Fingers crossed for India @ CWC 2011!!!

Hello! There has not been much bloging since some time. One of the reason is I am on bench. Well it should result in more blogging conventionally. But, there is convention and there is Kartik Vyas.

It's just that when you are totally free, you just pass time, uncreatively. In previous few months when I was in project and work was hectic, I actually used to blog a lot, especially in raat paali.

Ok, getting to the point of the cricket world cup. It has started and India had a good first game. There are loads of expectations on the team to win the cup, the side is also good and in form. A blend of experience and youth, agression and calmness and a very able captain in M.S. Dhoni. If we can actually do it or not, only time will tell.

Manchester United is doing pretty good in EPL, despite losing their first game few weeks back. They won the Manchester Derby against Man City, a scorcher of a goal from Rooney. He seems to be finding some form. Good for the team as Berbatov is already the top goal scorer in the league.

Poker is also going very well. Two days back reached the 1M dollars milestone. It took around 4 months since I started playing. And today I already crossed 1.5 million. I guess with time and experience you learn the ticks of the trade, not only in Poker, but also in life. Also another thing to learn is that it is never wrong to dream big. Hard work and common sense can sail you through.

Another analogy I was thinking of relating this too was of the big shots like the Ambanis and the Mallayas. How did they become rich. What's the secret? Well if I imply the lessons of poker, only reaching a certain level is difficult. Once you reach the level of 'above average', the growth is exponential. It was intricate in Poker to reach to 1M, but after that with all the experience and a strong balance, the next half million took only 2 days!

Poker has actually helped me be a better person intellectually. I mentioned about it in my previous post and I repeat it again. It improves your decision making abilities a lot and is good exercise for the neurons!

Meet Anushka Sharma, My Latest Crush!!!

 Back to Pune and back to office and back to raat palli. Those who know about it, know that this is my blogging paali and those who don't...know it now!!!

 Precisely remember in school days, I was bongs over Aishwarya Rai, then I came to college and Katrina Kaif came in my life and then Priyanka Chopra. Then it was Deepika Padukone and Sonam Kapoor until they came on Koffe with Karan. Deepika looks blind to me in all movies after watching Lafangey Parindey...she just has that look if you see carefully! Sonam, well, she showed her true side on the show and well I don't like girls who do bitchin an' all and that was the end of both for me!

 So after so many "relationships", I guess I should not have the heart to loose but one girl has got my eye these days. Anushka Sharma!!! :D

 Her first movie was Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi , she ws playing a young girl married to an older man....we all know the movie. She played her role very well...also I guess first film against any of the Khans helps big time! Also I really liked the song Dance Pe Chance...she's a gr8 dancer!!

 Second movie Badmaash Company...change in avtaar from a sweet and cultured kudi to a sexy babe...again I liked her in that too!!! The movie is also really good.  I have not seen Band Bajaa Baraat, but her upcoming movie Patiala House and especially the below song in it...wow took me off my feat!!! The song is really very good...feel like listening and watchin again and again...especially the 02:17 to 02:26 part where she goes up and dances is like...wow!!!



She's a perfect girl...beautifully cute, smartly sexy , really good dancer, great smile,jovial !!! Hmmm...perfect for me....


P.S. Hey, one thing is missing, she's not an Astronaut...but what the hell !!!

The Mumbai Diaries

 No. This is not about the movie Dhobhi Ghat. I have better things to do in life than see stupid crap art movies. This post is about my visit to home in this looong weekend.

 Last Sunday I came back to Pune DC from Hyderabad, also I am getting release from my current project from next friday. Looking forward to what comes next! :D. However I did take an off, last Friday and came home after doing morning shift on Thursday!

 I have a very bad impression of Neeta travels, based on my experiences and thankfully this time I traveled in some other travels. Dunno name but Purple was written in the front and Prasanna on the back of the bus. The best thing about this bus was that it was a non stop bus from Pune, started at 5PM, reached Panvel at 0630 and I reached home @ 0830...in time for dinner! :D

  Whenever I go home there always good home food waiting for me. This time was no different, Dal dhokdi, Cheese Pav Bhaji.Undhyu-Puri-Basundi, Dum Aloo Kashmiri and Ragda Pattice..Also Gajjar no halwo and halwasan of Ahmedabad for sweets!! :D . Thank You mama for putting in all the effort...bhagwan tamara dikra nu kalyan kare.. ;)

 Another thing you do when you go home is help out the family with the electronics stuff. Had to buy a chord-less phone, got one today. They are so pale comparing to the mobiles, I was hoping for a touch screen chord-less phone or something....so did that and also went to Taj Lands End, Bandra to celebrate the loong overdue anniversary celebration of mom and dad. Nice time there. One Veg Handi costs 700bucks and one garlic naan 215 bucks....they did have the silver spoon, fork and knife though.. :D

 What else, this time my neighbor Shrikanth is also here. Went to Oberoi mall with him yesterday, again something long overdue.  Oberoi mall is really nice, it is decently big and has everything in it. It has a biiiiiiig croma store and I had to check out XBOX 360 Kinect and Playstation Go and so I did.

 I went in to the store and I asked them if they have it on display, they had and I went there. I was searching for some joystick kinda thing but was amazed that its all gesture recognition. Played football, table tennis and boxing till my shoulders and legs started paining...(30mins) ..had great fun. Really nice thing. Di'nt have any energy left for the playstation, will check that next time. However I do know one thing that playstation 3 go is the best followed by Wii and XBOX is last. Always remember one thing..Microsoft is last in everything these days.. ;)

 Also Oberoi mall has a furniture showroom and we do what we do...we go there sit on the recliner and move up the leg support...Joey style.. ;) We also take pics till the store person tells us to stop..Mysore, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Pune, Mumbai...somethings never change...hehe

 Also the mall has a big crossword store and lots of good food options. The ambiance is also good in the food courts. Also played all the arcade games kids play...seating on a bike and driving it with a screen in front and all. FTR....I came 2nd in the Super Bixes console on my first attempt.... B-)

 Nothing else really, recently won a SitnGo in Poker and got 45k chips and my chip level is above $250K  now B-)  . I think India lost the 5th ODI, but should win the world cup!!! Manchester United spanked Birmingham 5-0 with Berbatov scoring a brace. Still undefeated in the league, they are at the top with two points lead over Arsenal and a game in hand!

 That's it...back to Pune tomorrow..hope not to get a Neeta bus...the stupid old Neeta bus with unnecessary stops in between which takes a lot of time!!! :@

The Rational Philosophical Thinking

Yes I am in raat paali, the paali where I blog the most and today I just saw Stephen Hawkings special and I am reading a book on Quantum Computing, so guess for yourself :) .

 Since more than a couple of years,I have been following Stephen Hawkings. Following on Discovery channel that is. How he speaks about the Universe and all. Today there was a Stephen hawking special, unfortunately was in Hindi, but still I did see around half of it.

 First thing first, and the the first thing on Earth and the how of it is still perplexing. What am trying to say is that there is still no single acceptable theory about the origin of life on earth. There is a vague explanation about origin of the Universe, but that is, as I said vague. The two most acceptable theory about origin of life on earth are beneath.

 First they say, that life evolved from water, yes correct, many people agree. However today I saw, Stephen Hawkings saying it was muddy water to be precise and it had loads of amino acids. I presumed amino acids are the constituents of the DNA, however I found out that DNA is made up of nucleotide and each nucleotide has three parts: a sugar molecule, a phosphate molecule, and a structure called a nitrogenous base. No amino acids, however amino acids are pretty critical for life with regards to the metabolism process. Ok, so I guess these facts make the first option feasible.

 Second theory is that life travelled to Earth via some extraterrestrial object like a coment, under the assumption that those life form had the ability to survive the hostile conditions of space. However if that were so, then how come, we humans who are the highest form of evolution cannot survive without an atmosphere? I disagree with Mr. Stephen on this one!

 Also there was the usual search for life beyond earth section with reference to Mars and Europa, just wondering if I would every get to see someone get out of our solar system in my lifetime?

 So this is the extreme end of dimension, the Universe and than there is another extreme, the cellular physics. Yes I am talking the physical cell, not the biological one. In one of my previous post, I talked about powering spaceships for intergalactic travel using anti-matter. Yes, you may realize that is too in raat paali..hehe. Point is power can be supplied via anti matter, which seems kinda fiction, more realistic may be nuke or plasma. What about the technology to be used in such spaceship? Well power is not enough rite, you need some intelligent computing for such a big thing, both in terms of size and purpose, and that is answered by Quantum Computing!!!

 I started reading about it and couldnt help my impatience and excitement to make a status update on FB which read: :"An algorithm that could factor a 140 digit long numbers a billion times faster than currently possible, a search engine that could examine every nook and cranny of the Internet in half an hour and a "brute force" decoder that could unscramble a Data DES transmission in five minutes! How? Quantum Computers! THAT'S HOW!!" Yes it is true, and it is magnificently amazing. To get slightly more detail on it, I can say it is using the concept of making a subatomic particle, like an electron store bits of data and also act like a gate. Well gates are a concept in Computer Organization and Arhitecture subject, there are various gates like the AND gate and all.

Also historically speaking physicists and computer scientists have been investigating the properties of quantum superpositions and their application to computing since the late 1970s, too bad nothing concrete has come out yet. We have millions and billions of transistors on a chip but still no progress in quantum computing!

 End of the day, I guess everything is set!!! There's gonna be a USS Enterprise, powered by nuke or something, having the brain of a quantum computer and me as The Captain, with my DNA biologically mutated to stop or reverse the aging process, as required... B-))

Today? Four of a kind!

 If you play poker you'd be aware of what that means. Today's date is four of a kind. Four of ones or rather four Aces in cards. Pretty strong hand huh, but not the strongest! Will get back to poker again. So how did I bring in 2011? Twilight New Moon, Lots of Poker and the first EPL match of 2011!

  Normally and conventionally vampire movies are supposed to be horror kind, however the twilight series is classically superb and amazingly dazzling. It is just the right mixture of everything and I love it for sure.

 Kristen Stewart casts in all the twilight movies and she is hot! How hot? If you speak the Joey language, she's stop eating your food hot! If you speak Fast and Furious language, she's smokin hot! Born in 1990, she's just all of 20 now and has proven her talent more than once!

 So I saw the Twilight New Moon and one thing I noticed this time is that it also has wonderful background score as well. One score which is my best is the scene where Victoria is chased by the Werewolves. Check this out, took me half hour to find this baby on youtube...and is totally worth!

 Ok so enough of Kristen and Twilight, time for Poker. Yes baby! Started playing poker since couple of weeks on FB, it's really gr8 havin lotta fun. You may have elders tellin ya dat gambling is bad and all, but poker is not gambling, it's about doing analysis, taking claculated chances, it's about learning to cope with the winnings and losses. It's kinda similar to managemant education and it makes you a more mature person and improves you decision making capabilities!

  Having already won over $100k in virtual chips I can surely give a tip or two for aspiring poker players. First poker is a game of patience, you need to be very patient, need to see the trend of other players to know what is their style of play. It helps a lot. Also sometimes in a shootout, you may get lucky if you are patient.

 Then one needs to be very good at analyzing the cards which the dealer opens on the table, with that you can figure out what the best hand someone can have and compare it with yours. Also always remember if you have two aces with you, you have a very good chance of winning, however remember it is not the best hand and can be beaten by a flush to A's.And the best one is the royal flush, see above. Finally I would say don't be too defensive, be patient but do take calculated risks as well, the rest you'll learn when ya play!

 Hmm..two things. The third thing? Hehe...Machester United. They are playin the first EPL match of 2011, away to WBA, score is 1-1 currently. My envisage is they'll win EPL for sure this season. Also with the cricket WC around 50 days away and the kinda form the playas are in riy now, it is India's destiny to win!

The Boxing Day Sports Extravaganza

 Start from start...every year on 26th December I noice in EPL and in the Ashes...they call it the Boxing Day match. To elucidate my curiosity, I just did some google on it and it is not as interesting as I thought.. "A clue to Boxing Day's origins appears in the Christmas Carol, "Good King Wenceslas". Wenceslas, who was Duke of Bohemia in the early 10th century...blah blah..."

 Now getting to the Extravaganza part. This time lets start from the end. Manchester United just beat Sunderland 2-0 at home to get 2 points clear at the top of the table, followed by Man City who have played 2 games more. Both goals scored by Berbatov. This man is breathing fire this season....and how? 13 goals in 14 matches!!! That's how... ♪♪♪

 Sunderland ain't no skimpy side either this season...currently in 7th place after today's loss and fighting hard for place in Europa League. However it has been a fairy tale season for Manchester United...recently Sir Alex became the longest serving manager for them and the team is still undefeated with half the season over. Berbatov, Rooney, solid back 4 and offcourse the impregnable Van der saar.

 Also Man City have been a revelation this season backed by the seemingly endless finances of the Abu Dhabi United Group, they have consolidated their already talented squad and will be planning to mount a title challenge under Roberto Mancini. Carloz Tevez is one of their talent, second highest goal scorer after Berbatov, 12 goals from 17 matches.

 The boxing day ashes test match. Day 1, Australia 98 all out. England 157 for no loss. Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground, Australia. Nothing else to say really...just wondering what the likes of McGrath, Warne and the Waughs must be feelin rite now!

 India also has a Boxing day test match going on in South Africa. Play started late today and Dhoni lived up to his reputation and lost the toss. Cloudy condition with ball seeming like hell...yes I did see, it was hell. With Steyn and Morne Morkel, No. 1 and 3 Test bowler in the world at it, you can't really do much. India is down but not yet out, 183 for 6. Dhoni and Bhajji at the batting crease, hopefully would be able to add as many as possible tommorrow..

It's Facebook v\s Google now...but still on Microsoft Windows

 Not more than a year ago, it was Google everywhere. Google was the thing, I even had a post in this blog about Microsoft v/s Google . Now it's all facebook...so much that the power of one website is challenging the dominance of a search engine, email, online docs..and much more which google offers. Facebook is so popular...and how? more than 500 million users and a net worth of 25 billion dollars..that's how!

  Google is catching up now. So much that, it offered one of it's employees ESOPS worth 1.5 million dollars to decline an offer to join FB. What's more...this year facebook hired a guy from IIT Kharagpur with an offer of 70 lakhs per annum (Rs) and also unconfirmed news about ESOPS worth Rs. 1.7 crores...

 When google was hot...I mean b4 FB cooled it down...people saw Google as the future. Why not...this is the era of the internet and google have everything it should to be the numero uno.

  And then...there is Microsoft. We all think that Microsoft is down and out because it is not much in the news as FB or Google..but hello do you realise that still more than 90% of the people in this world use Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office. Google and FB are online, people do use them but they go online using Windows and Internet Explorer....it's a win win for Microsoft...more you use FB,  you are using IE!

 Google is trying it's best to dethrone Microsoft. The search engine was such hit that Microsoft would have had nightmares...damn they would have had sleepless nights...the disaster of Vista would not have helped either...however Windows 7 has been a saviour for Microsoft.

 Those who have descent knowledge about it, Google Chrome is definetly a better browser than internet explorer...way better...so much that currently it is the best browser available. What about OS? Google's Android OS is destined to be the most used OS in smart phones by 2013...currently it's Symbian thanks to Nokia's legacy..but Google certainly has another up on Microsoft with regards to Mobile Computing.

 Google designed an OS around it's popular browser Chrome..called Google Chrome OS...just like the browser it is a stripped down OS which is fast and has a completely different architecture and they say it is foolproof against viruses, trojans and worms. The question shoud be, why does google has two OS? Especially when we can get netbooks with Android as well. Sergey Brin..one of the cofounder has to say they want an internal competition and ultimately take the positives out of both and build an ultimate OS which would power all....Desktops, laptops, netbooks, mobiles and tablets. Saying is one thing but beating Microsoft and the over 90% users addicted to Windows since last two decades...is another.

Samsung TABLET, Olive PAD and 4D Movie

 Do I love my job? ?Hmm...not really, it  is very chindi work, I need more technical work. Do I love my life? YES. My life is as it is..because of my job, so consequently you may say I love my job too...somewhat. Well I am trying to say...I have to work so damn hard(like a majoor) that I have to enjoy weekend harder..so I like the weekend part of my job the most ;)

 It was around a month back that I went to my first Apple store. I was asking so many questions that those poor people felt embarassed...yeah happens everytime I go to an electronics gadget store. Today on agenda was  watching a 4D movie, buying Digit of current month, getting a screen guard for sada Wave 723 and buying Chocolate Wheels.

 First I went to GVK one, same shop from where I bought the cell, they did not have the screen guard yet. However, I did ask them to let me use their Wifi on my cell to test it, and I did upload a couple of pics on FB of my bday. Surprisingly my balance went down by around 100 bucks after using wifi! Still pondering...

 Ok so after that I went to see my first ever 4D movie. Well to start with the hall was small one...32 seater, however the seats were like one you get in a roller coaster...and catch the hint! A 4D movie is like normal 3D movie plus the seat tilts up and down over horizontal axis, like in a roller coaster. Also you feel some affects...like you feel a puff of air on your face if there is a scene involving a house coming down. Also they release smoke around you...if the same is on screen. These were the couple I experienced, I guess there would be more such physical effects. I saw the movie on Pirates, it had only music, no dialogue and it was pretty short..around 15mins..also the movement of the seat was with high jerk. Again to give you an idea...the seat will go up and down if onscreen someone is falling down from a slide or in an airconditioner tunnel. The technology is good...hope with time it will be utilized in much better way..especially the movie should have dialogues.

 Ok...rushed from GVK one to Hyderabad Central..samnech hai..for McD. After tht had to search for Crossword for Digit. Digit is like Bible, Quran and the ultimate holy book for an IT guy. Especially the June and December issues are something you should go to jail for not buying. Got the December collector's edition. One of DVD contains tools for building Android apps and there are loads of prizes. Remember when I bought June edition, I had won online training worth Rs 750 each of php and linux. Fingers crossed...

 So...me in Central and what do I see..there is a samsung stall down there. I go there and I ask them what is the price of Wave 723. Ans: 12,900. Thou smiles as thou got thee for 12,650 :D. Also I got hands on the Samsung Tablet. I have not used iPad before, but Samsung Tablet is supera... Android 2.2, good camera, nice UI, has a secondary front VGA camera for video calling. Also I don't remember exactly how much, but it comes with good memory as well. For me it is the best tablet in market currently. Then I got playing with Samsung Galaxy S, one thing you notice that it is same as the tablet in every manner, except it's a phone. It feels like a mini tablet.  Other difference would be you can't put the tablet in your pocket ;) I thought that tablets are not such a good thing..but I guess with the future in the cloud..I would gladly use a tablet over a lappy!

 Olive PAD is the cheapest in the market at Rs. 24,000. Got hands on one of those as well. To describe it in one line: "It is cheap and it is cheap!" It is Android 2.1, apart from that it is a disaster. The stupid menu comes only in horizontal view...illa in vertical view. I guess the PAD does not have a good accelerometer. You get vertical view only for typing messages. Also another annoying point is on it's internal memory alone..i.e w/o a SD card..you can't view pictures or listen to music. Internal memory only supports the OS and the contacts. I told the stupid people at the store to put a SD in it!

 Uske baad...went to Karachi Bakery, to get half a kg of Chocolate Wheels...something pending since long time. Also saw..khele hum jee jaan se yesterday..good movie..but not if you work in IT field, except if you are on bench ;) . Next week is morning paali, have to check out Narnia 3D..hopefully @ 1Re :))

 Also turned 25 last week. Got a Wave 723, iPod Cake (thnx to Bhakti), chocolates, Zero 1 body spray and worlds's greatest brother mug..(bhakti again). When I held that mug I got a very proud feeling..like something achieved over 25 years..and one of the photo(the above one) I uploaded today from my cell is a potrait of that feeling...from the heart. Thanx to all of family and friends for being part of my life...and welcome to you also :P

28th November 2010

 It all started with the ungh uding early as I was tired, went to sleep early the nite before. Working in shifts have many advantages. One of them is you get to see and experience the dawn...the phase from dark to light, that period is beautiful. Also is the early morning air, it's really refreshing. And so I went for it. However, today I did Infy photography. You know like wild life photography, its a new stream of photography, the campuses are indeed so beautiful if seen from photogenic point of view. So, from 6AM to 0730AM, took around 100 photos.

 Did many new things also actually...like went straight to the centre of the cricket ground, took batting position on both sides..feel good moment! Also counted the dimesion of the ground on all four sides from the centre of the pitch...60 and 56 steps straight and 50 and 54 steps side. Pitch 25 steps. Note I am saying in steps, not yards. Also felt the ground was really wet with due in the early morning. Had Puri Bhaji and Idli Wada for breakfast...gotta be hungry after roaming around the campus for sooo long takin pictures!!!

 Well the morning was just the begining of a memorable day to be. I booked tickets for Unstoppable. To start with Denzel Washington and Chris Pine(Fast and Furious guy). Wow...great star cast to start. Although I was thinking...man...Denzel Washington has become damn old...hehe..took me a while to recognize him in his bald look! Neways getting to the point, the movie is supera! Gr8! The director Tony Scot has made a movie before called "The Taking of Pelham 123" , again starring Denzel Washington and based on train scenario. That one is a good movie...but this one..as I said, supera!

 Unstoppable is a movie about a train with lots of cargo and gets loose! How? Well the driver gets down to switch the track and the train automatically shifts gear, gains speed and driver is not able to board it again. Sounds crazy, but the whole movie after that on how Denzel and Chris stop the train and save thousands of life is amazing. It's the kinda movie where you get lots of dhak dhak moments and in the end you get that feeling of happiness and content in your heart. Must watch movie..the sound effects are really awesome..so better watch it in Dolby. Rating 09/10. Check out here if you want more info on movie.

 Ok..still 28th November goin on. I was looking to buy a new cell phone since months. Had narrowed down to Samsung Galaxy 5 and Samsung Monte. Went to a store after the movie. He said both are 9.1g's. Galaxy is fine but Monte at 9.1g is a no-no. Then I saw Samsung Star Nxt, the next generation of Samsung Star, pretty cheap around 6.5g. Difference between the previous star is, this one also has social networking. However no 3g and wifi as expected and no flash in camera. Also majority users complaining on gsmarena. Watched some video reviews also of it. Time at store with Galaxy 5, Monte and Star Nxt till now, 45mins. Still not happy.

 Samsung Wave was like my dream phone to buy, but I dropped it as it was too expensive and I won't be using it for long. Then what I see, Samsung Wave 723. What is this, thought it was normal Wave and asked the price, the guy said 12.9k. I was like what!!!! It is actually the next generation of Wave. He said Wave is not available anymore. Difference between Wave and Wave 723, no Amoled screen for Wave 723. Everything else same. Comparatively price is 12.9k of 723 and around 17k of original Wave. Woohooo...yes baby I hopped on it. Also did some hardcore bargain to get it finally for Rs. 12650. Price of the same cell on Univercell site: Rs. 14k. Cell is launched last month itself..so not available yet on Mobile Store and Consumer Mate. Neways..point is end of the day...got a Wave for 12.6k!!!  Boy believe me when I tell you...my heart is still elated!!!

Note that this baby is not yet released according to many sites...I guess I am one if the firsts to get hands on it!!! Check out GSMArena and PhoneArena for specs.





 So, does it end there? No not really! Had heard about the Hard Rock Cafe. Thought of checkin it out as it was in the same mall where I saw the movie and got the cell. What is Hard Rock Cafe? Well it is mainly a bar..but one with a very sophisticated ambience. The theme of the cafe is a mixture of hiphop and retro. Music is awesome. The bar station is clad with lots of beautiful vodka batlis and is so big that there are two bar tenders. I asked them for something non alcoholic. He showed me the menu...there are around 5 options for non alcoholic mocktails all costing Rs. 185. Alcoholic shit costs Rs. 415 and you won't believe their Iced Tea is also alcoholic, contains some Rum!!! It was a huge cafe!!! Like a house...a villa actually! And also it was not dark like Pubs...good lighting..actually may be becuase I went at 4PM and it was all daylight,may be at night they would get in the Pub mode. I din't take the mocktail as had to leave for home and I thought..what the hell man...will come one day here with someone like Kesha and Megan Fox and spend all day here. Note, I am saying someone "like".... :)

 Oh boy...long post huh...also India won first ODI against NZ today..more importantly I am a proud owner of Samsung Wave 723!!!

The Ashes, World Cup and Manchester United

 How big are the Ashes? Enormous! Humongous! Huge! ...so say the OZ. No wonder as they have not been winning many in last few. The first test is currently going on at Brisbane Cricket Ground. England 171/0 and still trailing by 50 in second innings. Aussies bowling attack ain't no potent anymore for sure! Also England are much better team since a year..especially after winning the T20WC.

 What else going on? The tennis masters. Love this event where the top 8 seeds in men take on each other. Nadal beat Murray to set up a final clash with Federer who beat Djokovic. Another Federer-Nadal final. This time though, my money is on Fedex. I just hope he does not cry!!!

 Manchester United. Old Trafford. These two words are very close to me since last 6 years. I used see all their matches before I started working. They are a club with a great pedigree of players  like David Becham, Ryan Giggs, Van Nisterooy, Rooney, Christiano Ronaldo, Scholes, Van De Saar, Neville, Ferdinand...and I can go on and on. Some of them are not here anymore, but here is where they became superstars.Last year was all Chelsea...unchallenged and dominant. This year I hope ma club give them a run for their money. Yesterday Manchester United spanked Blackburn Rovers 7-1,  5 from Berbatov to take them top of the table.

  World Cup 2011. They say all good things come to end one day. This is gonna be last world cup for Sachin Tendulkar. Cricket without Tendulkar will be very dull and it will be an end of an astaunishing era and there are not enough words in the English language to epitomise the greatness and legend of Sachin Tendulkar. World Cup is 82 days away. To be held in the subcontinent. Having won by the OZ last 3 times, they not gonna win for sure this time. I bet on India, Pakistan, South Africa to be sure shots to reach the last 4. 4th slot is open.  India should reach the final at least and hopefully win it!!!