tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64639526230216560532023-11-15T23:23:50.996+05:30Sunny Days Sunny Depphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00408239356297131877noreply@blogger.comBlogger83125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6463952623021656053.post-81257815552128866802012-11-14T23:36:00.000+05:302015-05-17T22:50:48.280+05:30The Revenge Series Begins <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Never before I wanted revenge so badly. The 4-0 loss in England is still afresh in the memory of me and my fellow patriots. We lost to Aus also in the same way... it sure did hurt but not as much as the one against England did. Because Aus was always a tough team to beat, toughest when you play in their backyard. On the other hand England got stronger at home very recently and they did not play against the super heavy Indian batmen. But as everyone know now, that did not matter at all. We were beaten fair and square (well may not be that fair considering the controversial DRS decisions against our RAHUL 'THE WALL' DRAVID). Still, what matters at the end of the day is the score line which was written in ink in the record books. That score line cannot be erased ever. </div>
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Bygones be bygones. We have whitewashed England in the ODI series this time last year in India. That sure was delicious ! But Test series is totally different. The time has come to give the taste of their own medicine with some added spice (lets call it spin). After all, last time we lost more because of the conditions in England. Make no mistake, their batting was equally amazing. This time, my bet is on the perfect replacement for the retired WALL, Pujara. If there is one guy who deserves Dravid's shoes then it has to be him. Well, you have people like Wasim Jaffer and S Badrinath who have scored tons of runs in domestic cricket but they are all 30+ and got very cricket left in them. And in bowling, all eyes will be on Ashwin/Bhajji, whoever plays but my bet is on Yuvi. He has been terrific in limited overs with the ball recently. He may not get as many overs as the first choice bowlers do but he might be the surprise package. And from England, I have always believed in the abilities of KP. His shots are authoritative. When he gets going, there is no better player to watch. No not even the little master. Graeme Swann might be their best bowling bet but my intuition is Indians have always played him well. Probably Samit Patel is more effective then Swann. </div>
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Sunny Depphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00408239356297131877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6463952623021656053.post-54536645859559223112012-11-13T14:02:00.001+05:302012-11-13T14:06:05.779+05:30Atheism or Rationalism ?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I know this topic is quite a controversial/sensible one which can never
end when we start debating. The views expressed here purely based on my
life experiences. Request you to read it with an open mind and by the
end if I hurt your feelings, then please accept my sincere apologies. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It is the festive season in India - Ganesh Chaturdi, Durga Puja, Diwali all in a span of 2months. It is a little too tough for people like me to take. Not because I am an atheist, but because of the inconvenience these festivals cause to people - including those who actively participate in the celebrations. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">For instance, let's talk about Ganesh Chaturdi. The point I am trying to make here is nothing new. Most of you agree to it when you think rationally. I appreciate the fact that the Ganesh idols are fabulous. They depict the artistry. Few of them are absolute genius stuff. But what is the point in having one idol in every street? I literally find at least one idol in every street, clogging the way, offering prayers during the evenings which unfortunately are also the peak hours for traffic. Sorry if I sound too harsh, but the fact is, I find it too easy to drive through the narrow lines of old city or the patchy roads of rural Indian villages than to reach my home during these gala period. And what are those loud speakers for? to show that you are also religious? Will your god do not accept your prayers if you do not use loud speakers? or to let the guys in the other street know your Ganesha is more powerful than theirs ? sorry.. the later point sounds too silly, or is it ? :-) Prayers are meant for peace of mind, but these noises day and night taking the peace out of mind. No body likes power cuts. But I have started liking them when it happens during the time the prayer time. Yeah... I know... there is a little sadist in me !</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Then comes the most interesting part of these celebrations. As soon as the prayers and the offerings to the god are done, then begins the entertainment. A huge curtain kind of thing is used to cover the idol and the rest of the dais is used as the stage to perform ! I can understand if those performance are some way related to the god, religion or tradition. But in most of the cases, they are none of the above ! They usually sing and dance to the tunes of Indian movies and if u apply another filter and keenly notice, they are item songs ! Now, we all know the kings and emperors liked the music (at least they projected it on the screen in Indian cinema, so we believe). But Gods ? Isn't it too ridiculous to have both things on the same stage ? - prayers followed by nach-gana. I do not know if there is any one out there to justify this senseless act. I agree - we all need some entertainment. But the question is, is this the right platform ? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It is absolutely annoying & disturbing to drive through that crowd. Can we all not celebrate together at a single place ? after all what are the temples for, if not to celebrate the festivals. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It is Diwali time now. Which means more explosions, more noise, more smoke, more pollution, more panic, more injuries and more irritation! Diwali is supposed to be the festival of lights - unfortunately over a period of time, it turned out to be the festival of noise and explosions. There are so many socioeconomic issues in our country. Everybody talks about pollution, child labor, poverty kind of topics, but nobody thinks about ways to control them. A simple no to explosives will solve at least 2 of the above 3 problems I have mentioned. I have a pet at home and I know how scared it gets during Diwali time - mostly due to the noise. It searches for a place to hide itself during those few hours. When they bark, we shut them. Unfortunately they cannot throw it back at us during this time. I feel sorry for the pets - poor things. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I never understood God, probably never will. Thanks to my belief in
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I believe in only what I see and what was proven. Yes, there are some
questions in this universe which are not and probably will never be
answered by Science. But neither can Religion/God. I respect the
religious sentiments of others, so should they. I do not discriminate
between race, religion, cast or creed. If there is one religion that I follow, it is humanity. I go along with people who have
similar interests to mine. I strongly believe that the world will definitely be a better place if we stop discriminating between various races and religions. </span></div>
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Sunny Depphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00408239356297131877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6463952623021656053.post-62866706501998886732011-12-27T22:49:00.001+05:302011-12-27T22:52:23.631+05:30Basic rules of bachelorhood<div style="text-align: justify;">This post was supposed to be published last year(2010) during this time. That was when I have experienced the so called bachelor life for the first time ever. I was in Bhubaneshwar for a few months and everything was kind of new... started jotting down few strange things (I felt strange) which I got used to soon !<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>1. Nothing is ur own... no , not even ur toilet soap :P</div><div>2. You can never sleep before midnight and can never wake up before sunrise !</div><div>3. Be prepared to open the main door at 2:30 AM<br /></div><div>4. Prefer to live in the dark to go out and buy a new electric bulb to replace the old one.<br />5. Prefer eating sandwich for survival to cook or go out and buy lunch (particularly on weekends!)<br /><br /><br />PS: It was definitely weird but now I kind of miss that ! :-)<br /></div>Sunny Depphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00408239356297131877noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6463952623021656053.post-11206132041776077722011-04-27T09:07:00.006+05:302011-05-03T00:46:20.349+05:30Biggest B'day party in HYD !<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RUoJ420P8iM/Tb8BoNYSKDI/AAAAAAAABsA/8JYM8gPSkQw/s1600/24042011016.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RUoJ420P8iM/Tb8BoNYSKDI/AAAAAAAABsA/8JYM8gPSkQw/s200/24042011016.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602198251770095666" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fXd_Gn-MxTU/Tb8A5gLz8sI/AAAAAAAABro/a-Zmfda3H-I/s1600/24042011013.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fXd_Gn-MxTU/Tb8A5gLz8sI/AAAAAAAABro/a-Zmfda3H-I/s200/24042011013.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602197449364206274" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Last Sunday, 24-04-2011, I have been to the biggest party in Hyderabad ! A birthday party celebrated by close to 45k people in a cricket stadium at Uppal, Hyderabad. Sachin Tendulkar turned 38... But SACHIN IS IMMORTAL ! As they say "age is just a mind over matter, if you do not mind it doesn't matter!!". This is definitely true in Sachin's case.. His passion for the game is unmatched...<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5Zp0CvyZky0/Tb8Bafszr9I/AAAAAAAABr4/Wcu1p1csNjg/s1600/24042011049.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5Zp0CvyZky0/Tb8Bafszr9I/AAAAAAAABr4/Wcu1p1csNjg/s200/24042011049.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602198016169848786" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tRWb9WtIhJg/Tb8BRS0O4vI/AAAAAAAABrw/hoZAhiuNO4I/s1600/24042011023.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tRWb9WtIhJg/Tb8BRS0O4vI/AAAAAAAABrw/hoZAhiuNO4I/s200/24042011023.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602197858092507890" border="0" /></a><br />Huge banners said it all... crowd cheered every run that came off his bat, yelled every time the ball went to him while fielding... gone mad for a few seconds when he fielded at the mid wicket boundary fence for a ball (I repeat - only for ONE BALL)... roof would have blown away with the noise made when he dived across to stop a single!!... sang birthday song... took snaps...<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nP9bJv_vUfI/Tb8CAGa7m1I/AAAAAAAABsI/7DpivM0Dbjo/s1600/24042011034.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nP9bJv_vUfI/Tb8CAGa7m1I/AAAAAAAABsI/7DpivM0Dbjo/s200/24042011034.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602198662219012946" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Majority of the crowd supported Mumbai Indians!! such is his charisma. I doubt if any other cricketer (or any other sportsman for that matter) has such huge fan following where ever he goes. Since I don't really believe in the existence of god, I hate when somebody calls him god. But yes... I do believe in his supernatural abilities & skills !! Really happy to have watched the master bat for over 8 overs and score 28 off 24.<br /><br />A lot has already been said and written about this great man... and a lot more will be for sure in future... but, the more said, the less it will be !!<br /></div>Sunny Depphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00408239356297131877noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6463952623021656053.post-59126311981082485452011-04-08T00:34:00.010+05:302011-04-17T02:07:12.526+05:30Anna Rocks !<div style="text-align: justify;">How many of you heard about Anna Hazare? I would be lying if I say that I know who Anna Hazare is before April 5th 2011 !! But, after reading stuff about him, I now feel he is 'something' !<br /><br />Mr. Hazare (73), is now easily the most respected person in India (may be more than the likes of CWC heroes Sachin & Dhoni). He is much touted as the modern day Gandhi for his silent yet aggressive stance on 'Jan Lokpal bill'. As I write this post, he entered the 4th day of his hunger strike ( fast unto death!) at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi. Finally, somebody has stood on his toes to fight against the biggest menace for our society. Hats off Mr. Hazare !<br /><br />Corruption has penetrated into the roots of our nation - from municipality to assembly and traffic police to CWG ! Almost anything (and anyone) can be bought these days - this has become a way of life (Indian life). The well known fact is people (specially govt. officials) do not move an inch if they are not bribed. Dozens of movies were made with corruption as the back drop... but we forget them the moment we step out of the cinema ! So much is being said all the time but hardly anything was done.<br /><br />Glad that the youth of India is behind Hazare and trying their bit to change the nation. Overnight, this grandpa has become an icon (Note: By saying 'overnight', by no means I'm undermining what Mr. Hazare has done to this nation). Long live Hazare...<br /></div>Sunny Depphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00408239356297131877noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6463952623021656053.post-18662487755971318802011-03-29T09:43:00.003+05:302011-03-29T23:34:36.909+05:30Peace out !<div style="text-align: justify;">With the much hyped Ind Vs Pak semifinal match tomorrow, it is going to be a record breaking TRP event for sure. Students are planning give the classes a miss, working pros are planning to bunk the offices, in fact our company is organizing a live screening of the complete match ! little to do with the associate's interest though (more to make associates come to office!! win-win situation u know :P)...<br /><br />All most all TV channels have made any news/info related to this match a headline! How many of you watch 'Headlines Today'? well for starters let me tell you, this is the English version of 'Aaj Tak' (on a serious note, both these channels belong to 'India Today' group! & hence those similar 'malasa' characteristics). I have been desperately watching Headlines Today over the past 4days just to see if there is any other important news than Ind Vs Pak semifinal ! Believe me... there was none!(at least to Headlines Today's knowledge :P) Cricket is & was the only headline.. all their shows are filled with news, views & debates on cricket... shockingly they have started showing highlights of all four previous Ind-Pak world cup encounters! something which Star Cricket does!! Headlines Today for sure has become everything else except a news channel... huh...<br /><br />Anyway.... with Manmohan Singh inviting his Pak counter-part for the match & Mr. Gilani gleefully accepting the invitation, the game is not just a game anymore. In the sense, we are again going to start the 'Peace talks', 'Cross border terrorism' etc., These two bitter rivals, who used to celebrate when something bad happens in the other region are showing signs of friendship again! Relations have deteriorated from bad to worse over the past 4 years or so, with a series of bomb blasts and the infamous Mumbai hostility event. But it looks like cricket is going to reignite the talks between both nations, which is actually good. Lets just hope things progress +vely from hereon. But deep within still every one has a pinch of hatred for the other nation! & it cannot be wiped off with just game called cricket.<br /><br />I read an interesting article in the morning. All hotels are running full in Mohali and cross borders visitors(call them spectators) have no accommodation. So, people of Punjab have shown amazing courtesy & offered accommodation in their very own houses !! I was awestruck when I read this ! When it comes to patriotism (call it hatred for Pak), two Indian states stand well ahead of the rest - Punjab & West Bengal !! But this time around people in Mohali are really acting as wonderful hosts - Hats off, take a bow Mohali !!<br /><br />Media termed this match as the mother of all battles... Yes, it is against Pakistan but the truth is that it is just another match & it cannot be deemed bigger than final. There will be only one winner tomorrow - Cricket !<br /><br /></div>Sunny Depphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00408239356297131877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6463952623021656053.post-74585748076812814842011-03-14T23:04:00.001+05:302011-03-14T23:54:35.213+05:30M for Marriage !<div style="text-align: justify;">Over the past 6 months, one thought is drooling in my mind & it is about marriage. No, not mine... But people around me, colleagues I look at every day, friends who give me company on weekends.. every one, literally every one is getting married or at least thinking about it !!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Oh c'mon, I am hardly 26 and so are most of my friends.. few are a few months younger than me !! There are quite a few things that I did not understand so far in my two and a half decades of life. Marriage is one of them! What seemed fine till y'day changed drastically in less than 6months. 6 of my close friends got married in the last 4 months) and few more are in Pipeline. I'm struggling to find some proper company to hangout in free time. People who are married are busy setting up a new home... and people who are about to get married are busy going around their fiancees :P The only past time left for me now is to watch movies at home. Have to quickly find a way out to kill this boredom before it kills me...<br /><br />Don't know what's happening, but whatever is happening not at all excites me ;-) am I weird or is it just the world around me? huh... what am I talking .. Good Night and Good Luck !<br /></div>Sunny Depphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00408239356297131877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6463952623021656053.post-33477829057814977292011-02-19T22:11:00.003+05:302011-02-20T00:03:15.630+05:30Bang Bang Begining<div style="text-align: justify;">Cricket world cup 2011 has just begun and the men in Blue have started in style. After the 2007 world cup debacle, this was like the 'revenge of the fallen' ! and the revenge indeed is sweet !<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Sehwag did exactly what he said before the tournament begun.. he said that he wants to spend all 50 overs at the crease and he almost did so. Good for the team.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Anyway.. the purpose of writing this is to post something very interesting that happened a week back. A day before I returned to Hyderabad (approx 10days back), I was chatting with Nikhil, a good friend of mine, over the office communicator. His predictions are mostly fluke but they sometimes turn out to be bang on ! The topic slowly moved to world cup and I asked him to predict the score in the inaugural match between Ind and Ban ... below are his predictions...<br /></div><br />India - 378/4 (50 overs)<br />Sehwag - 176<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">and today I wish I had copied that conversation ! damn.. he is again so close ...!! I watched the India innings at his place today afternoon and we both burst into laughter on many occasions thinking of the chat and predictions we made. He is like the Emraan Hashmi in Jannat !<br /><br />Next match is against Eng and there is more than a week gap. Will ask him to predict that match... u all readers can 'bet' with his help. Good Luck !<br /><br /><br /></div>Sunny Depphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00408239356297131877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6463952623021656053.post-21553413675371717902011-01-20T01:09:00.003+05:302011-01-20T22:13:59.130+05:30FZ Vs A320<div style="text-align: justify;">The air fare from Bhubaneshwar to Hyderabad on Indigo airlines is close to Rs.2200 and the road distance is just over 1100 Kms, that's Rs. 2/km.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Now, in Hyd, I ride Yamaha FZ. It gives a mileage between 32 & 35. Ever since the petrol prices have been deregulated by the Indian govt., prices have sky-rocketed touching new highs every month. I have learnt that Rs. 11 is the total increase in Hyd in the past 4-5 months. Now, it costs Rs.65 /lt. That's approx. Rs. 2/km !!<br /><br />This literally means, I am spending equal amounts to ride my bike and travel by air ! Mind boggling !!<br /></div>Sunny Depphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00408239356297131877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6463952623021656053.post-63173142080348250092011-01-08T20:16:00.004+05:302011-03-22T20:22:37.874+05:30Crazy 31st night !<div style="text-align: justify;">New year is something most of them look forward to. I am a person who believes that we do not need a particular day to celebrate and hence birthday's and anniversaries do not excite me much. I thought Dec 31st will be just another day for me and I was right till 10pm. That's when my room mates told me about the Puri trip ! On any other day I would have written it off calling them weirdos & insane. But, I sensed the thrill the trip has to offer and immediately said YES. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We are 7 now and they have already booked an SUV (Scorpio it is ! Muscular and Powerful and more than anything it is manufactured by our parent company - Mahindra ! so loyal my friends are !!) We started at 11.40pm, that's 20mins away from 2011 ! Bhubaneswar to Puri is close to 70Kms. We had to wish new year at a petrol pump!! stop wherever we see a light to check if coke is available (found one after half a dozen stops!), ate tandoori chicken in the car, made pegs behind the wagon ! & the FOG ... my goodness! it was so sooo dense, we had zero visibility at times even with the fog lights on! There was a moment where the fog reminded me of movies like 'The Mist' & 'Silent Hill', so scary it was at the same time excitement made us scream. The driver brought the car to a standstill !! This was the most intriguing part of the trip.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We finally reached Puri around 1.30 am only to see the barricades and police on the beach road ! THE BEACH is closed tonight ! But there is a twist in the tale here... the driver took us to the beach from another road. When we stepped out and saw huge sand art exhibition on the shore... which was closed as well. But we managed to creep in without waking up the artists. We saw the giant Santa Claus from inches away... in fact touched it!! it was monstrous... after examining it we made our way to the beach. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The beach was completely vacant.. like a private beach, absolutely deserted... and guess what.. first thing we saw over there is a abandoned boat!! may be the one used by fishermen... we jumped in joy and the into the boat. Then the scotch flowed out... we talked, gossiped, sang, discussed movies, people, cities, work and what not. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">What if we could not celebrate the new year in GOA, we did the same at the beach but a private one :P Spent a good 3hrs at the beach and between 4.30 - 5am moved ahead to Konark, to watch the sun rise. The sun rise point was totally crowded at 5.30am. We did wait for half an hour to capture the sun rise, but our driver was in a hurry and continuously honking. So we had to leave the place much before sun came out. Again on our way back, the fog haunted us! similar scenes... in fact better since it was the dawn... zero visibility. Never saw such dense fog when I was in Hyderabad.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In all it was a time very well spent. Was the most memorable time in Bhubaneshwar.... </div>Sunny Depphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00408239356297131877noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6463952623021656053.post-49740686795120559372011-01-02T11:04:00.005+05:302011-01-02T11:24:55.487+05:30Happy New Year !<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UXPVWGBE8uA/TSAQaSaXF5I/AAAAAAAAAi8/GpQ19WHCS-o/s1600/HappyNewYear2011.gif"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UXPVWGBE8uA/TSAQaSaXF5I/AAAAAAAAAi8/GpQ19WHCS-o/s320/HappyNewYear2011.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557459983980238738" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It has been quite some time since I last penned down my thoughts. Must confess that my interests are slowly changing! But Blogging is one of my favorites and there is no way I </div><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UXPVWGBE8uA/TSAQ_zw2ZdI/AAAAAAAAAjE/PmrG1lIzhTg/s320/images.jpg" style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 259px; height: 194px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557460628588094930" /><div style="text-align: justify;">am going to permanently stop writing. Once in a while I go into hibernation mode... but this time it was a lil longer. Anyways.. I am totally awake now and will do my best to provide justice to the writer inside me!! :P</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Wishing you all a very happy and prosperous new year 2011. & Yeah ... any new year resolutions ?? mine is to stop procrastination :-) </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Will soon post about my wild & crazy Dec 31st 2010 adventure! Signing off for now...</div>Sunny Depphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00408239356297131877noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6463952623021656053.post-53138650870017028592010-07-12T22:42:00.003+05:302010-07-12T22:43:27.864+05:30FIFA Fever !<div style="text-align: justify;">Was BLOWN AWAY by the soccer mania, completely !! Had a gala time for a month... never thought Football is such a beautiful game. Have to confess... I was never a huge fan of football... I used to occasionally watch it earlier. But as they say 'you are known by the company you keep' , 'being with a winner makes u a winner' ... being with my football crazy colleagues made me thoroughly enjoy the sport. Watching football (any sport for that matter) with a bunch of crazy friends is one of the best times u can ever dream off.<br /><br />We all follow club football keenly. But the world cup has taken the interest in this sport to the next level. There are hardly any moments/matches that went unnoticed (caught the highlights if I had missed the action LIVE). My Football knowledge would have easily got 5x in the past one month. Add to that my company's name on the ad hoardings. 9mins of advertising in every world cup match !! whoahoooooooooooooo.... best feeling I ever had about my company.... believe me ... I wasn't this happy ever so far in my career so far !!<br /><br />Last one week of world cup has been even more amazing ! Reason - Prateek was in town !! yes... just to watch the last 4 matches with us. Been to sports bar, had a wild party at Vibhor's pent house, Watched few sick movies, got drenched in rain almost every night, had to go to the office without taking bath !! :P etc.. etc.. etc.. All this has come to an end last night. There will be a brief pause now. EPL kick off in about a month from now... :) I just hope, professionally, things will settle by then. Fingers crossed /\ More updates to follow in my upcoming posts... ciao<br /><br /><br /></div>Sunny Depphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00408239356297131877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6463952623021656053.post-80976284899268017352010-05-28T20:21:00.002+05:302010-06-10T22:05:33.171+05:30A Joy Ride !<div style="text-align: justify;">For me, there were two much awaited events so far this year - KITES & AJAY's INDIA TRIP. (Un)Luckily both coincided !! I booked 3 tickets for much hyped KITES for the coming saturday evening on wednesday evening itself (@cineplanet).<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Heads up</span> - when we both go together, track record of getting things done smoothly is very poor.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">So... saturday evening ... excited(not really, specially after reading reviews). We took our seats and the movie was just about to begin & .... & suddenly the screen has gone blank ! We thought there must be some technical glitch and movie will begin shortly & stuck to our seats with a fountain coke in hand. College crowd behind our row went wild - full of energy- each time a girl steps in :P The wait seemed longer than expected... wild college gang became calm, tired and weak... after 30mins, slowly people started going out(unable to bear the humidity inside - no A/C) ... we realized there must be something wrong. We trio followed them... moved out... only to learn that there is power but the problem is with the main transformer from where the power gets circulated!!! The F word came out loud :P Clueless... Helpless... people started queuing up to collect their (ticket) money back. Unable to withstand the crowd, we left the place without collecting the money.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Next Thursday ... a weekday... late night show... same place ... but different movie ... we were only 2 this time. After a lot of struggle we got our refund in the form of tickets to some other movie. We gracefully accepted as we do not have any other plans. Done with dinner, it is then 9:45pm... Show time - 10pm... we were just waiting outside for the gates to open.... and history repeats !! it's dark all around... again yelled the F word loud :P learnt from the security that this has become a frequent phenomenon in that multiplex !! It's 10.15pm now... we thought of calling it off... collected money back and thought of going to Prasad's to watch the 11pm 'The Prince of Persia' premier show. Prasad's is not less than 20kms from the place we are in that time. We have about 30mins to reach and buy tickets !! If we ride... with the kind of roads in HYD...I'm sure we can make it only for next day early morning show !!... I knew we have to fly to make it in time !! Challenge accepted !! I unleashed my monster bike - YAMAHA FZ... it was NH7 ... a heavenly stretch of 4kms... touched 100KMs/hr in no time :-) ... technically we were flying :-) what a ride it was :D<br /><br />Finally we made it with a handsome 5mins !!! Ajay went to buy tickets... I went to park my ride. After all these efforts I got a call from Ajay in parking lot saying - TICKETS SOLD OUT :( never mind... I did not watch KITES yet... & tickets are available in plenty for this one :P we grabbed 2 and entered the cinema. This time no surprises... the show went on smoothly !! & interestingly it wasn't as bad as the critics rated... at least to me ! :-)<br /><br />This ride will definitely worth it !! One of the memorable ones... tnx Ajay... hope you thoroughly enjoyed sitting on my pillion seat :P Sorry if the ride wasn't as sleek as it would have been in Abu Dhabi :P <br /></div>Sunny Depphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00408239356297131877noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6463952623021656053.post-63480530434793760722010-05-09T19:41:00.006+05:302010-05-12T22:32:52.527+05:30Iron Man 2<div style="text-align: justify;">Iron Man - 1 was stunning & captivating! It was so sooo soooo well made... you hardly get bored. Iron Man 1 was in the league of hardcore action movies like Dark Knight & Die Hard 4.0 !! But it's sequel Iron Man 2, I'm afraid, is not that good - but, still watchable.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UXPVWGBE8uA/S-re2HTBIjI/AAAAAAAAAZw/1ECFYXyx7VE/s1600/ironman2-cover.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 158px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UXPVWGBE8uA/S-re2HTBIjI/AAAAAAAAAZw/1ECFYXyx7VE/s200/ironman2-cover.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470429718648005170" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Robert Downey Jr. is simply mesmerizing with his quick & witty one-liners like "I have successfully privatized world peace!!", "I am Iron Man. The suit and I are one", " I will formally apologize later" ... sorry guys, can't remember more... I felt the movie was a lil slow considering the benchmark set in the first part. The action sequence on the Monte Carlo F1 race track is worth watching a million times...<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you are a super hero fan, then you won't have many complaints. At the end of the movie you feel you haven't wasted money at all. It's much better than mindless, senseless & ridiculous movies of Akshay Kumar :P</div>Sunny Depphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00408239356297131877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6463952623021656053.post-62138794512114988152010-04-27T23:05:00.000+05:302010-04-27T23:25:36.334+05:30Burger maniac !<div style="text-align: justify;">I thought if I don't post something today, I will not be able to post anything for another fortnight at least ! Reason: world cup T20 begins this weekend !! :P ... Was so busy following IPL on Youtube for the past 6weeks !<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />My passion for food has grown leaps and bounds in the past 1 yr !! Mercury is rising ... & so is my passion for burgers :-). Used to be a regular McD & KFC customer when my office was at Trimulgherry. Ever since that office was shut, I had to create opportunities :P, find a frnd or two to go grab a bite of the soft, delicious and yummy burgers !<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UXPVWGBE8uA/S9ceuB9dwZI/AAAAAAAAAZo/YUFnoudV8xI/s1600/27042010115.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UXPVWGBE8uA/S9ceuB9dwZI/AAAAAAAAAZo/YUFnoudV8xI/s200/27042010115.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464870448986440082" border="0" /></a><br /><br />In the past 2 months I have been a lil on the back foot when it comes to going out... courtesy - scorching summer. But, but, but, I'm making up for it by having at least one burger each day at the office cafeteria ! YES... we have got a mini 'Mongini's' stall in our STC cafeteria ! This burger may not be in McD or KFC's league... but its taste is definitely unique. Trust me, I had 12 burgers in the past 12 working days !! This stuff is getting on to me... Its a short and simple lunch and I'm loving every bite of it !!<br /></div>Sunny Depphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00408239356297131877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6463952623021656053.post-5026158932003954242010-03-11T21:38:00.002+05:302010-03-11T23:38:03.297+05:30Bring it ONNNNNNNNNNNNN !!<div style="text-align: justify;">Quite excited about this weekend... IPL begins, Formula 1 season kickstarts, Hockey world cup final and EPL matches!! It's gonna be a very hectic 2days. Invitation has already come from Durga Elite - Pent house for what is going to be a rollicking weekend!! To add to these, Ashok & Yadi are coming from B'lore & Bombay respectively as well... Probably this is the first time I am sad to meet my friends :-( I have already rejected Ash's proposal of watching 'AVATAR' in IMAX - not bcoz of time, coz it is f***ing boring to watch it third time !! To be simple & straight, I did not find anything spectacular about this movie... except graphics - which are appreciable. It is all hype, no substance at all. Sorry ASH.<br /><br />Anyway... this week i am gonna race against time !! its going to be a litmus test for my time managing skills :P I shouldn't say NO anymore to anyone and still manage to watch everything LIVE !!<br /><br />Just get a feel that CHARGERS are going to lift the championship trophy this year as well.... here is a logical reason - <span style="font-weight: bold;">we are not playing in RAJIV GANDHI INTERNATIONAL CRICKET STADIUM/UPPAL STADIUM</span>. Thanks to T-campaigners !! This stadium has jinx. DC has lost all their 9 home matches so far !! add 3 more to that list (Indian team too has lost all the matches they played in this ground so far !!) that makes it a full DOZEN !!!!!! unbelievable ....... home ground is expected to bring luck, but... it is the other way around here. Anyway... I'm happy that this season, no matches are being held in this stadium and at the same time sad as I cannot cheer for my fav team LIVE.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Wishlist for this weekend:</span> DC must win both the matches, Vettel should win the Bahrain GP, Force India/Schumi should finish on podium, Karun Chandok should finish in points table, Germany should win the hockey world cup, Fulham & Hull city should beat the shit out of ManU & Arsenal respectively, Chelsea should win the game against West Ham reach the TOP of the table !!!! &&& <span style="font-weight: bold;">I should also attend the 5hrs extended saturday's Informatica class + Hair cut + Sunday's gully cricket match + meet friends </span>!!!!<br /><br />I think I should skip silly things like taking bath, eating food, talking to parents, browsing, afternoon nap, etc..,<br /><br />I know the list is huge... but so is the weekend !!!!!!<br /></div>Sunny Depphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00408239356297131877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6463952623021656053.post-80340706678859296212010-02-27T21:29:00.001+05:302010-03-01T20:18:41.815+05:304 Adieus & 1 welcome !<div style="text-align: justify;">This FEB by far is the most action packed month I remember. I have bid farewell to 3 of my friends, my brother and received 1 friend!! Viru, Prateek & Sai have left Hyd chasing their their dreams and Vinay has come to visit Hyd for 3weeks after a long gap of 1.5yrs. Vinay went to US in Aug 08 for higher studies. He got placed in Cisco and have to report in San Jose next month. I know him for over a decade now. Almost everyone I know who flew abroad for studies have changed, & that is quite natural. But this guy is still the same - way he talks, walks, food habits, genre of movies etc., nothing has changed about him. I don't know how he managed but trust me, he is still the same.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Viru flew to South Africa for the FIFA project, Prateek left to Delhi - his hometown & Sai flew to UK to pursue masters.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Viru had 2 dreams (related to sports) - <span style="font-weight: bold;">1.</span> to watch soccer world cup & <span style="font-weight: bold;">2.</span> to watch cricket world cup!! He will live his first dream when the world cup begins this June in SA. Durga Elite is the apartments name where our gang hangs out every week. Durga Elite becomes a mini <span style="font-weight: bold;">sports bar</span> on weekends!! All 7 of us are sport maniacs. To make things even more interesting we play fantasy premier league !! The discussions usually happen on 4 <span style="font-weight: bold;">important</span> topics - <span style="font-weight: bold;">1.</span> Sports(ranging for Cricket to Tennis, F1 & Soccer included !!) <span style="font-weight: bold;">2.</span> CoRCC/Satyam <span style="font-weight: bold;">3.</span> Movies & <span style="font-weight: bold;">4.</span> Chicks !! ( 50 - 25 - 15 -10 respectively). Everyone except Nikhil is/was a part of CoRCC at some point of their career in Satyam. But, But, Nikhil knows equally well about ppl in CoRCC (no wonder how).<br /><br />From this week, we are only 5 :( In the course of next few weeks/months this number might go down further as everyone is in queue to move out of CoRCC. Guess that's how life is ... addition & subtraction of friends on a regular basis.<br /><br />Will for sure miss them :-( All the best guys...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UXPVWGBE8uA/S4tqs5axqKI/AAAAAAAAAYo/6ZJ6l9FDF58/s1600-h/P2030172.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UXPVWGBE8uA/S4tqs5axqKI/AAAAAAAAAYo/6ZJ6l9FDF58/s200/P2030172.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443561894167292066" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UXPVWGBE8uA/S4tqtCxtu0I/AAAAAAAAAYw/7p9N5e7Jc0o/s1600-h/P2040185.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UXPVWGBE8uA/S4tqtCxtu0I/AAAAAAAAAYw/7p9N5e7Jc0o/s200/P2040185.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443561896679422786" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UXPVWGBE8uA/S4tqtkfcAXI/AAAAAAAAAY4/TpqM1b7d87A/s1600-h/P2040189.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UXPVWGBE8uA/S4tqtkfcAXI/AAAAAAAAAY4/TpqM1b7d87A/s200/P2040189.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443561905729569138" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UXPVWGBE8uA/S4vTlwGtVAI/AAAAAAAAAZA/PgC6k-tgEvU/s1600-h/19022010010.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UXPVWGBE8uA/S4vTlwGtVAI/AAAAAAAAAZA/PgC6k-tgEvU/s200/19022010010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443677220129035266" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>Sunny Depphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00408239356297131877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6463952623021656053.post-55821584521846317342010-02-01T21:34:00.000+05:302010-02-07T21:13:44.037+05:30Super Sunday !<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UXPVWGBE8uA/S27eThauPqI/AAAAAAAAAX0/mCOlSBwebWw/s1600-h/31012010493.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UXPVWGBE8uA/S27eThauPqI/AAAAAAAAAX0/mCOlSBwebWw/s200/31012010493.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435526227252100770" border="0" /></a><br />Last night we've been to Sports Bar in Banjara hills. I was the only teetotaler in the group of 7 !! One of the prime reasons of not being to any bars/pubs till now is that always used to think all bars will be smoking zones where the cigar smoke is more dense than the fog at Delhi airport !! Specially after Bar One nightmare, I thought I would never step into the bar ever. Contrary to my belief, Sports Bar was quite decent. In fact it is rocking !! Then I've learnt that all bars are not smoking zones. Good for me !<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UXPVWGBE8uA/S27ehf_sYKI/AAAAAAAAAX8/AI3VvNAk3hs/s1600-h/31012010498.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UXPVWGBE8uA/S27ehf_sYKI/AAAAAAAAAX8/AI3VvNAk3hs/s200/31012010498.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435526467388465314" border="0" /></a><br />The occasion was ManU Vs Arsenal match. 4 for Aresenal & 2 for ManU & me as Chelsea supporter took a neutral stand initially, but tilted towards ManU when the match actually begun:P Idea was to get a balance (4-3). Anyway, it turned out to be a very boring match as ManU crushed Arsenal by a 3-1 & got close to Chelsea. Half of the Arsenal battalion left by half time as the scorecard read 2-0 in favor of ManU.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><br />But the real fun began after the match ended... in fact an hour after the match has ended. We all were just done having food & saw a bunch of fanboys coming in to the bar at 12.30 or so... they too were a mix of Arsenal & ManU fans and most importantly they all were in a single group ! The losers (Arsenal <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UXPVWGBE8uA/S27e8sDvBKI/AAAAAAAAAYE/ecINTzCfVFg/s1600-h/31012010494.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UXPVWGBE8uA/S27e8sDvBKI/AAAAAAAAAYE/ecINTzCfVFg/s200/31012010494.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435526934483109026" border="0" /></a>fans) started yelling Arsenal, as a true fan stands by to his/her team. It caught the attention of rivals and IT all began !! IT refers to the verbal fight... the fight raged on, situation heated up when all fanboys gathered and arguing where everyone kept shouting and no one can hear what the opposite person is saying. I was a lone spectator watching it from a distance, sitting in a corner of the couch!! It was all chaos for a while... but everything seemed to be in control !! Arsenal fans started yelling the slogan '<span style="font-weight: bold;">ManU, FUCK U' & 'ARESNAL, HUMARE DIL MEIN HAR PAL'</span> !! After an intense 20 - 30 mins argument defending their teams & portraying the so called 'cheap' tactics of the opposite teams, our group moved on. The good part of this fight is that no one took it too seriously despite consuming barons of alcohol in the past 3 hrs. Everyone was in good spirits !<br /><br />In all it was a good outing... & I am not scared of going to BAR again :-)<br /></div>Sunny Depphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00408239356297131877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6463952623021656053.post-18307643108757724042010-01-01T22:34:00.001+05:302010-01-04T20:38:24.122+05:30Happy New Year !!To the visitors of my blog (if any :P), I wish you a very Happy & a prosperous New YearSunny Depphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00408239356297131877noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6463952623021656053.post-17875535007748702322009-12-26T10:15:00.001+05:302009-12-30T12:08:24.910+05:30Number game<div style="text-align: justify;">Let me tell you upfront ... I am not a voracious reader, in fact I hate reading to the core. It makes me lousy, sleepy, boring & what not. Books for me act faster than the sleep inducing pills :P everyone in my family has this dirty habit of not reading much stuff. May be I have inherited his habit :P The only novel I remember completing till date is Dan Brown's 'Angels & Demons'.<br /><br />After hearing a lot from my office colleagues about Chetan Bhagat's new novel <span style="font-weight: bold;">'2 states'</span> I thought of giving it a try. Downloaded the ebook as I my track record of reading the books is very bad. Never finished what I have bought so far in my life :-( Many of you might be aware of Chetan's earlier works - <span style="font-weight: bold;">Five </span>Point Someone, <span style="font-weight: bold;">One </span>night at call center, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Three </span>mistakes of my life.... & now <span style="font-weight: bold;">two </span>states. If you observe closely, Interestingly, all these titles have a 'number' in them. Guess Chetan is very fond of numbers - an IITian, then an IIMA passout... So, I guess the probability of odds in favour of my earlier guess is <span style="font-weight: bold;">0.9</span> :P & his fondness for numbers reflect in his novels as well. Trust me, each page contains at least half a dozen numbers and in my opinion it adds essence to the book, makes it funny at times, makes it even more interesting to read. I will not be surprised if Chetan's 5th book has <span style="font-weight: bold;">'four'</span> in the title :P<br /><br />I am half way now. The first half of the first half (i.e., the first quarter of the book) is really really interesting, then the sheen is out after the characters pass out of IIMA....still it is a decent read so far. Would like to finish this book by this weekend & yeah... I feel very embarrassed looking at my reading speed. People in my office finished this book in few hours , a day or two !! can you believe it ? huh... and I am talking about taking a week :-( That shows how lazy I am when it comes to reading.<br /><br /><br /><br /></div>Sunny Depphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00408239356297131877noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6463952623021656053.post-52180452723062778042009-12-25T20:39:00.003+05:302009-12-25T21:38:14.840+05:30Racing God is back !<div style="text-align: justify;">I have been itching to pen down my thoughts on the mega/super/block-buster/ultimate comeback of Michael Schumacher aka Schumi :-) & finally here I am !<br /><br />I was first introduced to this sport by one of my (now) old buddies :P Srinu way back in the year 2002 during the summer break. Though I haven't followed it much for the next 2years, it got on to my head in past 3-4 seasons. Having watched Schumi rule the world's most glamorous sport for few successive years, I couldn't digest the fact that he retired so early (early for me... as it was just 2 or hardly 3 seasons of Schumi for me).<br /><br />His much hyped comeback this season as a replacement for injured Massa has put a smile on my face and I was on cloud 9. Believe me I was driving my bike like never before for the next 2days :P. But unfortunately his comeback hit the road block as Schumi was not able to get himself fully fit to race in such a short duration. Heart break for fans like me :-(<br /><br />Never mind... I hope this time the plan will definitely materialize and I can see him on race track again ! But yeah... he will not be in REDS.. still... WHITES are not really bad. Once again ROSS - SCHUMI will spill their magic all around the world :-) It will be a cut throat competition next season as there are 13 teams and more than half a dozen prospective champions !! Alonso, Massa, Hamilton, Button, Rubens & of course the baby Schumi (Vettel).... Its going to be a cracker of a season. I just wish to see Schumi on podium at least once :-) If he manages to win the drivers championship(the chances are very unlikely), then, then there is nothing like it !! this come back would be considered next only to Lance Armstrong's.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The sadness of KIMI's absence this season is overshadowed by SCHUMI's come back !! </span><br /><br />Hit the Top gear.... Go all guns ... Go Full throttle... :-) GO Schumi :-)<br /><br /><br />Just in case if any one of you is wondering why I am a crazy Schumi maniac :P <a href="http://www.espnstar.com/motorsport/news/detail/item370555/Michael-Schumacher-Factfile/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Here is a factfile</span></a> -> courtesy - <span style="font-weight: bold;">ESPNSTAR.COM</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>Sunny Depphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00408239356297131877noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6463952623021656053.post-15440578853501705072009-12-13T21:22:00.003+05:302009-12-25T13:02:40.820+05:3025 !!Time moves so swiftly :( <div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I still remember those college days... catching the bus early in the morning, classroom noise, bunking classes, cafeteria graffiti, sports & of course exams..... memories are still fresh. Today when I look back, I just cant believe that its been 3 and a half years that i graduated. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I cant think of even a single thing that hasn't changed in these 3.5 yrs, so am I. Transformation from a young college grad to a professional (may not be a 'through' prof) hasn't been easy. Thats what u call 'LIFE'... may be way of LIFE, may be experiences in LIFE or may be lessons in LIFE ;) </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Y'day when I turned <b>25</b>, I've suddenly started feeling old!!!! I wish LIFE has something like 'backspace' :P 'Move on' with TIME =></div>Sunny Depphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00408239356297131877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6463952623021656053.post-59082492463380093992009-11-26T08:16:00.003+05:302009-11-30T21:19:51.177+05:30To Akki - u suckPosting this with a lot of frustration & disappointment. <div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">De Dana Dan sucks, so is Akshay. The less I talk about it, the better it is. I thought this movie will be<b> 'bad' </b>... but after watching the movie I felt the word 'bad' doesn't justify its quality. It needs something of higher degree :P worse, pathetic, ridiculous, stupid, absurd,ludicrous, farce, idiotic etc... are the correct words for this f***ing movie. The only good 'parts' of the movie are white doggy & Katrina, Cute & Sexy respectively :P. </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Trust me, u've got something better to do than waste 3hrs on this. If u still want to watch this stinking movie, I advice you to take a Zandu Balm or some Asprin along. </div><div><br /></div><div>Akki... get a life. Its high time... do something different. Learn from Aamir. </div><div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Sunny Depphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00408239356297131877noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6463952623021656053.post-31522665472978944152009-11-23T21:42:00.007+05:302009-11-23T22:51:15.476+05:30Best way to get out of boredom ?<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I've got a question for you... specially for people who are still single(with no GFs) --- What is the best way to get out of boredom when you are alone?</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Well... each one of us probably have our own way of dealing with boredom. For example... my old & best friend Ajay 'dances' or rather say a mixture of aerobics and dance whenever he gets bored!! Vinay starts reading stuff online or watches youtube videos, more than half of my colleagues... (say friends at work!) spend time sleeping :P, the rest are addicted to Farming in Facebook (farmville) !! Mom spends half of her time watching TV serials :P etc... etc... </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The known fact to most of you is that... I am single with absolutely no track record of having a girl friend(now, before you get me wrong, let me clarify - I AM STRAIGHT)... my only passion(s) in life so far are - Stock Markets(where 95/100 times I end up loosing money!) and sports. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I now have hardly any old friends at home :( all dispersed!! We managed to rope in 12-14 guys in office and play cricket every saturday morning at a ground that is 12kms away from my home!! As 8 out of 10 people say "My work sucks" and I am among those 8!! Below is my daily routine and </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I hardly deviate from this fixed schedule (MON-FRI): </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br />Step in to office @ 11am<br />Login & read Online News, check stock quotes etc...<br />T Break @ 11.45 which most often than not ends up longer than a lunch break!<br />Check mails and surf for an hour or two<br />Lunch Break @ 2 PM<br />Pretend to be busy! for another hour or two....<br />T Break @ 4PM<br />Log out & Step out @ 5PM followed by gaming activities and swimming at club !!</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 17px;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 17px;font-size:medium;">Apart from this... I have got a lot of time to kill. So... I resumed my movie marathon! With Airtel broadband at home I can download a movie over night & with Vibhor in office - I dont give a damn even if my internet doesnt work for ages :P!! So... here I go "<b>a movie a day keeps the boredom at bay</b>" :P Last week I've watched at least a dozen movies.... I would have visited IMDB not less than 200 times!! Never slept before midnight!! </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 17px;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 17px;font-size:medium;">With my external hard drive full of movies, it is assured that I am going to get bored anytime in the near future :P LOL.... As I write this post, 'GOOD WILL HUNTING' is 70% done!! :P </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;">& finally, this time on a serious note..... I genuinely feel all this needs to be changed for the betterment of my future. But, u know 'Old habits die hard' ;) </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><br /></span></span></div>Sunny Depphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00408239356297131877noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6463952623021656053.post-65661743495888240282009-11-02T20:58:00.003+05:302009-11-12T22:14:51.976+05:3017K in HYDERABAD ?? !!As I write this post India is crawling towards the target of 251 set by Australia. Match is nicely poised at this stage with India at 134/4 in 29overs, needing 117 more in 21overs... thats close to 5.5RPO. <div><br /></div><div>Sachin was out at 40 sometime back... which means he is just short of 7runs to cross 17k !! another feather in his cap. Next ODI is in HYDERABAD... this is where Sachin made his highest ODI score of 186* few years back against NZ. Hopefully he will cross 17k in his next match... HYD crowd will go crazy when he does that. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Sunny Depphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00408239356297131877noreply@blogger.com0