Back from India

I m back...... was away for sometime....i had a great time back home...... i missed something though...

reached Chennai peacefully...and my trip began with my trip to tirups to offer my hair.... then i came home for abt 3 days....... during which all the stuff i prepared myself for months unfolded....and i proved to be useless....and miserable.....

then my trip to Goa.... it was great...my family and my friends.....

then minor trips around home....friends visiting me......

my dad and mom put in a lot to prepare lots of stuff for me........ my sis was always with me....
it was nice..but it would have been great if only..............

i got a call...... it was not easy explaining.... that I... the guy who promised so much is a miserable coward...... she forgave me......she will wait for me..... i know....she is the one for me...if only my parents can see that...........

I will wait for that day

Being alone

There are always friends around us... they are the best company a person can get..... but somewhere down the line they will not be around with you forever..your destiny is different from any of your friends... they might have to go somewhere.......you will meet them again but still its your life... you gotta start understanding yourself.... solving your problems.... always take support from your friends ..but it is ultimately you that will have to find a solution to any problem.... the solution will be long lasting only if it comes within you... Or else its just running away from the problem...back yourself.... you have the courage to do it... I wish you will do it... Friends should be there to listen your cribs...your insecurities..but take strength from your friends and be confident..... there are enough people around to lend you support in anyway possible....so its just your strength and you confidence thats essential to bring you back to your cheerful self...........
once you start understanding yourself and try to solve the root cause of the problem and start moving.....then finding peace within yourself is easy n more satisfying ...life will be different...more enjoyable.....

this post is for someone....... just hope it helps!!!

India Call

As I sit here slogging trying to complete my paper. My mind keeps wavering.... I am worried about lots of stuff..The letter I mailed. Has it reached !!.... If so, how will my parents react...
My flight starts on monday. I have not started packing ..bought a lot of stuff though.. packing shud not take long...... I am looking forward to meeting my family..... "her".... my friends....and to see my campus and my town.... Man can't believe its been 11/2 yers since I left India... Time flies. I just hope it keeps flying until I reach India for good.... that though is abt 5 years away!!......we will see........

Cricket - shabbir's action

An excerpt from Column "Throwing out the stigma"
"Cricket today is increasingly facilitative of batting; its administration, its legislation, its appreciation, its celebration, its critique is skewered towards batting. Arguably, though, both disciplines are equally complicated in their technique. Yet only those with technical glitches in their bowling are legislatively reprimanded; a batsman who has no footwork, a crooked backlift or an uncertain trigger movement - all defects in strictly conventional terms - faces no such action. In fact, in his vocation he can be feted still. The game finds it unthinkable to impose such restrictions on batting. It's a glib comparison but one that provokes some thought; why is a dodgy bowling action a moral affront to the game and a dodgy batting technique not?"

Can't Osman understand that Shabbir chucks.... if he is doing he should not be allowed to bowl...
the comparison of batsman lacking techinique and bowlers not having the flexibility is the funniest arguement i will ever listen to support chucking of shabbir.
Moreover batsman have rules..they cant bring a bat of 1 foot width..cant have steel in it...there are rules that dont give un fair advantage to a batsman... similarly a bowler should not have unfair advantage...by chucking!!

oh god... how can even somebody compare these stuff!!

may be i should be on the editorial board of cricinfo....

anyway!!

The two seniors

I began my journey to Austin from IITM with the comfort that two of my seniors, Don and Yak were in Austin. More importantly in the department that I was joining in. They have been great seniors... they were supportive and helpful...ok.... The reason for this post is...within a space of about a week..both have made me very happy with very good news.... First, Don get the "Milton Pikarsky"award..... kudos to you man...... and today.... Yak, got an offer from MAPs..... i m happy for him.. and now they will again be together in Boston..like they were for nearly 6 years in IITM and Austin...

Wishing their friendship...more lovely moments...... and expecting they will sponsor my next trip to Boston soon :D

Graduation

I graduated yesterday...adding two more important letters to my already impressive resume ;) (MS)

The graduation function went smoothly... The cheering band was awesome with their cheering... it was clear and loud..... I missed for once being in the cheering band....

and the party ....oh god...it was so much fun.........

the menu ...with guys spending hours cooking stuff.........

Vikas...... rawoof and GK....put in hours to cook ...puffs....yes they cooked veg n egg puffs at home....

Sukumar... with an awesome Bisibella bath......

then the girls........ aarti..akansha and shalu..... cooked dal and really awesome "Gulab Jamoon"...

Yak...prepared ..as usual...great shrimp.....

and others too chipped in with awesome stuff.........

and the dance show was awesome with lots of fun....some things i better keep as secrets for the benefit of a certain Tam......

that was an awesome party guys....

Waiting for someone to graduate soon............. on the condition they stay in austin after graduation too...like i m doing....

Lonely

The weather...with it its fog n cold is getting to me.... I dont know how people up north survive...
I have an exam tomorrow.....I have to finsih stuff for my graduation.. I have to finish my work on a paper... I have to finish a presentation for TRB... I have to make changes to my I-20...... I have too much stuff to do... I just wanna go to India and forget all these for sometime.............. waiting for Dec 26th.................................