Reco-s
Anything to get past the earlier post, I thought I would put up some of the stuff that I listen to. Many a time, I find it hard to find good music, and if you find yourself in the same rut, maybe this will help you.
- Meatloaf & Marion Raven - It's All Coming Back To Me Now: Personally, I really like it. It's one of those slowish rock songs, with a lot of piano. But what makes it brilliant is the duet between Meatloaf and Raven, it's beautifully put together.
- Oasis - Masterplan: Known to most as emotional or "cry-ey" song makers , Oasis fail to disappoint with another similar rendition. But hey, it's still really good. It's a very new song, and will do well on the charts. A must hear.
- Christina Aguilera - Hurt: Yeah fine, everyone considers her to be one of the "Britney-Spears" types, but no one can deny her ability to sing. Hurt is an okay song technically, but Christina Aguilera's voice will just blow you away. Shit, she is awesome. It starts of as a piano acoustic, and then moves into some drums and violin. I really enjoy listening to it.
- The Scorpions - Hurricane 2000: Ali made me listen to this, and the intro just makes me listen to it over and over again. It's a re-make of the Scoripions-hit, Rock You Like A Hurricane, but with an orchestra backing it. Again, brilliant.
- Rascal Flatts - What Hurts The Most: This Tejas recommended to me, in his bid to tell me how he could relate so much to it. Sometimes, that's what makes a song awesome, the fact that you can relate to every word. Anyway, it's a good song. I like the lead singer's voice.
- Jimmy Eat World - Pain: I love the pace of this song, and the name "pain" is very daunting. I love listening to it!
- Good Charlotte - Emotionless: A very emotion-full song - that's why I like it.
- Matchbox Twenty - Soul: I had to put an unheard-of Matchbox Twenty song to pay homage to my favourite band. This song is full of energy. Maybe you won't like it when you hear it for the first time, but the words and the passion makes it a very close-to-the-heart song once you start liking it.
- Snow Patrol Featuring Martha Wainwright - Set The Fire To The Third Bar: The new Snow Patrol song that really grows on you. This one has been on my playlist for quite some time. It once, meant a lot to me.
- Razorlight - America: It's a very nice song to listen. Just nice. I thought I did not like it, but then I heard it randomly and I was like "nice".
A few hard songs which I love listening to at full volume when I am pissed off or when I require energetic inspiration:
- Cobra Starship - Snakes On A Plane
- 30 Seconds To Mars - The Kill
- Shinedown - Save Me
- Crossfade - Cold
- 3 Doors Down - This Time (Tejas' recommended)
- My Chemical Romance - Helena
- Incubus - Megalomaniac (Nishant's recommended)
- Tantric - Mourning
- Silverchair - Tomorrow
Enjoy!
P.S. Any recommendations?
Random Questioning...
If a human you consider "great", or "good", or "God-like" or whom you have great "respect" for, dies, will you mourn his death? Or will you celebrate what he stood for? - His "great" existence.
Why do I ask? Last year on the 25th of November, George Best, one of the greatest English footballers to grace the earth, died. As usual, the following weekend, all premiership matches had a minute of "silence" to remember this great footballer. But the silence changed to cheers, loud, energetic cheers from the fans at Old Trafford hailing their hero and saying Amen for everything he did and stood for. The passionate reverberations could be heard and felt through the television, and all the commentators said was why mourn the death of a great man when you can appreciate "him" for what he was? I bet George Best would have preferred the cheer to the one minute silence. We all die. He was 59, some still consider that "young", but his days were numbered anyway. So accept death, but rejoice his greatness, right? I mean wouldn't you prefer that- the cheer of appreciation, when you die, to the mournful dreary silence? I would.
P.S. I don't know, this question has been stuck in my head for quite, quite a while, almost an year, I had to blurt it out.
Redial Entertainment
Post board-exam time, Redial Entertainment will begin officially.
What we are all about:
We like doing things. Obviously. We all have some talent or the other and we don't want to waste it. So we plant do something useful with it. Redial Entertainment is, as Tejas said, a Non-Profit organization, at least financially. The profit we want from this is the exposure, the fun, the references, the recommendations and over and above it all, the experience.
What we'll offer:
A plethora of randomly connected things - that's what we will offer. Our main concentration will be media-related projects, but the break down below of what each of us will do for Redial Entertainment, will give you an idea as to what Redial Entertainment will exactly offer.
Members:
- Anish Malpani - Manager/Head of Production/Editor/ Brand Manager
- Tejas Menon - Assistant Manager/Director Of Photography/Assistant Sound-Advisor/ Assistant Brand Manager/ Editor
- Ali Yar Khan - Lead Guitarist (up for "loan", will play for those who deservingly require him)/Music & Sound Advisor
- Harendra Kapur - Head Of Advertising/Voice Over-er/Actor (on loan)/Creative Advisor
- Romit Sen - Head Cameraman/Assistant Editor/Head Archiver/Video-Creative Advisor
Mr Axel Rodericks
Mrs Sharen Lobo
What we plan to specialize in:
- Video/Presentations for any purpose (Professional Backgrounds, Professional Video Support, Amateur Trailers, Amateur Advertisements, Memory Based Videos, Fun Videos, etc)
- Lead Guitarist Available
- Sound/Music Advice
- Actor/Voice Over-giver available
- Background Music + Minus Tracks
- Amateur Band Management & Support
NOTE: Redial Entertainment is very flexible. We will do whatever we can. If we are told to handle an event, and we see potential fun and experience-giving experience, we will go for it.
We are not going force anyone to pay us for our work. Materialistically, all we want is references and recommendations.
Visit us: www.redial-entertainment.blogspot.com
What you will get from the site:
Our ambitions, and all our previous videos. We are trying to upload as many as we can. Plus, we will get a domain later, and make things more professional.
What we want you to do:
If you want any of the above mentioned things processed, please contact us.
If you know anyone who might want the above mentioned things processed, please contact us.
Any support will be appreciated.
Thank you
Contact Us:
redial.entertainment@gmail.com
Stress...
Stress is everywhere. Exam time - it's around even more. Everyone, everywhere, is going through 'shit'. So what all us "going-through-shit-ers" need is more stress. Confused? My theory - "Beyond a point, shit stress converts to fun stress, so get stressed above that point." I really don't know what I am saying.
"Calm is for wimps. Get real. Get stressed."
Some stress-increasing maneuvers:
- Choose friends you don't like.
- Be late. Always.
- Behave like a sardar...
- Go to the premiere of Casino Royale. Sit next to people. Talk loudly.
- On your way out of the cinema, discuss the end of Casino Royale loud enough for the world to hear.
- Record the sound of a dentist's drill. Play it at bedtime.
- Recognize your limitations. Then ignore them.
- Recognize other peoples' limitations. Then tell them what to do.
- Before reaching the paying counter of Carrefour, remove all the bar-codes of your shopping so they won't scan.
- If you can't do it, don't let others do it.
- The best policy - Be honest. All the time. With everyone. About everything.
- The better policy - Lie. All the time. To everyone. About everything.
- Practise rudeness, not just to make others feel bad, but also to make you feel bad about yourself. It's a win-win situation.
- Fart in confined spaces. But only if other people are present.
- Burp, and then say "Bless Me".
- Hear others burp, and then say "Bless You".
- Whine daily.
- Become a politician.
- Have Red Bull before going to bed.
- Never return things you borrow.
- Get a job writing junk mail.
- Blog about "how you open the bathroom door".
- Take credit for successes you have nothing to do with.
- Buy a multi-alarm clock. Set the alarm for every 30 minutes. Then go to sleep.
- HFZ - Make yourself a Humour Free Zone. If you ever find yourself laughing, go to the bathroom and get yourself together.
- Always borrow money from your friends. Forget or put off repaying them for as long as possible.
- Make study schedules you cannot keep up with.
- Leave everything to the last minute.
- At family get-togethers, start talking about the following: sex.
- Be a wet blanket.
- Write down your worries. Read the list before you go to bed.
- Learn to snore.
- Shout at people at least twice a day.
- Try your best to make every competitor know that you are licking ass to become a prefect.
- Buy shoes one size too small.
- Always criticize everyone's clothes.
- Become like Karan. (sorry, I am in the mood)
- Blame everyone else for your failure.
- Remember that there is absolutely no point in talking about someone behind their back unless they get to hear about it.
- Never have a bath.
- Forget brushing your teeth.
- Eat lots and lots of garlic, and then ask your crush for her number.
- Make rumours. Spread them.
- Intentionally fail in your exams.
- Join the "best" school.
- Try and enjoy the stress...
- Do you have any more of these?
P.S. Gone are the stress-free days so make use of the stress-ful ones. Most of the above quotes were taken from "The Little Book Of Stress" written by Rohan Candappa. One of the quotes in it is, " Take credit for successes you have nothing to do with." Thanks Rohan.
No offense intended.
Oh Vice Captain, My Vice Captain!
One person I haven't formally thanked yet is Aaron Luke Gomes, my vice-captain. The deadliest finisher of our team who spear-heads the attack, Aaron has been great support throughout the 5 years that has ultimately led to this mammoth victory.
From the Al Diyafah U-16 Inter School Football Tournament victory, to all the Inter House Football victories, to last year's elimination, to this year's victory - Aaron has always been there beside me, and I have always prized his opinion. Besides that Aaron, our combination on the field has been more than deadly, and I love playing with you. This time 5 of the goals we scored were because of our combination!
Respect Aaron! Tomorrow, when we get the trophy in front of the school, the both of us will lift it, with the team and everyone else beside/behind/around us. =)
P.S. I did not forget, it just kind off slipped...
VICTORY!
Victory is sweet. It's the sweetest. There is nothing like total victory. We are champions. Champions. We are the best among those we compete with. And with conquering your opponents, you conquer your dreams and desires, and then the pure joy that flows out, the emotions, the passion, the sheer ecstasy is the best feeling anyone can have. A feeling that you are on top of the world, and nothing, nothing can stop you from feeling happy. The adrenalin is pumping, and you find this hidden energy within you, that comes bursting out. You reach the pinnacle of satisfaction, and at that moment, nothing seems better. You forget all other pleasures and woes. Sometimes it takes time for the victory to seep in, "shit we have actually won!". It seems like a dream, a dream you don't want to snap out of, and you don't snap out of it because that dream is now reality.
All the practices we had, during Ramadan, under Al Maktoum bridge, in Romit's play area where we endlessly tried to improve our volleys and touches, from grade 7 to now, that preparation, that hard-work, that commitment to the larger cause, that feeling that every time we played football, we played only to win that single tournament we take part in every year, for the biggest bang, the bang that is like a historic legacy in its own small way in the Dubai Modern High School for football, all the seemingly "years of preparation" has led us to a victory that we wanted the most. Screw the medals and the cups, what we wanted was the glory, the glory of victory, because it's that glory that makes everything seem worthwhile. We wanted it, we got it. Hell yeah!
As Captain, I have to specially thank a few people. I would like to thank my team, for their oneness, great spirit, great teamwork, great sportsmanship and for the respect they gave me. I respect you for that. Beyond all the glory-takers, i.e goal-scorers, a special thanks to an unsung hero - Neil Jonathan D'souza - our small Neil. He played with all his heart, and his determination, strength, speed and purposeful tackles played a major role in giving us that once-elusive victory. A special thanks also to Edwin Mathew for a gritty, strong and reliable role as Defensive Midfield. He was brilliant too.
On behalf of the team, I would like to thank all those students and teachers that supported us, from the frantic phone calls of Tejas and Govind, to the "good luck" comments on this blog, and on your MSN nicknames. Thank you - support is always good, and many a time, crucial. Lastly, we would like to thank our passionate and energetic coach - Mr Mahesh Sharma. Thank you sir - you got the best out of us, and made us believe in ourselves even more. Thanks for everything. A special thanks also goes out to Venu Sir, for attending every match, and giving us spurts of inspiration. Thank you sir!
Shit, it feels like the Oscars. I am going to stop. I didn't want this post to be too long, but hey, I really can't control myself at the moment!
More than winning, the whole campaign has been this enchanting and enriching experience of tackling people and emotions, literally and symbolically. Wow - it's been one hell of a roller-coaster, a roller-coaster that we have enjoyed so, so much.
P.S. The obvious song to listen too: "Queen - We Are The Champions"