Thursday, May 30, 2013
Stat Update-Rainbow
I just a saw a rainbow at sea. It is different in that it was made at night time, by the light rays of the moon and not the sun. It was pale white in colour and was spanning almost 100 degrees. This is the first time that I have seen such a rainbow.
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Movie review- Naduvula Konjam Pakatha Kanom
The first thing that comes to our mind after watching the movie is the dialogue 'Ennachu..' which is being constantly repeated in the movie. But this is a good example of how the same words can be used repeated, but in different contexts and in different mannerisms. Overall, this movie is one of the best comedy ventures that I have ever seen. Starting from the days of Karagattakaran, when someone kicking somebody else was the essence of the comedy track, Tamil cinema has evolved to a new level of situational comedy, thanks to movies made by Kamal haasan(see Panjathandhiram, Pammal K Sambandam) and others. This new venture is a continuation of the trend.
On the eve of his marriage, Prem injures himself in the back of his head while playing cricket. This creates a temporary memory loss, making him forget everything that has happenned in the past one year, including his love life involving Dhanalakshmi. How his friends manage to get him married to her inspite of his constant refusal and misunderstanding of the circumstances of various events.
When I first saw the word ROFL on facebook, I did not understand what it was. Then I learnt what it stands for and only after watching this movie, I truly understood the meaning. It is heartening to see that such movie ventures are succeeding and encouraging new movie makers to turn to good plots.
On the eve of his marriage, Prem injures himself in the back of his head while playing cricket. This creates a temporary memory loss, making him forget everything that has happenned in the past one year, including his love life involving Dhanalakshmi. How his friends manage to get him married to her inspite of his constant refusal and misunderstanding of the circumstances of various events.
When I first saw the word ROFL on facebook, I did not understand what it was. Then I learnt what it stands for and only after watching this movie, I truly understood the meaning. It is heartening to see that such movie ventures are succeeding and encouraging new movie makers to turn to good plots.
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Monday, May 13, 2013
Iron Man 3 review
Iron Man 3 starts where they left off in Avengers in the Marvel comics Universe. Tony Stark is now ina relationship with Pepper Potts and leading a rather quiet indoor life. Pepper is now the MD of Stark Industries.
The story flashes back to 1999 when Tony ignores an offer made by a crippled scientist for joint venture on his firm the AIM. In the present, the scientist is a rich guy who has discovered an application for the regeneration idea originally invented by one of Stark's girlfriends. He now creates a wave of terror hiding behind the face of one known as the Mandarin. How Stark manages to thwart his plans and save Pepper and the US President from him is the rest of the story.
The last half hour of the movie happens on a ship, which is filled with Maersk containers. There are multiple iron man suits involved in the climax scene, which was a thrilling experience to watch. Otherwise, I would say that it was a usual Iron man movie with all the necessary ingredients.
The story flashes back to 1999 when Tony ignores an offer made by a crippled scientist for joint venture on his firm the AIM. In the present, the scientist is a rich guy who has discovered an application for the regeneration idea originally invented by one of Stark's girlfriends. He now creates a wave of terror hiding behind the face of one known as the Mandarin. How Stark manages to thwart his plans and save Pepper and the US President from him is the rest of the story.
The last half hour of the movie happens on a ship, which is filled with Maersk containers. There are multiple iron man suits involved in the climax scene, which was a thrilling experience to watch. Otherwise, I would say that it was a usual Iron man movie with all the necessary ingredients.
Saturday, May 11, 2013
Ghana visit on 08th May
On 8th morning around 4 AM, we reached Tema port. After that, I worked till noon time. After noon time, I got ready and went ashore. A local guy picked me and two others, one fourth engineer and one motorman and we proceeded to Accra, the capital city of Ghana. It was an hour long trip, including the short stop for fuel.
Once we reached Accra, we went directly to Accra mall. It is very similar to the Pheonix mall in Chennai except that it was smaller. For half an hour, we did some window shopping, visiting shops that we liked and asking prices for things like cellphones and hard disks. After that I noticed a poster of the movie Iron Man 3. Since I didn't have anything else to do, I asked my friends to meet at the bank where we exchanged cash at around 4.30 PM. Then I watched the movie in their Silverbird Cinema theatre. The movie was very good and the last half hour happens on a ship containing Maersk containers. Then all three of us returned back to Tema, where we bought a few items in the market. I bought boxes containing Cocoa powder and a box full of chocolates, because Ghana is well known for its Cocoa.
On the 9th, I left the ship again at around 01 PM. This time I went out to visit the places that I had already been in my previous visit to Tema. I went to the Delhi Palace restaurant and then to Saagar supermarket, a place where Indian eatables were available. In the Delhi Palace, I met three tamilians from Thiruchengodu. They were here in Tema about a Borewell contract and to buy land for setting up the borewell equipment. They were also very good natured. We had our lunch together. After that, they invited me to their hotel. I went with them to their place. There, we watched the Pune-Kolkata IPL match using Internet. Then we watched another tamil movie over youtube. Around 5 PM, I left their hotel and returned back to the ship.
On the 10th around 01PM, our ship left Tema. The ship is now on its way to Capetown, but only to take in some provision for the month long journey to Port Klang in Malaysia.
Once we reached Accra, we went directly to Accra mall. It is very similar to the Pheonix mall in Chennai except that it was smaller. For half an hour, we did some window shopping, visiting shops that we liked and asking prices for things like cellphones and hard disks. After that I noticed a poster of the movie Iron Man 3. Since I didn't have anything else to do, I asked my friends to meet at the bank where we exchanged cash at around 4.30 PM. Then I watched the movie in their Silverbird Cinema theatre. The movie was very good and the last half hour happens on a ship containing Maersk containers. Then all three of us returned back to Tema, where we bought a few items in the market. I bought boxes containing Cocoa powder and a box full of chocolates, because Ghana is well known for its Cocoa.
On the 9th, I left the ship again at around 01 PM. This time I went out to visit the places that I had already been in my previous visit to Tema. I went to the Delhi Palace restaurant and then to Saagar supermarket, a place where Indian eatables were available. In the Delhi Palace, I met three tamilians from Thiruchengodu. They were here in Tema about a Borewell contract and to buy land for setting up the borewell equipment. They were also very good natured. We had our lunch together. After that, they invited me to their hotel. I went with them to their place. There, we watched the Pune-Kolkata IPL match using Internet. Then we watched another tamil movie over youtube. Around 5 PM, I left their hotel and returned back to the ship.
On the 10th around 01PM, our ship left Tema. The ship is now on its way to Capetown, but only to take in some provision for the month long journey to Port Klang in Malaysia.
Monday, May 6, 2013
Stat. Update
4th day in a row at anchorage Tema and still counting..Never been this long at anchorage before!
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