Okey...it's almost one in the night, and I still don't feel sleepy. My head is full of Indian Geography. All I see are mountains, rivers, seas, oceans and stars...but I wonder why stars? Are stars a part of geography? Well, we did learn that the Sun was a star in class8. Oh! whatever..........
What was I just bickering about? Well, right now Iam in such a stupor, that I cannot realise half the things that are happenning around me.Right I am sitting here..here in my house in Hyderabad, the capital of Andhra Pradesh, a southern state in the Asian country of India. India also happens to be the country with the world's second largest population, 1028.737 millions...second only to China.
Or if I want to go to a place ,say Banglore(Bengaluru.That'swhat it is now, isn't it?), I have to go to our neighbouring state of Karnataka, which incidentally happens to be the homeland of many an illustrious cricketers like, Dravid, Kumble. That city..also happens to be the place where the finiest Law School, of India is located. Yeah...National Law School (NLS).
Now, I know what made me become like this today. Well, I think I face a problem of Diminishing Mental Utiliy. I am talking Economics here, well, to tell you the truth I am talking absolute BULLCRAP!!!!!! Yeah, such were the events of today. I have learnt a few things today:
1. When you look in the mirror constantly, you will relaise that as soon as a minute passes, you think that you're becoming, more uglier...well here the Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility applies.
2.It's not laughing..but lauffing!
3.The best way to bunk the class.....definitly , there can only be one, BRIBE THE WATCHMAN.
Ok I guess that's all for now!

Yesterday was just another day in hell(yup, me talking about Little Flower Junior College). The hours were crawling past, when all of a sudden, in the fourth period we had a free! Finally...and guess who was the substitute? It was none less than the Cobra queen herself. Well, she was a venomous Math teacher, whom we had to bear with last year. So here she was again, back with a vengence..
The great last benchers of our class(i.e; my two best friends in College..Sarah and Sam, a.k.a. Samriddhi and I), were bored to hell. Sarah completely forgot about the John Grisham she was reading...The atmosphere was soooooo uninspiring..
That was when I had a sudden revelation. I was all,"Hey let's play penfight!", well after that the rest of the class passed seemed to have passed away in a jiffy!
Now, what is penfight?
It is the perfect anecdote to boring, laconic, free hours! Or maybe it is the only 'sport' girls can indulge in Colleges like ours. Yeah..the only other 'sport' for girls is Throwball..well, I have never really considered it a sport. I mean....
Ok, now back to penfight...
Its origins are so deeply rooted in the Indian educational system, that it is impossible to trace the exact date or time or place. The son of a British officer, studying in India during the Raj could have been the founder of this sport. It is also highly probable that an Indian Babu could have been the inceptor. Or even a cool dude of our generation could have come up with it!
It is the perfect 'timepass' in educational institutions. Yeah, all that it requires is a flat surface...hmm..this is the most constructive use...that I have made of the loooooong benches in LFJC. And of course each player must have a pen. This is mandatory. Number of players can range from 2 to how many ever the bench can seat. The last remaining person to remain after all the pens have been knocked out, is the winner!
Ah..my heart aches when I think of the days spent in Vidyaranya playing this in classes..well, there we used to play other SPORTS too. I remember this once when Malashree teacher asked to us to write an essay on penfight! Well, that was a punishment. None of us really got around to doing it, anyway.
So, yesterday when Sarah and I were playing penfight..my mind wandered onto all this..and out came pouring this post. I wish I could divulge the secret techniques of this game..but sorry, secrets are secrets..and will continue to remain so...........
Okey , Sarah and I decided to play penfight today..so me gotta go and practice. So take care!
And yes, I hope you like my new layout..

My top ten favorite English movies:
1.Blood Diamond
2.Mission Impossible-2
3.Jerry Maguire
4.Music&Lyrics
5.A Walk to Remember
6.Titanic
7.Sound of Music
8.Goal
9.Catch Me If You Can
10.Lord of the Rings-The Fellowship of the Ring

My top ten favorite Hindi Movies
1.Dil Chahta Hai
2.Rang De Basanti
3.Chak De India
4.Lagaan
5.Black
6.Kalyug
7.Sholay
8.Baazigar
9.Don(Amitabh Bachchan)
10.Dil to Pagal Hain


Five English Movies I hate the most
1.The Breed
2.War of the Worlds
3.Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
4.House of wax
5.Snakes on the Plane

Five Hindi Movies I hate the most
1.Kabhi Kushi Kabhi Gham
2.Apne
3.Saawariya
4.Paap
5.Aawarapan

Well, these are the movies I hate and dislike....I just wanted to put them up..I am feeling too lazy to type..So..I guess that's it..CYAA

हैप्पी बिर्थ्दय ब्रेट..........

Namaste!
Today's the eighth of November, my idol/crush/favorite cricketer's 31st birthday! So...Happy Birthday Binga! May the speedometer never tire! May the motor keep on running! May the wickets never stop falling..I can go on. Well, I thought this would be the perfect day to tell you people my 'Story'...yes, this is kinda interesting....
It was Third Day of the Boxing Day Test in the year, 1999. Since it was India Vs Australia, and India would be batting(GO! DRAVID!). I decided to wake up and watch the third day from the start.The previous night, I went to sleep with happy dreams of meeting Steve and Rahul..
Third day of the Boxing Day Test: I woke miraculously at 4 am..dragged myself into Daddy's room..that was were the TV was. Dad was up already and he was watching Harsha Bhogle voice his opinion about some 'new young pacer..who was going to make his bowling debut that day' Well.. as I did not watch the previous two days properly, I was unaware of this new Pacer who was rumored, 'to be faster than Shoaib Akhtar'......I didnt care(silly me!)...Well, I simply assumed the new guy would be:
1.Abnormally Tall (6.4feet+...a.k.a McGrath, Fleming)
2.Brown Hair(McGrath style)
3.average looking(Big mistake!!!!!!)
As it was chilly, and I was still full of last night's dinner..I fell asleep on my beanie..covered in my pink Blanket. I woke up at 7:30am...India was batting ,finally! Dad looked soooooo excited! He was really jumping! He was talking about some bloke... who's 'CAPPING CEREMONY', I had missed, on Boxing Day(SO?)...Dad is a huge fyaan of Dennis Lillee, Jeff Thomson and the like....so he was excited that a bowler of such pace was gonna be making his Test Debut! Newsflash: Dad is a big fan of Shoaib's too. I guess he's addicted to pace.
I hoped and prayed that Dravid would get a 100 that day..
I napped again...then, this time I was woken by Dad shaking me awake..He was like," Brett Lee's gonna be bowling in a while..", and I was like,"LEE?"...'does he look Chinese?'..Dad gave me a u-r-not-even-remotely-funny look. I fell silent...
After the commercial break...the match resumed..The camera now focussed on the 'NEW PACER'! I was flabbergasted! I didn't noe what to say! My asumptions, (1,2&3)..were reduced to ashes!
'Cause, here was a Greek God, with blond hair, lovely brown eyes..and an army cut,he was looking good enough to eat! That picture is till fresh in my mind....There he was..the most handsome guy I had seen in my 9yr old life!
I was still recovering from the shock when....Sadagopan Ramesh drags a Brett Lee delivery to the stumps! that was the fourth bal he'd ever bowled in international leve Test cricket! Dad does a little jig! Then Lee went on to take Dravid's wicket in the course of the match....The Pacer also managed to get a five-for on debut...which remained his best figures until the Adelaide test versus the Windies in 2006.Yup..5-47(His debut figures)..maan he rocked that day..
Yet,I finally admitted to liking him , only in Febraury...till then my opinion about him was kept strictly to myself..though ,I guess Dad would have guessed it on that day! After that, I used to wake up early/study late into the night/wake up at odd hours ,...to see him bowl! Mum and Dad used to keep an eye on the matches..and call me when he came onto bowl! Yes...frequent injuries, batsmen hitting him all over the park...became all too common over the last 7-8 yrs..And yes.. how can I forget the Knock-your-punch celebration? or the Brett Lee dance?
or the frequent searches of Sportstars for Lee's pictures.
the most insane thing I ever did:
This is really true...I kept I diary, and noted down the names of all the Umpires..who've denied him LBWs which he deserves/chided him. Well, sadly the list cannot be reproduced here...
Yes, these things became a part of my life...and yes, they will remain as long as he plays..many the Insanity never end!
I was very lucky to have met him...and to have had the pleasure of talking to him...So, Brett keep rocking! Luv yaa.

The Brett Lee Dance

Friday night calls for some nice TV, or movie viewing. And this was my lucky Friday. My Law class got over fast and I came back home by 7pm. So I picked up the Newspaper and checked out what movie was playing in which channel. "The Breed", sounded quite interesting, and so I decided to make it the movie of my night!
I am not really into movie reviews and that sort of a thing, but I did reviews of a few movies in the past..not on my blog though, the Devil Wears Prada thingy was more like expressing my thoughts..kinda stuff. I review movies only if they happen to catch my attention in a particular way...or just simply dissapoint me.
Now, this Friday I happened to watch "The Breed".
Take an island. Build a house on it. Add some scantily clad American teenagers, and throw in some genetically mutated dogs...well, that's "The Breed", for you.
If you want to watch it...Do it At you OWN RISK..
BEWARE OF SILLY MOVIES!!!!!!!!

People ,in view of the things that have been happening around me, I have made a very important decision. I have decided to make my will, yes , my will. We were just sitting wasting time, as usual in Computer Practicals, when, quite by accident, I hit upon this idea. I thought it was a nice thing to do. And Sarah, the Darling she always was , said it was a good idea..And the sulking Antara..had her problems as usual, but we managed to dish out something. And I thought it would be nice if you guys read it too.
The Final Will And Testament of Sneha Lee
All the pictures of Brett Lee, which I happen to possess ,in any form, will be equally shared among Sanjana Revankar and Susan Joseph. If any pictures of AB De Villiers are found in my possession, then they should be immediately transferred to one Mr.Dhaval Jonathan.
Now the PC, I have at home, shall be donated to Little Flower Junior College, Uppal, Hyderabad..so they can realise what sort of Computers should be provided in Junior Colleges.
My mp3 player must be given to Sarah Joseph, with all the songs in it.
All my Music CDs are to be shared equally among Sarah Joseph, Monica Bhargava, and Prasanna Mandaleeka.
All the poems, stories, songs are to be given to Antara Sethia.
All my novels , story books, must be equally shared between Kameshwari.K, Vidhya, and Sarah Joseph.
My prized Harry Potter collection must be given to Kameshwari.
Now, for my most prized possession, my Nokia N73, well, this should go to Susan Joseph...cause nothing that I ever give her will repay my debt to her.
My blog will be given to Antara Sethia...the password and the login id will be mailed to her after my passing away.
And the last thing, my music books shud be given to my Grandmother.
The signatures of the cricketers I possess, should be given to Sanjana Revankar.
Lastly, I wish to be buried in the town of my hero Brett Lee, ie; Sydney..if that's not possible I wish to be buried or burnt in a calm and quite cemetery in Hyderabad.
This Will is Signed ,sealed and Posted.

Rotation

What the hell is wrong with the Indian selecters? I have chosen to remain silent on this issue. This post would not have come up...if not for the efforts of my friend Josh. I am confused about Josh...he claims to be an Aussie, but speaks like an American, well wateva , not my problem...
Now that I've broken my vow of silence, here goes:
So what's the selectors problem? What's that they are saying..What? ROTATIONPOLICY..NOw, this term would have been appropriate, for maybe a team like Australia. Yes, it would have been , if your bench is strong. Let's look at the Indian bench..ahem...let's leave it at that...
How can a team which is in the process of building itself , adopt such a policy, half the team is not sure of their place in the final-11, and people are talking about a Rotation Policy! I wonder whose head is rotating? Okey. this Policy is good. I agree, but what sort of a person would introduce it in a series against Pakistan..
How can any Selection Panel drop RAHUL DRAVID? RAHUL DRAVID...THE MAN...THE WALL. Tha one person who comes to India's rescue when all hopes are faded..The one person who sticks to his principles....The only Indian cricketer with a character, as strong as his technique!
I never thought giving up captaincy, would mean losing a place in the side.Now here are some important lessons for Dhoni..I was shocked to see Rahul Dravid dropped from the Indian squad...Normally when I scan the list I expect to see the big three in there..but I guess this time though,it's not possible! What bugs me the most, is the fact that Dravid, has to prove his fitness, in a four day Ranji game?
These days Dravid's form seems to be on the wane. He is not as fluent as he was before..
Maybe his form will return to him. Cricketers like him are always just one knock away from striking Gold! But, in the past few series, dravid has not made any significant contribution with the bat. He was very dissappointing in the Future Cup.
I think the selectors have done a bad job, but I guess they will realise their mistakes now....
All the best Rahul..for the Ranji match, Hope to see you in Injdia colours as soon as possible!
And also..
ALL THE BEST TEAM INDIA!