Koffee, Mallika, Meiyang, Ankita

I spent this weekend catching up with Indian TV. I watched all the piano rounds of Indian Idol3 and several episodes of Koffee with Karan-season2.

Indian Idol3...none of the singers seem terribly impressive. Charu is very good, as is Emon. Meiyang is cute, and sings well, but I think can only sing one kind of song...soft and romantic. Richa sings like a child. Smita sings well, but needs to learn to compose herself. It was sad to watch her say that she thought she would be voted out because of her looks. I wish she would have more confidence in herself, because I don't think her singing can be separated from the other aspects of her personality and until she is confident about herself, as a person,she probably will not reach her potential as a singer. And Alisha needs a KOTA for always harping on about her not being a "complete package". Presumably singing is an important part of this package deal, and Suhit couldn't sing to save his life. And Alisha staunchly supported him...unbelievable!

Udit is probably the best judge...well atleast he and I seemed to agree on the singers! He is encouraging, says exactly the right things about their singing. Also, he seems to wear his heart on his sleeve...love that.

A word about Ankita...she seemed to be the most disliked girl in the group. Personally, I thought she was not a bad singer at all. I know they do all the drame-baazi for extra kicks, but all the girls seemed incredibly bitchy, mostly about her! And she seemed relatively unfazed by it..what a thick-skinned 17 year old. This new generation is just so bratty and full of themselves. Its pretty incredible!

"Koffee" with Karan.

This show is like a latte..light and frothy. I can do light and frothy for a bit. I only need my coffee black once in a way. Karan is better and bitchier than ever. Shah Rukh is so pompous its stopped being funny now. Rani...really, for once in your life tell the truth- In the event of a plane crash you would not save yourself but would save SRK and Kajol! Puhleeze dahling! Kajol...same old bubbly Kajol, a little less effervescent, but fun to watch none the less.

I really enjoyed watching Mallika and Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Eccentric and ego-centric as he is, he still came across as pretty sane. She is just so screwed up. She thinks people will notice her only if she says these crazy things that don't make much sense.(I will only make friends with people who are ready to be subservient to me!) To be honest, it seems to have worked for her....so what the heck. I hope she doesn't believe half the crap she spouts. Because thats what it is...BS.

The others only get short descriptions:
Kareena-dumb
Shahid-smarter than her for sure
Karisma-looked gorgeous
Hrithik-funny
Priyanka-chalta hai
Tabu-chilled out
Shoha De-takes herself too seriously
Vijay Mallya-came across as a cool dude. KJo was hopelessly out of depth when Mallya started talking about stakeholders and government. You could see KJo's eyes glaze over.
Konkona-boring
Kunal Kapoor-seriously hot
Riteish Deshmukh-endearing
Hema Malini-sincere and soooo beautiful
Jaya "aunty"- hopelessly insincere
Shweta Nanda-spoilt brat
Esha Deol-Didn't say much
Sanjay Dutt-all heart
Priya Dutt-very smart
Preity Zinta-Flat Coke
Bobby Deol-reasonably sensible
Saif Ali Khan-beleaguered

As is obvious...I watched about 30 hours of television this weekend. More than I have watched in 1 whole year. It was fun while it lasted.

So, to make up for it I watched Oceans 13 last night. I actually dozed off for about 10 minutes in between. 'Nuff said.

10 things that bother me...A LOT!

10). Chocolate with nuts in 'em. Its a corruption of chocolate. Give me pure milk chocolate anyday. Cadbury's/Galaxy/Godiva. Love'em all..but no nuts please, thank you very much.

9). Loud, obnoxious tourists who spoil lovely 3 hour cruises for everyone with their incessant chatter, attention-seeking behaviour, and worst of all...screaming kids.

8). The constant nattering in Chinese that goes on in the lab. Its rude and insensitive, and they seem oblivious to both these critical facts. Pah!

7). People who take you out for ice-cream and then make you wait(in the cold!) for 5 minutes outside Baskin Robbins while they fish around in their coupon book for a lousy coupon that will take 1$ or some such silly amount off the ice-cream. Makes me want to weep and tear my hair out. The nutty coconut doesn't taste half as good after these shenanigans!

6). The super-smart but marginally obnoxious guy in the lab down the hall who always proclaims he will give up science go back home to sell oranges one day. Its a damned lie and he knows it. There is no way he will EVER trade dissecting E3.5 embryos(and a possible publication in a high profile journal!) for oranges. Why not just admit that you enjoy your work and you're good at it? Oh no...that would never do! Why..that would mean telling the truth!!

5). The other not-so-smart, but very nice, and CUTE guy down the hall. He should not be in the pet peeve list..but he is. Because I heart his cute butt and cannot tell him because he has a girlfriend! Damn her!!

4). My hair on humid days. No explanation required.

3). Not being able to figure out why an experiment is not working. This makes me so mad...I lie awake at night trying to figure out why. This phenomenon has been responsible for far too many sleepless nights lately!

2). Pav Bhaji with corn in it. Which is how it turns out if you make it with the frozen mixed veggies. What self-respecting pav-bhaji has corn? Its sacrilege really.

1). Parents\relatives\friends trying to set me up with men because its "time I settled down". I give up on this one and will not bother to expound. Its worth an entire post all by itself.