The Simpsons Movie

The highly anticipated Simpsons, The Movie is set to release worldwide on July 27, 2007. Personally, I love the Simpsons and I think they have forever changed our perception of animated television series. Simpsons was the the first animated television series (started in 1987) to become successful worldwide. With the outset of their big movie premiere, their popularity is higher than ever...or so, it seems.

Like many great television series, the Simpsons also had a peak in popularity, which I believe was from 1999 to 2002. This was the time of some of their most hilarious episodes where writers like Conan 'O Brien, Matt Groening, Mike Scully, James L Brooks, and others brought their best material forward and created some of the most memorable and hilarious episodes ever. However, now, they seem to have reached the other end of the peak, where everything is going downhill. They seem to have run out of material and are unable to cope up with the high expectations that were set during their peak. This decline, however, could be attributed to the movie that is set to release in 2 days.

The cast and crew of The Simpsons started work on the movie in 2001 and have been making hundreds of revisions, time after time. Matt Groening commented that they have enough material for two more movies from all the cuts that they've made. Much of the manpower and creative juices were sucked by this movie, which may be one of the causes for the slow decline in The Simpsons television series. Apparently they have been writing and rewriting the script well into 2007, even after the animation had begun. Apparently, "Camp Krusty" was supposed to be a movie, but the creators did not have enough to pass it as a feature film. I remember watching this 3D film, where there was a small 10 min (roughly) episode of the Simpsons where they venture into the 3D world. It was later made into a halloween episode, which I'm sure you all remember (Homer: "This is some place I've never been before". Selma: "The Shower!" HAHA). So there has been a lot of experimentation while making this movie and we can only hope that the final product is one for the ages.

The plot has been closely guarded under the name "Yellow Harvest"(Similar to "Blue harvest", which was the codename for Star Wars: The Return of the Jedi). However, from the trailors and speculations, it seems fairly random (like most Simpsons episodes). Homer gets a pet Pig, Lisa tries to save the environment, Bart goes skateboarding naked and adopts Ned Flanders as his father, and Marge is a nagger (as always). Homer apparently drops the pig feces in a lake, which drowns the popular Band Green Day, killing them. Thus the whole town is enraged and run Homer and The Simpsons out of town vandalizing their home and property. The family moves to Alaska, and I guess later comes back to prove their position in the town of Springfield, etc, etc... Anyway, the plot is not important at all. How many times have you watched the Simpsons for the plot? It is the jokes that are embedded within the plot that makes The Simpsons a great show. If you think about the plot, you will notice that all episodes start with some topic, but end with something totally different. This movie, considering all the changes, writers, and anticipation, is sure to be a hearty laugh from beginning to end. Afterall, the writers, who are able to produce amazing episodes every week, have been working on this for 6 years. It is bound to be one of the most hilarious movies you have ever seen!

One thing that concerns me is the animation. The characters now have shadows and are much more technically advanced. In my opinion, they should have stuck with the original animation of the television series that has made them this popular. Hopefully, it is not too different to be distracting to the audience. Well, at least they didn't do anything too different such as 3D or CGI animation or even like real people or something (that would be a flop for sure, you cannot put a real face, or add realism to a cartoon).

The marketing for this movie has been excellent so far. Several 7-Eleven stores in the US and one in Canada are converted to Kwik-E-Marts with special products such as Simpsons Donuts, Duff Beer, etc. The sales at those stores apparently increased by 30%. Burger King has been giving out Simpsons Toys with their kid's meals and have this website where you can upload your image and it simpsonizes you! I tried it, and it doesn't seem to work very well. It requires images of fairly high resolution, and I'm yet to succeed in simpsonizing myself. If you want to check it out, the link is www.simpsonizeme.com Several dummy simpsons are put up in movie theatres everywhere and there has been a lot of speculation in the internet. All in all, the marketing strategy for this movie is fairly unique and creative.

What's the final verdict? Definately, watch this movie. It is going to be the most hilarious and talked about movie this summer. I know I will be talking about this forever :P

Check out this trailer:

Bollywood Review: Awarapan

I saw this movie the other day staring Emraan Hashmi and Shreya Saran called "Awarapan". The trailers looked good and the songs are amazing. After watching the trailers, I expected the movie to be somewhat of the generic Emraan Hashmi film where boy meets girl, boy loses girl, and is all lonely with some excellent music from the upcoming Pakistani bands. After I saw the movie, I was content as this was exactly what it was about.

The storyline is nothing great. Shivam (played by Emraan Hashmi) is a gangster in India who falls in love with a simple village girl. He vows to leave behind his crooked past and follow a life of simplicity and love. All his dreams are shattered as her father finds out about their affair and attempts to kill Shivam. Shivam dodges the bullet, which kills his lover. Heartbroken and guilty, he moves to Hong Kong and becomes a feared gangster working for Malik (A big gangster in the city(Ashutosh Rana)). The setting of Hong Kong is apt for this gangster film as Hong Kong is infamous for its triads and what not. But anyway, its nice to see a Hindi movie that is not set in generic foreign settings like Switzerland, Mauritius, America or the UK. Malik assigns Shivam to spy on his mistress (and is very paranoid that she is cheating on him. When Shivam finds out that she is indeed cheating on Malik, he must kill her. Shivam, who never hesitates to kill, is reminded of his dead lover by this girl and is unable to kill her. His ideologies change as he decides to oppose his boss which leads to the climax (which I will not reveal).

The best thing I liked about this movie was the music. It seems that these songs of loneliness and "Tanhayi" sung by Pakistani bands like Jal and Strings are becoming very popular these days. They use western instruments and have a western flavour to their songs complemented by the traditional Pakistani ghazal type lyrics. It makes you wonder if more and more people are getting heartbroken and are able to relate to these songs. Well, no doubt, the South Asian countries are becoming ultra modern with the advent of the Information age, outsourcing and what not. So, I assume people are going on dates and having a lot more pre-marital affairs than they used to. When a relationship is simplified to being something "casual" or "just for fun", heartbreak is inevitable and the result is a large pool of youth listening to songs like "Tere Bina", "Aadat", etc. I will talk about my idea of relationships and the current status of society sometime in my future articles. Now, back to the movie!

There is also the added mix of spirituality in the movie. Shivam is an atheist who lacks faith in humanity. It is interesting that the lover repeatedly tries to bring faith into his life, but is unable to do so in her living state. It is only when he decides to free the mistress from his boss that he realizes that the meaning of life is freedom, and being able to live it the way one pleases. The lack of freedom becomes the main theme of the movie as it is apparent in the lovers life and the constraints placed on her by her father, the mistress and the constraints placed on her by the abusive and violent Malik, and finally Shivam, who is constrained by his own lack of spirituality and faithlessness in humanity. He is freed from his constraints in a Buddhist temple, where he realizes the importance of spirituality and freedom. It is also interesting that the monk who helps him during this transition is the same person that Shivam once freed in India after being convinced to do so by his lover. The audience realizes that life comes in a full circle as Shivam is ultimately vindicated from his crooked and immoral life by his ambition to free another.

All things said and done, this is a generic flick fit for the youth of desi background. It is a good one time watch and you get what you expect from a typical Emraan Hashmi film (minus the kissing). I give it bonus points for not following the bollywood trend of happy endings and unrealistic action sequences. The realism and the subtleties of the themes are quite appreciable. Finally, I would recommend this movie giving it 3.5/5 stars.

I tube, Me tube, We all scream for YouTube!: How does YouTube make money and what's the point of Google's acquisition??

In early October 2006, Google acquired YouTube for $1.65 BILLION DOLLARS!!! This is the largest acquisition of Google to date. My question is a simple one: WHY??? What is Google's interest in YouTube? How does it plan to make all that money back from YouTube? What's YouTube's business plan? How the hell does YouTube make money?? If you've ever been on the site (that is a stupid clause as anyone who has lasted 10 seconds on the internet world would know about YouTube), you would know that it is a website where you have your own profile and you are able to upload videos for your friends, relatives and random public to watch. That is pretty much it! That is the magic of YouTube. Over the past couple of years, it has gotten really popular. People are addicted to it and it gets millions of hits a day. There is a lot of bandwidth required for videos which cost millions of dollars. So the question is: How does YouTube do it?

There isn't a doubt that YouTube was started as a hobby with no interest in the money it could yield. It was created by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim who all met through their employment at paypal. Story has it that YouTube was formed one night when they became frustrated with trying to email each other video clips. So here is a problem that they personally faced and wanted a solution. And thus, they created a program (similar to a basic RSS feed) where you can upload videos and view them instantly. YouTube was launched on February 14, 2005 and it was an instant hit. The use base started exploding and there was an increasing need for a bigger server and more bandwidth. After securing some funding, they were able to provide all the new features and add-ons to the site that would eventually hook the people onto the site.

In October 2006, a little more than a year after its launch, it was sold to Google for 1.65 billion dollars! Ever since, YouTube has become an example in the world of business. All I hear about these days is "How do we become the next YouTube?", "How did YouTube do it?" "YouTube? what is that?!" (hahaha.. just kidding, I haven't met a single person who has not heard of YouTube).

So the point is this: YouTube has nothing special that a lot of similar sites don't have. It was simply well timed and they had a lot of luck. Their presentation (i.e. the site) was deemed to be the most user friendly, and thus the most popular. They did not create it to make money, sell out to Google, or even to gain popularity. They simply had a problem in their hands and they found a solution for it. To create a successful business ("The Next YouTube"), one should focus on the problem and solve it in a way that they would like it to be solved. The rest should be left to fate (just like many things in life).

So what's Google's interest in YouTube? It is simply to gain media attention and expand their hold on the internet. With this acquisition, Google pretty much has control on every internet application that exists. Their image is based on simplistic applications that are informative and popular and YouTube fits the bill. Sure, they are making some money from their AdSense program, but is it really enough to even make up the $ 1.65 billion? frankly, No.

Is this a bad decision on Google's part? absolutely not! This was merely a bidding war to prove their dominance on the web. As publicly known, yahoo was also competing for the acquisition of YouTube. By paying such a HUGE price for this site, Google has proved its dominance and has created a brand for itself. This brand puts them on the top of the web ladder, which will help them make money from other applications. Furthermore, YouTube is one of the most popular sites on the web. You can virtually get every video ever made within seconds (I will not go into the copyright issues and the law suits). It has become the entertainment central and has the potential of replacing the television!

One may argue that it is not the current position of YouTube that attracted Google, it is the future potential. It can be implemented in cell phones and other mobile devices which will give you access to any video you want at your fingertips. It is already being implemented in various websites where YouTube videos are one of the features of the site. The possibilities are endless... Google has recognized them and has made a great move with the acquisition.

The real winners here are the three lucky founders of YouTube. Within a year, they have made enough money to buy their own island and start a country of their own! I do not think that even with all this money, they would not be able to reproduce the success they had with YouTube. In contrast, if they hadn't sold their site at the right time, they would not be able to go anywhere with the site and its popularity would slowly disintegrate. Google, on the other hand, has the resources, credibility and the reputation to take this concept to new horizons that man could only dream of! Isn't it funny how the world works? This acquisition and the precise timing of it affects all of us in ways we would never imagine...

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India - Mission #1: Getting There

Well, my "wacky adventures in India" actually begins in Canada . So here's the scenario.. my flight leaves at 7.. boarding is at 6:15.. so I have to check in by like 5:30, which means I have to be there at around 4:30... We were supposed to have a car and my dad's friends Pickup truck to get there (we had 4 HUUUUGE suitcases, a guitar and 2 backpacks)..but my dad's friend couldnt make it and he told us the last minute!... So at 4:30, we only had one car and about 15 minutes to get there... My dad pulled a mission! He made two trips, got 2 suitcases and us 3 in one trip.. We got off and took a cart and went to the check-in counter... The Air France check in counter looked surprisingly small.. So we were standing there, chillin' when we realized that it wasnt the check-in counter but something else!.. so we scrambled around looking for the check-in counter, finally found one, asked if we can take the guitar, they said they will have to ask the supervisor, but we stood in the line... Meanwhile, I took the cart back to the parking lot, where my Dad would've made the second trip... (btw, we didnt have any toonies for he cart, so we had to pull a mission with a loonie!) so I get there, my dad comes, we come back.. my mom and sister have moved up in the line significantly.. I asked the french check-in lady if I can move ahead.. she was one of them Ezhari types (Ahahaha... funny how horrors from french class always comes back to bite you in the 'derriere') She said, "ok once, but people might object".. then she changed her mind and said in that copyrighted Ezhari tone: "Im sorry, you cant"... I was like 'WTF is Ezhari doing here' (I didnt really say that, i was thinking it).. anyway, but I aint taking no lip from no french lady! Ahahaha... I asked my mommy for help.. she asked the passengers if they had any objection, they said they didnt, so I moved up... Then some Asian lady came! AHahaha.. they're everywhere.. but this one spoke french! she took our cart and moved it to the counter, I dont know why.. we could've done that ourselves...

We asked the lady if we can take in the guitar.. she said thats upto the air-hostess.. she may let it, if she doesnt, we will check it in with the baggage... I didnt wanna take any risks with my baby, so i decided to let it go (If you love something you let it go... Ahahaha I just wanna add some romance and tragedy to my story) But i had packed my guitar bag with like clothes and stuff, so at the spot, we pulled them all out and stuffed them in the backpack. Now, after weighing the huge suitcases, one of them was a kilogram extra and they only allowed 23 kgs.. so we opened the bag, and took out random stuff... And i mean random (this is like on of them cartoon's where you pull out everything but the kitchen sink!) like cutting boards, chocolates, a blender, etc. and finally, the weight worked out and everything was in this backpack that we took just in case somethign like this happens.. Finally after the check-in.. we go into the security check.. they didnt DO ANYTHING!!! we walked through the metal detector and thats it.. they didnt even check us individually, they just let us go.. Its funny.. two days ago, i went to a movie theatre and they checked us like no tomorrow.. we walked through a metal detector and they had guys feeling people up as well.. I felt soo violated.. but standard procedure, they said, so there are no terrorist attacks IN THE FREAKING MOVIE THEATRE.. but thats a story for another day... there is still a lot to be said about getting there first.. so, no security check .. and they let us through.. after this, it was smooth sailing till paris.. Except...

Well, it was like 7:15 when the flight departed, they gave us dinner at like 9, then at like 1am, it was morning and they gave us BREAKFAST! then we arrived at paris, at around 2 am canadian time... I was really excited.. I had 5 Euros in my pocket and I was ready to paint the town (rather.. airport) red with it! my sister bought a pizza and I ate a chicken sandwich (it was horrible.. but i dont throw away food... 'If it's edible, YOU eat it"...that's my motto!) even at France, they did NO security check, the guy just motioned us to go! I was getting paranoid at this point, but other than that, I was really excited.. I had to show off my French skills and try to chop some French Gs... but I was dissapointed, as there were none! I saw like one.. but I dunno.. maybe it was a dude...nonetheless, i started saying stuff in french like "Ce aerogare est incroyable" and such... or, if i dont know how to say it in french, I would say it in English with a french accent, like "Zhere it is..." and such.. it was quite hilarious.. cuz the frenchies didnt know what hit em.. i would say bonjour, they start rambling something in French... then I would be like.. "Je ne parle pas francais.. seulement, 'bonjour' et ce phrase que je parle maitenant".. something along those lines...

Ahahaha.. in the three hours that I was in the french airport, they didnt know what hit em... it was excellent... so I get on the plane, I believe this was like 5 am Toronto time... and about 2 or 3 hours later, they give us LUNCH! being the pig that I am, i gladly took it and ate it.. I even ate some of my sister's... then it was quite chillin for a while.. but i started having stomach problems... i was sure it was nothing more than air sickness or something (I mean, what else could it be?!) LOL... i was ok though, the ache came and went.. it was chillin' still.. The entire time, I listened to James Blunt, ahahahaha... I felt nostalgic and some slight melancholy as well... after a while.. I dunno, if it was lunch or dinner, or breakfast, or whatever, but they brought food again... you know me.. I never say no to food.. i took it and ate a little of everything.. then I was chillin' still.. so w/e I finally arrive in India.. i was quite excited... I was dieing to hear some Kannada...but NOOOO... i heard Italian, French, English, Hindi, two other languages, but no Kananda.. i was like WTF.. where am I.. anyway the baggage claim took a while, then some random porters started helping us. I said NO i dont want help, but they wouldnt listen, WTF!!! the good old days were coming back.. it really is survival of the fittest..if you have money, or they think you have money, they come at you like me on free food! anyway.. then they started asking for money.. all they did was pull the freaking cart for literally 30 metres... damn.. w/e my uncle gave them like 10 rupees and they were good to go.. after that.. i came home at like 3 am Indian time and that concludes the first of many more to come missions/adventures/crazy experiences/ whatever you like to call it...But I'm looking forward to whatever wacky adventures and missions that are yet to come!!!

"It happens only in India"

Before I say anything, I must write this disclaimer so here it goes: My entries in this blog are in no means meant to mock or degrade the Indian culture, traditions, life, or the people. They are merely a bunch of hilarious stories that happened and told by an Indian guy, who has come back to India after 6 years (well, I was here 3 years ago, but that doesn’t count as it was only for 3 weeks and I didn’t really do anything). So there… now I guess I can say anything without feeling guilty;)

It has been more than a week since my last entry and so much has happened that I don’t think I can do justice to them all. Alright, I guess I will write about things that are most vivid in my memory… like the time I almost got attacked by a bunch of MONKEYS!!! That’s right… monkeys… My cousin took me to one of those spiritual places we always think of, when we think of India… You know, a place with a guru and his followers and they meditate, do yoga, figure out the meaning of life, etc. It was an awesome place.. the cleanest and purest place I have seen in India. So my cousin, my sister and I were just walking and taking a tour of the place. There were a lot of trees so in one place, there was a huge group of monkeys chilling, jumping from tree to tree, doing what monkeys do best.. AHAHAHA… I saw two monkeys fighting too.. it was excellent.. It was like those monkey fights where they fight with knives and such… The expression on their faces was exactly like one of those ;). So, this place was like a circular building with like trees in the middle and the side, so there were monkeys everywhere… But that didn’t stop us! (You gotta remember, In India, we believe that animals are nothing to be afraid of… Humans and animals can coexist without any problems… this reminds me of another story, that I will save for later :P) So anyways, we were walking around that building, and then the monkeys were fighting in our way, so we couldn’t walk past them.. We come back (remember it was a circle) and there were three more monkeys just fighting and playing around.. So we were trapped! But after a while, they went to the side and just ran past them, lol… Then we were going back and we hear a loud screech of all the monkeys on the tree that was right next to us and above us… Like the tree was shaking and we were right there… We knew they were’nt happy.. So we ran away and got the security guy.. The guy laughs and says that the monkeys like to tease outsiders.. They wont hurt anybody… This was true... WTF… the monkeys didn’t do anything.. they would just block our path and watch the fun as we squirm to get out of the place… How I wish I had a camera to capture this :(


Speaking of Monkeys, let me tell you about something that happened to me a long time ago. This was when I was here (about 6-7 years ago)… I had some chocolates and there were a huge group of monkeys.. of course, they wanted it… I saw a monkey coming towards me, so I gave the chocolate to my aunt (AHAHAHA… I was a sneaky biatch)… the freaking monkey climbed on top of my aunt, took the chocolate and left.. LOL…that was hilarious… Its great…Indian monkeys are harmless but they like to have fun ;)

So, that was a little experience that happened at the place… Now, getting to and from the place was a mission.. A mission, I tells ya… We took the freaking city bus and those get crowded as hell. The place is in some village so the people that get on are all villagers… There was something about them that I couldn’t figure out.. They were all staring at me and my sister… I was like WTF… then I figured that it was prolly cuz of my unbelievingly dashing good looks ;) (AHAHAHA… they were all like wearing raggedy clothes, while I was pimpin’ it out in my Lacoste shirt…lol.. I even popped my collar).. So while getting back.. we climbed the bus while it was freaking moving.. It stopped for a while, when we started to get on it, the guy started to drive off.. WTF.. so we got on a moving bus from the back.. and the guy who sells tickets sent my sister to the front. (In India, Girls are supposed to sit at the front of the bus and Guys at the back… (Rosa Parks, where are you??? ;)) The bus was crowded and there were people fighting, jumping off the moving bus, then getting back on the moving bus… I was starting to get scared as the staring had not stopped yet… I unpopped my collar, but that didn’t work.. at this time, I was more worried about my sis. Only my cousin knows where to get off…my sister and I are clueless as to where we are… The result was pretty anti-climatic. Nothing really happened. She came to the back when the crowd had cleared out a but and we got off at the right place.. phew… I decided to never use public transit, ever...


So, to get to places, we have this thing called the “auto”... it is a three wheeled vehicle that is much more expensive than a bus, but cheaper than a cab.. India is overrun by these three wheeled munsters… So I would just use that. But if you were to be rich, you would have your own car with a chauffer.. like my aunt.. LOL whenever I go anywhere with her, the driver takes us wherever we want to go.. He drops us off at the door… and just disappears off somewhere… When we are done, we just walk outside and he appears out of nowhere.. so we just get in, lol… my grandparents also have a maid to clean the house, wash the dishes, etc… it is soo great.. I never felt this pampered in my life.. The maid comes to my house at like 5 am everyday and cleans the house.. the first day that I was here.. I didn’t know that we had a maid, and I still had jet lag… so I didn’t really sleep much.. I wake up around 5 am and I see this woman sweeping the floor... I was like WTF…but I just went back to sleep as too many crazy stuff was happening at the same time :D.

‘WTF’ would prolly be the phrase of this trip ;) But dudes and dudettes… If you have money in India, you are King! If you don’t, you’re nothing! Now, let me talk about the people in Bangalore a little bit… In general, they can be categorized as western wannabees… especially the middle to upper class kids… They all speak English now… and when you go into a store, they would exhaust all the English that he has ever learnt to sell you his product.. Like the other day, I went to a Reebok store, the guy’s English was horrible, but he wouldn’t speak in English no matter how much I speak to him in Kannada. But when I AM speaking in English, I try to hide the little bit of American accent that I have and try to speak in an Indian one… LOL… I never thought that would happen… Everyone has become brand conscious and they all wear nice Reebok, or nike, or w/e… And everyone has gone cell phone bananas… they don’t even talk anymore.. they just send text messages to each other… It takes like 5 mins for me to type hello on that thing… but these kids are super fast with it!

At the other end of the spectrum, there are really ignorant ones too… Like the guy from my street that I used to chill with all the time and still do.. He asked my why I am still brown! He expected me to become white and come back as a blondie :S He’s like WTF, how come you are still the same colour as you were when you left? People there are soo white, how come youre not like that? All I could say was… “well, nothing happens overnight.. you gotta live there for several years to turn white”… I didn’t know what else to say. But in general, my expectations about the people were shattered. I was expecting some nice, pretty, and semi-conservative Indian girls… But here I am and they all are talking in English, dressing like Americans and to my surprise, some even have boyfriends! So here’s what I am thinking right now… If Indian girls become American, then there is nothing special about Indian girls anymore…BUT.. then again, I’ve only been here a week so I cant really say anything as its too early… this is just what I’m thinking right now :P

Remember in by previous blog entry, I told you that there was absolutely no security check at the French and the Indian airport.. At the Indian Airport, something showed up on the metal detector and they asked me what it was… My mom did the packing, so I was forced to say that I don’t know… I volunteered to open up my suitcase but the guy said that its ok.. and he let us go… Now, I go to the movies right.. and the security there is soo tight.. WTF!!! They had us walk through metal detectors and then they had individual checking with the metal detector and with hands… WTF… I felt soo violated. But the thing about this check was that the metal detector beeped everytime anyone walked through it, but they didn’t really do anything… So, only in India would they have intense checks at the freaking movie theatres and none at the airport!

I think I have rambled on long enough.. If you made it this far, I congratulate you… You now know only a fraction of the hilarious things that happened to me in the one week that I was here. But let me end of with some food talk… That has been the best part of this trip. THE FOOD IS SOOOOOOOOOO GOOD…. My grandma’s cooking is excellent… The other day, I went to the bakery with my grandpa and we bought these butter cookie type things… It was sooooooooo good.. they were just bringing it out of the oven and it went straight into the mouth.. Sure it was HOT! But I didn’t care… it was soo good… Then we went to this other store (In India, you gotta know the right places for the right stuff.. other places have these foods too, but there is only one store where you get the best foods… like the bakery we went to was famous for the butter cookies).. So, we went to this other store that sold these sweet things called “Gulkhan”… Let me tell you about how its made… It made from ROSE PETALS and HONEY… that’s right… its unlike anything I’ve ever had before in my life (well, ive had it when I was here :P) So they mix the Gulkhan with like Butter and then if you want they can add ice cream, or fruit salad, or dry fruits, w/e… I took the one with Ice Cream… Holy SHIT… I am unable to write about it.. I am drooling as I am typing :P… it is SOO damn good. So, that’s some of the foods that I’ve had so far. If you had the patience to read this entire entry, I congratulate you and for each reply that I get.. I will bring you ONE bite of this Gulkhan that I speak off… I’m off to have some more wacky adventures.. My only regret is not bringing a camera :( So… Im Offf.. Cheeeeerag Up, Up, and Away………