now I move into the last week of my course at the institute – I will have more to recount on the course and if I received any further help to install the sql software!

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