New Year 2012

The day was 1 Jan, 2012. I told it will be crowded, so we shall go to the temple the next day. But Janaki wanted to go on the auspicious new year day only. So planned to go to temple, and lunch at restaurant.

After reaching the temple only came to know this would be the plan for most of the people. As expected, packed crowd there. After dharshan, went to a restaurant that we've never tried before.

There was a decent crowd, not over crowded. We managed to get seats, and patiently waited for 10 mins.  No one came to clear the table or to attend, then I called one of the server and asked her to clean the table. She took off the plates and left, but did not clean. I was expecting she will come back to clean the table, and take the order. She did not turn up, so after some wait, I called another server who was passing by to take the order.

She took the order, but did not note it down. On the way, she had taken order from couple of other customers as well, but not noting down again. I thought she must have tremendous mental power to remember this if all the items ordered are delivered correctly. We were just chatting and waiting for the items. It was quite some time now, no signs of anything coming up. 

Then came the moment of the day which I have never seen in any of the restaurants till now. One of the server had one dish, and she was not sure which table to serve this to, and she was querying in each and every table whether they had ordered the dish. I was laughing seeing this, not sure if out of frustration.

Then we decided no point waiting here any more, we just got off from the table and left the restaurant. At least an event packed day.

When did you last do anything for the first time?

When did you last do anything for the first time?

Anything that is new gives us energy and enthusiasm like wearing a new dress, hearing a new song, visiting a new place and the list goes on.

Similarly if we can always have an answer to this question (at least not lesser than 6 months old), life could be so refreshing. It could be learning a new skill, reading a new quality book or any activity that helps to bring a holistic change.

Sachin 50

After a long time, writing a blog today. Again it is on cricket only...I wanted not to write a blog on cricket as my next blog, but I could'nt resist as today a new height has been set in the history of cricket.

Its Sachin's 50th test match century. What a feat to be achieved, and at what a moment to do it when India was in such a bad situation in the match. Whatever happens to the test match from now on, this fight will help India go into the next test match with confidence. Its amazing to see the passion of this man's love to cricket.

Its a lesson that if everyone can be as passionate as Sachin (even though not gifted like him) to their job, all can attain greatness one day.

Keep rocking Sachin.

India on Top :)

It is a great feeling to know my country is on top of the world in Test cricket today. India beat SL by an innings and 24 runs, and also won the test series 2-0. It is not a mean achievement, 10 years back, we can never think of winning a Test match away from India, from there to reach the no. 1 spot is something great. Thanks to each and everyone who had contributed to achieve this over the past decade.

I want to mention 2 players here, not taking away any credit from others (including greats) who are not mentioned here. Dravid and Laxman for being selfless and contributing to the team by batting at any position the team requires. Also both of them have taken so many catches (most of them good reflex catches) between them - in test cricket, taking sharp catches and converting those half chances is very much important to win.

Best of Luck Team India to hold on to this position.

Eeram (Wetness)

Watched Eeram (Tamil movie) today afternoon. It turned out to be a top movie, very different one from what I have experienced so far. It feels very good to have watched a good movie.

Everytime I see a pathetic movie, I decide to myself that I should not watch any such movie from then on at least in theatres, but unfortunately I get into movies like Masilamani (hopeless).

Win in the morning

A powerful thought I read in an article, and wanted to share here. We normally set a target to wake up at a particular time in the morning and set the alarm accordingly, but due to laziness/ aspiration to sleep a bit more time, we dont follow that. If we can set a realistic target, and stick to it, we can start with a win every morning. It is indeed encourgaing to know that a day is started with a win, and with that mental satisfaction, we can go about our tasks throughout the day with the same emotion and succeed.

I have a habbit of snoozing the alarm usually, it is indeed a tough task for me to follow this, but after this blog, I am confident that I'll start the day with a win! I'll definitely add a note whether I have achieved this in my next blog.

Dravid is back!!!

Long time since I wrote a blog, I decided to write a new one but the topic? I was thinking of what to write - many recent incidents stuck me and finally decided to write on one of my favorite player's come back to ODI side.

When Dravid was taken out of the side in 2007, I thought it was more of a ego clash from the then selection panel chief Vengsarkar. Had Dravid not quit his captaincy, would he have been thrown out in such a way? Probably not.

But I applaud the selection (kudos to the new selection committee) of Dravid into the side at this crucial moment, it was made very clear in T20 world cup that Indian youngsters are weak towards the rising ball, and they were not confident at all. Going with the same side will not help them by any means, having Sachin and Dravid back into the side will definitely help the team and now the team looks much stronger and balanced. It is time for the younger players to realise the reality and work on the bouncers so that when Sachin, Dravid, Laxman retires, they do not leave a big gap to fill upon.

Though we need to wait and watch the team's performance in the coming events, I am hoping (also confident) that Dravid does his job with class. He is a true servant of Indian cricket and the next time he goes out of the team, it should be after a better farewell.

All the Best Dravid!!!