4 Years @ Polaris, 27 Years of Living !!

rUnNiNg @ SAFRA BaY rUn 2009

rOaD tRip 2 PoRt DiCkSoN

Happy Independence Day !!

Muhammad Ali - Making a kill !!

Team @ Petronas

Bandwagon - Rooms 4 Our Stay !!

Gang @ eAgLe RaNcH pOrT dIcKsOn

@ Batu Caves
Our Machine 4 the Trip !!
Our Average Speed !!

hApPy B'dAy BrO !!

I see in you the friend and the guide
That taught me ways to swim against the tide !!
And face the world of good and bad
To bring honor to Mom and Dad !!

Life is So Cruel - But 4 Champions !!

Life is so Cruel I thought for Andy Roddick, when he played a magnificent match but ended up on the losing side of another, Best Wimbledon final which better's last year's Wimbledon Final between Rafa n Roger, where Roger Federer cried and said "God It's Cruel", after losing to Rafa in 5 sets!! It was CRUEL, but if we see close & in depth "Its Not" . Why its not cruel - In the thick of action it might look so.............but if Rafa didn't win last year and dethorne Roger "The King" Fedrer from No.1 and Wimbledon Championship, Roger Federer wouldn't have enjoyed his success this year in clay and grass as he did this year, cos he would have cruised without an opponent to FIGHT 4 !! My mom always says "Nothing Stays Up for Too Long and Nothing Will Be Down For Too Long Either !!" Champions like Roger also needed a bitter reality treatment, but Only for him to SHOW HIS GREATNESS and why he is revelled as One of the Greatest in the Tennis History !! Rafa was the one to stop his CRUISE mid sea with his small and fine Yacht built up with Power, Determination, Look, Great versatility to Outwit a Cruis Ship in the form of Roger Federer with allmost all the qualities that is needed for a champion to be in the CRUISE MODE !!

Today in Wimbledon 2009 finals, Roger Federer beats Andy Roddick in an epic match (5-7, 7-6, 7-6, 3-6, 16-14) to regain the Title back and also the World No 1 to show Life Isn't Cruel But 4 Champions and for the ones who Persevere with HARD WORK and Determination for too long even tho' the better player today was Andy. Andy As Roger Said "U Can Win Too" n become a "Champion You Want to Be". U might have lost One of the Best Matches but to become a Champion - You Have to Persevere and Keep showing the Consistency that Roger "The King" Federer is showing (21 Grand Slam Semi's). U have shown the world U have got what it takes to Upset a Champion.............but stumbled the final hurdle - Champion in the Making Rafa too got the same treatment........So Come Back Andy - Keep Working Hard as U have Done All Along n "You Will Win Wimbledon N Yourself !!"

Life is Cruel 4 All, But Champions Shows the world "It's Only WHO GIVE'S UP !!" Swiss's 15th grand slam title overhauls Pete Sampras's tally of 14. Roger Federer didn't gave up after losing a match of his life in last year's wimbledon to Rafa - He Came Back to Make Another History..............and dispel the common man's belief

Life is So Cruel !!

But 4 Champions - Its Not !!

I Want to Be Champion One Day !!

The Greatest Salesman in the World - Part II

Og Mandino wrote this book - "The Greatest Salesman in the World", I got a chance to read the sequel and yet to read the part one !! According to him, there are 10 Vow To Success !!

1) Never Again Will I pity or Belittle Myself !!
2) Never Again Will I Greet The Dawn Without A Map !!
3) Always Will I Bathe My Days In The Golden Glow Of Enthusiasm !!
4) Never Again Will I Be Disagreeable To Living Soul - Smile !!
5) Always Will I Seek The Seed Of Triumph In Every Adversity !!
6) Never Again Will I Perform Any Task @ Less Than My Best !!
7) Always Will I Throw My Whole Self Into The Task @ Hand - One @ A Time !!
8) Never Again Will I Wait And Hope For Opportunity To Embrace Me !!
9) Always Will I Examine, Each Night, My Deeds Of The Fading Day !!
10) Always Will I Maintain Contact, Through Prayer, With My Creator !!

Nice book to read - Looking forward to the Part One !!

Happy B"Day Mom - My Godess !!

" Wish you a very Happy Birthday !! "

"All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel Mother."

--Abraham Lincoln

We both are blessed to get a MOM like you !! You have hit HaLf a CeNtUrY today - What a feat !! The first 20 years you lived your life and the next 30 - You Lived for Us more than yourself - and it makes me to say with pride - " We got the Best Mom in the World !!" You and Dad have taught us the importance of relationships. I agree to Abraham's quote above cos I'm what I'm today - cos of you Mom !! I promise you Mom...will have your best life from now on !! Happy Mother's Day too !!

dOnT kNoW !!

"Fear always springs from ignorance”

Ignorance should be treated in proper way. Lets take a hypothetical situation - A kid(X) is given a NEW video game to play, and X doesn't know how to play the game then he/she should be taught the right way to play the game - Learning may come thru' his friends or parent's or someone who takes real interest in him/her or by himself. But kid being curious and impulsive to play, just tries to play the game (without any experience), in those situation the kid may ask a question "How to play this game ? Which Keys for speed?" to another kid(Y) who has mastered the game. Y if he/she is not a good friend to X then the typical reply will be - "You Don't Know This" and Y will never teach the basics too. If X is a strong fella' and has the mental strength and he can master the game with the help of his parent's/friends/by himself then its better for him, but life being tough - probability is in both sides of the coin!! Say if X doesn't have favourable conditions and if this kind of situation repeats the kid is forced to go in to a NUT SHELL!! If this happens in the early stage of life, X might not be aware of (S)he is developing inferiority complex and similarly if Y's behaviour is not checked then it develop in to superiority complex.

Y's kind of response doesn't stop after (S)he turns in to an adult !! If you think deeply why this kind of situation arises - the answer is simple - "Supremacy Over Others" and this thought of supremacy has been sowed in our thinking by our parents/relatives/society!! Its inherent duty of every parent's to teach their sons/daughters to help remove ignorance of others, irrespective of age colour, creed, caste !! If somebody ask help from us, they do so ONLY IF THEY DONT KNOW HOW TO DO IT THEMSELVES, SO INSTEAD OF SAYING "YOU DON'T KNOW THIS SIMPLE THING" PLEASE SHOWER/ENLIGHTEN THEM WITH YOUR KNOWLEDGE / EXPERIENCE !!

bEst oF mY LeArNiNgS !!

Yes best of my learnings came when I failed to meet my expectations/societies !! One of the best example was my XII board exams, After screwing up physics exams I was in no mood to concentrate on rest of my exams - and I sticked to that with great guns when I should have sticled to my exam plans !! I almost went unprepared for rest of the exams and got a 84% overall. I knew my capabilities well I thought and decided to give another attempt - with gr8 support from my MOM and rest opposed to the plans of spending another year of sporadic studying !!

Like me, couple of my batchmates did opt that option either on their own or as per their parents suggestion. I remember 4 fella's Siva - Alias Kutti, Jayanth alias J/Pottu, Saravanakumar, Lenin. Till then I seldom spoke to those guys except J. J and me are very close from the day I joined basket team in BVB, we became best pals by that time. Everybody felt we could have done better and had various dreams. I wanted to go in BITS, J was suggested by his parents to take this path to join Medicine, Kutti wanted to join Top Engg college, Saravanakumar and Lenin wanted to get only to Medicine so they opted out of joining Engg even tho' they had good grades to join the same year !! 

Me and Kutti started to go to tuitions to keep abreast with the study. We went together for Physics and Cemistry and we were thinking of doing it on our own for Math as we both were good in Math. Phyiscs tuition went well and chemistry was a sucker -atleast Kutti felt that very much - Wat da Am I telling the right thing ?? We attented tuitions and wrote tests with junior batch students, some were preparing from XI std !! Our preparation were ok considering our plans and targets we had set to achieve. I would say I was not doing the right thing, all cos of my last minute preparation that I habitutated till then (It continues till now -which I need to work on) and it costed me dearly as I could not prepare all 6 subjects and my dream of getting in to BITS has been moved to my Wish List !! 

One incident still lingers very much in my mind vividly, since we did our own coaching for Math I had very little practise and when the D-Day for Math exams came - I asked a critical question to Kutti "Can I skip the Maths Exam" cos I thought I didn't prepare well for taking a public exam - All these thought came to me only 30 min b4 taking exams & not while I was not preparing seriously for the whole year, and Kutti (we became good friends by then) advised me to go ahead and take the exams stating you can always use the previous years marks(180) if this going to be low - but I was very sceptical as I don't want to score lower than previous resluts, but he gave me confidence to take the exam,  so I went on to take the Math exam and to my surprise and Luck - I was able to crack all the questions, we discussed all the answers and found to be correct - I thought I will get a CENTUM. For the first time during my improvement life I felt I have taken the right decision and started to do the rest of the exams really well !! All these happened cos of one good soul - Kutti alias Siva - Thanks da, if it was not for you I wouldn't have taken the Math Xam !! Then the entrance exams for Engg came and we did better than previous year !! 

If you all think my good time has started by then, it was BIG NO !! After 50 odd days of waiting results came!! First results were TNPCEE entrance results, it was 75+ out of 100, it was bad score consiering it was a second attempt and then the public results came - Atleast here I was hoping to see a CENTUM in Maths,  and my eyes were searching for Maths score and to my biggest shock of my life - I got a 170+ !! I just noted down my other subject marks along with total and came out of the browsing center - void of any positive thoughts and completely filled with disappointment,hatred towards myslef and a humiliatng feeling, with intriguing questions going on in my mind (about relatives, friends, what will they ask/tell me about my score after second attempt).  But I called my mom to inform  that I have scored a low mark she asked me to come home and pacified me even after I brought home the bad grades !! She gave me hope and reinforced positive thoughts and she even bought me a book on SONY success - it all gave me a momentary energy but failed to boost me up for the next level of my life. That year Govt introduced a new scheme - To get a copy of answer sheets that we wrote. Mom forced me to apply for all papers and cos of huge  expenses I had put only for Maths. Then papers sowed many of my correct answers were put wrong !! I applied for reevaluation and my score got corrected to 190+(I couldn't get that elusive CENTUM tho'), with that score I could enter in to BITS, Yes but the main difference was it was in South instead of North INDIA !! 

That one year showed me the REAL LIFE !! Life void of friendship, whom to trust and whom I shouldn't, Humiliation, Defeat, Year I weighed more than ever, Losing self respect, behaving badly, Showed how laziness will bring down your Self Belief, and it gave me worst of the news in continuous manner !! One who supported me through this darkest hours of my life time is "Godess Of My Life" in the form of MOM. I Love You So Much for taking it all and supporting me like nobody else !! Best part is that you have renderred this to me when I should have made you proud by getting good grades in school - I couldn't but U DIDN'T STOP from your kindness. Next best support I got was from my dad who told he is ready to pay a donation and make me join in any college I was willing to - even in stiff financial situtation @ home - Dad you taught us basics of Math very well, but consciously you didnt teach us the Money value to show the real value of life - "Relationship" !!  I can't Thank You both - Let me give you what you desired - in couple of years time - "Pursuit of My Life" & will invite you for the convocation, Day is not far !!

Everything Happens For Good !! 

mY jOgGiNg P@tH

New Year !!

New Year - Yet another time Earth has successfully completed its Lap in a marathon - tho' it was one hell of lap, it has started the next lap with some wounds which is taking time to heel - Everyone are getting the share of it !! Scars will be there, so that we know what went wrong in the race to correct ourselves in future - We are trying to correct our "green house" gas consumption, Re framing the Financial Laws and trying to reduce the terrorism for a better race ahead - "Yes We Can"!! More over I'm trying to fight my own terrorism - Hope this New year brings in more Cheer to All of Us - Its in Our Hands - "Happy New Year - Gong Xi Fa Cai"