A mountain to climb

India has been set a target of 499 to win the first test match in this Border-Gavaskar series. Will INDIA win or will it just go 'down under' (pun intended)

When India was 120-3 in the first innings I thought we were in control. It was just a bad day for us. But full credit to the aussie pace attack who gave nothing to the Indians.

After a tiring day Ponting gave his bowlers 8 overs to snap up a few wickets but 'the wall' was patient. In my view wining this test match is a far-fetched possibility. Now it depends which part of the phrase is read by the Indian team; 'far-fetched' or 'possibility'.

I am an optimist and I still think that Ponting has committed a mistake my declaring a bit early. If I were in his place I would have declared at 600 because 600 becomes too far-fetched and it could have been a killer blow to the confidence of the Indian bowlers. That confidence is important in a long series like this.

Considering that the pitch is opening up. Its slow and the odd ball is keep low, we cant be over optimistic too. Australia needs only ten balls to keep low. And India need a lot of Boundaries and more importantly the singles, doubles and even triples on a huge ground like the MCG.
Lets see what happens tomorrow

CLICK

I woke up and I was in a glassy world. I found myself trapped in a glassy film around me. I could not see anything but distorted images of my own face. One sound was echoing inside that bubble. It was pricking my mind. The pain was unbearable for me. That voice kept coming back. It was choking me. The words "WHAT DO I WANT TO BE?" were drilling through my mind. CLICK!! The bubble bursts and you are in broad daylight. I woke up to realize that it was just a bad dream.
This happens to a lot of youngsters. You dream that you are falling or you are trapped and there is no one in this entire universe who can save you. Leave alone saving, you cant even see anybody else in your dream.

I too have such nightmares. But the fact remains, WHAT THE HELL DO I FINALLY WANT TO BECOME? I myself have not arrived at an answer for this question. I don't know what I finally want to become in life. As soon as I watch a detective movie or a spy thriller or a bond movie, I want to be a secret service agent. When I watch an army movie or an action flick I want to become an army man, one who lays down his life for the nation. When I read about big business deals or about successful businessmen, I want to be a big-shot investor, an entrepreneur or something like that. After watching a few 'extreme engineering' episodes I dream of becoming a great scientist/engineer. Whenever I decide on doing a thing something else lures me. I still have not found the perfect thing for me. I hope to find it soon.

I guess, Life's like that. But on close examination of these options we can find a common thread that connects all these different types of careers or life paths. And that common thread is HAPPINESS. Finally we want to be happy. Even if I don't crack CAT this year or I fail in a subject or two ( believe me, failing in engg exams is very difficult) or I sit idle for the next six months; the most important thing is to be HAPPY.
Anything in this life will be useless if I am not happy with it. Although neither have I seen the happiest moment nor have I found out the thing that gives me the most amount of happiness. But for the sake of it I have realized that the most essential part of living is being HAPPY. Hence it is my "New Year Resolution is to be HAPPY".
One might experience it anywhere anytime. I experienced this click moment when I was travelling in a bus. Gautam Buddha experienced it under a tree (his level of enlightenment was obviously higher ;-) )but there will be a sudden feeling of weightlessness and bliss once u do that.
Anyways MERRY CHRISTMAS.

Eight men, a watchman and a chicken in GOA

As soon as the exams were over we set out for our dream journey.. A small vacation in goa with college friends was a dream that i had been cherishing for long.. finally it was gonna turn true..

the train journey was full of fun.. i must say that the restrooms in the southindian station are really clean.!! with stop overs at Erode and Mangalore we finally reached MARGAO.

But before moving on to further details let me give u a small introduction to the Gang of Goa.
1)Arya Ketan aka churi, chacha churi- the mastermind behind the goa trip.. spotting him is very easy just search for a man with the shower cap.
2)Akshay chandrasekhar aka Vaazz, pappu- he is one tambi boy who has a liking for "lehman rice"
3)Yatish Mishra aka tang, mamaji- he is the kans mama of the kalyug
4)Krishnendu Bhattacharjee aka nandu, gendushree, mota nandu, Kristofaar- He is responsible for the changing centre of mass of goa.
5)Onkar Inamdar aka Chom, chicken- he is our family's pet.. people like to keep dogs cats and parrots as pets but he our family cannot live without this faithful chicken (read as cannot live without raping this loudmouth chicken). A small caveat- this chicken can shit in any place on the earth.
6)Guru Chu*^/@ aka mehul Kumar- he is our watchman. he wakes us up early in the moring and gets his fair share for doing that.
7)Vibhu Kapoor aka dadaji- He can never keep his mouth shut and always barks about his young times.
8)Kosstub aka dost- he is always behind his friend('s ass). He is one man who at the beginning of the trip was very sympathetic towards chicken and guru but by the end of the trip he was leading the ass-ass-ination.
9)Deepak V aka bong- he is dadaji's life saver after dadaji was found upside down in deep sea.. (i wonder what dadaji was trying to do..
10)Shreyas Nair aka nair- no intro needed..right?

Some of the most interesting points of the goa trip-

#when some of us were jumping in the sea water and others were playing football, guru, the self proclaimed king of goalkeepers, was spotted saying this- BEY DEKHTE HAIN WOH BAAT AB RAHI KI NAHI... lol
#Another comic instance was on the last day of our trip we all were supposed to go for a trek in the nearby area. Everyone slept late and no one was physically capable to walk outta the bed.. Guru, our loyal watchman, was trying to wake us up but genduji was in no mood.. he condition was - AGAR GURU SABSE APNE CHUCHE DABWAYEGA TO MEIN UTHOONGA
#While parasailing everyone had a lotta fun except the parasailer.. why?? because his engine almost burned out during nandu's turn.. in the first jerk everyone was supposed to go up but nandu was flying horizontally not vertically..
#during the banana ride which was the best of all the rides, our dear dadaji fell upside down into the water. then we just heard shouts of BACHAO BACHAO.. KOI MUJHE BACHAO.. MAIN DOOB RAHA HOON
#In the same banana ride when i fell off the boat i was confident that i would float but my dear mama thought that i was the boat and he kept pushing me down. luckily he realized that something was wrong else you would not be reading this blog
#on the kolva beach chom was buried in the sand and we all stood on him. ab jab chom frust karega to hum woh pic dekhkar khush ho jayenge. haha chutiya chicken


(p.s- i cannot remember many incidents but will be posting em asap)