To the City!!!!!!!!!!!

today morning i had a class on financial management.the class was good the prof was good too...then had a break for one hour where i was browsing with my friend.after which i had a class on financial accounting..the prof who is taking it is 71 yrs old...ultimate prof..so far all the profs have been good at teaching.later after that class myself and my friend had our lunches and went out to catch a share auto to the city.as there was no share auto then we decided to take an auto which had been waiting there after dropping some of the seniors.the trip to city actually costs 450rs...but he came today for 150rs..lucky we were..then after reaching a place called mehendipattinam.the place is shit..really..no rules being followed, eventhough the traffic police is standin no one even respects him...from there we went to a place called koti where we bought the books.its similar to burma bazaar.sellers on the prowl to catch prospective buyers..later caught hold of one guy..and bought the books for myself and also for my friends..then went to buy the lists given by the other floormates..after all purchases we caught a bus to a place called lungar house..got down there..saw of my classmates, we waited for an share auto..alongwith some of the seniors we got into the auto.myself and my friend were made to sit at the back.we came sitting with the engine right beneath us..it roasted our asses...it took one hour from lungar house to my college.then sorted out the accounts.now everything settled.

Season 1 Episode 6

hmmm the day started off on an intelligent note.I was reading from 8 till 10.wat an achievement.then slept off till 11 30 as my class was scheduled for 12 05.Had the same classes as yesterday except for a new class ie. Soft Skills Lab.the professor who is the instructor of that stream was the one who was in my panel during my presentation.Gentleman he is.Thanx to him i am here.;-)he taught us how stress occurs and also how to control the same.it was to good to an extent and the rest was boring.

Classes lasted till 5:45PM.man i was to be in my home at this time when i was in my UG.Its ok, challenges will come up as we go up in our ladder of life.too much of philosophy involved.I am sorry..

Later talked with the floormates for sometime till 6:30 and later went to a vishnu temple near my campus with my floormates.had a good darshan.then came to hostel, ate dinner.Now posting my blog.we are yet to receive our laptops.Rumours are that we will be getting them on june 8th.thats it for the day.Its Sunday tomo.So its the time to party for u guys.I have to slog it out today also.hmmm MBA.

Season 1 Episode 4 And Episode 5

Episode 4 consisted more of admin work.had to go and get myself registered for the program.And to the astonishment the institue gave around 19 books only(;-)) for this semester.We are gonna get screwed through our asses.Thats for sure.The whole day passed just like that.Slept for 2 hours, then the whole evening was talking with the floor mates and finally read few concepts of quantitative methods.One good thing i did for the day was i washed my clothes using the washing machine provided by the institute, the good thing which they have done so far.Then slept off.

Episode 5 started off with a dull note though it was the starting of the regular classes.I had to give my psychometric test so as to decide whether or not i need counselling.But anyways i have to attend counselling for once in the semester.So it was technically no class in the morning.

Afternoon started off with the first subject of the day ie. IT For Managers.The professor distributed the hand outs which had the schedule of wat all is going to be done in the current semester.and as usual the advices started and also the lecture.After that class had two more sessions.one was managerial economics and another one was marketing management.Both the professors were encouraging.Lets hope for the best.

P.S-I am the only south indian in my class.:-(

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Season 1 Episode 3

the day started off bright..scorching heat over the whole campus..at 9:15 i was heading towards the class room block to attend my first preparatory class.the class was on Accounting.It was pure greek and latin to me.The prof and students talking debit and credit, my heart pounding and mind confused about what debit was and what credit was??...damn it..after the initial confusion mind settled with what the prof was teaching.atlast understood something.

then went to the library in search of the prescribed book, not even a single book was to be found.felt nostalgic.toppers in our coll took all the books out right on day one.the same thing happened here.this institute similar to every other private institute launders money, y the hell cant they have multiple copies of a book??Avasarathe purinjika maatanga paa...

went back to my room after the intial setbacks, talked with my mom and clarified my "doubts" ;-).then it was time for lunch, had a sumptuous lunch.after lunch, read quantitative methods for quite sometime and listening to my iPod simultaneously.then slept for 2 hours straight with disturbances from a floormate,a call from a chennaiite who is in this campus.The frustrating part was when the floormate's question when i opened the door "Were you sleeping??"..What a question..Felt like beating the hell out of him.What to do...Nothing can be done.Now posting from the IT center.Thats for the day.

Lights Off, Camera Off, Pack Up!!!

End Of Season 1 Episode 3

Season 1 Episode 2

Hmmm the day so far has been nice.No inter galactic encounters as of now(jus kiddin').Actually i have been allotted a section for the preparatory classes for the last two days of the classes, i am in a dilemma whether to attend them or not...2 days 3 sessions each, should i take the bait??? still have not decided, may be u guys can help me out.the guy at the acads section himself asked me y i am wasting time by attending the last two days of classes..;-)

i started the day off reading the material given to me yesterday.the book i started off was "FOUNDATIONS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY"..Felt nostalgic after reading the first few chapters of the material.The same ABCs which i have read in different subjects across different semesters in my engineering.Then my floormate asked me to help him out in differential calculus which he was being taught in his preparatory classes.so went thru the material for about say 5 minutes.not in the mood to help him also.

today after two days had my best lunch...rasam saadam..thank god atlast some decent south indian food.after lunch went to give my photo identifiction proof to the IDEA distributor.Btw my new number is 9948510284..

after that i wanted myself to get enrolled to a programme called the SAP-Stipendiary Assessment Program.It is a program where one has to market the articles/case studies of the institute.if u do well, u get paid well.thats y i wanted to join..moreover lots of chickas are into the program themselves.my last resort is the SAP.the officer asked me to come tomo for further details.hope he does not reject my appln.

after that,saw in the notice board that we can submit our graduate completion certificates which they had asked for.did that..still yet to get my 8th semester results so my certificates are incomplete.;-)..now took my time off to browse..i am posting this from the IT center here.lets call it a day.Stumps...

End Of Season 1 Episode 2

My F**kin first day!!!!

Wat an day it has been so far...it SUCKED to the core..was made to roam about from my hostel room to the admin office for say 6 times,just for the sake of an id card..damn it man..and temperatures here were at their max...

first thing i did today was to take a bath in a so called "shared" bathroom..my part of the floor does not have a water cooler,the bathroom is void of water supply.it really suxs to go one floor up to fill a bottle of water and walk almost to the other end of the building ..today found new friends in two guys (my floormates)..we went together to the admin offie to do all the required formalities.got the introductory material ie the material for the preparatory classes which were scheduled from may 1st to 31st..i missed 98% of it...and i am plannin to miss the remaining 2% also...the material included intro to IT(c'mon i cant take it once more),foundations to accounting(wat an subject!!!!),intro to mgmt(studied it twice in my BE)...i should start studyin these before the regular classes start.:-(...now waiting for the time to buy a new connection...there is no fucking hutch signal here...the college is like in the middle of nowhere..almost 45kms from the city..

Mess food...havent had the best of them yet...had only curd rice till now..the best is yet to come.The chickas of this coll...They ae ultimate..I have the view of the girl's hostel from my room...girls walk past my room (not thru the hostel)..and i have a sneak peek from my room window..but one thing...every girl walking past my room is accompanied by a guy...

so far life here suxs to the core..i miss chennai and my pals,my home...

The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen !!

Though the members of this League possess no extraordinary powers unlike the fictitious members of the original league ,we(including myself) were extraordinary in many ways.

This post is to remind myself and my pals of the best times we had in college and in what way we were extraordinary ;-).

Starting off in alphabetical order:

Arvind Venkataraman


Arvind aka. Pullli G.He is the bloke to be with when in deep trouble.He would help you come out of it through his "mokkais".You would feel the trouble you were in was much better than his mokkais.Ultimate in cross questioning you.I think he was destined for the Interrogation Unit of any police force, but found himself doing CSE in SVCE.He is planning to do his MS in CS.Hope he does well.Moreover he is known for his voice.The Foghorn of our class.Girls beware of him and guys with girlfriends stay away from him, he is the chick magnet.Has the maximum number of girl contacts.Looks like a cat but does the job of a tiger.He is always on the prowl for new girl contacts.Having been his bench mate for quite sometime, myself and him share a similar attitude towards girls.

Balamurugan B


Balamurugan aka. Ball Matthews.He is the "ultimate" fun seeking guy .Sees every aspect of his life in a humorous way.He is known for teasing every other guy in the class with a name.He is bloody good at playing cricket, leave alone cricket he plays every other game with passion.He is the moving database about the girls in our college, though we have not cross checked it I hope its true.He organizes most of the birthday bumps and also the caking ceremonies.We have had immense fun with this guy.

Bharath Kumar Jain


Bharath aka. Butt.What can I say about his guy.He is a sort of guy no one would love to be with.Just kidding.He is superb at digging his own grave through his words.Always does that with finesse.For his attempts to lure a girl to a movie in the very first semester of engineering which ended in failure, he will be remembered forever.He hardly gets angry and even when he gets angry there is nothing he can do.Such a pity.This bloke plays his cricket with utmost passion.The only one thing which enrages everyone in the league is his punctuality.Very bad at being punctual.He is joining Infosys and he dreams of pursuing a MBA.All the Best mate!!

Chidambaram C


Chidambaram aka. Kosu aka. Chidhu.He is the guy who can help you out from any sort of problems related to academics.Good at academicss, he gets enraged when one calls him as "kosu"(mosquito).He jumps as high as 5 feet above ground level when tickled in his ribs.One should look at his face when the exams get over he is always on cloud nine whenever exams get over, he is always eager to leave this place and go to his native place.He is going to HCL(after lots of struggle he got this company).I pity him.

Dhanasekhar


Dhana aka.Dubuku Dhana.He thinks he has the ultimate knowledge of EPL whenever a girl comes and talks with him.Actually speaking he does not know the teams playing in the premier league.He is the best guy to seek for any sort of help.He gives away everything he has.His iPod has spent most of the time with us than with him.He used to be the "Dr.Prakash" of our class.Nowadays he is planning to seek celibacy.Most of us feel he will be unsuccessful in it.We have had ultimate joy while seeing him play cricket, the ball hardly moves out of its place, but the level of sound generated is immense.He is planning to do his MS in NEU, Boston(i guess...).

Easwaramurthi A


Murthi aka.Muffee.The DJ of our class(Pun intended).Very very good at drawing human forms.He has been my bench mate for quite sometime.We have enjoyed every moment of stay with him.He is the other chick magnet in the league.Every girl would love to be in his company.But the girls are unlucky, he is committed.He plays his cricket with utmost utmost passion.Don't ever try to act like a fool in the cricket ground, he will breathe fire if he catches you doing it.He is the notes-generating guy whenever there is an exam around the corner.There is lots to say about this bloke.In simple words,he is awesome.

Lavan Kumar


Lavan aka.Lava**(Censored In Public Interest).He and myself are the "galeej" guys of our class.His passion is joining the Army.Whenever he talks about the army, we mock his statement "I will go down with a bullet in my head" with "I will go down with a bullet in my d**k".He is not a chick magnet.He is of the "pick up,drop,escape" character when it comes to girls.Always takes life in the humorous sense and always correlates every aspect of life with absolute bull shit dialects.We have enjoyed that.He is expecting his results from the army.Hope he gets it.Temporarily he is going to Infosys.

The other major players of the league are: Harish aka. Mama, KP Arun, Annush K Sairaj,Karthik Neelakantan.


The above guys have played a major role in shaping up my character, what am i talking??? we have shaped up every other guy's character in the league.Thanx a lot guys.It has been great fun with you guys.Hats Off!!

Am posting well before it starts...

Through this blog I plan to share my experiences ,whatever be it, on a daily basis (if i have the time to blog ;-)).So look out for my posts in this blog from June 1st,because by then only i will get my laptop.The title sums it all,my 2 years of MBA at IBS Hyderabad.

The Actual Fun Begins Now !!!!

Here in my room i sit listening to Sean Paul's "We Be Burning".Actually it should have been "We Had Been Burning",yeah yeah i was referring to the semester exams.At the last hurdle i did not want to stumble ,hence burning the midnight oil was the last resort in order to obtain pass mark.Yesterday was technically the last working day of the 4 years of engineering torture.And with the grace of God the question paper yesterday was direct,i think there wont be any problem in getting a pass mark.Myself and Hayu(the Topper of my class) have been eagerly waiting for this day since the opening day of the first semester.Thats true even the topper wanted the torture to come to an end.

Why I refer engineering in my college as torture because it has been a torture only.I sound like the guy who defined a rose as "rose is a rose" don't I??Ditch it.It's the time to party.Thats what the guys of my class had arranged for -"Farewell to themselves".Crazy.Anyways i did not bother to go.The good job these guys had done according to me was that of the collage of the whole CSE 07 batch.That was an hell of an idea.Hats Off!!!



And the college life has come to an end with the end of exams.Has it ended abruptly???I dont think so...We have endured so much in these 4 years.So it is not an abrupt ending.It is a sweet ending.We deserve the break.

And now its the beginning of the actual fun.Everyone are going in a different direction to take up different challenges.All the Best to them all!!!!.

Guys who got placed in the IT companies deserve a loud ALL THE BEST!!! because computers are their life for a minimum of one year.Guys pursuing higher studies(including myself)have to endure two more years of education.That would not pose a problem because its The Post Graduation Programme, i dont think we might have to endure the same type of torture endured here.But we might have to face different types of challenges,that should not be a problem also.Having tackled the Anna University Exams we have the mindset to take up any challenge.Am I too critical of the University???

We keep a comma to our lives now,as there is lots to come in our lives.Thats why the actual fun begins now!!!!!

End Of Days!!!!

At last the 4 years of "torture" at the hands of an engineering college comes to an end .Having endured so much, now I have to get ready for facing the next level of hardness in my life.Why is that always the next level in one's life is hard to face.Why should one face so much difficulties.It sucks.I always try to seek an easy-going life, but always end up in a difficult one.Whatever said and done, life is full of challenges and one should be ready to face it.

Having been at the cross roads i.e.choosing between campus placement and higher studies, i chose the road to higher studies.Thank God it has not been technical again.But whatever be the discipline, it has its strong points and difficulties.MBA seems to be attractive in its lucrative job offers, but it involves a lot of hard work.Thats what i hear about every now and then.

Hard Work - a word which is anonymous in my life.Myself and hard work are a mile away.Don't know how i am going to cope up with the pressures of MBA.Having coped up with the pressures of engineering hope i will catch up with the lifestyle of an MBAian.Having learnt so much from engineering,i think those will help me out.And to add salt to the injury, for the first time in my life I am going to be away from my parents(i know i sound childish).Leave alone the industrial visits, which maximum lasted long for 3 days.One's parents are like pillars, if in trouble too good in giving support.Awesome they are.Hats off.

And adding more salt to injury, leaving the best pals in one's life.I had hell of a time with the guys of my school and coll.School guys rock as usual.They were more of "my life", than "in addition to my life".Coll guys were totally different.Always in the state of hyper mood.Whatever be the situation, there will be humor in it.That was awesome.And playing cricket with these guys has just been the best part.Though its just a game, we did take it seriously and have fought back well to win some "away" matches.And not to forget the treats we went to.One should save his 10 months' pocket money if he had planned to give any sort of treat.However we enjoy it.And also the times we made fun of each other,times where we commented about every other girl in my college.All those moments are to be relived.

I have enjoyed every moment of my life till now.Hope life has something good in the offing for me.No more Woes.Hate to have them in my life.

Devils For Sure !!!

"Hail! Hail! The Red Devils are here "

What a season it has been for the Red Devils so far on top of premiership with Chelsea trying to catch up with them, in the quarter finals of the Champions League, due for a replay against Boro in the FA Cup which is coming up on Monday.Amazing it has been.Having not been in touch with football for almost three years(thanx to the bloody stbs), I find it amazing to see my favourite club on top of the Premiership ,though they managed to get into the top 4 in the past 3 years.They are the Best.

Lets start off with the Premiership, they had an awesome start to the Premiership blowing Fulham away 5-1.That was beginning of the success story.right from then they have managed to win/draw almost all games except for few unlucky ones , like where they were handed with a double loss againt bloody rivals Arsenal(both home and away) and also the most unexpected loss against West Ham under then the new coach Alan Curbishley who has had a very bad Win % against the Red Devils(and currently West Ham is trying hard to keep its place in the Premiership).That win against the Devils was a stroke of luck for the Hammers since then the Devils have maintained their momentum both in England as well as in Europe.Some of the mathces which took my breath away were those against Fulham and Liverpool away from home in the Premiership and also the match against Benefica in the Champion's League.

The match against Fulham away from home just showed the class of the team and also the ability of not cracking under pressure.In the dying seconds of the match, it was this guy Cristiano Ronaldo with a sudden burst of energy running right from the half-line and finishing was just great.
Though he is not much popular amongst my friends because if his extraordinary ability to get fouls(i meant diving) ,he must be known for his crosses, his cool penalty finishes and not to forget his sprints across the field.That was one hell of a match.

The next best match was against Liverpool away from home.Liverpool though they were not in the title race for the first half of the season, they gained momentum and are now breathing fire, unbeaten at home in the premiership since Jan 07, was a pain in the arse for the Devils for most of the match.For it had not been Van der Saar and the wall of Manchester United, Liverpool would have got them by the neck.It was 0-0 till 90 minutes, and then in the injury time comes the winner from John O'Shea a superb goal with some help from Cristiano and also from Saha who blocked off Reina(Liverpool's GK).

O'Shea was known for the wrong reasons last time when United lost at Liverpool - he actually hit an own goal.Forget the past.

Against Benefica in the Champion's League was a do or die match for the Devils.They had lost their previous two matches against Celtic and FC Copenhagen away from home.Last time United failed to qualify for the Knockout stages, they were in the same kind of pressure as they were in last year.benefica have been known for knocking out Manchester United in the CL.But this time it was not the case.The Devils won 3-1 thanks to the goals from Vidic - the latest defending sensation, Giggs and Saha.

The FA Cup has been more or less a rough terrain for the Devils but they have managed to win each of their rounds without any fuss.They are yet to face a replacy against Boro on Monday at Old Trafford.Hope the Devils win.

Chelsea have been chasing hard, really hard for the itle.United have enjoyed that and also have silenced the critics many a time.Although the average age of the team might not be a good sign, they have played some extraordinary football rather I would put it this way, they have played some Ultimate Football.

What the hell do we care?
All we know is there's gonna be a show,
And the famous Manchester United will be there

eMBArked on a Journey Finally !

At last I achieved what I felt impossible to achieve, i.e to get an MBA seat.I got it in ICFAI, Hyderabad(Ranked in the top 20 B-Schools in India).My next big step in life.I have inked my experiences in this post.

My preparation for my presentation and interview was in full throttle only a week before my actual date of interview, till then life was smooth and easy.And moreover out of the 13 institutes i applied, i got a call letter from this institute only.My Last Hope.And going into my preparation, i had to present a micro-presentation on a topic which was to be chosen from a list of topics given by the institute.My three choices of presentation were the following:

1.Abolition Of Capital Punishment

2.India in 2050

3.FDI in India

I chose the above because those were the topics with which i was familiar with to an extent and the remaining 17 topics given by the institute were just Greek and Latin to me.

Out of the three i was made to present on India in 2050(compulsion from my Dad).He knew better so did as per his wish.Frankly speaking I never bothered to prepare my presentation 60% of it was done by my father, the remaining contributed by me and my brother.Preparation for the interview was Null till the day before my interview, which was scheduled for February 9th.

My first rehearsal for the presentation clocked 8 minutes solid with lots of unwanted stuff viz. gestures, redundant usage of words, and of course my speed .My father even caught it on tape so as to learn from the mistakes i made.My performance was just pathetic.Later that night we had one more rehearsal which clocked 7 minutes with slightly better performance this time.The reason i am mentioning the time is because of the fact that the institute was stern about the presentation getting over within 5 minutes(managerial skill-time management).Then we called it a day.Still interview prep was Null.D-day was approaching fast.

Feb 8th myself and my dad boarded a low cost airline to Hyderabad.On reaching the destination I found myself in a pathetic position, i.e. fell sick.Had to spend three to fours sleeping in my hotel room.Later that night we had n number of rehearsals.And moreover i missed the repeat telecast of the friendly between England and Spain which was played the previous night.At last in my final rehearsal I clocked 4 minutes and 57 seconds, a sigh of relief for my father and me.It was on that night that i started preparing for my interview.I even messaged my friend asking for the various biographies written on famous sports personalities.Preparation for the interview was for just an hour.

D-day I did not catch much sleep the previous night, only the presentation going through my mind.Hardly slept for an hour.Got up at 5AM(had to be at the center by 7AM).On reaching the center (about 15 KMs from the hotel we stayed) i felt butterflies in my stomach looking at the people who were too competing for the seat in that institute.The registration was complete by 8 AM.My slot for presentation for at 8 45 AM and my interview was scheduled at 10 45AM.I met my batch mates only at the time of presentation, except me they had gathered together and decided on what questions to be asked when others presented.I was unaware of the questions they might ask me.when my turn came for the presentation i finished it on time.But was pissed off when two girls posed questions.I somehow managed to answer them.After witnessing my batch mates' presentations, I felt that i stood some chance for the MBA seat in that institute.It was time for my interview, I had a bad experience of attending an interview when i sat for my placements .I thought i could pull it off this time around whatever be the situation i was in.I was made to sit between girls on either side, that was like adding salt to the injuries.The girls who sat beside me did not close their bloody mouths even for a minute.And did not bother to close also even after being warned by the staff there.

My Interview panel asked questions from the Indian Football league, they still continued asking questions from it even after telling them that I had no idea in Indian football.After the initial screw ups ,they asked me some questions regarding bluetooth, having studied about it in my engineering curriculum I was able to answer them easily.Then sarcastically asked how the guys from the south were able to score incredible marks in their board exams.And finally asked about the current affairs that were taking place in the country.Due to the initial screw ups i felt i might not stand a chance, but i felt that i had given my best shot.Results were scheduled to be announced at 6PM.Till then time went on at snail's pace.It was just irritating.But i found a companion in two Bangalore based guys.It was fun talking with them.One of them was a die hard Manchester United fan like me and the other guy a die hard Arsenal fan(Worst team on the face of the Earth),we had good time teasing each other.At 6Pm we were made to stand in a queue,adrenalin levels inside me would have been reaching their highest and i could feel that.Whatever be the result it was given in an envelope,the first thing i searched for when i opened was whether i was selected or not.Once having found that started searching for the center i was allotted to, except that everything else were visible at last i sighted the word Hyderabad , thats when i felt the real meaning of"Being on Cloud Nine".Finally I had achieved my Goal.The Ultimate Goal.

Dreams Aplenty !!!

Dreams Aplenty---One might think that through this post I might focus on the ambitions one has in his life.Thats not the case though.What is a dream??On referring to a dictionary one might get the following answers for the apt definiton of a dream:

1. A series of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations occurring involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep.
2. A condition or achievement that is longed for; an aspiration.

Every guy in this world goes to his bed hoping that he gets a dream in such a way that he can cherish each moment of it.A guy would love to have his dreamgirl show up in his dreams every night.Each guy would love to live with his heartthrob atleast in his dreams(I am sure about that).It is an idyllic realm where each one us would be able to talk to our loved ones in the way we want to and take them wherever we wish to take.Each guy would love to have his girl hand in hand in his dream and spend as much time as possible with her.All these are possible only in one's dreams.Other than these there are lots more to be touched upon.

People crazy on sports love to get in person with their favourite sport stars.But most of them do not have the opportunity to get in person with them.The only place they can get in person is that of their idyllic realm--Dreams.I am an Australian Cricket fanatic,like I said I did not have the opportunity to meet any of the team's players.I am great fan of both Mark Waugh and Steve Waugh.If I remember properly I once had a dream like I am practising with those two guys in my terrace(Serious!!!).I still cherish each moment of that dream.It was one my best dreams.

People love to be the most richest in the world(I am one of them :-) ).To be the most richest it can be made possible in two ways either in the dreamland or by making the dream come true.Its of no use to be the richest in the dreamland.It matters only when you are in reality,so we must make our dreams come true.Every guy aspires to be what he wants to be(Pretty Confusing!!!).Aspirations are part of life and has to be,without which one cannot be successful in his life.We can dream but dreaming alone should not be the case,only when we work towards it we can achieve.

Sometimes one might get a dream where certain things are totally irrelevant, but when analysing the dream as such, one might find out that all emotions,events,sensations at the base of their heart has been summed up to form a totally irrelevant dream.It does make sense...And there is no way that one can decide upon as to what dream should come in his sleep because dreams occur involuntarily.

I have tried to justify the two definitons of what a "dream" is all about..I would like to quote a few on dreams:

"A dream becomes a goal when action is taken toward its achievement."-Bo Bennett

"One of the most adventurous things left us is to go to bed. For no one can lay a hand on our dreams."-E.V.Lucas.

So guys cherish each second of your dreams because you might get another chance to relive those moments.

*This post is from a guy's perspective...

What Should I Blog About???

Man,I have been going through an hell of a time pondering about the topic my next blog should be about.I irritated some of my pals to help me out in finding an apt topic for my next blog.This blog says it all..What should I Blog about????

Last weekend I thought that the topic for my next post should be about : as to how a girl and a boy come to know each other in college and how they end up as lovers and finally as life partners.I wanted to keep the title as "Perfect Strangers".Since there was very little information about that topic i left that topic and jumped onto a new one.

The next topic I wanted to post was about the famous rivalries around the world.I thought this one was a good one to talk about, but later changed my mind because of the fact that I had two posts on sports earlier,so scrapped the thought of posting about the "Famous Rivalries".

Then came the not so ultimate one,I prepared my mind to write about what all guys do when they stay in their in friend's place for a night,in my next post "One Night @ The Friend's Place" .I was thinking about the points that were to be discussed in the post.I myself having night-stayed many times in my friend's place had lots to write about : like the experiences we guys used to have,the fun we have,the topics we talked about,about the girls of my class.It was all turning out to be an Dirty Post(it is implicit).So i once again changed my mind not to post that one(I am so damn fickle minded!!!;-)).

Later asked my friend to help me out in finding a topic for the next post,my pal and myself being misogynists he asked me to write about what guys look for in a girl.It was such a crap topic,told him I was not interested to write about that.I do not know why I hate to write about Les Femmes.

Then in college,I had so much time that i could easily write about a topic.The topic I thought about was about the experiences rather trauma,myself and my pals go through one hour before our assessments and before the semester exams.And about what all a normal college guy can do in an hour or so.The title i chose for that post was "The Hour Game".It was a good topic to talk about,but I felt that I should not be so amateurish.That was my last "to be talked about" post.

Later in the evening while returning home from college I had this idea as to share my experiences about what all i wished to talk about in my next post that is this post.So I successfully published my next post "What Should I Blog About???".

De l'école à l'Université !!!!

For those who do not know french,the title goes like this FROM SCHOOL TO COLLEGE.It is the transition ,of which every guy dreams of during his long break after the public exams.Dreams like bunking classes,wearing flashy clothes,sporting a David Beckham hair cut,wearing junk jewels when he is in college.The things i dreamt of before joining college were those of bunking classes,flirting with girls ;-).

That long vacation is the only ray of hope for the exam-stricken guy,who spends time dreaming about the fancy world of entering college, only for his hopes to be dashed when he joins some sick engineering college.Thats the worst part one would ever imagine of.

The first day of college seems to be a promising one because of all the hype given by the senior students of the college asking the new ones to enjoy their four year stay at college,leave alone the guys who might leave the college in the middle of their academic year.Profs and Lecturers start giving their good old lectures as to how a student has to be in the forthcoming years so as to project himself into a great position in the damned society as well as projecting college's name.This is also the day from which all hell might break loose.After all intros and crap,the guy starts searching for the apt benchmate who can be his confidant.

Seniors tired of birdwatching the old ones,go on the hunt for the new ones(ie the freshers).The vice versa is also applicable.Freshers also go on the hunt to catch new friends and also girlfriends(without knowing the consequences one might face).

Later in the academic year due to peer pressure the guy starts pestering his parents for a new mobile phone that has arrived in the market.The time he gets the mobile in his hands the happiness he gets is unexplainable.The next day after showing off enough with his mobile phone he sets off a mobile fad among his peers.The fad among the students goes on till there is a rule banning the usage of mobile phones in campus.RULES ARE MEANT TO BE BROKEN.Still the guy brings his mobile phone and enjoys its company in college.Similarly for all those guys who love their tees,a rule is put that no more t-shirts in campus.Now the guy starts feeling the heat of the college.Then comes into the life of that ill fated guy the introduction of the infamous ID card that has to be worn in campus.Damn it never would have that guy worn an ID card in school.Why push student such limits.Blame the system.

Enough of all the sick part of college which includes the lullabies(lectures ;-)) of the profs .Coming to the fun part of college.Whatever one does in college or whatver happens to a guy in college he has to give a treat to his peers.Be it a whitewash in the assessment tests,be it flirting with a girl whatever it might be a treat is a must.Then comes to flirting with girls,since i do not talk or flirt with girls i do not know much about it.Need info about flirting pls refer to some blog by a flirtatious guy.Then the most exciting part of college life,Bunking classes.It takes courage and guts for one to bunk classes on a full theory day or bunk lab.The thrill one gets out of it is an amazing one.Every guy should have a feel of it.Though bunking classes is possible through ODs(On Duty forms) the thrill lies only in bunking classes without ODs.Then comes the marching orders given by the prof if one does not answer a question .Most of the guys crave for these orders.Though one knows the answer he might not tell for the reason that he wants to get out of the damn class.Then getting caught red handed by the prof for meddling with the mobile while sitting in the last bench.

One more interesting part of college life is that of the exam time.Pre-Exam--study holidays, the time of the year where each guy is glued to his book(s),time where promises like wont watch tv,wont go online are made(though they are not kept),night studies become common,time when guys pretend to be serious.Then exams take place.Post Exam--post mortem on the exams are performed on the first day of the holidays hoping that all good takes place and then the fun begins.Being awake throughout the night,playing cricket,movies,discos,booze etc etc..

There are many more things that might happen in one's life in college.Most feel that college life is cool,but its not case for myself and some of my pals.We still feel that SCHOOL LIFE WAS ROCKING!!!!.

LOS(E) GALACTICOS!!!!

REAL MADRID----once any sport fan hears this name,he usually starts thinking about the starting line up of the world famous soccer team.Are they still the "los galacticos" or the new "lose galacticos" ??. I follow Spanish Primera Liga.I am a fan of the Los Galacticos.Their performances in the liga is much similar to the waxing and waning of the moon.

Real Madrid boasts of having some of the finest soccer players in the world.Its line up has Ronaldo,Robinho,Beckham,Zidane,Roberto Carlos,Raul and what more can they ask for???.The performances of the team has been pathetic in some matches and have sometimes been very good.The pathetic performances of the team has made the management change its coaches from time to time in regular intervals.First it was Carlos Quiroz,then Camacho,Wanderley Luxemburgo,and currently Juan Ramon Lopez Caro.Recently I read an article saying that Real Madrid are set to change their coach for the forthcoming season after the World Cup.They are targetting Carlo Ancelloti(AC Milan),Arsene Wenger(Arsenal) and not to forget Vicente del Bosque(Former Coach).

Out of the total 29 matches played in the current season they have lost 7 matches.Though this might seem ok.It is not the case.Ihey have lost to some of the teams that are trying to save themselves from relegation.This is not how such team should play.Their performances in the knockout stages of the Champions League was awful.They lost to Arsenal.Starting as favourites to win the game at the Bernabaeu ,they lost the match 0-1 to Arsenal thanks to the lone goal from Thierry Henry.This meant that they were no more in contention to win the champions league.

It does not depend on how much money they spend on buying classy players from around the world.It all depends on how they play ,that too as a team.The team has proved its marketing prowess.But it has to show its prowess on the field.The team of late has been losing to teams that are trying to save its position in the Liga
from being relegated.The team has been trying to draw matches and not to win.Against the big guns they play quite well but not upto their actual quality that they possess in reality.The team always look good on paper but on the field they are not quite upto the mark.I cant figure it out why???.

Some of the few factors i think are making this team to perform badly are:

The defence of Real Madrid has been letting down the team for a considerable amount of time since Hierro left.The presence of Hierro gave a very strong look to the team's defence.But it is not the case now,its defence has been caught open sometimes allowing the opponents to score freely.Madrid bought Jonathan Woodgate thinking that he would strengthen the defence but since his signing he has hardly played,blame it on the series of injuries he has been having.

Then the lack of ability to finish the goals.Players of late have been so ineffecient that they do not finish the goals that are well set up.Robinho,he is one such who can be blamed.He totally lacks the ability to convert the passes from Beckham into goals.If Raul had been in the team surely he would have got the team to scale new heights.Raul known for his finishes was injured for a long time.If he had been playing the earlier stages of the league Real Madrid would have retained their Number One position in the Liga and would still have been the Numero Uno.

Then the resting of key players when it came to big matches in the Liga as well as in the Champions League.I feel these factors are affecting the team's performance.

Bringing in new coaches or buying out new players will not bring cups and glory for the team .Only teamwork,concentration will help the team to relive their Golden Days.Then for sure they can be hailed as the LOS GALACTICOS and not as lose galacticos.

Australian Cricket on the Wane????

The actuating factor for me writing this blog was the shocking defeat of the mighty Australian Cricket team at the hands of South Africa...It was an hell of a thriller..As everyone knows...Lets dont deviate from the topic now...Is Australian Cricket on the wane???...Being an Australian cricket fan i would rather prefer a "no" as an answer...but sometimes i am forced to ask myself this question...its because of the recent dismal performances of the australian team...

It all started when Australia lost to then minnows Bangladesh in the Natwest Tri Series just before The Ashes in 2005..When i heard that i was so disheartened that i could not believe that such a mighty team could lose...but it was reality, i had to cope up with it...i thought then that it was the start of the Australian downfall....but they proved it wrong by sharing the Natwest Trophy with England and later winning the bilateral ODI series with England...It was then i had a ray of hope in me that the Australian Team could pull off another great whitewash in that forthcoming Ashes...

It was not the case though....England got The Ashes back after winning it 2-1....it would have been the most amazing test series of the year for a normal cricket fan....but for me it was not an amazing series at all.....what might have gone wrong???? (Cricket Australia would have also thought the same)...might be the thing that complacency crept into Punter's team....the striking fact of the series was that ,the team known for its fielding, was very much sloppy in the field..following the defeat the management dropped some of its famed players such as Michael Clarke,Damien Martyn,Jason Gillespie,Michael Kasprowicz ....the bowling attack looked depleted without two of the famous bowling quartet...

they once again proved the critics wrong by beating the "good on paper" World XI team in the Super Series...thrashing them in the one off test and also in the one dayers....

Factors i think that might cause the Australian downfall:

*Aging Players(the average age of an Australian Cricket Player is 30)
*The most controversial Rotating Policy....
*The concept behind selection of players...

Then later in the year they hosted West Indies for a 3 test match series...which they won convincingly 3-0...it was much of an one sided affair...Later in the VB series against SA and SL after some hiccups in the prelims they won the VB series finals against SL 2-1.....

In the New Year the team's first overseas tour was to that of SA....The tour started off with a 5 match ODI series with the hosts....Australia lost the first two ODIs in an unconvincing manner...But they won the next two ODIs levelling the series 2-2...the last match at Jo'Burg was the talk of the town for a week or so....it was a cracker of a contest....Australia hammered the SA bowlers all round the park....they hit a mammoth 434 for 4...it was a world record....after seeing this score on a local tv news channel i was on cloud nine... i thought the team would pull off a massive victory over SA...but it was not the case once again...Australia lost to SA by one wicket with a ball to spare...what went wrong once again????

How could a team with so much talent could not defend a massive total of 434...i was in shell shocked state for three to four days...still the score 438-9 scored by SA haunts me....what went wrong???....these series of poor performances made me to put the title of the blog as "Australian Cricket On the Wane???"...

Though i cant predict the downfall of australian cricket... i have a strong feeling that its not quite far away...lets hope for the best that there is no such downfall....Geoff Boycott once said "Australia is a Great Team with Good Players"..hope they keep up with that...through this blog one might feel that i sound anti australia, but still i am a die hard fan of the Australian Cricket Team...