Dec 23, 2009
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Sep 26, 2009
Free Streaming Live ICC champions Trophy 2009
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Jul 13, 2009
Too Much Excitement for One Week-End
After a 7 month stint at 47[D] Crystal Brook Way I moved out to a new apartment in Marlborough; 12 Royal Crest Dr.
I had to move out as the owner at Crystal Brook Way was expecting his parents from India for the next couple of months. Hence on 25th April 2009 I packed my bags after returning from office on that Friday and called Rajat to come pick me up as he was already living in Royal Crest. On reaching my new home I just dumped everything in my room and had some food and went to bed a little early at about 10PM as I was too tiered after all the packing and moving. My other roomie had some plans for the week-end so he left with his friend.
Wake Up call!!
The morning I woke up to a loud knocking sound on our door.At first I was very angry/irritated as to who the f***k is this guy knocking so loud so early on a Saturday morning.As I was walking towards the door I was slowly getting my senses back and realized there was some kind of alarm that was going on. I was surprised to see a Big Fat Fireman when peeped through the doors peep hole. He said " Sir, You have get out of the apartment right now, there has been a fire in the building". With out fully realizing what he was saying I instinctively grabbed my cell phone and keys and rushed out. On my way out I could see black smoke coming out of the basement but no flames though.
Thank God for the Smoke Alarm
Upon reaching to the front of my building I saw two fire trucks , 3/4 police cars and all the residents of my apt standing on the road[The pics posted above are real life pics, taken with my cell phone camera]. I went to a person and asked How did the fire start? he said " I don't know there was some smoke in the basement which triggered the smoke alarm and notified the fire dept." I used get annoyed with the smoke alarms complaining [read going off] for every little speck of smoke coming out of the kitchen like when I made a "chapati" bit too crispy in the morning while making lunch or giving a "KADAK tadka" to the Daal etc. OK, I agree is was more than a speck of smoke but I still thought it to be a nuisance rather than a life saver as it turned out to be for the residents of 12 Royal Crest Dr on that fateful day. All the desis staying in my building were all praise for the smoke alarm, me included.
The Culprit.
After 2 cold hours outside the fire officers allowed us into the building after they cleared up all the smoke and put out the fire source. When I re-entered i went directly to the basement to see what had caused the fire. It was the dryer in the basement. Seems like some one was trying to save one buck on dry cleaning and had put in woolens inside the dryer in spite of the printed caution[in bold RED fonts] not to do so.Due to the hot air the woolen cloths melted and jammed the dryer and that caused the machine to spark /fume and hence the smoke and fire. And from the half burnt cloths lying there ; it was anybody's guess that fool was a DESI.
Lesson learned : "Don't dry your woolens against the caution in the basement dryer unless you want to burn the house down."
Jun 23, 2009
Watch Rath Jatra Live online- The Festival of Chariots of Lord Jagannatha
Rath Jatra - The Festival of Chariots
of Lord Jagannatha Celebrating on
24th June 2009 at Puri, Orissa From 8:30 AM IST Onwords.
May lord Jagannath Bless you.
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of Lord Jagannatha Celebrating on
24th June 2009 at Puri, Orissa From 8:30 AM IST Onwords.
May lord Jagannath Bless you.
Live Web Cast is brought to you courtesy National Informatics center.
Apr 23, 2009
IPL 2009:Kolkata Knight Riders v Rajasthan Royals Video Highlights
Kolkata Knight Riders v Rajasthan Royals Video Highlights
Unbelievable match. Really astounding. Incredible scenes at the end. Finally the IPL has come alive. Kolkata were well on course when Gayle was firing on all cylinders. Then enter the magician Warne, he nips out Gayle. Ganguly played an amazing innings as he silenced all his critics. Yashpal Singh opened the door for Royals with a poor stroke. Kamran Khan bowled a splendid final over. It was 2 from 2 when Ganguly edged one to the keeper. Ishant strode in and looked to have won it for KKR with a firm drive, enter Warne again with a diving stop. Kamran Khan kept his nerve to relay the ball back to the keeper to run out Ishant.
Rajasthan Innings
Kolkata Innings
Super Over
Solitude
The very word solitude has a whole new meaning for me now. Its not that I have never been alone before, I was on many occasions, but there would always be someone a friend, a colleague or some known face around when I needed someone to talk to or just be with.
And for some reason I liked my freedom to be myself when I was alone; I liked the idea that I can do what ever I want and nobody to question or stop me.
I saw a whole new face of solitude when my room-mate [Waman] left for India in December 08 and subsequently returned to another state. First I thought it wont make me anymore lonely than I have always been; but boy was I wrong this time. First few days went kind of OK I tried to make most of my days alone and would watch movies all week-end long or just lay in the bed the whole week-end getting out only to eat but as it was core winter in Mass probably there was not much I could have done.
Slowly as the weather started getting better my misery kept growing too. Weekdays would go great, I spent most of the day in office and I would have some company at home in the form of Arun my house owner. But the week-end would haunt me. I started doing all kind of stuff just to keep myself busy during the week-end. I would make strict schedules for the mundane chores like washing and pressing cloths, preparing food, cutting nails, polishing my shoes and would you believe even eating. I would set alarms for each of the tasks and force myself to finish them on schedule. It seemed to work for some weeks but then I started loosing the motivation to follow this insane schedule.
Just to avoid getting over bored I would talk to strangers in public chat rooms in streaming sites [justin.tv etc], go and wander outside even it’s snowing heavily, eat chips as if I have nothing else to eat, I would curse myself constantly for not being forthcoming and not being able make friends easily and quickly. All this craziness forced me to talk to people I would never talked to otherwise and that was good in a way as I made new friends[Sanga] to whom I can talk to or chat with anytime I feel like. My friend Rajat also started coming to my place some week-ends and the three of us Rajat, Sanga and me would go out some times together. Things started getting to the usual again. I can't thank them enough.
After going through all this I think I am finally at peace with my self or at least I hope I am. :)
And for some reason I liked my freedom to be myself when I was alone; I liked the idea that I can do what ever I want and nobody to question or stop me.
I saw a whole new face of solitude when my room-mate [Waman] left for India in December 08 and subsequently returned to another state. First I thought it wont make me anymore lonely than I have always been; but boy was I wrong this time. First few days went kind of OK I tried to make most of my days alone and would watch movies all week-end long or just lay in the bed the whole week-end getting out only to eat but as it was core winter in Mass probably there was not much I could have done.
Slowly as the weather started getting better my misery kept growing too. Weekdays would go great, I spent most of the day in office and I would have some company at home in the form of Arun my house owner. But the week-end would haunt me. I started doing all kind of stuff just to keep myself busy during the week-end. I would make strict schedules for the mundane chores like washing and pressing cloths, preparing food, cutting nails, polishing my shoes and would you believe even eating. I would set alarms for each of the tasks and force myself to finish them on schedule. It seemed to work for some weeks but then I started loosing the motivation to follow this insane schedule.
Just to avoid getting over bored I would talk to strangers in public chat rooms in streaming sites [justin.tv etc], go and wander outside even it’s snowing heavily, eat chips as if I have nothing else to eat, I would curse myself constantly for not being forthcoming and not being able make friends easily and quickly. All this craziness forced me to talk to people I would never talked to otherwise and that was good in a way as I made new friends[Sanga] to whom I can talk to or chat with anytime I feel like. My friend Rajat also started coming to my place some week-ends and the three of us Rajat, Sanga and me would go out some times together. Things started getting to the usual again. I can't thank them enough.
After going through all this I think I am finally at peace with my self or at least I hope I am. :)
Apr 18, 2009
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Mar 3, 2009
Black Day for Cricket
A bloody attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team's bus in Pakistan has rocked the sport and cast doubt on future tours to the terrorism-plagued country.A dozen masked men with rifles, grenades and rocket launchers yesterday ambushed the team's convoy close to the main sports stadium in the eastern city of Lahore on the third day of the second test against Pakistan.
Eight people were killed and at least six players wounded as police fought off the attackers in a 15-minute battle in which a rocket narrowly missed the team bus."It was terrible. The van driver died in front of us. I am lost for words," Australian umpire Steve Davis said.
Masked attackers crept through trees as they fired guns and grenades.
"There was a blast first, then we heard firing. A rocket launcher was also fired at the bus which narrowly missed"
The injured players included captain Mahela Jayawardene, vice-captain Kumar Sangakkara, Thilan Samaraweera, Chaminda Vaas, Ajantha Mendis and Tharanga Paranavitana.
Samaraweera and Paranavitana were taken to hospital with shrapnel wounds in the chest and leg respectively. The rest of the Sri Lankan tour was canceled.
The New Zealand and Indian cricket teams donned black armbands at the halfway point of their one-day match in Napier last night as a mark of respect for their Sri Lankan counterparts and those killed in the attack.
And lets not for get why the Sri Lankan Cricket team were there. It could have been the indian crciket team if they had not canceled their tour to Pakistan. Srilanka was merely covering for India.Any which way this has been a BLACK day for Cricket. Most certainly it would work as the death nail in the coffin of already frail Pakistan cricket and also raises doubts about Pakistan hosting matches for the 2011 ICC cricket World Cup.
ICC should seriously consider banning Pakistan from hosting international cricket no country will be willing to play in Pakistan anyway.This would invariably affect the sense of safety international players felt in spite all the terror incidents due to the mad love of people in the sub-continent[India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka] for cricket as this was a direct attack on cricketers.
Eight people were killed and at least six players wounded as police fought off the attackers in a 15-minute battle in which a rocket narrowly missed the team bus."It was terrible. The van driver died in front of us. I am lost for words," Australian umpire Steve Davis said.
Masked attackers crept through trees as they fired guns and grenades.
"There was a blast first, then we heard firing. A rocket launcher was also fired at the bus which narrowly missed"
The injured players included captain Mahela Jayawardene, vice-captain Kumar Sangakkara, Thilan Samaraweera, Chaminda Vaas, Ajantha Mendis and Tharanga Paranavitana.
Samaraweera and Paranavitana were taken to hospital with shrapnel wounds in the chest and leg respectively. The rest of the Sri Lankan tour was canceled.
The New Zealand and Indian cricket teams donned black armbands at the halfway point of their one-day match in Napier last night as a mark of respect for their Sri Lankan counterparts and those killed in the attack.
And lets not for get why the Sri Lankan Cricket team were there. It could have been the indian crciket team if they had not canceled their tour to Pakistan. Srilanka was merely covering for India.Any which way this has been a BLACK day for Cricket. Most certainly it would work as the death nail in the coffin of already frail Pakistan cricket and also raises doubts about Pakistan hosting matches for the 2011 ICC cricket World Cup.
ICC should seriously consider banning Pakistan from hosting international cricket no country will be willing to play in Pakistan anyway.This would invariably affect the sense of safety international players felt in spite all the terror incidents due to the mad love of people in the sub-continent[India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka] for cricket as this was a direct attack on cricketers.
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