New Year Resolutions - Week 11 Achievements & Failures #TheLifesWay

Hi Friends,

Week 11 too was more about entertainment and binge-watching on Netflix and other streaming platforms. There was a lot of new movies addition on Netflix and I was glued to the platform somehow and watched all the content at the regular speed for a change wasting a lot of time. It was definitely a test of patience for some of the content which I could have skipped at 1.5x or more speeds on the smartphone app. I am not so sure which buttons to press to change the playing speed on Smart TV or maybe the app on my TV is not updated as yet. Let me try that on Samsung M7 Smart Monitor and revert to you next week. 

Week 11 - 12 Mar 2022 (Sat) to 18 Mar 2022 (Fri)

1. Entertainment - I watched the movie Badhaai Do starring RajKummar Rao and Bhumi Pednekar on Netflix and totally loved watching the same. I watched another South Korean movie named The Pirates: The Last Royal Treasure which is just a time pass and nothing fancy about the same and you can avoid it too. Then I went on to watch The Adam Project again on Netflix starring Ryan Reynolds, Zoe Saldana, Mark Ruffalo and Jennifer Garner. This movie is really interesting and one time watch for sure. You will enjoy the acting of the little kid in the movie played by Walker Scobell. I watched Dolittle with my daughter and we totally loved the same starring Robert Downey Jr. It's a must-watch movie with your little ones also available on Netflix. I watched the new Spiderman: No Way Home movie also after such a long wait and totally loved the same. Overall, it was an entertaining week for sure with so many movies watched back to back. 

2. Launch Event - I attended the virtual launch event of Awesome Samsung Galaxy A event where they launched Samsung A33 and A53 smartphones for the price-conscious markets. The same day we saw the launch of Huawei foldable devices named Huawei P50 Pocket which is really amazing and a grand event was planned for the same at Sun Arena Times Square Casino in Pretoria. I received some awesome goodies from both the events which you can see the videos on my Youtube channel if interested. 

3. Walking - This week I walked the most in a single go which was around 8.6 kilometres which I have not done so far earlier in this year. I used to walk 15 kilometres regularly but after Covid times this was the first time ever to do anything more than 8 kilometres. I completed the intentional 20 kilometres for this week easily and the next week will be a task as the family is coming back to Joburg and will be hectic for some days initially to leave Reyansh behind and not play with him and invest time in walking. 

4. Thank You - I completed around 49000xThank You during this week as the timer got reset due to falling on the ground and restarted again from zero. It's good that I have already completed 100k for this month but carrying on on a daily basis. I intend to be more grateful all the time but it's a difficult task to do and be in a state of gratefulness all the time. Let's continue our focus on becoming the same and it will also be achieved soon as we are just on Week 11 which is around 1/4 of the year and soon by the end of Mar-22 it will be week 13. Let's add up the numbers then. 

5. Audiobooks - I started another audiobook after many deliberations and took some rest also from the books. I thought of listening to Chris Bailey's Hyperfocus: how to work less and achieve more and it's a 6hr 40 minutes long book. I am finding the same interesting and this will require a relisten or reading a printed book for sure. 

6. Daily Prayers - I completed 14000 x Hanuman Chalisa during this week which is a significant achievement from where I started some months back. The power of dedicated efforts slowly and steadily can help you achieve a lot more if you remain consistent. The overall count towards 42 years is now less than 1400xHanuman Chalisa which I am tracking as I wanted to have it around 1000 by the end of Mar-22. 

7. Social Media - I am consistently posting on FB/IG on a daily basis and sometimes on Youtube and Blog posts. I am okay with the frequency and maybe instead of pressing the publish button, I can streamline the schedule. It will definitely help me achieve the success I am looking for in social media platforms. I am feeling like I need to take a break from this for some time now and enjoy the time in some activities that fetches me money rather than a goodies bag which these days are not worthwhile. If you look at the quality of goodies Huawei is giving in their events, it has significantly dropped from what they used to offer. I have even received a Mont Blanc Leather Card keeper from them at one of the events which were for the Mate series of smartphones. If you think that from the goodies bag, a person can earn some money then it's a thought that needs introspection and investigation for sure. 

The Youtube subscribers count is only going on a snail's pace with 1 addition on some days and sometimes 1 reduction too and I am losing interest too now. I am not sure what kind of videos I shall make but I will continue to change and revive the thing I am doing using all means I have available. Let's see if I will hit the 1000 mark by 31 March 2022 or it will be on 30-Apr-2022 the time will tell? Till that time - keep working on your goals all the time. 

Cheers!!!

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Disney Infinity 2.0 - MARVEL Super Heroes

Hi Guys,

Video Games are one of my favorite pastimes and I still remember my dad walked me into one of the video games arcade when I was a small kid and I played some of the amazing games (Battle city & space invaders). I was really hooked since then and really made my parent’s life hell to buy me one from time to time. These days I see the brands are building a whole new platform to play along with the whole family with role play games and new avatars. It has really caught up both young and old alike. A whole new consoles and games are capturing the market with their storylines and high end graphics.

Disney needs no introduction and with unlimited characters in their kitty, they are launching the new version of their Infinity game as Disney Infinity 2.0 This new version is focused on Marvel Super Heroes. The Toy Box Combo pack will include a Disney Infinity 2.0 Base, a Webcode Card (which can be used to unlock digital content online), a Disney Infinity 2.0 poster, the video game software, and two new Toy Box Game Discs. Also the new game is backward compatible meaning that you can use all of your characters that you purchased for Disney Infinity 1.0

The best thing about this game is the capability to create your own story lines and bring in all your favourite Disney characters to play in your unique Toy Box. The Disney Infinity 2.0 Video Game Software that is included in the Toy Box Combo Pack is compatible with all Disney Infinity content, including Marvel Play sets, figures and Power Discs.

Disney Infinity 2.0 has the playsets designed by award winning Marvel Comic writer, Brian Michael Bendis. It includes Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, Black Widow, Hawkeye, Hulk, Spiderman, Venom, Nick Fury, Nova, Iron Fist, Star Lord, Gamora, Drax, Rocket Racoon and Groot among various another characters for unlimited fun and entertainment.

Are you ready to join in the adventure as Disney Infinity 2.0 hits stores all over South Africa on 10th Oct 2014!!! Check it out -  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76PqqizffR4

Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes is rated E-10+ by the ESRB. For more information, please visit  www.disney.com/infinity  and  www.youtube.com/disneyinfinity , join the Disney Infinity Facebook community ( Facebook.com/disneyinfinity ) and Google+ community ( https://plus.google.com/+DisneyInfinity ), and follow us on Twitter ( twitter.com/disneyinfinity ) and Instagram ( instagram.com/disneyinfinity ).

For me the wait will be long, as I don’t have a PS3/PS4/Xbox One at the moment, and my Wii and PS2 are in India gathering dust. But I got a chance to play the first version of the game at Disney’s Annual Press launch event and will get another chance before the new version of the game is launched. Till that time do check these gameplays - 

Stitch Game Play:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLiY5LFDr6o
Merida Game Play:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLjIZOkuWnw

Cheers!!!

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Movie Review - The Amazing Spider-Man 2: The Rise of Electro

Hi Guys, 

Sometimes we are too attached to the first version of the series that we keep comparing the new ones with the old ones. But as they say that OLD always has to make way for the NEW to arrive and WoW! what a way to arrive...

The amazing Spider-Man 2 has taken the series to a great level and I really enjoyed watching the same on the big screen. The movie has a lot of emotions and brought in a lot of thrill as they progress. Andrew Garfield has his own way to bring in charm to the character of Spider-Man and it really made Spider-Man look more cooler than ever before. He brought in a lot of humor also as he fights the criminals in various scenes.

Emma Stone (Gwen Stacy) looked beautiful whenever she appeared on the screen. I did feel the chemistry between Peter and Gwen. They together fought against the Electro in the final part of the movie. The pain of separation and not being together is felt by the audience so is the love between the lead pair characters in the movie.

Jamie Foxx played the charcter of Electro well as he is caught in a dilemma to find the recognisition he deserved as Max Dillon. Dane DeHaan played his role with a lot of style and attitude required to play Harry Osborn and later Green Goblin.

Some of the scenes really made my day and one I liked the most was when a small kid dressed in Spider-Man costume leaves behind his fears with full faith on him as well as on Spider-Man's abilities to fight a giant machine. What level and kind of faith brings you this kind of power is what you need to search for yourself. They say in Holy Bible, "If you have faith equal to the seed of a mustard, you can ask mountain to move and it will".

The story brings back the old memories and deep mysteries are unearthed as Peter Parker goes in search of his father's legacy. This movie I never wanted to end and wanted more and more of the same. It's been a pleasure to watch the fight between the Electro and the Spider-man.

A must go for all the fans and others alike. 

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Photographs used are taken from Internet. Thanks to people posting them. 

Cheers!!!

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WeChat with the people I admire - New way to Connect

 Life will never give you another chance if you had lost the opportunity to talk to someone with whom you wanted to. Communication is the only way which differentiates us from animals and we have unlimited number of languages and signs which helps us express ourselves to others. I still remember the movie Lost in Translation where two strangers meet in a country where they have no other understanding their languages and how they become friends and pass time in that unforeseen circumstances. Now with the advancement of technology and internet on the move with latest smartphones featuring instant messaging services, you are always connected to your own group of people and can share photographs, voice messages at very minimal cost of 2G/3G/4G connection.

WeChat is one of those advancements that has happened in APP industry which is available across all smartphone operating systems be it Android, BB, iOS, Symbian etc.

Thinking about using the features of WeChat and communicating with someone I always wanted to and what questions I have for them, here is the list of 5 people with whom I will stay connected. 

 

1. Steve Jobs – The founder of Apple Inc. The company behind iPOD, iPAD, iPhone, iMac, iTunes and various other inventions of our times which really changed our life for the better. The person behind the one of the greatest motivational speeches at Stanford University – Stay hungry, Stay Foolish. I am totally in love with the idea of talking to him through WeChat. I would love to ask him what made him continue after he was thrown out of Apple and what kind of motivation factors kept him going? We have often seen ourselves falling into dead trap after we lost something we wanted to have, so how you come out of that sinking feeling to create something amazing like Pixar and NeXT?
       
2.        Princess Diana – She is the one who has rose to fame with her charismatic personality and high-profile charity work. She was one of the most photographed women of her times and that eventually led to her death as paparazzi rushing to take her snaps on that uneventful night when her car crashed in the Paris tunnel. There are several theories behind her death and I would love to know the truth of her death. Also, I would ask her what has kept her focused on her humanitarian efforts in spite of a lot of controversies and every other person writing a biography of her linking her to security guards and other peoples? As a mother also, how she would explain the controversies if in any case they ask their mothers about the same?
       

3.        Satyajit Ray – The ace writer, director, filmmaker, calligrapher – what he has done in his 70 years in India is amazingly great and exceptional. I was reading the stories of Feluda by Penguin books, it's kind of detective stories written by him and was really glued to his writings. I have yet to watch all his classics but to win an Oscar has been a dream for many Indians and he has achieved the same too. What I can say is that he must really be a genius and so I will ask him what qualities he found are really required to be successful in the field of our choice? Secondly, what kept him moving forward experimenting with everything in every area and coming out as a winner in all those fields?
       

4.        Spiderman – No need to explain as to who he is? Going by this saying that “with great power comes great responsibility”, I would like to ask him is he afraid to express his love? I can see that all the super heroes are either alone and have their parents & family members dead (Superman, Harry Potter, Batman etc). But that doesn't mean that they can't protect them considering they can protect the whole city when some alien forces attacks the city? Are they not courageous enough or they are childlike in case they lose any of their family members and will leave all their powers behind and starting to cry? What is the logic behind not marrying or not having a family of their own considering many of the girls going gaga over their powers and ready to marry them instantly? Yes, I do understand it won't look good seeing a spiderman picking veggies and groceries walking behind his wife to a car. :-) Also, listening to nagging and cribbing of wife will really make him more of a common man rather than a Spiderman.

       
5.        Roger Federer – Why? Because even God of Cricket Sachin Tendulkar loves him watching play at the Wimbledon and wherever he is playing in the finals and that happens too often. Roger Federer is a force which everyone reckons as the greatest tennis player of all times. He is the FedEX where he packs up the other players and sends them home as soon as they show lack of motivation to win. I have seen several matches where the play has been extended to limits beyond a body can hold itself and still coming out as winner, there must be some assertiveness or quote that keeps you going? Secondly, how does a winner takes a loss in the series which will define his career? How different is the training program he has undergone to what our Indian budding players undergoes through? What can we do more in India so that our players also reaches Men's or Women's final matches? It's my dream to meet Roger Federer and to get the cap he endorses with his logo of Rf on it.
         

It's the only chance that I have in my life to meet the legends and WeChat has allowed my to express my feeling through this thoughtful concept of writing about the people we love. WeChat really is a new way to connect. 
More details can be checked at  WeChat's Youtube channel

Thanks All!