Twestival 2009 Bangalore – A walk through

badge Twestival 2009 Bangalore   A walk throughThe Twestival 2009 Bangalore has been long over and i’m not going to report on the event. The event was fun all together. I was transferring the photos from my mobile and i stumbled up on the pics that i took during Image 067 150x150 Twestival 2009 Bangalore   A walk throughTwestival. Added on some of the lighter moments of the event.

Twestival was organized for charity and i believe they did good. The highlight for the day for me was the free beer. Yes, free booze and i’m there. The first pint is free, the second drink onwards the money goes to charity. Pause!

The guy who runs TechBangalore, yes H. N. Prashanth, the guy who orders ‘ondu masala dosa, ondu cutting chai’, changed his order to ‘ondu masala dosa, ondu beer’. Yes! he drank for charity icon biggrin Twestival 2009 Bangalore   A walk through

That was the effect that Twestival had on the twitterati.

It was a Saturday morning and i had promised Daaku, that i will join in for the Twestival. So got up, brushed, cleaned myslef, put on a pair of jeans and a t-shirt that had the IBM logo on the sleeve and RedBulls written Image 069 150x150 Twestival 2009 Bangalore   A walk throughon the chest. Landed at the place for twestival and i realized immediately that i made a mistake with my attire. I wore a Halloween costume for a Thanks Giving dinner… oops!!! Worst of all, people miss took me for a guy from Red-Bull, didn’t they notice the ‘s’ at the end of the Bull, icon sad Twestival 2009 Bangalore   A walk through

The most embarrassing part, that no one knew – Nakul Shenoy, yes the magician, the techie who only learned to do anonymous mem-reads on other unsuspecting people, was done with his show (which was brilliant btw), dressed up in plain formal attitre and came all the way to the place where we twitterers were having a merry time and joined us in tweeting. First thought that crossed my mind, ‘I have seen this guy somewhere… Where?… Have i met him before?’. It took me full 15mins to realize that it was the same guy on stage reading other people’s thoughts. (Hope he didn’t read my thought at that point)

Prashanth proved that he is a bigger techie, when i complained that i cant find a free wifi to connect to. He took out his Nokia phone and said ‘No problem, wait a few secs, i’ll connect via GPRS and make my phone a wifi hot-spot, then you connect to my phone..’. My jaws were on the floor … LOL

Twestival Bangalore 2009

badge Twestival Bangalore 2009The very first twestival that took place in Bangalore was for the cause – ‘clean and safe drinking water’. Unlike other charity events where you have to bid for some boring piece of art or just buy the tickets to attend something that wasn’t of any interest for you and the only reason for you to do all that was a cause, the twestival is different. Its fun and it makes you feel good for what you did.

The last time it was for a global cause but this time its, lets put it this way, for a more localized cause. This Bangalore twestival 09 is to help organize funds for DreamADream. So whats DreamADream?

Founded in 1999, Dream A Dream is a registered charitable trust which seeks to empower children from vulnerable backgrounds by developing life skills and at the same time sensitizing the community through active volunteering leading to a non-discriminatory society where unique differences are appreciated. Currently, we enhance the lives of 1500 children from vulnerable backgrounds and engage over 1000 active Volunteers who represent an increasingly sensitive community.

So getting on with the details for the event –

When - Saturday – 12th September, 2009

Where - Kyra Theatre, Bangaloredad logo Twestival Bangalore 2009

Time - 12:30 – 4:30pm

Full Address - Kyra, 2001, Katti-ma Centre, Above Adidas Showroom, 100 feet road, Indiranagar, Bangalore

The question now is, what is happening in 4 hrs?

  1. Live show by Swarathma band
  2. Nakul Shenoy presents ‘Beyond Magic!’
  3. Stand Up Comedy by Papa CJ and Aron Kedar

Just that … oh no!!! apart from that there will be free beer from Kingfisher for everyone ..  icon biggrin Twestival Bangalore 2009

So join in … Join in for the Cause with fun or Fun with a cause

Transformers : Revenge of the Fallen

TF2SteelPoster Transformers : Revenge of the FallenThere haven’t been many a times that i, after watching a movie, was so lost thinking about the movie itself. I just walked out of the theater and just hoped that i had Bumble Bee or at least my 150 cc 2005 model Pulasr DTSi was a transformer. I would then run over all the cabs and BMTC buses shouting, ‘Decepticons moooveee!!!‘.

Here is a movie that is entertaining from the point the first star of Paramount Picture swivels in, till the end-credits start rolling up. The movie is so much action packed, that i didn’t even get a good look at Meagn Fox. Damn!

Everyone told me that its a great movie. So did people tell me about Delhi 6. Obviously there is not comparison between the chick and the transvestite. The point was, too many characters to fit it. And when i knew that there are hell lot of transformers (Autobots and Decepticons alike) to be followed, i doubted the entertainment ability of the script and movie. What kept my hopes alive was the fact that its a Michael Bay movie. No really, look at the cast. The credits even show a dog being credited (Mikaela’s dog).

Got in for the movie at 10AM on a Saturday. The hall was virtually empty, hardly 10 people for the show. Found a nice and cozy place for myself and settled down. I just didn’t realize how 2hrs whizzed past me. Have to say one of the best entertaining movies.

So all you puny ass punks out there who think, ‘Naah! i’ll wait for the DVD to come out’, you all rot in hell!. This is one movie that deserves to be seen in a theater.

Caution : Just as i was about to hit submit for this post, i went to IMDB and read the trivia and the goofs. Please dont ever ever do that. It kills the fun.