FOUR YEARS......& The Village....
I realized today that it is exactly four years since I set foot on American soil.....How have I changed?? or have I changed at all?? I don't know, but then life goes on. Four years back, I sat in a VW Jetta for the first time...an imported car for me!! Four years back, I took my first train ride in the US and realized that trains do go at very high speeds....smoothly!! During the four years, I realized that though the trains go at very high speeds they also take an infinite time to reach a destination! I also realized, I have travelled by air so many times, which I wouldn't have even dreamt of, if I was in India, and also came to know I love travelling inspite of the delays and the layovers and everything else!! I have realized that once you reach a certain age you have to make certain decisions on your own and this place will help you do that without any hesitation. I have realized that cooking is no big deal and you don't need a pressure cooker to make rice. I realized that my instinct has always been shouting at me, but I have learnt to listen and heed to it in the past four years. I have realized that it is a great feeling to be an uncle and I remember how I used to feel when my uncles used to visit me. But then I have also realized that I have not been that good a 'Mama'(uncle in Indian) as my mama's have been, to visit me so frequently in India.
On a lighter note, saw The Village by Night Shyamalan...its an OK movie and I highly recommend one should watch it as casually as any other movie. Being a Shyamalan movie, I watched it with some 'Extra' attention so that my six bucks do not go down the drain, but then the tables turned on me. Had I not paid attention to the intricate details and the dialogues, I probably wouldn't have figured out the climax of the movie, which I guessed it half way through!! Hence I could not feel the jolt of surprise that everyone should feel :( Anyways the movie is not that big a special watch and definitely lets you down as compared to 'The Signs'. Felt like I should have seen 'Catwoman' cos I knew I wouldn't have had to use my head to see it and at the same time might have enjoyed watching the CAT purring around for 2 hours!! :-)
Sunday, August 01, 2004