August 11, 2024:- Went to Sunderbhai Hall today for book exhibition.
April 14, 2024:- Watched the movie Maidaan today. What a movie, amazing, speechless at the end.
March 6, 2022:- Been cycling to Bhuigaon. Just listening to songs.
December 26, 2021:- Played with another group (second time) 6-a-side then 7 each, lost 3-4. Bare chested as we conceded first. Goalkeeping was okay, actual play in outfield could have been better. But it has been ages since i played football with shoes . I think i last played with shoes on in college 3rd year so 2006, long time back.
December 12, 2021:- Cycled alone to Bhuigaon and played randomly with new group (9players). Young players from Evershine City. Average game for me. Won in the end. One assist. Small ground (box) though.
November 14, 2021:- Average game today, first in Barca jersey. Passing was okay, average. One sliding tackle. Won 5-3 in the end.
October 10, 2021:- Had a great game today. Won and kept clean sheet. One sliding tackle from behind which was clean (as always) (felt an indescribable feeling when got praised for that tackle).
October 3, 2021:- Been playing football regularly every Sunday at Bhuigaon beach. Played two games today. Now transitioning to keeping. Cycled. Played with specs on.
August 22, 2021:- Played football after many years. Need to build stamina, was quite breathless after few minutes, perhaps warmed up too much or too quickly. Will have to phase short warmup to not get tired quickly.
December 1, 2018:- Did prewedding photoshoot in Alibaug, lot of fun. She said those three words for the first time.
August 12, 2018:- Went to Siddhivinayak with her, first day of Shraavan.
August 5, 2018:- Spent friendship day with my better half, went to Mount Mary Church, Bandstand then Candies. Really enjoyed.
May 28, 2017:- Played football for second week had a good game overall scoring 3 in 3 a side, won 12-8 and first week 5-4 in 5 a side, really enjoyed.
November 6, 2016:- Played football, decent game overall, won 6-0.
September 25, 2016:- Played football for over 3-1/2 hours. Although lost was a good game. One sliding tackle.
August 7, 2016:- Cant believe played over 3 hours football today, one sliding tackle.
July 10, 2016:-Played football today, got a clean sheet although sometimes passing could have been better.
June 19, 2016:-Grateful for playing football today.
April 3, 2016:- One near perfect sliding tackle today, lost but tried hard. Been playing for many Sundays. Making few new friends.
March 20, 2016:- Been playing football with lot of players every week. Drew game today (lot of headers).
February 14, 2016:- Grateful for a good game of football, one sliding tackle. Mainly younger players playing now, put in a good shift. Perhaps have come to a point where winning and losing does not really matter but what matters is really giving your best, running till completely out of energy.
February 7, 2016:- Played a decent game of football (drew), 10 a side. Been playing with young brigade over last few months.
January 10, 2016:- Scored goal (in counter attack-after argument regarding goal at other end) by placing the ball after many passes (two 1-2). It is a very different kind of high playing football. Feel energised.
December 31, 2015:- This year has been especially tough and tiring for a number of reasons, had to take a few tough decisions this year. Earlier used to rush through things in morning. Been more composed lately.
December 20, 2015:- Played football for almost two hours and had a big meal at relative's place.
December 6, 2015:- Enjoyed playing football with few close friends.
November 1, 2015:- After many days one perfect sliding tackle, played football with younger brigade and enjoyed.
October 26, 2015:- It was good watching a fast paced and competitive game of football between Mumbai City FC and Goa FC at D Y Patil Stadium with friends.
October 10, 2015:- Mostly I am an emotional fool when it comes to relationships, but been fortunate enough with being involved with many good people in life than bad, perhaps I trust too easily and set high standards and hence not emotionally intelligent. Socializing has never been a priority but do like to make new friends with similar interest.
September 4, 2015:- Sometimes taking silence too seriously, but trying to improve every day, being relaxed is part of day, improving.
August 23, 2015;- Am very apprehensive about the next phase of my life. Kind of been waiting long and would be very hard to really know someone.
August 15, 2015:- Questioning myself why I document so much, perhaps to make and share memories in the future with loved ones (at one point had 2 diaries excluding a blog, have cut down on that). I find this blog a great online dairy but running out of topics to blog.
August 10, 2015:- Cycled to station and back in rain yesterday, happy with my stamina level.
August 2, 2015:- Played football in rain after so long. Feeling blessed. Value the friendships a lot (friendships day today).
July 25, 2015:- Learning to keep concentration level high.
June 28, 2015:- Changed jobs last month and started working from home from 9th of this month.
May 24, 2015:- Sometimes I hate Sundays since have to think about the future and not work.
May 14, 2015:- Puja at office, found it hard concentrating at work since was my last day.
May 10, 2015:- Two chapters in my life closing from this week with change of job. Since will be working on Sundays football will probably be history. Playing football at Suruchi beach taught me a lot especially controlling anger and giving my best. I think mostly there were more wins than losses but what is important is I enjoyed myself and made a lot of friends while playing.
March 12, 2015:- For last few months perhaps avoiding to increase my work load on a daily basis, but keeping options open. As long as I am true to my work even less work is better than slogging through the day for more money. Did not really like the kind of response received when tried to increase work load earlier. I think coming back early has helped me pace myself and do some other things in life like learning to drive, watching House, exercising, bowling in front yard to improve concentration, etc. Will try to be an early bird always.
February 22, 2015:- Mondays are always tough mentally. Hopefully getting over this hurdle finally. Feeling less lethargic, body feeling better. Many times its just mental more than anything.
February 7, 2015:- Went cycling in evening, had great time.
January 4, 2015:- Just cried (mob message). Its just wrong, hard to judge anyone after 1 meeting, hate to do that.
January 1, 2015:- Cycled to Manickpur in cold weather. Legs got the perfect workout. Feeling grateful, blessed. Will bring about some changes at work. Yesterday took it to another level...lot of transcription files of relatively new dictator....ended up leaving on time.
December 29, 2014:- Came back early from work. Could hardly sleep yesterday.
December 26, 2014:- Cycled almost 10 km, to Naigaon station then back. Feeling kind of refreshed.
December 14, 2014:- Realized always being angry/anxious most of times had to do a little with family support....although I am not shrieking responsibility for any of my actions, tended to be a little hyper than should but that brought me where I am. Bought bicycle (Cosmic eldorado) yesterday which would help to keep exercise routine going.
December 7, 2014:- Cousin Jyoti got married. Congrats and All the Best.
November 16, 2014:- Football is a real high. Probably the only time where feel like really connecting with people (unlike cricket).
November 2, 2014:- Woohoo..scored the only goal in the football match. Pitch not the best but enjoyed, few hard tackles.
October 11, 2014:- Cannot fathom sometimes that I am same person at work and at home. Work is mostly all about getting in the zone, being there.
October 5, 2014:- Been scavenging for players to play regularly.....played 5 a side again today...4 ppl unknown.
September 21, 2014:- Been playing football regularly. A little rough game today. One of the things I thoroughly enjoy.
August 31, 2014:- Grateful for a good game of football, perfect climate and pitch conditions.
August 16, 2014:- Went to book exhibition.
July 27, 2014:- Played football in the rain...windy environment...a lot of players (13 a side)...and a lot of commentary.
July 14, 2014:- Germany won the final 1-0 against Argentina. Messi is a great player but Germany always was the better team/squad.
July 13, 2014:- Few lessons in rough tackling by Sir Goeffrey....at the beach. (I still need to improve stamina).
June 29, 2014:- Couple of good tackles in football game, back to beach football only. Football fever at the highest peak with world cup going on.
June 8, 2014:- Realized been hogging a lot of food (emotional eating) for approximately past 2 years.
May 25, 2014:- Did the puja at Trimbakeshwar. (always did suffer from anxiety/anger...hopefully that should subside)
May 16, 2014:-Narendra Modi, a former RSS pracharak, has led the BJP to the strongest showing by a political party since 1984. BJP leads/won 333 of 542
May 2014:-Really hate it when people try to treat me special.
April 2014:- Feel like am overexerting my body for one day a lot, end up feeling lethargic a lot on Monday. Will try to make necessary changes.
December 8, 2013:- It is different high when playing sports, and for now feel like am addicted to this high. A great fast-paced game of football, really enjoyed, and then played cricket in backyard.
November 12, 2013:- Perhaps am lacking emotional strength for any relation, or perhaps I just place too much importance on trust.
October 30, 2013:- Indian batsmen taking batting to the next level at home grounds. Kohli and Dhawan scoring 100s, India beating Australia by chasing 350 in last over.
October 27, 2013:- Have come to a point where any relation other than family seems to be a bonus.
October 22, 2013:- Have always felt its not important how much money I make/earn but more important how I make/earn it and how/what I use it for.
September 13, 2013:- Best part about my job is improving never stops.
July 7, 2013:- Really dont like to recieve gifts just because of existing...
June 18, 2013:- With power comes responsibility.(jb-ed-du)
May 22, 2013:- Why do we try to find ourselves in others, perhaps its the innate knowledge that we are a part of the whole.
April 21, 2013:- Cant help but wonder, are shortcuts okay in some aspects of life....
February 7, 2013:-Been feeling that am rushing through meditation over last few months, but hopefully would have a better mindset from here on. Vajreshwari/strand book sale visit.
January 18, 2013:- You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say-Martin Luther.
January 5, 2013:-Perhaps the best accessory of new mobile is can use it as mirror.
December 16, 2012:-Sometimes you really have to lose yourself, to find our real self-(trip to Great Escape water park).
October 6, 2012:- Been 3 years since training for medical transcription as a profession. The best part is I am always trying to learn and push the bar higher.
September 30, 2012:-There is always some kind of happiness in nostalgic feelings, about things being better off in the past, but change is also good sometimes, to let go of fear.
September 29, 2012:- During commuting many times, getting to learn lessons in self-control and patience.
September 15, 2012:- Another couple of misinterpretations during work, trying to minimize mistakes.
September 9, 2012:- Trying to learn driving.
August 21, 2012:- The greatest gift of all is peace of mind, trying to gift myself that every day.
August 11, 2012:- Its one thing having a positive attitude and other seeing always the good in all things. Developing that state of mind requires a lot of practice.
July 2, 2012:- Spain defend their Euro title after defeating Italy 4-0. Again, Xavi had a great game with 2 assists.
June 26, 2012:-Learning to focus energy on the right things is becoming a high priority. Although leaving for home is the best part of the day dwelling and thinking about it leads to lack of focus.
May 16, 2012:- Unbelievable end to the EPL season this last week. Roberto Mancini's reaction when Manchester City lost the lead in the match against QPR was that of a typical Italian, was livid. In Seria A Juventus finishing first after an unbeaten season.
May 5, 2012:- Two technical goof-ups at work, hope not to repeat it again.
March 29, 2012:- Been noticing some subtle things during the daily commute which kind of make my day (mostly smiles).
March 2, 2012:- Its amazing how much emotion comes up during any sport, and how the good players maintain the right balance, composure.
January 29, 2012:- A great game today, lot of hustle, few hard tackles, many blocks, constant screaming of instructions, and lots of running, and had 2 clean sheets to show for it. Was really in the zone so as to say. But isnt staying in the zone for most of the time/life the hard part?
January 21, 2012:- The internet is something unique which cant really be regulated. Anti-piracy laws may be passed but can they really be implemented is another question.
January 8, 2012:- Went to Strand book festival.
December 18, 2011:- Dont really feel like talking nowadays or even blogging.
November 12, 2011:- Its natural to overestimate our own efforts and underestimate others efforts.
November 6, 2011:- Quote-I've always felt it was not up to anyone else to make me give my best. But sometimes our efforts are based on others efforts which is wrong in a way, and very hard to correct.
October 11, 2011:- Mind Chow- Be true to your work, your word and your friends.
October 3, 2011:- Sometimes I despise religion when I see people doing many things in the name of religion.
September 16, 2011:- Am proud that concentration level has increased but some days can be very distracting.
September 15, 2011:- Internet is for the younger generation what TV was for the earlier generation.
September 12, 2011:- Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons. You will find it is to the soul what a water bath is to the body.-Oliver W Holmes.
August 30, 2011:- Anna Hazare recently ended his 12 day fast. Its amazing what one man's willpower can achieve. He is a great hero.
August 27, 2011:- Really miss the time when was able to take naps at will, now tend to be sleep deprived at times.
August 21, 2011:- It always seems time races by faster on Sundays.
August 2011:- Sometimes I am such an emotional fool...mostly detached other times.
19th July 2011:-The greatest gift is the passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives u knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind. It is a moral illumination.-Elizabeth Hardwick.
11th July 2011:-Have realized two more things over the past few months....Most of the times I am better off shutting up than yapping...and...They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them.
21st June 2011:- Been playing football back again....there is no better thing sometimes than running really fast.
31st May 2011:- I am glad the career change has worked, and I am getting better at transcribing, hopefully will get even better with practice but grammar sometimes eludes me. I think most of all the profession kind of suits my nature but there is this feeling of not really wanting to talk to anyone at times, dont know if that is because of long hours of listening or thats just me...thats probably the reason why I started this blog.
29th May 2011:- Barcelona proved once again yesterday why they are a world class side beating Manchester United 3-1 in the Champions League Final. The most underestimated thing about this Barcelona side is their desire and work ethic when they do not have the ball. Passing is as always amazing. Great story about Eric Abidal too.
16th May 2011:- Was really exhausted at work last week-Saturday, hope not to repeat such below par performance again.
22nd April 2011:- Carlos Santana is one of the greatest guitarist, came to really realize it today.
30th March 2011:- India won the semifinal of 2011 ICC World Cup against Pakistan yesterday. Just as the victory in 2003 is remembered for Sachin Tendulkar's cut shot off Shoaib Akhtar, similarly this victory will be remembered for Umar Akmal's bowled by Harbhajan Singh.
27th February 2011:- The greatest peace of mind is a job/work well done. Giving a 100% to the job means a lot.
22nd February 2011:- Really miss playing football with my friends.
15th February 2011:- Earlier used to think the Barcelona squad of 2005-06 consisting of Ronaldinho, Etoo, Guily, Edmilson, Deco, Larsson under Frank Rijkaard were one of the best squads. They did win the la liga and Champions League that season. But the current Barcelona team seems an even better unit consisting of Messi, Xavi, Villa, Pedro, Iniesta. They won 16 league games in a row.....and finally drew this week. Of course many of the players won the Champions League 2008-09.
4th February 2011:- Am always better at communicating than conversing.
31st January 2011:- I miss my "my time," been a lot busy working...and perhaps trying to find that during work....although nothing beats just lazily watching TV/sports or even Globetrekker, IntEsca.....
15th January 2011:- Saw first half of India vs Bahrain in Asian Cup yesterday. India were 1-4 down, eventually lost 2-5. The players did try hard but unfortunately the defence was too weak...tried to play the offside trap often...no coordination at all. At least they scored 2 goals; even though they are out of the Asian Cup, hope to see a better performance v/s South Korea.
11th December 2010:-All these days when home net connection was not on...was thinking about blogging a lot and now when its on I am kind of blank....
12th November 2010:- Proper management has a lot to do with emotional intelligence....and also proper work ethic.
9th November 2010:- I am such an emotional eater......trying to get out of the habit.
29th October 2010:- Chess is real hard.
9th October 2010:- Have come to like 2 more simple quotes. This too shall pass & Learn from other's mistakes, you will not live long enough to make them all yourself.
30th September 2010:- All of us almost always worry a lot about things we are unable to change, more than things we can change n plan for in the future.
12th September 2010:- Whenever commuting back home, the stretch between Naigaon and Vasai is always covered by accumulated waters (in barren fields) on both sides for most part of the year. This also kind of makes for a good picture at times when the weather is just right.
8th August 2010:- There is something about a hooded T-shirt/ sweat shirt.....that changes a perspective about the person wearing it. Don't know why but have noticed it on several occasions.
14th July 2010:- The World Cup 2010 is over, Spain were overall the best team and deserved to win although Holland did score a lot of goals. Spanish defence was just classy. The goal in the final match was dubious. (on the first pass Iniesta was offside) but one of the amazing stories of the tournament was of Jesus Navas (winger from Sevilla), who suffers from acute homesickness and anxiety attacks, played in the Final in South Africa and possibly made the difference in the attacking strategy for Spain in the Final.
10th July 2010:- Came across a T-shirt quote yesterday "The cigarette makes all the smoke, you just suck at it."
26th June 2010:- Over the months (or even years) i have realized it is not how much money you make thats important but what you do with that money you earn is more important. Also, have realized the importance of music in life for me and also the importance of listening (to music and people) over the past few months.
24th June 2010:- Former Champions Italy knocked out of the World Cup, beaten by Slovakia 3-2. No equaling Brazil's tally this time around. Too bad Buffon was not playing after the first game but did seem that most of the players were fatigued. Now, new World Champions...wont be surprised if it a nation who has not won the world cup before.
17th June 2010:- The World Cup so far has been great especially as far as discipline by players. Have not seen a lot of arguing with the referees, also the officials have been spot on with most if not all of their decisions until now. John Helm is probably the best football commentator, although Martin Taylor is right up there. Both of them are very neutral in their opinion, know their facts well as they have done their homework and are great with statistics also.
6th June 2010:- Football has thought me so much (metaphorically) it is just the beautiful game.
1st June 2010:- 10 days to go for the World Cup. Really looking forward to a few things: the crowd and the atmosphere in South Africa, the managers (especially Maradona), the Italian defense (Buffon conceded just 2 goals in 2006 World Cup), Kaka's celebration (its just simple and great at the same time), and ofcourse goals.
23rd May 2010:- Inter Milan won the Champions League, great defensive performance. Javier Zanetti really deserves it most (more than the others) He is 36 and played around 50 games this season and the final of the Champions League was his 700th match. What an amazing footballer. Also, just read on the internet that Inter beat the English League Leaders/Champions, Spanish League Leaders/Champions, German League Leaders/Champions in their previous rounds to win the Champions League.
22nd April 2010:- Have to forgo my Sunday morning duty of playing football to fulfill an annual duty of visiting Sunderbhai Hall for the Book Exhibition. Will really miss my football.
18th April 2010:- I have come to believe in the fact that first you make your habits and then your habits make you.
14th April 2010:- Just really like this quote, "We meet to create Memories & We depart to Preserve them" and the entire quote goes like "We meet to create Memories & We depart to Preserve them. To Meet and Depart is the way of life, but to Depart & Meet is the hope of life.
We meet to create memories,but we depart to preserve it & this is LIFE." Had earlier heard a part of it on Hip Hip Hurray, found the entire quote on the net.
8th April 2010:- Dirty Jobs (on Discovery) is way better than Man vs Wild.
2nd April 2010:- All/most of Aamir Khan's movies carry a great message in them.
29th March 2010:- Why do we all find it easy to learn new ideas from movies than just from plain text, books...maybe probably has to do with the effect storytelling (by our grandparents, parents) had on us in our childhood. Everyone is just fascinated by stories and it even helps to imagine in execution of new ideas.
25th March 2010:- First we make our habits and then our habits make us. I still like my fav serials, movies as much i did before n also my FIFA PC game.
22nd March 2010:- Why r players allowed to write newspaper articles when playing a tournament....it seems like a bad marketing gimmick....coz most players r not writers....n they are certainly not going to disclose their strategies in the middle of the tournament.
21st March 2010:- I probably speak more when i am playing football on Sunday as compared to any normal day.
17th March 2010:- So many unique hits (on d blog) in the recent past yet no comments.
15th March 2010:- The first few matches in the IPL were interesting.....more cricket less entertainment. (I might rename this post as sports update) So here is a random thought, i really hate it when i am forced to hear boring conversations between commuters/groups of commuters when travelling... especially when they try to sound funny but they really are not.....Sometimes the conversations are interesting.
12th March 2010:- IPL Season 3 starts today....i think it is more about entertainment, star owners, less about the game....although Test matches are the real deal in cricket.
11th March 2010:- Real Madrid got knocked out yet again by Lyon in the champions league...(Sixth consecutive time in the 1st Knockout stage) Milan too lost 0-4 to Manchester United.
6th March 2010:- I hope i am a lot obsessed with
this after a year or so as i am now with
this,
this.
24th February 2010:- Tendulkar just raised the bar to another level for the batsmen. Today, he became the first ever batsmen to score a 200 in one-day international.....he did it in 147 balls. Amazing superstar. It was a privilege getting it to watch the moment live on TV although i missed the earlier part of his innings.
19th February 2010:- Australia go 9 matches unbeaten....clean sweep n odi series wins over Pakistan(5-0), WestIndies(4-0). There is one thing about the any Australian team...they take each game at the time on its merit and give it all their best until the last moment.
13th February 2010:- Realized today sometimes i am kind of obsessed with doing little things i shouldn't have. Am spending a lot of time playing online chess though.
31st January 2010:- There are a lot of changes being done in the education department by the HRD minister. But i doubt if the Indians are ready for such huge changes in such a short period of time.The one recently suggested is of including parents (70%) in the admin of the school.
17th January 2010:- Finally South Africa won a test in the 4-match series against England. This was one of the most competitive series i have watched in recent times. Although England were lil lucky to get away with 2 draws (1 wicket in hand in each)
7th January 2010:- Just watched India vs Bangladesh. India won by 6 wickets with 2 overs or so to spare. MS Dhoni with a great captains knock. At the same time, the 3rd test match between South Africa and England was going on which ended in a draw. I actually liked watching the test because there was even contest between the bat and the ball instead of what's going on at Dhaka (and the subcontinent in general) the batsmen predominate and control the state of the match. The pitch should have some assistance for the bowlers.
30th December 2009:- Just a couple of weeks back all the talk was about climate change. I wonder how many of those will actually make a conscious effort to reduce their carbon footprint (its a term roughly used now) by keeping their new year celebrations to a minimum.
11th December 2009:- Been searching the net for an old Pepsi commercial featuring Rahul Dravid and Kim Sharma, didnt find it anywhere though.
2nd December 2009:- Went to Brabourne stadium to watch India vs SriLanka 3rd Test-(Day1) It was a great experience. Dilshan's hundred was a very well-paced innigs. Overall an average performance by the Indian bowling attack. SriLanka finished the day on 388-6.
November 2009:- What a great innings by the Master yesterday. Australia did win the match by 3 runs but Tendulkar was at his old best scoring 175 off 141. One of his best innings in the recent past (although Australian bowling attack was a diminished one, 350 is a huge target to chase)
1st November 2009:- Smoking-Most of my close friends (from college)did smoke.(I have thought a lot about whether i should post this topic or not hence posting about it in short). Actually, i have no right commenting about something which i have not experienced but i think its a very self destructive habit,also i am mostly fascinated by it. There is a great quote on this subject in Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand.After watching Rang de Basanti, role portrayed by Siddharth, even i was a lot fascinated about smoking.
31st August 2009:- India won the ONGC Nehru Cup for the 2nd time. I got to watch from the first half extra time and there were two pleasant surprises : Firstly that free kick from Rennedy Singh was amazing; great curling strike...never seen a strike of that quality from an Indian Footballer.Secondly after the penalty shootout S Paul went to the opposing keeper/captian of the Syrian team and hugged him before going to celebrate with the teammates.(Probably trying to make up for the antics during the shootout)
31st May 2009:- End of an Era...The Legendary Paolo Maldini retired after 25 years. What a Champion.
20th May 2009:- IPL Season 2 coming to a close by this week / this Sunday.One thing the players would take to the ICC T20 World Cup (which starts next month) is Respect. Respect for teammates (from same country) as they have played against them in IPL.Also, respect for the opponents (from different country) as they know how well their former teammates from IPL can play.This would be a great contest.
18th April 2009:- IPL Season 2 started today, the organisers have done a great job. But no matter how hard they try it will not be as good as the First Season, just because of the crowd/public. Home/ away matches format doesnt work in South Africa.Last year, each of the 8 grounds that the Teams played in gave a different atomosphere/ feeling which will be missing. Matches will be good but the tournament wont be 'Special'.Probably the franchises will make more money from the advertisements.
13th April 2009:- India won the Azlan Shah Trophy after 13 years. Once politics is out of the picture the players can concentrate and perform.KPS Gill was removed from the Chief Post of Indian Hockey Federation , and the results show within a year.
30th March 2009:-India batted for two days (against New Zealand) to save the Test, Everyone contributed after the low score in the first innnings.Gambhir and Laxman scored hundreds;great concentration shown by Gambhir...he batted for 643 minutes (137 from 436) Great test innings.
As long as i can remember India has not batted for 2 continous days to save the match oversaes in the recent past.Great Achievement.
10th Nov 2008:-India won by 172 runs against and won the series 2-0.Perfect reply to the controversy that happened in Sydney.
3rd Nov 2008:- Anil Kumble retired from test cricket yesterday. What a great hardworking, dedicated team player he was.....it reflects even in the decision of retirement.....Great Champ...very underrated though.
21st October 2008:-Great Victory margin(320 runs) for India against Australia.....they dominated the aussies.Way to go...
17th October 2008:- Indian Athletes won 7 medals in the commonwealth games....yet this news wasnt given enough coverage....
4th October 2008:- (after long time....Computer wasn't working).....TZP was nominated few days back for the oscars.....if this movie cant get the Oscar then no movie from India can.....it is an amazing movie....i think it deserves something more than an Oscar.....everyone in India should watch the movie once....(for sake of their children)
21st August 2008:- found an interesting pen friend (dont know if thats the right word) through net....always wanted to have one....from school days.....
11th August 2008:- At last a gold (in Individual) for India at the Olympics.Better late than never.
20th July 2008:- Of all the knowledge we attain the hardest and also the most useful is the knowledge about our own self.
5th July 2008:- That feeling of returning back home from work/outside is of immense joy.....we have it in our childhood days,then in college....somehow the last lecture seems to be the longest.....and it continues when working too.
27th May 2008:- Read in the paper yesterday that Human DNA(genome) changes with age (depending on environment,etc) ;and we thought we knew how the body worked.(change is in the degree of methylation)
30th May 2008:- Three matches of IPL to go...just wondering what else i will watch on TV once the Finals are over.Euro 08 starts in a week that will be a great competition....
20th May 2008:- Great contest in the IPL....Punjab beat Mumbai by 1 run....yuvraj singh with a jonty rhodes like dive to run out the last batsmen.
18th May 2008:-Been playing a lot of cricket off late....its a great exercise....
4th May 2008:- There are so many commentators in cricket but Tony Cozier is one of the best.He is very rarely boring and repetitive in his choice of words.He has been commentating from around 1960s.Anyone not interested in the game should listen to his commentary.He is the best in case of test matches n even now in T20s.Undoubtedly a great asset to the game of cricket.
2nd May 2008:- A cricket crazy nation like India deserves a league like IPL....although it could have been much better if teams were to have limited number of foreign players and rest indians
9th March 2008:-Was doing some maths today related to my travel....when i travelled everyday to college and back i covered almost 160 Kms daily.So in a year i may have travelled for 160 days(approximate)....hence i covered almost 25600 kms in one year which goes to about 1,02,400 Kms in all four years.Amazing ha....
4th March 2008:-India won the 2nd commonwealth finals and won the tri-series in Australia after 23 yrs.Somehow i like days like these more than days of different festivals coz in days like these everyone enjoys/celebrates.Unfortunately the right way to enjoy is with detached passion,since everyone take it too seriously when India dont play well and at times try to attack their homes.
2nd March 2008:-The Great Master....Sachin Tendulkar......made 117 out of 120 balls to take India to the Target of 240 set by Australia in 1st commonwealth finals.ALL the critics should just take a break from commenting about him he is a real master.He showed it today by playing till the last over to take India to victory.
6th Feb 2008:-Had decided i wont be blogging about politics but what Raj Thackeray(MNS) did in Mumbai was untrue.How come this isnt called Terrorism....He and his party workers are terrorizing the minds of North Indians.....Its just so demeaning to see that the same day he is attending some Police chief`s relative`s Wedding.Some day he will get is due.....Life is so unfair that some day we all get what we deserve.
2nd Feb 2008:-Havent been blogging for some time now since my pc was not working....mother board problem.
10th December 2007:-Didn't go to work since there was a protest against railway authorities by people.It was like a peaceful protest.....something like a boycott.....quadrapuling of tracks has been done but no (new)trains are running on the tracks so the protest.
6th December 2007:-Dont really know whether India`s high population is a boon or a curse.One thing is for sure though Mumbai will have trouble to cope with such increase in population.
26th November 2007:-Found this amazing blog...related to vedas...this was a topic of interest for more than a year now...Finally i get to learn more.
19th November 2007:-Getting accustomed to going to work instead of college....now i know how an workaholic feels...time just goes by when there is work.
14th November 2007:-This thought just crosses my mind very often....do parallel universes exist....they say the soul never dies....does it move from one universe to another parallel universe which existed long before(ahead of that time when he/she died)or after........
Think of it.....now a days everyday we save so much time commuting....as compared to others(humans) living many hundreds of years ago.
13th November 2007:-Thought about writing this....Lage Raho Munnabhai is a great movie no doubt....the intentions of the Director were in right place.....trying to convince people to follow Great Gandhi`s footsteps.....but sometimes think that he made a mockery of the whole thing...many people will disagree with it.....but just think about it...what came to your mind when u thought about Mahatma Gandhi before 'Lage Raho' (it was all about freedom,sacrifices he gave)is so different than what u think about the Mahatma Gandhi post 'Lage Raho'...he was a part of the plot in some(albeit inspiring)movie and gave concept of Gandhigiri....verdict is still out for me...Sanjay Dutt is a great actor.....but the Fact remains he actually used Gandhigiri to make money and for fame.
12th November 2007:-Just watched the last episode of the Series 'Everybody loves Raymond' today.i guess that was the last one of the last series.....so going to miss it a lot.It is really kind of pure in a way....(its like an future to FRIENDS) its shows what happens after Marriage....The comedy is so simple and great to enjoy even with the family.....never did i feel i am being forced to laugh....actors were great....Ray Romano was amazing,Patricia Heaton was perfect;Brad Garett,Doris Roberts,Peter Boyle was also great....It was a great/different comedy...with lot of issues involved during Married life discussed in each episode.Will reaallllyyy miss Ray-The Sports Writer.
10 th November 2007:-Recently watched three movies which i had downloaded a lot earlier...Sunshine-Scifi Movie was ok,Last King of Scotland-Forrest Whittaker is in a different league-great actor,portrayal of Idi Amin by him was amazing(mix of Reality and Fiction),The Pursuit of Happyness-Amazing Movie....Will Smith was great....there is so much to learn from it...(based on a true story this)
9th November 2007:- Just saw Shootout at Lokhandwala today.....it was an ok movie....although nothing beats Satya,Shiva,Vaastav in this Genre..(is that the right word..)...it/movie makes us think about what the police officers go through....a surprising aspect was it delved into the psychological aspect of the Gangster to an extent.....And also tried to show why Gangsters r created in the first place.
5th November 2007:-Just realized today that i don't get anything related to Bling....infact kind of dislike it.....is it ethical to wear Gold jewelery,etc when others in our country don't get food to eat?(leave the other fellow mortals in other continents like Africa) whats so interesting about Gold basically??
27th October 2007:-Wonder how it is with other singles.... but just noticed...all u see around u r couples especially on Saturdays.
4th October 2007:- Woohoo...... Just got the official appointment letter from Bioasset Technologies Pvt. Ltd. today as well as the salary.....Finally i have got assigned...with the designation "Officer-Technical Support".
24th september 2007:- Just saw the twenty twenty final between India and Pakistan.India won and its about time we won a world cup after the disaster in 2003 final and 2007 world cup.Indian Supporters who r the most passionate,deserved this victory and its about time we got a great leader MS Dhoni.(4 now....)
5th september 2007:- i just realized the amount of money India spends on religion is quite alarming(not bad)but we would be better off nation if it was used in something as infrastructure planning basically used somewhere other than religion.Indians spend a large amount of money in festivals.....perhaps to keep the legacy going but really when u r basic needs are not fulfilled then whats the use.This is regarding the whole business of religion.
18th april 07:- woke up late today(alarm didnt work/even ipod got shut)...boarded a special churchgate local and it was all empty.it was like a pleasant surprise...ofcourse it was chaos after that coz there was some problem at nallasopara but its not often u get to see such a empty train...so i got the window seat/probably after yrs @ VASAI.
same day when coming back this funny incident happened...i boarded virar fast from dadar at about 5.55 and it was not that crowded but respectable till/after andheri i got to stand..well u get ppl...so just before borivali this huge guy(can give those sumo wrestlers from japan a good fight...u get the structure ppl) gets up to offer his seat and later gets a call...he has to get down at dahisar...now this is tough but its also like a skill some manage to do it will others falter...
he gets down and greets his pal at the window.....k..actually i didnt get to see how exactly he did that..(got a seat to sit)..its very tough but the point is he did...and public bolne ko chalu ho gaya about this(main tha na)
its just the heat of the moment...either ppl r very good/or will get angry.....one voice i heard..."arre koi kaise rok sakta hai sala do aadmi ka takat tha usme" the tone of the voice was so serious it was untrue i immediately started giggling and the guy beside me thought i was laughing at him...
these little things keep me going
( i like them the most)AND OF COURSE THE JOY OF WATCHING SUNSET AND SUNRISE everyday from train.
31st march07:- nikhils message...i just cried a lil;nikhil fell from a running train between malad and kandivali and was one of those luckiest
ones to make it to the hospital at time....unfortunately he lost a part of his (i think right)right leg...he was just like an inspiration to me when he returned back to coll...this was back in 2nd year of coll...one memory i will vividly remember about him...was when i was asking Satyen(another friend)about his birth date and nikhil quickly replied...it was surprising becoz he and satyen werent exactly"compatible" so as to say.....what was interesting was the conversation following that...ironically all this happened in sometime in august...college was celebrating friendship day....f#ck those bands..i dont think any of my friends will disagree....nikhil after that accident was way better....it was an unfortunate incident....but best way to look at it was he made it and is a better person now becoz of it....it just made him realise
26th march 07:- when coming back (after 2nd paper)was standing @ door in train.....this guy called out my name at naigaon station
and i didnt even realise who he was....got a glimse of his face but couldnt relate...probably was snoweel....hope me changing lives...atleast some1 remembers me.
24th march 07:-joel barish(jim carrey)in Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind......"valentines day is day made by greeting card companies to make people feel like crap"so its not 14th feb....but i just realised thats how singles feel sometimes.....its a great movie......
13th march 07:-....saw a student almost getting killed @ kurla...a guy dragged him just when he was losing his balance....wasnt that bad when looked at...but believe me your mind just goes blank...and u just stop thinking...been there once....life `s too precious for doing that...much rather waste time and take the bridge....f#(king youth extra energy..dont know how to utilise it...trying to prove thyself a point....dont know if this makes sense....i believe in angels...
7th march 07:- today....nissa`s bday....she was good although we didnt talk much in school found her intriguing.Everything was like slow motion today...weird thing in rickshaw @ station...lady just ran off...puja at home but i was nt there came back at about 7.twin souls is a great term.
i just found out today that i share my birthday with Zafar(Rafey of Hip Hip Hurray)That was an amazing serial....can write a lot about it....just that it helped with me lots of things.
College life is coming to an end...i mean gradu....1st yr was probably the best becoz i got to play football...2nd yr coll address got changed but i managed...3rd yr trip,winning tournament...4th not so good..that thing..but still adjusting.wiill continue.
There is something about SPEED.... its just a different feeling when u r traveling at great Speeds.Probably has to do with the art and joy of Saving Time.
