Well done RCB!!!

Its finally curtains for IPL Season 2 and DC were crowned champions, a deserving one at that I should say!!! The action now moves to the T-20 World Cup in England from Jun 5 and I must say India is well placed to defend their crown...

Coming to the IPL, what a fantastic performance from the Hyderabad team... From being the last placed team in season 1 to the champs in this edition, their hardwork, determination and confidence alongwith some wonderful captaincy by Gilly ensured that they took home the cup this time… Though they didn't really dominate over the other teams during the tournament, they held their nerves during some crucial moments (incl the finals) and came up triumphs… Hats off to them!!!

And the challengers from Bangalore!!! What do I say??? From being the favorite whipping boys of the other teams last year to the runners-up this year, they have definitely come a long way… Though they started off pretty slowly, they climbed up the rankings steadily (esp after ‘Jumbo’ took over the captaincy) and though they played well in the finals, they were not good enough for DC on that day… Mr. Mallya will surely be proud of his team and hopefully, would be providing free supply of beer for one year to all the team-members… And probably he would be ruing the fact that he could have saved $1.5M (that he spent on KP) for obvious reasons… Well done boys!!!

And finally, this year’s finals would have given some hope to KKR & MI who are now tipped to reach the finals of season 3 with KKR the favorites to win the cup!!!

Ciao!!!

PM's Team

Nothing to do with the IPL (which seems to be the flavor of the season… check out Sappu’s latest post if you have any doubts!!!)

Just finished watching the swearing-in ceremony of the 19 ministers alongwith Dr. M Singh… Well… same old faces again (most of them atleast) – PC, Pranab Mukherjee, Kamal Nath, AK Anthony, Sharad Pawar, Jaipal Reddy… New Additions - Didi (Mamata Bannerjee), Veerappa Moily, SM Krishna (getting his due finally!!!)… Expected ones – Ghulam Nabi Azad, Vayalar Ravi, Ambica Soni, Sushil K Shinde, Kapil Sibal, Murli Deora… and some unknown faces – CP Joshi, BK Handique, Meira Kumar, Anand Sharma…

This is round one of the swearing-in ceremony and the next round is going to be on Tuesday after the final discussions/agreement with the DMK… Hope Mr. Singh plays tough and doesn’t give in to such blackmail politics by the grand old man (Mr. Karunanidhi on a wheelchair these days)… Looks like he wants a cabinet post for everyone in his family – right from his son/daughter to the cook/watchman of his house!!!

Now coming to the point… Where have all the young guns gone??? Congress claims that it is the only party which is grooming youngsters but where are they in the cabinet?? All part of political gimmickry I guess… just to garner votes… Rahul Gandhi was tipped to be in the cabinet (guess he would not settle for anything less than the PM post!!!)… I would have loved to see someone like Shashi Tharoor (not exactly a young gun though) taking up MEA… I thought Dayanidhi Maran was really good as the IT Minister earlier (until some dirty politics by the grand old man did him in and he was relieved of his post)… And this time around, though Congress wants him, DMK is not too keen to field him (that’s politics for you in India!!!)… Jyotiraditya Scindia, Milind Deora, Sachin Pilot… Where are they???


Two dozen more ministers are expected to be sworn-in on Tuesday apart from the MOS and junior ministers… As mentioned earlier, I hope we have lots of young faces in that atleast… And as the name suggests, hopefully junior ministers are really juniors!!!

Ciao for now…


PS – DD 77/2 in 10 overs (my money’s on them)… Hopefully Sehwag & Co pull it off against DC!!!

Updates in the last 10 days!!!

Updates in the last 10 days:
1) Struggling to upload entries in the system
2) India beat NZ comprehensively in the 1st test (struggling in the 2nd one though)...
3) SA beat Aus by an innings in the 3rd test (but lost the series)...
4) IPL-2 to happen in SA (its like having the EPL in India!!!)
5) The world's cheapest car launched...
6) During my haircut session last week, the hair stylist suggested I start dyeing my hair!!!
7) And finally, last but not the least, am updating my blog after a loooooooooooong time (and hopefully will be more regular going forward)...

Birthday Time!!!

It was that time of the year again... the time when it's rubbed in that you are a year older... guess birthdays are no longer fun... definitely not when you are about to touch 30 soon...

It was a pretty simple celebration this time around... Sappu had arranged for a cake which I cut at 12am with her strumming "Happy Birthday" on the guitar in the background!!! the Boyz (PJ, Rach & Sharath) came home as well at midnight to wish me... also went for a sumptous South Indian lunch to Karavalli... then, it was time for blessings from parents & in-laws in the evening...

And last but not the least, I got a phone & a guitar from Sappu...

3 years ago I started this blog on my birthday and am quite happy that I have been able to pen down or rather "blog" down some of the most memorable & interesting moments of my life (though the frequency of posts seems to be coming down with every passing year)...

Hopefully, I shall be more regular in future!!!

Realisations...

Finally... This post sees the light of the day after being in draft mode for a long time...

Am back after a loooooooooooooong hiatus... 'lil older, 'lil fatter and much wiser than before!!!

1) Managing office is easier than managing home
2) Weekdays are more relaxing than weekends
3) Cooking is anyday better than driving thro' traffic!!!
4) Cutting onions is easier than grating coconut!!!

Anyone in disagreement??? (not you Sappu)

Celebration Time!!!

Just felt like yesterday but it's an year now... What am I talking about??? Our wedding of course!!!

Have managed to stay with Sappu for an year now and there are many more to go... Boy.. only I know how I managed that!!! (hope Sappu's not reading this!!!)...

Both of us managed to take almost 10 days off for our anniversary celebrations (sounds like some Rajyotsava Celebrations, doesn't it???)... On the big day (Dec 1), went to Dakshin (Windsor Manor) for some amazing south indian lunch... Dinner, at Citrus (Leela Palace), consisted of light Italian stuff and some chocolate pastry!!!

On 2nd, met some friends for breakfast at Frescos and went to mom's place for lunch... After a nice meal, we were treated to some wonderful gifts... A necklace & salwar set for Sappu and a watch & a shirt for your's truly!!! Evening was spent shopping for both of us...

On 3rd morning, we left home at around 7.30am for our short vacation to Vythiri (Wayanad).. It was a 6 hour drive (around 300 kms)... We returned back on 5th (Wednesday) night after a nice, relaxing and a wonderful break not to mention the sumptous food and the ayurvedic massage that we had...

The rest of the week was spent lazing at home and watching the boring cricket match between India & Pak at Blore (at home, not on the ground though)... Back to the regular grind of work from 10th :(

Overall a wonderful week and a memorable first anniversary celebrations!!

Some pics from our trip:

Surprise Surprise!!!

Seems like ages since I even had a "dekko" at my blog... well, just that I have been totally busy with either work or home... every weekend I think of updating the blog but then my laziness thinks otherwise!!!

To share a piece of info with you all, my blog completed two years of its existence on Sep 14th (which incidentally happens to be my birthday also)... and what happened this year on the big day???

Well.... SURPRISE!!! SURPRISE!!! Sappu had a big surprise planned... Travel to some "secret" destination... I was strictly instructed by Sappu to take off on the 14th and 15th... No other details provided... I did as instructed (no questions asked!!!)... We left b'lore on the 12th night and until we reached the B'lore Railway Station, I had no inkling of the place we were travelling to!!!

Once in the station, I realised that we were off to Cochin and wondered what would we do in Cochin, of all the places??? On the 13th, we went around Cochin (museums, palaces... just the usual)... Sappu had arranged for a special b'day cake and I cut the same at the stroke of midnight... That was just wonderful!!!

The next day we set off to the Railway Station and I thought that was the end of the journey... We had come all the way to Cochin to cut my b'day cake!!!!! But then, Sappu had other plans in mind... We boarded the train to Alleppey and that's when I realised that we were going to spend the day in the backwaters!!!

It was drizzling the whole time we were in the houseboat and that made the stay even more romantic and wonderful!!! Was just hoping that the trip doesn't end at all, but then :(

As for the rest of the story, I would let the photos do the talkin!!!