Sunday, October 26, 2008

ഞാനും സതീശനും, അല്ല സതീശന്‍ സായിപ്പും!!! ഭാഗം-2

For part one click here

സതീശന്‍ സായിപ്പ്‌ നാട്ടില്‍ എത്തിയിട്ട് മാസം രണ്ടു കഴിഞ്ഞു. സ്ഥലവും ഹോട്ടലും ഒക്കെ എവിടെ എന്ന് ആരോടും ചോദ്തികാതെ തന്നെ പോവാനും പഠിച്ചു...

അങ്ങനെ കാര്യങ്ങള്‍ ഒക്കെ നന്നായി പോവുമ്പോള്‍ ആണ് ഒരു ദിവസം എന്തോ പറഞ്ഞപ്പോ ഞാന്‍ കഫെ അപ്പര്‍ ക്രുസ്ടിന്ടെ കാര്യം എടുത്തു ഇട്ടതു...
സായിപ്പിന് ഒരു ഓര്‍മയും ഇല്ല ... ഇത് ഏതു ഹോട്ടല്‍ എന്ന ഡൌട്ട്!!!

നമ്മള്‍ അന്ന് പോയി സിസ്ലെര്‍ അടിച്ച സ്ഥലം എന്ന് പറഞ്ഞിട്ട് ഒന്നും മൂപ്പര്‍ക്ക് ഒരു ഐഡിയയും ഇല്ല.. മാസം ഒന്ന് ആയിട്ടില്ല അപ്പോഴേക്കും സായിപ്പ്‌ എല്ലാം മറന്നു...

എങ്ങനെ സായിപ്പിനെ കാര്യം പറഞ്ഞു മനസിലാക്കും?? സതീശാ പര നാറി.. നിന്‍റെ ഫുഡ് ഞങ്ങളാണ് സ്പോണ്‍സര്‍ ചെയ്തത്.. ഇപ്പൊ ഓര്‍മ വന്നോ എന്ന് ചോദിച്ചാലോ എന്ന് വിചാരിച്ചു...
മോശം അല്ലെ? നമ്മള്‍ ഇന്ത്യന്‍സ് തറ ആയി കൂടല്ലോ...

അപ്പോ ഒരു ഐഡിയ.. " ഡോണ്ട് യു റിമെംബര്‍‍, ത്രീ ഓഫ് അസ്‌, യു മി ആന്‍ഡ് ഷൌന്‍ വെന്റ്റ് ടുഗേതെര്‍ ‍.."
ഇപ്പോ ഓര്‍മവരും...

സായിപ്പിന്‍റെ മറുപടി.. "വിച്ച് ഷൌന്‍??"
ബെസ്റ്റ്!!!

"That bald headed guy!!" (കഷണ്ടി തലയന്‍ എന്ന്)..

എവിടെ !!!
സായിപ്പ്‌ എന്‍റെ അയല്‍വാസി ആയതു കൊണ്ട് എന്നെ അറിയില്ല എന്ന് പറഞ്ഞില്ല...ഭാഗ്യം

പാവം ഷൌന്‍ ഇത് കേട്ടാല്‍ ചങ്കു പൊട്ടി ചാവും.. അല്ലെങ്കില്‍ സായിപ്പിന്‍റെ കോളര്‍നു പിടിച്ചു അന്നത്തെ ഫുഡിന്റെ കാശു വാങ്ങും...

പക്ഷെ പറഞ്ഞിട്ട് എന്താ കാര്യം..

പിന്നെ പച്ച മലയാളത്തില്‍ ഞാന്‍ ചോദിച്ചു " എടാ സതീശാ സത്യം പറ നീ മലയാളീ അല്ലേടാ??""

Saturday, October 18, 2008

Spinned to death!!!

18 October 2008, 17:55
2nd Floor, Dorm 5, IIM-A

After the mid day nap, got up just to solve the trade-mogul puzzle ,else i would have slept for another hour. Puzzle for Day 5 is due in 5 minutes. To gain senses i need to wash my face at least. Two-three steps to the right of my room on the way to rest rooms i saw it,i couldn't believe my eyes. Am i still sleeping? Nopes..
It was true, there she lies upside down just to the left of rest room entrance door.
It was today afternoon that we had fight for her, me and my neighbour David and to my frustration, he won and i had to wait for 133 minutes as signaled by her.
And now..
I called out for help. . Guess David heard...

Two weeks back...
Inmates of Dorm-5 saw her for the first time. We had only seen the old grandma in first floor till date as far as washing and all was concerned. Now here she is and to the envy of guys in the first floor she will be serving the second floor. The brand new IFB Senorita DX fully automatic washing machine. Well packed and quality tested. Not yet installed because of some water inlet issues.

Today morning again when i got up from sleep, and at the same place two technicians were installing the new machine and even before that David had a bucket full of his stinky clothes ready. Its so unfair to this awesome machine(it was looking amazing), putting these stuffs upfront.
But the user manual had clearly mentioned about a test run to be performed before the first usage. One litre of water to be poured in chamber two then half a spoon of detergent and put the machine in 95degree cotton mode. Its for cleaning the machine after factory test run and so. I poured in water and the machine was started for the first time.It will take 133minutes.So i still stand a chance, or to be exact my clothes still stand a chance to get the first opportunity to be washed in the brand new one. All the shirts and shorts are fed up with the grand ma whirlpool i guess.

Then the off day just went by with assignments, chats and scraps..and sleeping.. And now i am here watching her off the ground. It was placed on the lifted floor part of keeping the washing machine itself. But i guess since the support was not good it lost its ground while spinning or was it a suicide kind of action, Guess those clothes of David made the warranty void!!! We slowly lifted it up. All the electrical connections and water inlet tube were broken. The same chamber in which i poured the first drop of water was twisted. The front door was unlock so David took his clothes out which were dried to perfection. It had done its first duty well, before the accident.

The concerned people will come and check it soon, sincerely hope nothing happened to it... Feeling a kind of pain, don't know why...

Anyways grandma whirlpool will wash my clothes today!!!

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

What the hell is cricket without him

I am not one, i guess there are millions who don't know the answer.


Whats Indian Cricket without Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar!!!.

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Indian cricket since 1989 is a name.. nothing more..Tendulkar. May be India had a won a world cup before his entry to the arena, and one of course with out him, the 20-20s which is not cricket. Its the 100% commercial and entertainment mode of the worlds best game.

I have vague memories of watching cricket matches before the 90s. But after that i started watching matches because of him. I am a part of a nation that fell in love with cricket because of him.

From the day i started watching sachin batting, for each ball he faces i am tensed. If something goes wrong, chances of victory goes down by a huge margin. Or is it because i am there just to watch him play!!!For all those who says Sachin never performs well in crucial matches or for those who says Sachin performs well only when others perform, i have a simple answer. When sachin is in good form, he makes the matches simple. We get a feeling we would have won the match so easily even if Sachin hadn't contributed. There would have been situations when things went wrong, sometimes we feel its lot in case of Sachin because it has been around 20 years. Even if he makes a mistake once in a while, this time period is so large a period for the stats to lie.

Few words for those who think its time for the new generation

Giving all respect to team India captain Dhoni, his decision making abilities n for all those victories he dedicated to his 'young' team. Just count on the opportunities he had till now, talking as a winning captain/man of the match. Simple counting the man of matches Tendulkar would make Dhoni feel small and as a regular viewer i can guarantee i have heard sachin speaking only about how well he got support from others or how well the ball was coming to bat. Where as Mr.Captain always tell about his team selection and about the young battalion. All the veterans were once sachin's seniors, or played and retired while he was still playing for the nation. I bet he never spoke a word mentioning he was better than them. Instead others spoke for him. They admired the genius. And for those who doubted his abilities he always answered with his bat.

As an Indian cricket fan, i seriously wonder why the selectors are in a hurry to make Indian cricket charmless.

What can replace the master blaster??

The question is clearly phrased, its not "who", but a "what" that can replace Sachin. I guess BCCI is trying their best. They know there is no one who can replace sachin. Can some "IPL" replace the love we have for Sachin, simply because admiration and love can not be bought by money. I believe its his grace that still keeps Indian Fans with the team. A word of disappointment from this person can create chaos. He presence itself makes such a difference in our team. He eases out pressure from everyone else. While the lee's and murali's tries to pick him, its easy for others to play their normal game.

Adding a word on injustice shown to him.

Full support to Ganguly who mentioned sachin deserves the time to decide when to say adieu to the game. I wonder whether seriously he gets injured often or is he being dropped from the side? Someone like Sachin deserves a position in Indian team if he feels he can deliver it for India. For someone with the quality and caliber is age a deciding factor? Look at the aussies, Its when Mcgrath n Gilly felt its time. Pouring out the truth, I may not watch India playing without Sachin, which might happen in near future. Thousands like me might find happiness in watching EPL n F1 instead.

What would have been their fame, if he hadn't been there
Though they scored in excess of ten thousands, they always received fame and appreciation less because of him. Ever wondered what more they would have become if he was not there? Or may be they became the Ganguly, Dravid, Laxman, Kumble n all because of him.. who knows

All i know is.. I love Indian Cricket because of him...

Its all about Sachin

"Cricketers like Sachin come once in a lifetime and I am privileged he played in my time," said Pakistan legend Wasim Akram

Lara said: "For me, the best batsman in the world is Sachin Tendulkar. I admire Jacques Kallis' consistency and Ricky Ponting, with the purple patch he's going though. Everybody gets 15 minutes of fame. But if there's one person I've admired over a 15-year period, it's definitely Sachin."

If I've to bowl to Sachin, I'll bowl with my helmet on. He hits the ball so hard: Dennis Lillee

"When sachin goes out to bat, it beyond chaos... its a frantic appeal by a nation to one man"..Hayden on Sachin

"He is 99.5 per cent perfect. I'd pay to see him:" Viv Richards.

India's fortune will depend on how many runs the little champion scores. There is no doubt Tendulkar is the real thing: Sunil Gavaskar

I saw him playing on television and was struck by his technique, so I asked my wife to come look at him. Now I never saw myself play, but I feel that this player is playing much the same as I used to play, and she looked at him on Television and said yes, there is a similarity between the two... his compactness, technique, stroke production... it all seemed to gel: Sir Donald Bradman.