Skyward Fire

The Christmas of 2009 ended up being the most awesome Christmas I’ve ever had. First, I’d like to wish my good old friend Disha Dubey a very happy birthday. Christmas day is some day to celebrate your birthday. To be born on the day Jesus Christ was born is a whole another legendary story to tell to your kids, once you have some. May God bless you, and I hope you have a great year ahead of yourself.

My girlfriend showing up in Dubai was a welcome change. We went for Avatar in Imax 3D at Ibn Batuta Mall, and she got me a cake for my birthday, which was on the 18th of last month. I hadn’t cut a cake back then, so she had promised me by the end of the year, she’ll get me a cake and that’s what she did. You got to like a woman with some determination. The whole thing was nothing less than a Christmas miracle for me. Considering the harsh time I’ve been having purely as the outcome of a few of my own terrible decisions, this was a very welcome change. There’s nothing like spending Christmas eve with your loved ones. Thank you Shruti!

Avatar in Imax 3D is the best movie-viewing experience I’ve had till date. The story should have had a few more twists though. It could definitely do with some improvements there. I didn’t expect anything ground breaking in terms of the story when I went there. I just wanted to be awed by visual effects. I thought it was excellent for what it was. The movie has magnificent visual presentation. We could certainly use more films like this. Weta, ILM, Framestore, Stan Wiston, Uncharted etc and everybody who worked on this did a phenomenal job! When I came back from the movie, eyes could not believe what I had seen. Just utterly gorgeous images. But to some, the movie might come off as all visual flare, and unfortunately very little substance. Easy to get carried away and lose track of time with you staring at next-gen CGI, though. And James Horner has worked his wand really well with the soundtrack. The music is very-well suiting to the way the movie proceeds. Kudos to the whole team of Avatar and James Cameron for such an awesome work.

Cycle tests in college came to a very shitty end. With my mind elsewhere all the time for the past 4 months, the GPAs right now are a total bloodbath, and if I don’t pick up what I’ve left off, I’ll be terribly screwed as far as the end semesters are concerned. It’s time to get over everything worthless and focus on what needs to be focused upon.