Doomsday anyone??
As we are nearing to the very well publicized and well known "end-of-the-world" year of 2012, the momentum of its discussions seems to have picked up. Doomsday inspired forwards are already doing the rounds. And the movie "2012" seems to do nothing but help the eh.. "news" spread around faster.
Now the makers of the film were a couple of smart ass people who thought "Hey! Lets make a movie about the end of the world. People are always suckers for special effects and doomsday stories. It would rake in the moolah anyways..". And were they wrong??
7 out of 10 people i meet believe the world WILL come to an end in 2012.
6 of these 7 think the end-of -the-world will be something like this..
Lucky astronaut right?? :p
Now one thinks it will be something like.. this.
Fat chance according to me..
You know TunTun?? Yes.. its a chance fatter than her also.
And the other remaining skeptics.. well.. i guess their feelings are very well summed up by the following cartoon.
I like this one :D
Anyways, coming back to the movie "2012", what does it teach us?? Well.. eh.. quite a lot of stuff. Read on..
1. Actors with receding hairlines can STILL star as main leads in multi-million dollar movies.. (seriously?? John Cusack?? WHY?!)
2. People can have all the time in the (going-to-end) world to get all mushy mushy even as an earthquake the magnitude of my UNIX marks is ripping an entire city apart.
3. Even in the hugely shitty situation of the world coming to an end, the final onus of saving the world falls on the hero (Yes, even in a Hollywood movie) :|
4. An Indian scientist wearing a kurta is the one who predicts the world is going to go K-A-B-O-O-M, even as his wife makes fish curry and his hindi is like korean.
5. The American president's daughter is hot, and she ends up with the guy who actually blows the whistle on this whole world-ending thingy.
6. News cameras happen to catch their cities crumbling down to dust with nothing much happening to them. (Only Aaj Tak can do that)
etc..
Now, a majority of the people reading this blog will be finishing their respective degrees around the time the world goes K-A-B-O-O-M(i like this :p). So is it even worthwhile studying?? I did not make the mistake of not putting this question to King Innocent from class and this is what he had to say..
"Duead (dude), Live life as if there's no tomorrow and study like there is always a tomorrow"
(at which point i remember that i have my EC lab internal tomorrow and my preparation is worse than Salman Khan's hair) :| SIGH!
Anyways.. coming back to the King's comment..
It was a "Whoa!!" moment. Even though I've read versions of this a couple of times, something like THIS coming from someone like HIM was unexpected. So all you dim-wits asking yourself that question, dubara mat poochna! Not even to yourself!
So there it is. Go to Start->Turn Off computer->Turn Off and open that book you've been eying since long( NOT the bunny cover one.. your study-walla book) and don't forget to 'dust off the dust'. Nor will i :)
Adios! Happy living!!
Now the makers of the film were a couple of smart ass people who thought "Hey! Lets make a movie about the end of the world. People are always suckers for special effects and doomsday stories. It would rake in the moolah anyways..". And were they wrong??
7 out of 10 people i meet believe the world WILL come to an end in 2012.
6 of these 7 think the end-of -the-world will be something like this..
Lucky astronaut right?? :p
Now one thinks it will be something like.. this.
Fat chance according to me..
You know TunTun?? Yes.. its a chance fatter than her also.
And the other remaining skeptics.. well.. i guess their feelings are very well summed up by the following cartoon.
I like this one :D
Anyways, coming back to the movie "2012", what does it teach us?? Well.. eh.. quite a lot of stuff. Read on..
1. Actors with receding hairlines can STILL star as main leads in multi-million dollar movies.. (seriously?? John Cusack?? WHY?!)
2. People can have all the time in the (going-to-end) world to get all mushy mushy even as an earthquake the magnitude of my UNIX marks is ripping an entire city apart.
3. Even in the hugely shitty situation of the world coming to an end, the final onus of saving the world falls on the hero (Yes, even in a Hollywood movie) :|
4. An Indian scientist wearing a kurta is the one who predicts the world is going to go K-A-B-O-O-M, even as his wife makes fish curry and his hindi is like korean.
5. The American president's daughter is hot, and she ends up with the guy who actually blows the whistle on this whole world-ending thingy.
6. News cameras happen to catch their cities crumbling down to dust with nothing much happening to them. (Only Aaj Tak can do that)
etc..
Now, a majority of the people reading this blog will be finishing their respective degrees around the time the world goes K-A-B-O-O-M(i like this :p). So is it even worthwhile studying?? I did not make the mistake of not putting this question to King Innocent from class and this is what he had to say..
"Duead (dude), Live life as if there's no tomorrow and study like there is always a tomorrow"
(at which point i remember that i have my EC lab internal tomorrow and my preparation is worse than Salman Khan's hair) :| SIGH!
Anyways.. coming back to the King's comment..
It was a "Whoa!!" moment. Even though I've read versions of this a couple of times, something like THIS coming from someone like HIM was unexpected. So all you dim-wits asking yourself that question, dubara mat poochna! Not even to yourself!
So there it is. Go to Start->Turn Off computer->Turn Off and open that book you've been eying since long( NOT the bunny cover one.. your study-walla book) and don't forget to 'dust off the dust'. Nor will i :)
Adios! Happy living!!
-SWETHA
-Deepika :)