Sachin .....

Well, I don't even have to explain y m I blogging about Sachin at this point in time. Just take a look at all the centuries listed below scored by this great personality and wish him ur best wishes for the next one.
West Indies has played really good on day 1 only to prove that it's a great batting track for Sachin, and how special would it be to conquer such a feet in his own backyard at Wankhede.
Good luck Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar

List of Test Cricket Centuries


No. Score Against Inn. Test Venue H/A Date Result
1 119* England 2 2 Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester Away 14 August 1990 Draw[6]
2 148* Australia 1 3 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Away 6 January 1992 Draw[7]
3 114 Australia 1 5 WACA Ground, Perth Away 3 February 1992 Lost[8]
4 111 South Africa 1 2 Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Away 28 November 1992 Draw[9]
5 165 England 1 2 M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Home 12 February 1993 Won[10]
6 104* Sri Lanka 2 2 Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo Away 31 July 1993 Won[11]
7 142 Sri Lanka 1 1 K. D. Singh Babu Stadium, Lucknow Home 19 January 1994 Won[12]
8 179 West Indies 1 2 Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur Home 2 December 1994 Draw[13]
9 122 England 2 1 Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham Away 8 June 1996 Lost[14]
10 177 England 1 3 Trent Bridge, Nottingham Away 5 July 1996 Draw[15]
11 169♠ South Africa 1 2 Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Away 4 January 1997 Lost[16]
12 143♠ Sri Lanka 1 1 R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Away 3 August 1997 Draw[17]
13 139♠ Sri Lanka 1 2 Sinhalese Sports Club (2), Colombo Away 11 August 1997 Draw[18]
14 148♠ Sri Lanka 1 3 Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Home 4 December 1997 Draw[19]
15 155* Australia 2 1 M. A. Chidambaram Stadium (2), Chennai Home 9 March 1998 Won[20]
16 177 Australia 1 3 M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Home 26 March 1998 Lost[21]
17 113 New Zealand 2 2 Basin Reserve, Wellington Away 29 December 1998 Lost[22]
18 136 Pakistan 2 1 M. A. Chidambaram Stadium (3), Chennai Home 31 January 1999 Lost[23]
19 124* Sri Lanka 2 2 Sinhalese Sports Club (3), Colombo Away 28 February 1999 Draw[24]
20 126*♠ New Zealand 2 1 Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali Home 13 October 1999 Draw[25]
21 217♠ New Zealand 1 3 Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad Home 30 October 1999 Draw[26]
22 116♠ Australia 1 2 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Away 28 December 1999 Lost[27]
23 122 Zimbabwe 1 1 Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi Home 21 November 2000 Won[28]
24 201* Zimbabwe 1 2 Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground (2), Nagpur Home 26 November 2000 Draw[29]
25 126 Australia 1 3 M. A. Chidambaram Stadium (4), Chennai Home 20 March 2001 Won[30]
26 155 South Africa 1 1 Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein Away 3 November 2001 Lost[31]
27 103 England 1 2 Sardar Patel Stadium (2), Motera, Ahmedabad Home 13 December 2001 Draw[32]
28 176 Zimbabwe 1 1 Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground (3), Nagpur Home 24 February 2002 Won[33]
29 117 West Indies 1 2 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain Away 20 April 2002 Won[34]
30 193 England 1 3 Headingley, Leeds Away 23 August 2002 Won[35]
31 176 West Indies 2 3 Eden Gardens, Kolkata Home 3 November 2002 Draw[36]
32 241* Australia 1 4 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Away 4 January 2004 Draw[37]
33 194* Pakistan 1 1 Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Away 29 March 2004 Won[38]
34 248* Bangladesh 1 1 Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka Away 12 December 2004 Won[39]
35 109 Sri Lanka 1 2 Feroz Shah Kotla (2), New Delhi Home 22 December 2005 Won[40]
36 101 Bangladesh 1 1 Bir Shrestha Shahid Ruhul Amin Stadium, Chittagong Away 19 May 2007 Draw[41]
37 122* Bangladesh 1 2 Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur Away 26 May 2007 Won[42]
38 154* Australia 1 2 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Away 4 January 2008 Lost[43]
39 153 Australia 1 4 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Away 25 January 2008 Draw[44]
40 109 Australia 1 4 Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur Home 6 November 2008 Won[45]
41 103* England 2 1 M. A. Chidambaram Stadium (5), Chennai Home 15 December 2008 Won[46]
42 160 New Zealand 1 1 Seddon Park, Hamilton Away 20 March 2009 Won[47]
43 100* Sri Lanka 2 1 Sardar Patel Stadium (3), Motera, Ahmedabad Home 20 November 2009 Draw[48]
44 105* Bangladesh 1 1 Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong Away 18 January 2010 Won[49]
45 143 Bangladesh 1 2 Shere Bangla National Stadium (2), Mirpur Away 25 January 2010 Won[50]
46 100 South Africa 2 1 Cricket Association Stadium (2), Nagpur Home 9 February 2010 Lost[51]
47 106 South Africa 1 2 Eden Gardens, Kolkata Home 15 February 2010 Won[52]
48 203 Sri Lanka 1 2 Sinhalese Sports Club (4), Colombo Away 28 July 2010 Draw[53]
49 214 Australia 1 2 M. Chinnaswamy Stadium (2), Bangalore Home 11 October 2010 Won[54]
50 111* South Africa 2 1 SuperSport Park, Centurion Away 19 December 2010 Lost[55]
51 146 South Africa 1 3 Newlands Cricket Ground (2), Cape Town Away 4 January 2011 Draw[56]

List of ODI Centuries

No. Score Against Pos. Inn. S/R Venue H/A/N Date Result
1 110 Australia 2 1 84.61 R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Neutral September 9, 1994 Won[57]
2 115 New Zealand 2 2 84.55 IPCL Sports Complex Ground, Vadodara Home October 28, 1994 Won[58]
3 105 West Indies 2 1 78.35 Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Home November 11, 1994 Won[59]
4 112* Sri Lanka 2 2 104.67 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Neutral April 9, 1995 Won[60]
5 127* Kenya 2 2 92.02 Barabati Stadium, Cuttack Home February 18, 1996 Won[61]
6 137 Sri Lanka 2 1 100.00 Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi Home March 2, 1996 Lost[62]
7 100 Pakistan 2 1 90.09 Padang, Singapore Neutral April 5, 1996 Lost[63]
8 118 Pakistan 2 1 84.28 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium (2), Sharjah Neutral April 15, 1996 Won[64]
9 110♠ Sri Lanka 2 1 79.71 R. Premadasa Stadium (2), Colombo Away August 28, 1996 Lost[65]
10 114♠ South Africa 1 1 90.47 Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Home December 14, 1996 Won[66]
11 104♠ Zimbabwe 1 1 107.21 Willowmoore Park, Benoni Neutral February 9, 1997 Won[67]
12 117♠ New Zealand 2 2 85.40 M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Home May 14, 1997 Won[68]
13 100 Australia 2 2 112.35 Green Park Stadium, Kanpur Home April 7, 1998 Won[69]
14 143 Australia 2 2 109.16 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium (3), Sharjah Neutral April 22, 1998 Lost[70]
15 134 Australia 2 2 102.29 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium (4), Sharjah Neutral April 24, 1998 Won[71]
16 100* Kenya 2 2 97.08 Eden Gardens, Kolkata Home May 31, 1998 Won[72]
17 128 Sri Lanka 2 1 97.70 R. Premadasa Stadium (3), Colombo Away July 7, 1998 Won[73]
18 127* Zimbabwe 2 2 97.69 Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Away September 26, 1998 Won[74]
19 141 Australia 2 1 110.15 Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka Neutral October 28, 1998 Won[75]
20 118* Zimbabwe 2 2 105.35 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium (5), Sharjah Neutral November 8, 1998 Won[76]
21 124* Zimbabwe 2 2 134.78 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium (6), Sharjah Neutral November 13, 1998 Won[77]
22 140* Kenya 4 1 138.61 County Ground, Bristol Neutral May 23, 1999 Won[78]
23 120♠ Sri Lanka 1 1 85.10 Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo Away August 29, 1999 Won[79]
24 186*♠ New Zealand 2 1 124.00 Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad Home November 8, 1999 Won[80]
25 122 South Africa 2 2 88.40 IPCL Sports Complex Ground (2), Vadodara Home March 17, 2000 Won[81]
26 101 Sri Lanka 2 1 72.14 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium (7), Sharjah Neutral October 20, 2000 Lost[82]
27 146 Zimbabwe 2 1 95.42 Barkatullah Khan Stadium, Jodhpur Home December 8, 2000 Lost[83]
28 139 Australia 2 1 111.20 Nehru Stadium, Indore Home March 31, 2001 Won[84]
29 122* West Indies 2 2 93.12 Harare Sports Club, Harare Neutral July 4, 2001 Won[85]
30 101 South Africa 2 1 78.29 New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Away October 5, 2001 Lost[86]
31 146 Kenya 2 1 110.60 Boland Park, Paarl Neutral October 24, 2001 Won[87]
32 105* England 4 1 97.22 Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street Away July 4, 2002 N/R[88]
33 113 Sri Lanka 4 1 110.78 County Ground (2), Bristol Neutral July 11, 2002 Won[89]
34 152 Namibia 2 1 100.66 City Oval, Pietermaritzburg Neutral February 23, 2003 Won[90]
35 100 Australia 2 1 84.03 Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior Home October 26, 2003 Won[91]
36 102 New Zealand 2 1 112.08 Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium (2), Hyderabad Home November 15, 2003 Won[92]
37 141 Pakistan 2 2 104.44 Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Away March 16, 2004 Lost[93]
38 123 Pakistan 2 1 94.61 Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad Home April 12, 2005 Lost[94]
39 100 Pakistan 2 1 88.49 Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar Away February 6, 2006 Lost[95]
40 141* West Indies 2 1 95.27 Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur Neutral September 14, 2006 Lost[96]
41 100* West Indies 4 1 131.57 IPCL Sports Complex Ground (3), Vadodara Home January 31, 2007 Won[97]
42 117* Australia 1 2 97.5 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Away March 2, 2008 Won[98]
43 163* New Zealand 2 1 122.55 AMI Stadium, Christchurch Away March 8, 2009 Won [99]
44 138 Sri Lanka 1 1 103.76 R. Premadasa Stadium (4), Colombo Away September 14, 2009 Won[100]
45 175 Australia 2 2 124.11 Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad Home November 5, 2009 Lost [101]
46 200* South Africa 2 1 136.05 Roop Singh Stadium (2), Gwalior Home February 24, 2010 Won[102]
47 120 England 2 1 104.35 M. Chinnaswamy Stadium (2), Bangalore Home February 27, 2011 Tied[103]
48 111 South Africa 2 1 109.9 Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur Home March 12, 2011 Lost[104]

Back Again ......

I know I have said this soooooooo many times before, but I believe this time I will be able to keep my promise.
If u ask me the reason y? Oh come on just ask me y?
Answer is simple, I just love my iPhone. There is actually an app for blogger. Isint that gr8.
So now I believe I can regularly blog, small snippets from everyday's life.

Ps: if u don't have an iPhone, u don't have an iPhone

Value of Rs.500

Hi Everybody

Came across this video on youtube recently. Its worth a thought .....

So tell me what would you do with Rs.500

Dot a line in comments

Cheers!

Sachin ....

Finally, the 200 he deserved......

Coming from the only man, who well deserved it, who has given so much to the world of cricket, also set a new benchmark to beat, almost impossible.....

A Spectacular display of talent & certainly a role model .....

I was & still am, absolutely speechless about the innings & the glory to Sachin's destiny.

I know this post is coming quite late, but i guess better late than never.

Some of the gr8 quotes by some gr8 players proves Sachin's calibre & every bit of success he deserves. Read on .....

I saw him playing on television and was struck by his technique, so I asked my wife to come look at him. Now I never saw myself play, but I feel that this player is playing much the same as I used to play, and she looked at him on Television and said yes, there is a similarity between the two...hi compactness, technique, stroke production... it all seemed to gel! in reference to Sachin Tendulkar.
- Sir Don Bradman

India's fortune will depend on how many runs the little champion scores. There is no doubt Tendulkar is the real thing.
- Sunil Gavaskar

He has defined cricket in his fabulous, impeccable manner. He is to batting what Shane Warne is to bowling.
- Richie Benaud

Sachin is cricket's God!
- Barry Richards

Harder he works, the luckier he gets.
- Ian Chappell

Technically, you can't fault Sachin. Seam or spin, fast or slow nothing is a problem.
- Geoffrey Boycott

He is Sachin Tendulkar. I hope he stays Sachin Tendulkar. We need a new player, a player in his own way. He has a technique which is the hallmark of a great player. Everything indicates that he will be a great player and I am sure he will prove me right. Reminds me of Barry Richards.
- Eddie Barlow

He is a perfectly balanced batsman and knows perfectly well when to attack and when to play defensive cricket. He has developed the ability to treat bowlers all over the world with contempt and can destroy any attack with utmost ease.
- Greg Chappell

I'll be going to bed having nightmares of Sachin just running down the wicket and belting me back over the head for six. He was unstoppable. I don't think anyone, apart from Don Bradman, is in the same class as Sachin Tendulkar. He is just an amazing player.
- Shane Warne

I think he is marvellous. I think he will fit in whatever category of Cricket that has been played or will be played, from the first ball that has ever been bowled to the last ball that's going to be. He can play in any era and at any level. I would say he's 99.5% perfect.
- Viv Richards

Today, he showed the world why he is considered the best batsman around. Some of the shots he played were simply amazing. Earlier, opposing teams used to feel that Sachin's dismissal meant they could win the game. Today, I feel that the Indian players, too, feel this way.
- Wasim Akram

Beneath the helmet, under that unruly curly hair, inside the cranium, there is something we don't know, something beyond scientific measure. Something that allows him to soar, to roam a territory of sport that, forget us, even those who are gifted enough to play alongside him cannot even fathom. When he goes out to bat, people switch on their television sets and switch off their lives.
- BBC Sports

I Was fielding in the covers Tendulkar came out to bat in his debut Test at Karachi. I still remember Waqar Younis was at his peak form at that time. Tendulkar tried to drive Waqar through the covers off his very first ball in Test cricket but was beaten all ends up. But I walked to captain Imran Khan and told him 'this kid looks very good' and Imran agree with me.
- Abdul Qadir

I have watched a lot of Tendulkar and we have spoken to each other a lot. He has it in him to be among the very best.
- Sir Garfield Sobers

Don't bowl him bad balls, he hits the good ones for fours.
- Michael Kasprowicz

If I've to bowl to Sachin, I'll bowl with my helmet on. He hits the ball so hard.
- Dennis Lillee

I still think Tendulkar is the best batsmen in the world ahead of Steve Waugh and Lara.
- Glenn McGrath

What we (Zimbabwe) need is 10 Tendulkars.
- Paul Strang

Sometime back I had written a piece that said that Sachin's the master and Lara a genius with his head high up somewhere. That's it!
- Peter Roebuck

Sachin is an attacker. He has much more power than Sunny. He wants to be the one to set the pace. He has to be on top. That's the buzz about him.
- Jeff Thompson

Tendulkar is the most complete batsman I have stood behind. I saw the hundred in Perth on a bouncy pitch with Hughes, McDermott and Whitney gunning for him he only had 60-odd when No 11 came in. I've seen him against Warne too.
- Ian Healy

Sachin's the best. I've had this view since I saw him score that hundred in Sydney in 1992. He's the most composed batsman I've ever seen.
- Mike Coward

The pressure on me is nothing as compared to Sachin Tendulkar. Sachin, like God, must never fail. The crowd always expects him to succeed and it is too much pressure on him

- Mark Waugh

Sachin is a genius. I'm a mere mortal.
- Brain Lara

His life seems to be a stillness in a frantic world... [When he goes out to bat], it is beyond chaos - it is a frantic appeal by a nation to one man. The people see him as a God...
- Mathew Hayden

It was one of the greatest innings I have ever seen. There is no shame being beaten by such a great player, Sachin is perhaps only next to the Don.
- Steve Waugh

You might pitch a ball on the off stump and think you have bowled a good ball and he walks across and hits it for two behind midwicket. His bat looks so heavy but he just waves it around like it's a toothpick.
- Brett Lee

Hope many more such centuries....

I m still lost for words

Cheers!

Confused ...... but Good to be back !

Hi Everybody,

Long time no see, huh. Yeah more than a year now since my last post ..... what excuse have i got this time. Nothing ....... just nothing.

Always thought of scrapping something, but i just let it go, postponing it to tomorrow & tomorrow & that tomorrow has come today.

My brain is overflowing with all the thoughts that i feel like spilling here, but i m really confused with should i write about??

- What i did for all this time?

- My birthday?

- Travelling i have been doing?

- Australian Open 2010 (yes i was at the Rod Laver Arena watching Roger, Serena & Leander win)

- Great Ocean Drive?

- 12 Apostles?

- Penguin Parade?

- My work?

- My Promotion?

- My Guitar classes (Yes i learned the beginner level)

- My Guitar (I actually bought one)

- Sachin's 200 in ODI

- IPL?

- Lalit Modi?

- Schumi's return to F1

- Jervis Bay (Beach with the whitest sand in the world & green water)

- Jamberoo (Water Park)

- Wagga Wagga

- Missed Birthdays?

- Distant Friends

- Orange

- Movies i watched

- Jason Marz songs

- Mark Knopfler

- New Year @ Harbour Bridge & Sydney fireworks

- My stolen car

- New boss

OMG, so many more, its just not getting enough of me .......

Come on help me, pic one & i ll try & talk about it

Good to be back .......

Cheers!

And another .....

Courtesy : Cricinfo.com

Hello everybody,

What a master class, another century, another milestone, a true legend, Sachin .......

Just read his achievement so far .....

Test matches:

Number of matches - 156

Runs scores - 12429

Highest score - 248 not out

Average - 54.27

100's - 41

50's - 51

One Day International:

Number of matches - 425

Runs scores - 16684

Highest score - 186 not out

Average - 44.37

100's - 43

50's - 91

Truly a master class. 

I was really confident of him scoring the first ever 200 by a batsman in ODI that other night against New Zealand, with the pace he was scoring with another 5 others to bowl, looked easy, but he had done enough, & i respect his decision for not pushing his body in danger of further damage & retiring hurt.

But as i m saying it again n again, what a master class of play.

Now the following is my dream:

I m watching the final of World Cup 2011 at Wankhede stadium in Mumbai. India playing the final, (not worried who the opponent is) Sachin scores a century again, that should be his atleast 50th ODI hundred. India to win the match & the World Cup, Sachin's first & final world cup win, Sachin is the man of the match & the player of the tournament. What a dream finish!

Anyways, i m confident that my dream will come true.

Have a good day guys,

Cheers!

"Love & Marriage"

Hi Everybody,

How u all doin? I hope everyone is good, safe & surviving from the recent crunch thats affected the whole world.

Anyways, following post is an email forward to me by my school friend Asim Pereira, who is getting married on May 2, '2009. Its funny ..... Enjoy!

A student asked a teacher, "What is love?" 

The teacher said, "in order to answer your question, go to the wheat field and choose the biggest wheat and come back. 
But the rule is: you can go through them only once and cannot turn back to pick." 
The student went to the field, went thru first row, he saw one big wheat, but he wondered....may be there is a bigger one later. 
Then he saw another big one... but may be there is a bigger one waiting for him, he thought. 
Later, when he finished more than half of the wheat field, he start to realize that the wheat is not as big as the previous one he saw, he knows he has missed the biggest one, and he regrets. 
So, he ended up going back to the teacher empty handed. 
The teacher told him, "...this is love... you keep looking for a better one, but  later you realise, you have already missed the person...." 


"What is marriage then?" the student asked. 
The teacher said, "in order to answer your question, go to the corn field and choose the biggest corn and come back. But the rule is: you can go through them only once and cannot turn back to pick." 
The student went to the corn field, this time he is careful not to repeat the previous mistake, hence, when he reached the middle of the field, he picked one medium corn that he felt satisfied with, and came back to the teacher. 
The teacher told him, "this time you brought back a corn.... you looked for one that is just nice, and you had faith and believed that this is the best one you will get.... this is marriage."* 
 
Nice one, isn't it?

And here are some of the transformations over a period of time.

 Dating process:

6 weeks : I love U, I love U, I love U. 
6 months : Of course I love U.
6 years : GOD, if I didn't love U, then why the hell did I propose?

Back from Work:

6 weeks : Honey, I'm home. 
6 months : BACK!!
6 years : What did your mom cook for us today??

Gifts:
6 weeks : Honey, I really hope you liked the ring.
6 months : I bought you a painting; it would fit the motif in the living room. 
6 years : Here's the money. Buy yourself something.

Phone Ringing:
6 weeks : Baby, somebody wants you on the phone. 
6 months : Here, for you.
6 years : PHONE RINGING.

Cooking:
6 weeks : I never knew food could taste so good!
6 months : What are we having for dinner tonight?
6 years : AGAIN!!!!

Apology:
6 weeks : Honey muffin, don't you worry, Ill never hold this against you.
6 months : Watch out! Don't do it again.
6 years : What's not to understand about what I just said??

New Dress:
6 weeks : Oh my God, you look like an angel in that dress.
6 months : You bought a new dress again??? 
6 years : How much did THAT cost me?

Planning for Vacations:
6 weeks : How do 2 weeks in Vienna or anywhere you please sound??
6 months : What's so bad about going to Istanbul on a charter plane?
6 years : Travel? What's so bad about staying home???

TV:
6 weeks : Baby, what would you like us to watch tonight? 
6 months : I like this movie.
6 years : I'm going to watch ESPN, if you're not in the mood, go to bed, I can stay up by myself

Have a good weekend guys!

Cheers!

Why are all clocks on 10:10 .......

Well i have been thinking about this for a while & trying to do a bit of research to find out, why does all the clock in ads or on displays are on 10:10 .....

There are a lot of conspiracy theories that i came across while i conducted my research. Some of which i m gonna share with u now & then if anyone has a different answer or has come across a much better reason, drop in a line, well u can drop in a line anyways .....

1. Most watch companies have their logo under the 12, hence it gives a good look of the logo if the clock is set at 10:10

2. Its a smiley face

3. JFK was shot at 10:10 & its a tribute to him

4. Lincoln was shot at 10:10, hence its a tribute to him

5. Its gives a sensation of something friendly & welcoming (open arms)

6. Its a promoto for safe driving ( keep ur hands on the wheel at 10 to 2 position)

Well that is pretty much what my research revealed, let me know if u have any more information on it.

Have a good weekend everyone..

Cheers!

New Year Wishes '09

Happy New Year !!

2008 is long gone & 2009 has already began. May this new year be prosperous to everyone.

We all would have received messages from our loved ones & here are some of the messages i received.

• Wishing you n ur family a very happy n prosperous new year - Sanjeev, Pooja n Diya
• Happy New Year!! Wishing u a bright and prosperous New Year - Shiva
• Good & Bad things have passed in the memory lane of the year 2008 so nonw lets welcome year 2009 with all the best wishes & luck,  "Happy New Year to u & ur fly" - Unknown
• Baba, Wish you a happy & prosperous 2009 - Chuggya
• Wid petals of roses, Palm ful of holy water, Light of sunshine, Fragrance of flowers & Grass wid dew, I wish dis year is special year 4 u n ur family. Happy New Year - Mayank & Rashmi
• Wishing you a very Happy New Year.. May God Bless you and shower his blessings..Have a great year.. luv & regards - Lucky & Aeti
• The year has almost gone. But made us strong. The path was long. But we walked with a song. There were fears n tears. But we also had reasons for cheers. Happy New Year 2009 - Aditi
• Wishing you a very Happy New Year! Hope this year brinngs you all the Love, Luck & Happiness. Cheers!  - Vidhu Sonthalia

Thanks everyone for ur wishes.

Have a gr8 year ......

Cheers!

Resolutions .......

Hi Everybody,

Probably the last post on most of the blogs & so it be about the New Year Resolutions.

Everyone has new year resolutions. Some stay by it & many just forget it.

So following is the list of my new year resolutions:

1. Exercise & swim regularly, loose some weight & get more fit n muscular

2. Study towards a professional degree. Get enrolled for CA

3. Find a new professional job with more pay 

4. Buy a new car (BMW or Merc)

5. Eat at the right time & the right food

6. Drink more water everyday

7. Blog more often

Let me know urs.

Cheers!

Sunscreen....

Hello Everybody,

This is the most inspirational song i ve heard & i believe everyone must listen to it atleast once in life.....

Everybody is free to wear Sunscreen - Baz Luhrmann

Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of ’97

Wear Sunscreen
If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it.

The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience…

I will dispense this advice now. 

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth; oh nevermind; you will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded. 

But trust me, in 20 years you’ll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can’t grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked….

You’re not as fat as you imagine. 

Don’t worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum. 

The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday. 

Do one thing everyday that scares you 

Sing.... 

Don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts, don’t put up with people who are reckless with yours. 

Floss.... 

Don’t waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes you’re behind…the race is long, and in the end, it’s only with yourself. 

Remember the compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you succeed in doing this, tell me how. 

Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements. 

Stretch.... 

Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your life…the most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still don’t. 

Get plenty of calcium. 

Be kind to your knees, you’ll miss them when they’re gone. 

Maybe you’ll marry, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll have children,maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll divorce at 40, maybe you’ll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary…

what ever you do, don’t congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself either – your choices are half chance, so are everybody else’s. 

Enjoy your body, use it every way you can…don’t be afraid of it, or what other people think of it, it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever own.. 

Dance….

Even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room. 

Read the directions, even if you don’t follow them. 

Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly. 

Brother and sister together we'll make it through....Someday your spirit will take you and guide you there....I know you've been hurting, but I've been waiting to be there....For you. And I'll be there, just tell me now, whenever I can...

Get to know your parents, you never know when they’ll be gone for good. 

Be nice to your siblings; they are the best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future. Understand that friends come and go,but for the precious few you should hold on. 

Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you 
knew when you were young. 

Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard; live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft. 

Travel.... 

Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old, and when you do you’ll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders. Respect your elders. 

Don’t expect anyone else to support you. 

Maybe you have a trust fund, maybe you have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when either one might run out. Don’t mess too much with your hair, or by the time you're 40, it will look 85. 

Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who supply it. 

Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it’s worth. 

But trust me on the sunscreen…

Brother and sister together we'll make it through....Someday your spirit will take you and guide you there....I know you've been hurting, but I've been waiting to be there....For you. And I'll be there, just tell me now, whenever I can....Everybody's free....

Thats all for now guys,

Have a lovely weekend

Cheers!

Onkar - The Painter

As every year my sister sent me the "Kalnirnay" calendar just a few days ago. And this time i had a surprise along with the calendar. Nobody told me this before when i called them & i was completely unaware about this.

Look at that scenery. Isn't  that just wonderful ? I mean, its drawn by a mere 7 year old. I was not only surprised by that accurate objects but also by the colour coding & shading. As rightly said "Imagination had no bounds". Just superb.

I was thrilled to see that. I mean i did draw fairly well, but at the age of 7, just mind blowing. And then when i called him to tell him how good it was, the first question he asked me was, how did u like my surprise, mama? And u guys can almost guess what my reaction would have been.

Not to end it there check the following greeting he made & sent it to me.

                     

Now isn't that just gr8. I have no words. What a beautiful christmas tree & a gift box. I just love him. He is such a cutie pie. 

He just made my christmas & new year. 

Anyways guys, i m now in canberra, travelling a bit & enjoying the lovely summer.

Have a good one.

Cheers!

Boxing Day Test ......

Boxing Day Test, as it is commonly referred as is a cricket test match hosted in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia involving the australian cricket team and the opposition national team touring australia that summer. It beings annually, traditionally on 26th December of every year.

Why is it called a boxing day test match? Or infact y is 26th December called a boxing day?

Any guesses?

May be there is a big boxing match in australia? Was there any boxing match played in the history? People box each other? Kids play with boxes? What can it be?

I asked this question to many of my Oz friends as well, & guess what, only 1 knew the correct answer. 

I researched this even before i migrated to australia. Just bcoz i studied the country, culture, important days & events etc etc.

So have u guessed y is 26th December called Boxing Day?

No ..............

Ok, let me tell u then.

Christmas is celebrated on 25th December & all the families have feast. They dress well, eat well, meet, greet etc etc. Its celebrated with joy & fun.

This day is celebrated from centuries. In australia over a century ago they started a custom.

As you can imagine a century ago, there was poverty. Rich & poor were the two class of people recognised with. So on the Christmas eve, the rich people would cook all the delicious food, call over family & friends & celebrate the occassion. 

On 26th December, all the left over food was put in the empty boxes from the gifts received & distributed among the poor & thats y 26th December is called Boxing Day.

Thats it for now folks,

Wish you all a Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year.

Cheers!

Genie....

Hi Everybody,

How u all doin? I hope everyone is doing great in their life.
I just received this email and as it said, i just could not stop laughing .....
It was emailed to me by MG, & i would like to share it with all of u.
May be u ve read it before or received it as an email, ...... its worth a read


Couple was golfing one day on a Very Exclusive golf course lined with million dollar houses.
On the third tee, the husband said, "Honey, be very careful when you drive the ball, do not knock out any windows. It will cost us a fortune to fix."
The wife teed up and shanked it right through the window of the biggest house on the course.
The husband cringed and said, "I told you to watch out for the houses.
All right, let's go up there, apologize and see how much it s going to cost us."
They walked up and knocked on the door, and heard a voice say, "Come on in."
When they opened the door they saw glass all over the place and a broken bottle lying on its side in the foyer.
A man on the couch said, "Are you the people that broke the window?" "Uh yeah, sorry about that" the husband replied.. "
No, actually I want to thank you. I am a genie that was trapped for a thousand years in that bottle. You have released me.
I am allowed to grant three wishes - I will give you each one wish, and I will keep the last one for myself." the genie said.
"Ok" the husband said. "I want a million dollars a year for the rest of my life." "No problem-it is the least I can do.
And you, what do you want?" the genie said looking at the wife.
"I want a house in every country of the world" she said. "Consider it done." the genie said. "
And what is your wish, genie?" the husband said "Well, since I have not had sex with a woman in a thousand years, my wish is to sleep with your wife."
The husband looks at the wife and said, "Well, we did get a lot of money and all those houses, honey. I guess I would not mind."
The genie took the wife upstairs and ravished her for two hours. After it was all over, the genie rolled over, looked at the wife and said, "How old is your husband anyway?" "35" she said.
"Really? And he still believes in genies?

Have a good day .....
Cheers!

Onki.....

Onki..... as i call him, his name is Onkar, my nephew. He just turned 7 last month and was very anxious about his gift list. I always love talking with him and call him very often, atleast once a week, and we never finish.
He is in 2nd standard and had already claimed a few first prizes, eg: patriotic song, clay moulding, painting, craft art and a couple more. Well he is always keen to discuss all his participations, coz it had turned out to be such that, he wins when he takes tips from me.
Well anyways, this year his birthday wish list was very small, only 1 item on the list and that is hotwheels track set. OMG, hotwheels track set, i was totally shocked and thrilled by his attention to find things for his wishlist, and that only 1 single item, too good. And then as always we started discussing, which one does he want to buy.
My sis, did not have any clue whatsoever about its price. So a week earlier she popped into a toy shop with onki to look for hotwheels. Price ranged from Rs. 500 to Rs. 1000. And as we all know onki now, he wanted the biggest and the costliest. What say? My sis saw the demo and wasn ot quite impressed. Its just a stunt track with a crane lifting the vehicle and dropping it down on the track, thats it, fun finished. Rs. 1000 just for a drop and destruction. Not very impressed, she walked out and thought of buying something else, but smart onki had numerous ways to get what he wants.
So they started shopping around to see if there is any other hotwheels set that would make sense with the price. But no, as u know the market union, nothing less than the earlier price and the same stupid stunts, thats it. Totally unimpressed, my sis decided to but him something else, even more expensive, but which would make sense for its value.
At first onki did not understand y my sis didnt buy him that toy, as he never understood what does Rs. 1000 mean. (we havent reached that far in counting numbers at school), so my sis explained him that Rs. 1000 is 10 times 100.
Discussing something else with onki was never an option as by the end on that day, he had already called his dad atleast 5 times on his own, just to tell him how villian his mom is and shed a few croc tears to agree him on his side. And on the other hand told everyone he met that he is getting that hotwheel set for his birthday. How cunning, he thought that will make his mom complel to buy him one.
Finally his Bday, and nothing in the pocket. No hotwheels nor coldwheels. Onki9 has no presents. Adamant onki wants hotwheels or nothing else. So my sis said nothing else. But saying that she bought him a new swimming trunks, cap and goggles, as he not at the age of 7 already has a full swimming pass, which means he can swim unsupervised and knows most of the styles perfectly.
Onki was happy as he got something he needed as he was bored of the old one (which is only 3 months old). But new is good as now he is starting his 3 feet diving training.
So everyone thought, its all good now, but onki's mind was always revolving around some trick on hotwheels, and he knew to get that he needs 10 times 100. So as this year was not very exiting to my family and our relatives, things were always a bit under par with everything.
It was ganesh festival and onki had ganpati @ home. Everyone that came for darshan asked onki about his birthday and he kept telling them the tale all day long, and all kept enjoying it. All his uncles came for ganpati visarjan and then as they all were leaving, like always they gave onki some money instead of gift due to the family reason. Money money money ..... onki started dreaming about his hotwheels again.
So by the end of the day, onki had 4 times 100 in his pocket. So he knew he needed 6 more. Now he thought that he had some bargaining power. So he quitely went to my sis and gave her that 4 times 100 and said, keep this with u, i ll keep adding more, when it reached 10 times 100 tell me, then we ll go and but the hotwheels. Can u believe this .....
Now my dad, his grandpa, left after a couple of days and on his way out just to add to his peggy bank and to add to this hotwheels drama, gave him 2 times 100. So now he had 6, just 4 more to go, he kept saying all night long.
So finally, next day my did added 4 more and surprised him when he returned from school with the Rs.1000 trick track set he dreamed of. Onki played all night long and then when i called him the following sunday, u can imagine how happy he was to tell me about his hotwheels.
So now i sent him 5 new cars for his track. I m sure he ll enjoy.

Ok guys, will catch u ll again very soon......
Cheers!

Rock On......

Rock On..... Seriously Rocks!!

A muct watch movie, i must say. I watched this movie last week and was totally thrilled by the direction and the performance of all the actors involved.

Farhan Akhtar, debutant ..... too good. No doubt he is an awesome director himself, so creativity and public eye view would never had been a problem to discuss, but truly amazing as a rocker!
All the other characters have also played their part of role to perfection.

The movie just takes u along with it till the very end. Thats what i like. Never lost interest, never felt as if they were over acting nor felt it unrealistic at any point.

Over an all a pretty good movie after a long time. Just got me into the groove ......

P.S.: All thanks to my sis adi, for inspiring me to blog again, and with a true promise to her i shall blog quite often now. Leave me a comment if possible.