9/11
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Yesterday marked the fifth anniversary of the tragic events that took place on 9/11/01. Time does fly real fast. I remember that day vividly. A regular morning at our house in
Recollected myself and proceeded to an Advanced Operating Systems class that morning which was suspended in about 20 minutes after it began. Our university was shutdown and everyone was asked to vacate the campus immediately. The university had received information that our Polymer Science Centre (one of the best in the world) could be a target.
We came back home and all of us watched the NEWS for the whole day. Someone suggested we could play cricket at Geethu’s (another akronite, roomie later) backyard later in the day since classes were cancelled. I opined that it might be kind of insensitive and plain stupid to do that considering the tragedy that took place. Most agreed, we moved on.
I hope things settle down in the world and look foreword to the day when we can all co-exist, get rid of HATE!
US Open
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Roger Federer == Tennis God
When I watched Federer do his thing, it was like watching Michelangelo at work.
Pure art. This guy is a genius and I really don’t know what else to say about his game that others have not said.
Maria Sharapova == Hottest Champion
Err….Guy Moment...Sorry(but i have a valid reason..look at the first google result). But Maria is just not all beauty. She is a very talented pro who is still in her teens. The sky is the limit for her
NFL Kickoff
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Coming from an NBA fan, I was truly impressed by the way the NFL carried out its opening weekend. The Manning duel was a classic and big brother prevailed.Athletes should really have something that we normal people don’t .Otherwise, how can you explain the fact they are trying to beat their sibling? I can’t do it. Hats off to the Mannings, Barber’s, Willam’s etc. Way to go , Professionalism !
College Football
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Props to The Ohio State Buckeyes, for going to
Making New Friends
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As one gets older, it is difficult to make good friends. I am not going to blame it totally on ourselves or on the people we met. The readers of the blog will make that decision and to help all of you make that decision an excerpt from our conversation :
I am meeting a bunch on new desi folks at a local bar...
Me : Hey , How are you doing ? Im , Sayee , I just moved to the
(Thinking that such a statement would invoke a similar statement from the other guy)
Him : Oh Okie…Cool Maaaaaaan…
Me : (Confused..) OoooKie…and you are?
Him: Aaaah…Im just chilling Maaaaaaan ! (Obviously he has been in the bar for a while, I guess he was tipsy)
Me: (Still Confused) Ooooook….and you are.. ?
Him: Im *********** maaaaaaaan…From **
Me: (Finally relieved as he revelaed his name) Aaaah…Hi ********…Nice to meet you !
Him : That’s okie Maaaaaaan !!
Me: (Are you kidding meeeeeee ????)
(After about 10 mins , I stopped talking to everyone , as I was preoccupied with football on TV. So this guys walks to me and goes..)
Him : Maaaaaaaaaaaan….Do you like sports ?....Maaaaaaaaaaaaan ?
Me : Yeah I do..I like almost all the major American sports …especially the NBA !
Him : Maaaaaaaaaaaan…You are from Chennnnnaaai ? and You like basketball ???
Me: Why? What's wrong with that?
Him: Noooo…Maaaaaaaaaaaaan…People from Chennai…Maaaaaaaaaaan…You are the only guy who I know who watches baskeball ….Maaaaaaaaaaaan!
Me: (At this point, I am ready to physically assault him..But I didn’t....) Ooooh Okie…that’s interesting !
Him: Maaaaaaaaan...Iverson Maaaaaaaaaaaan….He rocks Maaaaaaaann….. None of my friends Maaaannnnnnn…I am only guy …who follows sports
Me: I guess you need more friends….( I left the bar praying I don’t meet people like this again)
Jyothika - Surya*****************
My heartiest wishes to the newly married couple. Both these guys are very genuine and simple human beings . I have no doubt in my mind that their marriage would be very successful !
(I had to post this picture for 1 reasons ...first the obvious reason..the other one is SuperStar - Gotchya...He He)
8 comments:
Yeah I remember the 9/11 incodent too. I was actually ready to leave to Pittsburgh when this happened. But I think I was there in that scene as well when Geethu foolishly (but charateristically !) suggested that we play cricket :)
And about beating siblings..I think it's a cool thing. That you can play against him professionally and don a different role for the evening. I smehow don't see a problem there.
And we talked about the making new friends part. You know, I think it might be a cycle. You are pretty tolerant and with time you become hard nosed and intolerant towards friends. But give it some more time, and a lack of choice might make you more tolerant ! I don't know, we just have to wait and see I guess. But your narration here was much funnier than when I heard it on phone.
Machi..Naan enna solradhu.
Wait and watch has become the story of our lives !
Maaaaaaan...no maaaaaan, u make friends even when ur old maaaaaan . But as u grow old maaaaaan the limitations in relationships increase maaaaan.
Kama - unakku porumai jaasthi !
Dei, your making new friends part of the post is something that I wanted to post about too :) You beat me to it. Its like Seinfeld, he feels he has enough friends and no time for any new ones. Nice thoughts!!! Looks like I will visit your blog a little more often.
Thanks machi..Keep visiting.
Hmm..is it co-incidence that I am seeing the "difficult to make friends" bit in two blogs in a week?! I was thinking about it a while back too but decided not to blog about it just in case, "popular people" like Dinesh will find it ridiculous! :)
Subha,
Interestingly enough - this is not something that only I have gone through. Everyone has had this experience at some point. Also if you resign to accepting anyone as friends - its easy. But then are they really your friends or acquintances ?
Unfortunately I cant do that - I need to find common interests or something that interests me about them and vice versa to make a friend.
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