BYE BYE WORLD CUP

Its like 4 in the morning n i cant fuckin sleep....
india has bloody lost the match against srilanka n they r outta world cup....
I'm so angry,so hurt,shocked and mad at the indian team....A fire will rage in da whole country tomorrow....wen i get up(ie at 1.30 pm),all da news channels r gonna show ppl burning posters, going on strike n crap....
Cant understand what?i'm utterly shocked....keeps me wondering why are we so sentimental about this silly game played by a bunch of arse's....
God!I feel like climbing up the walls.Are we so bad to have come out in the first round?It was dravid's,tendulkar's,ganguly's,kumble's last WC innings....
I feel like SHOUTING,CRYING,YELLING....
I feel like god knows wat...
If i cud i'd probably ask them all to resign from playing cricket..esp dravid shud just back off..
I know how hard it is for a DIE HARD dravid fan like me to see this....

BUT....
I would prefer being optimistic....
I'd hope bermuda defeats bangladesh.........

OR IS IT JUST THE NEGATIVE THOUGHT????

Thoughts are neither negative nor positive. Thoughts are just thoughts. What they turn out to be depends on the context. Given a context thoughts can be realistic or unrealistic; mean or generous; selfish or selfless. Many chronic positive thinkers insist that the glass is half full- do they still remain positive when the glass is half full of polluted water? A positive thinking fellow is like someone who decides that it is more honorable to fall from the Eiffel tower rather than from a ten storied building! It doesn’t matter where you fall from, the consequence will be disastrous. In reality no positive thought can arise without a negative thought hiding around it. They are like the two poles of the magnet. For instance if I ask you not to think of mallika sherawat for the next one minute, you will invariably think of her. Try it!
Positive thinking can turn negative very quickly. Why? Because they originate in the same source. They are interconnected like marigold and manure. It takes a blooming marigold just a few days to become manure. Similarly, manure becomes flower in the course of time...
Marigold and manure are two expressions of one shared identity. Negative thinking comes from the same shared space as positive thinking. I am not endorsing negative thinking. I am simply saying thoughts become positive or negative depending on you. It is you who sets the standards and values by which you evaluate thoughts. A lot of people talk of falling standards of everything: food, music, newspaper or whatever. Actually standards have neither fallen nor risen. Standards have just shifted;
Your value frames have changed…..

BOB WOOLMER-MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE

The cricket world was shocked to learn of Bob Woolmer's sudden death in Jamaica, a day after Pakistan's early exit from the World Cup. The tributes have started coming in.
"The news was pretty devastating, to be honest. He was a very, very close friend, actually more than as a coach.... He was a very respected man. We were together with Warwickshire and South Africa. Bob was an extremely professional man, was an extremely soft person, gave his life to cricket and probably paid for it." Allan Donald

"I am shocked and badly hurt. We have lost a good coach and a good person."Inzamam-ul-Haq


"We are all greatly saddened by Bob Woolmer's passing. He was a great cricket man. His life was devoted to cricket."Malcolm Speed, chief executive of the ICC

"He was a great lad, a great motivator. He was a bit eccentric at times but it is a terrible loss. I remember going to his house in Cape Town and many years ago he showed me his work room. He had everything on computers even then. This was before the technology was readily available and he showed me how he was going to monitor things and study each player's performance. He was one of the first to really work on the reverse-sweep shot, he probably worked at it too much. He taught people to go back when they were playing it rather than go forward to give batsmen more room to play and he developed a lot of that." Former England captain Mike Denness, a teammate of Woolmer's at Kent

"We had a marvellous time together. Can't believe it happened. It happened so quickly. We can't do anything about it... huge tragedy for Pakistan cricket, a huge shock for the nation. Don't think I can take it very well.... Was a lovely man, very understanding..."Shoaib Akhtar

"What Bob Woolmer did for a team that was at war with eachother was truly remarkable. He gave them a sense of direction, belonging, presence and a feeling of togetherness."Rameez Raja

"We were all very shocked when we found out. All of us had known Bob pretty well. A lot of us played under Bob, so it is obviously a huge sadness among the guys. We send our best out to his family, and I know a lot of the guys have been in contact with his wife. A lot of us had a close relationship with Bob over the last few months, especially having played against Pakistan. All of us socialised with him over a period of time. We will all have very fond memories of Bob - which is very important. The guys just hope his family can get things sorted out, and that is what is on most of the guys' minds at the moment."Graeme Smith

"Bob Woolmer was a wonderful man and also a very, very good cricketer. I first bumped into him when he was playing for Kent under Colin Cowdrey. He was a very good allrounder, an outswing bowler and batted at the top of the Kent innings. There was no doubt in my mind when I first saw him that Bob Woolmer would end up playing cricket for England. I had the pleasure of being captain and selecting him when that happened. He gave his all, all the time. He always felt that coaching Pakistan would be the big challenge but he always had it in the back of his mind that if he could get Pakistan together as a team, they could do something similar to what Australia has done in recent years, because of the incredible talent in that country. "Tony Greig


"On behalf of the England cricket team we know there has been a sad loss to the world of cricket with the death of Bob Woolmer today. We know how much he has had an impact on the world game, the English game and we know how greatly missed he's going to be. Today's win and the incidents of the last 48 hours have really hit home to us when we heard that Bob had died when we were on the field today. All our condolences go out to his family. It was only last Saturday that I was in the swimming pool in Montego Bay just talking to him. We were having fruit punches together just discussing the game and certain aspects of it. He was a great talker about the game, he had many ideas and innovative ideas and brought new things to the game. It's so hard to know that only five days ago you were in the swimming pool with him and now he's passed away. He's going to be greatly missed."Michael Vaughan

"I first met Bob Woolmer in 1972 when we were playing the one-day series in England. He was picked in the England side as a one-day specialist. The Australians tended to laugh about this, feeling that either you are a good cricketer or you are not. You didn't need specialist for different types of games. Anyhow I was soon laughing on the other side of my face, because in the first game he clean bowled me and he might have got my brother Greg as well. We then became well and truly aware of Bob Woolmer in 1975, when he got a century at The Oval. He batted for three days, to help England save the game in the fourth Test match in the 1975 series. The thing I admired about Bob, was that he enjoyed helping young cricketers. He really had a genuine love for the game and liked passing on his knowledge. The cricket world will be all the poorer for his passing."Ian Chappell .............



These were tributes offered by the legends themselves....but as an ardent cricket fan i feel so touched and so sad about bob woolmer's demise..I got up early tat morning wen all the news channels showed about finding the pakistan coach unconscious in his hotel room hours after his side's elimination from the World Cup. He was 58. Although Woolmer played 19 Tests for England, it was as an international coach that he really made his mark, first with South Africa and then, after a spell as the ICC's High Performance Manager, with Pakistan.

Not many of u wud be aware that he was born in india,Woolmer made his mark in a strong Kent side in the 1970s as an allrounder, a pugnacious middle-order batsman and medium-paced seamer. Although his England career was just getting started when he joined World Series Cricket, like so many who threw in their lot with Kerry Packer, when he returned he was not the player he had been. Injury forced him to retire prematurely in 1984. His coaching career started at Warwickshire, and he immediately made an impact as the county won a string of trophies in the early 1990s. That led to him being appointed by South Africa in 1994. In his final season with Warwickshire he witnessed Brian Lara make 501 not out for Durham - as a schoolboy at Lahore he had been present when Hanif Mohammad set the previous record highest score for 499.
Woolmer demonstrated what a difference a good coach could make to a side: these days, when a team underperforms, the coach comes under just as much scrutiny as the captain.
Don't you think its unnecessary pressure that we as people watching the game put on them?pressure that led to his death!that is if it wasn't a murder!!!!
But as responsible citizens we should realize that afterall its just a game..people breaking glasses at dhoni's house, threat calls to dravid's family, etc are only instances that prove how unable are we to take defeat as graciously as we take winning....we must learn that they are just humans,and humans are bound to commit mistakes just like you and me!!
BOB WOOLMER'S death is a shock to everyone related to cricket in smallest of ways also.
Let us pledge for his sake not to overreact to situations....
May his soul rest in peace....
GOD BLESS HIM AND THE INDIAN CRICKET TEAM........

ANGELS IN MY LIFE

As I’ve travelled along life’s pathway, I’ve come across vastly different people. I’ve encountered people who are good, bad and in between. Every now and then I meet someone with whom I strike up a good friendship. This friendship may be one of several different kinds. I sometimes find someone who thinks and reacts to situations in the same manner as I. however I also find people who have completely opposite views and thought patterns, but I find that there is something about them that creates a bond between us.
Even though we disagree on almost every subject, there is still a link between us, causing us to be friends.

As I’ve moved on in life, my needs have varied from time to time. This is because I am constantly growing, developing and learning. What used to interest me during one period of my life has been discarded as I’ve traveled further along the road. For instance toys fascinate kids only until a period of time, later they loose interest.

Similarly, as I’ve grown older, my thoughts, personality, likes and dislikes kept changing.
So is it with my friendships. God works mysteriously and I’ve found that the right friend has come along at the right time depending on my needs during the period. Perhaps my paths will link us together for a few days, months, years and then our ways may divide .
But there are always a handful of people god gifts us with and these as you call your “FRIENDS” are the most important part of your being. These few people whom we meet at different times in our lives. These people who destine one’s life directly or indirectly….

I thank god for being so kind to me for having showered me with these angels in my life…

I thank all my friends (people who are not in my life anymore also)….
Thanx sai, for teaching me the meaning of true friendship…babe u rock,
Thanx sid, for not just being my best friends boyfriend,thanx for those words just at the right time every time…..
Thanx shaliya, for being there in all ups and downs during college…without U College wouldn’t be possibly possible for me….
Thanx tamanna, for sharing every thing with me from tears to giggles, for those shopping sprees we had, those serious discussions about life….love u….
Thanx black, for having stood by me every time I wanted a shoulder to cry, to understand me more than myself….
Thanx gautam, for being my critic in every thing I did, wouldn’t have learnt anything had you not been there.u r d only lawyer I know with emotions…love ya….
Thanx praneet, for behaving like a mad and letting me know how wrong I am….Thanx for the times you’ve been there….
Thanx pratik, for making me realize how important you’re presence has been, miss you….
Thanx Ron, for giving me those “one –liner” advices….
Thanx neha, for letting me find my lost friend, sister in you….
Thanx abhi, literally for EVERYTHING…..for being there, I did not know what life was until you came in…love you….
Last but not the least, MY BROTHER…..
Love you bhai….u r the best….

Well, this whole thing seems like I’m giving a speech at some award function ceremony, doesn’t it??
As if I care????
It’s my blog and I am the main lead here so I’d do as I wish…..
Lol….

Thank you people thank you for being there, bearing me……………..

p.s.: apologies if I’ve forgotten anyone….
Just text me, I’ll edit and include your name….
Lol

BELIEVE YOURSELF…….

We all have our own
Separate pathways to take,
Our own destination
To choose

We all have our own
Contributions to make’
Our own special talent
To use……..

We all have our own
Kind of life to pursue,
Our own kind of dreams
To be weaving….

And we all have the power
To make wishes come true

As long as we keep on
Believing in ourselves………

FLASHBACK

GOING TO COLLEGE….

A new place, new faces,
New trends to be set,
And new friends to make,
A life of freedom, joy and fun,
Yes I am an enthusiastic young mind on the run

As I was bidding adieu with a heavy heart and eyes wet to one of the most cherished chapters of my life, there were feelings of excitement and enthusiasm to step into another most awaited phase of life- the college life. My heart had mixed feelings of nostalgia and curiosity.
Many of us are extremely excited to leave for that long awaited destination which will give us a life synonymous to a newly attained freedom, new friends, hangouts, new dreams and an unexpected independence.
Leaving school has left memories of pranks played, first crushes, stupid fights, late night calls and pajama parties and all this filled my heart with indefinable joy. at the same time there was a zest and a curiosity to explore the other side of the world, far from childhood dreams and fantasies.
Sab kehte hain, college provides a self dependent platform for professional as well as personal learning. College is the place where innovation, individuality and change are embraced and encouraged. It gives you an environment where you have freedom of thought and expression in true sense, where you can be nothing but yourself.
With all these wonderful ideas experienced ppl gave me I headed to college….
Everybody wants to look their best on the first day of college was thrilled and had to look stunning, whatever it maybe the fact remains, looks do matter baby!!!!
The rage within me to be with the latest trend was on. During holidays I made visits to all the possible malls in Bombay. went from andheri to colaba,powai to thane,juhu to chembur….For all the “branded stuff” and to linking road and fashion street for the “raasta shopping” (which I’m not very fond of but the only thing that let me survive in college) for ethnic kurtis and wacky pieces of junk jewellery.
I followed one rule, don’t overdo stuff and don’t go off-track still remember I wore a black kurti with light jewellery.make has been a NONO for me always.
To sum it up, with an appropriate dress, a funky bag, comfy footwear, COOL attitude, I was all set to ROCK….
Well, I was set to enter my new world, but was the college ready…
Unfortunately NOT….a bunch of stuck up people with major head wit is what it was consistent of….
It took me time to realize, that college is a transforming phase and no what I have realized, I stand proud to have learnt from my own mistakes, for having taken risks in life, inventing something new about the world and the people every DAMN day, and most importantly, learnt to deal with different kind of people or “namune” as I term them.
Having made my presence felt to everybody(I mean everybody) in college be it cuz of my arrogance, attitude, organizing fests as the cultural secretary, as the captain of basketball an throw ball teams of college, I feel like I am a different person from who I was four years ago, infact a better person, a better individual…
I am all set to explore and expand my wings across the horizons of the sky….
All the best to me…..

“There is a thought in your mind right now. The longer you hold onto it, the more you dwell upon it, the more life you give to that thought. Give it enough life and it will become real. So make sure the thought is indeed a great one.”
-Ralph Marston.

Most of our self talk comes unconsciously from our subconscious. Yet every thought that exists in our subconscious got there through a conscious decision to accept that thought.
Confusing, ehhhhhhhhhh?
Well lemme put it in a simpler way...
We need to work on what we think cuz it’s these thoughts that you put into action and thus obtain the result.
We need to become conscious of our self talk so we can at will choose to replace negative beliefs with positive ones. we have the power to choose an identity we love, but we need to do the work. The process of changing our subconscious beliefs requires awareness, diligence, consistency and repetition.

Wud wanna add what William James once said, “man is made or unmade by himself. In armory of thought he forges the weapons by which he destroys himself. he also fashions the tools by which he builds for himself heavenly mansions of joy and strength and peace.”

STRANGE LIFE BUT HOW TRUE………

Went through these lines somewhere, found them worth pondering over….

Ø Man comes into this world without his consent and leaves it against his will.

Ø When he is little, the big gals kiss him, and when he is big the little gals kiss him.

Ø If he makes a lot of money they say he is dishonest, if he is poor they say he is a bad manager.

Ø If he needs credit, he can’t get it; if he is rich everyone wants to do something for him.

Ø If he is religious they say he is hypocrite; if he doesn’t go to the temple they say he is a hardened sinner.

Ø If he gives to charity they say it is for show; if he doesn’t he is a stingy cuss.

Ø If he doesn’t care for anyone, he is a cold hearted beast; if he is affectionate, they say he is a soft specimen.

Ø If he dies young, there was a gr8 future before him; if he lives to a ripe age, he is an old foggy.

Ø If he saves money, they say he is a tight wart, if he doesn’t they say he is a spendthrift.

Ø If he is self confident, they say he is arrogant; if he isn’t he is a weakling.

Ø If he has money, he is a grafter; if he hasn’t got it, he is a bum.

Well, people have their expert comments on anything and everything you do….so f**k ‘em all….
Live life your way….

“No one gets an iron clad guarantee of success. Certainly, factors like opportunity, luck and timing are important. but the backbone of success is usually found in old fashioned , basic concepts like hard work , determination , good planning and perseverance”.

WASSUP FOR MY FUTURE??????????

The future holds nothin yet it has room for everything....

lol!!!!

tired of hearing this!i really am....

Always wanted to be in the journalism sector BUT dad thought the other way.So am stuck doing a bloody technical course that interests me as much as women interest george micheal..

Have been slogging my A** off every semester during the exams.feels like i'm walking on a firebed..people standing outside and watching me are enjoying it..

No crystal ball can accurately bring it into focus because there are just too many possiblities..i can possibly be a successful sofware engineer workin with some multinational firm OR maybe i'd be a radio jockey workin at some elite radio station OR i'd do my masters in human resource or marketing and mint money OR i might start something by myself OR i might even marry someone who can take me shopping everyday.......lol!!!!

i might as well try to prove my meatl in politics!

met up an old friend yesterday,he was mocking about my plans to pursue journalism.could only show my recently cleaned teeth to him despite my desire to slap him and tell that with the kind of resources i have, i'v achieved enough to claim to be a winner..

But again,not always do things happen in accordance to one's wish..certainly i can try to explore wat is in store for me.i'm the most important participant in my future.all the microfads and megatrends pale in comparision to the influence i have on my future.

right?

i guess yeah....

well,what does success mean to me?

how do i wish to live my life?

what kind of future would i like to see?

i'm in search of these answers .........

Moreimportantly,i hope to get an opportunity to fashion those answers into reality.

dad says,"beta ur future is open , ready and waiting for your influence.choose your future and thrill to the challenge of making it happen."

Wil i be able to do justice to the dreams they have??

And what about my ambitions????

Wel,then i think,

When someone like kareena kapoor can act,i can do justice to what i wanna do for sure...atleast i wanna believe that i CAN and i WILL.....

CHEERS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

makes me wonder why are we not so protective about our loved ones???????????how can we just let go off relationships.....friends....how can someone be so heartless to walk off for no reason at all........................
well,but i guess tats da way life has to go onnnnnnnnnnnnn

The king........

my sweetest little cousin DHRUV,the star of the family....

Keeps me puzzled this lil kid,with his awesome power to recognize all the cars running on the street when he cant pronounce his own name properly....ur goin way boy..........

love u sooooooo much and miss u....

Tuesday, March 13, 2007
why do ppl talk of PAIN????

Our lives are a series of hellos and goodbye's.the uncertainity in time lies in the length of time between each.however brief or long the span of time between hellos and goodbyes,an end to whatever has begun is natural.it is well taught by the seasons of the year as they begin,move with steadiness and patience,and then they CONCLUDE....while seasons bestow a rich plumage of colors,textures,insights and beauty,they also bring a clear message that with every thaw or harvest a time shall come wheneach must CHANGE;each must END.Over a period of time i'v learnt that ENDINGS are part of life as much as BEGINNINGS,its just that endings are often painful and harder.Accidently,i went thru an acquaintance's entryabout pain!!!!found it very weird that someone could actually describe pain in words!!!!so thot why not i make an attempt to show ppl the other side....lol....thou i dont term ending of any chore as pain.what i believe is , endings might seem painful,they even place us in unfamiliar territory emotionally,psychologically and / or physically.we find ourselves in thee unknown as a result of the departure of someone or something known,sometimes deeply known.Such insecurity and unfamiliarity because of loss of a person/thing brings pain but can be healed only in its own time by the one who bears it,a pain borne by each person.Endings of all types of relationships with people,places and things challenge and change us.People who find pain in broken relationships and other things that probably dint work for them have a misconception that its pain.Finding strength and restoration is the hope and goal for those who grieve........Donno if i'm eligible enough to suggest people who like being victimised and enjoy gathering sympathy.but i guess to overcome one's pain one must use all his/her resources,whatever they maybe:spiritual,emotional,physical,therapeutic,books,movies,family members,friends to go on so you can go through....Losses in life,however painful and clouded,can bring us to new beginnings and new purposes-At all endings beginnings await........MAY u discover what those are.............God bless ppl in PAIN......................................