here we go again :)

and it was an AMAZING trip!!!

Obviously enough I'm toooooo tired right now to actually type out more than a few lines... and I didnt really take a camera with me.. hehe.. so will be getting photos in my mail in a few days..

But! I am proud to say that the mission! (as set by Ms. V in the comments for my previous post) was successfully accomplished! and that too was done many times just to sure I was doing it right:-)

I did have pictures taken and will post them asap.

There was an awesome seminar on Situational Leadership, which I could SO connect with! There were the usual but still uncanny AIESEC dances which I dont think people would do at other normal events.

I found that the people here REALLY like Daler Mehndi's 'Tunak Tunak tun' song!! We danced to that song more than 5 times in the three days! And they even know (a slight variation) of the actual dance steps!

Met quite a few new people, made really good friends.

At the celebrity theme party we had the following characters:

A celebrity in disguise (with sunglasses and a cap) - and she REALLY did look like a celebrity in disguise!!

Batgirl! (who incidentally is from Gotham city, and thats how they remembered how to pronounce my name:-)

Mahatma Gandhi, The Pope, The Devil, Whoopi Goldberg, Michael Jackson, Lara Croft (Tomb Raider), The Whole Royal Family of Norway, The lead singer from Kiss, Olivia Newton-John and many many more!!

I think I should sleep a while before I go for work... (Trondheim to Oslo is 500 kilometres and my bus got me here in 6 hours!)

Signing off at 8:40 in the morning! will add pictures later:-)

cya!

The drag this thing is not perfect... It is, but it just doesnt work along with all this text on the same page. Will replace it with something nicer (and add more stuff) in a week or two

Moving on to nicer issues:-)

This weekend I saw two and a half movies - Madagascar, Dead End and half of Around the world in 80 days. Madagascar is AWESOME!!! Everyone should see it. Infact everyone MUST see it.

I went shopping and got my first muffler of norway! and also bought myself a red sweater. It reminded me of a sweater a friend of mine has and it was on sale! I had to buy it:-)

I miss the college cafe.. made 'Cheese omelette, do toast aur chai' for lunch.. I found another person from college online while I was!

Learned and played poker! lost 50 kroners:-( but I'm so sure I'll earn that and more back!

hmm.. so that was most of my weekend.. I think it was ok.. I'm headed to Trondhiem for AIESEC's Second National Conference! and am supposed to dress up as a celebrity. People here seem to take that pretty seriously and I have no clue who I should dress up like. A friend (kaberi) says I should dress up like Jude Law, but I dont think I know how he would look like and images online arent much help. I need something easier!! any help is welcome:-)

1. I would not engage in maniacal laughter or dance parties on simply capturing the hero. Such events would be conducted, safely, after the killing of the hero.

2. If I possess a super-weapon, I will use it as many times as possible and as often as possible. I will not leave it lying in a secret room as a backup device.

3. If the hero and I are engaged in battle, I will never follow him to places with cliffs. In the event that I am on a moving surface, and I see him fall flat on his back - I will fall flat ASAP and not turn around to query why the hero went down.

4. If a messenger informs me of some bad news I will not kill him for depressing me. Good help is hard to come by.

5. If I hold anything of importance on any of my computers I will pad the file up to 1.45MB (a little larger than the size of a normal floppy disk)

6. I will never command my men, "I want him ALIVE!".. only, "shoot at sight, any level of 'life' is acceptable"

7. I will keep all my toxic waste in a secure place and make sure I never have to visit it. I will not build bridges over these containers.

8. If the captive hero asks, "before you kill me, will you tell me why you did all this???". I will shoot him first and then say, "no"

9. I will not have a daughter. No matter how evil she may be, one look at the hero and she will betray her own father!

And lastly:
10. Irrespective of my hatred towards the hero(/captive), I will NEVER say, "Leave him. He's mine!" I will only engage in hand to hand combat if my whole army is dead.

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Next post: "Ten rules I would never break If I was the Hero!"

Fellow readers and mental telepathists, I bring to you the story of a young mans visit to the cinema, not so long ago. To help those who have not seen what I have seen... to show those who cannot see what I dream...

Moving on to simple english - I saw the Chronicles of Narnia, the lion the witch and the wardrobe at the Colosseum!

Over here, they call a cinema a Kino (pronounced She-no). The place was great! the seats were awesome!! and the people were so civilised! Nobody ate chips because it makes noise. I could HEAR the silence!

anyways.. talking about the mystical and magical realm of Narnia, its creator Aslan and the witch who witnessed its making - Jadis.

Though story lacks the substance required to convince anyone aged 14+ but its really superhit material for those who do not take their brains to the movies. Some parts seem like they are there only and only to make sure that the story doesnt fall apart, and some parts are unnecessarily long... BUT the animation and the talking animals are awesome!!

Its certainly a pity that they didnt spend more money on this movie and make it a three (or more) part sequential blockbuster (like Lord of the Rings).. I know it has some sequels already lined up, but I would have wanted the story told in this movie to be spread over atleast two movies! They've fast paced it so much, most of it requires some knowledge of the world of Narnia (for which you may contact wikipedia:-) .. and I didnt really even like the kids!! I mean.. I should atleast start appreciating the heroes before I hoot for them, right???

The bigger picture is certainly worth a LOT more than they have portrayed, and the story of the movie itself could not have been portrayed any better.

In all, I'd say it was worth the watch! and if you like reading books, it might just convince you to read the seven chronicles.

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Not interested in movie reviews??
A little light reading perhaps :-)