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Pyaar Impossible

Hello Everyone,

My Dearest Ana Hernandez, who is into Indian movies nowadays, drew my attention to the Pyaar Impossible trailer.
I helped filming it here in Singapore as an extra, we shot for 2 days from 7pm till 5am.
It nice to see that the whole 20-25 hours of filming added up to be a 3 min long video only....ah, oh well.
The girl in the film, the main character is Priyanka Chopra, Miss World 2005 from India, she is super famous over there, which is funny because when we filmed this thing, us, the Western extras had NO idea who this girl might have be...?! :) although the first day's google search changed it a bit. :)

SO here is the link, try to locate me ... :)
at min 1:36: Right, back table next to the white shirt guy, who was actually from the US navy :)

and at 2:10: Most left

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFeJnte48C0&feature=channel

PS: Can you possibly imagine how many times we had to hear this song during that 25 hours of shooting...?

Kedves Mindenki!

Legkedvesebb Ana Hernandez baratosnem, aki mostanaban nagy indiai film rajongo, felhivta a figyelmemet, hogy a Pyaar Impossible film mar kijott es egy videojaban latszodom.
2009ben segedkeztem e filmnek a forgatasban, mint "nyugati arcu" statiszta, a forgatas ket ejjel tortent, este 7tol - reggel 5ig.
Orom latni, hogy a 20-25 oras forgatas eredmenye, egy mintegy 3 perces video... hat ez van. :)

A fohosno Priyanka Chopra, volt a 2005 ev vilag szepe Indiabol es azota pedig befutott szineszno, jelenleg o a "number 1" noi ideal. (A forgatason, ugy viselkedett, mint egy rossz remalom)
Vicces, hogy a forgatas alatt a nyugati statisztak, ra se bagoztak, hogy o ki lehet, egyszeruen nem is ismertuk ot, hirbol se, majd az elso nap google keresese valtoztatott ezen; :)

Szoval itt a link, probaljatok beazonositani :)

1:36 - bal hatso asztal, a feher polos fiu mellett

2:10 Bal oldal

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFeJnte48C0&feature=channel

UI: El tudjatok kepzelni, hogy ezt a dalt hanyszor kellett vegighallgatnunk a 25 ora forgatas alatt...? :)

Big weekend

Hi all, sometimes I have to 'contribute' to the blog as well, and today is my day...

First off, I hope the blog finds all of you readers on a good day, maybe your lazy afternoon off or perhaps a lazy morning at work.

So Saturday started the best way possible, with a trip to Brewerks microbrewery at Clarke Quay. Just a couple of beers because I had a private lesson in the afternoon, but we were 'feeling no pain,' as it were. After a big lunch at the nearby food court, I went off to meet my student at his condo while Imola went to Orchard Rd. After a good class, I met up with Imola to catch the tail end of her shoe hunting expedition. Repeat after me: Can we go now??? Normally I don't mind stores and shoes and bargain hunting, etc., but this was a bit too much for me. The rest of the evening was spent watching a lame movie on DVD, no big deal.

On Sunday I woke up early and went to my first practical lesson for my motorcycle license.
It got quite hot quickly on the road course, so everybody lost some water weight. In a nutshell, I passed lesson 1 and will have lessson 2 on Wednesday.

After the riding Imola and I met up with our good friends Viki and Gabor. The girls (including Viki's daughter) went to the British Club for swimming, while Gabor and I went to the golf driving range. What a treat after so many years away from a golf club! The real treat in fact was to learn that my muscles hadn't forgotten anything about hitting a golf ball, and I hit all of the clubs very well, even the supermodern driver.

Sleep is overtaking me now, and I have to get up early to do some voice recording on Tuesday morning so wish me luck!

Announcement / Bejelentes

I am gladly letting you know that the FULL photo album of our Hungarian vocation is now available in the blog’s picasa web album. : ) (X-mas 2009)
Happy surfing!

Orommel ertesitelek Benneteket, hogy a magyarorszagi vakacionk teljes albumat sikerult feltoltenem, igy mostantol rendelkezesetekre all a blogunk picasa albumaban. (X-mas 2009)

Boldog szorfozest!

Fun Saturday - Derus Szombat :)

As we are adjusting Singapore for the second time, things are cheering us up such as a day we had yesterday. Mike had a private class at 10am and I woke up with him around 8 something as he left I had plenty of time in my hand.

Ahogyan masodszorra is hozza kellett szoknunk Szingapurhoz, udito valtozatossag volt, hogy egy csomo dolog felviditott minket, mint amilyen a tegnapi nap is volt. Mikenak maganorat tartott reggel 10tol, es ugy dontottem vele kelek en is olyan 8 tajan viszont igy egy csomo idom volt, hogy szepen mindent rendbetegyek.

We heard from his student (as old as Mike) that they are planning to go to a restaurant for lunch but that was only later. So my favorite type of day started, spotless sunny with a flowery breeze, birds singing ect, just felt perfect.
I started to listen to my new discovery from Israel Kamakawiwo'Ole the Over the rainbow.

Valamit rebesgetett Mike diakja, hogy ora utan egy ettermi talalkora hivatalosak, abban viszont nem voltunk biztosak, hogy ez rank is vonatkozik vagy sem. Ez a szombat, kifejezetten a kedvenc fajta szombatom volt. Egy az, hogy szombat delelott a kedvencem a het napjaibol a masik, hogy gyonyoru szikrazo napsuteses ido volt. Az az igazi bazsalygos jo ido, ilyenkor mindig azt hiszem, amit anyukam szokott emlegetni “megis szep az elet, megis jok az emberek”.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ltAGuuru7Q

Finally I got a phone call from Mike telling me to be at a Hokkaido HotPot restaurant, alright I thought and then the perfect day continued… the hotpot place’s food was a real treat! Basically the restaurant provides each individual with a huge “boat” of food, fresh, raw ingredients and your task is to “cook” your own meal while chatting with your folks. Great, really fun.

Vegul Mike hivasa utan megtudtam, hogy a Hokkaido HotPot (ForroFazek) etteremben fogunk ebedelni, pompas gondoltam es a tokeletes napom cask folytatodott... mivel a forro fazek altal elenk szolgalt etel igazi finomsagnak bizonyult! Alapvetoen az etterem csak biztositja szamodra a “hajot”, amit megraktak csupa csupa finom es nyers alapanyaggal, az ehes latogato feladata pedig, hogy szepen kifozocskelje maganak egyiket falatot a masik utan. Persze ez alatt derusen eltarsalogsz a korulotted ulokkel es fel sem tunik, hogy milyen hosszan ulsz is ott, igazan remek hangulata van az egesznek.










Not a big surprise that I was late so Mike knowing me ordered fish boat for me which contained scallops, crab, sea fish, shrimps, cabbage, mushrooms, corn, lemongrass sticks ect.

Nem nagy meglepetes, hogy kesve erkeztem, Mike ismerve engem halas/tengeri herkentyus “hajot”rendlet nekem, amin talaltam tobb fele kagylot, garnela rakot, tengeri halat, kaposztat, kukoricat, citromfuvet es meg sorolhatnam...







You have your own pot in front of you with strange looking tools surrounded your plate so you guess it is yours, but the usage of these “assets” are a serious dilemma. : )

Mindenki elott ott volt a sajat kis forralo edenykeje, ami alatt tetszes szerint lehetett valtoztatni a hofokot, emellett az edeny kornyeke el volt halmozva furcsabbnal furcsabb eszkozokkel es “bigyokkal”, nemelyik valoban dilemma okozott.
:)




The ingredients cook really fast and leaving the broth taste great so you can start sipping that as well after the 5th thing you cooked in it.

Az alapanyagok igen gyorsan elkeszulnek, hatrahagyva egy fantasztikusan gazdag leves levet, amit a 5. kifozott etel utan elkezdhetsz szurcsolni, es amiulni, hogy milyen finom.

Meanwhile you have a little tray nearby offering different sauces such as peanut puree, chili sauces, and some other things I cannot name : ) and you have to mix and match up your own dipping sauce, you can imagine it is pretty funny and the result is always pleasant. You use the prepared sauce to dip your freshly cooked bites into it.

Mindez ido alatt, az asztalon leve kis talcan megvizsgalhatod a rendelkezesre allot szoszokat, ilyeneket peldaul, hogy foldimogyoro krem, chilli szoszok es namely olyan dolog, amit azota sem fejtettem meg. A feladatod, hogy keverd, parositsd kedvedre, hogy a sajat tunkolo szoszod izet kialakitsd, nyilvan valo, hogy ez eleg vices munkalkodas de a vegeredmeny szinte mindig pompas. A szosz egyebkent ahhoz kell, hogy a kifott falatokat meg egy ilyen eroteljes izu szoszba is belemartsd.





And as the course was finished you felt heated as you were sitting next to a hotpot and the room was tiny as well so a great sauna feel to this started to develop. : )

Amire a fogast befejzeted ugy athevulsz a fozocskezestol es mikro teremben megrekedt szaunara emlekezteto levegotol, hogy igazi udito hir a soron kovetkezo ital, a savanykas szilva szorp tort jeggel szolgalva.

Guess what came, a small shoot glass of sour plum drink with crashed ice, I think these people also ate this meal couple of times before us, hehehe knowing that it is exactly the thing which feels fantastic.

Then dessert, Mike got a slice of chocolate cake, not a big surprise as he is “chocolate-aholic”, I was offered a nice smooth vanilla cream containing fruit bites, very nice.

Desszernek, termeszetesen Mike egy szelet csoki tortat kapott, en pedig egy kremes vanilia sodot, benne friss, hideg gyumolcsdarabokkal es tapioca gyonggyel, finom volt.

The last thing was a tea, but a special one, we got small tea pots filled with flowers, ice and fruit. One was with peach and summer flowers and the other with apple and I don’t know what. It was tasty, bit sweet but not too sweet, cold and refreshing, I loved it and as you finished the pot you can eat the fruit from the bottom, practical. : )

Az utolso felvonas pedig tea volt, de egy kulonleges fajta, kis teas pitliben erkezett, nagy jegkockakkal, friss gyumolccsel es viragokkal. Picit volt csak edes, eppen hogy, nagyon kellemes elmeny es miutan kiurult a tea az aljan levo gyumolcsoket meg is eheted.



After the lunch Ken insisted to visit a karaoke bar which we would have liked to avoid but as we had to go we had great time there. It was pretty funny actually. : )

A maratoni ebed utan Ken ragaszkodott, ahhoz, hogy karaoke barba menjunk, mi szivesen lemondtunk volna rola, de persze ahogy ott voltunk meglepoen jol ereztuk magunkat.




Mike and Ken




Try to read this. :)

17th January - Indian musical

Nagyon kedves Szingapurban elo baratainktol kaptunk karacsonyra ket musical jegyet, meghozza egy indiani szines kavalkadot igero eloadasra. Nem kellett csalatkozni, szines volt, tancos volt, szuper jo volt.

Kepes izelito a gondtalan vasarnaprol:

We got to musical tickets from our really close friends, also living in Singapore.
The musical was expected to be colorful, great Indian vibration... and we did not need to be disappointed. It was exactly what it should have been, we had great time. So here are some photos of a cheerful Sunday:















Viki, Gabor es Mike