Sorry Mr. Spielberg – Tintin Still Belongs to Herge

Over indulgence can kill a story – even the story of Tintin. Yes. Mr. Spielberg has tried. He did his best to surpass Herge and put his own mark on the story line. He had splashed an extra layer of excitement over the plot. He had changed the appearances of the characters. As a result, Tintin seems unfamiliar, the captain looks different and most importantly, you will be able to recognize when Mr. Spielberg has stepped forward and put a touch of himself over the story.

I won’t say this is a total wastage of money. You will like it of course, if you set aside the memories of the Titin from the comic book. This movie has its’ moments of thrills and you will definitely inch closer to the edge of the seat time to time. Only, the moments of drag has dominated these exhilarating instants and soon you may steal a glance at your watch, waiting for the scene to shift.

Finally, Tintin still belongs to Herge and will remain so forever.

Be Thankful & Count Your Blessings

You are what you want to be…………….

We go through the course of each day thinking life has nothing to offer us. We keep saying that nothing is working, nothing is going right. We delight in making others hear our sad story. With time, we become so accustomed to this self created persona that we forget what life can be without the gloomy aura. We cling to the sadness and suffering so hard that we deny every chance of being happy again.

We go to sleep every night, thinking there is no possibility for us anymore. We even want to run away, only we don’t know run to where? We don’t ask ourselves is there any place in this earth where sorrow does not exist. We don’t even consider for a moment that is it life or is it us? If we are not happy about life, the chance is – life is not happy about us either.

If these two paragraphs remind you of someone, do yourself a favor and stay away from this person. You will notice a strange occurrence in your life. And if these remind you of yourself, well I don’t know what to say, stay away from everyone else and sulk in isolation, because until you heal yourself no one else can. No point in corrupting anyone else’s life, right?

Thank the stars every night for the roof over your head. Think about the people out there who do not even have that. Thank for the warm meals you eat everyday. There are millions are out there who go on hungry day after day. Dying out of hunger is not uncommon either, you know? Thank for the pair of eye which can see. Thank for the pair ears which can hear. Thank for the brain that functions. Thank for the heart that not only beats but dreams too. Thank for the pair of arms which work. Thank for the pair of legs on which you are still standing. And while you are at it, thank for the loving family you have. Thank for the education you had. Finally, please thank for the life itself.

And you thought life has given you nothing huh? How sad………….

Do You Need a Degree to Make It??

On Wednesday sitting in a CCD my eyes feel upon an advertisement of some kind. The question ‘does an MBA really require prior experience’ caught my attention. I had to restrain the urge to laugh at the question. I just carefully noted it down in my notebook (which I carry along in my hand bag always). Talk about a juicy topic to explore in my blog………….

As you all know Steve Jobs the Apple founder has passed away yesterday. But do you know that this man was a drop out? He did not have a proper college degree, forget about MBA. He made it without the larger than life degree – surprised? There is more.

Bill Gates (I am currently trying to find out how many MBA’s are working under this drop out) is a drop out, you know it, and the world knows it. Here the question is does he really need an MBA degree? Does anyone? Do you?

Walt Disney, certainly does not need any introduction, had dropped out of school at the age of 16. He had what it took to make it to the top – imagination not an MBA degree.

Michael Dell, the founder of Dell. Inc, dropped out of college at the age of 19.

There are many others. Google it and you will find out. Each one of them had made it without an MBA degree. You can too. All you need is the desire to climb up high, not a piece of paper to claim that you have successfully learnt a theory.

Want to be a Spy? Read on………………

I always wanted to be a spy. The lives of the secret agents have never ceased to enthrall me. The desire to have a taste of danger and see death eye to eye grew with time. But due to a cruel stroke of fate, I became a writer.

The dream of being a spy, however, remained within my soul. One day I thought, so what if I failed to be a secret agent, I will spend my life gathering information about the daredevil warriors. Thus began a quest and today, I am gonna share some of the knowledge, I succeeded to accumulate.

To be a spy, you need –

Cosmetics – You will need different disguises in your profession. Therefore, you need to keep your skin in perfect condition, so that you can apply make up. You will have to use all the scrubber and cleanser and moisturizers and heaven knows what else to acquire that perfect skin. Some will of course wish that the scrubbers could scrub some of the dirt off your soul.

Cloths – Different disguises need different types of attire. Make sure to know about all the discounts, the cloth shops are offering. Do not wear them everyday, though. You cannot afford to attract too much attention. This will blow your cover.

Healthy diet – The life of a spy is stressful and demands a lot of effort. You will have to eat healthy to maintain your strength. Go for a fruit diet and eat lots of carrots and other fruits. These will keep you energized through out the day. Some, who knows you, will of course wish that there was a diet chart to enhance the quality of your soul.

Knowledge is power – This is true. You need to know about others. Make their lives your business and dig in to drag out all the information you can. The success of your career depends on mastering this skill.

Detachment is the name of the game – As a spy, you cannot remain in one place for a long time. Your job demands that you move around. You cannot get too close to anyone. This may create problems in your future assignments. Be a distant observer. Be there yet don’t be there. This state of statelessness may not help you acquire Moksha, however, this will surely get you a place at the bottom of everyone’s dislike list. No one will care to call you when you are gone. You will be safe.

I am drawing the conclusion here. Oscar Wilde had said that – Some cause happiness wherever they go, others whenever they go. You have the option to choose which one you want to be.

Good Schooling – Bad Education

A very famous writer had once said that – don’t let your schooling interfere with your education.  The same writer had again said that – in the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards. The writer went by the name of Mark Twain and he talked about school boards, because MBA institutes were not invented at that period of time.

Why this sudden, brutal attack, you must be thinking. Let me tell you a story and will leave you to make the decision yourself…………..

It all started with a small joke when the Tea boy of some office, who does not have any education or so I suppose, went to serve tea to some of the employees. One of them asked him, “Where are we going for picnic this time?”

He replied, “Don’t know. Do you have any suggestion?”

Another one of the gang chuckled and suggested, “Why don’t you ask sir to take us to Maldives. We will have a groovy time there.”

Tea boy thoughtfully nodded his head. “Where is that place?” he asked.

“Near Diamond Harbour,” one of the gang spoke out. “We can be there in one and half hour.”

The face of the young man brightened up and he said, “I will have a talk with sir.”

Please keep in mind that I was not physically present to hear this exchange of words. I got it second hand and you can raise an objection, yelling hearsay. Anyways……hearsay is fun and God wants you to have fun and honor life. So here goes the rest………….

Some time later, the desk phone of the above mentioned gang rang and one of the girls picked it up. “Hello,’ she said.

The tea boy asked from the opposite side, “What was the name of the place?”

“Maldives,” she replied in a reluctant voice.

“Okay,” he said and disconnected the phone.

The gang exchanged a worried glance. If this reached the ears of the boss, everyone would be in a big mess. Then one of the gang said, hopefully, “I don’t think he has gone to the big boss. He must be in the office of the HR.’

Everyone brightened up and flashed a smile. One of them called up the desk of the HR.

The phone rang for a couple of times before the HR picked it up. “Hello,” she said.

“Is the tea boy there?” the caller asked.

“Yes,’ HR said. “The plan you made for picnic is good. But we can’t go to Maldives in this rain. I will tell sir to make the arrangement in the winter.”

The gang exchanged glances again. They could not decide whether the HR was joking or serious. Noticing the tone of her voice, they decided, the HR was dead serious and she wanted to go to Maldives in one and half hour to have a picnic.

Well, how it ended I won’t tell you. Of course we all had some fun talking about this. But the bottom line is, this HR is an MBA in Human Resource and she has the proper schooling background. I just wonder what Mark Twain would have thought of these new age degree holders, had he been alive. Don’t you?