I feel sad for Ganguly today

What has happened with Ganguly today is totally unacceptable. Though I dont like his fielding, his batting and team leading skills were never in question. He has been a great influence on the team and has groomed many young talents by showing his faith in them and their talents.

For a leader who has done so well for the country on numerous occasions, this is no way to throw him out of the team. Members of the board should have had the courtesy to talk to Ganguly and let him know of what they thought about his and their plans.

On a day when the rest of the team is celebrating its success over Sri Lanka, one of the key contributors in the match would be trying to find out what went wrong.

I wish he makes a comeback and show BCCI that he still has it in him to carry on for some more time and bow out gracefully.

Jai bolo MS ki... :-))

Have you tried this out?

This is quiet interesting....
(only for guys using Windows OS)

1) Create a folder on the desktop and name it as "Notepad"
2) Open a webpage (any) in IE and see its view source.

What do you see Clarie..what do you see???

(Isn't it the Silence of the Lambs?... he he he...)

It's Just AMAZING !!!

Master of your time…

I like this phrase. Picked it up from “English, August” a comical novel by Upamanyu Chatterjee. I didn’t understand it in the first go, but then later I was impressed by the choice of the words. Now I want to the “Master of my time” but God knows when that time would come :-))))

I am waiting...

Crib, crib n crib!!

That’s what we know – how to crib. No matter where you are , what you do, and how it is – we crib! That’s our nature isn’t it?

Just a couple of day’s back I was frustrated because the train was late by 10 mins and I was late to office by about the same amount of time. Now compare this with the traffic jams in India. Waiting for hours at length to reach office. Not that we didn’t crib then, but the point is that 10-20 mins would have hardly made a difference then and I would have been more than happy reaching office without getting delayed for hours! And now that I have gotten used to the trains being on time, I crib when they are late even by a min!! What a change in way of life :-)

One more instance… While in hostel, we used to crib about the hostel premises, the food and the professors. Things have changed over time. I earn now, have rented a house that I had selected, prepare food myself and still crib for all the above. Ridiculous, isn’t it???

The list goes on and on and on… I cant stop laughing right now… I will just list down a few things for which many of us crib –

1. A better mobile phone instrument
2. A better looking girlfriendJ
3. Better place to live and better people to live with
4. Better food… no matter how good the food is…
5. Meeting and spending time with friends more often
6. Talk to our best buddy (ies)
7. Better job and even better pay :-)

Well that’s enough for now… I wont crib for more …hehehe

I love fireworks :-)

Sometimes the kid in me takes over and I start behaving the way I used to do in childhood :-) naughty, childish and irritating at times as well. For example, when I see fireworks...he he he. I get so pumped up when I hear fireworks!! I juuuuuuuuust love it.

Ever since I was a kid, I liked fireworks and the sight of so many colours fascinated me. I have spent a few Diwalis watching others light fireworks. Those were one of the worst Diwalis I ever had. The smell of the chemicals in those fireworks still is fresh in mind.

When diwali was approaching this year, I had my own apprehensions of how it would be celebrated here. Forwarded mails of some how some NRI would narrate to his kids about some cool dude RAM, a sexy babe Sita, some devil hunk Ravan and a good monkey Hanumaan came back to my mind :-) The day itself passed by very slowly as there were no mails that day (it was a holiday in India while we were sweating it out here) and we were in no mood to work. But the evening changed the mood.

London's skyline was lit up with fireworks and I was happy to see so many fireworks on display. Ilford resembled a mini India. I was attired in a traditional Sherwani and went to Mannu bhai's house to celebrate Diwali with his family.

It was a wodnerful occasion and it was so much joy to watch the fireworks!

A first time for everything...

When one of my best friend told me about her wedding, I was overwhelmed with emotions of two kinds -
a. happiness that she was going to settle in life with someone whom she liked very much and
b. sadness that due to the way Indian traditions, customs and beliefs are, I would slowly be fading away as her best friend. Other things will take priority in her life now

Now, I don't know if it has happened with others, but there's always a first time in everyone's life for such things. Now I fear calling her up often because I don't know how her parents/ her fiancee would react. Ohh yes, I would love to be by her side and be part of the occasion, tease her, have fun and witness one of the most important occasions in my friend's life. But I am not sure where I would be at the time of her marriage.

Life plays its pranks with us as we all do with our buddies. It has played this prank with so many others as well, just that we have never experienced it and now when we are experiencing it, it is not something easy to digest.

I remember giving advice to my juniors that we may not meet so often once we go out of college or when I/they get married. It was all so easy then, for they were emotionally attached to me and not the other way round. However, when a person gets so emotionally attached to someone, the thought of someone else taking our place can be highly inflammable to cause agony and pain that can be unbearable.

Now don't laugh at me :-) I have now gotten used to it and have experienced how it hurts and where it hurts. I am trying to find a way out of this and to continue our friendship even after, lets say, my marriage as well!!

What does one do when bored???

Strange question!! I am still thinking on it and have thought of a lot many things to do. But for some of these activities, you need a partner, a friend with whom you can enjoy.

The top on my priority list is traveling. I would love to travel within (or even outside of) UK, but going alone would not be as great as going with a group of close friends. Some of my fond memories of traveling have been while traveling in groups. Trips to places like Ooty, Bylakuppe(near Mysore), Shivanasamudram, Paris, Edinburgh and many others have been etched in memory with some unforgettable moments. Apart from giving you so much joy, it gives you the much needed energy and enthusiasm and the right sort of company will make the trip pleasant.

I had made a few trips from college, but some of them were not as memorable because some people were very restrained and I didnt find the same energy levels or the same frequency matching with other people. It was a pity that those trips though being good were not the best. There was a big gap of communication between guys and girls. That takes away some of the sheen and puts me off.

But to get away from it all, I remember the two Ooty trips made with my school and Infy friends. Both of them were amazing trips and will remain in my memory forever. One of the trips (the one which involved my school friends) will remain in memory because of two never ever forgetting incidents -
1. I developed a crush on one of my classmates (this is the first time I am saying this so openly)
2. The way I embarassed Raghu in front of Divya :-)

I would love to go into those details, but no! They are personal talk and would not be divulged here :-) he he he. So, if you would like to know more about them, then be a good friend of mine and I probably will tell you about it over a drink (I dont drink you see).

And the second trip to Ooty with my Infy friends was another exciting trip. This one was awesome because we had some of the best "PJ maaring" people on board. The laughter didnt stop for a minute. We had lost count of the number of PJs we had cracked and I am sure the driver would have had to undergo surgery for his ear after listening to us. I am sure he would have at least carried some cotton with him from the next trip onwards :-))

But it is not a sunny day always. There are cloudy days and then there are rainy days as well. All I am trying to say is that life is not the same always and you dont get such company all the time to travel. Like now! I am alone, and I dont know what to do in this place for the weekend. I am thinking of going to some place, but I have been so undecisive. On the one hand, I am thinking of going to a movie where as on the other, I am thinking of going to a tourist place.

Whatever it might be, I know it will be an impulsive decision tomorrow. Lets see what I would do to kill my time :-)

By the way Bungee Jumping is not a bad idea at all!!!

Or even sitting at home reading a novel... Or taking a walk across the Thames...Or going to my friends/ cousin's place ...UuurrghHH!!!

See you on Monday!!! I will tell you what I did finally :-)