Catch me if you can !

Does this sound familiar ! yes, its an hollywood flick directed by the famous Steven spielberg (jurrasic park, war of worlds,A.I...lot more...) with Leonardo di caprio (titanic..). where he plays a con.! The movie shows him as a teenager 17 years age, where he commits bank fraud in 26 countries, and by 21 becomes a millionarie! He takes up different roles such as a pilot, pediatrician, attorney, doctor, teacher and more !. The rest of the plot is how FBI agent (Tom Hanks) nails down the culprit.! The movie is racy and keeps you engaged till the end. I do not wanna talk too much about the movie, as you would already seen the movie and loved it.

The character played by Di caprio is based on the auto-biography of Frank William Abagnale ! read this to know more about him http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Abagnale
Also I did a read an article recently about a houston police official quoting "if you get a chance to hear him (abagnale) speak..he will steal your heart". This is what exactly happened as i got a chance to hear him speak yesterday (28/sep/06).


Frank in his speech articulated the circumstances that forced him into fraudulent activities in his early stages of life. He quoted the divorce of his parents as the main reason. Then, he did explain on the various thefts, activities he carried out in airlines, banks (fraud cheques), hospital etc... He was extremely humourous and explained things in a lighter vain. Eventually after a series of frauds the FBI agents imposed a 8 year imprisonment for him. After 4 years of tenure in jail, the goverment did offer an early release based on one condition: to fight white collar crime.


There is no looking back as he did serve as an adviser to FBI and thousands of international corporations and businesses. Among the different government organizations he worked, australia was one among them. He did design/frame/template of the australian passport, birth certificate, drivers license etc. (cant remember exactly... too many to note down quickly).

He then moved to his personal life (wife and kids). He does have 3 sons and all of them are in gr8 positions in their professions. He did narrate various incidents with his kids and wife and one of them was every night before he goes to sleep, he will walk to his kids room, bend on knees and whisper "i luv u" in their ears. What a gr8 act. He made sure his kids and wife got the necessary love, affection, attention from him, which he missed in his early stages of life.

Finally he concluded that, the quality of one's life is not decided on the money they make, positions they hold, comfort in their living, property they own but based solely from the amount of love and affection they shower on their wife, parents and kids. He further quoted "There are many father's in this world but only very few Dad's". I strongly believe his words (in bold).

His 45 minute speech still lingers fresh in my memory and will cherish for my life time. His speech was really inspiring, motivating, energetic, humourous and enjoyable.

Once he finished, there was a big applause from the gathering. Everybody rushed to him to get autographs and photographs and am no different. I managed to take a snap with this gr8 man and feel proud. Have a look at the snap.