A load of crap from an idle brain

The final battle lines are drawn. Its Rajasthan versus Chennai to decide the champions of the inagural Indian Premier League. Both won their respective one-sided pathetic semi finals. I never thought Chennai would reach the finals. But then, stranger things have happened in this IPL.

So, now my favourites change to the Chennai Super Kings All for just one reason. Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

Let the battle begin.

Above picture from the IPL T20 website

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Some sense has dawned on the Deccan Chargers and Gilchrist has been made the captain. Of course, the real reason is that Laxman is injured, but then its better that even if Laxman is playing, he should never be the captain. He cant even guarantee his place in a 50 over game, forget a T20 match.

Finally Deccan Chargers have registered their 2nd win. Hope they can maintain the tempo. 7 more matches to go and DC has to make sure that they win all the remaining games and hope that the opposition makes mistakes so that they can move into the semi finals.

The most heartening aspect of the DC games have been the consistency of Rohit Sharma. He is indeed the find of the tournament. Gibbs, Afridi and Styris desperately need to fire, now that most of the Australian, Kiwis and West Indians have gone back for national duty. This is the right time to go in for the kill and pick up the wins. And please, can someone kick out that bugger called Arjun Yadav from the team. A bloody parasite who is in the team just because his father Shivlal Yadav is the head of the Hyderabad Cricket Board. Cant bat, cant bowl, cant field. Like father, like son. Morons.

Go Chargers Go

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The Homemaker had tagged me on this. Long time, i haven’t done any tags. So, here it goes…

Eight things I am passionate about

1. Movies
2. Sports
3. Books
4. Blogging
5. Food
6. Child and women’s empowerment
7. My family
8. Gym
9. Investing. Yup, i have an extra passion

Eight things I want to do before I die

1. Adopt a child legally. Preferably, a girl child.
2. Travel to eastern Europe.
3. Take a bike and drive the whole length and breadth of India. Stay overnight in some tiger sanctuary and see the animals up close in their natural habitat.
4. Direct a movie. I have some pretty controversial topics in my mind.
5. Retire at 40. Wake up at 0900 hrs daily, have breakfast, switch on CNBC at 1000 hrs. Watch the market and invest. Stop work at 1530 hrs when the stock market closes. Work only 5 days a week.
6. Build a 6 pack ab.
7. Watch an India that treats every human being equally. Where no one is discriminated based on their race, region, religion, caste, creed, sexual orientation, political or other beliefs.
8. Write a will that will donate all my earnings to charity. All that my kids will get will be a good education and some money in the bank as safety deposit. If i ever have my own business, they will be run by professionals and not by my kids just because they are my kids.

Eight things I say often

1. Shucks
2. F*** you
3. Gimme a ring later
4. Freakin hell
5. Nee pani bagundi raa (Telugu)
6. Inkem raa (Telugu)
7. C****** hai kya be (Hyderabadi lingo)
8. Teri joint mein grease (Hyderabadi lingo)

Eight books I have read recently

1. Eleven Minutes – Paulo Coelho
2. Reluctant Fundamentalist – Mohsin Hamid
3. Freakonomics – Steven Levitt
4. Barefoot Investor – Scott Pape
5. Undercover Economist – Tim Harford
6. It happened in India – Kishore Biyani
7. Lots of MBA books – IGNOU
8. We are like that only – Rama Bijapurkar (now reading)

Eight songs I could listen to over and over

Hardly any. I easily get bored after listening to a song 4-5 times. No matter how good/bad it is.

Eight things that attract me to my friends

Let my friends tell that about me. Its not for me to speak about myself.

Four people I think should do this tag

Akhil
Dinsan
Ramya

and anyone else who wants to do it, please go ahead.

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Is this the reason why Deccan Chargers lost both its opening matches?

Pictures courtesy: Great Andhra

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Some pictures of the new Hyderabad airport from the airport’s website.

One of the world’s largest cargo planes, the Antonov at the new Hyderabad airport

Hard Rock Cafe

Plaza Premium Lounge

Coffee Bean

IIFA Bar

Indian Paradise Food Court

International Arrival Baggage Carousel

Duty Free Shopping

Duty Free Shopping

The first commercial flight “Lufthansa” at the new Hyderabad airport.

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Am back in Singapore. Since it was a night flight and i have difficulty sleeping while flying, came home and slept for another 3 hours so as to get some semblance of normalcy. The tough part of getting myself ready for my marriage starts now. The tentative date has been set for 14th July. I still cant believe that I got engaged already

The whole thing looks so surreal. I suddenly have another pair of parents. My family has suddenly extended with so many relatives who are constantly being introduced to me. Since Iam someone who has difficulty remembering names, its funny when I meet people again. I can remember their faces very well, but cannot find their corresponding names.

Things change. You are suddenly not the same person anymore. You just cant simply jump a job or plan a move to another city/country, or just pack you bags and go on a holiday. There is someone who has become a significant part of your life.

All these years, all the marriages that i have attended have been where i just put my feet up and relaxed. Here suddenly, i was thrust into the limelight with pictures being clicked and the videographer thrusting his camera and the extra spot light into our faces. We are sitting on the dias with more than a hundred people looking on and passing comments about both of us.

Anyways, almost everyone goes through this ritual at least once in their lifetimes. And am sure, everyone might have had the same feelings. Meanwhile, I still have one paper of MBA pending in June. Hope i can find enough motivation to study well and clear the paper this time itself. Hope i can also find time to write the NSE exams that i had planned for earlier. Maybe on my next trip home, i need to find some time to write them.

Meanwhile, i landed at the new Hyderabad airport on this trip. Just one word to describe it. Fabulous. True, its not a patch on the Singapore airport, but its surely the best in India. The airport is very big, airy, spacious, metal and glass monster. The roof is beautiful and wavy, the shops are still coming up. Service is damn good by the GMR personnel. I took a few pictures of the airport on my lousy O2 cellphone camera. A bit shaky, but still good.

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