Snippets
Thoughts for the week
- If for us, West means Americans and East means South East Asians, then what is it for Japanese? Do they call us Westerners?
- If Eye Testing is all about checking the ability of a person to read text in different font sizes, why dont we have an online Eye Testing center?[After a bit of googling, i found this]
(B)AD!
In a week that saw the tourism ministry garnering much attention for their invitation to Jade "tormentor" Goody, there was this ad that was beamed in some channels, promoting the Ind - West Indies ODI Series, in a negative way though.The Ad captions says "Its tough to be a West Indian in India". I guess, Americans/Europeans who are not aware about cricket, will definitely see this ad to be racist enough! Dont know which moron created this ad, what's shocking/surprising is the timing of this ad.
Movie of the week - Bluebird
I watched this Dutch movie on Zee Studio - World Cinema series. The story is about the life of a 12 year old girl, Merel, who climbs the adolescence ladder.Though i watched the movie with English sub titles, i bet one could understand this movie even without a subtitle! More here.
"Anu Malikism" of the week
Last Sunday, after having my dinner, i was looking around for a "Ganesha Juice Center"- a chain of Juice shops across Bangalore. I found one nearby and i ordered for an Orange juice. While i was waiting for the Fruit juice, i noticed that the shop name was infact "Vinayaka Juice center"! Just by having a name similar to the more popular "Ganesha" and having a shop layout very similar to Ganesha's, "Vinayaka" has attracted (or rather fooled) one consumer. Dont know whether this type of advertising has any specific name...
Some nice Quotes
“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.”
- Abraham Lincoln
"Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way,"
- Anna Karenina
The Boss: They call him "the Fairy"...
Slevin: Why do they call him "the Fairy"?
The Boss: Because he's a fairy. Slevin:
What, he's got wings, he can fly, he sprinkles magic dust all over the place?
The Boss: [cutting Slevin off] He's a homosexual.
- Lucky Number Slevin
The Rabbi: But killing you before you killed me would be...
Slevin: Kosher?
The Rabbi: Acceptable.
- Lucky Number Slevin
Thoughts for the week
- If for us, West means Americans and East means South East Asians, then what is it for Japanese? Do they call us Westerners?
- If Eye Testing is all about checking the ability of a person to read text in different font sizes, why dont we have an online Eye Testing center?[After a bit of googling, i found this]
(B)AD!
In a week that saw the tourism ministry garnering much attention for their invitation to Jade "tormentor" Goody, there was this ad that was beamed in some channels, promoting the Ind - West Indies ODI Series, in a negative way though.The Ad captions says "Its tough to be a West Indian in India". I guess, Americans/Europeans who are not aware about cricket, will definitely see this ad to be racist enough! Dont know which moron created this ad, what's shocking/surprising is the timing of this ad.
Movie of the week - Bluebird
I watched this Dutch movie on Zee Studio - World Cinema series. The story is about the life of a 12 year old girl, Merel, who climbs the adolescence ladder.Though i watched the movie with English sub titles, i bet one could understand this movie even without a subtitle! More here.
"Anu Malikism" of the week
Last Sunday, after having my dinner, i was looking around for a "Ganesha Juice Center"- a chain of Juice shops across Bangalore. I found one nearby and i ordered for an Orange juice. While i was waiting for the Fruit juice, i noticed that the shop name was infact "Vinayaka Juice center"! Just by having a name similar to the more popular "Ganesha" and having a shop layout very similar to Ganesha's, "Vinayaka" has attracted (or rather fooled) one consumer. Dont know whether this type of advertising has any specific name...
Some nice Quotes
“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.”
- Abraham Lincoln
"Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way,"
- Anna Karenina
The Boss: They call him "the Fairy"...
Slevin: Why do they call him "the Fairy"?
The Boss: Because he's a fairy. Slevin:
What, he's got wings, he can fly, he sprinkles magic dust all over the place?
The Boss: [cutting Slevin off] He's a homosexual.
- Lucky Number Slevin
The Rabbi: But killing you before you killed me would be...
Slevin: Kosher?
The Rabbi: Acceptable.
- Lucky Number Slevin
