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The following post will only make sense to you if, you are a person with the following traits,

- have an ever growing craving for change
- more than just complacent with wherever you are in life
- always wondered how the personality that you are, would react if put in a certain situation
- always wanted to do something crazy that would surprise everyone and you yourself

It has been my dream for years to pack my bags one fine day with nothing more than a change, my toothbrush, paste, deo, cellfone and CATs and say Rs. 2000/- and set out to someplace Ive never been before. And I will do that sometime soon.

Q: What will you do when you run out of money?

A: I would love to work someplace and earn money. Just for a while, say a month or even couple of weeks. I do not care where it is and I mean it. It can be anywhere, even in a hotel as a waiter or a helper someplace. Live that simple life for a month and experience it. There are hidden treasures in a simple life. You might not quite understand where I am coming from but a lot of others who think like me will, I am sure.

Q: Isn’t that a scary thought and a stupid thing to do?

A: A lot of people are scared what will happen if they do that. They feel their whole life will be turned topsy turvy if they stay away. It’s all about personal perception and whether you find joy in living extravagantly or find joy in the simplest things in life such as helping someone and seeing a smile on their face, the gratitude and blessing smeared all over their face. It’s a different high on the whole. Don’t think too much, just go for it.

Q: What do you exactly have in mind, when you mean a simple life?

A: It all depends upon how adaptable you are to a new environment. If you are enslaved to the stereotypical lifestyle of waking up, going to work, slogging all day (doesn’t matter if u get to chill at work or even fool around, you are still at work and under someone), get back home, have dinner, go out probably, sleep and repeat the cycle. You might have a vaccation once in a blue moon to a beachy location and do water sports and return all refreshed. That is also good, but do not repeat it more than once, it becomes stale. What I have in mind is a secret i will reveal once I’ve lived it.

Everyone goes to beautiful locations for a vaccation, spend a fortune, upload pics, receive comments and get back to work. No one will remember it. Do something different, the feeling is beyond this world. You wouldn’t even bother if no one appreciated it. You yourself would be at peace. Whereas you go someplace else where everyone else has been and its not appreciated when you are back, it will bother you.

Q: Can you explain what kind of feeling you are referring to?

A: How can I explain that? It is for you to experience. By the way do not go on this trip with any of your girl mates. They won’t understand it. Even if they do, you will always have their safety and comfort on your head. So keep this trip as something that is close to your heart and for yourself.

Try this out sometime in your lifetime and if this post made you do it, don’t thank me or even acknowledge or admit it, I will just be glad if I succeeded in breaking the cocoon you were in.

Cheers!!!

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As a movie buff, I watch anything and everything that comes my way. Be it action, comedy, thriller, suspense, horror, classics, world movies, sheer slapstick comedy, name it, I watch it if I get the chance and time.

But most of the times, especially these days, it is hard to get myself to sit and watch a movie as there are a million things running through my head and after while I feel I am wasting precious time. Is it a common feelng or is it just me?

Anyway, here are the movies that are a must watch. I will keep updating this post so keep an eye on this space.

I have gone through enough pain to put this together. I have been collecting movies for almost a decade now. Each one of these movies are a worth watch.

If you have watched these movies already, please forgive this soul, this post is for the less fortunate ones. The ones, you know, who are not as cool as you. But if you want to add onto this list, be my guest. I will add them to the post.

Update 1

Transformers 2 : Revenge of the Fallen, Get Rich or Die Tryin, The Hangover, Notorious, No Country For Old Men, The Usual Suspects, Changeling, Bruno, Boondock Saints,  Ali-G, Blow, Borat, Trainspotting, All Gods Children Can Dance, The Reader, Sideways, Dragon Hunters, Frequency, Breach, Red Belt,Fireflies in the Garden, Kill Switch, Mongol, Contact,Mr. Untouchable,Wristcutters – A Love Story,O Jerusalem, Dead Man Walking, Schindler’s List, The Strangers, The Caller, Contact, The Visitor, Partition, Zack and Miri Make a Porno, Shawshank Redemption, Contact, Juno, Donnie Brasco, Lord Of War, Funny Money, 300, London, 21, Seven Samurai, American History X, Scarface Ronin, Restraint, Snatch, Red Face, Spy Game, Sleepy Hollow, Pursuit Of Happyness

If you feel, “Damned, I’ve watched all these, this is a shit list”. The next step would be to grab your mouse, scroll to the right top corner of this page and just click on the “close” button. Very simple…

Otherwise, if you find this list somewhat useful, then scan through, cross out the ones you have already watched and watch the ones you haven’t. It ain’t rocket science my friend.

Update 2

Spun, Thank You For Smoking, The Doors, The Sixth Sense, 8 Mile, In Bruges, Signs, Unbreakable, The Bridge On River Kwai, Dr. Zhivago, Nothing Like The Holidays, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Shrek, Valkyrie, Seven Pounds, I – Robot, I Am Legend, Ace Ventura – Pet Detective, Ace Ventura – When Nature Calls, Man on the Moon, Einstein & Eddington, Zeitgeist Addendum, Lord of the Rings, The Caller, Frost Nixon, Underworld, American Pie, Harry Potter, X – Men, The Wrestler, Wall -E, Marley & Me, Doubt, Pink Panther, Blairwitch Project, Finding Nemo, Shark Tale, Good Morning Vietnam, Rainman, Star Wars, Kung – Fu Panda, All Roads Lead Home, Camille, Charlie and Me, Choke, Clubbed, Flow For the Love of Water, Freezer Burn, God On TrialGood, Humboldt County, Hunger, Keith, Kenny, In the Land of Women, Murder.com, Outlander, Passchendaele, Pride and Glory, Push, Tamami The Baby’s Curse, The Secret life of Bees, The Wave, The Hurt Locker, The Lucky Ones, The Last King of Scotland, Blood Diamond, Apocalypto, Passion of the Christ, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Recount

Update 3

Ray, Walk the Line, Soloist, 2012, The Godfather, Rocky, Rambo, Little Miss Sunshine, Good Will Hunting, Independence Day, Magnolia, The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951), Mystic River, Big Fish, Kill Bill, Waterboy, Cast Away, Big, Philadelphia, The Terminal, The Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons, Rosemary’s Baby, Bonnie and Clyde, The Omen, The Grudge, The Ring, The Exorcist, The Conversation, King Kong, The Adventures Of Robin Hood (1938), The Letters from Iwo Jima, Casino, The Rounders, The Children of Men, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, Seven, Heat, Terminator, Toy Story, Harvery, Friday Night Lights, V for Vendetta, The Lion King, Ratatouille, The Graduate, Batman – The Dark Knight, Batman – The Begining, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Silence of the Lambs, The Hannibal, Red Dragon, The Matrix, Forrest Gump, Apocalypse Now, Saving Private Ryan, Behind Enemy Lines, Bad Company
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Update 4

The Prestige, Duplex, There’s Something About Mary, Star Trek, Sin City, Braveheart, The Patriot, Jaws, Midnight Meat Train, The Green Mile, Blade, Gladiator, The Manchurian Candidate, Die – Hard, Lethal Weapon, The General’s Daughter, The Jackal, Ben Hur, Les Diaboliques, The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum, The Good The Bad and The Ugly, Casablanca, The Blade Runner, Psycho, One Hour Photo, Unforgiven, Sweet Smell of Success, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Flyboys
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Update 5

Road Trip, Friday, Home Alone, Austin Powers, Liar Liar, Meet The Fockers, Meet The Parents, Bruce Almighty, Men In Black, Hitch, Hairspray, Superbad, Knocked Up, Pineapple Express, Napolean Dynamite, Ocean’s Eleven, Ocean’s Twelve, Ocean’s Thirteen, Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle, Namesake, Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, Taladega Nights, Night at the Museum, Wedding Crashers, The Brothers Grimm, Darjeeling Limited, 40-year old Virgin, Step Brothers, School of Rock, The Mummy, Disclosure, Wild Things, Basic Instinct, Gothika, Swordifsh, Bringing Down the House, The Love Guru, 50 First Dates, I Love You Man, Super Troopers, Zoolander, Shanghai Noon,Shangha Knights, Dogma, Dumb and Dumber, Pearl Harbor, Naked Gun, Spy Hard, I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, The Gods Must Be Crazy, Dude Where’s my car?, Nacho Libre, Wild Hogs, Babel, Crash, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Charlie Bartlett, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story

Update 6

Death at a Funeral, Galaxy Quest, Hot Shots, The Whole Nine Yards, The Whole Ten Yards, South Park, Chity Chity Bang Bang, Rush Hour, Police Story, First Strike, City Hunter, 40 Days and 40 Nights, Dan In Real Life,Lars and the Real Girl, Stuck, The Lady Killers, Road to Perdition, The Aviator, Catch Me If You Can, Revolutionary Road, Titanic, Bowfinger, Jackass: The Movie, Anger Management, Ice Age, American Gangster, Training Day, Man on Fire, The Shining, Gone Baby Gone, 3:10 to Yuma,

These movies are my all time favorites. I am still spading out the rest.

Cheers!!!

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