Bachelor's Night Out!

[mcgillianaire]

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!

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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!

Comments

Reply no 1 - Romania on the way to the EU, or is it???

[(Anonymous)]

My dear Hari and all other people that hate me on this journal page,

Even though I said that I am going to be the bad a@@ on this chat, sometimes u feel the need to be a nice person and take things seriously.
1. I got a job and today I spent my first hour in the office. I have my own computer and I am the only one using it. Today consisted mainly with data entry and mail collection. The ugly things are to come though.
2. I agree with Hari on the movie we saw last nite. I sucked. But, I think that sometimes u need a movie just to sit with ure friends and make fun of things, life, Guy and Karun and his sheep. This is the best thing in life: not watching the movie and then having endless debates wether it has a hidden meaning or what the creators wanted us to understand by watching it... It is the mere presence of ure friends, people that u enjoy staying with and hanging out with. For me a good movie does not involve a good plot, a super mistery, but a reason to feel well with ure friends. If I am alone in my apartment and I am watching a movie, of course, I demand plot, mistery, action and hot females (preferably as naked as possible) - BTW Hari, I got a nice website for u to check out! Contact me later.
3. I am one semester away from choosing my major. Even though I have chosen Finance, I still think that this choice of what u are going to do in life is approaching fast and we are still rooted in out teenage "problems". This makes me feel bad and somehow incompetent in front of life...

Back to the discussion theme for the day... I am not the person to judge India or say things about it. I just don't have the knowledge and I risk ending up saying some dumb things I might regret later. My idea is that countries like India or Romania have many many many years left till reaching the Western standard imposed by USA and Western Europe. Just to give u some numbers: Romania has at least 80 years left till reaching the actual level of development of the EU countries. (This is an official number released by the EU when Romania was in talks for entering the Union). As far as I know, India has a literacy rate of 65% and Romania has 98%. Romania's GDP/capita is a little higher than India's and one more thing: Romania is considered a second world country, while India is a 3rd world country. So, if u take the numbers it means that India has more than 80 years till reaching the standard imposed by the EU (we assume that the standard in the EU is quite the same as in the US). So my dear Hari and Indian friends, in 15-25 years, Romania or India have no chance of even getting close to this ultimate goal. We would most probably be dead when this would happen. But, us, the people that study abroad, must make sure that our countries will get support from our knowledge and, let's hope so, future fortune. I am not saying that we should go back and live there, what I'm saying is that we need to invest in our countries and try to help this number (80 years) get reduced by a dozen or two... If all Romanians or Indians were able to do that, both our countries would be much closer than they are now. But, amongst the 8 million Romanians that live abroad, it seems that only a small percentage have interest in helping their mother country that can really need their support.

This being said, I am going to end this conversation and I am willing to hear what other people think of these matters. I accept criticism so please be honest and let's have a pleasant discussion on this makeshift forum.

Cris, the Romanian guy

Keep it Coming Mes Amis!

[mcgillianaire.livejournal.com]

Check out this article. Relevant to current discussion? Bush welcomes tech partner India (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3391211.stm). Got it off BBC World.

Where is everybody else? Talk, write, do whatever. Let us hear the hidden side...

First world, second world, third world

[mcgillianaire.livejournal.com]

The terms first world, second world, and third world are used to divide the nations of Earth into three broad categories. Originally, the term "first world" referred to capitalist societies, the term "second world" to centrally planned ones, whereas "third world" stood for tribal systems. During the Cold War, the phrase "first world" referred to nations within the United States' sphere of influence, the phrase "second world" to nations within the Soviet Union's sphere of influence, and the phrase "third world" to nations within neither sphere. After the Cold War, "first world" began to refer to countries with "Western" societies and large economies and "third world" to developing countries in regions such as Africa (because originally neither Cold War superpower bothered with such countries); with the fall of Leninist Communism the term "second world" largely fell out of use. (Original Link) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_world)

[(Anonymous)]

jeez..romania and india..that is sad. why in the world is india being compared to romania? i mean romanias a tiny little never will be never has been kind of nation stuck in the middle of europe. why would anyone even try to compare the two ? i mean at best romania ll b like a scandinavian country..a buncha rich folk trying to figure out how they can possibly be more liberal...and gay... they ll never matter more than... hmm..estonia..or ... guinea bissau ... or st kitts..or u kno one of those countries that has about as much clout in the world as a fly. they ll win a couple more medals in handball ...probably because of lack of competition...i mean what the hell is handball...tennis for commies??? ... and then that swimmin chick..who trains in dirty pools... wierd...cant get anyone to clean it???i mean 23 million ppl and not one pool cleaner... romania is messed...and cris here thinks its gonna become a respected country...it cant.. its a tiny little country in the middle of nowhere that is famous for nothing...well close to nothing in any case... india on the other hand... where should i begin. heres a piece of advice for u cris... immigrate to whatever country takes ya...better comin from a place thats heard of than one that would probably b a district, not even a province in most countries. jeez the nerve.. india and romania being compared...go compare yourself to ivory coast or somethin

[(Anonymous)]

bastard told ya eh...yeah it was a joke to c if u d take the bait...muhahaha

[(Anonymous)]

Karun rocks man!