An evening to remember..

I love fridays...nothing like an enjoyable Friday to start the weekend.So when we decided to visit titanic museum in the local town(http://www.titanicausstellung.de/ ), i was curious and excited at the same time. It took us around 1 and 1/2 hours to complete the entire museum and the guided tour was pretty good, i must say.
They had around 150 artifacts to display- some of which belonged to the people who traveled in it and some from the ship itself. They had larger than life pictures to portray the magnitude of the ship and the disaster which occurred to it... The largest model of the ship ever built, largest model of the sunk titanic, a recreation of one of its propeller, the inside story of the life boats and stories of some of the people who perished and also who survived..the best part of all these was an iceberg of sorts which must have been around 8 ft wide and 4 ft tall..to give people a real experience of how cold it would been in the Atlantic, we were asked to touch the berg for about 2 minutes :-)
All along, i could only imagine Di caprio and Kate winslet...talk about the impact of the movie! I was only slightly disappointed when there was not much information on Captain Smith..apart from this was supposedly his last voyage after which he was to retire. At the end of it, i wished i was part of the ship just to experience the whole thing..and also not :-)
Well..that was that. after the museum, we rushed to see ballet in a closeby theater. It was already full and we just managed to get a place to stand. All along i thought it was the real performance and it actually turned out to be a rehearsal rather they were still learning/choreographing! I was little surprised to know that even a rehearsal attracted so much attention...soon, i knew the reason.
It started with the choreographer giving a small introduction to the theme which was a fairytale of sorts where the guy and girl, in love, are put into prison and somehow they manage to escape and get together...the girl, who was the prima ballerina, is one of the most beautiful girls i have ever seen i think. She was italian with very sharp features- olive green eyes, neat hair and a damn flexible body. she could touch her head with her feet! Her partner was American -slim and well built. Together they made a very beautiful couple. They danced,swayed and swirled so beautifully that i don't think i can capture it in words. Standing there, i was quite speechless at their performance and also their grasping power. Their master just told them once what they were supposed to do..he dint even dance and show...and there...a few minutes later, the couple danced exactly the way the master wanted..with beautiful expressions and elegance beyond par. The audience was enthralled for an hour and a half. The rehearsal ended with a standing ovation which lasted for about 5 minutes. Going back, i was happy and content with the way the evening ended. A perfect start for the adventurous weekend ahead!

Bliss

i saw snow 'fall' for the first time today..its beautiful like cotton balls falling from sky! watching it through a glass window pane sipping hot chocolate..bliss! wish i could stop this moment for a while and enjoy it to its fullest!

Conversations..

Yesterday i was talking to this ukrainian woman running a net center here.. her husband who is from afghanisthan, her child currently in UK. Very interesting woman, i must say! she was conversing with me in half-deustch, half-hindi. She works from 8-10 in the morning as a teacher teaching ukrainian(i think she meant roussi or russian) and from 10AM to 10 PM, she runs the internet/call center.I mentioned to her that 3 yrs ago, i met another man who was running the same shop and she told me he was her 'mard' (her husband). it took me a lot of effort to control my laughter then! She apparently came to 'Noi delhi' for her honeymoon and she covered afghanisthan, pakisthan, kashmir and delhi in 20 days! For her, kashmir was part of afghanisthan(well i dint want to protest then). 'We cant go back to afghanisthan now..jung is there. All because of pakisthan..causing problems to afghan, to indisch..what not!',she said. Frankly, i am not a political person so i try to stray away from it as much as possible. During our conversation, i happened to mention that i am a vegetarian for which she asked why. why dont i eat non-veg food? well, nobody has questioned me like that. i told her i am not used to. 'for what reason', she asked. 'Is it because your religion doesn't allow you to?', she said in her broken hindi. 'Hmm..not quite. I just dont prefer it .', i said a bit meekly..my heart was beating now a little fast.i tried to divert her attention away from all these politics and religion by asking her about her food and shopping experience in India(definitely a safer bet). To which she replied, 'indisch khana bahut morchi..churi acchi,punjabi achhi, zaree bahut acchi'. The rest of the conversation was much smoother. She also offered to show me a bollywood movie 'Dulhan' on her computer which i politely refused. Just as i was about to leave, she said 'Dont go to that indian restaurant there..that guy is pakisthani'...I nodded to her and smiled. Of course, i dint tell her that i had been there the previous day. (the below post talks about my experience there)

Welcome back!

its nice to travel alone sometimes..observe different kind of people, their culture, manners..very interesting.
I usually dont prefer eating out alone. Out of sheer boredom and loneliness, i decided to treat myself to a nice hot indian dinner. Its difficult when you dont have anyone to talk to. so i decided to read during dinner as well. the indian restaurant was pretty and cozy..among the higher end hotels in wiesbaden i must say. the last time i went there, we were given some free 'papad' since we were indians. We also struck a very nice conversation with the indian man at the counter. well, this time i was treated with 'Hi' , 'please sit down' in deustch. Slightly disappointed, i sat on a table, fished out my book from my bag and began reading. To my right were two local women engaged in a very deep conversation about other girlfriends and relations. guess women conversations are the same all over the world :-). In front of me, sat an old couple enjoying champagne..probably their wedding anniversary! I got an occasional nod and 'hi', 'Guten appitite' from these people and also other local people in the restaurant. Sipping on a hot cup of tea with 'The Kite Runner' in my hand, i was at peace. i felt welcome again. Not lonely anymore. At that moment, i was sure to enjoy the rest of my trip. The only sad part was not being welcomed (is there a word like that?) by a fellow indian.

Magadheera

Though i am a big movie buff, i dont watch too many telugu movies especially the newer ones. But i have to shamelessly accept that i saw Magadheera thrice in theatre!! Gasp!!
So..i was wondering what is so good about this movie that i didnt even hesitate to watch it the third time and infact suggested that we go for this movie on a long tiring friday night. Honestly, I dont know...as of now, let me attribute it to my latest crush, Ram charan tej! :-)

Grrrrrrrrrr..

What do you do when you are in an extremely bad mood and feel like punching that "someone's" face if they come in front of you? I feel like it right now..i so want to vent my frustration out that i am unable to concentrate on anything else. steer clear of me today!

Iktara

what is it about this song that makes my heart race each time i listen to it..is it the uniquely melodious female voice or is it the male chorus singing like they really need somebody's attention;is it the beat or just the lyrics..probably the way the song is instilled into the movie or maybe its just ranbir kapoor..maybe the soulful music?
i love the way she sings ..
main tho kisi ke hoke
yeh bhi naa jaani...
simply beautiful...i am listening to it while writing this post...
Hope you guys enjoy it as much as I do..iktara from wake up sid!