Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Me and sports...







Above is a Asian Games ticket for a Hockey match. Ticket that was purchased by my father, an year before my birth. I still love collecting such stuff.
Moments back turkey beat Swiss in the bloody battle of Euro 2008, it was a game full of injuries but the passion showed by fiery players is the only 'adrenalin pumping thing' I came across in last few laidback days. AMAZING, how sports change the way sports lovers take their lives. And I am hating myself coz m not playing sports these days.

I wonder how our lives are preprogrammed, not allowing us to go beyond obvious until be bring the hidden rebel from deep inside. School-college days are the only days you get to play. I hate it, I hate not being able to play sports. Sports had been my best friend, and is missed dearly, everyday. It's something that took away all the troubles from my life. I don't want to forget the basketball games played at 2 AM with fierce energy just coz I couldn't propose my crush, or coz the girl I liked went for someone else. I can't forget the football match played more passionately coz it followed a hard hitting fight with another boy in hostel. It's difficult to go over the lone time spent on basketball court while I fought hard with my emotions. My happy moments always brought perfect smashes on ping pong table, why would I like to forget that. Even for 10,000 dollars I wont exchange the experience of covering Delhi Ring Road on cycle (50-60 km) & riding to South Campus (50-55 km) the other time. Cant let go, the reputation of being a tough fighter on badminton court, pals still remember the sound of the smashes my racket used to throw to weaken opponents challenge. They refused to give me their rackets coz with me racket strings broke frequently (kidding). The otherwise absent agility, jumps & quick response came up automaticaly on the court. Though I used to struggle with my emotions after every loss. Spending 2 hours, each in morning & eavening on badminton court was among the best things I did during my hostel days.


"Hey you play good", How can I forget a girl's (was from other school)appreciation &...... when I captained my school team in table tennis events. Bet you, she looked awesome but not better than my Table Tennis Racket. Won Silver Medal that day but there on, have been missing that girl. Hey you, DAV, Rajinder Nagar girl, m searching for you since last 10 years, show up now....LOL.... Other times, I loved the hooting, it went in favour or against never mattered to me. The yells, screams & shouts were the best thing that could ever happen to a sports freak teenager, that was the fame which brought adrenalin rush with it & lasted till end of the match.

Her lovely words after a basketball match still hit my ears & echo in my heart. Otherwise rigid, she easily brought me a bottle of water for my badminton match. Lovely, lovely.... I can live countless happy days only on those thoughts. Somehow my crushes, infatuations & the recent love started around court itself.

Those were hot afternoons of 1999 & 2001, when I used to take my lovely lady (cycle) for after exam talks. I used to ride it till eternity & in return I used to get all the refreshness. No matter my exam went good or bad, I used to wai for the time I'll ride my lady (ha ha, obviously cycle).

Sports have been a passion, there have been ups n downs, drama full of emotions, adrenalin rush, goose bumps & what not. Sports have always been their for my rescue through tough times. They have been my best pals.

I am a near loser in making my love story a success. I am dragged li'l backward coz of the withdrawal of offer the company made at campus. I am li'l lonely these days which is very unusual. All these hurt but not as hard as missing time, feild & people to play sports with. I miss my beautiful ladies, BSA STREET CAT & HERO HAWK. They did hurt my ass, while being harsh on it but they always stayed close to my heart.

All that apart bloggy has been a new enterant into my life & has deffinitely added few sparkles. Love ya bloggy... hope we'll have a real sporty relation :)


let the good times roll >>>>>>>

Saturday, June 7, 2008

Strange is my good ol lovely world!!!

It's a big world

I realised now

When the people around keep getting lost

Once best known are the strangers now

Strange Strange Strange is my good ol lovely world.



Everyday promises made, fade away in the crowd

& I sit on the roof top pondering around

Once seemed connected are all self driven now

People, all detached yet looked so beautiful from the distance...wow

Strange Strange Strange is my good ol lovely world.



The crests or troughs have never went far too long

After awful weather, Spring always sing its own song

And I breathe deep, look inside, pause

Waiting, waiting, waiting but God!! For how long ?

Strange Strange Strange is my good ol lovely world.



Energies seem to be sucked away by known mystery

I wander here & there

in search of something familiar but truly unknown

I pray, I run, I sleep, I think, I move, I call, I talk, I go, I meet

Still all I have is that two week ol frown

amazingly, patience has not yet gone :)

Strange Strange Strange is my good ol lovely world.




Tuesday, June 3, 2008

sabse peeche hum khade

Song of the moment

Monday, June 2, 2008

Li'l Expressive

X: Can I be li'l expressive?

Y: yes

and X was li'l too expressive, he farted, all others frowned!

Way too expressive :)

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Pun apart.......

The biggest day....

I confessed...

I told.....

I am li'l lighter....

Heart is still li'l hurt & the hurt is humming a song....

Silk Route: Sabse peechhe hum khade

LOVE YOU

Saturday, May 31, 2008

IPL

IPL aka Indian Premier League
The latest buzz word!!

Any popular thing which pulls admiration, pulls enough criticism also. And its a norm in todays media hyped world. Same happened/ happening with IPL. Imran Khan quoted 'IPL is the 'in' thing but I worry if it totally kicks out the test cricket'. I heard 2-3 senior international cricket players saying that true character of cricketer can only be gauged in a test cricket. Some wonder that it might provoke regionalism. Others wonder cheer leaders will hamper the country's ethics & values. Some say its spoiling cricket's reputation. Sometimes I wonder from which corner people pick up things, relate it to IPL & than debate over it, the debate heats up, and than the whole country sweats over it for nothing. Thank god, it ends there!! But naaaahhh....'the 24 hour news channels' get that 'masala' on which they can rely to shoot up their TRPs (Television Viewership Ratings), newspaper can add two more pages to create costly advertising space in between & we bloggers get topic for a post or two.

Hufffff.............All shit!!!

The bottom line is we are enjoying IPL. The whole country is enjoying IPL. People dont have enough time to track the match for bloody 7-8 hours, forget 5 days of a test match, even if they call it 'True Cricket'. We dont watch to measure the class of a batsmen, if that is visible only in test cricket. We watch it for entertainment, we watch it for enjoyment & for fun. That's what IPL has given to me, you & all others. There's so much moolah coming in. The pace of the game is awesome & now we can say that 'yeah!!! We have a sport to compete the popularity of soccer'. There's that ingredient in IPL which brings the fizz, which brings the thrill and that is 'speed'. And excuse me.... how the hell Cheerleaders gonna spoil ethics & culture of a country????? I am stunned by such ridiculous thoughts. Dear grown up Netajis/ Politicians, peek into the laptops of your culturarised & ethicised kids & u'll get the bibliography of the projects they have been doing on pornographic websites, far more capable of hampering your culture. But do that only if you youself don't like those short skirts & bikinis. C'mmon be a sport!!!

People are raking in awesome moolah, the kind of which they never even imagined in their most absurd thoughts. Franchisees will break even in first season itself (courtesy: Mint newspaper). Players will take the baggage full of notes, the luggage they cant gather even with 5 years of service for their respective national teams. Advertisers get the never before viewership. TV channels get the best deal from advertisers. I don't see any nuclear war being created by IPL.

It's a true win win situation. Rest all is CRAP!!

All in All I enjoy watching the game for 3 hours. And I simply love it. But..... Pity Delhi lost. And I am not that much happy. I was in all support for my home team.

IPL fever will definitely come down with time. Who cares. We all are enjoying IPL & so shall the world. After all it's an Indian Child. Let it grow & prosper. Let India bag some more unadulterated fame. Thumps Up for IPL. I give 10 out of 10!!

I am all geared up for Chennai Super Kings Vs Rajasthan Royals clash in the finals. What about u?

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Touchwood

Eating, Sleeping, Reading, Blogging, Watching TV, spreading my resume in the circle are few countable things I have been doing all these days. But yesterday, I went for a long-long walk after a long-long time. All the while I enjoyed listening to Lisa Loeb & Ronan Keating. It's wonderfull that a homogeneous mixture of good music and fresh air can heal a lot. Despite not being single the songs made me to ponder a lot about the relationship of a girl & a boy & the various aspects of it. I am feeling quite creative now. I am finding new reasons to be happy.

I met ma ol friend today following a 100 km/hr bike ride to Golf Link. I played badminton too and I loved it. After all you do enjoy your victories & so did I, by winning 3 games straight. I have been a sports person :). Boasting isn't bad either. Following the sweat out shots, some one's suggestion of eating something good was the best possible thing to come up. And we went to a place which was very new to me, somewhere in the southern part of Delhi. A decent long roadside market with so many eateries, a continuous nearly endless lane. I zeroed upon the chinese "Chow Chow". We munched, nibbled, grabbed, ate, swallowed Momos- fried & steamed both. We springed upon spring rolls too & had 2 litre coke among 4 of us... & we were all full.... total tunnnnnn, not with spirit but with the roadside fast food :) & for sweets we had li'l laughter.

I came across many interesting blogs all the while & one post from Phoenix's blog I just felt like reading twice....

Let's build a new world
Let's think a fresh thought
Let's break another rule
Let's water an old drought
Let's smile a new smile
Let's wipe every tear
Let's fight a new fight
Let's bring someone near
Let's just give one more shot
Let's discover a new stream
Let's just start from scratch
Let's dream a new dream
Today, let's try.

I also realized that calvin & hobbes are witty yet so practical by reading so much of their stuff on so many blogs.... One that I can so easily relate is...

Calvin: Why did evolution give us something like a sense of humour? Because if we couldn’t laugh at things that didn’t make sense, we wouldn’t be able to react to most part of life.

Isn't that lovely.....?

bas yuhin hanse ja rahe hain....love kiye ja rahe hain....zindagi ke maje liye ja rahe hain!!
Koi fikar nahi....koi parwaah nahi....bas aish kiye ja rahe hain!!!

Perfect sign of 'good times approaching'....
Touchwood

Monday, May 26, 2008

the search is on...

He sits back, aggression & passion at a new low which is totally strange to him. Nights have been swapped by days & vice-versa. Coz he's liking it being alone, staying awake late nights & sleeping or watching TV during day. Because he has no answers to people's most obvious questions which come up at this point of life.

Leaning back, deep thoughts follow deep breaths & he stands & walks with lot less emotions. Things aren't bad but they aren't good either. He has surrendered to neutral mode. Still loving to read things, whatever he gets from newspapers to magazines to blogs, love for sleep has also increased exponentially. Patience has always stayed far, he tries to get closer to it, but simply can't hug it. He can't hug patience, he can't. Need things to be turned around, need that li'l good to neutralize all that has happened.

Thank God there's IPL to give him some time pass.
Match 53: Mumbai Indians lost to Jaipur Royals.
Outcome : We Delhi Daredevils are into semi's.

Plunges on a chilled Pepsi can at 1.30 in the night, sipping it gives him nice soothing sensation. And he free falls on bed while listening 'I am with you' by Avril... the search is on... the prayers are on...