SPARX 2007 Speech

After many requests from people, here is the link to download the video of the 'speech' / 'blabbering' I delivered during SPARX 07.

http://rapidshare.com/files/134559598/03042008006.mp4

Thanks to Kondej for having recorded this...

The Recent Serial Bomb Blasts...

You can read on every forum and every magazine and TV channel, same applying to all the newspapers and whichever other media you are aware of, such acts of cowardice are aimed only at deepening the Communal Divide and creating disharmony.

So I believe that the need of the hour is:

The Communities should rise up. Enough is enough. Lets not have blame games with respect to which community did the bombers belong to.

If anyone knows who it was rise up, bring it to the notice of the concerned authorities.

The reason I strongly feel so and so should you is:

You can keep quiet only if-

• You sympathise with the wrong doers. For your kind information they don't need sympathy, they need some serious kick up their back sides.
• You Hero worship them. Though outrageous to believe but No one ever stopped you from being an Ass so this is also possible. So to these people - Get your brains (if you have any) checked. You may be shocked to find that the thing you have up there might be empty.
• You feel they are right in doing what they do. In this case I'd suggest you stand with them and blow yourself to pieces with those losers. I cant and wont stop you from killing yourself, you surely don't need saving, your mind and thinking surely is rotten. But you surely do not have the right to jeopardise or put at risk, the lives of innocent people. Want to prove a point? Try to back it with Logic not with the terror of a bomb.

What is the outcome of all this? Communal warfare. So whichever community you be a part of you surely are going to get a hell of a beating. And if you are a part of the community that is responsible for the mess, you surely deserve more than what you are getting. Unfortunately a few Idiots end up tarnishing the image of the entire community. But you can address the issue and clean the name of your community by being helpful to the investigation and by being counted for the sake of the country.

Then later do not complain about being Victims, you brought this onto yourself.

So unless you want to get beat and live a life like living Hell... SPEAK OUT!!!

Another memorable Quote!

This time from one of my professors from college...

Imagine a scene in an empty lab and a student walks in to have a word with his prof...

Student: Sir mujhe aapke paper mein KT lag gayi hai...
Prof: Hmm
Student: Sir I had prepared for the paper. Maine sab numericals kiye the, but paper mein toh poora theory nikla sir...

Prof: Arey yeh toh aisi baat ho gayi jaise tum ek jang ladne ek BAZOOKA lekar nikle aur saamne se tumhe dushman ne PISTOL se uda diya!!!

Federe vs Nadal: The final at this years Big W

I have been following tennis from the 1991-92 season and have seen almost all, barring a few matches, of the 17 years of Wimbledon that has been telecast on Star Sports.
This has been if not the Best ever Wimbledon final ( apart from being the longest ever Tennis final on the grass of the Center court at the All England Tennis and Croquet Club aka The Championships), it is by far the best game of Tennis I have ever seen.
From the time of the Becker-Connors-Chang-Stitch era, before that, Borg and McEnroe going at each other, and later one of the biggest rivalries in modern era of Tennis, the Sampras -Aggasi rivalry; the FedEx-Spanish Armada rivalry has been the only one since, that can dare to come close.
What a hell of a match it was.
Like the match between India and England at the NatWest Series a couple of seasons ago, I was tempted to turn off the TV seeing Federer down 6-7 6-7 4-5, when the rain interrupted the game for the first time.
But I am a bigger fan of Tennis (and of the Championships ) than that of Cricket any day, hands down. And I am proud of the decision to stay up till 3 am to watch the full game.
Well after the match resumed, King Fed held onto both his service games, and somehow pushed the set onto a tie breaker and won that.
A set score of 2-1 was a relief, to know for a fact that at least it was not a complete white wash like the one in Paris some 4 weeks ago, but looking the way Fed was playing, some surprise was surely in store. And how he Played!!
The fourth set again went down to a tie break and of the 7 heart attacks, I suffered during the match, 5 came on the tie breaker. 2-5 down, What a comeback! Long live king Fed!
The back hand pass of Federer that kept him alive in the championships is one of the many rallies I can relive again and again in my head even now and no one would need a highlight reel to remember this match for sure.
Well you might end up watching the entire match in the highlight reel (under normal circumstances shows all the best points played).
It was as if Federer could conjure an Ace at will / time of need in the 3rd or the 4th set. (Maybe more of this was needed in the 5th set to seal the deal)
If you have a look at the stats bulk of the 26+Aces came in the 3rd and 4th sets.
I still feel If FedEx would have nailed the 2nd set when he was leading 4-2, the outcome would have been very different...
Well later we had a second rain delay in the fifth set tied at 2-2 (deuce), and I was hoping Nadal doesn't gain an advantage which Fed did cause of the first delay.
All through the match i was praying to God, to let Federer win this Wimbledon title and in return I would start supporting Nadal too from the next tournament on (Not everyone has the chance to win 6 big Ws in a row).
Though God hasn't lived up to his end of the deal, I do feel that I will be supporting Nadal too from the next tournament on. But in the Fed-Nadal clashes, its still going to be Fed for me. Federer has some class and grace like no one else on the tennis circuit now, and he is the only player who has come close my all time favourite Pete Sampras (at least for me).
It seemed that I will be up till 5 or 6 or till the lights completely die down in Wimbledon but like all good things come to an end, so did have to, this final. Nadal won, wouldn't say deservedly so, cause both did. But as they say there has to be a winner and there can be only 1 at that.
It was Nadal this time. But be warned Nadal, you have woken up Fed by costing him his most favourite title ( only second to his desire to be called: World No# 1).
I am waiting to see Federer all back in form this year and in the future, and like he said, "I'll be back next year!!"

6th July, 2008 what a day!

Its been a disastrous sports weekend for me as a fan in every sense possible:

1. Hamilton destroyed any opposition that dared to raise its head, on his way to his maiden glory at his Home Grand Prix at the Silverstone Race Track.
When you lap 2 World Champions, and every other car apart from the ones on the podium , including lapping your own team mate...

• Either you are Spectacular
• Or Its just your lucky day

Well in Hamilton's case it was a bit of both. Massa's crash during practise coupled with some scintillating laps by the McLarens in the Qualifying stage seems to have cost Ferrari, I dunno, may be some confidence I guess...
Nonetheless, it was refreshing to see not only a Honda finish the race, but Rubens on the podium. That bloke has an illustrious career behind him, but for quite sometime has been a bit off colour. To come to think of it, he went pointless for the entire duration of last season. Go on Rubens, hope you continue the form, and hope the duo of the Iceman and Massa have a much better performance in the next race, the World Championship is surely hotting up with a 4 way battle between the 2 Ferraris, Hamilton and Kubica...

2. India back in form and loose MISERABLY yet again in a final to the Lankans...
All the papers have been going on about with the question, "Who is that boy Mendis?' and "How does India always manage to choke in a final so consistently?"
This is the closest I can find to all the hype about Imran Khan (From the JTYJN fame). The less said about the loss the better (India's of course).
Now reports suggest that Dhoni wants to take a 'break' and not be a part of the Test Series in Sri Lanka. I agree its been too much Cricket off late. Its got to me and Im bored myself. After a wonderful inaugural IPL &20, the Bangladesh tour and now the Asia Cup, all being high scoring games and hardly having any break in between, things dont feel any different anymore.
300 seems to be a not so difficult chase even if you are 50 / 3 after 12 overs.
But like a friend of mine says we need an Indian tour to New Zealand or a match where the first innings score is 150 and the team manages to defend that total ( A 50 over match obviously).

3. Finally the game that gave me 7 heart attacks and a heart ache since the match has gotten over... It deserves a post of its own. So read up on that too...

You know you are A true United Fan when:

You think any game can be won in the last 2 minutes
You cannot play football with your collar down
You think making things hard for yourself is a standard way of doing things
You hate everything to do with Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool
You know what the meaning of the word "treble" is.
You know what and where the Theatre of Dreams is located
You can predict the step over patterns of Cristiano Ronaldo.
Football is not football if Manchester United are NOT playing.
Believe that we're still going to win the league even if we were 12 points down, with four games to go.
you wake up at 4am after a night of drinking having had only 2 hours of sleep to watch united play live......... against Watford
If ever watching a match as a neutral, you find a united connection and support that team.
During the summer competitions (Euro, world cup) you hope the countries in which players from united represent do poorly so they can get more rest for the season.
You never get tired of explaining why Man Utd is the best even to those who don't know the basics of football and still dare to question your knowledge regarding the game !
When you pick out colors for anything, red black and white are always what you push for...be it a blanket, sweater, or wedding.
Going behind in a match never seems like a major problem
You screw your exams every time by watching late night UCL matches.
Manchester United is THE United and can be said without "Man" in the presence of Newcastle, West Ham, Sheffield, etc. etc. fans
You first look for Man utd on any football game..PC,PS2 etc
The team in that game has to be changed in order to be exactly the same as the one in real life
When your last words will be GLORY GLORY MAN UNITED..
You worship a select few gods by the names of Scholes, Neville, Giggs, Rooney, etc
You know more about the youth squad than most other fans know of their clubs first teams.
You can be asked a number of a player by someone and be able to name them all, and if the number is vacant, name the last player to use the number
You call them Man United, Manchester United, United, the Red Devils, The Babes... but never Man U
Your cell phone's ring is a famous united song or player chant
2/3rds of your time on the computer is based on united... i.e. orkut, espn, soccernet, manutd.com, football manager, etc
You spontaneously come up with chants in front of the TV, much to the delight of the people watching it with you
You cancel your classes when they interfere with matches.
May 26th is a holiday regardless of what is happening.
You run up the wall in your living room yelling with your Man Utd shirt on and end up waking up the whole neighbourhood.
When you cannot watch the game, your friends know to sms you every 5mins to keep you up to date
When walking across the quad on campus and you spot someone wearing a Liverpool shirt, you call them a dirty scouser.
Sir Alex's 4-4-2 is your only way to play football, except when he switches it himself.
When you are out, and would go to even the yuckiest restaurant to watch a Man United game.
Manchester United is religion, The Theater Of Dreams the temple & ManUtd players are Gods.

THINGS ONLY A MOM CAN TEACH

My Mother taught me about ANTICIPATION:
"Just wait until your father gets home."
My Mother taught me about RECEIVING:
"You are going to get it when we get home!"
My Mother taught me to MEET A CHALLENGE:
"What were you thinking? Answer me when I talk to you... Don't talk back to me!"
My Mother taught me LOGIC:
"Because I said so, that's why." & "If you fall out of that swing and break your neck, you're not going to The store with me."
My Mother taught me MEDICAL SCIENCE:"
"If you don't stop crossing your eyes, they are going to freeze that way."
My Mother taught me to THINK AHEAD:
"If you don't pass your spelling test, you'll never get a good job."
My Mother taught me ESP:
"Put your sweater on; don't you think I know when you're cold?"
My Mother taught me HUMOR:
"When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don't come running to me."
My Mother taught me how to BECOME AN ADULT:
"If you don't eat your vegetables, you'll never grow up."
My Mother taught me about GENETICS:
"You're just like your father."
My Mother taught me about my ROOTS:
"Do you think you were born in a barn?"
My Mother taught me about WISDOM OF AGE:
"When you get to be my age, you will understand."
My Mother taught me about JUSTICE:
"One day you'll have kids, and I hope they turn out just like you. Then you'll see what it's like."
My mother taught me RELIGION:
"You better pray that will come out of the carpet."
My mother taught me about TIME TRAVEL:
"If you don't straighten up, I'm going to knock you into the middle of next week!"
My mother taught me FORESIGHT:
"Make sure you wear clean underwear, in case you're in an accident."
My mother taught me IRONY:
"Keep crying and I'll *give* you something to cry about."
My mother taught me about the science of OSMOSIS:
"Shut your mouth and eat your supper!"
My mother taught me about CONTORTIONISM:
"Will you *look* at the dirt on the back of your neck!"
My mother taught me about STAMINA:
"You'll sit there until all that spinach is finished."
My mother taught me about WEATHER:
"It looks as if a tornado swept through your room."
My mother taught me how to solve PHYSICS PROBLEMS:
"If I yelled becauseI saw a meteor coming toward you, would you listen then?"
My mother taught me about HYPOCRISY:
"If I've told you once, I've told you a million times: Don't Exaggerate!!!"
My mother taught me THE CIRCLE OF LIFE:
"I brought you into this world, and I can take you out."
My mother taught me about BEHAVIOUR MODIFICATION:
"Stop acting like your father!"
My mother taught me about ENVY:
"There are millions of less fortunate children in this world who don't have wonderful parents like you do!"