Henry David Thoreau

“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practise resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartan-like as to put to rout all that was not life, to cut a broad swath and shave close, to drive life into a corner, and reduce it to its lowest terms.”

Ind Vs Aus 2011 Quarter finals

Man, I didn't believe we could win. Come on, against Aussies, give me a break! But we did actually. :) When we were about to win, I couldn't feel pity for Ponting. After all there are 3 time champions. But we survived. And we won! I couldn't believe it. It's overall team effort. It was Sachin plus Gambir plus Yuvraj, all together gave us a win. Anyway, like everyone says, the 'better team won'

Favorite Quote

One of my all time favorite quotes by Henry Thoreau. Whenever I read it, it inspires me and keeps me motivated.

“I went to the woods because I wanted to live deliberately, I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, To put to rout all that was not life and not when I had come to die, discover that I had not lived.”

He did it!

Oh man, it's so long back since I blogged. Maybe I didn't find anything bloggable. Today I got my chance.

What else could it be huh? Sachin!! He has scored the one thing that had been unattainable. Not that he was looking for it. So many times we have watched in recent times that he got so tired after a century. How did it happen now? At a least expected moment, at a time when Sehwag or Gambhir were most likely to reach this milestone. Anyway, the one person who expected it was me. Believe me, I somehow knew he's gonna make it this time when I saw him reach his century.

I still remember those days, we got up early, took a neat bath and anxiously waited for Sachin to come out and play his innings. And feeling of despair when he got out early! That's so unbearable. Not just for us but for everyone else in the team. That's why we lost so many matches. Not because of Sachin. But because of his influence he had on the team. Everytime I look at him now, I just hope he could be just our Sachin of those days!

I know, he won't give up until he wins us a world cup. Hope God give him the energy to continue until that time!

Tribute to Sarma

Yesteraday turned out to be a sad day for all of us. Our dear colleague Sarma had passed away. He was such a wonderful person, cheerful all the time. I remember whenever I go to him and crack a joke, he used to laugh out so loudly. I had once approached him and told him the one thing most definitely I like about him is his pleasantness and laughter. He laughs at every thing, such a lovely personality. The office was totally depressed about the news. It was a sad day for all of us. May God be with him.

A Important lesson learnt from Sarma, no matter how big your personal problems are, you always maintain cheerfulness and keep working.

Rain

Monsoon rains have started in Hyd now. It's so good to see the rain after so long. There is something about this rain, that brings life back into your life. I don't know what, but I like to wake up hearing the sound the rain.

It's nostalgic, maybe because I don't have to go to school that day. Regardless, sometimes I like to soak up in rain and sometimes I just feel like reclining under the bed against the backdrop of the sound, knowing fully well that I am well protected. A deep sense of security overwhelms me.

Sometimes, I just like to peek outside the window with a cup of steaming coffee in my hand and watching those flowing waters and ripples all around it. Rain means so much to so many people and animal as well as plant life. I just can't really pinpoint why we all like rain but it is what it is. I don't care, I just wanna enjoy rain and go to sleep now.

Street Smarts

IF God asked me "if you wanted to have one thing, what that would be". I would say I wanted to be a street smart. Nothing less, nothing more. I need no money. I need no fame (good fame I mean), I need no, well that's pretty much it. With that and with others I already possess, I could easily survive. And get whatever I want. Because then it would have given me the ability to trust the right person. And most importantly the courage to stand up for the music instead of running away :)

I have observed street smartness in action in one of my friend. We landed in CBE from US with so many luggages and stuff. At the airport, we were approached by several auto and taxi wallahs. My friend avoided two of them who tried to lend their hands with our luggages. Those guys wanted the business badly or it maybe their way of snatching away. Many people would have just accepted their invitation and gave them what they wanted. But the problem with this, you lose the leverage. So my friend picked the one who is idle, now he had the leverage. He was able to negotiate a reasonable price. My dad uses the same technique. They are all street smarts.

I lack this completely. Psychologists say that there is a phase in child's growth where the child would assume it is the center of the world. ie all events external to it are revolving around it. Slowly, it realizes that this is not true and starts adapting itself with the world, realizing that it is part of the world. This phase develops when the child spends lot of time with other kids or meet newer people. Sometime for someone like me, transition from center of the world phase to this phase do not happen timely or completely. The main effect of this when the kid grows into an adult is that he or she feel isolated from the group most of the times. And during trying times, the person faces the problems all alone. The strength to survive comes from within than without.