Dil Chahta Hai, Dil Chahta Hai
Dil Chahta Hai, Kabhi Na Beete Chamkeele Din
Dil Chahta Hai, Hum Na Rahein Kabhi Yaaron Ke Bin
Din Din Bhar Ho Pyaari Baatein
Jhoome Shaame, Gaaye Raatein
Masti Mein Rahe Dooba Dooba Hameshaa Samaa
Humko Raahon Mein Yoonhi Milti Rahein Khushiyaan
Dil Chahta Hai, Kabhi Na Beete Chamkile Din,
Dil Chahta Hai, Hum Na Rahe Kabhi Yaaron Ke Bin
--- this is what i felt during this past week. met anu and tiwari along after a long long time. though both of them pulled me up like anything but it was worth a get together..... luking forward to such get togethers in the future.
and yeah thanx also to Madhu n Suman for such gr8 parties n lovely food and company :)
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
kuch is tarah
Looking myself into the mirror of my mind after a tense day:
Mujhko ko to tere chehare pe ye ghum nahi jhachta
Jaayaz nahi lagta mujhe ghum se tera rishta
Sun meri guzarish ise chehare se hata de -
(kuchh is tarah teri palkein meri palkon se mila de
Aansu tere saare meri palakon pe saja de)
:(
Mujhko ko to tere chehare pe ye ghum nahi jhachta
Jaayaz nahi lagta mujhe ghum se tera rishta
Sun meri guzarish ise chehare se hata de -
(kuchh is tarah teri palkein meri palkon se mila de
Aansu tere saare meri palakon pe saja de)
:(
Friday, December 12, 2008
Yellow Rose
11-Dec-08/2:29p.m EST
Our clientele have just come back from session named 'Fish', for those who'd have inductions done properly must know.
Anyways coming back to the point, I am just reading a few blogs of my frnds when suddenly i hear this voice from head of IT here Gordon 'Your smile says it all'
and i look to see that he's carrying a couple of yellow rose's and gng to a lady's desk. Then suddenly i realized that there is a rose on every lady's desk in the wing.
Well come to know this guy own's a farm and he's back from home after the thanksgiving holidays and everytime he goes back he comes with a bunch of yellow roses from there for all the womenfolk around.
Nice gesture especially in such troubled times.
Our clientele have just come back from session named 'Fish', for those who'd have inductions done properly must know.
Anyways coming back to the point, I am just reading a few blogs of my frnds when suddenly i hear this voice from head of IT here Gordon 'Your smile says it all'
and i look to see that he's carrying a couple of yellow rose's and gng to a lady's desk. Then suddenly i realized that there is a rose on every lady's desk in the wing.
Well come to know this guy own's a farm and he's back from home after the thanksgiving holidays and everytime he goes back he comes with a bunch of yellow roses from there for all the womenfolk around.
Nice gesture especially in such troubled times.
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Mumbai Massacre
Being what has happened over the past week I had to write something about the carnage that went the past week in Mumbai.
Watching the heritage Taj Hotel in flames and engulfed in smoke it was sort of seeing our landmark the Taj Mahal instead of the hotel and not to stop at that may be the whole country :(( Just because of certain extremist groups that have mushroomed around the world and fighting for a so called cause of their own. How can one undermine the human life at its cost.
In retrospect who is to be blamed, whose fault was it, why did it happen or would sacrificing the lives of some innocent people befitting a cause for something...?? These and more and mere speculations and questions no one will answer.
But deep down if these scumbags ask themselves was it necessary, was it righteous? I am sure they would agree with most of us, NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Shame on you who so ever behind this - terrorists, orgzn, politicians, republic of a nation or who ever......
They might say that Bombay will move on but for those who lost someone among this there life is still a burning taj up in smoke....
Gob Bless their souls.....
Watching the heritage Taj Hotel in flames and engulfed in smoke it was sort of seeing our landmark the Taj Mahal instead of the hotel and not to stop at that may be the whole country :(( Just because of certain extremist groups that have mushroomed around the world and fighting for a so called cause of their own. How can one undermine the human life at its cost.
In retrospect who is to be blamed, whose fault was it, why did it happen or would sacrificing the lives of some innocent people befitting a cause for something...?? These and more and mere speculations and questions no one will answer.
But deep down if these scumbags ask themselves was it necessary, was it righteous? I am sure they would agree with most of us, NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Shame on you who so ever behind this - terrorists, orgzn, politicians, republic of a nation or who ever......
They might say that Bombay will move on but for those who lost someone among this there life is still a burning taj up in smoke....
Gob Bless their souls.....
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Rain Drops Keep Falling on My Head
so there we were sitting in California Kitchen Pizza along with my team here at Stamford and both Offshore and Onsite delivery managers asking questions from us regarding how to get this project from client for Managed services or rather asking how to save the projects from going into the hands of another vendor.
Well dinner was good a 'Veg Pizza' and a pepsi along. After finishing the dinner as we stepped out something was in the air...it was just today that I felt so much cold while coming to the office that i wished to go back home halfway onwards. When we leaving the office for dinner I checked the local temperature and it was -2 degrees but due to wind chill it felt like -7. Seeing this i asked my colleague why it doesnt snows here to which he said below 0 doesnt means that it should snow so i agreed feeling his experience of stay at onsite.
Add to that anu had sent a couple of snaps of snow covered roads and cars outside her house which made me even more intuitive about the snowfall.
But God had some other plans and he showered us with his small pieces of love in the form of snow. Again the cold was unbearable on the way back home but it was something to be cherished.
It was very less as compared to what we have seen in pictures or on tv.
Yes I had witnessed the first snow of the season here in stamford :)
Well dinner was good a 'Veg Pizza' and a pepsi along. After finishing the dinner as we stepped out something was in the air...it was just today that I felt so much cold while coming to the office that i wished to go back home halfway onwards. When we leaving the office for dinner I checked the local temperature and it was -2 degrees but due to wind chill it felt like -7. Seeing this i asked my colleague why it doesnt snows here to which he said below 0 doesnt means that it should snow so i agreed feeling his experience of stay at onsite.
Add to that anu had sent a couple of snaps of snow covered roads and cars outside her house which made me even more intuitive about the snowfall.
But God had some other plans and he showered us with his small pieces of love in the form of snow. Again the cold was unbearable on the way back home but it was something to be cherished.
It was very less as compared to what we have seen in pictures or on tv.
Yes I had witnessed the first snow of the season here in stamford :)
Saturday, November 8, 2008
On the way...
hmmm so am finally on my way to NJ all alone for the first time...
somehow got away from the office where it was like there was no end...
i dont know why people say that an onsite everyone leaves at arnd 4 or so.
its gng to be three months and there has not been a single day that i have been able to go
at 5:30 leave aside the 4 o'clock notion...and on top of that the great colleague that we have
got adds salt to the wounds and if that wasnt enough the great Indian lead is too much to
ask for who again rubs salt into the wounds...
anyways somehow left the office in time to catch the 7:30 train to NY
and boy where and all it didnt stop and no one was getting in our going out from the train at all
anyways still the 1 hour passed in the train watching old snaps of friends and near one.. ;)
when u get out of the Grand Central every time it feels the same and the same feeling of
landing onto the US shores...itz amazing how come there is such a city which just doesnt stops
it keeps on running like it is on fuel..it doesnt matter wat happens anywhere the city is
like that only...it never sleeps and never it will
in my rush to reach the penn station where i would need to catch the next train to Dover
i couldnt find a single cab. my difference was very less to reach there and catch the next train
at 8:47 but had i got a cab it sure would have been possible am thinking now...
on the way i forgot where to go and whom to ask for penn station...so who better to ask
than the cops...it is quite close to the times square or rather times square comes in
the way to the penn station sitting nicely below the Madison Square Garden...
also while going for 34th street and 7th avenue you cross the NY Broadway which cuts across
the NY like a knife witout stopping and in a diagonal manner, sounds and looks unique in
the city which is based like a Grid...
so i boarded the train at 9:40 scheduled to reach dover at arnd 11:04...which is ok i guess
anyways things are ok and not that bad as it seems
there is this beautiful lady sitting in fron of me who has the luggage along with her...
she has got a cell phone from verizon and if that wasn't not enuff she has also got with
her a blackberry with her using which she would be surfing the net...
i ask aint it too much what all people have on their disposal here...
hard to find a poor person here compared to the numerous ones we have back home...
really and truly it has dawned on me that this is a real prosperous country
they are never short of anything and it amazes me a lot
if you see there is no dust or anything,i ask how and why...?
but some of these questions will always be unanswered like the girl sitting in front of
thats why i wonder what she is doing with her blackberry.....
somehow got away from the office where it was like there was no end...
i dont know why people say that an onsite everyone leaves at arnd 4 or so.
its gng to be three months and there has not been a single day that i have been able to go
at 5:30 leave aside the 4 o'clock notion...and on top of that the great colleague that we have
got adds salt to the wounds and if that wasnt enough the great Indian lead is too much to
ask for who again rubs salt into the wounds...
anyways somehow left the office in time to catch the 7:30 train to NY
and boy where and all it didnt stop and no one was getting in our going out from the train at all
anyways still the 1 hour passed in the train watching old snaps of friends and near one.. ;)
when u get out of the Grand Central every time it feels the same and the same feeling of
landing onto the US shores...itz amazing how come there is such a city which just doesnt stops
it keeps on running like it is on fuel..it doesnt matter wat happens anywhere the city is
like that only...it never sleeps and never it will
in my rush to reach the penn station where i would need to catch the next train to Dover
i couldnt find a single cab. my difference was very less to reach there and catch the next train
at 8:47 but had i got a cab it sure would have been possible am thinking now...
on the way i forgot where to go and whom to ask for penn station...so who better to ask
than the cops...it is quite close to the times square or rather times square comes in
the way to the penn station sitting nicely below the Madison Square Garden...
also while going for 34th street and 7th avenue you cross the NY Broadway which cuts across
the NY like a knife witout stopping and in a diagonal manner, sounds and looks unique in
the city which is based like a Grid...
so i boarded the train at 9:40 scheduled to reach dover at arnd 11:04...which is ok i guess
anyways things are ok and not that bad as it seems
there is this beautiful lady sitting in fron of me who has the luggage along with her...
she has got a cell phone from verizon and if that wasn't not enuff she has also got with
her a blackberry with her using which she would be surfing the net...
i ask aint it too much what all people have on their disposal here...
hard to find a poor person here compared to the numerous ones we have back home...
really and truly it has dawned on me that this is a real prosperous country
they are never short of anything and it amazes me a lot
if you see there is no dust or anything,i ask how and why...?
but some of these questions will always be unanswered like the girl sitting in front of
thats why i wonder what she is doing with her blackberry.....
Saturday, September 6, 2008
That's Keith for You
Wait dude
itz gonna come soon...!
Ok so starting from where we left off...
Scene 1: Typical day in office, there is an issue and the other team whose inputs are dependent on our system are raising helter skelter as to whats the reason why it is not done. The problem is there seems to be a job which seems to have finished everything distributed among 14 different jvm nodes finished for all but one node. Me being on support couldn't able to dwell much as i have done everything possible in my capacity currently. Sent SOS to a consultant who knows more abt the things than me. He and me sitting in front of the PC analysing everything and wat not...even the i/p of my colleague doesnt help. In comes Keith the manager from the client side and I show him the log file which contains some special character @ filling the log file in b/w. He types cd /STDERROUT then ls -ltr and opens one log file and it shows the disk space is full ;)....
Scene2: Once again an issue in which one of the data processing job seems to have stuck at second last stage, i open the log file and since it is a production issue the other ppl are asking for resolution for it on the prod chat channel. I am again trying my best to resolve it...I can see that there is some lock exists msg in the log. The next thing i see is keith asking for some table in the prod channel. I ignore it and go to the piece of code which throws the message and ultimately comes to the same table for which their is a lock on hold by a previous job and holding the current process. Keith comes to my seat and says a quick lesson, he tells me to open Toad and asks me to see this this this and that to figure out the db lock...
It is not the thing that he knows more than me or anyone but the way to approach things...
itz gonna come soon...!
Ok so starting from where we left off...
Scene 1: Typical day in office, there is an issue and the other team whose inputs are dependent on our system are raising helter skelter as to whats the reason why it is not done. The problem is there seems to be a job which seems to have finished everything distributed among 14 different jvm nodes finished for all but one node. Me being on support couldn't able to dwell much as i have done everything possible in my capacity currently. Sent SOS to a consultant who knows more abt the things than me. He and me sitting in front of the PC analysing everything and wat not...even the i/p of my colleague doesnt help. In comes Keith the manager from the client side and I show him the log file which contains some special character @ filling the log file in b/w. He types cd /STDERROUT then ls -ltr and opens one log file and it shows the disk space is full ;)....
Scene2: Once again an issue in which one of the data processing job seems to have stuck at second last stage, i open the log file and since it is a production issue the other ppl are asking for resolution for it on the prod chat channel. I am again trying my best to resolve it...I can see that there is some lock exists msg in the log. The next thing i see is keith asking for some table in the prod channel. I ignore it and go to the piece of code which throws the message and ultimately comes to the same table for which their is a lock on hold by a previous job and holding the current process. Keith comes to my seat and says a quick lesson, he tells me to open Toad and asks me to see this this this and that to figure out the db lock...
It is not the thing that he knows more than me or anyone but the way to approach things...
Thursday, September 4, 2008
kuch bhi...
sitting here in the office looking out of the window
i could see the beautiful sea
i am long way away from home but have not lost touch
i may not see my family and friends but can never forget the moments and time spent together
some times i sit alone on a bench in the park near my house and takes myself down to the memory lane.....
yes the inevitable always happens and thats a proof of me being here...
i dont knw what the future has installed but i have not yet lost dreaming still
i could see the beautiful sea
i am long way away from home but have not lost touch
i may not see my family and friends but can never forget the moments and time spent together
some times i sit alone on a bench in the park near my house and takes myself down to the memory lane.....
yes the inevitable always happens and thats a proof of me being here...
i dont knw what the future has installed but i have not yet lost dreaming still
Monday, July 21, 2008
sad but true
I don’t know why I always try to run away from things
No matter what I do or where I go I always end up facing situations that are uncalled for but inevitable.
I try and prepare myself for them but you can never be prepared for what you always fears
Its kind of subjugation you try to impersonate that makes you or someone feel better but ultimately you know what it is.
Tough but true
No matter what I do or where I go I always end up facing situations that are uncalled for but inevitable.
I try and prepare myself for them but you can never be prepared for what you always fears
Its kind of subjugation you try to impersonate that makes you or someone feel better but ultimately you know what it is.
Tough but true
Friday, July 18, 2008
Life in the Fast Lane
zoom....yupp it went past my right side, no one to stop, no one to come in front..
suddenly there was whissing sound and it went past from the opposite direction,the noise from the 600cc balckird is like music to my ears and on top of it the thunderbolt of harley makes for a great walk towards the office. Yes I am well and truly in the land of dreams as they call it United States. To be truthful the anticipation of what to expect,how its going to be doesnt last long to our surprise as after sometime we start getting to know things more and feel a part of the place.First couple of weeks wer a bit of struggle but as and when time passed things have changed and am more comfortable now.
subtle things that we are so used to back home are a non-existent entity like to start with everyone greeting so nicely that it makes one feel good. Then seeing all the cars running down the road is another thing which is so very differnt from what we have seen,on top of that the yielding of way by the cars like we are doing a favor to them by walking past them is something unseen. And yes one more strking feature is so less use of horns on the road is so very nice by just comparing it from what we hear. Of all the sounds that i've heard in this stay so far is the sound of the police in case of fire alarms and ambulance. Life is actually governed by certain priniciples here not for ppl who are local but for ppl like us that we have to follow it, questions like plz tel us your social, do u have a state id?,are u having a visa and such things like this would make one have to follow it.
Initially the feeling of loneliness, homesickeness and missing friends and family was surely there with and stil is to some extent but coming to terms and reality is the best thing. Everyday i see a lot of people here who have left their homes and near and dear ones and come so far so many years ago makes me think why? and how they are living? still i find them happy and smiling..all this makes somehow connected to them and feel better.
When i roam around now i think more and better i was i feel. a sense of pre-occupation of thoughts and views are no longer there. Talking with loved ones surely eases the tensions and stress of daily life and adds to the morale of future. Thinking that living outside of home for 5 and a half years would be a good enuff but living here is the real test of one's character. Hope i would succeed and would be able to fulfil the purpose for which i am here....
dedicated to my family and friends who have helped till now in life....
suddenly there was whissing sound and it went past from the opposite direction,the noise from the 600cc balckird is like music to my ears and on top of it the thunderbolt of harley makes for a great walk towards the office. Yes I am well and truly in the land of dreams as they call it United States. To be truthful the anticipation of what to expect,how its going to be doesnt last long to our surprise as after sometime we start getting to know things more and feel a part of the place.First couple of weeks wer a bit of struggle but as and when time passed things have changed and am more comfortable now.
subtle things that we are so used to back home are a non-existent entity like to start with everyone greeting so nicely that it makes one feel good. Then seeing all the cars running down the road is another thing which is so very differnt from what we have seen,on top of that the yielding of way by the cars like we are doing a favor to them by walking past them is something unseen. And yes one more strking feature is so less use of horns on the road is so very nice by just comparing it from what we hear. Of all the sounds that i've heard in this stay so far is the sound of the police in case of fire alarms and ambulance. Life is actually governed by certain priniciples here not for ppl who are local but for ppl like us that we have to follow it, questions like plz tel us your social, do u have a state id?,are u having a visa and such things like this would make one have to follow it.
Initially the feeling of loneliness, homesickeness and missing friends and family was surely there with and stil is to some extent but coming to terms and reality is the best thing. Everyday i see a lot of people here who have left their homes and near and dear ones and come so far so many years ago makes me think why? and how they are living? still i find them happy and smiling..all this makes somehow connected to them and feel better.
When i roam around now i think more and better i was i feel. a sense of pre-occupation of thoughts and views are no longer there. Talking with loved ones surely eases the tensions and stress of daily life and adds to the morale of future. Thinking that living outside of home for 5 and a half years would be a good enuff but living here is the real test of one's character. Hope i would succeed and would be able to fulfil the purpose for which i am here....
dedicated to my family and friends who have helped till now in life....
Friday, May 23, 2008
Tagged
1. Last movie you saw in a theater?
u me aur hum
2. What book are you reading?
headfirst ejb by Kathy sierra
3. Favorite board game?
scrabble
4. Favorite magazine?
outlook
5. Favorite smells?
Hugo Boss
6. Favorite sounds?
strings of a guitar
7. Worst feeling in the world?
feeling of vindication
8. What is the first thing you think of when you wake up?
of someone!
9. Favorite fast food place?
McDonalds.
10. Future child’s name?
chunnu-munnu
11. Finish this statement. “If I had lot of money I’d….?
buy a Ferrari and donate a lot
12. Do you sleep with a stuffed animal?
naaaa
13. Storms - cool or scary?
mind BLOWING……………
14. Favorite drink?
café frappe
15. Finish this statement, “If I had the time I would….”?
I would do like to spend it ;).
16. Do you eat the stems on broccoli?
both sometimes and not also
17. If you could dye your hair any color, what would be your choice?
black
18. Name all the different cities/towns you’ve lived in?
delhi, vellore, bangalore
19. Favorite sports to watch?
Cricket.
20. One nice thing about the person who sent this to you?
actually two persons sent it to me so it would be unfair to comment on one ;)
21. What’s under your bed?
Bag, sandal, bike cover Yes seriously ;)
22. Would you like to be born as yourself again?
No
23. Morning person, or night owl?
Night bugger
24. Over easy, or sunny side up?
over easy
25. Favorite place to relax?
moms lap
26. Favorite pie?
I don’t like any
27. Favorite ice cream flavor?
kesar-pista
28. Of all the people you tagged this to, who’s most likely to respond first?
jo jeeta wohi sikander...
u me aur hum
2. What book are you reading?
headfirst ejb by Kathy sierra
3. Favorite board game?
scrabble
4. Favorite magazine?
outlook
5. Favorite smells?
Hugo Boss
6. Favorite sounds?
strings of a guitar
7. Worst feeling in the world?
feeling of vindication
8. What is the first thing you think of when you wake up?
of someone!
9. Favorite fast food place?
McDonalds.
10. Future child’s name?
chunnu-munnu
11. Finish this statement. “If I had lot of money I’d….?
buy a Ferrari and donate a lot
12. Do you sleep with a stuffed animal?
naaaa
13. Storms - cool or scary?
mind BLOWING……………
14. Favorite drink?
café frappe
15. Finish this statement, “If I had the time I would….”?
I would do like to spend it ;).
16. Do you eat the stems on broccoli?
both sometimes and not also
17. If you could dye your hair any color, what would be your choice?
black
18. Name all the different cities/towns you’ve lived in?
delhi, vellore, bangalore
19. Favorite sports to watch?
Cricket.
20. One nice thing about the person who sent this to you?
actually two persons sent it to me so it would be unfair to comment on one ;)
21. What’s under your bed?
Bag, sandal, bike cover Yes seriously ;)
22. Would you like to be born as yourself again?
No
23. Morning person, or night owl?
Night bugger
24. Over easy, or sunny side up?
over easy
25. Favorite place to relax?
moms lap
26. Favorite pie?
I don’t like any
27. Favorite ice cream flavor?
kesar-pista
28. Of all the people you tagged this to, who’s most likely to respond first?
jo jeeta wohi sikander...
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
The Constant Gardener
John le Carré writes in the book's afterword, "By comparison with the reality, my story [is] as tame as a holiday postcard."
PS: This post is dedicated to Jose for his never ending passion of Reading ;)
PS: This post is dedicated to Jose for his never ending passion of Reading ;)
Friday, March 7, 2008
The Week That Was
Well things seem to have settled now that the Indian Team is back from the ardous tour of Australia. There is an old saying that we keep on hearing from players, coaches and Captains in particular and that is there is more to learn from defeat than win. While I would say we learnt a lot of things when we won the latest and the last edition of CB series. Whilst it would not be wrong to say that the instigating point was the Sydney test (Please don't consider the symonds-bhajji incident) in particular with all those appeals going in favor of the host side. That changed the whole perspective of the team from what i believe and i guest most of the cricket watching public would say.
Now lets get back to the last week, some of the interesting things that i noticed in the past week apart from the amazing success was some of the statements and fact that most of the were made out of sheer frustration(due to lack of success abroad by India) and to gather limelight. So here they were:
1. India shone brightest when it mattered the most: Well my pick to that would be ok i agree to some extent on that but on what basis can someone conclude that- just let me tell all those who said that. we made 194 in 1st match in brisbane, fair our batting struggled but so did aussies also and once they were some 40 odd for 3. Didn't this showed we were fighting. Come next match against the aussies we won after some struggle in the middle stage of the innings but so did australia as they found it hard to score on a slow pitch.
Next was match in Adelaide against the aussies and we got them out for 203 if i am correct, sure we lost by 50 runs but then again the pitch was bad also, i agree our batsman struggled but our bowlers were very good. So how can we say that the team was fairing badly. Next up was sydney and a high score was chased right down to the wire, we were always against the target but my point was that it was much much better than the previous sides who would have caved in meekly and might have thrown the towel instead of taking it to the opposition. My point is that right thru the tour apart fromt the first match and one off T-20 game we have competed well with them. Some may say that the Aussie team was a bit off color but keep in mind to beat them in their home turf really takes something special. To say again did last year's CB series win by England didn't made people jump and take notice of them, the simple reason their 5-0 drubbing in the Ashes before that.
2. Sachin is a liability: Well to speak that before they should first look at themselves in the mirror and say to them have they achieved even 1/8th of this guy in the game. Have they been able to deliver the same amount of runs in the pressure as he has. Ok still some say that he has not played match winning knocks under pressure, playing big innings in major run chases and blah blah, to all this again my answer would be can they again stand up and look at themselves in the mirror and ask whether they have played such innings. If they would have performed even 1/4th of what he has done then it's fine else my answer would be, JSTHU(Just Shut The Hell UP). He has showed what he is and where he belongs(No. 1 in the world)
3. Sledging: Well my take on that would be please stop this kidding and be a bit mature towards it. Fair enough Symmonds would have heard big monkey through his ears and hayden understand much better but to react in such a way by Harbhajan when instigated by them makes him no saint. If you translate to what he said to them (in Hindi/Punjabi) in English he is as much sinner as they are. Try to say these things to someone in retaliation to a loacl match Bhajji, I dare you would do something like that. So guys lets get on with the game.
Phewww boy that took some writing and effort.
My only request to the team is please celebrate when their is occassion but again try to be consistent. Self-belief is the name of the game apart from ability.
Now lets get back to the last week, some of the interesting things that i noticed in the past week apart from the amazing success was some of the statements and fact that most of the were made out of sheer frustration(due to lack of success abroad by India) and to gather limelight. So here they were:
1. India shone brightest when it mattered the most: Well my pick to that would be ok i agree to some extent on that but on what basis can someone conclude that- just let me tell all those who said that. we made 194 in 1st match in brisbane, fair our batting struggled but so did aussies also and once they were some 40 odd for 3. Didn't this showed we were fighting. Come next match against the aussies we won after some struggle in the middle stage of the innings but so did australia as they found it hard to score on a slow pitch.
Next was match in Adelaide against the aussies and we got them out for 203 if i am correct, sure we lost by 50 runs but then again the pitch was bad also, i agree our batsman struggled but our bowlers were very good. So how can we say that the team was fairing badly. Next up was sydney and a high score was chased right down to the wire, we were always against the target but my point was that it was much much better than the previous sides who would have caved in meekly and might have thrown the towel instead of taking it to the opposition. My point is that right thru the tour apart fromt the first match and one off T-20 game we have competed well with them. Some may say that the Aussie team was a bit off color but keep in mind to beat them in their home turf really takes something special. To say again did last year's CB series win by England didn't made people jump and take notice of them, the simple reason their 5-0 drubbing in the Ashes before that.
2. Sachin is a liability: Well to speak that before they should first look at themselves in the mirror and say to them have they achieved even 1/8th of this guy in the game. Have they been able to deliver the same amount of runs in the pressure as he has. Ok still some say that he has not played match winning knocks under pressure, playing big innings in major run chases and blah blah, to all this again my answer would be can they again stand up and look at themselves in the mirror and ask whether they have played such innings. If they would have performed even 1/4th of what he has done then it's fine else my answer would be, JSTHU(Just Shut The Hell UP). He has showed what he is and where he belongs(No. 1 in the world)
3. Sledging: Well my take on that would be please stop this kidding and be a bit mature towards it. Fair enough Symmonds would have heard big monkey through his ears and hayden understand much better but to react in such a way by Harbhajan when instigated by them makes him no saint. If you translate to what he said to them (in Hindi/Punjabi) in English he is as much sinner as they are. Try to say these things to someone in retaliation to a loacl match Bhajji, I dare you would do something like that. So guys lets get on with the game.
Phewww boy that took some writing and effort.
My only request to the team is please celebrate when their is occassion but again try to be consistent. Self-belief is the name of the game apart from ability.
Friday, February 29, 2008
Forgiveness
This is dedicated to couple of my friends who fought over because of my stupiditiy.
It felt bad, the feeling of guilt didn't help me either to swallow my dinner, so better aviod it.
I tried to put things back in place, but it didn't help much. I guess time would patch up things as always...
It is one's duty to keep their problems to oneself and take it on the chin rather than making a sad face.
Hopefully i would learn from my mistakes...
Sorry friends for the mess created by me. I hope all is forgiven and forgotten.....
Tomorrow we start a Fresh day with a fresh view ;)
It felt bad, the feeling of guilt didn't help me either to swallow my dinner, so better aviod it.
I tried to put things back in place, but it didn't help much. I guess time would patch up things as always...
It is one's duty to keep their problems to oneself and take it on the chin rather than making a sad face.
Hopefully i would learn from my mistakes...
Sorry friends for the mess created by me. I hope all is forgiven and forgotten.....
Tomorrow we start a Fresh day with a fresh view ;)
I Knew this would happen
I knew since the moment i called her, it was bound to happen.
It was something i was looking forward to and she was more eager than me to hear.
But as things doesn't always turn out the way you want it to be so it was more than a disappointment.
Yes it is true mom i didn't get what i was looking for and they've made it even tougher for me to achieve that. I knew exaclty she could read my mind as i was talking.
Then suddenly my voice started to fade away and the silence gave way to cries from my mouth.
I knew this would happen if i would speak with her.
Thanks for sticking by me Mom ;)
Oops, there goes another one down my cheek :(
It was something i was looking forward to and she was more eager than me to hear.
But as things doesn't always turn out the way you want it to be so it was more than a disappointment.
Yes it is true mom i didn't get what i was looking for and they've made it even tougher for me to achieve that. I knew exaclty she could read my mind as i was talking.
Then suddenly my voice started to fade away and the silence gave way to cries from my mouth.
I knew this would happen if i would speak with her.
Thanks for sticking by me Mom ;)
Oops, there goes another one down my cheek :(
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Those Good Old Saturdays
How fondly i remember those days, to be exact those saturdays that were there. With all the rush and hoopla to reach in time before the classes start. Oh boy that was something as all seven of us 4 below and 3 above( i mean to say 4 guys downstairs and 3 upstairs) all have to reach before the classes start. Mind you these were not any ordinary classes but special classes as they used to happens once in a week and that day was saturday.
Scene1: I would start with the start of the season. myself, bhatia + jose supplied 3 from above. among us or amongst 7 of us Jose was and still leads the race of getting up well before time and sleeping well before time. So before our sun could rise we would c jose all ready and set and reading paper or cutting his nails or chatting over the phone. Next in line was me, i would get up not really early. Keep a bucket for getting warm which would be shared in two halve between me and bhatia. Till the time bucket gets to melt bhatia saab would get up and me him would ultimately be ready very nearly at the same time. As the clock would strike 7:30 jose wold bid good-bye from upstairs and leave for ground-floor and says will be waiting down for us. But guess we never found him waiting for anyone, just like time ;).
Scene2: Now as me and bhatia would be running at arnd 7:45 to catch the last bus we would take a peep into our downstairs flat-mates. Now there was an interesting picture there. Well there was no sun-rise or rush there, everyone would seem to get up in lethargy and can compete for the laziest bum of all. The typical picture would be we could see tiwari just got up and splashing his face and hair with water...and dnt knw whether brush teeth was on the menu or not. Mr. Vijh was always shaving as if he has a major meeting to attend to with all the tycoons of the corporate world attending that meeting. Tarun well dnt ask me, but he would make sure he reaches on time well before the next period at 11 starts ;) joneka would just get up in time and occupy the bath-room in time to finish all his chores before others but u cud c him running all the way to bus stop.
Well i guess jose would say to these fellows c u at bus stop i would wait there for u...
Scene 3: Bus-stop surprsingly we almost 80% of the time got well before the last bus and sometimes not also. By the time myself and bhatia would reach there jose would have already left... so we r in a situation where we dont know whether the last bus has left or still to come. In this time of pondrering over we would get support from sandy and noops that we r not the only culprit of coming late some more ppl r there also to follow. Then we wud enquire from ppl who wud wait at udupi garden stopping has the bus left or not. Mostly we get a +ve response so we tell our guys back home that its safe and they can come. Then one by one they arrive sometimes not also. Not to mention sometimes the bus never used to stop and the driver would ignore us as if we are trying to travel without any ticket! But we make it to the classes almost or before the 2nd class at least.
Now the classes were also fun but then that is another story in itself. So that is for the next time.
Scene1: I would start with the start of the season. myself, bhatia + jose supplied 3 from above. among us or amongst 7 of us Jose was and still leads the race of getting up well before time and sleeping well before time. So before our sun could rise we would c jose all ready and set and reading paper or cutting his nails or chatting over the phone. Next in line was me, i would get up not really early. Keep a bucket for getting warm which would be shared in two halve between me and bhatia. Till the time bucket gets to melt bhatia saab would get up and me him would ultimately be ready very nearly at the same time. As the clock would strike 7:30 jose wold bid good-bye from upstairs and leave for ground-floor and says will be waiting down for us. But guess we never found him waiting for anyone, just like time ;).
Scene2: Now as me and bhatia would be running at arnd 7:45 to catch the last bus we would take a peep into our downstairs flat-mates. Now there was an interesting picture there. Well there was no sun-rise or rush there, everyone would seem to get up in lethargy and can compete for the laziest bum of all. The typical picture would be we could see tiwari just got up and splashing his face and hair with water...and dnt knw whether brush teeth was on the menu or not. Mr. Vijh was always shaving as if he has a major meeting to attend to with all the tycoons of the corporate world attending that meeting. Tarun well dnt ask me, but he would make sure he reaches on time well before the next period at 11 starts ;) joneka would just get up in time and occupy the bath-room in time to finish all his chores before others but u cud c him running all the way to bus stop.
Well i guess jose would say to these fellows c u at bus stop i would wait there for u...
Scene 3: Bus-stop surprsingly we almost 80% of the time got well before the last bus and sometimes not also. By the time myself and bhatia would reach there jose would have already left... so we r in a situation where we dont know whether the last bus has left or still to come. In this time of pondrering over we would get support from sandy and noops that we r not the only culprit of coming late some more ppl r there also to follow. Then we wud enquire from ppl who wud wait at udupi garden stopping has the bus left or not. Mostly we get a +ve response so we tell our guys back home that its safe and they can come. Then one by one they arrive sometimes not also. Not to mention sometimes the bus never used to stop and the driver would ignore us as if we are trying to travel without any ticket! But we make it to the classes almost or before the 2nd class at least.
Now the classes were also fun but then that is another story in itself. So that is for the next time.
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Vulnerability at its best
just how many lows can be enough is the question in the point?
when do you know that you have just hit the lowest ebb...?
when u know that it just keeps coming up in different faces day after day
a day full of surprises, full of bad surprises...
how should one react to all the things that are gng wrog with you and then when u finally think no it'll stop, zoom comes another one ur way.....
to know that someone's very low on confidence and motivation, would some one dare to throw a stone at that person. And if it hurts it hurts even more..
when do you know that you have just hit the lowest ebb...?
when u know that it just keeps coming up in different faces day after day
a day full of surprises, full of bad surprises...
how should one react to all the things that are gng wrog with you and then when u finally think no it'll stop, zoom comes another one ur way.....
to know that someone's very low on confidence and motivation, would some one dare to throw a stone at that person. And if it hurts it hurts even more..
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