I have been in LA for about 2 months now. Fair to say, homesickness has well and truly arrived :P So while I speak with my parents every other day, and try to see them on Skype (whenever their internet/mic/speakers are working :P) there are whole lot of wonderful people who I no longer get to see with any sort of regularity. Having spent the best part of last 2yrs in their company, sharing their joys and sorrows, capturing them on camera, laughing with them and indulging in some of the most amazing bakar I could come up with -well, I really miss 'em.
And so here goes a big thank you to dear Internet for keeping them around :D Unki smiles nahi toh Smileys hi sahi :D
Thankfully my life has some real smiles as well and is not stuck on smileys... Everyday here brings something different to smile about - Today being Friday, the greeting (from some complete strangers) of "Happy Friday, Have a Great Weekend.." definitely gave me something to smile about :) But the absolutely hilarious moment was when I was filling up a form to get myself photo ID, which required a guardian's signature for ID for a sub-18 yr old's driving license - "In case they have joint custody, both signs are required" :D Oh America, poor you :P
On a slightly different note, my encounters with USC continue to be awesome - In the week week gone by I saw first hand Videshi movie making (albeit those of cinema students here and not a Hollywood blockbuster :P ) and gyrated ridiculously :P, after what felt like an awfully long time, to Bollywood music at an Indian students association party (not the most happening party though).. And that wasnt all - I discussed linguistics, American journalism, (haywire) immigration laws and the world's view of USA with a fellow student worker, who is studying journalism.
First to the movie making: The idea was to shoot a restaurant scene where a police brings a handcuffed con-man and asks him to share some details. They probably took just 10mins of footage in 4 hrs of trying :P - Setting up lights, fixing camera positions - the scene was shot twice with 2 different angle, across and behind, and I am guessing it will be used one after the other. Interestingly, a third artist was used when shooting from behind one of the people to make it show that there were people in restaurant.
The most interesting thing in the last two weeks was undoubtedly the conversation with the journalism student - her knowledge of the world was excellent - she knew Latin and had even had a go at Hindi as part of her Linguistics class (which sounded like a key application of CFG form compilers). Being an undergrad student here in USC sure opens up people's minds :D
There was also the small matter of a really deep fear coming into fruition, one so deep I couldn't even have imagined it happening, thankfully no harm done :P
And so here goes a big thank you to dear Internet for keeping them around :D Unki smiles nahi toh Smileys hi sahi :D
Thankfully my life has some real smiles as well and is not stuck on smileys... Everyday here brings something different to smile about - Today being Friday, the greeting (from some complete strangers) of "Happy Friday, Have a Great Weekend.." definitely gave me something to smile about :) But the absolutely hilarious moment was when I was filling up a form to get myself photo ID, which required a guardian's signature for ID for a sub-18 yr old's driving license - "In case they have joint custody, both signs are required" :D Oh America, poor you :P
On a slightly different note, my encounters with USC continue to be awesome - In the week week gone by I saw first hand Videshi movie making (albeit those of cinema students here and not a Hollywood blockbuster :P ) and gyrated ridiculously :P, after what felt like an awfully long time, to Bollywood music at an Indian students association party (not the most happening party though).. And that wasnt all - I discussed linguistics, American journalism, (haywire) immigration laws and the world's view of USA with a fellow student worker, who is studying journalism.
First to the movie making: The idea was to shoot a restaurant scene where a police brings a handcuffed con-man and asks him to share some details. They probably took just 10mins of footage in 4 hrs of trying :P - Setting up lights, fixing camera positions - the scene was shot twice with 2 different angle, across and behind, and I am guessing it will be used one after the other. Interestingly, a third artist was used when shooting from behind one of the people to make it show that there were people in restaurant.
The most interesting thing in the last two weeks was undoubtedly the conversation with the journalism student - her knowledge of the world was excellent - she knew Latin and had even had a go at Hindi as part of her Linguistics class (which sounded like a key application of CFG form compilers). Being an undergrad student here in USC sure opens up people's minds :D
There was also the small matter of a really deep fear coming into fruition, one so deep I couldn't even have imagined it happening, thankfully no harm done :P
How come you always come across female students? :-P
ReplyDeleteThat's an interesting point :P - Though that's not always the case - the movie makers were guys and fellow dancers were also. I guess females in foreign lands do more interesting things :D
ReplyDeleteLooks like the next Tarantino could be studying with you :)
ReplyDeleteThe current Tarantino is still quite young :D
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