Y's World

10 Things I hated about the 2008 F1 Season

2008-11-04T03:26:00.001-06:00

Heikki Kovlainen underperforming in a McLaren.

Felipe Massa spinning out of the first 2 races - maybe that decided the championship

Force India finishing with 0 points.

Honda Racing Team – terrible year.

Kimi Raikkonen having a bad year – he is too good a driver to drive the way he did this year L

The street race at Valencia – boooooorrrringgg !!!!

Race Stewards being trigger happy with penalties.

Stupid FIA rules – The pitlane redlight is a really dumb rule. Spoilt what would have been a superb Canadian GP.

Lewis Hamilton's lack of respect for other drivers – hey Lewis , they might be slower than you, doesn't mean they ought to give up track position to you. Keep your hand gestures and comments to yourself.

Ferrari fans questioning Timo Glock – He drove a fair race at Brazil. Massa was just plain unlucky.

Things I like –

Sebastien Vettel is the real deal.

Singapore GP – brilliant !!!

The possibility of having 5 contenders for the title next season – Hamilton, Fernando Alonso, Raikkonen, Massa and Robert Kubica.

Barack Obama’s Kashmir Thesis

2008-11-03T06:09:00.001-06:00

As Obamamania grips much of the world, including India, the man who might become the next President of the United States has ideas on Jammu and Kashmir that should cause some concern to New Delhi.

Given its vastly improved relations with the United States and Pakistan, India has no reason to press the panic button. Yet it should be quickly flagging its concerns with the foreign policy team of Senator Barack Obama, should he be declared the Forty-fourth President of the United States on Tuesday night.

In an interview broadcast on MSNBC, Obama suggested that his administration would encourage India to solve the Kashmir dispute with Pakistan, so that Islamabad can better cooperate with the United States on Afghanistan. Obama's definitive thesis comes in three parts.

"The most important thing we're going to have to do with respect to Afghanistan is actually deal with Pakistan. And we've got to work with the newly elected government there (Pakistan) in a coherent way that says, terrorism is now a threat to you. Extremism is a threat to you. We should — try to resolve the Kashmir crisis so that they (Pakistan) can stay focused not on India, but on the situation with those militants". India entirely agrees with the first two elements but should strongly object to the third.

Put simply, the Obama thesis says: the sources of Afghan instability are in Pakistan; those in turn are linked to Islamabad's conflict with New Delhi, at the heart of which is Jammu and Kashmir.

For months now, New Delhi has been assessing Obama's seeming hard-line towards Pakistan, including a threat to bomb terrorist bases there if Islamabad failed to act against the al-Qaida and the Taliban. India, however, has paid less attention to the carrot

Obama was offering Pakistan—American activism on Kashmir in return for credible cooperation in Afghanistan.

Obama's remarks on Kashmir are by no means off the cuff. They have been remarkably consistent since he launched his presidential campaign. In the first comprehensive articulation of his world view in the journal Foreign Affairs during the summer of 2007, Obama argued, "If Pakistan can look towards the east (India) with confidence, it will be less likely to believe its interests are best advanced through cooperation with the Taliban."

If Obama's Kashmir thesis becomes the policy, many negative consequences might ensue. For one, an American diplomatic intervention in Kashmir will make it impossible for India to pursue the current serious back channel negotiations with Pakistan on Kashmir, the first since 1962-63.

India and Pakistan have made progress in recent years, because their negotiations have taken place in a bilateral context. Third party involvement will rapidly shrink the domestic political space for India on Kashmir negotiations.

For another, the prospect that the U S might offer incentives on Kashmir is bound to encourage the Pakistan Army to harden its stance against the current peace process with India.

Finally, the sense that an Obama Administration will put Jammu & Kashmir on the front burner would give a fresh boost to militancy in Kashmir and complicate the current sensitive electoral process there. Kashmiri separatist lobbies in Washington have already embraced Obama's remarks.

To be sure, Indo-U S relations are much stronger today to suggest a return to the discordant early 1990s, when Kashmir topped the bilateral agenda. Yet, New Delhi cannot ignore that Pakistan is likely to be at the very top of a President Obama's national security agenda and his perception of a linkage between Kashmir and Afghanistan.

India's chattering classes may be carried away by Obama's talk of 'change' in Washington. On Kashmir at least, India badly needs 'continuity' with President George W Bush's deliberate hands-off approach.

Although his historic civil nuclear initiative got all the attention, President Bush's Kashmir policy has contributed even more significantly to the transformation of Indo-U S relations.

Despite relentless pressures from Gen. Pervez Musharraf, Bush refused to inject the U S into the Indo-Pak conflict. By ending the traditional American meddling in Kashmir, Bush created the conditions for purposeful bilateral negotiations between New Delhi and Islamabad. India would not want Obama to disrupt this positive dynamic in the subcontinent.

India does not disagree with Obama that a Pakistan secure within its own borders is good for the whole region. That indeed is the basis on which Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his predecessor Atal Bihari Vajpayee explored solutions to the Kashmir dispute on a bilateral basis.

India's problem with the Obama thesis is in the simplistic trade-off it sets up between Kashmir and Afghanistan. More than seven years after 9/11, Washington has begun to understand that the source of the problem in both Kashmir and Afghanistan is the Pak Army and its instrumentalisation of extremism to achieve political objectives.

Ending the Army's right to define Isalamabad's national security goals would make it a lot easier to resolve Pakistan's disputes with both India and Afghanistan. That in turn would demand Indo-U S cooperation in accelerating Pakistan's democratic transition by establishing firm civilian control over the military.

(C. Raja Mohan is a Professor at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University and a Contributing Editor of The Indian Express.)

Its time to step aside Captain !!!

2008-10-16T04:26:00.002-05:00

and no , I'm not talking to "Captain" Vijaykant, but to the captain of our cricket team - Mr.Anil Kumble ...
and no , this is not some random rant coz you failed to perform in the first test at Bangalore - you haven't really performed well in any of the test matches in 2008 ...
and no , I dont think Amit Mishra would be as great as you , but in the current scenario and series , I think our Indian team would be better off with him at Mohali ...
and no , I'm not asking you to retire, I just want you to take a break of one test to recover from your shoulder injury and come back in full fitness and form and rip the Aussies apart in your favorite hunting ground- Feroz shah Kotla ...

So please Captain , take the high road , drop yourself from the squad tomorrow , do what no Indian captain has done , you have nothing to lose , you are already a legend , this will just add to your legacy ...
I beg you , please , please , please dont play the match tomorrow at Mohali and make it painful for us fans to see India's greatest bowler be treated like a club bowler by the Aussies ...

Sincerely,
An Indian Cricket Fan

What made Hindus angry in Karnataka ???

2008-10-07T11:29:00.002-05:00

as written by François Gautier on Expressbuzz ...

WAS born in a Catholic family. My uncle was a priest, a wonderful man of warmth and compassion and I spent most my early years in Catholic boarding schools. When I was young I wanted to become a missionary and to ‘convert’ pagans in Asia. What I was taught by priests was that Hindus worship false gods and they needed to be brought back to the True Word by Jesus Christ.

Then of course, I came to India and discovered that actually Hindus, far from being the heathens, as had been portrayed in Europe, not only believed God’s diversity, the wonderful concept of avatar, but had given refuge to all persecuted minorities of the world, whether the Syrian Christians, the Parsis, the Jews (India is the only country in the world where Jews were not persecuted), the Armenians, or today the Tibetans.

I am also aghast at the one-sided coverage by the Indian media of the Christian- Hindu problem: blasts after blasts have killed hundreds of innocent Hindus in Varanasi, Delhi, Mumbai train blasts, Jaipur, etc. Yet, neither Manmohan Singh nor Sonia Gandhi have pronounced once the word ‘Islamic terrorism.’ But when furious Hindus, tired of being made fun of, of witnessing their brothers and sisters converted by financials traps, of seeing a 84-year-old swami and his Mataji brutally murdered, of reading blasphemy about their Gods, vent their anger against churches, many of them makeshifts, the Indian government goes after the soft target which the Hindus are. The same thing applies to the United States: they never warned Muslim organisations in India about the killing of Hindus, but when dollars are used to buy new converts and it angers the majority community of India,Washington has the arrogance to issue a warning, and Manmohan Singh does not have the pride to tell the US to mind its own business.

Neither the Indian press nor the western correspondents bothered to write about what made Hindus angry in Karnataka: Newlife, one important westernfunded missionary centre ( http://www.newlifevoice.org), began making conversions in and around Mangalore by accosting poor people in market areas, or in bus stands, befriending them and then taking them to churches to introduce them to the father.

Upon introduction they were paid Rs 2,500 per person and then taken to the Velankanni shrine, in Tamil Nadu, where they would get another Rs. 3,000.

When they finally converted to Christianity by changing the name, they got an incentive of Rs 10,000 onwards.

Newlife would then give them instructions to abandon wearing tilak on forehead, not to visit and offer prayers at the Hindu temples, replacing the photos and idols of Hindu gods and goddesses with a Cross, etc.

But what really angered local Hindus was when Newlife went one step further and published a book in Kannada — Satya Darshini — which was widely distributed by its missionaries. Here below is the translation of some of the most abusive passages: “Urvashi — the daughter of Lord Vishnu — is a prostitute.

Vashistha is the son of this prostitute.

He in turn married his own Mother. Such a degraded person is the Guru of the Hindu God Rama. (page 48).

When Krishna himself is wallowing in darkness of hell, how can he enlighten others? Since Krishna himself is a shady character, there is a need for us to liberate his misled followers (page 50). It was Brahma himself who kidnapped Sita.

“Since Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva were themselves victims of lust, it is a sin to consider them as Gods. (page 39).

When the Trinity of Hinduism (Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva) are consumed by lust and anger, how can they liberate others? The projection of them as Gods is nothing but a joke. (page 39). God, please liberate the sinful people of India who are worshipping False Gods. (Page 39).” When blasphemy and much worse is brought against the most sacred Hindu Gods, Hindus are supposed to take it meekly as sheep and let themselves be converted to a foreign religion! There are more than 4,000 foreign Christian missionaries involved in conversion activities across different states.

In Tripura, there were no Christians at the time of independence. There are 1,20,000 today, a 90 per cent increase since 1991. The figures are even more striking in Arunachal Pradesh, where there were only 1,710 Christians in 1961, but 1.2 million today, as well as 780 churches! In Andhra Pradesh, churches are coming up every day in far-flung villages and there was even an attempt to set up one near Tirupati.

Christians throughout the ages have strived on the concept of persecution and as a brought up Catholic, I remember feeling bad about all those martyred saints of Christianity. Christians in India like to say that they are only two per cent and can do no harm. But it is a sham: in the Tamil Nadu coastal belt from Chennai to Kanyakumari, there must be now 10 per cent Christians posttsunami and the same may be true in other parts of south India.

My heart goes out to Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa who took a courageous stand against unethical Christian conversions, but is now under pressure from the Centre.

The BJP, having learnt from bitter experience that the Congress has no qualm in invoking President’s rule under fallacious pretexts in states which are ruled by non-Congress governments is in a quandary: it must show some action against militant Hindu groups while remaining true to itself.

This is why Yeddyurappa took some action against Hindu groups while saying that his government will not tolerate forcible conversions and will take stringent action against missionaries involved in conversions.

And ultimately, the blame must fall on Hindus: they are 800 million in India, the overwhelming majority; they have the brains, they have the money and they have the power. But either their intellectual and political class sides with the minorities, out of fear, inferiority complex imbedded by the British or just sheer crass political opportunism, or the bigger mass is indifferent inert, selfish, un-civic conscious. Every Hindu is the inheritor of the only surviving spiritual knowledge which at the moment is under a concerted attack by Christian missionaries, Americanisation, Marxism and Islamic fundamentalism.

fgautier@rediffmail.com

Lok Sabha - Joke Sabha

2008-07-23T09:56:00.001-05:00

10 Things I think I think !!

Lalu Prasad Yadav gives the funniest speeches in our parliament.
Somnath Chatterjee is a man of Integrity.
Prakash Karat is a douche bag.
So are Amar Singh, Ahmed Patel, Mulayam Singh, Mayawati and the 3 random BJP dudes who ran to the well !
Pappu Yadav should be banned from Parliament, not for being a convicted felon, but for just being abnormally fat !!!
Shahid Siddiqui [The Rajya Sabha MP from Uttar Pradesh] should be slippered, beaten etc etc… for calling the Nuke deal “Anti Muslim”. Chase that bugger away to Pakistan or Bangladesh !!!
And while we are at it, how about chasing away the Karats, Yechuries, Rajas and the rest of those communist party pigs into China.
The minimum we expect from our Members of Parliament (Our elected representatives, our ministerial candidates, the cream of our politicians) is to know how to use the God damn Electronic Voting Machine. Ayes = Yes (Green), Noes = No (Red), Abst = Abstain (Blue), as in u don’t want to vote !!
The BJP were in a total Lose-Lose situation. Damned if the Congress wins, Fucked if the Congress loses !!!
Manmohan Singh is a top notch Prime Minister who deserves his full term in office.

IPL Power Rankings - 8 Burning Questions - Week 2

2008-04-29T05:17:00.003-05:00

The Top Notch

1. Chennai Super-Kings (4-0) [Last Week No.3]

Only Undefeated team left in the tournament. Players who won the Man of the Match in the first 3 matches – Michael Hussey, Mathew Hayden & Jacob Oram. Players who have left for International commitments – Hussey, Hayden and Oram. Can the team cope with this loss ???

2. Rajasthan Royals (3-1) [Last Week No.6]

Graeme Smith’s addition into the team has definitely helped, but where will this team be without the 2 Shanes (Warne and Watson)???

The Muddled Middle

3. Kings XI Punjab (2-2) [Last Week No.4]

Will Batsmen threaten to slap Sreesanth if he gets under their skin ???

4. Delhi Daredevils (2-1) [Last Week No.1]

Can anyone on this team not named Sehwag or Gambhir bat ???

5. Kolkata Knight-Riders (2-1) [Last Week No.2]

Will the departure of Ricky Ponting be a boon or a bane ???

6. Deccan Chargers (1-3) [Last Week No.8]

Can anyone else other than Gilchrist bat ???

The Bottom Rung

7. Bangalore Royal-Challengers (1-3) [Last Week No.5]

A spectator’s placard said it best – The best Test team in the IPL !!! Will they find new ways to NOT win matches ???

8. Mumbai Indians (0-4) [Last Week No.7]

With Sachin injured and Harbhajan out of the league, this team sure can SLAP away their chances of winning !!!

The Little Master turns 35

2008-04-24T04:20:00.002-05:00

Sachin's Career Batting Stats -

	Innings	Runs	Highest	Average	Strike Rate	100s	50s
Tests	238	11782	248*	55.31	-	39	49
One Days	407	16361	186*	44.33	85.49	42	89

Sachin Tendulkar has been the most wholesome batsman of his time, and arguably the biggest cricket icon as well. His batting is based on the purest principles: perfect balance, economy of movement, precision in stroke-making, and that intangible quality given only to geniuses, anticipation. If he doesn't have a signature stroke - the upright, back-foot punch comes close - it is because he is equally proficient in each of the full range of orthodox shots (and plenty of improvised ones as well) and can pull them out at will.
- Sambit Bal (Cricinfo)

Don't bowl him bad balls, he hits the good ones for fours !!!
- Michael Kasprowicz

I'd like to see him go out and bat one day with a stump. I'll tell you he'd do okay !!!
- Greg Chappell

I'll be going to bed having nightmares of Sachin dancing down the wicket and belting me back over my head for six !!!
- Shane Warne

He is 99.5% perfect. I'd pay to watch him play.
- Sir Viv Richards

Sir Donald Bradman did not play One Day Cricket but if he did, he could have been as good as Sachin Tendulkar !!!
- Barry Richards

Happy Birthday Sachin ...

IPL Power Rankings [8 Burning Questions]

2008-04-22T14:04:00.004-05:00

The Top Notch

1. Delhi Daredevils [2-0]– Arguably the best side in the league with a strong bowling attack .. but can the middle order batsmen handle the pressure if the top order fails ???

2. Kolkata Knight-Riders [2-0] – How good (bad) is that batting line up ??? and will Karan Johar please not dance anymore … ever !!!

3. Chennai Super-Kings [1-0] – Will Makhaya Ntini add some sting to this bowling attack ?? and will Albie Morkel and Stephen Fleming step up after Hayden and Hussey leave ???

The Second Rung

4. King XI Punjab [0-2]– When will this team full of talent start winning ???

5. Bangalore Royal-Challengers [1-1]– What the hell was Vijay Mallya thinking : Dravid, Kallis, Joshi, Jaffer and Kumble in a T20 team ???

6. Rajasthan Royals[1-1] – Can Shane Watson do what he did in every match ???

7. Mumbai Indians[0-1] – Will Sachin ever play ???

8. Deccan Chargers[0-2] – Isn't Andrew Symonds being paid too much for NOT performing ???

It's not easy to be me !!!

2008-04-22T03:38:00.002-05:00

I can't stand to fly
I'm not that naive
I'm just out to find
The better part of me

I'm more than a bird...i'm more than a plane
More than some pretty face beside a train
It's not easy to be me

Wish that I could cry
Fall upon my knees
Find a way to lie
About a home I'll never see

It may sound absurd...but don't be naive
Even heroes have the right to bleed
I may be disturbed...but won't you concede
Even heroes have the right to dream
It's not easy to be me

Up, up and away...away from me
It's all right...you can all sleep sound tonight
I'm not crazy...or anything...

I can't stand to fly
I'm not that naive
Men weren't meant to ride
With clouds between their knees

I'm only a man in a silly red sheet
Digging for kryptonite on this one way street
Only a man in a funny red sheet
Looking for special things inside of me
Inside of me
Inside me
Yeah, inside me
Inside of me

I'm only a man
In a funny red sheet
I'm only a man
Looking for a dream

I'm only a man
In a funny red sheet
And it's not easy, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm...

Its not easy to be me ...

Five for Fighting - Superman

My NBA Awards

2008-04-17T01:32:00.003-05:00

Most Valuable Player

Kobe Bryant (Los Angeles Lakers)

Rookie of the Year

Kevin Durant (Seattle Supersonics)

Sixth Man of the Year

Manu Ginobili (San Antonio Spurs)

Most Improved Player

Hedo Turkoglu (Orlando Magic)

Coach of the Year

Byron Scott (New Orleans Hornets)

And Finally ... My All NBA Team -
(PG) Chris Paul - New Orleans Hornets
(SG) Kobe Bryant - LA Lakers
(SF) LeBron James - Cleveland Cavaliers
(PF) Tim Duncan - San Antonio Spurs
(C) Kevin Garnett - Boston Celtics

Mikhail Youzhny ... Crazy Russian Bastard !!!

2008-04-07T11:48:00.001-05:00

Evolution

2008-03-14T08:26:00.002-05:00

The saying goes - a picture is worth a thousand words ... here's my 2000 word post on evolution :)

DJ Tiesto skips B'lore !!!

2008-02-06T01:17:00.000-06:00

I really wouldn't have bothered blogging about DJ Tiesto giving Bangalore a miss and going to Hyderabad instead ... To tell you the truth, I'm not really a big fan of his genre of music and couldn't care less ... until until until - I read the damn reason !!!

NO DANCING IN BANGALORE !!!

WHAT THE FUCK !!! REALLY ???

I ain't kidding ... Read it here !!! The Cops want you to have "Tables" around the DJ Booth and listen to the music and not even tap your feet !!!

Hey Kannada Cops - in case any of you are reading this blog [i wish] , i gotta a new Mantra for you ...
OUR DUTY - DON'T SHAKE YOUR BOOTY !!!

Why are these politicians making a mockery of us ??? Please people, Stop voting "Humble Farmers", "Caste Parties" and just plain "Country Fellows" to power ...

In related news - A 40 yr old Saudi woman was Strip Searched by the MORAL POLICE for having coffee with an unrelated male companion !!!

Hope India doesn't follow suit ...

Dumb Brits !!!

2008-02-05T04:20:00.000-06:00

Wassup with the British these days ???
Totally lacking common sense ??
Are they born retarded ???

Well , this is not some random rant ... I just read a news article about a percentage of Brits assuming "Real" people to be imaginary and vice versa !!! And read the list , they aren't some John Does and Joe Schmos !!!

People they think are Imaginary -
Mahatma Gandhi
Winston Churchill
Florence Nightingale
Charles Dickens
Cleopatra
.
.
.

People they think are Real -
Sherlock Holmes
Robin Hood
The 3 Musketeers
.
.
.

courtesy The Mirror

PMK - Our Cultural Police !!!

2008-01-30T13:23:00.000-06:00

Look at that title ... what else can you say but DAMN !!!

For those of you who dont know the PMK [Pattali Makkal Katchi], heres a brief intro -

Founded by an "hero" called Ramdoss
Became notorious for chopping trees, blocking highway traffic, burning buses and on the whole - being a damn nuisance.
A total caste based party which in a coalition of "Secular Parties" [talk about hypocrisy]
The so called "poor" founder has a "Doctor" son who is also out Union Minister for Health who has been seen around Chennai in an expensive German Sports Car !! [hmmm]

So what now ? Thats the story with all political parties ... except that now they wanna morally/culturally police us ...

They agitated against Rajnikant smoking on screen [and he stopped]
They complained against Shahrukh smoking [he asked them to fuck off]
They bitched about liquor in Tamil Nadu [everyone told them to fuck off]

And now they actually had an Assembly session comlaining about Namita and Shriya ??? [Are you kidding me] ... Is this what we elect our politicians to do ??? To ogle at the cleavages and legs of our actresses and complain about it in our assembly ???

Timecheck - its 2008 ... why does this make me feel like its 1958 [maybe things were more liberal then] ???

Message to PMK:
How about concentrating on -

Infrastructure
Water
Electricity
Corruption [yeah rite]
and leaving actresses alone :)

If only the masses who vote these idiots to power had some common sense ... sigh !!!

Monday Morning Blues ...

2008-01-20T23:21:00.000-06:00

Yaaaawwwwnnnn .... Now , this blogging thing is really getting addictive !!!! Reach work Monday morning and first thing I do is start blogging ...

Ideas racing around in my head ...
- so many things to write about
- so many things to complain about
- so many things to PREDICT !!!
[ LOL .. no more predictions from me ... I knew I sucked at predicting games , but now , I've redefined my level of incompetence at this !!! lets leave that for the "pundits" ]

Things I've Realized -
Never pick against the New England Patriots
The New York Giants and Eli Manning still Suck !!!
Aussies when they win - Great , and when they lose - the Biggest Cry-babies ...
I drive my Scorpio with a "Gangsta Lean" !!! [ha ha .. tried it for a day and looked retarded]
I'm not jumping on the Indian Cricket Bandwagon until they win at Adelaide !!

Headlines I wish I never see ever again -
Indian Student Shot Dead in the US
Foreign Tourist Raped/Molested in India

NFL Predictions ... Again !!!

2008-01-19T13:34:00.000-06:00

I officially accept I suck at predicting NFL results !!! Got 2 / 4 [0/2 in the NFC :( ] the last time around ...
So , here goes for the Conference Championships -

AFC - Chargers over Patriots
This is a wild wiiiiiild pick ,,, Chargers have many injured players - LT , Rivers, Gates ... and the Pats have Tom Brady and Randy Moss ... And I hate picking against the Pats this season ... Yet .. yet .. yet .. Im picking the Chargers for this one ... Go Bolts !!!

NFC - Packers over Giants
This is an easy pick .. Snow covered field at Lambeau .. Its about time Eli Manning screwed up .. again .. Brett Favre in his "FINAL HOME PLAYOFF" appearance ... the script is written ... Brett Favre's last Superbowl ... He he .. and finally- SCREW YOU GIANTS FANS !!!

Blind = Gay ???

2008-01-19T01:26:00.001-06:00

Ha ha ha ... Check it out

Back to Cricket !!!

2008-01-18T12:20:00.000-06:00

Funny quotes from today's game -

[After a clip showin Wasim Akram helping out Irfan Pathan in the nets]
Harsha Bhogle : So when are u applying for an Indian passport ???
Wasim Akram : ....
Harsha Bhogle : Never mind .. Dont Answer that !!! D'oh

[After Ganguly half heartedly tried to catch a ball at backward point]
Wasim Akram : He has no business standing there ... He should be at fine leg !!!

[After Anil Kumble bowled an excellent leg-cutter]
Harsha Bhogle : Now thats one of the most amazing balls I've seen !!!

NFL Divisional Round Predictions

2008-01-12T01:03:00.000-06:00

Been blogging too much about cricket [a gentleman's game] and totally forgot about my favorite game: Football - the American version [a Man's game] ... :)

Here's what I think is gonna happen this weekend -

1. Seahawks(3) vs. Packers(2)
Seahawks over Packers ... Matt Hasselbeck gets it right this time around at Lambeau and Seahawks win comfortably. Upset No. 1 !!

2. Jaguars(5) vs Patriots(1)
Upset No. 2 ??? HELL NO ... as "physical" and "best suited to beat the pats" as the Jags can be, they are missing a lot of starters to injuries and the Patriots, well , they are the mighty Patriots... No way Jags , not this season ... Patriots over Jaguars

3. Chargers(3) vs Colts(2)
Damn Peyton Manning ... Him not being in the all-pro team was like christmas [or diwali in my case :) ] over again... Not havin Antonio Gates is gonna hurt the Chargers, but they still got LT ... watch out for Phillip Rivers to Vince Jackson and Chris Chambers and thats gonna be the difference... Bolts over the Colts ... Upset No.2 !!

4. Giants(4) vs Cowboys(1)
Lol , for those of you who know me , you know im picking no one but the 'boys ... and my hate for the Manning family continues... Eli [Peyton's ugly younger brother] is gonna be hounded all nite by DeMarcus Ware and Greg Ellis. And after another monster game by Tony Romo, the 'boys wipe out the Giants and make it 3-0 for the season.

10 Reasons Bikers in Chennai Shouldn't wear a Helmet

2008-01-09T04:36:00.000-06:00

10. It makes them look DORKY.
9. It gives them a place to shove their cell phone, re-defining Hands Free !!
8. They manage to get the weirdest colors with F1 names and proudly display them !
7. Most of the helmets sold are fakes, they are not safety tested.
6. Its bloody hot and makes them go bald.
5. It makes them deaf and unable to hear other vehicles
4. It minimizes their line of sight.
3. It boldens their mindset - "My Life is in Your Hands"
2. If they are gonna fall from a bike at speeds less than 40 kmph , they shouldnt be riding at all !!
1. Cops already have enough excuses to fleece bikers. They shouldnt have another one !!

Lost in Translation

2008-01-08T05:14:00.000-06:00

Harbhajan facing the famous Aussie Sledging back in '97

Hayden : Sand Nigger
Bhajji : Saala
Ponting : Towel Head
Bhajji : Behnchod
McGrath : Dumb Surd
Bhajji : Teri Maa Ki
.
.
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Bhajji facing the Aussie Sledging in '07-'08
[after a couple of seasons of County Cricket and many many English Lessons]

Hayden : Sand Nigger
Bhajji : Oye .. Im from da Punjabbbb u fukkin fukkerrrr
Ponting : Towel Head
Bhajji : I will da kill u ... fukkkin mudherrrfukkerrrrr
.
Sachin [with a girly voice] : C'mon yaar , talk back in hindi , or u will get fined !!
.
Symonds : Dumb Surd
Bhajji : Saala ... Behnchod ... Teri "MaaKi" ...
Symonds : did u call me MONKEY ???

India vs. Australia at Sydney - The Aftermath

2008-01-07T02:40:00.000-06:00

The Australian Cricket Team -

Whiners
Crybabies
Cheaters !! naaah ... dont think so
Champs .. gotta hand it to them, they are that damn good

The Indian Cricket Team -

Losers ??? hmm ... not really
Graceful in Defeat .. yeah, okay

Umpires - Steve Bucknor and Mark Benson -

Incompetent
Useless
Spoilers

And so be it. A great game of Cricket spoiled by 2 good for nothing Umpires !!!

Lies, Lies , Lies ....

Harbhajan is a racist !!
Harbhajan did not call Andrew Symonds a Monkey !!
Symonds does NOT look like a monkey !!! [click here for proof]
Australians are not Racist !
Ricky Ponting cares about the Spirit of the Game !!!

Awesome Headline of the Day -

Team India c.Benson b.Bucknor - The Indian Express

WTF Musharraf ???

2007-11-07T01:37:00.000-06:00

Emergency ??? Suspended Constitution ??? Fired Chief Justice ???

You know those White Boys out west hate dealing with "Dictators" and thats exactly what you have become - A Dictator !!

And now they are threatening to cut aid to pakistan [ used a small "p" due to utter lack of respect for that country :) ] which has you shitting bricks ???

Now, as much as I love to hate you and your country, I actually find myself supporting you in this situation !!

So, here's my message to the US supporting Mush -

First up, Do not fuck with another country's political system AKA Dictators without understanding the local politics. You did it recently with Iraq, hope you learnt your lesson.

Secondly, Musharraf is the only friend you got in that country. The minute they have elections, they are gonna vote for a Taliban style party to come into power. It just them, theres nothing you can do about it! And then you might rue the fact that Mush [Musharraf] the Dick [Dictator] was much better !

Thirdly, as long as this goes on in paki-land, terrorist problems in India are on the decline, and the Economy is doing pretty well, and we are your economic allies to deal with China .

So please please America ... I beg you ... dont cut aid , limit it ... dont pressure them too much ...
Just sit back , Relax and Enjoy this Circus called pakistan !!!

Damn ... This song kills me !!!

2007-10-26T06:40:00.000-05:00

Hey there Delilah
What's it like in New York City?
I'm a thousand miles away
But girl, tonight you look so pretty
Yes you do
Times Square can't shine as bright as you
I swear it's true

Hey there Delilah
Don't you worry about the distance
I'm right there if you get lonely
Give this song another listen
Close your eyes
Listen to my voice, it's my disguise
I'm by your side

Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
What you do to me

Hey there Delilah
I know times are getting hard
But just believe me, girl
Someday I'll pay the bills with this guitar
We'll have it good
We'll have the life we knew we would
My word is good

Hey there Delilah
I've got so much left to say
If every simple song I wrote to you
Would take your breath away
I'd write it all
Even more in love with me you'd fall
We'd have it all

Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me

A thousand miles seems pretty far
But they've got planes and trains and cars
I'd walk to you if I had no other way
Our friends would all make fun of us
and we'll just laugh along because we know
That none of them have felt this way
Delilah I can promise you
That by the time we get through
The world will never ever be the same
And you're to blame

Hey there Delilah
You be good and don't you miss me
Two more years and you'll be done with school
And I'll be making history like I do
You'll know it's all because of you
We can do whatever we want to
Hey there Delilah here's to you
This ones for you

Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
Oh it's what you do to me
What you do to me.

by The Plain White Ts

Whats wrong with Ricky Ponting ???

2007-10-16T00:10:00.000-05:00

Ricky Ponting, captain of the Australian cricket team, has been mentioned quite a few times in the news ... here are what the different headlines read over the last 2-3 weeks !!!

Indian T-20 celebration irks Ponting
Sreesanth irritates Ponting
Dravid's batting position troubles Ponting
Mandatory ball change irritates Ponting
Dhoni's captaincy troubles Ponting
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Whats next ??? Dhoni's Hair tickles Ponting in the wrong place ??? :)

C'mon Ricky ... You captain the best cricketing side in the world .... and you're winning hands down ... why are you so troubled and irritated ???

Will somebody please give him a hug !!!

Theres Nothing Rajni Can't !

2007-10-07T10:28:00.000-05:00

Outer space exists because its afraid to be on the same planet as Rajnikant.
Rajnikant has counted to infinity - twice !
When Rajnikant does a push up, he isnt lifting himself up, he is pushing the Earth down.
Rajnikant doesnt wear a watch, he decides what time it is.
His house has no doors, only walls that he walks through.
He grinds his coffee with his teeth and boils the water with his rage.
Google search "Rajni getting kicked", you will generate 0 results. It just doesnt happen.
The Bermuda Triangle used to be the Bermuda Square until Rajni kicked one of the corners off.
He once ate an entire bottle of sleeping pills. It made him blink !
His every step creates a mini whirlwind. Hurricane Katrina was a result of a morning jog.
Where there is a will, there is a way. Where there is Rajni, there is no other way !

Courtesy: India Today - Simply Chennai

The Terrorist Pitbull

2007-07-10T17:48:00.001-05:00

If Terrorism was a dog, this is how different countries would deal with it:-

1. USA “The Moneyman” … Act like you have nothing to do with the dog … Pay the other guys to train the dog … get bitten in the ass by it … and then bomb the shit out of places around the dog pound !!!

2. UK “The Asskisser” … Has a bunch of dogs chasing it already, yet stands by the Moneyman and instigates another bunch of dogs … Too complex for me to understand !!!

3. Israel “The Crazy one” … If the dog looks at you , hit it with a stone … If the dog snarls ,taser its ass … if it looks at you and snarls , empty a whole magazine of bullets into it … and of course, if theres more than 1, send in your army and wipe out the whole breed !!!

4. The Middle East “The K9 Unit” … complex bunch of medieval thinkers who like training these dogs … dunno if they wanna get fucked or they want their neighbors fucked by the moneyman!!! Again too complex for me to understand !!!

5. China “The Intelligent one” … Act like you have nothing to do with anyone in this party … wait for the dog to get trained and turn on someone … supply it with the hardware and make a profit !!!

6. Pakistan “The Dog Whisperer” … Act like you have nothing to do with the dog … Train the dog to bite different countries … finally get bitten in the ass by it !!! and then turn into one ???

7. India “The Punching Bag” … Get bitten in different places … try to fight it but to no avail … keep getting bitten over n over again until the dog gets bored n leaves … life moves on ;)

The UK Terror Plot Conspiracy ???

2007-07-04T15:12:00.000-05:00

Its been a long time since I’ve blogged but this story brought me right back here. I just couldn’t seem to get over the fact that all the suspects were foreign “doctors”. First up, I’ve said it before and will say it again, I think only the under-privileged or madrasa brainwashed or the illiterate turn out to be Muslim extremists. I’m not saying that no doctor can be a terrorist, there can always be an exception! But 8 doctors! Hmmmm…

Think about it. Why would someone who has studied for probably 7-8 yrs of his life just throw it away for religious beliefs? I’m not saying its not possible, I’m just saying that 8 doctors doing it doesn’t seem to make sense to me. Plus I read in the news that none of these guys were on the terror watch list.

And what makes it seem more fishy is the fact that its happened at a time when the British govt. is having a problem with a lot of immigrant and jobless doctors. They probably need a catalyst to start making visas tougher on foreign docs. And the whole thing smells of one big conspiracy! And this might be a figment of my imagination, but the facts and the stories drive me to believe this.

It started in January of this yr when I read a story in the Hindustan Times about 1000s of Indian docs being out of jobs in the UK because of the preference given to docs from the EU.

Read the Story here.

So now, what happens? From this Story :

“Prime Minister Gordon Brown said the government will expand checks on immigrants taking skilled jobs and review recruiting for the National Health Service, which employed all eight suspects in last week's foiled terror plots.”

On the one hand, they want to make money by tempting foreign docs with a future in the UK and making the PLAB (Professional and Linguistic Assessment Board Test - a mandatory requirement for all immigrant doctors) test available to everyone. These tests are held regularly in India and other countries. But now, preference is given to doctors from the European Union . They do not have to appear for PLAB.

All this may sound coincidental, but I don’t think it is. I think its just one big game they use to play with the psyche of the public. I’m still trying to get over the fact that I can’t take my water on a plane, which in my opinion is another bullshit story!

Think about it!

My blog still exists !!!

2007-02-01T13:44:00.000-06:00

Lonliness and Boredom and brought me back here ...

guess my head's feelin pretty messed up !!!

heres a song dats been on my mind ...

And it's been awhile
Since I could hold my head up high
And it's been awhile
Since I first saw you
And it's been awhile
Since I could stand on my own two feet again
And it's been awhile
Since I could call you ...

And everything I can't remember
As fucked up as it all may seem
The consequences that I've rendered
I've stretched myself beyond my means

And it's been awhile
Since I can say that I wasn't addicted
And it's been awhile
Since I can say I love myself as well
And it's been awhile
Since I've gone and fucked things up just like I always do
And it's been awhile
But all that shit seems to disappear when I'm with you

And everything I can't remember
As fucked up as it all may seem
The consequences that I've rendered
I've gone and fucked things up again

Why must I feel this way?
Just make this go away
Just one more peaceful day!

And it's been awhile
Since I could look at myself straight
And it's been awhile
Since I said I'm sorry
And it's been awhile
Since I've seen the way the candles light your face
And it's been awhile
But I can still remember just the way you taste

And everything I can't remember
As fucked up as it all may seem to be I know it's me
I cannot blame this on my father
He did the best he could for me

And it's been awhile
Since I could hold my head up high
And it's been awhile
Since I said I'm sorry ...

Staind - Its been awhile

What the hell is Sean Paul saying ???

2006-09-14T14:21:00.000-05:00

Here are the lyrics from Temperature ... its an amazing song , but ..but...but ... try understanding what he's singing :)

The gal dem Schillati...Sean da Paul
So me give it to...
so me give to...so me give it to...
to all girls Five million and forty naughty shorty...
Baby girl...all my girls, all my girls...Sean de Paul say

Well woman the way the time cold I wanna be keepin' you warm
I got the right temperature for shelter you from the storm
Oh lord, gal I got the right tactics to turn you on,
and girl I...Wanna be the Papa...You can be the Mom....oh oh!

Make I see the gal them bruk out pon the floor from you don't want no worthless performer
From you don't want no man wey can't turn you on gal make I see your hand them up on ya.. Can't tan pon it long.....naw eat no yam...no steam fish....nor no green banana
But down in Jamaica we give it to you hot like a sauna..

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there are 4 more verses ... but i guess i'll be very confused by the time i type them out ...

but atleast few ppl know what he says :) ... check out this skit ... its hilarious ... OH !!! OHH !!!

Serious thoughts !!!

2006-08-16T20:51:00.000-05:00

Its been quite an eventful week ...

terrorists in UK ... liquid bombs [ yikes !!! ] ...

a senator calling an indian a "macaca" [ what the fuck ??? ] ....

south africa walkin out of the cricket tri series
[ oh whatever , i really dont care about cricket anymore ... jus cant wait for the NFL season to start >>> much shorter, much more interesting game ... and did i mention the cheerleaders ... hmmm .. think i'll save this for another post ]

......

comin back to them terrorist pigs ... thats how i like to call em ... planning to blow up planes heading to the US with liquid bombs ... had me wondering about 1 thing and just 1 thing ....

where do they get the technology from ???

these arabs and pakistanis are mostly uneducated ... the educated type dont usually become terrorists ... and the scientists and researchers - definitely NOT is what me thinks !!!! so then again , where did they get this liquid bomb technology from ???

from what i know , only a few developed countries have enough defence expenditure for military technology research to come up with new types of explosives !!! and we all know theres no way Israel is havin anything to do with these muslims ... so was it Russia ??? China ??? France ??? Germany ??? or the culprit most of the times --> the CIA ??? i wonder !!!

.....

last week, a junior senator from Virginia, Sen. George Allen referred to an indian student S.R.Sidarth [ who was working for his opponent ] in the crowd as a "MACACA" !!!
Sen. Joe Biden was in trouble sometime back for linking indians with dunkin donuts and 7-11 stores [ i personally thought his comments were hilarious !!! and they were true too ]
but this "macaca" comment is a lil over the edge ... we all know racism is present in almost every society ... and Virginia and every other southern state has a lil extra in this category ... but these words coming from a senator ... that too a possible 2008 republican presidential candidate ... its just not right !!!

"This fellow here over here with the yellow shirt, Macaca, or whatever his name is. He's with my opponent. He's following us around everywhere. And it's just great. We're going to places all over Virginia, and he's having it on film and its great to have you here and you show it to your opponent because he's never been there and probably will never come. [...] Lets give a welcome to Macaca, here. Welcome to America and the real world of Virginia." - Sen George Allen

For those who dont know ... Macaca is a kind of monkey ... also a french racial slur for dark skinned people !!! [ the senator is of French descent and very adept in French !! ]

Allen then apologized and claimed that he had heard his staff use the term "macaca" in reference to Sidarth, that he did not know what the word meant, and that he did not intend to insult Sidarth's ethnicity when he singled him out to the crowd. Damge already done

India blocks blogs !!!

2006-07-18T12:46:00.000-05:00

What else can i say other than ... WOW ... and all i can do is laugh at it .... very sarcastically ... well done Indian govt. .... the "worlds largest DEMOCRACY"

they claim the terrorists used blogs to communicate and this helped in the bombay blasts last week .... this excuse sounds kind of lame coz i dont think any terrorist [however dumb he might be] would have his plans out in the open in the blogosphere ....

and although this ban is only a temporary move [ im guessing it is ] ... i think its pretty boneheaded .... its like cutting off telephones all over India coz the terrorists use phones to talk to each other !!!

i think there is more to it ... im sure bloggers have always been a pain for the indian govt. .... where free speech is not so free .... anyone who openly criticizes the govt. in India are usually dealt with by a handful of rowdies [ the politician's henchmen] ... so much for rights to free speech and DEMOCRACY ....

"Under India's Information Technology Act 2000, Web sites can be blocked if they are found to be promoting hate, violence, terrorism, and pornography including child pornography.
Although the communication from the DOT to ISPs lists specific pages and Web sites, several ISPs have blocked some key blogs altogether because they were not equipped to filter specific pages."

courtesy InfoWorld

World cup fever contd...

2006-06-18T22:38:00.000-05:00

This world cup has been such a disappointment so far... was expecting amazing matches from Brazil , Italy , England n France .... guess i was expecting too much ... the only interesting thing about this world cup is watching it on Spanish TV rather than ABC/ESPN >>> GOOOOOOOAAALLL !!! GOOOOOAAAALLLLLL !!! GOLAAAASSOO AAASSSSOOOO AAAAAASSSSSOOOOOOO ... GOOOOAAAAALLLLAAAAAAASSSSOOOOOO !!! ... he he ... thats what they scream for about 3 mins after each goal ... makes it fun to watch even though i dont understand what they are saying ...

today's game might have been Zidane's last appearance for France ( considering he is suspended for the next game and there is a possibility of France not making it to the next round !) and he didnt get a decent applause ( dumb french fans .. he he .. im in texas , i had to say that ) ... im still waiting for Ronaldinho to have a break out game ... GO BRASIL ...

heres part 2 of the adidas commercial ... watch it , it is pretty cool ...

You just cant fix STUPID !!!

2006-06-15T21:09:00.000-05:00

Well .. what can I say .. "Stupid is as Stupid does" - Forrest Gump ...

heres a cool "investigative" report on stupidity by Stephen Colbert ...

Mahajan Mahajan Mahajan ....

2006-06-14T13:48:00.000-05:00

'Pramod killing, Rahul case interrelated !' - SIFY NEWS
'Pravins new twist to Mahajan tale' - HINDUSTAN TIMES
'Rahul Mahajan episode a national tragedy' - TIMES OF INDIA
'Pramod Mahajan wanted to quit BJP' - THE INDIAN EXPRESS
'My brother never took drugs: Rahul's sister' - THE INDIAN EXPRESS
'I am ready to serve Rahul's sentence: Pravin' - THE INDIAN EXPRESS
'Rahul Mahajan gets bail' - REDIFF
'He is not a drug addict' - REDIFF

Now this is getting on my nerves !!! All these headlines just from today !!! Enough is enough ...

who cares about a psycho brother or a crack head son ... the only famous person in that family was killed by his brother ... pls let him RIP ... do people really care about what shit Pravin mahajan is doing - " Im not guilty ... i didnt mean to kill him ... if i wanted to kill him , i would have shot him in the head ... i just showed him some brotherly love by pumping the bullets into his chest " !!!! thats the most boneheaded excuse i've ever heard ...

now if there are any journalists out there reading this blog ( yeah right ) , pls i beg u ... STOP ... enough with the mahajans ... even the Rakhi sawant - Mika story seems more interesting than this ...

World cup fever ...

2006-06-13T14:13:00.000-05:00

Well , thats what im gonna be doin in June ... ole ole ole ole ... keep watchin this ad on TV all the time ... its simply awesome .. watch it ... GO BRASIL ...

Adios Kingsville !

2006-05-08T02:47:00.000-05:00

Finally !!!! phew, da y factor finally managed to graduate ... goodbye tamuk ... would like to say goodbye to south texas too but am moving to san antonio for the moment ... still in south texas ...

had a great time in school here (hardly went there, but still) ... gonna miss everyone, the parties at kingsville pointe, the drunken nights at the golden cue ... but its now time to move on .... lets now see what San Antone has to offer ...

heres a small video i made, bits from the videos of the many parties we had at home .... this one is for all the drunkards in my place >>> Adi , Mikes , Palluru , Sam dog , Mallu , Gokul , Sunil and Daves ...

incase u're wondering where i am , i was the one shooting the videos most of the time ... u can see me trying to smash the guitar ... ;)

Interesting Indian English definitions ...

2006-05-02T05:28:00.000-05:00

Babalog - a young, Westernized social group or individual concerned with wealth, pop culture fads, appearance, material goods, or other superficialities; a yuppy or yuppies. Formerly associated with associates of Rajiv Gandhi.

Booth capturing - the act of seizing and controlling a polling station so that many fraudulent votes may be cast there.

Chamcha - a sycophant, toady, or hanger-on.
Etymological Note: From the Hindi and Urdu word for ‘spoon.’

Goonda tax - money extorted as ‘protection’ or to permit passage on public thoroughfares, or paid as a simple bribe.
Etymological Note: The Hindi and Urdu term goonda can be translated as rascal or ruffian and even as goon, but there is no evidence to indicate that the English goon comes from goonda or vice versa.

Item girl - in Indian cinema, a woman who appears in an item song; (hence) a female actress, singer, or dancer, esp. one who is poised to become a star.
Editorial Note: An item song or item number is a musical performance that has little do with the film in which it appears, but is presented mainly to showcase beautiful dancing women, to promote a song, or to lend marketability to a film. Item numbers often have a life on stage long after a movie has left theaters.

KLPD - sexual frustration; blue balls; unfulfilled (sexual) desire or an unfulfilled promise; (hence) a letdown, a disappointment. Also KLD.
Etymological Note: From Hindi and Urdu, variously transcribed as (Khadi Kade Khade Kheray Khari) (Lun Lund Land) (Par Pe Par) (Dhokha Dhoka), meaning, roughly, “trick or betrayal of an erect penis.”

love-cum-arranged marriage - matrimony between a mutually acceptable and consenting couple that has been facilitated by the couple’s parents.

Patel shot - a candid photograph with a person in the foreground and a place or object of interest (such as a tourist destination or landmark) in the background.
Editorial Note: This term appears to be common among Anglophone Indians. The “Patel shot” as characterized in the 2001 and first 2004 citations is used by only a small number of closely associated filmmakers.

Potel - a hotel owned by a South Asian, especially one from India.
Etymological Note: Patel, a common Indian surname, + hotel.

rowdy-sheeter - a person with a criminal record; a hardened criminal.
Editorial Note: A synonym is history-sheeter. In India, a rowdy is far more often used than in other Anglophone countries to mean a lawless or disorderly person. Therefore, a rowdy sheet is what is known in the U.S. as a rap sheet—a criminal record—and a person who has such a record is therefore a rowdy-sheeter.

u can read more here ....

Tirupathi ..

2006-05-02T05:20:00.000-05:00

heres another cool pic from my camera ... took this one from the balcony of my hotel room in tirumala when i was in India in jan ...

Funny American Laws !

2006-05-01T06:54:00.000-05:00

In Delaware, it is against the law for a newlywed husband to go fishing during the honeymoon. He must take her shopping, however, if she requests it.

In Tennessee, anyone who has ever witnessed a cockfight, or is a preacher, is banned for life from public office.

In Vermont, it is illegal to stick lighted sparklers in your ears and nose and run up and down the street.

National Park Service laws do not allow anyone to kill a bear with their bare hands just to impress a girl.

In Clinton, Oklahoma it is illegal to masturbate while watching two people have sex in a car.

In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania it is against the law to have sex with a truck driver in a tollbooth !

In California, Single women are prohibited from entering a place of business where men can be observed standing before mirrors, exhibiting themselves in a semi-naked state while lifting weights.

It is unlawful to eat fried chicken while walking down the sidewalk in places like Nebraska and Oklahoma, or to eat soup with a fork and suck up spaghetti strand by strand in New York, or to chew the ice in your drink, or to add ketchup to baked beans in Boston.

In the state of washington, it is against the law to have sex with a virgin under any circumstances (including the wedding night )

In Alexandria, Minn., no man is allowed to make love to his wife with the smell of garlic, onions or sardines on his breath. If his wife so request , law mandates that he must brush his teeth.

Texas Laws (he he he)

When two trains meet each other at a railroad crossing, each shall come to a full stop, and neither shall proceed until the other has gone !

It is illegal for one to shoot a buffalo from the second story of a hotel !

You can be legally married by publically introducing a person as your husband or wife 3 times.

It is illegal to drive without windshield wipers. You don't need a windshield, but you must have the wipers.

In Mesquite, it is illegal for children to have unusual haircuts.

In Kingsville, Texas there is a law against two pigs having sex on the city airport property. (ha ha , this is the weirdest law i've ever heard)

What really hit the Pentagon on 9/11 ??

2006-04-26T01:55:00.000-05:00

Conspiracy theory ??

Who knows ??

We see what they want us to see ...

We believe what they want us to believe ...

and then u see something , and u dont know what to believe !!!

Watch this Flash presentation here and u decide ...

courtesy http://terrorism-news.blogspot.com/

Ridiculous Gas Prices ..

2006-04-25T06:07:00.000-05:00

Damn these Gas prices ...

I remember it being $1.10 when i first got here and now its upto $2.50 and climbing ... As of now , im not waiting for the price to go down, but rather , stop going up ...

Came across this site when I was in San Antonio ... my friend uses it to find where gas is cheapest near his place !!! Pretty cool idea for a website huh ???

can see it here ...

Bollywood Dance !

2006-04-25T00:38:00.000-05:00

Came across this video recently ... its freaking funny ... dont miss the awesome facial expressions ! ha ha ...

I luv this pic

2006-04-24T09:34:00.000-05:00

dunno why but i jus luv this pic ... I took it from the Crown restaurant in Residency Towers ... a view of madras at nite ...

Are u ready for the Playoffs ???

2006-04-20T09:55:00.000-05:00

Here come the NBA playoffs ... finally ! phew !!!

now that was a bloody long season ... and this is how the playoffs are gonna be

Western Conf.

(1) San Antonio Spurs Vs. (8) Sacramento Kings

This is gonna be interesting ... cant wait to see the matchup between Manu Ginobli and Ron Artest ... The Kings are way better than an 8th seed , their record would have been better if they had gotten Artest earlier ... Gonna give the Spurs a run for their money , but Duncan will be the difference ...

Result - Spurs win 4-1

(2) Phoenix Suns Vs. (7) LA Lakers

Kobe Kobe Kobe ... Shooting the ball from anywhere on the floor ... with the sun's "tough defence" ( he he he) , Kobe is gonna average more than 50 a game ... but the series is gonna depend on Kobe's supporting cast - Lamar Odom and Kwame Brown mainly ... lets hope they do well ... cant wait for Kobe to start winning again ...

Result - Suns win 4-1

(3) Denver Nuggets Vs. (6) LA Clippers

Heres the funny one .. the 6th seed has the home court advantage ... i thought teams battle for a higher seed jus to get that home court adv !!! Cant stand both teams ... I hate Sam Cassell and totally DETEST Carmello ... he has no class compared to Lebron or Dwyane ...

Result - Nuggets win 4-2

(4) Dallas Maverics Vs. (5) Memphis Grizzlies

This is totally wrong for both these teams ... The NBA's boneheaded rule pushed these team's seeds down ... based on records , the Mavs are the 2 seed and the grizzlies the 4 seed ... and now the winner of this series gets a possible 2nd round matchup against the Spurs !

Result - Mavs win 4-3

Eastern Conf.

(1) Detroit Pistons Vs. (8) Milwaukee Bucks

The Pistons clearly are the best team in the NBA right now ... no competition at all

Result - Pistons win 4-0

(2) Miami Heat Vs. (7) Chicago Bulls

The Bulls have a strong backcourt but no inside presence to guard Shaq ... and D.Wade(Bill Walton has a crush on him ! ha ha) is gonna have another strong showing ... I would love to see a fight between Nocioni and Walker ...

Result - Heat win 4-1

(3) New Jersey Nets Vs. (6) Indiana Pacers

The Pacers havent been the same team they were ever since the brawl and Artest's whinings ... If Jermaine O'Neal is healthy and can get a long with Peja, this could be the only first round "Upset" !! that said, the Nets still have J.Kidd, Vinsanity and Richard Jefferson ...

Result - Nets win 4-2

(4) Cleveland Cavaliers Vs. (5) Washington Wizards

Gilbert Arenas should stop running his mouth ... King James(MVP) is gonna single handedly win the series for the Cavs ...

Result - Cavs win 4-3

All this said .. the finals is gonna be a repeat of last year Detroit against San Antone ... too close to call that one , but being in San Antonio at the moment .. I'll go with the Spurs :)

And thank u ppl for reading my blog ... jus reached 100 hits ... now u guys better start leaving comments ...

Damn this song >>>

2006-04-19T11:41:00.000-05:00

Man do i hate this song !!! Scares me everytime i listen to it ... i guess im just gettin old !

I’m 15 for a moment
Caught in between 10 and 20
And I’m just dreaming
Counting the ways to where you are

I’m 22 for a moment
And she feels better than ever
And we’re on fire
Making our way back from mars

15 there's still time for you
Time to buy and time to lose
15 there’s never a wish better than this
When you've only got 100 years to live...

I’m 33 for a moment
I'm still the man but you see I’m a they
A kid on the way babe
A family on my mind

I’m 45 for a moment
The sea is high
And I’m heading into a crisis
Chasing the years of my life

15 there's still time for you
Time to buy and time to lose yourself
Within a morning star
15 I’m alright with you
15 there’s never a wish better than this
When you've only got a 100 years to live...

Half time goes by
Suddenly you’re wise
Another blink of an eye
67 is gone
The sun is getting high
We’re moving on...

I’m 99 for a moment
With time for just another moment
And I’m just dreaming
Counting the ways to where you are

15 there's still time for you
22 I feel her too
33 you're on your way
Every Day's a new Day

Five for Fighting - 100 years

Well .. I passed 15 quite sometime back and 22 feels like yesterday(i only wish it was) ... alrite 33, here i come !!!

Ooh .. What an ass ???

2006-04-19T08:03:00.000-05:00

ha ha ... this incident happened sometime back , one of those unforgettable things ... keep remembering it and laughing over it whenever we all meet up ...

So heres the setting - 4 drunk boys got bored and decided to rent a movie ...

being drunk n horny, all we could think of was Sharon Stone and Basic Instinct !
but Blockbuster didnt have a copy, so we got the next best thing - Sharon Stone in the Specialist !

So here we are , watching this movie , drinking chatting joking around ( 3 of us had already seen this movie and were basically waiting for the shower scene in the end ... the only guy who hadnt seen the movie was our hero from Ranipet )

and then it starts ... the room goes quiet ... all of us have our eyes glued on the TV ... noone's moving or talking ... and then we heard it ...

"Macha !! Check out that ass da ... He's got Muscles even on his butt !!!" - The hero from Ranipet .

Its all in my Name

2006-04-14T06:36:00.000-05:00

The Y Factor !

It actually means something !!! I've been calling myself "the Y factor" for quite sometime now ... jus thought it made me sound cool ( well if u really wanna know why i came up with that name - was a big fan of the WWF when i was a kid, and wanted to grow up to be a Wrestling Superstar ) ... my name starts with a "Y" , so i thought of something catchy .. and tadaaa "THE Y FACTOR" ...

coming back to the present ... like all other jobless ppl (i dont know any but im guessing they would do the same), i decided to google it ... and look what comes up !!! Some jewish teaching called the y factor that brings happiness to ppl !!!

Human Being + "Y" = Happiness,
where "y" represents the direction in life a person might take to become happy.

According to the above equation, the only variable is THE "Y" FACTOR. It is a given that we are all human beings, and that all human beings, in general, want to be happy.

if ur really interested, u can read more here
http://www.neveh.org/winston/yfactor/y-01.html

so much for my plans to copyright that name !!! damn ...

Intelligent Conversations

2006-04-13T03:41:00.000-05:00

They are aways good ...

especially if ur the one conversing ...

and ur pissed drunk out of ur senses ...

They are even better if the other person is as drunk ...

and even more "Intelligent" when its about God and Religion ....

although , not so good for the only sober person in the room listening in on the conversation !!! (my roommate)

go to bed that nite feeling good about the conversation and knowing that ur the most intelligent person there ...

wake up next morning , bad hangover , head's spinning like a bitch , roomie tells u bout it , dont recall anything ,.. realise it wasnt much of a conversation and wasnt too Intelligent !!!

feel stupid , get back to sleep !!!

That was pretty much my day today ...

Moral of the Story - Drink up , Shut the Fuck up !

Yay ! My first post

2006-03-28T05:55:00.000-06:00

Okay ... So 4 months of reading other's blogs and i finally start my own !

came across this video online and it was hilarious ... this goes out to all the posers .. saw quite a few of them in India ...