Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart.

Who looks outside, dreams.

Who looks inside, awakens.”

- Carl Jung

“I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.” - Thomas Jefferson

“You cannot do a kindness too soon because you never know how soon it will be too late.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” - Herman Cain

“Some men see things as they are and ask why. Others dream things that never were and ask why not.” - George Bernard Shaw.

Poetic…

I feel that Director Christopher Nolan does justice to the Batman movie series.

While Batman Begins was a gargantuan effort to revitalise the whole franchise and save it from smouldering in the depths of corny, campy, silly episodes (remember the hoo-ha about the nipple-shaped enhancements to the bat suit?), The Dark Knight is primed to unleash the mood of a darker, more grim, and more stark reality of Gotham and the chaos of the world we live in today.

And what better character to unleash this utter evil and anarchy than The Joker, played masterfully by the late Heath Ledger. This villian is slave to neither money nor power nor people. His complete lack of respect for boundaries and rules as well as an incomprehensible psychotic past drives the whole of Gotham city to fear such an anomaly, especially when he takes innocent lives without batting an eyelid.

Then there is the semblance of hope and justice in the White Knight who is personified by Harvey Dent (played by Aaron Eckhart), the city’s top District Attorney and legal eagle who manages to pull a coup and put more than half of Gotham’s crime syndicates behind bars.

I like that Bruce Wayne (played by Christian Bale) is torn between giving up his batsuit and many other choices.

“You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.”

That quote from Harvey Dent encapsulates a good part of the premise of the show.

The only gripe I had was the casting of Maggie Gyllenhaal as Rachel Dawes (she is just not hot enough of a babe to be wooed by the two male leads).

Jokes aside, I especially liked The Joker’s quote during the Charity Fund Raiser, vocalised in a low baritone pitch “Why so serious?”.

Now that will be a classic line for ages to come.

Some saturdays ago, I attended a rooftop birthday party of a friend, which was accompanied by band performance (birthday boy is in the background on drums).

He mentioned that it was always his (as well as his bandmate’s) dream to play on a building rooftop to an audience. It was a sort of reunion for his band as well after 10 years of settling into careers and families.

All I can say is solid music, good food and great company.

Twas the stuff that makes dreams come alive.

Even the fighter jets came out to wish the birthday boy lots of love.

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” - Eleanor Roosevelt

“You have achieved success if you have lived well, laughed often and loved much.”

Just like my blog’s tagline…haha

“Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees or the stars; you have a right to be here.” - Disiderata