Life of Quality??

Thinking about life.. and what does that depend on.. makes me ask various questions in my mind.

What is Life about? - What is Quality of Life? - What does Quality of Life depend on?

I wouldnt know all the answers.. but I know definitely that one thing that it depends on is what you are as a human being and what u dream of becoming. You might not do lot of things, but in this bad bad world, not doing bad is good. Hence I would argue that not doing anything is also adding to goodness, since at least you are not doing bad and making things worse.

Not many would accept this ideology, but its simple equation of keeping bad constant and not adding more to it. Its like, if u cant add value.. dont spoil it.

There may be some who think that doing good only improves quality. But then, good actions in isolation doesnt mean anything if you don't have a bigger picture and dream big.
Anyways, would love to know what others think about quality of life and what it depends on?

Advice asked..... best given

Disclaimer : I found the image on some other site. The below comments are mine.

Dont you feel sometimes people ask you "What should I do" and suddenly you feel you could answer it like this. WOW. I wouldnt know what the rest of you think, but I liked the answer.

It is not about this women per se, but sometimes people do ask you only, not to know the answer, but to convince themselves. I might have done it sometimes as well.

There is one character in my society where I live, who has the nasty habit of asking the weirdest question on technology whenever he sees you. When you reply, he shoots back saying NO, YOU ARE WRONG.. ITS NOT LIKE THAT..IT WORKS LIKE THIS. Me and my friends now ask him back first "What do u think?" and whatever he replies back... we just agree. There are many incidents where we have made fun of him on his face .. but some people never change.... :)

Just a thought

I normally read whats happening around on the virtual worlds. There are few blogs that I have RSSed and enjoy the fascination that I derive reading the happenings around the globe. Google blogoscoped is one such blog that I dont miss. Like the name suggests, its much about Google, but this blog talks about the good and the evil of it.

Anyways, am not talking how good the blog is, but rather link up an interesting read. Shocking for some, reality check for others, opportunities of better life if used right for a tiny 0.1% in this world.

http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2007-10-15-n68.html


Do check the site. The dog poop girl incident is the extreme that can be reached at this age. Certainly not deserving to the girl and the crowd just couldn't control their anger on the thing that got blown out of proportion. But remember, no one person was responsible. A certain 'society' as we call it, was responsible. This society is not differnt from the society we live in, but the members of this society profit on the nature of the virtualisation the internet is and do things that they normally wouldnt do in a real society. Making things in perspective, the person who wrote the article on the net wouldnt have gotten down at the next station, called the police and made sure the girl was fined or punished for her deed. Instead he choose to let it happen there and published the story later online. Like that helped the smell at that time!!!

The reason I put it on my blog is to highlight that these things happen. The reach of the net is phenomenal and sometimes under estimated. It is a distant possibility that the virtual gang can hijack the current society systems if the entire society is on the virtual world.

It reminds me of the incident few months back, where Digg.com got hijacked by its own customers who voiced out their anger against their decision to remove a certain post on DVD decrypting key. That incident spoke many things of the virtual society and what it is capable of. The entire top 10 Diggs were only about the Key later on as a challenge to Digg management "try removing this now". For those who not aware, it is not easy to get your story on top ten in Digg. Just cause Digg management tried to act as moral police by themselves by deleting a certain story, the community woke up and next thing you know every story on top 10 is about the DVD key that they intended to block in the first place. They simply couldn't control it. They learned it the hard way that the society they started is above them.

Well, if you think of it, anything can happen and will happen, till you allow it to happen. We travel daily and see so many things that are certainly wrong with the system. We see corrupt officials taking bribes, we see them talking foul language, manhandling someone, illegal stalls, intolerable bus conductors, reckless and useless rickshawallas. If the dog poop girl story can be frowned and highlighted on net, then why cant these issues be brought to light and the damned section of our society punished. Just a thought.

Anyways, before i try and preach, let me clarify that the things I said is only cause I see the problem and I see that can be used as common good rather than working that as a problem. Certainly online identity sometimes can be daunting if thats not what you are anymore. But the organizations and the intellects who rely on the information also need to be understanding to the fact that the information is true today as well before taking a decision based on that information.

Pulp Fiction

Pulp Fiction



Made in 1994, one of the most influenced movie of that decade.

Am writing about it cause -

1. I saw it recently like 5 times in 2 days and cant get over it yet.
   
2. To let me write about something which is more valuable (fiction).

"I always hope that if one million people see my movie they see one million different movies."
- Quentin Tarantino (Writer Director)

The movie starts directly with a scene in the restaurant a couple is talking over breakfast and having a conversation. At first, you feel that you missed the starting, but somehow thats how the movie actually starts. The conversation is then related back to the end of the movie, but till that time, it makes you feel that it was only some scene to fill up the tempo of the movie.

The movie is about three interrelated stories (directed by different people) that come together at one place in the movie. The story telling style was simply amazing. If you appreciate cinema closely, then this is not a film to be missed. At every scene, you will be encountered with a masterpiece of Quentin story telling magic.

Take for instance, the scene where Samuel Jackson and John Travolta are going to snap a guy and on the way having a conversation of metric systems. It was like a typical office goers conversation. You might feel that the movie has no meaning or is very slow, but you need to appreciate the storytelling ability in this particular movie. How the references to various scenes are related to the earlier classic movies and makes you subconsciously occupy in the thoughts.

The dance scene between Uma Thurman and John Travolta is the most memorable scene and amazingly done. You can distinctly identify the steps as an impromptu dance steps so you know the actors have not come prepared but still, they dance well enough. It is more important to realize that they do not show you the entire dance and maintains the focus on the story. Though you would have liked to see the entire song, you quickly come back to the chemistry between the two actors which is being set in the dance. I read this later, that the dance sequence was always the part of the story with or without John Travolta. When they got John Travolta, they were happy that they got him and more over they get to see him dance again.

This was the best. In the movie where Uma Thurman narrates about her 5 band group in the pilot episode to John Travolta in a particular scene, Quentin used the same characters - repeat as she had described them here - in Kill Bill which was again made by him 10 years later. Uma Thurman did act in that movie. It is said, he had thought of Kill Bill while making up characters for Uma in this movie.

The way Bruce Willis controls his anger later on when he finds the watch missing.... thats control. You should see the eyes of Samuel Jackson when he narrates the para from the Bible before shooting. You can almost feel the terror yourself.

Anyways, there is lot of history and trivia about this movie. Knowing it makes the movie more pleasurable to watch. I would not want to capture everything here. This is just to mention few great things that I like about the movie.

You Stop asking questions

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Chapter 1

Recently, I read a post and it brought a smile to my face. The post, I am sure, is nothing to do with me nor anything I know. But, still it makes me write this post out of curiosity more than anything else.

The smile I got, had nothing to do with the quality of the post nor the thought of it. It was a smile of failure, stupidness or the sorriest attempt to gain sympathy. I dont know what.

oo... am a real looser since life has been so bad to me... I can enter and get out of lives as and when I want. Thats my right.

Some people want to fail and try their best to fail and then come out for sympathy in most obnoxious way,

"Hey, you know i am this and i am that. I am not this and I am not that, so let there be light...." (makes no sense, i know)

Responses,
"Oh please, don't do this and dont do that", "there are times like this and there are times like that..", "believe me Been there and done that", "I know the world and things will be all right"

hahahhahahahahha - this is all funny. Aint it? If you cant find humor in this, then you need to go to hell. Wait you are in hell..... guessing in hell, anyways you would be deprived of sense of humor.

Ok, i accept, that was harsh. I shouldn't have done that. I feel so terrible, I will think I should stop writing. WOW, what a wonderful idea!!! It will do wonders. It will get me all answers since stopping to write is hard and hurting. If I hurt myself, I get all answers. So that makes me happy. So, to make myself Happy, i need to hurt myself.
Wait!!
What the hell am I talking about. This doesn't make sense. Well, it doesnt, that is why i was smiling in the first place. hahahahaha

Ok, there is a fair chance, I have got it wrong. In which case, whatever i have written till now makes no sense and I am the ugliest person on earth to be thinking it in this way. I admit, I can be wrong.
But then, who is going to correct me. I am not listening. I have blocked all channels of sound waves reaching me. I have the ability to go away from everything that was so near to me. So what the hell, even if I am wrong, I am always right. You loose..... Looser!

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Chapter 2

Well, so far what i wrote, gave me a way to exhale my frustration on others being so unwise. I know, my friend will think I have lost coconuts. But well, the thought is mutual. But, since you wont write any further, I am the one people will read. (God, that makes me happy)

Things have become croocked, but then who is to blame. Whos gonna correct it. It aint gonna happen on its own.
These days, it becomes like a herculean task even to meet together. I am sure, now its not possible. I often hear questions like, should we call him, if we calling her? Should we do this and that and all those multiple choices to have an evening spent together!! Now, this is mess and mess that can be trashed.

I am sure, I will not write about this more. Cause, I neither have the time nor the inclination to make things right. People refuse to grow up. Yeah and, me the Kido!!!

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Chapter 3

Was listening to this, when I started writing the post.

"Comfortably Numb"
-- Pink floyd

Hello,
Is there anybody in there
Just nod if you can hear me
Is there anyone at home
Come on now
I hear you're feeling down
I can ease your pain
And get you on your feet again
Relax
I'll need some information first
Just the basic facts
Can you show me where it hurts

There is no pain, you are receding
A distant ship smoke on the horizon
You are only coming through in waves
Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying
When I was a child I had a fever
My hands felt just like two balloons
Now I've got that feeling once again
I can't explain, you would not understand
This is not how I am
I have become comfortably numb

O.K.
Just a little pin prick
There'll be no more aaaaaaaah!
But you may feel a little sick
Can you stand up?
I do believe it's working, good
That'll keep you going through the show
Come on it's time to go.

There is no pain you are receding
A distant ship smoke on the horizon
You are only coming through in waves
Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying
When I was a child
I caught a fleeting glimpse
Out of the corner of my eye
I turned to look but it was gone
I cannot put my finger on it now
The child is grown
The dream is gone
And I have become
Comfortably numb.


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Chapter 4

When life runs out of answers.....you stop asking questions

Chapter 5
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THE END