Musings of an Idiot

Vegetarian Weekend

Auckland is celebrating Diwali festival and it was the first time I went to the celebrations since I have been here in New Zealand. It was heaps of fun and the best bit was the Indian food stalls. Since Indian vegetarian food is so yummy - the whole weekend shaped out to be a vegetarian weekend.

Started off Saturday by watching 'Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby' and it turned out to be way more funnier than I thought it would be. Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly are really funny but the one person who really makes the movies even more crazier is Sacha Baron Cohen as the French challenger, Jean Girrard. It was a fun movie.

Then I caught up with Barbara, Julia and Andrea to go to the Diwali festival and it turned out to be heaps more fun. The crowds, the food, the ambiance - everything added up. There was so much good food and delicacies on offer that I couldn't resist myself. Later, we went and saw 'Little Miss Sunshine' (yes I watched it a second time) and it was still great fun. Stood up really well even after the second viewing - still as funny. We came back to the festival for some more Indian food and then watched the last few performances - including a fantastic bhangra performance before retiring for the day. It was a long but relaxing saturday.

Here is Saturday in photographs -


As far as Sunday is concerned - I have been slowly chipping away at the script revision for 'Five'. Slept for a fair bit and later in the evening - went to the Diwali festival again - this time with Benji, to watch the fireworks. The fireworks display was underwhelming and a disappointing end to what was otherwise a great festival celebration.

Another week starting up tomorrow and things are just adding up. It is a period of creative nervous excitement for me.

UPDATE: A CLIP FROM THE DIWALI FESTIVAL



Till later,
Amit

Labels: Festival, Five, Movies, Script

posted by Amit @ 7:58 PM