The Guitarist

Another boring day ahead.

Hearing good reviews and after going thru Vaibhavs post on Rockon and Desicritics felt that I should watch the movie.So last week we got the movie and I watched.BTW, Toto doesnt watch chick flicks or any slow movies and especially Hindi. Overall I would rate the movie a 4/5.It was good one.Most of all I liked Arjun Rampals and Purabs potrayal as the friends.Well my current blog isnt abt the movie though.It reminded me of one character which I havent mentioned in any of my blogs.

I share a very personal attachment with the character I mentioned since its my younger brother.Lets call him Smiley. Smiley is younger than me by an yr.He is a very different person and we have very contrasting characters and personality. When we were kids he would be very bubbly,chubby and I remember once when I wanted to carry him,I dropped him on the floor and he was shocked for a few mins.My Mom came and spanked me badly. He was very,not just very,..very very naughty as a kid and would do all the mischevious things and me being the elder one would get the beatings.Summer holidays my mom would be totally exhausted becoz of his mischief. By the end of the day,something or the other would be broken in the house.he would open up all the toys and machines and we labelled him mechanic. We went to the same school and same tutions mostly and almost every school and tution master would complain to me abt him.I remember he would rarely do homework during summer holidays.All through the day play and by the end of the day my mom would cajole me saying to do his work also.

So when he was in his 6th std, my dad enrolled him in guitar classes,and bought him a guitar. He would attend classical music to get a better understanding.Till tenth he spent his summer mostly with music.Now Smiley had a group of friends called Pili,Abhi, Pilis brother-the drummer. These 4 would gang up and enjoy their experiments with music.I remember he would ask me to sing for some songs like Bryan Adams" Pls forgive me" or "Dho dil mil rahe hai" from Pardes. So this group of 4 would go on with their music and antics.Due to his affinity to music,he purchased an electric guitar.Later they got busy with their jobs and each of them are busy in their own paths of lives.Smiley is stil in touch with his childhood friends and he keeps meeting them now and then.

In his adolescent stage,Smiley became the calm guy and introvert.After finishing his bachelors and a MBA from Andhrauniversity,he currently has a posh job in HSBC,Vizag.Other than that he still continues his passion for music as always.He sings on stage and you would definitely see a rocker in him.Well,Rockon movie reminded me of Smiley.Recently he was the winner of the group which won the "Battle of the Bands" Contest held at HSBC,Vizag.Smiley is currently working on a music video which I will upload very soon once he sends it to me.

And the song from RockOn,playing on my blogspot dedicated to him and his friends and all the folks who have the passion for music.

Gloucester / Rockport trip

My blog is becoming more of a travelogue so I totally understand that my fellow bloggers and readers feel that way. But I cant help it. Well to start with I had a rather tiresome weekend with lot of things going on.

Saturday it rained cats and dogs. We didnt do anything much other than eat, sleep, watch a movie 21 and play cards.

Sunday morning,the sun came out. We were bored and planned to do some experiments with the new camera. Our destinations for the week were Gloucester and Rockport.

We drove to Gloucester where the first stop was at Fisherman Wives Memorial. "The Perfect Storm" movie is one famous movie where Gloucester is quoted. We walked towards Stage Fort Park and shot a few pics and then walked back to downtown Gloucester. There was this kids car racing going on, Fish Fox derby. The kids modeled their own cars of course with the help of family ,guardians and raced. Then we had lunch at a Chinese place and headed towards EasternPoint Lighthouse. Its closed for public but we can have a good view of it from the breakwaters next to it. We couldn't stay there long due to parking issues.

Then we decided we go to Rockport. So we headed to Halibut State Park where we walked to the quarry and then to the sea shore. I Played with the waves for a while. There were these two girls sitting nearby trying to draw inspiration from the waves and compose music in the serene atmosphere. Then we drove to Bearskin neck. Bearskin Neck is a small neck of land that juts out of the town center into Rockport Harbor. It was a small town with a shopping area with narrow lanes where we could walk. We spotted some desi shops too. Incase somebody visits Rockport do check out the "Floating lotus" shop. We sat on the rocks and sighted sailboats. Was glad I clicked "Motif 1 - most famously painted fish shack". Toto says its much better than the one he saw on flickr. A pat on my back. :-P.

Winter is fast approaching and Toto wants to explore as much as he can!!