Om "Save me" Om!!!

Ya I saw the movie Om Shanti Om :(.....I have no words to describe how pathetic the movie was and the most shocking part, its publicized as the mega hit of the year. Duh!!!!!

Ok the movie started off fine and I was like Oh story about a guy wanting to make it big in life but as it continued I was like ok the guy wants to make it big in life and loves the poster girl then as it continued I was ok he likes the poster girl and she is beyond his reach ...Oh man, as it continued Ok she is not beyond his reach but she has someone else in mind (typical bollywood!!) and this somene else put her on fire and the guy try to get her out of fire (thank god he didn't try to extinguish it ) but was in vain and they both end up dead. Cling cling (Interval time)
Now what both are dead. Don't worry for the sake of entertaining us Farah Khan takes the pain to bring them back to life I really don't have the strength to write further because the genre of the movie then changes from spoof to horror to thriller to what they call "complete entertainment". But I would say, completely confused team of movie makers.

There was a particular song where we could see all the long forgotten bollywood stars and the people were clapping with joy and I think that the team mistook that clapping and declared the movie as hit. But there was no clap at the end of the movie and everyone looked confused just like Farah and team. Deepika Padukone's performance is hyped all over the media. Looks like luck and King Khan is on her side. But something about the movie was ok and most things about the movie was predictable and boring.

Until next post be safe and keep smiling....

Understanding Lightning

When I was a kid, I used to get nauseous when there was thunder and ligtning. Well now I don't get nauseous but I tend to sit in the middle of room and keep my eyes closed so as to avoid seeing the light that flashes in through the window. Another thing I do is to keep the tubelight switched on when I am trying to sleep while there is lightning. So I guess , I am Astraphobic ( Fear of lightning). But I love rain :)....

There are more serious issues regarding lightning and thunder apart from my phobia like this is the time of the year when the southern districts of Kerala become vulnerable to lightning stikes causing damage to life and property as a result The Hindu newspaper had carried an article on this and to alert the public to the hazards of lightning and educate them on the precautions to be taken, the Centre for Earth Science Studies (CESS) [ www.cessind.org ] published a brochure titled 'Lightning:Phenomenon and Precautions'. http://www.cessind.org/images/LIGHTNING-BROCHURE.pdf

Few points I picked up to be observed :

• The brochure advices against using telephones and head sets during thunderstorm.


• Turn off, unplug and stay away from appliances, computers, power tools and TV sets. Unplugging power cord and antenna will be helpful as ligtning may strike exterior electric, TV cable and phoen lines carrying energy to inside equipment.


• Automobiles with coherent metal bodies are considered safe.


• The greatest danger is under trees, especially just under low branches extending far sideways. After hitting a tree, lightning energy enters the house through the ground [ I didn't know that until now :(...]

For more read the brochure.