Come back kids…

It is amazing how there are so many people in the Indian team who have done extra ordinarily ordinary in the past and have come back blazing guns. Take for example the very first over of the 2003 world cup bowled by zaheer khan( who would not forget that… in fact i think.. everybody will not forget to forget that over) and the quintessential performance/come back in england in 2007. What more his is now the spearhead of the indian bowling attack. Nehra who has been almost out of the bowling arena for 2 years has become the second best paceman for india today. Wonder how much change a break brings in a cricket player. Gauti again is another example of a great come back. A guy, who had a penchant to mock the off side balls to the hands of the slip fielders, to the world’s number 1 test player, amazing transformation ain’t it.

Now, the incident that pulled me to write about the event is the amazing innings by suresh raina in the match against South africa in icc world t20 today. Few years back he was called the guy who could not adapt to the foreign pitch conditions and an only sub-continent player. A guy who failed awefully in the west indies tour in 2007 came out to score a hundred in just 60 balls. Amazing … I am just awed by the transformation of these comeback kids…

Waiting for more … what’s in store for us… ????

Avatar… at last …

Yes it is 2 am in the morning and i am writing this blog to tell u all how amazed i am after seeing the first 3D movie in my life.

I was awestruck by the new world created by James Cameroon’s in Avatar. The movie was not a very great movie as far as the story is concerned, but the direction was exemplary. The hanging mountains, the flying birds, the hounds, the mystical flora and fauna was all like a beautiful painting coming into life before you. I was most impressed by the colours that filled the screen.

The movie had its share of lighter moments and the action sequences were brilliant too. The 3D effects had let me down though. (I was more enthralled by the 3D ad of the upcoming movie, the Sea monsters.)

Avatar aside, windows live writer is really coming handy. More blogs from my side to bore you people then….

Good night…Ciao    

How Hashim amla made a big impression on me.. :)

Hashim amla, without any doubt was the best player in the series including the tests and the one days. His perseverance was unparalleled, his technique unmatched. This was the first time I saw some foreign player play with such authority on the subcontinent soil.

His 253 in the first test was a master piece. I could see another rahul dravid in him. Few of my iit friends would call him the maggu, the 9 pointer types. I wonder if there is any other player who has won all the man of the match awards in a test series including the man of the series.

Like any other Indian fan, i just despised his patience, and was watching when he would throw his wicket away in each innings.

Anyway, it is not the stupendous effort he put in scoring 500 odd runs in the test series that made a big impression on me. It was that trivial thing, that no-attention-effort that made him a hero for me.

Yes, all who know about me, know what i am talking about. That dive, that extra effort that he put to save the boundary of a savage hit from Kaptaan saab Dhoni, which brought Sachin on strike and the rest is history as everybody knows…

What was on the back  of Dhoni’s mind is still an enigma to me. Two straight overs where he took a single of the last delivery made me so burn with anger that i felt somebody would have killed him if sachin da could not have completed his 200.

Keeping apart Dhoni’s inane actions, i feel every sachin fan would have the same feelings as me for the great Hashim amla.

Sachin pa and Hashim amla…

Jahapanaon tussi great ho…

Our Deepest fear ...Marrianne williamson

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do.
We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.
It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone.
And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

A year that was.. and A year that could have been

As an eventful year approaches an uneventful end... I brood over the events that have and that could have changed the history...

It was an eventful year for me, so according to the butterfly effect, it has certainly changed the future for good for each one of you out there on the planet.

I have chosen to tread a path that does not exactly fit into the picture considering my past educational history. An organised progression, something which i lacked all through my life.

For the past 2 years (before Nov 6th), I was working for Manhattan Associates as a Software Engineer. Life was pretty O. K. with a few movies, weekend shopping, occasional trips to nearby places in bangalore and few more futile attempts @ admission into a B school. (Not that i was, very clear why i wanted to do an MBA)

But, this year when i was again denied an admission into a prestigious B school, life has taken a big diversion. I decided to call it quits, and look for something that I loved.

I now aspire to be an academician, a teacher, a prof or whatever that you want me to call. So, I quit MA, and then joined Abhyaas, a venture by a senior @ college. Thanks to many friends from whom i draw inspiration and many more who give me that impetus to chase my dreams.

I also thank god for giving me a family that bears with my eccentric ideas...

I joined with the infatuation that I would just take academic responsibilities, but it is much more than that.

I am entrepreneur now...!!! (Yatta.. Hiro Nakomura style)

Thanks to Naresh and the Abhyaas team...

This was about the year that was... Now, the year that could have been...

Had i not quit, I could have ended up anywhere. Probably, at this particular moment i would have ended up in some pub with my friends @ MA. Life would have been mundane enough and I could have had my eyesight grow a notch higher by watching more sitcoms on my laptop.

This is my story.. what is yours...???????

I sign off for the last time this year... Meet you in the next year.. Happy new year...

Hope the new decade brings joy and prosperity to all of you... and billion others who are deprived of a chance to waste time reading this.. :)

Funny questions on Answers.com

I received a mail from Answers.com saying that there was an event where you can win $1000 amazon.com gift coupon if i answered the maximum number of questions.

Amazed by the prize amount, i wanted to see what kind of questions are hosted in the website . I came across some of the weirdest questions that can be framed.

Take a look at few of the questions i found hilarious. These are of of course, unanswered.
(I don't think anyone can answer them at all)

1. What do elements in the periodic table do? (Dance , of course.. :P)

2.Who made the first colour wheel? (do they have colored wheels too)

3.What are you doing when you use your 5 senses? (Hmmm… this is a tough one)

4.Will someone tell you how to make anti gravity? (No, they won’t.. You have to figure it out)

5.What is the speed from solid to liquid? (approx,.. 50 kmph)

6.Is Mr M-nan the best Grade 10 Science Teaher in Canada well I think he is? (this was under science category)

7.What does s in science stand for? (Toughieee)

8. What does a speedometer of a car measures? (its weight)

9. Is the human non-vegitarian? (toughie again)

10. What Procedure to fill hsc board form direct in vashi? (again found under science catgory)

11. What are 2 national capitals? (delhi and Colombo)

12. What is the symbol of because in science? (oh my god!!!)

Lyrics of a melodious song from the movie Anand

Kahin Door Jab Din Dhal Jaye...
Sanjh Ki Dulhan ... Badan Churaye....
Chupke Se Aaye...
Mere Khayaalon... Ke Aangan Mein...
Koi Sapnon Ke... Deep Jalaaye....
Deep jalaaye...

Kahin Door Jab Din Dhal Jaye...
Sanjh Ki Dulhan ... Badan Churaye....
Chupke Se Aaye...


Kabhi Yun Hi... Jab Hui.... Bojhal Saansen...
Bhar Aai Baithe Baithe.... Jab Yun Hi Aankhen...

Kabhi Yun Hi... Jab Hui.... Bojhal Saansen...
Bhar Aai Baithe Baithe.... Jab Yun Hi Aankhen...

Kabhi Machal Ke... Pyar Se Chal Ke
Chhuye Koi Mujhe Par... Nazar Na Aaye...

Nazar Na Aaye...

Kahin Door Jab Din Dhal Jaye...
Sanjh Ki Dulhan ... Badan Churaye....
Chupke Se Aaye...


Kahin To Yeh Dil Kabhi... Mil Nahin Paate...
Kahin Pe Nikal Aaye... Janmon Ke Naate...


Kahin To Yeh Dil Kabhi... Mil Nahin Paate...
Kahin Pe Nikal Aaye... Janmon Ke Naate...


Thami Thi Uljhan... Bairi Apna Man,
Apna Hi Hoke Sahe... Dard Paraaye...

Dard Paraaye...

Kahin Door Jab Din Dhal Jaye...
Sanjh Ki Dulhan ... Badan Churaye....
Chupke Se Aaye...


dil jaane mere saaare... bhed ye gehre...
ho gaye kaise mere... sapne sunahre...

dil jaane mere saaare... bhed ye gehre...
ho gaye kaise mere... sapne sunahre...

yeh mere sapne... yahi tho hein apne...
mujhse juda nahi honge..inke ye saaye...
inke ye saaye...


Kahin Door Jab Din Dhal Jaye...
Sanjh Ki Dulhan ... Badan Churaye....
Chupke Se Aaye...

Mere Khayaalon... Ke Aangan Mein...
Koi Sapnon Ke... Deep Jalaaye....
Deep jalaaye...


Kahin Door Jab Din Dhal Jaye...
Sanjh Ki Dulhan ... Badan Churaye....
Chupke Se Aaye...