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Just a day after Pakistan team's world cup exit , their coach- Bob Woolmer dies . He is among the best coaches in the world... Extremely sad. This news is just adding to my previous post. The coach was definitely under pressure and ofcourse upset at the performance in both matches. A very predictable result would have been the end of his coaching tenure after the World cup, but his tragic death is unjustified !

The latest fever in town is ICC World cup 2007 , this time spreading from the grounds at West Indies to the rest of the world. As expected, back in India, the enthusiasm grew, the hopes were built sky-high, cos the team is to bring the Cup home...the advertisements, songs, videos,the street's energy all at its peak, all over-done, as though this sport was going to save the nation from recurring crimes, corrupted governmental bodies, poverty, hunger and all the injustice! The result of energy and time and money of one nation on one team to bring "glory" is a failed debut match yesterday! What will the team excuse themselves of being in a form worse than a much younger, less experienced team? the opening batsman is out of form and wickets fall like pack of cards towards the end of the match...what a shame! The captain wants to call it a "bad dream"! Wow! we train sportsmen to be out of form and call it a dream, a sequence of uncontrolled actions...can we check if ...

My beautiful sister and cool jija are coming to town....so its party time ! ;-)This will be their first ever visit together after wedding! so its very exciting here, though their stay is very short. we hope to have great evenings and soon even i am travelling. we have a desert safari and dinner planned up! We will be flying together to Mumbai on 21st and then back on 3rd...This is the wedding prep trip- which means a lot of lists, choice of wedding card, wedding trousseau, accessories, function arrangements. the shopping shud be quite enjoyable and i get all the attention this time ! LOL! Final part of the trip is the temple visits n those i am really looking forward too! So this birthday is in India and that's not very exciting for me... Let me not go into details of stuff to do when i get back! I will scare myself again !!!!

So there's roughly about 3 months and I am married, life's gonna change, I am sure all for the better, soon life will be NEW !! This phase is quite testing for me though...i am very stressed mostly, concerned of mainly my course completion, then there's all the formalities for living in this world, anxious about married life and ability to manage things, the endless uninvited comments about relocation, marriage, husbands, families and so on....negative i know, but i am pouring it all here...i am lacking self confidence... wedding doesnt seem prime importance...its the married life, the days beyond that is what i am looking forward to, it is where my focus is.... i guess i am thinking too much!! Sigh!

So we are here at the 2nd last day of the 2nd month....sometimes it feels like yesterday was New year's day and some other times it feels like while is time as snail-paced as traffic in the mornings! Weird....Maybe I am going crazy or not making good use of time...I dont know! February has been a very good month according to me. I finally got done with the seeminly never-ending Finance paper, V-day finally made a lot of difference (and sense too!) , my beautiful sister's birthday, SR got selected for the Radio contest , my new sis is getting a recognition from college.....and most of all, better understanding of my partner. D-day nears -- it fills me with excitement,anxiety,worries. Everyday is like part of a huge countdown, there's so much to do and a whole lot to take up and look forward to! Its testing at times, I can lose my cool and go horribly out of sync! Then I have to take a walk, get in some more fresh air and let Mother Nature calm me and in her own language tell...

End of Jan marked decorated vehicles in the UAE-many private cars sporting the national flag, some a football at the back, some with the rulers's pics and some others with stars and hearts stuck on the bodies ....There is sudden outflow of LOVE towards the nation... I don't follow Football anymore and hence I was unaware of the recent win of UAE team at the 18th Gulf Cup championship. What surprises me is, I have not seen such celebration by the locals even during National Day! Having lived here for most of my life, not 1 National Day all these 24 yrs has brought up decorated cars or flags.....So what is it that is being celebrated???One historic win in a game of football is more important than the success the nation has achieved? A team of 15 (or maybe more) is more important than all the lives that served the nation to bring about what it is today, possibly even the better coaching the National team received.... I dont get it...Do you? As usual, Funny world we live in.... Nev...

I was to halt at Bangalore airport on my return to Dubai, must say it is so disappointing and definitely the worst ever point to choose as a travel zone specially if you flight is delayed... To begin with, have you ever come across an airport built with large and ugly pipes all over the ceiling? Fine, dont look up, but once you walk to the check in counter its actually dirty!!Fine, its your luggage that sat on those travellators....but once you wait for the immigration to open, there is a phone booth that is devoid of an operator- result is you can't even let your loved ones know that your flight is delayed. If you brought a book, good, if not, bad luck...cos this airport has no shops, no entertainment until you are done with the security check. There is one coffee day- that is your sole reason of survival ( too bad if you dont enjoy coffee /some icecream)! So while you are now stuck inside this mess, don't even expect an announcement for proceeding to immigration or if there w...

Well ya, happy new year-start of 2007; but for me it doesn't feel all that great till now , so this time, not going by the gregorian calendar....my new new year should ideally begin this 15th. I made a trip to Singapore and had a great time with sis and bro in law...we explored tree top walking, a DHL balloon that takes you 250m high, temples, Vivo city, China town, Little India(ofcourse), Sentosa , Clarke Quay , a ride on Singapore river, Discovery center(fun) and the botanical gardens....so quite a bunch we covered. I was lucky to meet a great friend from college times and see her little one and her family, meet cousins and relatives. Managed to borrow couple of books and read them on rainy days and watched some movies....Overall, great , simple great time at the end of 2006! Need to work on my album now!

-Continual Rain -Long hours with latest assignment -Lots of chatting :) -1 day of succesful fasting -another day full of food! -cozy long hours of sleep -no driving -cold, cold tiles forcing me to wear slip-ons -more chatting on the phone -walk in the rain -making list of stuff for upcoming travel Phew! seems like I achieved quite a bit!Last 4 weeks of 2006, but there's so much more to do before 2006 ends!

Certain movies are very attractive for the cast , others for concept...Dhoom2 falls in the former category without any doubt! But there are sub categories ; if you get lucky the overall quality is still good and if not you regret having watched it...options in the latter case is you "go with the flow" or "rest your brain" rather!! So Dhoom 2 inspite of the heavy budgets, strong star cast lacks proper script, flow and its like a movie made for the convenience of the stars...for example, lets hv bipasha in double role , without a good reason, lets have hrithik do all the stunts, AB baby (:P) has no proper role or presence in the movie, was Ash acting ? I dont know but what a waste of money really! And the songs are not great too,low quality lyrics in all of them except for the catchy "Dhoom Machale " title track. "Crazy kiya re" is catchy too but cliche lyrics, its a forget-soon song! Overall you would hated having chosen to watch it , unless you j...

Rains always excite me, its the most rare thing in the desert...I know I explained this over and over but the love for rain seems to be as big as that for sleep or food! I never get tired of these... Ya so, my point is we just had a small rain here this afternoon! At around 1400hrs when you expect the peak of heat, it was getting cooler and dim like the evening had begun! soon we had drizzle n small rain! As ever, the entire place looks amazing, the view outside my window right now is like picture perfect or close! Sigh! i am stuck in office!

There's no better stage in life than childhood, I refused to believe that as a child. Now, I know what they meant....miss being a child ! anyways, i think some part of us is still a child and I hope that remains with us always..!! Happy Childrens' Day!

No, I am not dead yet...LOL! I just had 3 weeks of hectic holidays, excuse 2 days in between were lot of fun....the rest was just continuous travel within India through different modes, suffering from flu and the kinda holiday that is so out of definition! The temple trips and outing with friends was worth, not sure if the rest was really worth it! All I know is I need another holiday that would live up to the definition and if i am lucky, thats coming soon! Expresion : hehe (LOL)

Not been blogging, just find nothing very interesting to share about! Either life's a drag or I am too occupied to think too deep!! I would like to think its the latter...:-) I watched "The LakeHouse" about couple of weeks back, it was a bad choice to watch on big screen, total timepass movie and really not worth making a trip to watch it! My Strategic Management lectures are on...they are pretty enjoyable since the lecturer is interested to go into details, give you varied examples and makes sure you are with him on the topic! Due to Ramdan timings I am having no traffic trouble, though the afternoons are still a pain, but I get some nap time before classes and Iftar timing is good to drive to Dubai! 2-day weekends are making a lot of difference as there is more time to spend with family and we leisure with getting lunch/dinner from out, so that's been fun! Some shopping is on , now need to complete packing.I am off to India for a lill less than 3 weeks -Diwali, gran...

Its been a while, September has been an eventuful month but mostly uninvited ones...so as a result , blogging about random stuff was just not happening... I watched Bas Ek Pal with S&V this saturday and we could have killed ourselves to have just gone by the star cast...though the movie has Urmila, Juhi, Sanjay Suri and (irritating) Jimmy Shergill, the storyline was depressing and the flow was so slow that i think a snail could win the race! Woh Lamhe looks good, though the story is predictable- the track "Kya Mujhe Pyaar hai" sounds very very nice...Shiney Ahuja n Kangana make a nice pair (from the GANGSTER fame). Anyways, keeping that aside, the next movie I am awaiting is "Pyaar Ke side effects".Its been a while since I watched a Rahul Bose flick...and this time its with Ms.Sherawat too!I have liked most of his movies, I feel he has added a new line to contemporary cinema....let's hope this flick is pretty good too!

Happy Ganesh Chathurthi to all ! May Ganesha shower his blessings upon you and your family!!

Its Abhishek Bachchan this time! Of recently, I am in awe of his talent, the characters he is taking up in movies, his clothes, his unshaven beard too!!! I would recommend Bluffmaster and though KANK can be quite a disappointment, AB baby rocks...I thought he was pretty cool in Yuva, Dus and Dhoom! I must admit I wasn't at all for his earlier flicks! The point is he can be the dreamy guy, conman, lying husband- laugh, dance quite well, get furious, be kiddish and even cry and yet is adorable...

To all the Indians,wish a very happy Independence Day! 60 yrs have gone by, besides hoisting the Tiranga, it would only be right to remind ourselves of every single soul who have given up their lives for our freedom! I miss being in India so much now! I miss all the colors ....seems so dry and awful to be in another country not having people to celebrate with ! its disappointing!Anyways, am glad for all those who are celebrating!!! There's no better country :-)

last weekend was fun! went out with Jess and her younger sis, along with Sam n Zorif ....after the pick-up , we headed to Thunder Bowl, the only place I have really gone bowling...I still didnt cross the previous score...this was the 4th time i think, took me time to get into the game and by then didnt score , only 1 strike; which meant worse than last time!! Burgers were the easiest choice to eat at the beach side and it was amazing to enjoy the calm there,except ofcourse for a few who wanted to prove their decibel-abilities over their phones! Oh! how can I forget , we had about 4 cats waiting for us to finish, not to mention I speeded up my gobbling! but it was fun, don't know when it will be possible to have a fun outing with Jess again, she will be married in less than 2 weeks from now! (Office is to myself, so I am busy listening to music and sometimes reading!)

Is it ok to feel lonely in a crowd? to feel odd wherever you are placed? to feel unhappy whatever you do?? Is it ok to feel lost? to feel distant no matter however close?to feel there is no company better than oneself? to have nothing to say at times, no focus , no objective? Is it ok to just let people believe that all is perfect? Is it ok to think too hard, too deep? is it ok to dwell in the past? to be wary about the future?to have no control on the present? is it ok to sacrifice and let go all the time? to be called a child at time and grand parent at other times? to question where is the world running to and for what? to feel lack of need to fall into the usual cycle of life?to feel as though the missing pieces will remain so? Is it ok to not feel ok? Is it ok to indulge in such thoughts....?