Karma

"The effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation"

That's the definition you would get when you search for the definition of the word 'Karma' in Google dictionary. The only thing I would differ from this definition is the last part, i.e. not in 'next incarnation' but I believe it happens in the present life itself.

Okay, why am I talking about karma now.... Am I getting philosophical? No, no, no, no, no….. I have been thinking about these things lately and I kinda feel all these really true and works. I have been thinking about what has been happening to me all these years right from the day I was able to understand things around me. I am going to be 25 and I can swear that I haven’t faced any significant trouble in my life so far, that’s right you heard me, I have got almost everything in my life. Most of all I had the basic essentials – people, food, shelter and money. I never had any struggle for these things and all I had to do was study which I guess I did good.

But other than that, have I been doing things which would have been helpful to others or at least in anyway didn’t bother anyone in their work. This is the big question. That’s where the Karma comes in. As I said I am 25 now and half my life is over and I believe all my actions till now would have created my Karma for my rest of the life. Now just looking at where I stand and think about where I wish to be, is a complete mismatch.

So thinking about this, kinda freaks me and feel bad for my actions all these times. But there is nothing much I can do about it other than realizing it, at least NOW!!!!! I hope all these things are not true and things will get better for me but something tells me that it’s going to be a tough road ahead of me in the years to come by.

Today's Post: Fake IPL Player

Here is the today's post of Fake IPL player's blog. Have fun.

In Jo'burg now. The plot seems to be thickening. On the flight, Lordie, Bhookha and Skipper were sitting in different corners. No words exchanged between any of them. Bhookha and coach had another round of discussions with Dildo. Apparently, they tried to explain to Dildo how Lordie doesn't fit into the scheme of things anymore. The top four batters will be the phoren brigade, given that Pussy is now with us. And for lower order, we need guys who can run fast, take quick singles and twos. So, Bhookha is of the view that there's no place for Lordie.

Dildo is wary of any more public fury. He has told Bhookha that he is free to take any decision he wants, but if it backfires Bhookha will have to face severe consequences. Skipper wasn't part of this discussion. I hear that Dildo called up Skipper separately and asked for his opinion. Skipper seems to have said that if Lordie doesn't fit in the lower order, he will have to come up and probably even open, if reqd. But there's no question of dropping Lordie. Not sure if Skipper and Bhookha have exchanged notes on this as they have been keeping a certain distance from one another lately. I don't think we have seen the last of this episode.

Bhookha isn't done yet, guys. He has a new friend on the block, none other than the Durbaan of Patiala. Bhookha and Durbaan Ji have lately been SMSing each other more than even Bombay teenaged girls on Virgin Mobile.

News from the Bubblies is that the Prince has reduced Durbaan's role to durbaangiri and nothing more. Durbaan is none too pleased and has been confiding in Vakeel Saab and Lady Jaya. Vakil Saab, who is the favourite huggy buggy, squeeze boy of Babli these days, has relayed the news to Babli. Not that Babli can do much abt it. Bunty controls the ship and Babli doesn't control Bunty anymore.

Anyway, Bhookha and Durbaan are writing a detailed Memo that they'll send to Saala Slimeball and his technical committee for next yr's competition. One of the points being allowing more foreigners in the side. Other points include removal of the icon player concept from next yr itself, reduction of strategy time break, higher level of media gagging, and removal of biased commentators who influence public opinion. (Not sure if FIP is worthy enough to find a place in this new Bible they are authoring). If Bhookha's still reading the blog, I'd like to slip in a couple of suggestions from my side that may dramatically change our fortunes next year. One, allowing overage, underfit players to wear roller skates while fielding. Two, allowing wicket keepers to wear gloves even if when they aren't keeping wickets.

Finally, as they say in English, "Form is temporary, class is permanent". Or, as they say in Hindi "Appam ka Samay aur Chutiya hamesha kat-ta hai". Appam's done it again. First, he messes with a guy twice his size who has just belted him for sixes & fours, and then he goes to Cool Dude asking about his chances of making it to the T20 WC team if the main bowler doesn't recover in time. Cool Dude just laughed it off saying that he doesn't plan on visiting the match referee during the T20 WC.

Match Day tomorrow. You’ll see what’s in store for Lordie.

Till then, adios

F1 Update

After the long wait on 15th April, the FIA have announced the diffuser used by Brawn GP, Toyota and Williams as legal and within the restrictions of the FIA. Earlier Ferrari with other teams filled a complaint against the Brawn GP for its use of diffuser claiming it to be against the rules. But as everyone expected it was ruled legal today. This is definitely a big blow to the current world champion, Ferrari, who are yet to score a point in the 2009 season.

So because of this I am expecting another cake walk for the Brawn and other diffuser mates to increase their lead in the points table. But there are reports that Renault have been working on their own diffuser for quite some time and there is quite a chance that we might see them in this race weekend at China. Whatever it is, the top teams, both Ferrari and Mclaren, would be just trying to score points this weekend rather than trying for podium position. Can't wait for the weekend race to begin!!!!!!!!!

Silence Ended.......

Its been a long time since I visited my own blog. There have been lot many things happening around me in the past four to five months but that isn't the only reason why I didn't blog for a long time. Things didn't go in the way I expected them to be but still I am kicking and hanging around. I wish to end the long silence in my blog with this entry and pledged myself to be sincerely in updating things in this page more often than before (but I am not sure how long I would be able to keep up with this promise of mine).

The new F1 season is really exciting with a lot of controversy right at the beginning of the season itself, so probably I would be blogging a lot about it. And also the IPL - 2 is about to kick start in another couple of weeks and that could also be fun. Other than these I guess I would scribble about my stupid thoughts now and then. So finally with the hope of updating my blog in another tho or three days , I am ending this entry.

Men's Perspective

David Bissonette:
When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her.

Sacha Guitry:
After marriage, husband and wife become two sides of a coin; they just can't face each other, but still they stay together.

By all means marry. If you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher. Socrates

Woman inspires us to great things, and prevents us from achieving them.

Dumas:
The great question... which I have not been able to answer... is, "What does a woman want?

Sigmund Freud:
I had some words with my wife, and she had some paragraphs with me.

Anonymous:
"Some people ask the secret of our long marriage. We take time to go to a restaurant two times a week. A little candlelight, dinner, soft music and dancing. She goes Tuesdays, I go Fridays."

Sam Kinison:
"There's a way of transferring funds that is even faster than electronic banking. It's called marriage."

James Holt McGavran:
"I've had bad luck with both my wives. The first one left me, and the second one didn't."

Patrick Murray:
Two secrets to keep your marriage brimming
1. Whenever you're wrong, admit it,
2. Whenever you're right, shut up.

Nash:
The most effective way to remember your wife's birthday is to forget it once...

Anonymous:
You know what I did before I married? Anything I wanted to.

Henny Youngman:
My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met.

Rodney Dangerfield:
A good wife always forgives her husband when she's wrong.

Anonymous:
A man inserted an 'ad' in the classifieds: "Wife wanted". Next day he received a hundred letters. They all said the same thing: "You can have mine."

Anonymous:
First Guy (proudly): "My wife's an angel!"
Second Guy: "You're lucky, mine's still alive."

Scotch

A man walked into a bar and ordered a twelve-year old scotch. As the bartender was busy, he decided to serve the guy whatever he had under his hand.

The fellow took a sip, spat it out, and told the bartender, "I asked for a twelve-year old scotch and not a three year-old one.

"When the bartender heard that, he checked the bottle and was amazed that the fellow was right -- he had served him a three-year old scotch. The bartender wanted to see how good the fellow was, so he served him another scotch, this one a six-year old.

The guy had a sip and spat it out, complaining, "I asked for a twelve-year old scotch and not a six-year old one."

The bartender was surprised by how good this fellow was. So the barman decided to play one more little game. He served the customer a nine-year-old scotch instead of a twelve-year old one as requested.

The fellow had a sip and spat it out, stating, "I think I asked for a twelve-year old scotch and not a nine-year old one."

The bartender was very impressed and finally served him the demanded twelve-year-old scotch.

The customer took a sip and added, "This is what I asked in the first place.

"At the end of the counter sat a man who had witnessed this scene. He sent a tumbler to the scotch expert and asked him to have a sip.

The fellow did so and spat it out and said, "Good Lord, that's piss."

The other man added, "Now tell me how old I am."

Ooooooooo !!!!!

How did your cereal taste this morning?

Halloween

Haunted houses, devils, demons, wicked witch and all other things which relate to horror would be perfect representation of Halloween. People get dressed up like all kinds of different characters. As far as I have seen over the years, the character which people dress up very frequently are dead man, wicked witch, Egyptian king/queen, roman empire, superman, spider man, batman/bat woman, cop, doctor, construction worker and many many more. But one character which was a new one this year and was quite famous was Sarah Palin. Yes! that's right, the vice-president candidate for the republican party in this election. 

Festival of lights - Deepavali

Wish you all a prosperous and safe DEEPAVALI!!!!!!!

Vinayaga Chaturthi

Shuklambaradharam Vishnum

Shashivarnam Chaturbhujam

Prasannavadanam Dhyaayeth

Sarvavighnopashantaye

He who is attired in a white garment

Who is all-pervading and has the complexion of the moon

Who has four arms and a bright and gracious countenance

On him we mediate for the removal of obstacles

Chumma....

Long time, long long time. Almost 4 months without blogging. In the last 4 months I came across variety of topics on which I wanted to blog but due to my laziness I didnt. The worst thing is I even stopped checking my friends blogs who have been doing their updating regularly. Only myself to blame for all these.

Right now I have too many things running in my mind to write about one particular thing. The good thing that happened to me in the recent past was my visit to India and the time I spent with my family and friends. Other than it is great to get back over here in Lincoln and continue the routine sucking life. But still I enjoy it.

I always wish to write a blog like how my friends and others write. There is something which my blog misses all the time. I defintely dunno what, but mine is plain crap. Even I cant read mine and how I am supposed to expect others to read mine. Sometimes I think that my verbal language is weak and plain. So do I need to use new words from dictionary and have new creative phrases which would attract people???? No, simply because it does not reflect me. I never use all those things. I am just a simple guy.

Then how the hell, can I make my blog as interetsing as others???? Or do I have to?????

Happy Deepavali...

Hey wish you all a happy and prosperous deepavali!!!

Emergency in Pakistan

Emergency in Pakistan, is it something new? Naahhh, it’s the fifth or sixth time after the 60 years of independence. So this time when I heard it, I said what’s the big deal. I was not serious what’s so ever. But when I sat down and thought about this one especially the time at which this one is being brought, I can’t take this one so easily.

I think there are lot of difference between the previous emergencies and this one. This one is forced on for one man’s shear obsession to power – Gen. Musharaf. It’s quite obvious, there can't be any second thoughts on this, even if you are his supporter. Though he ruled the nation for almost 9 years and didn’t do much significant development for the nation, still he is reluctant to give away this throne.

Second thing that comes to my mind is the un-stability that’s prevailing in the Pakistan. Also one should remember this is the first time Pakistan with the knowledge and owning bunch of nuclear weapons enters emergency. Since I am from India, this thought makes me more nervous. But anyone could say that we don’t see any chance of war because of this emergency.

For all of you, think about the Kargil war against India under the same Gen. Musharaf rule. For me I interpret that war as a justification from the General’s side when people started asking about his action at that time. So I fear of a war between India and Pakistan just to distract the people of the nation since he is not able to justify his current action.

So what’s the solution for this problem? Is there any solution for this problem? With the current structure of Pakistan government, I fear this could continue forever. Couple of days back a party person of Ex-Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sheriff said that its impossible to run a democratic government in Pakistan without the intervention and dependence of the military in all its action. Thus to run a democratic nation in Pakistan, the fundamental structure needs to be changed.

And when this happens, we should be able to see a change in the way the government runs hopefully in a good way.

The Husband Store...

A store that sells husbands has just opened in New York City, where a woman may go to choose a husband. Among the instructions at the entrance is a description of how the store operates. You may visit the store ONLY ONCE!

There are six floors and the attributes of the men increase as the shopper ascends the flights. There is, however, a catch. ... You may choose any man from a particular floor, or you may choose to go up a floor, but you cannot go back down except to exit the building! So, a woman goes to the Husband Store to find a husband. .

On the first floor the sign on the door reads:
Floor 1 - These men have jobs and love the Lord.

The second floor sign reads:
Floor 2 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, and love kids.

The third floor sign reads:
Floor 3 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, and are extremely good looking.

"Wow," she thinks, but feels compelled to keep going.

She goes to the fourth floor and sign reads:
Floor 4 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, are drop- dead good looking and help with the housework.

"Oh, mercy me!" she exclaims, "I can hardly stand it!"

Still, she goes to the fifth floor and sign reads:
Floor 5 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, are drop- dead gorgeous, help with the housework, and have a strong romantic streak.

She is so tempted to stay, but she goes to the sixth floor and the sign reads:
Floor 6 - You are visitor 4,363,012 to this floor. There are no men on this floor. This floor exists solely as proof that women are impossible to please.

Thank you for shopping at the Husband Store. Watch your step as you exit the building, and have a nice day!

Go Big Red!!!

ELECTRIFYING – You want to know how it feels??? Come and watch a Huskers football at Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, NE (Definitely a winning game, lol) I was told by everyone right from the day I landed here, GO AND WATCH A HUSKERS FOOTBALL GAME. But I wasn’t interested at all. First simply because I don’t know anything about the game and secondly I don’t think there is anything better than Cricket and F1. But right now I would say my thinking is dumb. Definitely American Football is interesting provided you have the atmosphere.

I have tried watching football on TV, but I cannot watch more than half hour. Its way different from watching it live among the 84,704 people shouting and cheering for the team. You may be telling me that it’s true for every other game too, but I feel this is different. The important things apart from the game, was the unofficial fight between the music bands of both teams, pre-match and break time performance by the cheer girls and band and finally the students.

Both the team’s music band were fighting to prove that they are the best. Definitely I can say one outplayed the other, but definitely it was fun watching them competing with each other. And then the twenty minutes pre-match performance was really good with colorful cheer girls and music band’s excellent performance with different formations. It was really superb.

The main reason behind my thrilling experience was the students. The way they dressed, the way they cheered, the way they shouted at opponents, the way they showed their anger and many more – Awesome. And finally I have to thank two people who made this possible was Sonny for giving me the ticket and Aravind Vishwanathan for accompanying to the game and answering all my stupid questions during the game.

And finally if you ask me is it better than cricket??? Be prepared to see me showing the finger to you. Cricket and F1 – Any day, Anytime.

India - Twenty20 World Champions

Wow!!! This is the only word I can say after seeing the nail biting finals between India and Pakistan in South Africa in which India took the trophy by just 5 runs. You can never ask for anything better than this.

This match had two main important things in it. One being the first twenty20 world cup and second, the clash between 60 year rival teams - India and Pakistan. But I have to say that it was pure cricket and nothing else. As everyone said it was cricket which won at the end and I completely agree with that.

I dunno how many beats my heart skipped during the final over of this match but it was worth it. I am still astonished by Indian team performance in this tour but at the same I dont want to praise them too much which may make them complacent.

Anyway thanks a lot to the Indian and Pakistan cricket team for entertaining all the cricket fans with a fabulous performance.

Beauty and Brain: Two ends of a spectrum

If you are still not convinced with the topic, don't worry, you will be on my side in a couple of minutes. Recent beauty contest in USA was perfect example of how beauty and brain can never go together. Check this video.

I am not sure what exactly was going on in her mind when she answered to this question but definitely it has worked for her, not in getting her the beauty tittle but in achieving fame, check the number of hits on her youtube video.

Wow!!! This makes me wonder what I should do to get famous. Lol!!!

60 years of Independence...

Coooooooool !!!

Formula one : Anything better than this? Nahhh!!!

It was of great pleasure to see F1 racing after a long long long time ( 2 years is longer than what I said over here, don't you think so? ). So enjoyed every bit of pre-race session and post-race session. It was awesome!!!. But the only thing which was missing in the whole race was the magic of my hero, MICHEAL SCHUMACHER. Yes he retired last year. The next person who comes to my mind after Schumi is Fernando Alonso who is currently driving for Mclaren Mercedes and last year's world champion.

Though Kimi (driving for Ferrari) is doing a great job, being Ferrari fanatic I wanna see someone repeat the magic, the aggression, the vengance in driving from a Ferrari driver. And I believe it can be done only by Alonso. I hope even Ferrari has ideas of roping him and signing a contract with him for the next season. That will be a treat for Formula One lovers and for sure everyone will go crazy.

But this new kid Lewis Hamilton( driving for Mclaren) is doing really good. Today's race was his third win in this season. What else you can ask from an debut driver? Also its nice to Mclaren back in form and giving tight fight for Ferrari.

Hoping for a great fight and a Ferrari win in the next ISTANBUL race on 26th of this month.

If not a good kisser, then loser!!!

I have started listening to the local FM station in my city. Its KFRX and pretty good especially the morning program in which the RJ's are doing a great job. I love the morning 2 hour program, its real fun. More than that they play all the hit songs(some are repeated often but I dont mind hearing good songs again. who would??? ) I have been listening to this radio station for the past two weeks and now I am kinda addicted to it. I go mad if I dont switch it on.

Also its very pleasant to listen to sonsg while working. Till now I didnt have an ipod or any walkman kinda thing to listen to songs but with my new mobile I am able to do it. In this same FM, there is a show in the evening where they ask the listeners all kinda crazy questions and they throw a bunch of facts especially about college students.

One of them was "80% of the relationship break because one of them is not a good kisser". Wow!!! Thats a piece of information. And listeners started to call the FM and pour in their views about it. And mainly girls started talking about how they dumped guys because they weren't a good kisser.

They were making fun of all their EX's and described how bad they were at kissing. Almost all the girls were saying the same thing and making fun but all of sudden a girl called up and she had a complete different opinion.

She said even she had came across a guy who wasn't great in kissing but instead of dumping that guy, she talked him into it and helped him out. Ooohhh!!! Thats great. Hats off to you. And she said thats what she would expect others also to do.

The reason why I am writing this is I myself dunno how good or bad I am at kissing. If I am bad, I wanna to be with one of those girls.