Right now the one thing I miss really badly is shopping in India. I'm not a shopaholic as such but sometimes I get this sudden urge to spend on myself. I bought the latest iPod Touch from the bookstore today! Yesssss, Thank you very much :)I had ordered one from Amazon a week back, but it would be shipped after like a month, and I couldn't wait that long! I had to pay about $30 extra today and I thought, I wish I could bargain! ;)
That reminds of me of this one time I went shopping all alone at an exhibition in Parade Grounds. Some ethnic stuff was on sale. And there was a "Fixed price" board beside these slippers I really liked. But me belonging to the category which doesn't pay the asked price(for street shopping that is), I couldn't pay the full price. I had to bargain! The slippers were for about 60 Rs. And I was like, round it off to 50.
I figured he had to be making some profit on the slippers anyway, so 50 was a good deal. But he was adamant, he kept pointing at the board marked "fixed price" and refused to succumb to pressure. I finally got tired and decided to pay 60("Acha theek hai bhaiya 60 mai de do"). But guess what happened next.
That guy didnt want to sell me the slippers anymore! He was like "Mujhe abhi nahi bechna hai,jao!" WTH! I was so embarrassed. Lucky for me,I didnt have company that day, but then there were other people around, enjoying the whole situation.
It was a sad day for both of us. I didn't get my slippers and he didnt get his profit. Mad fellow. Anger is weird. Almost everytime you think back, you regret being angry at that moment.
Anyway....coming back to the point, take me street shopping!
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Harry Potter and the Half-blood prince! Yeah,right.
Just saw HP-6. Before I start about how pathetic it was, let me give you a run-up to the time before we actually sat and watched the nightmare unfold. So much we did for one shitty movie! What a waste :(
We were all excited about the movie. Booked the tickets, like, 3 days in advance. It was the first time we booked tickets online,so we didn't know we had to collect tickets from the counter. I thought only the print out of the confirmation would do.
The show was scheduled to start at about 7:45 pm.
We reached the place at 7:40..Didn't want to miss any part of it so we (my sis and I) ran like maniacs all the way up to the fifth floor(which, on looking back now, was such a waste of energy! Gosh)
Finally reached the fifth floor..only to find the movie was delayed to start at 8:15.Waited till 8:10 and gave the print out to the security. He says,"This wont do.I need tickets!" Imagine our horror. We ran back downstairs all the way to the ground floor and took the tickets at the counter. And then ran back up. 8:15!
The movie hadn't started yet. Yay!
Ok now coming to how "awesome" the movie was..The beginning was good. The first 5 mins that is. After that we kept waiting and waiting for the actual story to begin. But no. The producers wanted to make some romantic movie. Simply only they named it "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince". There was not even like,1/10th of the book in the movie.
What was the point then? You could've given it any other name. Atleast then people wouldn't be expecting any HP story, and they wouldn't have been so disappointed. Also, unless you have read the book, there is no way you would understand the movie. My parents and cousin didn't follow a thing. In fact, even we were left wondering many a times, "Which movie are we actually watching?!" It was horrible man! God, I am so disappointed and pissed off!
I hope they don't mess up the next movie like they messed this one.
We were all excited about the movie. Booked the tickets, like, 3 days in advance. It was the first time we booked tickets online,so we didn't know we had to collect tickets from the counter. I thought only the print out of the confirmation would do.
The show was scheduled to start at about 7:45 pm.
We reached the place at 7:40..Didn't want to miss any part of it so we (my sis and I) ran like maniacs all the way up to the fifth floor(which, on looking back now, was such a waste of energy! Gosh)
Finally reached the fifth floor..only to find the movie was delayed to start at 8:15.Waited till 8:10 and gave the print out to the security. He says,"This wont do.I need tickets!" Imagine our horror. We ran back downstairs all the way to the ground floor and took the tickets at the counter. And then ran back up. 8:15!
The movie hadn't started yet. Yay!
Ok now coming to how "awesome" the movie was..The beginning was good. The first 5 mins that is. After that we kept waiting and waiting for the actual story to begin. But no. The producers wanted to make some romantic movie. Simply only they named it "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince". There was not even like,1/10th of the book in the movie.
What was the point then? You could've given it any other name. Atleast then people wouldn't be expecting any HP story, and they wouldn't have been so disappointed. Also, unless you have read the book, there is no way you would understand the movie. My parents and cousin didn't follow a thing. In fact, even we were left wondering many a times, "Which movie are we actually watching?!" It was horrible man! God, I am so disappointed and pissed off!
I hope they don't mess up the next movie like they messed this one.
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