Sometime back a friend of mine blogged about not bloggin anymore. Small & casual remark it may be, I had to agree with the blog in all its essence. When I began bloggin (I'm sounding as if I've been bloggin ever since it started, anyway), I too thought it was a bit wierd. Firstly, I didnt like other people 'reading my mind'. On the other hand, I kinna liked it for i now have a constant companion who only listens to me & echos my opinion :) (like the way calvin puts it about his friendship with hobbes..so very cute!). And over a period of time it surely is gonna be fun reading them.
But there is something that really prevents us from giving out everything to the blog. For most it is the fear that our weakness will surface out. And for the rest of us, we end up doing things in trying to please others than themselves.
Imagine a blog where you can flood it with every thought, fear, likes, dislikes, love, hate and all the damn things in the world & yet live blissfully knowing that no one really is curious about it. that surely is something exciting. You might ask the same question, is it worth all the effort? I believe it is, 'cause it'll be something special to me & I can let the unknown world read it & care little about it.

...There is a theory which I had in my childhood days, about everyone else in this world being an alien, I was the only 'human'. And these aliens are studying my behaviour, trying to know more about the humans. They'll be disguised as a human in front of me & do normal things but behind me they are formless creatures who remove their skin as if it were to be a tight clothing. (I'll blog about this & a whole lot of other such things sometime in later :)).
Coming to think of it, it sounds like I was a dreamer who watched too much of star-wars-like movies when i was a kid :) , or maybe like this is how I related god who is watching us all from behind....I think I'm digressing way too much...let me save it for some other day.
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Today, Australia won against India sparing one ball (yeah, one ball). That's probably what the newspapers would be saying tommorrow. I personally feel that no one won/lost this game. I dont like understand this duckworth lewis nor do i like its idea. And if the match finished that close then how do you call it a result? To top it all, they will give away the man of the match to some australian guy simply because that team won. wasnt yuvaraj truly the man of the match.
I would have said the same thing had India won the game.
Hmmm, maybe today i think i should give credit to the australian win. Lee really pulled it off in the last over.

So, has Indian Circket come to its Zenith? If one gives a second thought to this tour to Australia, one must admit that this is a far more matured Indian team than what we have seen in the past. There were days when it used to give to the Zimbabwe fans every bit to cheer about. And even on our side, every Indian fan used to feel absolutely esctatic when Robin Singh somehow managed to pull it off with a ball or two to spare. And then there were days when everyone were busy with all sorts equations to see if India can make it to the finals/semis. I'm not criticising them but only feeling pity about the state of the team. But in the recent past the team has been able display tremendous talent & class, consistently enough not to disregard it as a fluke. Right from the England series, the Ind-Pak ODIs in dhaka & now the test series in Australia. My feeling towards every Indian victory has turned from one of exaltation to one of being proud & elated.
So does this team compare with any dream team of the past? Maybe not. I still feel it has a long way to go as far as bowling & fielding is concerned. Think of the WI team during the 70's. Now that was really legendary, two decades of absolute dominance.
It should not be hard for india to produce such a team.Surely India must have the best team in the world by virtue of its sheer number. I mean, you are bound to find a Sachin, a Wasim or a Lara. It just a matter of identifying them & honing their skills. So let them pour money on Akram, Reed & a host of other part-time and new-found coaches. Nevermind, but at the same time they should think of producing class players at lower levels. Let's see. It's only a matter of time.
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I decided to dedicate this piece of blog to my car.
When something is very dear to you & you are afraid you will hurt it when you are with it, the best you end up doing is admire it from a corner.
Recently, I bought an S10 and quite naturally, I love it a lot. Although 'I know to drive' a car, I simply could not gather courage to drive it. And there are reasons for it.
The other day I took the car on a small drive around the locality. My dad decided to accompany me & we both started at around 7:15ish in the morning. I checked the rear view mirrors, adjusted the seat & started the car. Things were moving at a gentle pace. I soon found myself looking more at the vehicles around me than at the road ahead. I guessed it happens when you are too wary. As I was saying, things were going peacefully until my car decided to test me & stalled when I slowed down at an intersection. God! You should hear the honking sound of the vehicles on all four directions. It's enough to make anyone go mad! There was a tempo right in front of me honking big time & there was a zen behind doing his bit. Added to that there were these onlookers, the two-wheelers giving me the stares & slipping through the gaps they could find. What the hell did they expect me to do? lift my car up & place it on the side of the road! (Even as I write this I find my heart pumping a shade faster than usual). My dad tried to help me screaming that he wanted to take over the steering. I said i can manage & started the engine again. The tempo-wala got bored of honking & made room for me to go. slowly, I turned my car towards safety. But our chap in zen had other ideas. He didnt care much about me moving out of the place instead, he swerved his car to take the empty space. My dad was quick to notice it, and applied the hand brakes. That was the second time I halted the car. Aaargh!! This time I thought i had enough. Quickly started the car & drove off from the place. The whole episode happened for maybe a minute or so but it sure is enough to last forever.

If there is something I hate about b'lore then it surely is the traffic.
On the positive side, I must say I felt driving a lot better after that day, for I did drive to Jayanagar :)

So, time has come for me to go public.
And no better occasion than a new years day (well, I atleast started writing it on new year's day)
Overcoming my inertia & getting myself to blog has taken me nearly a month.
But what matters is - I've finally made the beginning.
There are billion things to say (well, almost), but they all seemed to have tangled up right now. So I intend to spread them over a week, along with my (hopefully) regular bloggin.
'Blog' hmmm...Wonder why they called it blog. maybe it just sounds nice(?) say 'BLog' & you already see the impact on the listeners face :)
anyways,

I'll sign off for today. Hopefully I'll find my blog more readable with some help from my mates - Som, Sumnt & Pills.
Oh, I forgot to add, New year greetings to you all.