Twitter, my new love

Now a days I’m into Twitter more than the Facebook. Everybody were asking what is Twitter all about. Well, Twitter is without a doubt the best way to share and discover what is happening right now. But if you wanna elaborate, Twitter is a free social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read messages known as tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters displayed on the author's profile page and delivered to the author's subscribers who are known as followers. Senders can restrict delivery to those in their circle of friends or, by default, allow open access.

Users can send and receive tweets via the Twitter website, Short Message Service (SMS) or external applications. While the service itself costs nothing to use, accessing it through SMS may incur phone service provider fees.

Since its creation in 2006 by Jack Dorsey, Twitter has gained notability and popularity worldwide. It is sometimes described as "SMS of the Internet". The use of Twitter's application programming interface for sending and receiving text messages by other applications often eclipses direct use of Twitter.

I love the idea of Twitter. Because it gives me a lot of information, it up-dates me, or should I say it’s like a newspaper for me. And the other reason of loving Twitter is, it keep the records of the things that I’m doing now. In this fast paced modern life we don’t write Diary usually… but Twitter is like my Today’s world type of diary… And yes, I forgot the most important thing. This is the URL of my Twitter, follow me, if you want: http://twitter.com/sendmeabc

Love…
Johney

More of Me...

Hi guys…Hope all of you are doing so well. I’m cool. As I’ve some spare time on my hand, I’ve decided to write about my thoughts on a regular basis. Recently I’ve got some really encouraging messages from my readers, from my friends. So I thought it will be a better idea if I spend my spare time a bit more on writing rather than doing any other unproductive things. What you say?

So here we go…Now on I’m gonna write more about every other things that interests my attention. If any of you feel bore by my email notification, just spam it. And friends, if you want me to write about any specific topic, let me know…I’ll try to satisfy you through my writings..So guys catch very soon, don’t go stay tuned 

FRIENDSHIP AWARDS 2010

Usually people have 1 best friend, or sometimes 2. But I’m so lucky because I’ve at least 4 friends (note the word ATLEAST) who can do anything and everything for me. These friends are true friends…they are never forgotten, they live within my heart and soul… no matter how far they are, how often we meet or talk.

Because of my straight forward attitude, purposely or not purposely I’ve made some enemies in every phase of my life… but thankfully their number is nothing compare to the number of friends I’ve made. I know this FRIENDSHIP AWARD is a bit funny, but I chose to announce it just to let my friends how much I love them… I’m so thankful that I’ve got these people in my life…

I know friends can’t be categorized… But for the sake of the Award there are the categories of MY FRIENDSHIP AWARDS 2010:

1. Best Friend (Male)
2. Best Friend (Female)
3. Top Friends in Bangladesh
4. Top Friends in Cyprus:
5. Top Friends in the Rest of the World
6. Top Facebook Friend
7. Friend with a Golden Heart
8. Most Helpful Friend
9. Unforgettable Friend
10. Best friend at Work
11. Youngest Friend
12. Most Funny friend
13. Top New Friends of the Year
14. Friendship Revived

And the Award goes to:
1. Best Friend (Male): Tarek
2. Best Friend (Female): Rose
3. Top Friends in Bangladesh: Sumon & Zaber
4. Top Friends in Cyprus: Greghoris
5. Top Friends in the Rest of the World: Ginka
6. Top Facebook Friend: Antonina Dykhta
7. Friend with a Golden Heart: Stella
8. Most Helpful Friend: Babu, Imran, Perveg, Reza and Shetu
9. Unforgettable Friends: Camellia
10. Best friend at Work: Helen and Veronica
11. Youngest Friend: Atik and Ruhul
12. Most Funny Friend: Debashish
13. Top New Friends of the Year: Bappy and Silvia
14. Friendship Revived: Bobby, Tutul, Tamanna, and Opu

Now I’d like to take the privilege to write some lines for the friends who won the Award this year. So here we go:

Tarek: Man, you are some1 who made my life so much comfortable and easier…you know how, right?
Rose: You are miracle of my life…Whatever I’ll write; it will be less to describe my feelings for you.
Sumon and Zaber: It doesn’t matter how far you are, but you guys are with me in every step of my life.
Greghoris: You are the most supportive friend that I ever manage to make in Cyprus.
Ginka: You know how much you mattered in my life, right? My Cyprus life won’t be fulfilled without knowing you..
Antonina: Thanks to facebook…You are nothing but the sunshine in my life.
Stella: I read your text or mails again and again, and wonder how wonderfully graceful a person could be!
Babu: Thanks God you were my roommate during summer! Otherwise, I wouldn’t be able know about a real hero!
Imran: I can’t think my Nicosia life without you.. You have always been there for me!
Perveg: You are some1 I’ll never forget… You’re a great human being to learn kindness from.
Reza: You are the coolest dude of Xiou Street No.1
Shetu: I’ll never forget your support that you offered me at the begging of summer 2009.
Camellia: God knows how you are and where are you! But wherever you are, I hope you are doing great!
Helen: You made my Intercontinental life smooth to survive. Your unconditional help is unforgettable!
Veronica: You are the 1 from Intercontinental, with whom I was most comfortable with…
Atik: Sometimes we don’t need a huge time to be friends… you just meet and you are friends.. like you!
Ruhul: You have been here, you have been there…finally you are here. I hope you understand what I mean!
Debashish: He is like Johnny Lever, his face is enough to make me smile 
Bappy: Weird! But finally we became friends… Wow!
Silvia: I wish I had sister like you… You are the most sweetest, cutest girl I ever met…You are just like a doll Silvia!
Bobby: If one day you discover there is no1 beside you, just remember me..I’ll be definitely there for you!
Tutul: The first friend of my life! I was the happiest person in the world when I got you on Facebook..
Tamanna: It’s a shame that we’re not as friends in Stamford as we are now… Thanks I got you on Facebook!
Opu: I can't relate you now; you are a whole new person. But still love to think once we were best friends!

Now I doubt if any of my friends will read this entire post… It’s huge! I should stop now. Guys…Love you so much…Always stay with me…If I make any mistake, point it to me but don't leave me…..

Brothers

“Brothers” is an intense drama about an experience that threatens to destroy a man's very soul. It contains one of the most dramatic, suspenseful, emotionally-charged scenes of the year. Despite that, it isn't over the top or melodramatic. That is a rare thing in movies these days.

Tobey Maguire of “Spider-Man” stars as Captain Sam Cahill, a soldier who is the favored son of retired soldier Hank Cahill (played by Sam Shepard of “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford”) and husband of pretty Grace Cahill (Natalie Portman of “V for Vendetta”) and father of two bright young girls, Isabelle (Bailee Madison) and Maggie (Taylor Geare). He has a lot to live for and will need every bit of that incentive to stay alive in Afghanistan after he is captured by the Taliban. He is forced to do terrible things to stay alive, things so terrible he cannot admit them to anyone after he is freed from his captors. The demons in his mind are destroying him, and his family in the process.

While he was in captivity, Cahill's brother, Tommy (Jake Gyllenhaal of “Rendition”), recently released from prison, helps care for his brother's family in Sam's absence. Sam is mistakenly listed as among those killed in action in Afghanistan during a helicopter crash and his family assumes he is dead. Tommy and his friends remodel Grace's kitchen. Tommy also plays with the kids and comforts Grace. One night, Tommy and Grace kiss. Shortly after that, Sam is freed and returns home. He suspects something has been going on between Grace and Tommy. This suspicion weighs on Sam's already unstable mind. Sam is not the same man who left. He has become unstable and easily loses his temper. His own wife and children are afraid of him.

Much of this story is familiar. You have the father who loves one son, but is ashamed of the other. Tommy blames his father for his brother's supposed death, filling Sam's head with a lot of military and patriotic nonsense. Tommy represents the Hollywood view of the war in this movie, while Sam and Hank represent the Red States. When Sam yells at Grace, he asks her “Do you know what I had to do to get back to you?” He might be saying the same to all those who oppose the war, namely, “Do you know what I had to do for God and country to keep all of you safe?” The sacrifices of this war are many and have fallen on too few shoulders. This is the movie's unspoken underlying conflict, two radically different views of the war in Afghanistan. This is not an intellectual conflict, but an emotional one, and it plays out in an extremely intense scene.

The acting in this film is superb, and that includes the two precocious child actors, even though they have to say some very un-childlike dialogue. Tobey Maguire, whose acting was not up to par in “Spider-Man 3,” brings his acting game up to a whole new level in this film. He just might get an Oscar nomination for this performance. The oft-disrespected Natalie Portman does a fine job as the conflicted wife. The direction and production values are very good, but the story does seem to end a bit abruptly. But in word, Brothers is worth watching.

Antaheen

Antaheen-the name itself haunts, A lovely movie and a must-watch for every Bangali movie lover. A refreshing break from all those sloppy films they keep doing. Indeed when you watch this movie, you are acutely aware that the director has substance in his head, unlike those numerous Bengali directors who make stupid meaningless films.

Rahul Bose with his calculated acting prowess makes Abhik the cop believable. It feels good to think that even cops have the desire to secretly chat with fancy names instead of always trying to fill their pockets. Radhika Apte-what a discovery. She is indeed a brilliant find and a welcome respite from heroines who wear gaudy clothes and run around trees. Her role as the journo was neither OTT, nor restricted. She had the right expressions for every dialogue she delivered- again rarely found in our Bengali films!

But yes, the director by bringing Aparna Sen and Sharmila Tagore together for such a short span of time leaves us craving for more. Wish he had given them a little bit more of screen time together. What I particularly liked was the chemistry between Sen and her on as well as off screen hubby Kalyan Ray. His attitude to life was something a lot of people today are afraid to acknowledge, much as they would love to.

And the typical viewer that I am, I have no qualms in admitting that Brinda's death had made me sad. I too had started hoping that Abhik and Brinda would finally discover each other's secrets and confess their love for each other. The twist in the tale came as a shock. Congratulations to the director for pulling off that scene so convincingly.

The introductory song by Shaan coupled with lyrics by Chandrabindoo band members and 'Bhindeshi Taara' at the end were quite touching. Ofcourse Shreya Ghosal does her job extremely well with those soulful numbers.
Special mention for Mita Vashisht. She just needs to do more roles and bring out her talent. The scene where she bursts out at her husband after learning about Brinda's death has been so convincingly portrayed.

With such films as Anuranan and Antaheen, Aniruddha Roychoudhury simply leaves you asking for more. It seems that he is one of those few who are determined to revive the Bengali film industry and rekindle our dead interests. His movies seem as episodes exploring relations and I' m already waiting for the next. Hope he will once again prove his mettle and keep making meaningful movies.
You can download the movie from torrentz by this link: http://www.mininova.org/tor/3023490
And if you don’t have that speed to get torrent, then you have youtube. And the link is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrqUzKZOzww&feature=PlayList&p=0F7A9E5CF0AE8A23&index=0&playnext=1
And the good news is both of the links comes along with sub-title  so enjoy!

People Who Influence My Life..

Years ago, Oscar Wilde said, “Most people are other people. Their thoughts are some1 else's opinion, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation”

Do you know anyone whose life has never been influenced by others? Probably not. I believe we become a whole person by adding bits from every single people that we meet in our life or has an influence on our life. This is the influence of others, what make us the person we are today; usual, or extraordinary. Today I’m gonna talk about all those people that has an influence in my life. Thanks God that I've met them; otherwise my life could have been worst whatever it is now!
I've been categories these people in family, colleagues, and friends. So guys here we go!

Family: My mum, my mum, and my mum. Whenever I need inspiration, I think of my mum’s life. The way she drove her life and our life is extraordinary. Who ever know me well, they know I’ve a fire inside me, a fire to achieve goals, a fire to do things right, a fire to fight until win..and I’ve got this fire from my mum. My mum is nothing but a divine guidance!

Colleagues: What I believe is colleagues can never be friends! Need a friend?..go to clubs or search on facebook for school, college, or uni friends, you might get lucky. But never try to look for a friend in your colleagues, trust me it won’t last! So naturally I’ve never been well received by most of my colleagues but my bosses. Among all my bosses two of them have a good influence on me.

First Mr. Andreas, my boss from Crown Resort Horizon. He taught me how to love the job, and achieve excellence. Without his guidance it was impossible for me to bag “Employee of the Year 2007” Award.

Second Ms. Martina Knitter, Front Office Manager of Intercontinental Aphrodite Hills Hotel and Resorts Cyprus. She is the one who taught me what professionalism is. God what a lady! It was an honor to work with her for last two seasons 2008, and 2009.

Friends: Here is my favorite topic, my friends  . Here is the list of my friends who have an influence in my life..the sequence is periodic!

Although Koli and Tutul(who have a very special place in my heart) are first friends in my life, Opu is the one who taught me what friendship is, how it feels like having a best friend! Unfortunately, he is also the one who showed me how to leave friends behind and change just like that..but anyway, I still appreciate the fact that he was my first best friend ever!

Sumon..What can I say about him! He is my best friend since 1998(I know him from 1996 though).Knowing him was quite an experience!He was from North pole, and I was from South pole. But today if I’m good with people (I mean my behavior), I’ve learnt it from Sumon. I never seen such good guy in my life!

I can’t imagine my life without having Sadia..my very best friend from Stamford University. She made me smart, she made me independent, she made me strong, she made me clever…In a word she made fit for today’s world. Sadia, তুমি না থাকলে আমার কি হত বলতো?

If I would have a brother, he would be like Zaber..my another best friend from Stamford University. He taught me what simplicity can be, how to live a life with honesty and patience. I’m always impressed to see his effort to get into the next step of excellence!

I know Rose through Sadia. We all have been working as a teacher in an English Medium School (it was back in 2001 to 2004). She was the most bold girl that I’ve came across till that time. Now she is in UK for last 5 years, we speak every other day on mobile…Our relation is still as alive as back home!

The last addition is Ginka who has influenced my life a lot in recent couple of years. Ginka is some1 who have been with me in thick and thin these years. If you ask me what best thing happen with you in 2008? The answer is Ginka. She brought a life in me! I'm so glad that our path have been crossed :) 

Happy New Year

HAPPY NEW YEAR GUYS…

How are you and how was your New Year eve? Actually most importantly how was your life in 2009? Was it great, good, okay or worst? I think I had my worst year ever. 2009 sucked every possible ways… I’m glad 2009 is finally over.
I really hope and pray the year 2010 will bring sun shine in all of our life. 2010 will eliminate all the darkness and fortunate us with our own share of prosperity and happiness. Welcome 2010…

PS. A month ago, accidentally I’ve deleted some of the posts from my blog. For last 2 days I’ve been re-posting most of them which I had a draft copy on my laptop. The original posting date and time attached with the writing. So guys.. please don’t get confused to see the blog archive dates.
Have fun!