Friendly, very friendly, desi iSpider!

I was(am) sick. Very very sick. I haven’t clocked sleep time last night, nor have i shut eye all day today. Consider this forewarning – Statutory warning by the makers of Mazingout. Do NOT proceed to read, if not in the mood to read trash. Sickness did this to me. My apologies to any hurt, sentimental parties.

When you’re sick, looking for clumsy “just for laughs”, and you encounter the following explosive material, what do you do?

a. Break into a fit of laughter

b. *facepalm* + google about it

c. Decide to share the torture

Guess what I picked! I decided to torture.

So, I was ambling around, looking at some interesting videos today. I managed to tumble upon the following (Courtesy Mr Jadhav, thanks for the post). Here you go. Watch, and enjoy.

First things first, what an idea! Isn’t it fabulous how ingenious we can get? We managed to put together an entire saga of the lost hero. Well, our iSpiderman (Apple’s idea? I wonder..) doesn’t spin a web and gracefully plonk upon unexpected crevices. This is as earthy as it gets. Our iSpiderman likes the Sugarcane fields. We say the famous line right about now – “Ganne de khet vich”, iSpiderman was doing the naach. I have no idea what iSpiderman was tripping upon exactly. Or was it the director?

A note of appreciation for the heroine! Hello pretty lady, awesome acting! You looked so convincing in depicting how you became a “fan” of iSpiderman! I wonder how you brought out the emotion on your face, when all you could see was a white cloth punched with 2 black holes. I mean, I think you were quite good. I presume there would be random comments about how you can’t dance for nuts. Trust me, all false. A woman can develop cold feet and hands. I would, if there were a superhero of that stature serenading me!

The great Indian Wave! The choreographer, particularly, tries to grasp the attention of the Indians quite well. He is well versed with what we identify with best. I just remembered how we were tortured as kids during the sports/annual day functions at school. I was made “flower” on many occasions, and I remember shaking my head side to side or my arms above my head in the Ultimate Two Hand wave! Its a blink and miss (ok, maybe not) in this video, so I found it on the 33rd second. Watch out for it. Another time, on a bicycle. (Since when does iSpiderman need a cycle?)

The Sponsors! Money talks, honey. How would you expect a movie to be made without sponsors of any kind? Kanha Milk, in case you missed. iSpiderman’s even sporting the brand on his tee. Drink milk, grow strong (like iSpiderman). There’s a noble cause attached.

The Hero! I can’t help but wonder who this hunk is. Here are my guesses, based purely on the dancing – Saif? Shakti Kapoor? Sunny Deol? I’m most inclined towards thinking its Deol, owing to the lush sugarcane and mustard fields. So flexible. So strong. *swoooon*

The Flash! Don’t miss their exit either. iSpiderman owns invisibility cloak.

Ok, I’m glad I wrote about this video. I feel much better already!

Oh, have you seen the facebook page? Click

(Make sure kids don’t watch this – their “Itsy Bitsy spider” rhyme might get disturbing)

Jalebi, anyone?

Its back! My favorite-eshhht season, is back! My toes, fingertips, and very cold nose approve! Every year, I wait, for November to arrive, and usher in December, handsomely. (November and December are men to me, I remember a cartoon where the months had Mustaches in a calendar. January was a woman, also my birthday month – its all pre-planned) There are so many reasons to love December – Christmas(!!), End of Year, New year approach-eth, numerous birthdays, the friends coming to base location for the holidays, blowing cold air to see thick smoke, less harsh sunlight, christmassy movies,… lots to look forward to, I say!

The object of this Monthly musing, was to bring us back to a wet Sunday. Jal, the cyclone, is busy lurking near India’s east coast, its also off-shooting constant rains to Karnataka. Here in Bangalore, it rained, and rained some more. What is one to do on such a day, where you can’t step out? Here are some ideas, which might have been tried and tested by all of you

* Watch TV, don’t budge. You could even wind up with watching Aishwarya Rai with her fake guffaws, cheesy movies, romantic movies, topped by a constant supply of unhealthy crunchies.

* Read, you good soul. This bit is for people who would rather spend a day at peace with themselves. Nothing like curling up with a good book, racing to finish it.

* Bo(a)red games. The family. The friends. Whoever you can set your eyes on. A game of cards might help too.

* Food-for-soul. Music. Must listen to favorite music. Lifts heart straightaway.

* Play with kids/pets. If you have them around. For the less sensitive option, play farmville, fishville, petville, dogville, catville, splitsville (oops!)

* Adult stuff – Censored on this blog. :P

* Cook/Eat. Do whatever you’re best at. I’m an eater. The process of making food is taboo for me, only because it gets added as a credential to “getting hitched”. I no wannn no wedding now! Eating, is the next best thing.

Anything else, which you can think of? Leave them in your comments.

Talking about cooking and eating, this Sunday the family decided to make pakoras. I fried them! Yes I did! :) Also managed to get them out of the bubbly, in a lovely golden brown color. Topped this off with filter coffee, (I mixed the decoction and milk to a tasty blend, now that needs some talent too).  Eating always makes me feel hungrier. I could kill for Jalebi’s right then! Now, how does one venture out in the rain to bring Jalebis to follow the pakoras. So I tried watching this -> .

Epic Awesome Ad! :D Now, I’m happy. Hope you’re hungry too. Jalebi, anyone?

Of Talking Newspapers…

Black and white print. The best thing ever, I’d say. I love books, magazines and of course, newspapers. I love glancing through the papers everyday, even on the days when I know I have absolutely no time and need to rush out. Well, today was different, and definitely lazy, till dad walked into the living room, very excited. He had a bundle of newspapers in his hand, and said “Oh look, the newspapers talking”.

Welcome, to new generation advertising, Ladies and Gentlemen. I was enthralled really, and grabbed the paper from him. Only to find a little black box, which in a very sexy voice “Volkswagen Vento, and so on”. I burst out laughing, because all I could think of was this (Click). This was unusual, the only freebies the newspaper ever came with before this, was – many shampoo sachets, conditioner sachets, and this once – Half a sanitary pad (Please tell me what one would do with half?). Well, after much opening and closing of the newspaper, I got bored.

Volkswagen, woke India up today, to something new. They mixed up various media of advertising, to come up with something which made one sit up and notice. Yes, we noticed. I still can’t afford that car. I wish that sexy voice had said, “Congratulations, You’ve won the Volkswagen Vento”. Some high hopes! Smart advertising, and thousands of Rupees spent, they got their message across.

What they didn’t realize they would do, is scaring more than half the population of India. Imagine waking up and groggily giving your English Daily a shake and you hear a voice. I’d probably have jumped out of my skin (I am not exactly the brave-heart in the family). Thank heavens I was awake, and pumped up with caffeine. This really did happen – our helper came home, and started sweeping dust off our floor, till her eyes caught the newspaper. She said she’d picked up the newspaper for a family she goes to early in the morning, and then she heard some weird noise and a black object stuck to the paper. These are her exact words (translated from Kannada, of course) – “I thought someone had left an explosive in the paper!” (She said the B**B word, I dare not). She was right! I’m sure half of India thought it was freaky!

(I also wonder, how most of the Loo-newspaper-readers managed today. Distraction, while on the job? )

The point is, Volkswagen caught attention, leaving some laughing, some palpitating, and some with a minor heart attack. Very smart advertising. Agree? Disagree? – Leave your thoughts as comments.