Two people

My life in Austin has always been controlled by one person in my first year. It altered my moods and caused me pain. I worked very very hard to strengthen myself and start enjoying life. Now in the last one year i have given that control to another person knowingly and even willingly. Today after what transpired I realize how wrong i am to let the other person control my life. I not for once think my decision to proceed the way I did a year ago was wrong. But I was wrong about according so much importance to that person. It's the same mistake I made in first year all over again. I hope to learn and work towards the strength i built in the early part of my Austin life. I know I can and I will very soon.
Well to top of the pain from the second person the first person to whom I was immune also caused me pain today. Well, I realized i have weakened there too and let the person hurt me. So, I need to work hard on two fronts now. That I will do!

An interesting piece

comparing Squash and Tennis here. Very well written!

Awesome Technology

I-Movix SprintCam v3 NAB 2009 showreel from David Coiffier on Vimeo.

Link via ipatrix!

Back from Vermont

Was out of town for a couple of days. Just came back today. Well, and as if i might forget everything comes back today!
Anyway!

Lawrence Booth

gives 10 reasons why IPL needs to be taken seriously!

A must read

interview of Gautam Gambhir here.
Some excerpts

Best friend in cricket?
Virender Sehwag, Munaf Patel, Amit Mishra and Ishant Sharma. People outside always feel I'm reserved, but when I'm with these guys I'm the only one speaking. I'm very comfortable with each of them and all of them are special to me.

Who's the nicest man in cricket?
Sehwag. He thinks about the team. The way he gives others confidence, his character, and the way he approaches his cricket and life is an inspiration.

ok these are because they are about Sehwag

The best sledge you've heard?
One comment that made me turn a lot of things around came from Ricky Ponting during the Bangalore Test last year. He said, "You haven't [yet] set the world on fire." That was something I took seriously, and it helped me do well.

Kumble

he might have retired but with the ball in his hand he is competitive as usual
see these words for proof (from cricinfo)

Kumble roared even as he pumped up his arms into a furious arc. He reserves that only for the tensest moments and mostly when he has got rid of pesky big-hitters who have gone after him. It's a moment thoroughly relished by the most fiercely competitive bowler in Indian cricket history. It's also his way of offering tribute to the batsman - 'Thanks for trying to take me on, I enjoyed it. Do visit again'.

We have seen that when he took on Andrew Symonds in Australia. We witnessed it when he once removed Shahid Afridi. He later he joked about his reaction. "You have to do it; otherwise they will say you are too old for this format!"