Lady in the Water...

After keeping you inside high wals of woods in his last movie 'The Village'... Shyamalan now takes you inside a quiet apartment complex and keeps you enthralled till the end... I am not gonna give any spoilers in this blog and so you can read thru the entire blog without havin to worry about losing the thrill... The movie is more of a bed time story narrated with perfection... Shyamalan sure is a master story teller... well for a sure change he has made ppl laugh at certain scenes in the movie... I prepared myself for the worst of a thriller before entering the movie hall But Manoj kindda cheated me on that... And the hero Paul's performance is simply brilliant... So what are you waiting for... rush to the theater near you... grab a canno pepsi and 'corn... get a block rented in Manoj's apartment....

From Shyamalan the master... comes Lady in the Water...

Italian Pizza Vs French Fries...

Right from the day the World Cup final match was announced... till the end of the Second half of the match... the entire world of fans beleived there is only one man in this world who could decide the outcome of the match single handedly... Zizou...For the uninitiated Zidane... Everyone beleived that he could join the ranks of Pele and Maradona... the demi-gods of the soccer world... but fate would have it otherwise... If only Buffon would have misjudged his jump when he saved the header from the magician, a new history would have been written with Zidane as the theme... After losing his last nerve Zidane was right there in the middle of the field to be intimidated... the trap was set and he reacted as expected.. and Lo... there falls another legend... his one last unforgettable act made him fall from the abode and laid him down with the mortals...

After his fall and with the front men Henry and Ribery out of the field... There was no game left on the field... After all without an Orchestrator ther could be no Orchestra... and that lead the game to the solo performances... With 2-2 in the penanlty shoot out... the game was moving towards the sudden death... It seemed like only Luck could play an important role in the game... and it finally did... but against the wishes of the world... The very same luck that favoured Zidane by making the ball bounce into the net from the post, did not stand by his team this time... After all luck too seems to have been disappointed with Zidane's act and joined the opponents... And when the French fries were getting half cooked... the Pizza boyz delivered...

Open Season...

Well this blog is definitely not about the soon to be released animated movie...(The trailer of this movie seems to be very promising by the way...) but is about the i-got-shit-and-here's-ur-share season... yup u got it right...The ever entertaining performance appraisal season... the word s performance appraisal are soon becoming the most abusive words in IT parlance... i mean puke on a guy and his reactions wud be definitely better than the one he sports after his performance appraisal...
The current cube that is allocated to me is kinda strategically located for maximum entertainment... It is located between two project managers and i get to listen to all the crappy shits that they have to share in their meetings and phone calls... yup... the content i hear is more entertaining than a friends serial with 10 Joey characters... i mean i sometimes cannot control my laughter after listening to a few of the conversations and i had to take frequent breaks to catch my breath... And with the open season in place wat more do ya want?...

Everyday ppl call them to complain about the appraisal results and they have the standard template answers to everyone... (I had a chance to work under one of these two some 1 year ago... and the template answers seeems to have not changed...) So here is this guy complaining about the way he was rated and that he has given everythign that he could for the project and bang comes the reply.... the PM turns philosophical and narrates his own experience... and how he is helpless with no decimals being allowed in the final rating results as of a 4.2 would have made the dude happier than a 5... Performance appraisal is suppose to evaluate how i performed and it has nothin to do with me being in US or in India in the last six months while my team mates are waiting for a chance to fly.... Evaluate me on wat i did...how i did it... did i do justice to the money paid to me... am i ready for the next level...

All the managers should realise is that these appraisals should encourage the employee to do better than wat he does now.... not bog him down and make him another liability to the company(apart from the PM)...