Showing posts with label cricket and more. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cricket and more. Show all posts
Sunday, March 18
india and the world cup
- a die-hard, overoptimistic cricket fan's predictions - http://kavs-kool.blogspot.com/2007/03/i-am-blue-billionsay-we-are-blue.html
Sunday, December 11
Tuesday, April 12
deviation 3: China, cricket, music and nothing else really
What is with all this "bridge of friendship"(that's what Wen said) between India and China? Yeah get over that Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus hangover and take a long hard look at what's happening on the other side of the country. We signed an agreement with China on the border issue and they want to avoid any large-scale military action along the LAC. What is an agreement going to do anyway? All it has is a set of guiding principles and some kind of roadmap about what should be done. "For long, the Chinese have used terms such as 'fair and reasonable solution' based on mutual accommodation and mutual understanding, but refrained from stating clearly what these mean in the public domain." And now even Sikkim isn't a bone of contention anymore. So who's going to actually sit down and do it and when?
We Indians are total suckers for sweet-talk. Yesterday Wen said that China would support India's bid to be a PM at the UNSC. Now, all they're saying is that they "support" our country's aspirations. What the hell is that supposed to mean? All this diplomacy that China's showing is really pretty screwed up! China's playing it really safe. Not giving any clear, categorical statement. This will mean that all the 4 countries seeking to be PMs will now have to take a vote of confidence from all the members. Obviously they'll probably approve Brazil's or Japan's claim 'cos India is really too strong already and a position in the SC with a veto power will only make it omnipotent.
The only good thing, which is quite contrasting with our relationship with Pak, is that tho' India and China have our border disputes, we have made progress in other areas, such as trade and intelligence exchange. Indo-China trade is predicted to reach 20 billion USD by 2008. That is big money and China seems to be understanding the impact and value of a positive relationship with India. But why then do they have so many nuclear trading agreements with Pakistan? According to Wen, they're going to be used only for peaceful purposes like generation of energy etc. But you know what, I don't buy it. More later.
That's the damn thing. We have so many issues at the macro level that problems at the micro level, such as poverty and illiteracy, are being overlooked by the Govt. And that's where people like you and I can really make a difference. We should, in every little way that we can. There are so many NGOs in and around the area you live, study or work in. If you're really interested, all you need to do is google "volunteer place" and I'm sure you'll find there are a million things you can do. And if you feel that is too much trouble you can even volunteer online.
So that's all I've been doing. Watching TV the whole damn day and hanging on that stupid Wen's words, okay, his translator's words. I believe that this visit will decide the direction that the Indo-China relationship and thus the Indo-US relationship will take. Okay fine, I was switching between 24X7, DD Sports and VH1.
It's this amazing new music channel. If you're not getting it, you're missing something. Only music and not that shitty J Lo kinds. Mostly English classics and there are no ads, no vjs. I'm telling you, it's pure music heaven!
Been tripping over Alms for Shanti too. Amazing music. Amazing lyrics.
Anyway, Indian cricket seems to have hit a new low. We lost the World Cup to those Aussies. We were thrashed actually. I did say Saurav should emulate Mithali, didn't I? I eat my words. The Indian gals were totally unprofessional. There were actually 4 run outs. She blamed it on nerves! Beat that! It wasn't even being aired anywhere so I had to stay online and keep checking the score on cricinfo. It wasn't worth it at all.
Saurav isn't showing off his brilliance either. He was run out today. Everything seems to be working against him. Luckily, we won the toss. Otherwise, trust me he would've been in trouble. But no matter what people say, Saurav took Indian cricket to a new level. He's the captain for good reason. He atleast brings something of a killer instinct into the team. He is a great leader. I can't believe he's banned for the next 6 matches. I just hope the stupid selectors don't consider this a good way of promoting Dravid to the captain's position permanently. Rahul's amazing and I worship the man but I just don't think he's captain material. Today, he didn't do too well. Atleast his strike rate was good. What's the point? We lost in the end. But it was quite an exciting match. It was down to the last ball and I really think Saurav gave Sachin the ball for the last over 'cos he's the only one all the Indian supporters will forgive even though we lost the match. Imagine anyone else in his position. We would have almost murdered him. Today he played like the Sachin everybody's crazy about. He was awesome on the field. He made a fantastic century. He bowled like a dream till the last ball. Can't deny it. There's just something about Sachin. :)
I guess now we just have to watch Narain Karthikeyan and Pankaj Advani doing supposed-to-be pathbreaking things in sports I don't even care about. As if you can even call billiards a sport!
Oh this is the best! I'm going to Delhi for the cricket match!!! Yeah, I am! Go green with envy now! No matter how much I criticize the sport and the players involved, there really isn't anything like cricket to get my blood rushing! Just love the game man. I know I'm being quite irresponsible and all. I have my end sems from the 19th but then my dad's here for some meetings, my mom's anyway going there this Friday on work and Kav has vacations and they're the absolute best people to watch any match with. They're just big time crazy fun and when my dad came up with the idea(the last match we'd seen as a family was that sad West Indies-Zimbabwe World Cup match in Hyd), I really couldn't resist! Cricket fever baby!!
We Indians are total suckers for sweet-talk. Yesterday Wen said that China would support India's bid to be a PM at the UNSC. Now, all they're saying is that they "support" our country's aspirations. What the hell is that supposed to mean? All this diplomacy that China's showing is really pretty screwed up! China's playing it really safe. Not giving any clear, categorical statement. This will mean that all the 4 countries seeking to be PMs will now have to take a vote of confidence from all the members. Obviously they'll probably approve Brazil's or Japan's claim 'cos India is really too strong already and a position in the SC with a veto power will only make it omnipotent.
The only good thing, which is quite contrasting with our relationship with Pak, is that tho' India and China have our border disputes, we have made progress in other areas, such as trade and intelligence exchange. Indo-China trade is predicted to reach 20 billion USD by 2008. That is big money and China seems to be understanding the impact and value of a positive relationship with India. But why then do they have so many nuclear trading agreements with Pakistan? According to Wen, they're going to be used only for peaceful purposes like generation of energy etc. But you know what, I don't buy it. More later.
That's the damn thing. We have so many issues at the macro level that problems at the micro level, such as poverty and illiteracy, are being overlooked by the Govt. And that's where people like you and I can really make a difference. We should, in every little way that we can. There are so many NGOs in and around the area you live, study or work in. If you're really interested, all you need to do is google "volunteer place" and I'm sure you'll find there are a million things you can do. And if you feel that is too much trouble you can even volunteer online.
So that's all I've been doing. Watching TV the whole damn day and hanging on that stupid Wen's words, okay, his translator's words. I believe that this visit will decide the direction that the Indo-China relationship and thus the Indo-US relationship will take. Okay fine, I was switching between 24X7, DD Sports and VH1.
It's this amazing new music channel. If you're not getting it, you're missing something. Only music and not that shitty J Lo kinds. Mostly English classics and there are no ads, no vjs. I'm telling you, it's pure music heaven!
Been tripping over Alms for Shanti too. Amazing music. Amazing lyrics.
Anyway, Indian cricket seems to have hit a new low. We lost the World Cup to those Aussies. We were thrashed actually. I did say Saurav should emulate Mithali, didn't I? I eat my words. The Indian gals were totally unprofessional. There were actually 4 run outs. She blamed it on nerves! Beat that! It wasn't even being aired anywhere so I had to stay online and keep checking the score on cricinfo. It wasn't worth it at all.
Saurav isn't showing off his brilliance either. He was run out today. Everything seems to be working against him. Luckily, we won the toss. Otherwise, trust me he would've been in trouble. But no matter what people say, Saurav took Indian cricket to a new level. He's the captain for good reason. He atleast brings something of a killer instinct into the team. He is a great leader. I can't believe he's banned for the next 6 matches. I just hope the stupid selectors don't consider this a good way of promoting Dravid to the captain's position permanently. Rahul's amazing and I worship the man but I just don't think he's captain material. Today, he didn't do too well. Atleast his strike rate was good. What's the point? We lost in the end. But it was quite an exciting match. It was down to the last ball and I really think Saurav gave Sachin the ball for the last over 'cos he's the only one all the Indian supporters will forgive even though we lost the match. Imagine anyone else in his position. We would have almost murdered him. Today he played like the Sachin everybody's crazy about. He was awesome on the field. He made a fantastic century. He bowled like a dream till the last ball. Can't deny it. There's just something about Sachin. :)
I guess now we just have to watch Narain Karthikeyan and Pankaj Advani doing supposed-to-be pathbreaking things in sports I don't even care about. As if you can even call billiards a sport!
Oh this is the best! I'm going to Delhi for the cricket match!!! Yeah, I am! Go green with envy now! No matter how much I criticize the sport and the players involved, there really isn't anything like cricket to get my blood rushing! Just love the game man. I know I'm being quite irresponsible and all. I have my end sems from the 19th but then my dad's here for some meetings, my mom's anyway going there this Friday on work and Kav has vacations and they're the absolute best people to watch any match with. They're just big time crazy fun and when my dad came up with the idea(the last match we'd seen as a family was that sad West Indies-Zimbabwe World Cup match in Hyd), I really couldn't resist! Cricket fever baby!!
Saturday, April 9
deviation 2: cricket, cricket, cricket
Saurav Ganguly should learn how to be a real captain from Mithali.
Anyway, India vs Australia finals tomorrow. Better than feeling sorry for our Indian Cricket team(125/6 now)! Pathetic man!! Anyway, it'll be aired on DD. I saw the semifinals against New Zealand. It's really as gripping as men's cricket and in many ways better, 'cos the women's team showed such great spirit. They played like they were born to win this. They're the real champions. Don't forget to cheer for them!
Anyway, India vs Australia finals tomorrow. Better than feeling sorry for our Indian Cricket team(125/6 now)! Pathetic man!! Anyway, it'll be aired on DD. I saw the semifinals against New Zealand. It's really as gripping as men's cricket and in many ways better, 'cos the women's team showed such great spirit. They played like they were born to win this. They're the real champions. Don't forget to cheer for them!
Wednesday, March 16
Saturday, March 12
Just another Divya day
Life is a bitch. Or maybe not.
It's a Saturday, 6 something pm. I have friends, calling me up, making plans. I don't want to go. I spent the last two hours, feeling like I can sell my soul to the devil to be able to sing like I used to, write like I used to, just smile like I used to.
I'm home alone. Nobody to give me morality lectures 24/7. Nobody to remind me(just casually) that I've been online too long and I have a BIG test on Monday. Stupid Monday. Nobody making half-burnt baingan bartha and expecting me to count my blessings(Atleast you have food to eat!). Nobody trying to complain that I am the one who's to blame for the Tsunami. Nobody telling me that this is a 'very crucial year'. Nobody fighting with me for the remote. It's overhyped, I tell you. Being home alone sucks!
Cricket fever. More like cricket diarrhoea. Everybody becomes an armchair cricketer. In my family, sanity takes a backseat. Everybody has an opinion about how Gautam Gambhir should've played a specific shot. I just question the fact that he's even there. My sister considers herself to be a good luck charm and sits in a specific position at a specific end at the edge of the sofa. My mother's no less. She has a blue cup. The cup of elixir. She actually believes having coffee from that cup, gives Rahul Dravid and the team a nudge in the right direction. I've become a family room outcast. Just 'cos I said V.V.S. would be out the next over and unfortunately, for the country, him and me, he did. Was in College yesterday. Sending frantic messages to Raha. "What's the score? How many wickets? How many overs? Who's bowling? Who's getting a royal reality-bites session? Message back immediately. My life depends on it!". It was a sad draw, anyway. Ofcourse, it was fixed. We can't let the Pakis lose their first match on Indian soil. We have to return the favour. Ganguly should have been braver and elected to bat. Dravid should've never gotten married to that ugly doctor b**ch. It was Friday, yesterday. Those Pakis must've prayed their a$$es off. I've run out of excuses. That's cricket for you. Just cant help falling in love with it.
I like being upset about things that don't matter. It gives me a crazy sense of importance. When things go right, as they sometimes will, I just find a way to screw it over. I'm optimistic. Okay, thats a half truth. I am great at giving instant pick-me-up speeches to myself. I've felt this PMS depression a million times before. Okay every month almost. And the darkest hour is just 60 minutes of agony. I can handle that. But I won't. Just for fun.
"Love means never having to say you're sorry". Go ahead. Have your two-second laugh and come back to reality.
I do the most questionable things sometimes. It makes me feel pathetic. I was horrible and rude. Totally out of character(or maybe very expected the way some people see it). I said things I didn't mean. Gave vent to all my anger(at what or whom, don't even ask). I selfishly side-stepped all the happy things we could talk about and kept targetting my I-wanna-kill-you lines at him. Hurt him. Knew I was doing it but I just didn't stop. Not the first time. It's happened before. I've promised that it wouldn't happen again. It has. Another broken promise. Another fight. Another tear. Another apology. Another promise. The love grows and my momentary lapses of self-restraint continue. I am partially disgusted with myself. But then, self-love can never lose. In the end, it doesn't even matter.
I'm just so glad some things are a given.
:*
It's a Saturday, 6 something pm. I have friends, calling me up, making plans. I don't want to go. I spent the last two hours, feeling like I can sell my soul to the devil to be able to sing like I used to, write like I used to, just smile like I used to.
I'm home alone. Nobody to give me morality lectures 24/7. Nobody to remind me(just casually) that I've been online too long and I have a BIG test on Monday. Stupid Monday. Nobody making half-burnt baingan bartha and expecting me to count my blessings(Atleast you have food to eat!). Nobody trying to complain that I am the one who's to blame for the Tsunami. Nobody telling me that this is a 'very crucial year'. Nobody fighting with me for the remote. It's overhyped, I tell you. Being home alone sucks!
Cricket fever. More like cricket diarrhoea. Everybody becomes an armchair cricketer. In my family, sanity takes a backseat. Everybody has an opinion about how Gautam Gambhir should've played a specific shot. I just question the fact that he's even there. My sister considers herself to be a good luck charm and sits in a specific position at a specific end at the edge of the sofa. My mother's no less. She has a blue cup. The cup of elixir. She actually believes having coffee from that cup, gives Rahul Dravid and the team a nudge in the right direction. I've become a family room outcast. Just 'cos I said V.V.S. would be out the next over and unfortunately, for the country, him and me, he did. Was in College yesterday. Sending frantic messages to Raha. "What's the score? How many wickets? How many overs? Who's bowling? Who's getting a royal reality-bites session? Message back immediately. My life depends on it!". It was a sad draw, anyway. Ofcourse, it was fixed. We can't let the Pakis lose their first match on Indian soil. We have to return the favour. Ganguly should have been braver and elected to bat. Dravid should've never gotten married to that ugly doctor b**ch. It was Friday, yesterday. Those Pakis must've prayed their a$$es off. I've run out of excuses. That's cricket for you. Just cant help falling in love with it.
I like being upset about things that don't matter. It gives me a crazy sense of importance. When things go right, as they sometimes will, I just find a way to screw it over. I'm optimistic. Okay, thats a half truth. I am great at giving instant pick-me-up speeches to myself. I've felt this PMS depression a million times before. Okay every month almost. And the darkest hour is just 60 minutes of agony. I can handle that. But I won't. Just for fun.
"Love means never having to say you're sorry". Go ahead. Have your two-second laugh and come back to reality.
I do the most questionable things sometimes. It makes me feel pathetic. I was horrible and rude. Totally out of character(or maybe very expected the way some people see it). I said things I didn't mean. Gave vent to all my anger(at what or whom, don't even ask). I selfishly side-stepped all the happy things we could talk about and kept targetting my I-wanna-kill-you lines at him. Hurt him. Knew I was doing it but I just didn't stop. Not the first time. It's happened before. I've promised that it wouldn't happen again. It has. Another broken promise. Another fight. Another tear. Another apology. Another promise. The love grows and my momentary lapses of self-restraint continue. I am partially disgusted with myself. But then, self-love can never lose. In the end, it doesn't even matter.
I'm just so glad some things are a given.
:*
Tuesday, February 8
Tonight, I am...
Contrary to popular belief, Hyderabad is a very happening place.
So we don't have an Indo-Pak match this month but anyway Vizag isn't too far. Frankly, who wants to watch India lose, again? Better than that, we have the PHL. Yeah, the Sultans are still on top. With Sohail Abbas on our team, as if you can even expect anything else. Martina Navratilova's here! She has around 167 titles to her name. 167!! She's almost 50 and she's so amazingly fit. What determination! What an awesome woman! Jelena Dokic and Tamarine Tanasugarn(hope I spelt that right) lost today. They were the big names of this tournament. A little hopeless already. Last year Mary Pierce was here. She kept raving about everything Hyderabadi. Why isn't she here now? I demand an explanation.
We, the biryani-worshipping, mostly lazy Hyderabadis, are actually becoming culturally aware. The Govt. organized a really cool 'Cultural Bonanza' at Taramati. They got the likes of Hema Malini and Nandita Das to participate. I read about it in the papers too. Hey, I'm busy with College and GRE. I have a very good excuse for not going. What's yours? Okay, I'm in a confrontational mood today. And like I always say(and as though you have a choice!), just take it. There was an Italian film festival at Sarathi Studios and CIEFL. I finally got to watch Cinema Paradiso. I had gotten such overwhelmingly "you better watch it" reviews for that one, I just couldn't miss it. Till that day, I had this myopic view of a pizza-eating, Joey Tribbiani-ish mafia don in my head if anybody said anything about Italians. Honestly, it was beyond my expectations.
Life is now, officially, beautiful. I'm listening to these fantastic songs by ADF. These people are talented. Change is such a great(I've already used the words amazing and awesome)song! Anyway, I was looking for some music on the net. Check this out.
Moving headlights shining through the rain
Neon diamonds light the streets again
Songs of Freedom written on the wall
Words of Heroes spoken as they fall
You’re telling me the same old story
On and on and on
You’re never going to learn to stand up on your own
I gave you everything you said you wanted more
Love lies broken, I’ve heard it all before
Good intentions are all the same to me
Frozen rivers never reach the sea
It's called Frozen Rivers. Incredible song na!
I'm copy pasting lyrics instead of telling you about the beauty of my life and all that blah. So here goes. And this time, I'm making sure that life's not going to catch me unprepared and give me a royal kick in the a**.
Anyway, I wrote my internal exams quite well. I realized that I have this unbelievable predicting-the-questions instinct. It worked wonders. Yes, I have other talents besides talking about Rahul Dravid for hours. Man, I should stop ogling at that strategically placed 'Ruud Rules' poster and start becoming seriously interested in Electronic(s?) Measurement and Instrumentation. I have my end sems in a couple of months and all I know about Sechiverdhan's subject is the name and I'm not so sure about that either. I have my CAT classes thrice a week now. Yeah, one more day of tolerating their unintelligence. I mean why do they even try?
All my regular gymming, ensuring that I'm nowhere in the 1 km radius of Pizza Hut and a 700 calories a day diet have finally paid off.(I haven't had pizza, hot delicious pizza for more than 3 weeks now!). I made an appearance(yeah I feel like a celebrity) at one of those boring gimme-your-best-fake-smile Whisper Valley parties. It was alright. I mean how can you not have fun when everyone's telling you how gorgeous you look? I did lose most of my holiday weight but I'm sure none of them knew about the magical slimming effect of black.
I watched Raincoat again last weekend. It is such a fabulous movie! Aish finally ditched her plastic expression and that irritating giggle for something close to good acting and Ajay Devgan, as usual, is beyond criticism. It's unbelievable how Rituparno Ghosh actually weaved this amazing story around a raincoat. Black, that over-hyped movie, will definitely be a let down, I think. Even in Khamoshi, everybody was shouting all over the place and in parts, it was way over the top.
I can't remember the last time I was driving down the perfect roads of Hyderabad after 10pm. It finally happened last week. We went to my friend's farm about 20 km away from the city. It was grrrrreat! We danced. Mayur actually had this make-shift floor by the pool and an amazing collection. He played That Thing You Do(I love dancing to that song!) atleast 5 times. After that, the crazy and sloshed went for a midnight swim, and the sane and sensible(the next day was a working day!) played Pictionary. I swear I never knew it was such a fun game. (Sorry to disappoint you, but I'm in the Sanity Unleashed(now where'd I read this?) category. Usually I'm a little competitive(huge understatement!) but that day I didn't hit the supersonic decibel-level even though Pranav(genius that he is) drew 4 squares, one on top of the other with a line down the centre, and expected us to guess the word 'elevator' from that. I mean, come on!!!
Oh man, now that A M song, Ironic is playing. Okay, I'm fighting the urge to copy paste the lyrics here. You have to listen to it. Go do that right now. Good night. :)
So we don't have an Indo-Pak match this month but anyway Vizag isn't too far. Frankly, who wants to watch India lose, again? Better than that, we have the PHL. Yeah, the Sultans are still on top. With Sohail Abbas on our team, as if you can even expect anything else. Martina Navratilova's here! She has around 167 titles to her name. 167!! She's almost 50 and she's so amazingly fit. What determination! What an awesome woman! Jelena Dokic and Tamarine Tanasugarn(hope I spelt that right) lost today. They were the big names of this tournament. A little hopeless already. Last year Mary Pierce was here. She kept raving about everything Hyderabadi. Why isn't she here now? I demand an explanation.
We, the biryani-worshipping, mostly lazy Hyderabadis, are actually becoming culturally aware. The Govt. organized a really cool 'Cultural Bonanza' at Taramati. They got the likes of Hema Malini and Nandita Das to participate. I read about it in the papers too. Hey, I'm busy with College and GRE. I have a very good excuse for not going. What's yours? Okay, I'm in a confrontational mood today. And like I always say(and as though you have a choice!), just take it. There was an Italian film festival at Sarathi Studios and CIEFL. I finally got to watch Cinema Paradiso. I had gotten such overwhelmingly "you better watch it" reviews for that one, I just couldn't miss it. Till that day, I had this myopic view of a pizza-eating, Joey Tribbiani-ish mafia don in my head if anybody said anything about Italians. Honestly, it was beyond my expectations.
Life is now, officially, beautiful. I'm listening to these fantastic songs by ADF. These people are talented. Change is such a great(I've already used the words amazing and awesome)song! Anyway, I was looking for some music on the net. Check this out.
Moving headlights shining through the rain
Neon diamonds light the streets again
Songs of Freedom written on the wall
Words of Heroes spoken as they fall
You’re telling me the same old story
On and on and on
You’re never going to learn to stand up on your own
I gave you everything you said you wanted more
Love lies broken, I’ve heard it all before
Good intentions are all the same to me
Frozen rivers never reach the sea
It's called Frozen Rivers. Incredible song na!
I'm copy pasting lyrics instead of telling you about the beauty of my life and all that blah. So here goes. And this time, I'm making sure that life's not going to catch me unprepared and give me a royal kick in the a**.
Anyway, I wrote my internal exams quite well. I realized that I have this unbelievable predicting-the-questions instinct. It worked wonders. Yes, I have other talents besides talking about Rahul Dravid for hours. Man, I should stop ogling at that strategically placed 'Ruud Rules' poster and start becoming seriously interested in Electronic(s?) Measurement and Instrumentation. I have my end sems in a couple of months and all I know about Sechiverdhan's subject is the name and I'm not so sure about that either. I have my CAT classes thrice a week now. Yeah, one more day of tolerating their unintelligence. I mean why do they even try?
All my regular gymming, ensuring that I'm nowhere in the 1 km radius of Pizza Hut and a 700 calories a day diet have finally paid off.(I haven't had pizza, hot delicious pizza for more than 3 weeks now!). I made an appearance(yeah I feel like a celebrity) at one of those boring gimme-your-best-fake-smile Whisper Valley parties. It was alright. I mean how can you not have fun when everyone's telling you how gorgeous you look? I did lose most of my holiday weight but I'm sure none of them knew about the magical slimming effect of black.
I watched Raincoat again last weekend. It is such a fabulous movie! Aish finally ditched her plastic expression and that irritating giggle for something close to good acting and Ajay Devgan, as usual, is beyond criticism. It's unbelievable how Rituparno Ghosh actually weaved this amazing story around a raincoat. Black, that over-hyped movie, will definitely be a let down, I think. Even in Khamoshi, everybody was shouting all over the place and in parts, it was way over the top.
I can't remember the last time I was driving down the perfect roads of Hyderabad after 10pm. It finally happened last week. We went to my friend's farm about 20 km away from the city. It was grrrrreat! We danced. Mayur actually had this make-shift floor by the pool and an amazing collection. He played That Thing You Do(I love dancing to that song!) atleast 5 times. After that, the crazy and sloshed went for a midnight swim, and the sane and sensible(the next day was a working day!) played Pictionary. I swear I never knew it was such a fun game. (Sorry to disappoint you, but I'm in the Sanity Unleashed(now where'd I read this?) category. Usually I'm a little competitive(huge understatement!) but that day I didn't hit the supersonic decibel-level even though Pranav(genius that he is) drew 4 squares, one on top of the other with a line down the centre, and expected us to guess the word 'elevator' from that. I mean, come on!!!
Oh man, now that A M song, Ironic is playing. Okay, I'm fighting the urge to copy paste the lyrics here. You have to listen to it. Go do that right now. Good night. :)
Friday, January 14
Sultans Of Swing
I was at the inaugaral match of the PHL at the Gachibowli stadium yesterday. Now, dont tell me you dont know what that is! Okay, for the uninitiated, PHL is the Premier Hockey League. There are different teams with very interesting names. Some of them are Delhi Dazzlers(okay suuuure!), Bangalore HiFliers(Oh please!), Chennai Veerans(Ahaan??!!??), Sher-E-Jalandhar(Ummmm whatever!) and the Hyderabad Sultans(wow! :))
Obviously we won, 1-0. The Lions were tamed. Hockey's really exciting! It is much better than football and much quicker than cricket. Oh and we have Dilip Tirkey and that Pakistani dude Sohail Abbas(who couldn't play yesterday due to some injury). The players are actually quite cute. Gagan Ajit Singh was cool. Sameer Dad scored the matchwinning goal and how we cheered him on! We were 9 of us, all wearing blue. Yeah, the Sultans are our new Men In Blue!(atleast till Feb when Dravid and gang take on the Pakis). Anyway my final verdict: Hockey rules!
Obviously we won, 1-0. The Lions were tamed. Hockey's really exciting! It is much better than football and much quicker than cricket. Oh and we have Dilip Tirkey and that Pakistani dude Sohail Abbas(who couldn't play yesterday due to some injury). The players are actually quite cute. Gagan Ajit Singh was cool. Sameer Dad scored the matchwinning goal and how we cheered him on! We were 9 of us, all wearing blue. Yeah, the Sultans are our new Men In Blue!(atleast till Feb when Dravid and gang take on the Pakis). Anyway my final verdict: Hockey rules!
Sunday, September 19
Rahul Dravid is God
ok...so maybe v wont win the match today...but everytime..without fail..he just reaffirms my faith.
actually maybe v will win cos even pak is 1/1 now...n its jus great...that too without sachin...hey i came up with ths really dumb theory...i call it the sahara theory..
dont laugh... ok i jus figured...our official sponsor is SAHARA right..n basically i jus feel SAchin ke bina India HARA...lol..ok so i'm not the next einstein but wateva...
ok 10/2 now...again on irfan's bowling n dravid's brilliant keeping...man he never ceases to amaze me. so who says nice guys finish last...today dravid hit his 54th half century..man he's jus brilliant...neway u already know that...gtg watch the match now..i hope v're the ones who'll play west indies at southampton on wednesday...watever it is, GOD is our side...
p.s. i kinda believed god was female till today...so with great humility i eat my words..
DRAVID u r my hero..
actually maybe v will win cos even pak is 1/1 now...n its jus great...that too without sachin...hey i came up with ths really dumb theory...i call it the sahara theory..
dont laugh... ok i jus figured...our official sponsor is SAHARA right..n basically i jus feel SAchin ke bina India HARA...lol..ok so i'm not the next einstein but wateva...
ok 10/2 now...again on irfan's bowling n dravid's brilliant keeping...man he never ceases to amaze me. so who says nice guys finish last...today dravid hit his 54th half century..man he's jus brilliant...neway u already know that...gtg watch the match now..i hope v're the ones who'll play west indies at southampton on wednesday...watever it is, GOD is our side...
p.s. i kinda believed god was female till today...so with great humility i eat my words..
DRAVID u r my hero..
Sunday, August 22
cricket fever part 2
how could v lose???
i stopped watching after dravid was run out cos by then i'd jus lost hope..
and i m a total optimist most of the time...but yday was jus hopeless..
n that actually made me wonder if v need sachin to win...
its not like he's performed in all the matches v've played and won but maybe jus his presence..his name..is sumthin that lifts the indian team...i'd hate to think that's true..cos i really want the team to win without sachin...that'll really mean a LOT to me...
winnin tomm against aus will b a big morale boost for our team...it'll also b like a revenge thing cos they beat us at hockey...that too the deciding goal in the last 30 seconds.. that too against a 10 player indian side cos dhanraj was called off...never knew hockey was even remotely interesting till i saw the match that day..
neway the only prob is, they have brett lee n i'm a BIG FAN of his...and in case ppl have any doubts...his looks r jus incidental...
but i'm still gonna cheer for india cos i worship rahul dravid and i'm sure he wont b out for a duck tomm...aussies beware!(ok that sounded lame but watever!!)
neway wat i planned to do this morning..
1.yoga - 45 min...............................20 min n then was too sleepy to go any further..
2.work out - 1 hr.............................slept and i'm feelin too fit today to guilt myself into working out..
3.complete records for lab ...................did abt 75%..guess i'll finish that..
4.complete linear integrated ckts
assignment.............did 18 out of 25 probs..the rest i really couldnt figure out...think i shd sleep over it...
5.mail everyone i care about(esp dad).........mailed only dad...tired of typing..
6.update my cv................................couldnt think of anyhting new to lie about :p
7.do sum gmat word lists......................gawd that sounds so boring..dont blame me if i dint...
8.buy a pair of sneakers......................too lazy today to get dressed and drive and go and choose sumthin i like and drive back....baaaaaaaaaaaahhhh
so wat DID i do??
saw the 2 hr thing of will n grace on zee english..
ordered pizza(again) cos its sunday....as if u need a reason for pizza!
was on the phone for god knows how long...n then onl chattin with arbit n sum not so arbit ppl...tried doin the project cos i hafta do most of the work onl...did a li'l then got bored...
now i'm writing this...i dont even no y...its cos i have nothin else to do...oh yea i actually do...but i'm soooooo in that i-jus-wanna-do-nothin-that-takes-even-a-li'l-physical-effort kinda mood..
neway thats abt it...
now i'm too lazy to type!!
i stopped watching after dravid was run out cos by then i'd jus lost hope..
and i m a total optimist most of the time...but yday was jus hopeless..
n that actually made me wonder if v need sachin to win...
its not like he's performed in all the matches v've played and won but maybe jus his presence..his name..is sumthin that lifts the indian team...i'd hate to think that's true..cos i really want the team to win without sachin...that'll really mean a LOT to me...
winnin tomm against aus will b a big morale boost for our team...it'll also b like a revenge thing cos they beat us at hockey...that too the deciding goal in the last 30 seconds.. that too against a 10 player indian side cos dhanraj was called off...never knew hockey was even remotely interesting till i saw the match that day..
neway the only prob is, they have brett lee n i'm a BIG FAN of his...and in case ppl have any doubts...his looks r jus incidental...
but i'm still gonna cheer for india cos i worship rahul dravid and i'm sure he wont b out for a duck tomm...aussies beware!(ok that sounded lame but watever!!)
neway wat i planned to do this morning..
1.yoga - 45 min...............................20 min n then was too sleepy to go any further..
2.work out - 1 hr.............................slept and i'm feelin too fit today to guilt myself into working out..
3.complete records for lab ...................did abt 75%..guess i'll finish that..
4.complete linear integrated ckts
assignment.............did 18 out of 25 probs..the rest i really couldnt figure out...think i shd sleep over it...
5.mail everyone i care about(esp dad).........mailed only dad...tired of typing..
6.update my cv................................couldnt think of anyhting new to lie about :p
7.do sum gmat word lists......................gawd that sounds so boring..dont blame me if i dint...
8.buy a pair of sneakers......................too lazy today to get dressed and drive and go and choose sumthin i like and drive back....baaaaaaaaaaaahhhh
so wat DID i do??
saw the 2 hr thing of will n grace on zee english..
ordered pizza(again) cos its sunday....as if u need a reason for pizza!
was on the phone for god knows how long...n then onl chattin with arbit n sum not so arbit ppl...tried doin the project cos i hafta do most of the work onl...did a li'l then got bored...
now i'm writing this...i dont even no y...its cos i have nothin else to do...oh yea i actually do...but i'm soooooo in that i-jus-wanna-do-nothin-that-takes-even-a-li'l-physical-effort kinda mood..
neway thats abt it...
now i'm too lazy to type!!
Saturday, August 21
cricket fever
god!!
i've been waiting forever to watch the ind-pak match..
n jus wen i started writing this...they actually started playing...n v won the toss...so half the work is done i guess...
neway sachin isnt playin...the entire series most prbbly...guess who's celebrating!!!;)
n as usual v lost at the olympics..
3-4 to aus in hockey...4th place in tennis...man i was totally counting on the hesh-paes magic to work...they couldnt even manage a bronze!!
i jus hope v win the match today...otherwise everythin's gonna totally blow!
neway all i've been doin is studyin...actually that is sooo not true...
i've been onl doin nothing much...chattin n lookin for sumthing to say at my seminar on monday which i'm totally unprepared for..
i was on the ph...i'm a totalll cellphone junkie!
all i've done the entire day: eating n sleeping n jus thinkin abt wat i'm gonna do with my life..
i wrote down this over-optimistic plan which i intend to follow with unbelievable determination..neway lets c how that works out..
wat's totally unfair is that i'm older than irfan pathan n he's the openin bowler for the ind team n i'm sitting in front of my comp cribbing abt it...lol...
neway it looks like another indian debacle...cos they actually hit a 6 off irfan, the first over of the match...guess who's celebrating!...lol..
neway i seriously hope v win today...cos everytime india wins a match, i end up doin well in my exams...not that i'm superstitious...but all that sure helps!!
i've been waiting forever to watch the ind-pak match..
n jus wen i started writing this...they actually started playing...n v won the toss...so half the work is done i guess...
neway sachin isnt playin...the entire series most prbbly...guess who's celebrating!!!;)
n as usual v lost at the olympics..
3-4 to aus in hockey...4th place in tennis...man i was totally counting on the hesh-paes magic to work...they couldnt even manage a bronze!!
i jus hope v win the match today...otherwise everythin's gonna totally blow!
neway all i've been doin is studyin...actually that is sooo not true...
i've been onl doin nothing much...chattin n lookin for sumthing to say at my seminar on monday which i'm totally unprepared for..
i was on the ph...i'm a totalll cellphone junkie!
all i've done the entire day: eating n sleeping n jus thinkin abt wat i'm gonna do with my life..
i wrote down this over-optimistic plan which i intend to follow with unbelievable determination..neway lets c how that works out..
wat's totally unfair is that i'm older than irfan pathan n he's the openin bowler for the ind team n i'm sitting in front of my comp cribbing abt it...lol...
neway it looks like another indian debacle...cos they actually hit a 6 off irfan, the first over of the match...guess who's celebrating!...lol..
neway i seriously hope v win today...cos everytime india wins a match, i end up doin well in my exams...not that i'm superstitious...but all that sure helps!!
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