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An Expensive Learning Experience

Thursday, April 15th, 2010 | Author: Vivek

Note: This is a Personal Blah Blah Blah. I jus’ wanted to analyze what went wrong today and get it off my mind.

Today, I am feeling really miserable. I want to hit something very very hard, but don’t want to hurt my hand! I have been giving a series of exams to obtain a certification called APICS CPIM (Certified in Production and Inventory Management). I gave my first exam last year in May. It was pretty easy and didn’t require much preparation, maybe because I had taken a class which taught me all the basics. Then I kept postponing the idea of giving my second exam for quite some time. Finally, decided to give in December 2009. Finished my semester, studied for a day or two and cleared the second exam too. After this, I went back to India for the winter holidays.

After returning from the vacation, I decided I will write the 3rd Exam. Took up a date in February, again studied for a day and wrote the exam. This time around, unlike the last two times, lady luck refused to stand by my side. Failed the exam by a mark. Felt bad. But I didn’t want to give up. Registered for the 4th exam, coz I can’t give the 3rd exam for a month. Postponed it twice, due to Spring Break and stuff. Then, finally gave it today morning. With more preparation than the last 3 exams. Guess, I studied for 3-4 days. Read all the chapters once, attempted the practice questions and all. But it was not enough. Failed the exam, miserably, by 6 marks. It proved me that I had under estimated what was in store. It feels so very miserable to fail. Feels like I am so incapable! Failing once can be accepted, twice is really bad. Maybe I am rushing it. But, it has been a year since I started and I didn’t want to delay it further. I still feel rushing it was not a mistake, but the lack of preparation was. I needed this failure. Learnt very valuable lessons, though costly lessons.

Laziness has done its damage. My concentration capacity has deteriorated very badly. I am getting distracted so easily by anything and everything. I am unable to stop myself from doing more than one thing. My mind flutters everywhere, it wants to do 100 things at the same time. I know, multi-tasking has its own benefits, but for the moment I think it is better if I train my mind to concentrate completely on one particular thing. I am going to avoid being on FB or even GTalk, logged in all the time. I have blocked FB and Orkut, so that I can use my time constructively and get rid of the addiction. Hope this time around I change my bad habits and prevent them from doing more damage. Hope something good happens soon. At this moment, it still feels so miserable.

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Angaadi Theru

Saturday, April 03rd, 2010 | Author: Vivek

As always let me begin with the Trailer of this Movie:

The movie revolves completely around one of Chennai’s busiest market streets – the Ranganathan Street in T.Nagar and hence the name Angaadi Theru which means ‘Market Street’ in pure Tamil. The Movie is directed by G Vasantha Balan and produced by Ayngaran International. It stars Newcomer Mahesh as Jothilingam aka Lingu, ‘Nijama thaan Solriya’ Anjali as Sermakani aka Kani, KKK Fame Pandi as Marimuthu aka Mari, Director A Venkatesh as Karungali and many other new faces. Brilliant acting by everyone, especially the actress Anjali. Her eyes speak everything.

‘Angadi Theru’ celebrates the triumph of human spirit over overwhelming odds, and the kindling of hope in the midst of all the pain and misery. It tells the story of the workers, the sales people in the shops of Ranganathan Street. It is like tracing the story of few random people whom you will come across in those busy streets, blowing it up and making a movie out of it. Though the story parodies a particular store in T.Nagar, I would say it is the same case with many other shops in India. Especially because there is not much of an opportunity in the interior parts of the country, people come to the cities and take up low paying jobs. The employees are exploited from early morning to midnight, and they too bear all this because of their helplessness. They need the money, the job, to survive. The exploitation is similar even in the IT companies, but people are in a better bargaining position than those shown in the movie.

The movie’s technical brilliance is something which you will not be able to appreciate at the first viewing. The film has such an engaging screenplay, that you will not be able to digress away from the story. You can’t notice any flaws with the cinematography, editing or the music as you would probably be very busy following the details depicted on the screen. The scenes are impact oriented and consequential – You will be simply occupied with the emotions that engulf you with every scene that is exhibited. The music too is Good and I liked the songs after listening to it for a few times and understanding the meaning. Jayamohan’s pithy lines lend a natural feel and deserve a special appreciation.

Verdict: A Must-Watch for those who appreciate Good Cinema.

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