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The Failure Quotient

The Lovely Bones The Lovely Bones This is a movie which you can sit back and enjoy the superfluous imagery it builds in front of your eyes. You will completely miss the underlying theme of conflict, pain and love. Or if you manage to take a closer look at the eyes of the actors you'll notice the sorrow and beauty of the story. It took me a second look to go beyond the visual grandeur and let my mind absorb the message the movie is trying to shout out. The message that has managed to seep through the corners of my mind is of hope and love. It sounds simple but as we know wisdom is supposed to be uncomplicated yet as elusive as the shooting star. There is a silent victory hidden in a loss. Hidden beneath the layers of disappointment and sorrow lies a small victory. In the movie Susie Salmon (played by young Irish actress Saoirse Ronan) traverses through the maze of the world "in-between" she comes across emotions ranging from disappointment to vengeance to pain and f...

Clarity, Confusion and Communication

Writing is like living a life. You have your glory moments and other times it’s just hard work at its best. Sometimes a brilliant thought flows through the mind like honey and other times it just takes ages to even get a sentence on the page. There is an age old adage we all have heard; which just says patience is virtue. Yet the patience is like that elusive 'A' in the grade reports of our lives. We all love straight A's yet there are some C's that matter a lot and patience plays an important role in each of these. This is my post dedicated to those C's that help us move on through our daily grind called life. The First C Confusion is a word dreaded by most. It’s a word that unfortunately carries with itself all the wrong connotations. Yet it could be the best friend you might ever have! Confusion points to all possibilities surrounding a situation we are part of. It opens up a world of possibilities that exist. Confusion also acts as a catalyst that fastens the ...

Total Lunar Eclipse 15th June 2011 Durban South Africa

Lunar Eclipse June 15 2011 in Durban South Africa Lunar Eclipse June 15 2011 in Durban South Africa