2010- Movies and Music

2010 has been a mixed bag in terms of the movies I watched. Though I haven't watched LSD or Guzaarish, my opinions are based on tweets and posts by different critics (Rajeev Masand, Raja Sen and Anupama Chopra) 


Movies I liked/loved:
1. Flipped : If you are a fan of Rob Reiner's classics like "When Harry met Sally", "A Few Good Men", "Bucket List", chances are that you will like this movie about two children growing up in the 60's in N America.
2. Inception
3. Udaan
4. Do Dooni Chaar
5. Tere Bin Laden
6. Band Baaja Baraat
7. Phas Gaya Re Obama
8. Raajneeti
9. Ishqiya
10. Dabangg

3 years and counting

It's been a wonderful 3 years with Mansi and this year we decided to celebrate our anniversary at Atlantic City. AC is more popular for it's casinos and so we ended up staying at Trump Taj. We took an early morning stroll along the boardwalk behind the hotel and it was awesome. Lunch was an excellent kabab sandwich/gyro platter at Bill's Gyro & Bar. This place has the best reviews for Greek food in AC and I looked up the reviews on Trip Advisor, Yelp, etc. 

This was followed by coffee at Starbucks, located inside Trump Taj. Coffee@Starbucks is usually accompanied by some random discussion. Every couple has their specific coffee place, I know some couples who prefer Tim Hortons or Dunkin' Donuts or Panera as their preferred location for airing opinions. ( I am not suggesting nagging, but I think women have lot to talk and guys prefer to listen most of the time). 

We had dinner at Hard Rock Cafe followed by a gambling session. We tried our hand in Roulette and that was an exciting game. The probability formulas were tested and we ended up with some winnings. Mansi was the book-keeper/cashier and ensured we made a profit :)

We started early for DC the next day (as per Indian time) and reached home by evening. We barely managed to get ready and leave for Rinu & Jaimy's X'mas party that was preceded by a sit-down dinner at Bangkok Joe's. I think the food was just ok and the service was really terrible. But all that was compensated by the White Elephant game hosted by Rinu & Jaimy at their place. Each gift had a price limit of $20 and could be stolen only thrice. Yours truly was randomly chosen (chits) as the first person to open the gifts. I ended up opening three gifts and all of them were stolen from me. I ended up stealing Mansi's gift (tool bag with no tools) and she stole a box of wine glasses. This was followed by a photo shoot thanks to Saif :) Excellent evening to top off the anniversary celebrations :) 

My song dedication for Mansi: 

Zamaane Ko Chod Dein 

Riwajon Tod Dein 

Toote Na Sapnein Kabhi 

Hai Nazuk Yeh Sapnein Sabhi ........