"Robo" - Movie review

On Oct. 05, 2010, I went to an amazing Indian film with my family. And I would like to let you know about it. The movie is called "Robo" and is basically about Vassie (Rajni Kanth) who creates a robot named Chitti and he makes the robot look like him, but much cooler with sunglasses. Vassie who also has a girlfriend, Sana (Aishwaria Rai) plans to marry Vassie, though the robot falls in love with Sana. He gets obbsessed with Sana and that causes a problem. The solution to that problem is for Vassie to dismantle the robot. So he does it, but with dread. Later on in the story, Professer Bohra finds Chitti in the dump pile where all the trash goes. Pr. Bohra uses the pieces of Chitti to make his own robot becsuse his robots never suceeded. He creates a robot like Vassie's, except it has a special red chip. As the movie goes on, eventually Chitti happens to kill Pr. Bohra! But Chitti knows how to make his own robots and he makes a large number of them. He also owns an enormous castle. In that castle he plans to marry Sana. In the end Vassie thinks of a plan and he succeeds.

The Jumping Squirrel

There once was a squirrel that liked to play
It jumed on leaves and ran up trees
The squirrel loved to do this everyday
But once it jumped on a plane and got sent to Greece
He was confused where he was when he landed in Crete.

Tea

My favorite tea
is herbal tea
I like to drink it...

It gives me glee
and energy
While I sip it...

It's fun to sleep
After I slurp my tea
Oh it's so delicious...

I love my tea
This herbal tea
Come join and drink with me!

Rainbows

There are seven colors in the rainbow
They all stretch across the sky
You need rain to get a rainbow
And the rainbow is very high
Reach out your arm and you still can't catch it
No matter how hard you try
If we had wings that would be good,
That way we could fly
And touch the rainbow in the sky

Puffins

Puffins, Puffins everywhere
Please do not give them a scare
Puffins here and puffins there
On your chair and in your hair
They crash-land everywhere
If you find one,
Please give it some care
Puffins, Puffins everywhere

Kangaroo Trouble

I was in the zoo
Sitting next to a Kangaroo
The Kangaroo sat on the goo
And it licked my face
And my brother's too
We cried, "Boo Whoo Whoo!"

Crazy Things I Do

I was running around my table
And then I fell down
Someone help me get up
I felt like giving them my crown

Christmas Night

Since I was naughty during the year
Someone gave me a pinch on my ear
I think it's the Grinch
Who gave me that pinch

My Dream

I had a dream that I could fly
Way up in the sky
I could fly in the night
And no one would see me in their sight
But in the day time
People could see me 'cause the sun was bright
So, I hid behind the bushes and trees
When it was night, from me came glee!

Satisfaction

Standing by the ocean seeing the Sun going down
Under the sky; blue, orange and white, mixing with brown
The lark that strayed going back to its group
I am just glad to be a part of this nook

Sometimes it's the children playing in the sand
Or the teen lending a helping hand;
A day in the July ending with a glass of water
Or the lady that turned her head; the one you were after

The giant hill, tall and green, calling me for a jog
The mist and the clouds beneath my eyes, and the fog
The rising Sun trying to keep me warm; adding my gloves
This part of me smiles with what it so much loves

Puzzle
[Inspired by "The Man Who Can't Be Moved" by The Script]

I went back to the school that you and I had been
Just to play back the smile you threw at me it seemed
There were lots of kids playing harp and fiddle
Where do I find you again and solve this riddle

You took a minute or two and you wrote this note
I know I didn't get it when I saw it as a teen
I took my time to grow up and read it again
Now I want to meet you and let me explain

May be I will meet you when I don't expect
And grab a chance to clarify what I suspect
It's finally a thing that I could solve it now
May be it's more for me than for you somehow

Google Search

The years have passed
I believe I am grown up now
But the child in me
Has taken me back to school again

I see your pigtails and your smile
Half your teeth missing, I see you hissing
The child in me is back often
Won't you come back and meet me again

You can tell me, where I can find you
All I have is a thought that reminds you
Are you alive on an internet search
Can't wait to find you
Half your teeth missing, I see you hissing

Are you sixty now?

Dear MJ...

It must have been a moment we have not known
Meeting you in our lives was always fun
We thought about eternity
Thought we've seen it in reality

What made you leave us alone
Where do we find you when we are down
Won't you come back to us
Will your shadow cast upon us

We may miss you for good
You won't be in our neighborhood
Will there ever be a man like you
Who touched upon - that anyone could

Will you ever...
[Inspired by "Bubbly" by Colbie Caillat]

Will you ever be my side
After you have been in my dream for a while
Can I ever feel your warmth anytime
After you ran with me for a mile

Can I ever hold your hand
When you choose to call me and be my friend
Will you ever walk with me
Wherever you go and choose to sing with me

I must have done something good
To be with you in every mood
Will you ever choose to be with me
To sample a taste of your care with me

Song at the altar

You are the white clad woman that walked towards me
Right into my life your arms around me
You filled my heart with your smile at me
And touched my soul that gave my life back to me
Please don't ever leave me.

Ray

It's six in the morning in my bedroom
The sunray of summer trying to illuminate
It's about time to draw the curtains
And let the light redefine the fate

As it carries the energy I need
Just in time as a welcome
I tend to focus on the matters
That sometimes I need to overcome

Never would I desire to walk in my life
Alone in the dark, sometimes in fear
That one single ray which walked by today
Is the one all I need to begin a new day.

Journey

Sometimes I write to survive
Other times I survive to write
Sometimes I write to survive You (Ha!)
Other times I survive to write For you
I'd like to pen our emotions when I can
And emote in our dreams in the love pen

Truth and Responsibility

The combination of being able to express a chemical reaction in formulas and the instant
gratification of watching it in the chemistry lab always caught special attention among
them the high school students. The sheer strength of a strong acid or aqua regia being
able to eat away your coppers in seconds was magical and musical. It was almost a love
at first sight at this site. The opportunity to stand in front of a bunsen burner, beakers
and the sleight of hand with pipette - all those have empowered them to play with the
contents and generate innumberable combinations of smells, sounds, colors and joy.

During one of those afternoons Josh and Mark two - ninth graders were itching out of curiosity
to see what reaction would dropping a penny and a nickel into the acid mixes would have was
inviting them towards the act. Sensing their intent a few other buddies have
circled them to see what the next scene of this episode would be. Afterall this was going to be
free entertainment. The dynamic duo felt like stars and started their performance. Josh dropped
a copper and Mark a nickel into the acid mix. Fortunately and fascinatingly there wasn't any
dangerous reaction other than some strong green fumes oozing out with a smell that permeated
the lab and the instructor's nostrils. Like the birds that heard a gun shot the people around Josh
and Mark disappeared instantly. George who has been teaching teenagers Chemistry instantly
reacted like his training and experience had demanded.

Trying to control his anger and disappointment he walked towards the boys to enquire who was
it that caused this and what was it that they had done to cause the chemical reaction. Mark was
an extremely good natured kid who never got into trouble but unfortunately this time around he
came under a spell of rare temptation of trying out an unknown chemical test. Interestingly
Josh was equally good natured kid but was foolishly adventurous time to time. As George
was approaching them with Mark alone next to him and the rest of the cheerleaders having left
the scene Josh went into quick thinking. As usual he relied on his instincts to answer knowing
what George would be asking. Knowing the extreme good nature and meek personality of Mark,
Josh decided to take the entire blame on himself and so he did. He daringly admitted to George
that he had dropped in the two coins into the unknown acid mix to see what it would genereate.
Now he knew it got both the lab and George fuming. But George instantly also appreciated
the honesty and remarked to Josh that next time he thinks of doing something that he would
rather take the instructor's permission before he ran an experiment especially something that he
is not fully aware of.

Josh agreed and asked George immediately if he could try the same one more time.
George replied "No!"
The rest of the students laughed except for Mark.
Mark was quiet and thankful.
Josh winked at Mark.

Setting Bar

There are always two bars set in my life
One that my wife sets up
The other that I set up for myself
I am a typical Plan B guy
You gotta think twice in life these days
Sluuuuurrrrrrppppp!

Self Epitaph 4

I've finally retired from my personal life
It was not by my personal choice but rather by public demand
It was a clear mandate that I wasn't following American Idol!
You can stop SMS - there's no service in my coffin.

Sudoku!

My wife thinks I am the most intriguing puzzle she ever solved
While I thought she's the Sudoku I could resolve
Until she started throwing zeroes at me.

Self Epitaph 3

I've retired from my personal life a little while ago
If you think I missed your appointment please check with my assistant next door
I am sure she will fit you right in
I look forward to meeting you.

Outsourced!

I've retired from my personal life
As the intake from my oxygen tank has been outsourced
If you ever get laid off make sure you turn 'green'
So you can breathe carbon dioxide instead.

Serendipity

I do not consider myself having any special talent
But my wife disagrees with me completely
She thinks I have the extraordinary ability to find rare gems and that I found one in 1990s
Sometimes my silence could mean my survival.

Self-Epitaph 2

Thanks for driving my coffin so carefully to this place, dear!
If you were that careful last time would I be here?

Did I get it?

Understanding is like Myopia
Closer you get, clearer it gets
But if you want to get it without budging
You may need that extra help

Mother

There was once a woman who taught me how to be loved
So when someone meets me they know what to follow.
There was once this woman who guided me to be a man
So when someone greets me they know who to follow.
There was once this woman who made me a human
So when someone knows me they know why to follow.
I am yet to be there...

Self-Epitaph

I would like to thank you for coming this far to see me
However I am not sure if you will find anything new in me that you have not found all these years
I have always said and meant sincerely "Please welcome to my place"
You will notice I haven't changed much
Please don't forget to take your shoes off before you enter.

Conflict Resolution

It is an eternal conflict between my stomach and running the marathon.
And the winner is... BEER

I am not like like my neighbors

It is scary growing up diffident when you hear your neighboring kids speak fluently the language that's well spoken by adults. The language of the learned, the medium of the newspapers and the tongue that flows in the schools and the offices. How could people master the intricate structure of the English language and remember to deliver it as needed without any hesitation - especially when their native speak is not English like in my case and in their case as well. It is not only
scary but also difficult to conceive such an impressive display of linguistic talent especially when you are only eight summers old like I am.

My parents carried a conservative background implying they would insist on learning more and displaying less unlike the new neighbors who have just moved in right across our street. I have been feeling quite puny as I have been secretly watching them from my window almost everyday after my school. Three giant kids a teenage boy and his two older sisters, all must have been in late teens. It is both exhilarting and intimidating to see them walking, running and howling in English. If ever the characters I read about in the comic books came alive I knew it they were my brand new neighbors now. Their great white Alsatian dog fit in with them and even it seemed to be barking in English. It was even hardly eight.

Getting to know your neighbors when you just moved in takes extra effort. That explains why these (big!) kids were trying to get to know me.
"Hi There! I am Kiran. What's your name like?".
"Bunnykins"
"Which school you go to? Like what grade are you in?"
"Stephens Elementary."
It was confusing to me how to answer two questions either at the same time or one after the other even if it meant one or two word answers each. My language skills never constituted complete sentences. They were hardly even incomplete. They were mere answers - words that conveyed all if you had asked me then. Besides being scared of speaking acceptable English in full
sentences what is it that the answers did not convey that unadulterated sentences would have. It wasn't until then that I have realized it meant confidence and higher public image - at least in the neighborhood I grew up.
"So, what do your parents do for a living like? Where do they work like?"
I replied in my native language which was different from English but not in English - in complete and correct sentences of course. I sensed a flash of mocking smile cross my neighbors' faces followed by beams of sympathy for me in their eyes. They were talking away to a 'backward' neighboring kid who hardly spoke 'like' in English and was a bundle of nervous bones wrapped in native speak. That must have boosted their confidence of not only fitting into the neighborhood but also feeling undeclared leaders.

It was obvious they were farily aggressive and entreprenual in nature. Within a month or two of their arrival into the neighborhood they had purchased a buffalo that is a common source of plenty of fresh milk every morning. Cattle raisers typically owned a big herd that gave several dozens of litres of milk every morning which they would sell for a living in the neighborhood
they live. The new neighbors opposite door seemed to have acquired a brand new buffalo with an intent to sell its milk to the neighbors. One of the sisters got so excited to promote their new acquisition she went knocking on the doors to do a campaign of her own. One evening she typically knocked ours and my dad opened up wondering who it was. Clinging to my dad's shirt there
I saw a bubbly teenager who was all excited to sell their new venture.
"Uncle !" she said, "We recently BUYED a buffalo. We would love to milk it and give it. Would you like it?"
I don't recall what exactly my dad responded but after he bid bye to the teen and closed the doors it was quite entertaining to see him replay the episode with my mom who ended up enjoying the experience as well. It wasn't very clear to my undeveloped mind then what was enjoyable about that but my first reaction was to laugh in ignorance until later I found out that if you have bought something you haven't 'buyed' it but you bought it. Perhaps someday I thought, I'd see the humor behind it like my parents did.

At The Zoo

I saw jumping elephants and dumb zebras at the zoo
And a camel running with a kangaroo
I saw two ugly chicks with a big fat hen
And a pig in an old horse pen

Balloons

Balloons are different colors
They can float around in the sky
If you let go of one
It will float very high!

Snow Flakes

Snow flakes fall on the ground
Snow flakes fall all around
Snow flakes fall on our trees
It's Christmas time, make some peace.

Christmas Time

Christmas time is coming soon
It is Christmas in the afternoon
Kids yell it's Christmas all over the state
Let them enjoy and celebrate

Cars to Mars

I had some money, so
I bought some cars
To add to my house
When I went back to Mars.

When I got home
To see Star Wars then
I bought some
Candy bars.

Hamburgers

I love Hamburgers
For they are so good
Feel the juice
Taste the cheese
Melting in your mouth;
The pickles, Yuck!
The ketchup swirling around your tongue
The gushy mushy stuff
Going through your throat.

Now for the drink
The soda going down your mouth
The taste, the feeling,
The slurp, Aahhhhh!
Look at your stomach
As big as a hill
Just look at it
Buuuurrrppppp!!!!

Looking For...

Looking for a groom
For my little girl, someone
With attention of an Alsatian
And elegance that puts him to shame;
Someone who's at her beck and call
And humble enough to kneel and fall;
Someone who doesn't complain
And doesn't flirt but refrain;
Someone who's averse to dowry
And doesn't hesitate to marry;

However he's not expected to lead a dog's life.

Umbrella

Drip drip on my head
When you open on your head
But through the hole in your head
Drop drop on my head

Splosh splosh when I walk
Strong winds you couldn't block
All my clothes, aren't they wet?
Drip drip on my head

Time(s)

How inconsiderate of you
To always keep moving
And never stopping.
You pass when I am in need
But seem to wait when I bleed.

Do you change as you proceed
Or is it the way I perceived?
The joys you bring
And the sorrows that sting
I seek courage to leave you behind
Hoping you treat our children with kind.

Good Morning-4

Walking hand in hand
For years together in romance
Sharing life
Beyond my imagination
Waking me up every day
With smiles of infatuation
But let me sleep some more time
It happens to be a holiday