Life Etc Etc

Five years ago on this very day I didn't have a clue as to what I was doing. I had just floundered on a very important interview and there was no end in sight for the rut I seemed to be on. I was no fresher, had close to a decade of experience and was at one point excellent in converting interviews. Friends who started with me were all well-settled and here I was experiencing a mid-career slump unable to nail down a job. Half-a-dozen opportunities blew past me and my dreams of making it in Canada were slowly evaporating before my very own eyes. What did I do? I strolled down to CN Tower in Toronto just to clear my mind. Height of the CN Tower Even though my life was quite literally going nowhere I found myself standing at a greater elevation than most people in this world (thousand feet give or take). That very thought made me smile. That smile in turn reminded me   that things were not really as bad as they seemed. Sure, I had to figure out a way to perform better in my intervie

Until Next Time, Your Analyst of Life, Chaitanya J.J.

' The moment I turned my back, I knew I was never going back. ' ' The second I disconnected the call, I knew that it would be the last call between us ' ' I didn't finish typing the message, I just let it linger there. A few days later both the message as well as the contact were deleted permanently from my phone ' ' It wasn't working. The time had come to move on' We have all experienced such moments of epiphany in our lives. 'Letting Go' of someone we spent time with ( in a personal capacity ) is probably both the hardest thing (when we are conscious of what we are about to lose) and the easiest thing in this world (when we know that there's nothing much we could have done to salvage the association). But how do you reach a stage where you do know that letting go is in fact the right thing to do. Here are some questions which might help your thought process. Has the relationship changed beyond recognition? If the answer for this que

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Overview   I haven't done a movie review in a long time. Possibly because nothing was striking a chord or energizing me enough to write about it. Now let's address the burning question.  Why 'Cellular'? Why now? Simple, it was mightily entertaining and helped to enliven an otherwise drab day.  You might say, this was the same thing I had said for some other reviews.  My reply would be that I wholeheartedly accept that observation. Plus what more do you need to espouse a movie when it keeps you hooked all throughout its duration. So let's dive into the nitty-gritty of the movie without any further ado. Cellular (2004)  Plot Carefree and somewhat sluggish Ryan ( Chris Evans ) is enjoying a typical sunny day on the Santa Monica pier when he runs into his ex,  Chloe ( Jessica Biel ) . Ryan offers to make it up to Chloe by helping out with her fundraiser. Chloe is not impressed but assigns an errand to Ryan. On the way to the errand , Ryan receives a mysterious phone cal

We are better if we lift ourselves through dire times Until Next Time, Your Philosopher of Life, Chaitanya J.J.