jueves, 17 de julio de 2008

A meeting with The Warner Bros

If you have got the guts, love embracing the events that raise the hearbeats then my friend you have reached the place you have wished for. This may seem a hyperbole but as this was my first visit to such a spectacular place so it's natural. However, I went alone but that didn't flagged my spirits of enjoyment.
It was Saturday 12th July, one day after ronduton bday(baffled ..ya these types of names or references are common in India), when I got this opportunity. The park opens at 1100 hrs so I was at the bus stop before 1030 hrs. But there I didn't know where to proceed. I started asking general public about the bus that will take me to my destination but a problem was dettering my way..language. Yet after diligent efforts for 45 min I managed to reach the required bus stop. There I met a guy from Sierra Leone. And what next he was a die hard bollywood fan. I asked him about the actors he knew.. I got these names- Suneel Sheety, Akshya Kumar and Ajay Devgan..interesting. He was a patron of Indian beauty .. actresses.. he said " I love Indian actresses. They are so beautiful umma umma."I chatted with him for about half an hour and only one interesting thing, which I remembered, he told me was the chicas were with you till you are economically sound and they could dump you any time they wanted and you couldn't do anything..same old stuff about girls. But after half an hour I came to know that the bus will arrive at 1300 hrs ..rubbish. I went to take the train and finally reached Warner Bros Park.
Well built and situated far away from the city I decried it when I was in train itself.I was so enthralled for the upcoming events. Basically the park is divided into five parts- Hollywood Boulevard, Cartoon Village, Old West Territory,DC Super Heroes World and Warner Bros Studio.
Hollywood Boulevard is the park’s main street. Serving as main entrance it contains some sets and feel you like a hollywood star.. they proclaimed that. But I just went furthter and met my childhood fantasies- Sylvester, Tweetey, Scooby Doo, Flintstone with his family, Bunny and many more. Cartoon village is the second part containing similar things as they show in the cartoon shows. I am a little older for that so I didn't spend much time there , I just loiterred there for few minutes and moved to my next destination- The Old west territory. Just at the boundary I went on a small coaster, it was needed for warm up for the upcoming catastrophes. Now it was getting hot so I looked for water and what say I found plenty one on a water ride. I was drenched completely ..thanx to the bag I brought, it saved my mobile and passport. I have to take off my shirt to dessicate it and get ready for the next one..there is no problem with taking your shirt off there..you can even see girls taking off their shirts..but its not possible in India. Next one was my first hell of a experience. I have prepared myself for the first encounter with a giant roller coaster. It was a Wooden Roller Coaster ..very few in the world and when I was done with it..huf.... I was thrilled and thought what the hell of a ride it was.My whole body was shaking during the ride..not from fear but from the shaky ride. Amazing experience. Next it was time to eat something. I am a glutton but there it was time to show some frugality. The cafeterias were gouging the customers but I decided to go for some patatas and a cold drink.. they cost me 5.5 euro that is Rs 374 :( . But that was not going to enervate my enthusiasm. I went for all the dangerous rides and never closed my eyes for a moment because you won't enjoy until you could see what's going to be next ..quite sarcastic. The appellations of the rides were quite interesting..Lex Luthor, Stunt Fall, Batman-La Fugo, Superman... Apart from these breath taking events I didn't let the funny events escape from me. There was a haunted house. We were made to sit in a dining room with a female ghost on the dining table..dont feel excited about female..you naughty boys. She babbled some stuff in spanish and then the room starts rotating vertically..funny stuff. I got the opportunity to sit in the car belonging to batman family and feel like we are driving and fightimg with the diabolical joker. I saw a 3D movie and much more interesting stuff. I can't write each and every thing. But one thing that was the most spectacular to watch was in midnight. A projector was used to show all the Warner characters, glimpses of the movies they have made. You will be thinking what was spectacular or amazing about that..the screen was not some sheet but it was water..I was astounded because I was expecting something else and I got this. Surprises add spice to your life..
I am providing a link to a have a glimpse of the Warner Bros. This link is the photos of some other guys whose nice photography encouraged me to visit the place. I thank you from my heart.
http://www.themeparkreview.com/wbmw2006/wbmw1.htm

jueves, 10 de julio de 2008

One month in Madrid

Its almost over a month in Madrid. There hasn't been a single weekend when I haven't placed my foot outside and went for a stroll. Frankly I have only strolled whether it was for the museums, parks, Toledo or Valencia. I didn't spent a penny on the most boring things that I have ever seen - The Museums. They are free here on Sundays and by proper planning I went to Sofie and Prado. Prado is the pride of Madrid. And mind one thing never come with your family to such erotic places...ya I am talking about these museums. Prado was full of semi and fully nude portraits. But atleast it was far far much better then the alien Sofie museum.

Actually Sofie was my first blow and a severe one. Stuffed with modern arts , I don't know why the hell they are adverted as modern even though they are a century older now.It was like a place with hidden clues to some extraterrestrial place..may be that's the reason I was not able to interpret what they were intented to indicate. If this hurts the art lovers then I want them to explain me that painting which containes only 7 dots and nothing else, how can that crap be a painting in a museum. If I had spend a single cent on such crap then I would have regreted my whole life.

Actually I spent money on two things Toledo and Valencia trip. Toledo is a very small city , you can cover that city by walking only. City was deluged with museums , cathedrals, palaces, monuments etc. But that things do not amused me. Actually such things looks good in albums but you can't enjoy. Valencia was a better place because it has a beach. I spent almost 5 hours on the beach. The beach was full of colourful umbrellas and girls. I must say before continuing that here the chicas are so much beautiful once you watch them you like them watching again and again. The beach is flat in Valencia i.e the level of water is low upto to a suficient distance. The beach was a kind of a semi nude one. I suppose they dont have a problem with it. I remained in water most of the time watching the chicas playing with their bfs. From all of my previous visits Valencia was the best one atleast I got something to enjoy.


jueves, 26 de junio de 2008

Internship at Madrid

I thank God for giving me the opportunity of having an internship at Telefonica in Madrid. Actually I had given hope for any internship at abroad or in other sense at any place. Before I proceed further I must thank one my friends....The Bhopali Nawab...don't be baffled by this name..this is his real name as he belongs to a royal family in Bhopal. I need not to explain what he has to do this with this internship. Despondency had grabbed me where all gates seemed to be closed but IBM gave me a slight hope however they were dilatory in taking interviews. So for me IBM was a hallucination that lasted for a shake only. But atlast I got the confirmation letter from Dr. Luis Campoy, he works in Telefonica.

Then another period of tension began, waiting for the offer letter. Ms Ana Gonzalez Ongay, who is in the HR dep of telefonica , was to provide me the offer letter.When I did't get the mail for the week I started thinking that might be they are not taking me for the intern. Actually that's the problem with me, I am an acute pessimist. When I got the offer letter another problem started, The Very Interesting Solvable Anagram problem..thai is VISA problem. My friend Sac who was also goin there got his visa in a week but me ..naaa. At every moment only one thought in my mind ....Visa Visa Visa Visa...... After one week a feeling of disquietude encircled me so I even went to embassy for extracting any information but of no avail. But on the next evening it was dispatched, huh.... my all worries gone and I was normal again. My mom felt a sense of relief ..she was too much worried and certainly more than me. Then it was time take my first flight to abroad. Lifetime experience for me as that was my first one. Now I am getting bored I will continue after sometime