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mcgillianaire ([personal profile] mcgillianaire) wrote2004-01-12 02:55 am

Bachelor's Night Out!

I’ve just got back from Arnav’s where the Gang of Five watched No Good Deed starring Samuel Jackson, Milla Jovovich & Stellan Skarsgård (Ronin, Good Will Hunting). It was a rather interesting movie at first but fortunately/unfortunately the only good thing about it till the end was the aesthetic presence of Ms. Jovovich. A couple of scenes in particular will remain etched in my memory for some time to come. For the others, a movie to avoid @ all costs. It’s not as bad as Scary Movie III though. What movies have you watched recently? Any worth an extra recommendation? I could do with a good, thinking movie.

Later this morning, seeing as to how it is nearly 3:00am right now, I will be trying to sort out what courses I will be taking this semester. I know it’s been a week into the semester but after all that has happened, this is the price to pay for terrible behavior. Anyways, once that is sorted out there is the issue with the Visa. Ahh, let’s hope that all gets sorted out easily. Red tape is lethal here in McGill and even the Management advisor has warned me about it. He is a bloody part of it! Oh well, at least I got back in.

Elsewhere, I am trying to figure out how to sort out my entire feeding habits. Ever since getting back from Oman I’ve not been able to fill myself with three, proper meals a day. It’s been a mix of random things @ the oddest of hours and I’m starting to feel the pinch of it. Any ideas on how to stay cheap and get fat?

Alrighty. I’m off to bed…Read on and stay tuned!

Discussion for the Day…
Is my faith in a near-future (15-25 years), developed India, severely misplaced? I’d like to hear your thoughts on this topic that has, for a long time been intriguing me. Despite everything India, as a modern-nation, has achieved since Independence, a lot has been left to be desired and a lot, lot more is needed to reach any of the minimum social/economic heights of the Western nations… How far behind is India and will it ever reach the position the USA is in today, and if yes, when do you foresee such an awesome sight (*smile*), and if not, why not?

Till next time…
Have a good one!

Re: Ahem

(Anonymous) 2004-01-13 05:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Sorry my friend, if Romania had Australia's sports infrastructure we would be one of the best teams in the world in mostly anything (I rule out sports like cricket, which is not known in Romania and our main problem comes with winter sports. But we could improve even there if we had what it takes. I might say that we would not be better in rugby than Australia)

Romania holds the world record for most World Cups in handball (4), men and women as well. Another fact: England has not beat Romania in 30 years (no jokes, official number) in football, their national sport. I believe that a better structure would make Romania better in many sports including tennis, rugby, basketball, volleyball etc. Now gymnastics and football is all we have left, because of a huge lack of funds for facilities. Diana Mocanu, the Romanian swimming champion (I think she even broke a world record in Sydney 2000, I am not completely sure, but she came home with 2 or 3 gold medals) trains in an uncleaned pool of dirty water in a random city in Romania. The next year, at the World Championships she was crap... Why? No facilities to train in.

Give us your infrastructure and I guarantee better results in so many sports.

And BTW, Hari, please support my statement here that Romania has good sports, u know it, I've been bugging u with these things for almost 2 years!

Thanks and take care everyone,

Cris