( not so ) paranormal activity

After all the box office raves and Amit's constant nagging, I finally gave in to watch the movie. We rushed to the movies( which is across the street from home!) on a Thursday night. There was just one more couple in the theater. It was the perfect ambiance..

Well, the movie started and I kept waiting for the activity to begin. Finally there was some action and it was good. But by that time, I was suffering from motion sickness. The handy cam was awfully shaky. I looked at Amit and he was worse off. So we opened our eyes only for the night scenes. After an hour into the movie, I lost interest. It was the same old story. One could predict the end. What happened later was pretty stereotypical, but to my surprise Amit liked it.

I can see how it can be a creepy movie but really not as scary as the reviews say it is. I thought good ol' Norman Bates' mother was more of a surprise than the ' demonic force' in our new flick.

All in all, a decent attempt towards changing the trend of horror movies. Definitely better than the bloody gory monster flicks out there.

A good watch.

Runner's high!

I had always heard of it. Last Sunday I felt it. I ran my first half-marathon. It was an awesome experience running in front of the Capitol. I was holding on a great 9.40 pace till the 10th mile and then my right hip started hurting and slowed me down. I met one of our past patients' en route. She was finishing up a relay. She kept pushing me and brought me close to the finish line and then all of a sudden, when I saw the finish, I sped like I was on drugs and for a minute felt like I had a whole new body and that I was ready for another 13 miles. I was high!

Just after the finish line, it all came back. My aching hip, knees and calves... but that last minute was something else.

A few shout outs to Linda for the pep talk, Chandu and Malli for being great friends!