I am a movie fan. Well a little movie addict. So to watch Oscar ceremony is a something which should be done. Further this year it was special because there were high hopes of A R Rehman will win the prestigious award.
I don't have a cable connection so i rely on my indoor antenna to get the tv reception. The ceremony was on Channel ABC and it took me some positioning and tuning to get the channel in a decent state. I am sure Anshu (my wife) will not be happy when she notices that the antenna is still lying on the chair, instead of its position on the top of tv :-)
Anyways the award ceremony began. I was ready with netflix website to order the dvds of movies which i haven't seen in theater. I did add a few movies. Most of them were already in the queue. Meanwhile i was also busy in setting my gmail status to the whatever current event happening at oscar (as if all the people in world are looking at my status message to find the exclusive news of oscar). The proud moment came when "Smile Pinki" won the award. I immediately pinged few friends and emailed some more to let them know about it (sorry guys i was high !!!). And then when AR Rahman got two awards it was just awesome. Me, my wife and my mother in law all were very excited. With our cumulative excitement even my 5 month old son got excited. And thus it ended. Now admitting my guilt, i haven't seen Slumdog yet and plan to do that as soon as it is released in DVD.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Life in Saudi Arabia
The following text is copied from an article in The Economist.
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia made the most thorough reshuffle of his government since assuming the throne in 2005. He promoted reformers, sacked reactionaries and appointed his first-ever female minister, for women’s education. But women are still not allowed to drive a car.
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia made the most thorough reshuffle of his government since assuming the throne in 2005. He promoted reformers, sacked reactionaries and appointed his first-ever female minister, for women’s education. But women are still not allowed to drive a car.
Monday, February 16, 2009
Sunday, February 15, 2009
My Tax Filed
This BBC Article about tax filing in US is pretty much true. I have been in US since 2002 and every year during this time, filing taxes is a thing of great concern. Furthermore i am afraid of the fact that Al Capone was sent to Alcatraz for Tax evasion crime. So just to make sure i don't land into any problem with Uncle Sam i have been very careful. Many people go to HR block and other tax professionals. But since i am the only bread earner and haven't inherited a fortune from a very rich uncle, i think it will be just a waste of money if i go and pay 100-200 dollars for something which i can do on my own. But mind you it consumes easily 6-7 hours of time even if i use Tax software like Turbo tax. Past few years turbo tax was kind enough to let me file for free. But this time they charged me about 15 dollars. Well last night i filed taxes and today morning i got the email from turbo tax that return has been accepted by IRS. What a relief..
Thursday, February 12, 2009
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