1.5M USD

My dearest pal, Late Monsieur TLT (May God rest his soul), had once mentioned to me about all the crazy stuff that he gets on his email. I got a wicked one today! :) It was hillarious.
And to think people do really fall prey to these scams! Sad.
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Hello Dearest Friend,

I am glad to inform you that I have successfully concluded the transaction. The money has been transferred to London through the assistant of Mr.Howard Ferraro who is a London base business man.

Currently I am in London with him and my wife and children. However, I did not forget you because you are the source of my success,you made me what I am now though you are not there to complete this project with me but I gave all the credit and thanks to you.

I know it is not your fault or rather your wish to back off on me and the transaction ,I understand it was simply because of some circumstances you could not control
In appreciate of your assistance I have mapped out as a Compensation and wrote on your favor a certified bank draft worth of US$1.5M(One.Five Million, United States Dollar Only) I left the draft with my Secretary Mr.Jack David on my departure to London.

I would like you to contact him yon the below info and instruct him where to send the draft to because i have directed him on that already.

Attn: Mr Jack David
Email:jackdavid2007@yahoo.fr

As soon as you recieve the draft you let me know because i am busy here trying to put things together and may not be chanced to email you frequently.Feel free to contact him for your draft.I will stop here.

Once again,thank you very much and remain blessed.

Regards,
Dr Prince Onyeka
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Oh Bed! Oh Bed!

Oh Bed! Oh Bed!
How comfortable art thou.
Young or Old, Happy or Sad;
Everyone's welcome on thou!

Single or Married, Straight or Gay;
It does never matter to you.
You are a kind old nurse to
Anyone who comes to you.

Oh Bed! Oh Bed!
How wonderful are thou.
When I lay my aching head on you,
You tenderly sing me good nigh'

Strong or Weak, John or Jane;
You never discriminate.
You take away all my pain.
Oh sweet heaven on earth!

Oh Bed! Oh Bed!
How lucky I am you know?
Back from office, when at home,
I can gently rest on thou.

You may want to know the reason behind me composing such 'beddy' poetry.
Well! I have enrolled for driving classes. I need to wake up at 6:00 A.M. .... groom myself and then walk for a good 20 minutes to reach the driving school. On top of that, even though it's just mid November but it's so freakin' cold in the mornings.

It is at these times when I long for a 5 minute more rest on the comfortable bosom of my dear bed. There is no particaular reason for this, just human nature - "When one has to wake up early in the morning, it is then, more than at any other time, that one loves to sleep for an extra minute in bed."
How wonderful are the ways of nature! When you have, you don't use it but when you have not, you most certainly crave for it.

Enough about beds, I suppose. Yawnnnn.... I am tired! You must be tired too. Such is the taxing effect of my compositions on others.

Have a good sleep.
Cheers,
Rosh

Hello Estilo

Our first car is going to be a, Champagne Beige, Zen Estilo - VXi.
Ninu and I had a tough time deciding between Wagon R and Zen Estilo, and then between the colours Pearl Silver and Champagme Beige but finally decided to stick with the latter.
My sister refers to Estillo as a rat-like car! (Note ~ The original rat-like car would be Daewoo Matiz)
The engineers at Maruti have worked on the aerodynamics of this car and thus gave it the weird rat-like look.

But, it seems like a nice car that boasts of a 16kmpl mileage in the city. With the sky-rocketing petrol price, Estilo is a boon on Indian roads.
People say its a tad feminine. I am not sure though. It's tall boy looks and the overall features gives it a commanding lead over Wagon R's mini van-ish appearance.

I shall post the pic once I get the delivery of the car.

Cheers.
Rosh

BTW, What's your opinion? Wagon R or Zen Estilo?

Saawariya Review

**** NO SPOILERS!!! ****

Dear Mr SLB (Sanjay Leela Bhansali),
How are you today? If you are fine, then please do read this. If you aren't then please save this for a fine morning!
Sir, you are the only person who has the ability to get Aishwarya to act. So I have a lot of respect for you. But this time you have committed a grave sin by ruining a brilliant Fyodor Dostoevsky's play "White Nights".
You should be whipped and made to apologize to the public for wasting our money as well as your own. You should be tied to a chair and made to watch Saawariya 10 times. I would have said 100, but then such is the pain inflicted on the senses by one viewing of the movie; that 10 sounds a good enough punishment.
I may review.......re-review this movie again but it is not going to change my views!
Sir you have committed the following sins for which you will be held accountable.

• A Poetic Mass Murder
• Assault on the senses..
• Painting the majestic Venetian (I guess it was Venice like city coz I could see helluva lot of Gondolas) canvas with utter Bull Crap!
• Undeniable Black...(Blue rather!) For not having spanked the art director when he presented you with suck a spankful idea of art!
• A jarring and loud background music throughout the entire length of the movie. Well, actually it was DEAFENING!
• Overblown melodrama...underbaked story.
• "I don't likes this, Gulaabji!" A talented Rani wasted.
• Starkids - Ranbir, Sonam ok. Ranbir grins, Sonam laughs. (Or was she crying?)
• Sonam declined to expose, so you made Ranbir do the exposing bit! What an idea, Sirjee! Dhishum...Dhishum...Dhadham!!
• What's the fascination with the neon lights, anyways?

Read what Anurag Kashyap has to say on Om Shanti Om and Saawariya.
“Ek mein six-pack, ek mein bare ass…. hot hai sir.. hot”
LOL!!!

Ab khamiyan to sari likh di, ab kuch tareefein baki hain. The title track is brilliant. Monty's composition and the renedition of the same by the new kid on the blocks - Shail Hada is definitely the only high point of the movie.

Cheers,
Rosh

Happy Anniversary!

This very day, last month; I got married.
Yipeeeeeee! Today is our one month anniversary. And what better a gift for my beloved than to write about our marriage.
And, All I need to say right now is that it was the best day of my life. But I guess I shall write more for I remember everything so vividly.
We were blessed to have our wedding vows presided over by the Rev. Thomas Samuel, the Bishop of Central Kerala Diocese.

The vows:-

We faced each other.(Well actally, Ninu was looking at the floor and I was stealing intermittent glances.)

The minister placed Ninu's right hand in mine. And then we took our wedding vows.

I, Roshan George Abraham, take you, Ninu Mariam Johnson,
to be my wife,
to have and to hold
from this day forward;
for better, for worse,
for richer, for poorer,
in sickness and in health,
to love and to cherish,
till death us do part;
according to God's holy law.
In the presence of God I make this vow.

After this the minister loosed our hands and placed my right hand on hers.
And then she repeated after the minister.

I, Ninu Mariam Johnson, take you,Roshan George Abraham,
to be my husband,
to have and to hold
from this day forward;
for better, for worse,
for richer, for poorer,
in sickness and in health,
to love and to cherish,
till death us do part;
according to God's holy law.
In the presence of God I make this vow.

The minister received the wedding rings, the Mantrakodi and the Minnu, and prayed.

Heavenly Father, by your blessing
let these rings be to Roshan and Ninu
a symbol of unending love and faithfulness,
to remind them of the vow and covenant
which they have made this day
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

Then, I placed the ring on the fourth finger of the Ninu's left hand and, holding it there, said

Ninu, I give you this ring
as a sign of our marriage.
With my body I honour you,
all that I am I give to you,
and all that I have I share with you,
within the love of God,
Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

Now it was Ninu's turn to repeat the favour ;-)



She placed a ring on the fourth finger of the my right hand and, holding it there, said

Roshan, I give you this ring
as a sign of our marriage.
With my body I honour you,
all that I am I give to you,
and all that I have I share with you,
within the love of God,
Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

Then I had to tie the Minnu (refer Note) around Ninu's neck symbolizing my commitment towards her. It had to be tied using a special knot (Reef knot) only. I had practiced tying this knot more than 50 times, yet my fingers were moving painstakingly slow.



(Numerous stories about grooms forgetting the technique to knot and being made to do it over and over, in front of the whole congregation, till the knot was successfully tied, were passing through my mind)
Slow it was, but the result was absolutely brilliant!

The minister then placed the Mantrakodi on Ninu's head and then we prayed.



After the prayers, the minister addressed the people

In the presence of God,
and before this congregation,
Roshan and Ninu have given their consent
and made their marriage vows to each other.
They have declared their marriage by the joining of hands
and by the giving and receiving of rings.
I therefore proclaim that they are husband and wife.

The minister then joined our right hands together and said

Those whom God has joined together let no one put asunder.

And we were married! :-)



Lord, I entrust our marriage unto your caring hands. And I believe that you will take care of all our needs and aspirations, our career, our life, our ALL!
Praise Jesus!

Before winding up, Ninu, I have something to say to you :

Other men said they have seen angels,
But I have seen thee
And thou art enough.


Note~ The Minnu is a gold pendant in the shape of a rain drop with a figure of a cross upon it. For Christians in India, it is the tying of the Minnu around the neck of the bride by the groom which symbolizes the commitment of the couple as they enter marriage. Seven strands of thread taken from the Mantrakodi (see below) hold the Minnu around the bride's neck.

The Mantrakodi, also knows as the wedding sari, is the first gift to the bride from the grooms family, as well as to signify that she is now part of his family. The bride is covered with the Mantrakodi to symbolize that the groom and his family will always protect her.

What a wonderful world!

Wise men say - Picture speaks a thousand words! What more can I add?

"You are nothing short of my everything."