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Monday, October 20, 2008
Sunday, October 05, 2008
Jolly Rovers - my cricket team here in the Midwest...
Jolly Rovers
Jolly Rovers is the cricket (season) ball team which participates in the Division II of the Midwest Cricket Conference. Jolly Rovers falls under the growing umbrella of CICA and many of the activities of JR go hand in hand with those of CICA. The players of Jolly Rovers (abbreviated as JR) are based out of Bloomington and the team has been participating in the Midwest Cricket Conference since 2003 thus making this the 6th year of participation. Only twice in the past 6 years has JR made it to the playoffs with this year being the 3rd in addition to achieving the same feat last year too, thus making this the 2nd consecutive year of us making the playoffs.
Coincidentally, the playoffs begin this weekend itself and by the time you grab a copy of this, we would have already played our first game in Washington Park, Chicago where all the remainder of the games are held. At the end of round 1 and on the verge of the knockout phase of the playoffs, we are proud to be placed at the 5th spot out of 19 teams participating and 12 of which qualify for the playoffs.
About JR, we have always been a greatly enthusiastic bunch of people very excited about playing cricket at a professional level but this year is the first time we have a very young team with majority of the players playing this league for the first time. A young bunch of bachelors raring to go on the field makes this team even more vibrant off the field.
JR boasts of 20+ players in our squad mostly based in Bloomington, with the exception of yours truly who moved out of Bloomington last year after graduating from ISU. Geographically, we have a very diverse bunch of people from all parts of India and additionally one player each from Australia and the West Indies. This is another striking aspect of our team which we hold as a matter of pride.
JR has had a very busy schedule with our home ground being in Peoria where we played 9 out of the 14 games and other games being in Chicago, St Louis and Champaign etc. Despite so much travel every weekend for 18 weeks thus far, our team has the following record:
Games Played | Won | Lost | Rained Out | Walkovers Received
14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1
Along with being a young and enthusiastic team, one of the other biggest strengths of our team is the emphasis on team work and morale that we hold up very highly in all of our endeavors. From having regular Tues-Thurs practice sessions, occasional slumber parties, end of Round 1 party, car pools (they’re a lot of fun) to actual team work and motivation on the field, I hold every member of our squad in high respect. I am sure my JR teammates feel similarly proud.
One striking feature about this season has been that we have managed to defeat all teams we have lost to in the past despite being an away game for us. This feat has never been achieved in JR history.
About performances till date this year, we have our captain, Ravi Patel, leading the way with 308 runs and 20 wickets in 11 games played putting him the 2nd best all rounder in the league out of possibly 200+ players in the league. He has been leading by example and has been an amazing source of energy, enthusiasm, support. Any and all words fall short in describing what a big part of JR he really is. He is the one man army, self appointed really, in handling most of the off-the-field tasks that a team needs to accomplish to make sure the team is in the right place at the right time be it practice, the actual games or any other activity JR is involved in and trust me he is pretty darn good at it. His interest levels and enthusiasm levels are absolutely unfathomable and speak volumes about his commitment to the team and to the game of cricket in general. Other than him, our records this year boast of 2 players, Dinesh and Vishnu with 3 and 4 50s each in the 200+ runs tally and Saran and myself in the 150+ runs tally. Yours truly also has 2 50s and 11 wickets in 10 games played.
It’s been a long but very exciting season so far and we believe its far from over. Beginning of May, when we only had about 6 faces confirmed to play this year, JR was doubtful to even be able to register for season. But with committed players like the board member of CICA - Dr Chit Reddy and others like Ravi, Dinesh, Vishnu, Prashanth and new faces springing up, we boast of a 20+ member squad ready to play our first playoff’s game this weekend. Everyone is fighting for their spot in the XI and players on the bench are always pushing those in the XI to claim a spot in the upcoming games. The most and I really mean it, the MOST striking feature about JR this year, from my perspective, has been the performance based selection process. A players place in the XI is decided purely upon his performance in games/practice and their value to the team. With JR, it’s always a team effort and many faces contribute towards making it a victory for JR.
JR may not represent the best talent available in the Bloomington-Normal/ Central Illinois community but I can definitely say it is by far the most committed set of people breathing and living in the community. The reason I say so is that almost all the players from the JR squad do also participate in the CICA tournament and assume important roles in their respective teams. It’s a difficult task juggling every weekend between playing for JR on one day and playing for CICA on another, but we at JR feel cricket is our first and foremost priority on the weekends and thus we relish every moment we are involved in it.
As I usually put it, the weekdays are just a means of life and the weekends with cricket are the life that the weekdays lead up to. We look forward to getting through the week the best we can so we can enjoy the weekends the best way we want to.
If you would like to follow JR’s performances in the Midwest Cricket Conference,
Team’s statistics at: http://www.midwestcricket.org/asp/teamstats.asp?teamid=557
Team’s ranking this year at: http://www.midwestcricket.org/asp/pointsTable.asp
(PS: for current year make sure you select Division II 2008)
-- Kedar Gawande.
Finally, I would like to close with this scintillating piece I received from a friend about what the game of cricket really is:
“You live parallel lives, in parallel universes. One is all cricket. The other, everything but.
Once you step on to the crease nothing else matters. You're surrounded by eleven bullies who'd like nothing better than smashing you or the three stumps behind into pieces with a five-point-five ounce missile. Some smile, others glare... but they're all the same. They all want you out of there. You have no idea what pressure can do to you. It's the only place I know where three people standing ten feet away can make you claustrophobic - out in an open field under clear blue skies.
You hear the first ball hit the deck. It whispers to you as it flies past your head. "I'm coming for you" it says. It's the most deafening whisper in the world. Can't let that bother you. Can't let that bother you. Can't. let. that. bother. you.
Another one. As the ball smashes into your ribs, the pain is not what bothers you as much as the fact that you know you've been bettered - for now. Good morning - you're finally awake. The din inside your head grows a shade louder. You're in a rage and scared all at the same time. You can't curse, shout, cry or curl up in a ball on the ground.. for that means admitting defeat. You're not beaten till they know you are. You will grin and bear it and wake up tomorrow to admire the bruise.
He is running in again and you can't think straight yet. In fact, you can't think. You're no longer thinking about how heavy your bat feels or the morning dew. He jumps, you stiffen.
By the time it bounces in front of you your whole body is already halfway through the stroke. Later you will wonder when you got the time to decide what you're about to do. For a fleeting moment your sensory universe is compressed into a blurred red dot shooting towards you. A familiar half-tingle in the hand and a familiar "tock" of leather hitting willow tells you you did ok. That felt good. Maybe you're gonna be all right after all...
How can you not love the game?”
Jolly Rovers is the cricket (season) ball team which participates in the Division II of the Midwest Cricket Conference. Jolly Rovers falls under the growing umbrella of CICA and many of the activities of JR go hand in hand with those of CICA. The players of Jolly Rovers (abbreviated as JR) are based out of Bloomington and the team has been participating in the Midwest Cricket Conference since 2003 thus making this the 6th year of participation. Only twice in the past 6 years has JR made it to the playoffs with this year being the 3rd in addition to achieving the same feat last year too, thus making this the 2nd consecutive year of us making the playoffs.
Coincidentally, the playoffs begin this weekend itself and by the time you grab a copy of this, we would have already played our first game in Washington Park, Chicago where all the remainder of the games are held. At the end of round 1 and on the verge of the knockout phase of the playoffs, we are proud to be placed at the 5th spot out of 19 teams participating and 12 of which qualify for the playoffs.
About JR, we have always been a greatly enthusiastic bunch of people very excited about playing cricket at a professional level but this year is the first time we have a very young team with majority of the players playing this league for the first time. A young bunch of bachelors raring to go on the field makes this team even more vibrant off the field.
JR boasts of 20+ players in our squad mostly based in Bloomington, with the exception of yours truly who moved out of Bloomington last year after graduating from ISU. Geographically, we have a very diverse bunch of people from all parts of India and additionally one player each from Australia and the West Indies. This is another striking aspect of our team which we hold as a matter of pride.
JR has had a very busy schedule with our home ground being in Peoria where we played 9 out of the 14 games and other games being in Chicago, St Louis and Champaign etc. Despite so much travel every weekend for 18 weeks thus far, our team has the following record:
Games Played | Won | Lost | Rained Out | Walkovers Received
14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1
Along with being a young and enthusiastic team, one of the other biggest strengths of our team is the emphasis on team work and morale that we hold up very highly in all of our endeavors. From having regular Tues-Thurs practice sessions, occasional slumber parties, end of Round 1 party, car pools (they’re a lot of fun) to actual team work and motivation on the field, I hold every member of our squad in high respect. I am sure my JR teammates feel similarly proud.
One striking feature about this season has been that we have managed to defeat all teams we have lost to in the past despite being an away game for us. This feat has never been achieved in JR history.
About performances till date this year, we have our captain, Ravi Patel, leading the way with 308 runs and 20 wickets in 11 games played putting him the 2nd best all rounder in the league out of possibly 200+ players in the league. He has been leading by example and has been an amazing source of energy, enthusiasm, support. Any and all words fall short in describing what a big part of JR he really is. He is the one man army, self appointed really, in handling most of the off-the-field tasks that a team needs to accomplish to make sure the team is in the right place at the right time be it practice, the actual games or any other activity JR is involved in and trust me he is pretty darn good at it. His interest levels and enthusiasm levels are absolutely unfathomable and speak volumes about his commitment to the team and to the game of cricket in general. Other than him, our records this year boast of 2 players, Dinesh and Vishnu with 3 and 4 50s each in the 200+ runs tally and Saran and myself in the 150+ runs tally. Yours truly also has 2 50s and 11 wickets in 10 games played.
It’s been a long but very exciting season so far and we believe its far from over. Beginning of May, when we only had about 6 faces confirmed to play this year, JR was doubtful to even be able to register for season. But with committed players like the board member of CICA - Dr Chit Reddy and others like Ravi, Dinesh, Vishnu, Prashanth and new faces springing up, we boast of a 20+ member squad ready to play our first playoff’s game this weekend. Everyone is fighting for their spot in the XI and players on the bench are always pushing those in the XI to claim a spot in the upcoming games. The most and I really mean it, the MOST striking feature about JR this year, from my perspective, has been the performance based selection process. A players place in the XI is decided purely upon his performance in games/practice and their value to the team. With JR, it’s always a team effort and many faces contribute towards making it a victory for JR.
JR may not represent the best talent available in the Bloomington-Normal/ Central Illinois community but I can definitely say it is by far the most committed set of people breathing and living in the community. The reason I say so is that almost all the players from the JR squad do also participate in the CICA tournament and assume important roles in their respective teams. It’s a difficult task juggling every weekend between playing for JR on one day and playing for CICA on another, but we at JR feel cricket is our first and foremost priority on the weekends and thus we relish every moment we are involved in it.
As I usually put it, the weekdays are just a means of life and the weekends with cricket are the life that the weekdays lead up to. We look forward to getting through the week the best we can so we can enjoy the weekends the best way we want to.
If you would like to follow JR’s performances in the Midwest Cricket Conference,
Team’s statistics at: http://www.midwestcricket.org/asp/teamstats.asp?teamid=557
Team’s ranking this year at: http://www.midwestcricket.org/asp/pointsTable.asp
(PS: for current year make sure you select Division II 2008)
-- Kedar Gawande.
Finally, I would like to close with this scintillating piece I received from a friend about what the game of cricket really is:
“You live parallel lives, in parallel universes. One is all cricket. The other, everything but.
Once you step on to the crease nothing else matters. You're surrounded by eleven bullies who'd like nothing better than smashing you or the three stumps behind into pieces with a five-point-five ounce missile. Some smile, others glare... but they're all the same. They all want you out of there. You have no idea what pressure can do to you. It's the only place I know where three people standing ten feet away can make you claustrophobic - out in an open field under clear blue skies.
You hear the first ball hit the deck. It whispers to you as it flies past your head. "I'm coming for you" it says. It's the most deafening whisper in the world. Can't let that bother you. Can't let that bother you. Can't. let. that. bother. you.
Another one. As the ball smashes into your ribs, the pain is not what bothers you as much as the fact that you know you've been bettered - for now. Good morning - you're finally awake. The din inside your head grows a shade louder. You're in a rage and scared all at the same time. You can't curse, shout, cry or curl up in a ball on the ground.. for that means admitting defeat. You're not beaten till they know you are. You will grin and bear it and wake up tomorrow to admire the bruise.
He is running in again and you can't think straight yet. In fact, you can't think. You're no longer thinking about how heavy your bat feels or the morning dew. He jumps, you stiffen.
By the time it bounces in front of you your whole body is already halfway through the stroke. Later you will wonder when you got the time to decide what you're about to do. For a fleeting moment your sensory universe is compressed into a blurred red dot shooting towards you. A familiar half-tingle in the hand and a familiar "tock" of leather hitting willow tells you you did ok. That felt good. Maybe you're gonna be all right after all...
How can you not love the game?”
Monday, September 08, 2008
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Where the Hell is Matt ?
The story of a guy, Matt Harding, who is known as "the guy on internet who dances around the world".
Watch this video and listen to the song "Praan" adapted from the original poem "The Stream of Life" from "Gitanjali" by the great Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore.
The lyrics of the original poem follow the video.
My personal note:
This is my "feel good" pill of the day. I watch this video (whenever possible) first thing in the morning when I wake up. Its all I need to feel good about the world we live in.
Just watching the way everyone around him dances at free will without any choreography or "I-dont-care-whos-watching" attitude makes this such an mood-uplifting beauty of a video.
My favorite parts of the video being:
1. Initial sequence at 0.00 to 0.19 filmed in Mumbai, India my hometown.
2. The best place in the world to be at 2.22 to 2.26
3. The Indian dance sequence from 2.34 to 2.40. Watch how Matt beautifully follows the Indian women in their step.
Heres the video:
Lyrics in the original Bengali language:
Bhulbona ar shohojete
Shei praan e mon uthbe mete
Mrittu majhe dhaka ache
je ontohin praan
Bojre tomar baje bashi
She ki shohoj gaan
Shei shurete jagbo ami
(Repeat 3X)
Shei jhor jeno shoi anonde
Chittobinar taare
Shotto-shundu dosh digonto
Nachao je jhonkare!
Bojre tomar baje bashi
She ki shohoj gaan
Shei shurete jagbo ami
Lyrics of Praan - The Stream of Life
The same stream of life that runs through my veins night and day
runs through the world and dances in rhythmic measures.
It is the same life that shoots in joy through the dust of the earth
in numberless blades of grass
and breaks into tumultuous waves of leaves and flowers.
It is the same life that is rocked in the ocean-cradle of birth
and of death, in ebb and in flow.
I feel my limbs are made glorious by the touch of this world of life.
And my pride is from the life-throb of ages dancing in my blood this moment.
My note:
The lyrics and the video couldnt be more apt fit to each other. What Matt has done (with support from Stride Gum, his sponsors for this feat, and thousands of members of crew and crowd ) is something out of this world ... that is so simple yet leaves such a wonderful message for the people about the people, about this world...
P.S: I wish I got a chance to be part of the dance sometime in the future ...wherever the hell Matt is :-)
Also, everytime I visit a new place now, I'm thinking of pulling-off-a-Matt, i.e dance like him or maybe do something different ......and keep the torch burning...
A note from Matt himself as provided on YouTube :
"14 months in the making, 42 countries, and a cast of thousands. Thanks to everyone who danced with me." - Matt Harding
If you would like to know more about Matt Harding and his dance around the world, go to http://www.wherethehellismatt.com
If you dont feel the need to go to the website, here is an excerpt from the site from the About Matt section
"Matt is a 31-year-old deadbeat from Connecticut who used to think that all he ever wanted to do in life was make and play videogames. Matt achieved this goal pretty early and enjoyed it for a while, but eventually realized there might be other stuff he was missing out on. In February of 2003, he quit his job in Brisbane, Australia and used the money he'd saved to wander around Asia until it ran out. He made this site so he could keep his family and friends updated about where he is.
A few months into his trip, a travel buddy gave Matt an idea. They were standing around taking pictures in Hanoi, and his friend said "Hey, why don't you stand over there and do that dance. I'll record it." He was referring to a particular dance Matt does. It's actually the only dance Matt does. He does it badly. Anyway, this turned out to be a very good idea.
A couple years later, someone found the video online and passed it to someone else, who passed it to someone else, and so on. Now Matt is quasi-famous as "That guy who dances on the internet. No, not that guy. The other one. No, not him either. I'll send you the link. It's funny."
The response to the first video brought Matt to the attention of the nice people at Stride gum. They asked Matt if he'd be interested in taking another trip around the world to make a new video. Matt asked if they'd be paying for it. They said yes. Matt thought this sounded like another very good idea.
In 2006, Matt took a 6 month trip through 39 countries on all 7 continents. In that time, he danced a great deal.
The second video made Matt even more quasi-famous. In fact, for a brief period in July, he was semi-famous.
Things settled down again, and then in 2007 Matt went back to Stride with another idea. He realized his bad dancing wasn't actually all that interesting, and that other people were much better at being bad at it. He showed them his inbox, which, as a result of his semi-famousness, was overflowing with emails from all over the planet. He told them he wanted to travel around the world one more time and invite the people who'd written him to come out and dance too.
The Stride people thought that sounded like yet another very good idea, so they let him do it. And he did. And now it's done. And he hopes you like it.
Matt lives in Seattle, Washington with his girlfriend, Melissa, and dog, Sydney. He hasn't had a real job since Stride called him up. Matt doesn't mind working, but he doesn't much care for having to show up at the same place every day.
Matt is not rich. Matt also doesn't have some magical secret for traveling cheaply. He does it pretty much the same way everybody else does.
Matt thinks Americans need to travel abroad more.
Matt was a very poor student and never went to college. When he got older, he was pleased to discover that no one actually cares. Matt doesn't want to imply that college is bad or anything. He's just saying is all. There's other ways to fill your head. " - From www.wherethehellismatt.com
Watch this video and listen to the song "Praan" adapted from the original poem "The Stream of Life" from "Gitanjali" by the great Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore.
The lyrics of the original poem follow the video.
My personal note:
This is my "feel good" pill of the day. I watch this video (whenever possible) first thing in the morning when I wake up. Its all I need to feel good about the world we live in.
Just watching the way everyone around him dances at free will without any choreography or "I-dont-care-whos-watching" attitude makes this such an mood-uplifting beauty of a video.
My favorite parts of the video being:
1. Initial sequence at 0.00 to 0.19 filmed in Mumbai, India my hometown.
2. The best place in the world to be at 2.22 to 2.26
3. The Indian dance sequence from 2.34 to 2.40. Watch how Matt beautifully follows the Indian women in their step.
Heres the video:
Lyrics in the original Bengali language:
Bhulbona ar shohojete
Shei praan e mon uthbe mete
Mrittu majhe dhaka ache
je ontohin praan
Bojre tomar baje bashi
She ki shohoj gaan
Shei shurete jagbo ami
(Repeat 3X)
Shei jhor jeno shoi anonde
Chittobinar taare
Shotto-shundu dosh digonto
Nachao je jhonkare!
Bojre tomar baje bashi
She ki shohoj gaan
Shei shurete jagbo ami
Lyrics of Praan - The Stream of Life
The same stream of life that runs through my veins night and day
runs through the world and dances in rhythmic measures.
It is the same life that shoots in joy through the dust of the earth
in numberless blades of grass
and breaks into tumultuous waves of leaves and flowers.
It is the same life that is rocked in the ocean-cradle of birth
and of death, in ebb and in flow.
I feel my limbs are made glorious by the touch of this world of life.
And my pride is from the life-throb of ages dancing in my blood this moment.
My note:
The lyrics and the video couldnt be more apt fit to each other. What Matt has done (with support from Stride Gum, his sponsors for this feat, and thousands of members of crew and crowd ) is something out of this world ... that is so simple yet leaves such a wonderful message for the people about the people, about this world...
P.S: I wish I got a chance to be part of the dance sometime in the future ...wherever the hell Matt is :-)
Also, everytime I visit a new place now, I'm thinking of pulling-off-a-Matt, i.e dance like him or maybe do something different ......and keep the torch burning...
A note from Matt himself as provided on YouTube :
"14 months in the making, 42 countries, and a cast of thousands. Thanks to everyone who danced with me." - Matt Harding
If you would like to know more about Matt Harding and his dance around the world, go to http://www.wherethehellismatt.com
If you dont feel the need to go to the website, here is an excerpt from the site from the About Matt section
"Matt is a 31-year-old deadbeat from Connecticut who used to think that all he ever wanted to do in life was make and play videogames. Matt achieved this goal pretty early and enjoyed it for a while, but eventually realized there might be other stuff he was missing out on. In February of 2003, he quit his job in Brisbane, Australia and used the money he'd saved to wander around Asia until it ran out. He made this site so he could keep his family and friends updated about where he is.
A few months into his trip, a travel buddy gave Matt an idea. They were standing around taking pictures in Hanoi, and his friend said "Hey, why don't you stand over there and do that dance. I'll record it." He was referring to a particular dance Matt does. It's actually the only dance Matt does. He does it badly. Anyway, this turned out to be a very good idea.
A couple years later, someone found the video online and passed it to someone else, who passed it to someone else, and so on. Now Matt is quasi-famous as "That guy who dances on the internet. No, not that guy. The other one. No, not him either. I'll send you the link. It's funny."
The response to the first video brought Matt to the attention of the nice people at Stride gum. They asked Matt if he'd be interested in taking another trip around the world to make a new video. Matt asked if they'd be paying for it. They said yes. Matt thought this sounded like another very good idea.
In 2006, Matt took a 6 month trip through 39 countries on all 7 continents. In that time, he danced a great deal.
The second video made Matt even more quasi-famous. In fact, for a brief period in July, he was semi-famous.
Things settled down again, and then in 2007 Matt went back to Stride with another idea. He realized his bad dancing wasn't actually all that interesting, and that other people were much better at being bad at it. He showed them his inbox, which, as a result of his semi-famousness, was overflowing with emails from all over the planet. He told them he wanted to travel around the world one more time and invite the people who'd written him to come out and dance too.
The Stride people thought that sounded like yet another very good idea, so they let him do it. And he did. And now it's done. And he hopes you like it.
Matt lives in Seattle, Washington with his girlfriend, Melissa, and dog, Sydney. He hasn't had a real job since Stride called him up. Matt doesn't mind working, but he doesn't much care for having to show up at the same place every day.
Matt is not rich. Matt also doesn't have some magical secret for traveling cheaply. He does it pretty much the same way everybody else does.
Matt thinks Americans need to travel abroad more.
Matt was a very poor student and never went to college. When he got older, he was pleased to discover that no one actually cares. Matt doesn't want to imply that college is bad or anything. He's just saying is all. There's other ways to fill your head. " - From www.wherethehellismatt.com
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
A Family Vacation
My dad, mom, my brother, my sister in law and myself took a long vacation from 4th July to 13th July.
We flew to Las Vegas on the 4th morning. We were in Vegas on the 4th, 5th, 6th. Then we drove to Grand Canyon on the 7th.
From the Grand Canyon, we drove to San Diego on the 8th. We visited the Sea World on the 8th, San Diego Zoo on the 9th. We went to Coronado beach and Point Loma, the southern most tip of the US of the west coast, on the 10th.
We reached Long Beach near Los Angeles on 10th night.
My birthday was on the 11th. We spent the whole day in Universal Studios. We visited La Holla beach, Malibu temple and Santa Monica beach on the 12th.
Finally, we flew back on the 13th.
Here is the trip in the form of a slideshow..
Enjoy.
We flew to Las Vegas on the 4th morning. We were in Vegas on the 4th, 5th, 6th. Then we drove to Grand Canyon on the 7th.
From the Grand Canyon, we drove to San Diego on the 8th. We visited the Sea World on the 8th, San Diego Zoo on the 9th. We went to Coronado beach and Point Loma, the southern most tip of the US of the west coast, on the 10th.
We reached Long Beach near Los Angeles on 10th night.
My birthday was on the 11th. We spent the whole day in Universal Studios. We visited La Holla beach, Malibu temple and Santa Monica beach on the 12th.
Finally, we flew back on the 13th.
Here is the trip in the form of a slideshow..
Enjoy.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Song = Friend - When a song reminds you of a friend or a near one...
I dont know if its true for you but for me, there are some songs that are so attached with the identity of a friend or a near one that whenever I listen to these songs, it reminds me of that friend so vividly that I relive some of the moments from the past that created this association in the first place...
I am going to try and remember a few such songs and people that they remind me of... this is going to be tough. But it will be easier to think the other way around...think about a friend first and think what song reminds me of him/her ....
Here goes ...
O not yet ..
That will be a little later...
Resuming where I left off a few days ago, I will have to dig deeper than what I had thought...
1. Pooja - My girlfriend, my fiancee and my to-be-wife
There are a few songs that definitely ring bells of her. The title song from the movie Hum Tum. She selected this song as the "relationship" song. Although the song now reminds me of her, it began with this song reminding her of me. Thus this song has been very very close to me.
I am going to try and remember a few such songs and people that they remind me of... this is going to be tough. But it will be easier to think the other way around...think about a friend first and think what song reminds me of him/her ....
Here goes ...
O not yet ..
That will be a little later...
Resuming where I left off a few days ago, I will have to dig deeper than what I had thought...
1. Pooja - My girlfriend, my fiancee and my to-be-wife
There are a few songs that definitely ring bells of her. The title song from the movie Hum Tum. She selected this song as the "relationship" song. Although the song now reminds me of her, it began with this song reminding her of me. Thus this song has been very very close to me.
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Life at Work after Masters
It has been a serious while since I actually wrote something on my blog ...
For many many reasons that I know and many more that are beyond me or anyone for that matter..
But here I am, back to my writing and I am going to make sure I get my voice on paper a lot more often than before ..
This blog doesnt have many active readers...never had ... but if you are reading this blog it's probably because I forced you read it ....
My blogging will be highly rusty..so here goes ..
Masters of Science at Illinois State University is over and done ... A new chapter has begun in my life ..work ..yes...40hrs/week ( most of the times its about 50-60hrs/week not to mention a few hrs during the weekend ... if you are my boss .. please take note :-) )...
After MS, now work but hold on ! ... there was a period of forgettable yet unforgettable "low" time between these 2 highs in my life ..
I am not going to write about that time here ..perhaps some other day when I would be in the mood to relive that time...Nevertheless, I still have to mention that this "low" time found me a couple of really great friends .. I am tempted to give out their names but not yet ..I will let you ponder on who might they be ..
One of them is _______ a.k.a Salim Feku , a name coined/forced by yours truly upon him for his splendid knack of talking big ...so big that it would embarrass some of the biggest "Fekus" around ..Nevertheless we developed an amazing friendship in that short period of 3 months ( another pointer towards that time for you). We did almost everything together during the course of time I was around him .. Behold ! he is a guy and "everything" doesnt mean everything .. I am by all means a heterosexual and lets leave it that.
We watched movies, played cricket, played chess( can you believe that???)...2 so-called-grownups playing chess all night ...moving on...we studied together ..helped each other in learning JAVA and more, we cooked together, ate out together, we had discussions until the wee hours of the morning. We never let each other sleep before it was 7am or the person himself was sleepy..and the most funny and striking thing about our friendship is the hugeeeee amount of banter we indulge in ...we constantly swear at each other ..curse each other ..find each other responsible for things they actually are not .. I usually come up on top cause he doesnt have a quick response to everything I say .. Also, at times his responses are soo stupid and dumb that I actually dont respond at all and the way I tell him " You know what, I am not even going to respond to that...it doesnt deserve one ..". He is one of the only few friends I have who knows a lot about my finances here in the US ..
Alas, he is still in Dallas ( another pointer towards where I was during that time ...) ..
I am at work and have an assignment ...got to go ..will continue this later on ...
For many many reasons that I know and many more that are beyond me or anyone for that matter..
But here I am, back to my writing and I am going to make sure I get my voice on paper a lot more often than before ..
This blog doesnt have many active readers...never had ... but if you are reading this blog it's probably because I forced you read it ....
My blogging will be highly rusty..so here goes ..
Masters of Science at Illinois State University is over and done ... A new chapter has begun in my life ..work ..yes...40hrs/week ( most of the times its about 50-60hrs/week not to mention a few hrs during the weekend ... if you are my boss .. please take note :-) )...
After MS, now work but hold on ! ... there was a period of forgettable yet unforgettable "low" time between these 2 highs in my life ..
I am not going to write about that time here ..perhaps some other day when I would be in the mood to relive that time...Nevertheless, I still have to mention that this "low" time found me a couple of really great friends .. I am tempted to give out their names but not yet ..I will let you ponder on who might they be ..
One of them is _______ a.k.a Salim Feku , a name coined/forced by yours truly upon him for his splendid knack of talking big ...so big that it would embarrass some of the biggest "Fekus" around ..Nevertheless we developed an amazing friendship in that short period of 3 months ( another pointer towards that time for you). We did almost everything together during the course of time I was around him .. Behold ! he is a guy and "everything" doesnt mean everything .. I am by all means a heterosexual and lets leave it that.
We watched movies, played cricket, played chess( can you believe that???)...2 so-called-grownups playing chess all night ...moving on...we studied together ..helped each other in learning JAVA and more, we cooked together, ate out together, we had discussions until the wee hours of the morning. We never let each other sleep before it was 7am or the person himself was sleepy..and the most funny and striking thing about our friendship is the hugeeeee amount of banter we indulge in ...we constantly swear at each other ..curse each other ..find each other responsible for things they actually are not .. I usually come up on top cause he doesnt have a quick response to everything I say .. Also, at times his responses are soo stupid and dumb that I actually dont respond at all and the way I tell him " You know what, I am not even going to respond to that...it doesnt deserve one ..". He is one of the only few friends I have who knows a lot about my finances here in the US ..
Alas, he is still in Dallas ( another pointer towards where I was during that time ...) ..
I am at work and have an assignment ...got to go ..will continue this later on ...
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