Goa in CinemaScope

Went to Goa, on the last long weekend. Even though rain played spoilsport initially, the trip was a memorable one. Here is the shot of me at the Vagator fort (where DCH was shot)

Applied a truck load of PS, inspired from here .

Comments are welcome

The Gangsta Look

Tried my hand at PS after a long time.
Here is the outcome :

Inspired from http://photoshop-tutorials.deviantart.com/art/Sin-City-Look-R-33274560

I like to move it!

Well its summer again..

Like a rain that brings, the much needed…WAIT A MINUTE..Who put him on the comp?

Guys, here is the video : Now its time to shake that.. (well you know it).

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Miracle Entertainment presents The Doctor Despite Himself

This is my first post related to Bangalore, the city where I currently reside and I am planning to run a series of stuff I like, dislike ,upcoming events and whatever random stuff that comes to my mind about this city.

To start with I would like to introduce a theatre group by the name of Miracle Entertainment.

The Bangalore based Miracle Entertainment theatre group is staging a play called “The Doctor Despite Himself” on the 3rd and 4th April at Alliance Francaise at Bangalore. The group was formed in November 2007 and has performers from all walks of life, to give it a special aroma.

About the Play from their official site :

The Doctor Despite Himself

Summary: Not every Frenchman could poke fun at his king and get away with it. But then, not all Frenchmen were Moliere. One of the greatest comedy playwrights ever, Moliere didn’t manage to get away with poking fun at almost everything that deserved to made fun of, but he actually got away with standing ovations. His most famous work, The Doctor Despite Himself is a striking parody of the world of doctors and physicians. The protagonist, a simple woodcutter, finds himself in the position of having to pretend to be a doctor and manages to pull it off quite beautifully, even with all the quirky incidents that befall him. An absolute must-watch!

The group’s previous plays include Death by Woody Allen, Comically Incorrect by Anton Chekhov, God by Woody Allen, and Seduction by Niel Simon.

If I get some time on my plate, I am gonna definitely check it out.

Book Tickets for the show : http://www.indianstage.in/BuyTicket.do?eventId=160

Official Site : http://miracleentertainment.in

Its Happening!

So, you are reading the words of ‘The Happening’ Contest winner.

Yeah, I am one among the 25 who won the contest.

Spring Spree 2008 at NIT Warangal

Calling all lovers of the art of celebration of life…

This festival promises to rock you off your feet..

check out the Website..

Spring Spree Website 

Journey of the Magus

‘A cold coming we had of it,
Just the worst time of the year
For the journey, and such a long journey:
The ways deep and the weather sharp,
The very dead of winter.’
And the camels galled, sore-footed, refractory,
Lying down in the melting snow.
There were times we regretted
The summer palaces on slopes, the terraces,
And the silken girls bringing sherbet.
Then the camel men cursing and grumbling
And running away, and wanting their liquor and women,
And the night-fires going out, and the lack of shelters,
And the cities hostile and the towns unfriendly
And the villages dirty and charging high prices:
A hard time we had of it.
At the end we preferred to travel all night,
Sleeping in snatches,
With the voices singing in our ears, saying
That this was all folly.Then at dawn we came down to a temperate valley,
Wet, below the snow line, smelling of vegetation;
With a running stream and a water-mill beating the darkness,
And three trees on the low sky,
And an old white horse galloped away in the meadow.
Then we came to a tavern with vine-leaves over the lintel,
Six hands at an open door dicing for pieces of silver,
And feet kicking the empty wine-skins,
But there was no information, and so we continued
And arrived at evening, not a moment too soon
Finding the place; it was (you may say) satisfactory

All this was a long time ago, I remember,
And I would do it again, but set down
This set down
This: were we led all that way for
Birth or Death? There was a Birth, certainly,
We had evidence and no doubt. I had seen birth and death,
But had thought they were different; this Birth was
Hard and bitter agony for us, like Death, our death,
We returned to our places, these Kingdoms,
But no longer at ease here, in the old dispensation,
With an alien people clutching their gods.
I should be glad of another death.

– T. S. Eliot

That was the original.

Why Magus?..

I travelled alone idiot

Sat through an excruciating 28 hour journey (general compartment!!) and bone chilling cold winds, to relive the spirit of Christmas..

Jokes apart, all through out the journey I felt a star was guiding me. That gave me hope and courage.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all the readers of this blog..

I am a Voter!

As a responsible citizen of this country, I filled in my voter’s card application today..

A few thoughts on what it means to be a voter and having your say in selecting the future leaders of this country..

The basic question.. Am I really going to vote? ..

Maybe..don’t know for sure..

The present political situation in Kerala is predictable as ever. No party could ever retain their rule. The ball bounces back and forth between the UDF and LDF. For a young generation voter like me what does this really mean. Probably I would take a day off and rest my limbs on the voting day rather than stand in the queue and make that valuable vote.

The political happenings in Kerala would always make a great movie script..probably it could go on to become a blockbuster..There is enough amount of violence, comedy, conspiracy, tragedy, heated dialogues and as always, some unexpected twists and turns to make the viewer keep glued to his/her seat..

So the basic question still remains unanswered..

How many of us have faith in any party?

When will this corruption and nepotism end?

We shall hope for a better Kerala, rather now a ‘Smart Kerala ‘.

Update :  Finally I got to see my voter’s card.

My father’s name is misspelled. Address is typed in a weird fashion.

Kudos to the guys who made it..

An year of blogging…

Finally it has come..

So many ups and downs.. finally the blog has hit the 1st Anniversary Mark..

My sincere thanks to all the esteemed visitors of this blog for making this blog a huge success..

Some Vital Stats..

• 1st post : Nov 10 2006
• Highest number of Hits in a day : 242
• Got recognition as one of the fastest growing blogs at WordPress.
• Over 8000 unique visitors..
• A Page Rank of 4..

Touched the lives of thousands and more..

Expect nothing less than the best from this blog..

Keep visiting ..

Signing off..

Ajay George Palakuzhy.

Ajay George Blog = Page Rank 4

yup..

the Google Page Rank got updated..

The blog climbed upto PR 4… which is pretty decent…

The Ajay George Blog Team would like to thank all the friends and well-wishers of the blog for graciously linking up and the constant support extended to the blog…

and soon its gonna be 1st Anniversary Time….