Twisted

I watched a move called “Stay” last Saturday. A “Butterfly effect”-like movie, for those of you who’ve seen it. It’s just the kind of strange movie I like, even though it didn’t have a twist as clear as did Butterfly Effect. Speaking of which, I’m addicted to movies with plot twists. I’ve searched for and [...]

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“Venice” audience demands pound of flesh?

So my multiplayer shootout buddy from downstairs comes up this morning and says “I want to beat you up”. As I’m sifting through all possible and perfectly viable reasons why he might want to do this, he says “I went to see Merchant of Venice“.
“Oh,” I said. “That”
“You went to see it because I was [...]

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Happy 40th birthday to Star Trek

Amongst other things, of course. My auto repair bill was Rs. 28,000! (see my previous post). My friend Dimuthu’s going to say ‘I told you so!’, but looking at the component break-down, it doesn’t seem quite so unreasonable — if I had taken the damn thing for more regular checkups, I chould’ve saved the AC [...]

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Business analysts and auto spare parts

I pass one of our business analysts on the way up the stairs. He asks “Hey Hasitha, how’s your bug count for the upcoming release?” Before I can put on my developer-cap, my mouth triumphantly answers “zero!”. In the next second, I simultaneously slap my own forehead as he says “Brilliant! I’ll move some of [...]

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Everybody loves Shylock

Disclaimer: I don’t know the first thing about producing or directing a play. So if something doesn’t sound right, just laugh and ignore.
I managed to catch Merchant of Venice (or more accurately “Venice”) on its opening night at the Lionel Wendt. What can I say, it could’ve been better. There was only one star that [...]

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