Adam Gilchrist scored the second fastet hundred test today. As a hapless Andrew Filntoff watched him flay Harmison, Monty and Hoggard all over the WACA. And Anshuman could enjoy the match because Parul likes Flintoff.
Later on in the day when India played South Africa, Anshuman could watch the match again as Parul had not realised that it was a different match all together.
Saturday, December 16, 2006
Friday, December 08, 2006
Some people who I didn’t think of for a very long time but I’ll never forget
Ashith Sinha – For lending me ‘The Nashville Skyline’
Lavneet Gyani – For saying, “You like Bob Dylan!”
Deepa Parekh - For asking me to explain how the aperture of a camera works.
Ajay Katiyar - For telling me, “You are a damn good batsman, you have all the shots in the book as I walked in to bat and just smiling when I got out LBW first ball”.
The stranger – who asked me of I was you from Sri Lanka and then walked away without saying a word when I said no.
And the many more whom I cannot think of right now.
Lavneet Gyani – For saying, “You like Bob Dylan!”
Deepa Parekh - For asking me to explain how the aperture of a camera works.
Ajay Katiyar - For telling me, “You are a damn good batsman, you have all the shots in the book as I walked in to bat and just smiling when I got out LBW first ball”.
The stranger – who asked me of I was you from Sri Lanka and then walked away without saying a word when I said no.
And the many more whom I cannot think of right now.
With thanks to Shankar Raman
It’s impossible to be indifferent to Jazz.
Can you be indifferent to a roller coaster?
Or to the rain
Interrupted by thunder
To continue its rhythm once again
Can you here yourself say,
That was nice
And by now you’re thinking again of the
Cacophony of life
And now I have your attention again
And just in case you did not realize
That was quite seamless.
Can you be indifferent to a roller coaster?
Or to the rain
Interrupted by thunder
To continue its rhythm once again
Can you here yourself say,
That was nice
And by now you’re thinking again of the
Cacophony of life
And now I have your attention again
And just in case you did not realize
That was quite seamless.
Sweet Home Alabama
Why would a man from Nagpur,
A boy from Delhi
Or a girl from Bangalore
For that matter,
Like Sweet Home Alabama.
Is it the words ‘sweet home’
Or maybe the term ‘skies so blue’
Do they know who Muscles Shultz was?
Perhaps it’s just the melody
Combined with the knowledge of a tragedy
Of a few young men who died young
A boy from Delhi
Or a girl from Bangalore
For that matter,
Like Sweet Home Alabama.
Is it the words ‘sweet home’
Or maybe the term ‘skies so blue’
Do they know who Muscles Shultz was?
Perhaps it’s just the melody
Combined with the knowledge of a tragedy
Of a few young men who died young
Saturday, December 02, 2006
Outline for a classic
A hero who doesn't quite know that he is a hero (Neo, Frodo, Arjuna, Luke Skywalker).
A mentor who shows him the way (Morpheus, Gandalf, Krishna, Obi Wan Kenobi, Yoda).
The hero still doesn't beleive.
The world his threatened by Dark Forces (Mr.Smith,Sauron,Duryodhan)
The mentor shows the hero the way ("Find purpose the means will follow", "Now do you believe?').
The hero tries though still doesn't believe (Bhainchod bas kar daal - "Don't think of the result, just do it").
Throw in a support cast - a woman who loves the hero whom the hero loves too, A woman who loves the hero but the hero doesn't love her, An ally who is jealous of the hero and conspires against him but later realises his folly, 2-3 best friend types, A special best friend who sticks with the hero right till the end whom the hero doubts a little on occassion, 2-3 just plain evil types.
The hero meets the dark lord and the two fight, the dark lord tries to win over the hero to his side, the hero is conflicted, the hero remembers something that his now dead mentor has told him. The hero gets his shit together and kills the dark lord.
The End
A mentor who shows him the way (Morpheus, Gandalf, Krishna, Obi Wan Kenobi, Yoda).
The hero still doesn't beleive.
The world his threatened by Dark Forces (Mr.Smith,Sauron,Duryodhan)
The mentor shows the hero the way ("Find purpose the means will follow", "Now do you believe?').
The hero tries though still doesn't believe (Bhainchod bas kar daal - "Don't think of the result, just do it").
Throw in a support cast - a woman who loves the hero whom the hero loves too, A woman who loves the hero but the hero doesn't love her, An ally who is jealous of the hero and conspires against him but later realises his folly, 2-3 best friend types, A special best friend who sticks with the hero right till the end whom the hero doubts a little on occassion, 2-3 just plain evil types.
The hero meets the dark lord and the two fight, the dark lord tries to win over the hero to his side, the hero is conflicted, the hero remembers something that his now dead mentor has told him. The hero gets his shit together and kills the dark lord.
The End
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