Nadal triumphs over Federer

I have been eagerly waiting for this Wimbledon final for the last one week. And its been worth the wait. If therez anyone who can stop Roger Federer, its Rafael Nadal. The best part about it is they both know it. Being a fan of both Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, it has been particularly tough for me to take a side. But somewhere inside my mind, I think I wanted Roger Federer to win. His win would have broken Borg's record five straight wins at Wimbledon. But Nadal prevailed over Federer in the match.
If anything, check below the match summary.

Match Summary
	Federer (SUI)		Nadal (ESP)
1st Serve %		128 of 195 = 66 %		159 of 218 = 73 %
Aces	25	6
Double Faults	2	3
Unforced Errors	52	27
Winning % on 1st Serve	93 of 128 = 73 %	110 of 159 = 69 %
Winning % on 2nd Serve	38 of 67 = 57 %	35 of 59 = 59 %
Receiving Points Won	73 of 215 = 34 %	64 of 193 = 33 %
Break Point Conversions	1 of 13 = 8 %	4 of 13 = 31 %
Net Approaches	42 of 75 = 56 %	22 of 31 = 71 %
Total Points Won	204	209
Fastest Serve	129 MPH	126 MPH
Average 1st Serve Speed	118 MPH	113 MPH
Average 2nd Serve Speed	98 MPH	91 MPH

Losing first two sets to Nadal, Federer looked like he is going down in straight sets. But rain gods thought otherwise and gave him time to gather himself up, which he did too. Federer showed his prowess and resilience, and the next two sets went to tiebreakers. Federer drove the match to the fifth set. The Fifth set, with no tie breaker, looked like it will end up being a test of stamina and strength as both won 7 each. And then Nadal breaks Federer's Serve. Nadal finally could convert his Fourth Championship Point into a real point. Federer's streak of wins in Wimbledon has been stopped and Nadal won his First Wimbledon Championship. Nadal was jubiliant and Federer was calm just like the way when he was victorious. Later, in the interview, Nadal praised Federer as the greatest player. That's the best thing one can hear from one's Nemesis.
If I am right, Federer is just two Grand Slams away from equalling Pete Sampras's record of winning 14 grand slams.

Wishing you all the best Federer.....

Movie Mania Continues...

Yeah.. It continues. I must have watched some 30 movies in the last one month. The video parlour guy is one happy one. I get a royal treatment whenever I go there now. Its nice to catch up with all those movies that I always wanted to see. Let me list them out. I watched Seabiscuit (Nice one), The English Patient (really liked it), Grudge 2 (This one's gory), Jarhead , Good Fellas, 88 minutes, Schindler's List (Amazing one ), The Shining (watched it for Jack Nicholson, he is amazing as usual), Little Miss Sunshine (Lovely one), Sin City (a different one), Juno (Just loved it), The Pursuit of Happyness, Anwar (A Hindi movie for a change), Vantage Point, Notebook (Nice love story), Pulp Fiction (yeah, it is Pulp Fiction. btw I am a fan of Quentin Tarintino) and City of God (Great one ) and quite a few others but kinda cant recollect now. :)) And I still have a lot in my hit list. Will keep ya posted.

My Poem - a ridiculous one though

I happen to see my poem today that I wrote some years back. I dunno what made me try my hand at poetry at that time. When I read it again, I found it absolutely funny, ridiculous and outright childish. I had a laugh. You can have too.

I sat to write a letter to you.
Thought it was long due.

Couldnt write, earlier, to you.
Coz i suffered from flu.

Last week I went to a zoo.
I happen to see a kangaroo.

It was jumping fro and to.
thought I'd throw a biscuit or two.

down went the biscuit I threw.
which, sadly, it couldnt stoop to.

disappointed, from there, I withdrew.
only to run into a hebrew.
asking me if I was from jammu.
told him go to hell or to peru.

I could get rid of him..phew.
turned my hat askew.
And ran towards the point called sea-view.
wondered why the sea was sky-blue.

Thought it was time to say adieu.
picked up, on my way, a mountain-dew.

Ah..ah...ahcchooooo..
here I go again, down with flu.

I got some friends though few,
in such a time,I always turn to.

I gave a call to kaivu.
She came & cooked me a hot hot chicken stew.

Then came along my cousin chandu.
suggested me to go to Timbaktu.
to learn tae kwon do and kung fu.
I thought "Hmmm..I think I have to."

So, here it is...my small poem which came out of blue.
probably my first and left to you for review. :-))

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Movie Mania

When your TV stops working, you start seeing the world around you. Yeah, I realised that two weeks back, when my TV crashed. Suddenly, I was left with lot of time. And so started looking for other options of entertainment. I could not find anything Interesting to read. And so teleported myself to the nearest video parlour. Past two weeks had been good fun watching some real good movies. And just in case if you are wondering how I watched my movies when my TV crashed, I was using my computer ;-).
I started with a movie called 'Silk'. Well, it is a slow movie but definitely engaging. And then went on watching some good Thriller, murder mysteries. Watched Silence of the lambs (again), Hannibal (again), Red Dragon, No country for old men, Bone Collector (again), The Jumper, The fight club, Dial M for Murder, The Hostel, Se7en. Also watched 'The Scent of a Woman'. Wonder how I missed this amazing one for so long. I strongly recommend this one.
I would love to write my comments on each of these. Will do for sure when I have time from work and watching movies. Till then, so long.

Hallelujah

Lyrics from a song from Shrek...

"There was a time you'd let me know
What's real and going on below
But now you never show it to me do you?
Remember when I moved in you?
The holy dark was moving too
And every breath we drew was hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah "

The song I have been listening for the past three days...

Kinda possessed by the song. Heard it like a 100 times by now.

There's something mesmerizing abt the song for me.... What do I like abt the song?? Well, may be I am relating to the song a tad too much.

And FYI, this song is from the movie 'Super Star' starring Kunal Khemu.
I just cant stop humming the lyrics.

Check the lyrics out below. (Courtesy: http://www.gobollywood.com/)

Ajnabi Khwaab mein, Dekh tha jo ho tum wohiDil mujhe le chala, chal pada mein to wohin
Ajnabi (Ajnabi) Khwaab mein, Dekh tha jo ho tum wohi; Dil mujhe le chala, chal pada mein to wohin

Raat din mein jaagta hun, beetey pal ko sochta hun;Har kadam ko dekhta hun mein

Ajnabi (Ajnabi) Khwaab mein, Dekh tha jo ho tum wohi; Dil mujhe le chala, chal pada mein to wohin

Kuch to naya ehsaas hai, jo mera mann ud raha
Roke se bhi rukta nahin, kis or ye mud raha
Boondein ghiri khwahishon ki to mein;
Ek pal bhi na khud mein raha

Ajnabi (Ajnabi) Khwaab mein, Dekh tha jo ho tum wohi; Dil mujhe le chala, chal pada mein to wohin

Khusboo ghuli zazbaat mein, jaane paheli hai kyaa
Baithe huye socha karun, ye kyaa mujhe ho gaya
Zonkha koi ek anjaan sa, dhadkano ko meri choo raha

Ajnabi (Ajnabi) Khwaab mein, Dekh tha jo ho tum wohi; Dil mujhe le chala, chal pada mein to wohin

Raat din mein jaagta hun, beetey pal ko sochta hun;Har kadam ko dekhta hun mein
Wo.. oo

Ajnabi (Ajnabi) Khwaab mein, Dekh tha jo ho tum wohi; Dil mujhe le chala, chal pada mein to wohin

You can listen to this song on http://www.musicindiaonline.com/

Rough day at office....

I have had a very rough day when one of my servers crashed because of a power failure. As a last resort, I was begging the server to come up. Caught on camera by a colleague. :-)

Yeah, One good thing is I went thru' this stress without succumbing to the urge to smoke..... :-D

Tiredness on Sixth Day.

My body has started to fight with me now. The urge to smoke is even greater now. The symptoms - Tiredness, poor concentration, mucus formation showed themselves up now.

Fifth day and my head aches

Yeah.. Its 5th day since I stopped smoking. And I had a very bad headache. A headache that lasted more than 5 hours. I never had a headache like this before. And I have a strong feeling that this has to do with my quitting. My friends disagree.
I hope that I will not have more of these headaches sessions in Future. :-)

Third day since I stopped.....

......smoking.

I have always wanted to try all the things. I have tried Smoking too. Now, I am trying to quit Smoking. ;-) Its been just a little over an year since I started smoking. What started with a puff a day from a friend's has grown to almost 2 ten's pack a day. I have been thinking of quitting for almost a month now. Finally, I could start doing it....
The first day had been the toughest of the three. Just before quitting, I did a search on Google to find the after-effects of quitting. One site gives almost 10 Nicotine Withdrawal Symptoms ( NWS). Check my earlier entry in this blog. well, I should say that I am going thru' some of them right now.

Yeah! I have definitely become a bit irascible. Made my reportee cry :-)). I was edgy especially after my breakfast and lunch. coz that's when I need a smoke badly. No coughing, headaches, constipation, depression and tingling sensations yet. I definitely feel very tired and feel like sleeping at times. But I had to tire myself out to sleep in the night.

BTW, I did manage to vanquish my urge to smoke during our boozing session last night.

Hoping to continue my stand on no smoking......
Signing off ...

Purpose

Agent Smith - "It is purpose that created us. Purpose that connects us. Purpose that pulls us, that guides us, that drive us. It is purpose that defines, purpose that binds us."

But what is the purpose? I have been hunting for it all my life. why r we born? what is that one needs to achieve? I have running around aimless searching one single thing... PURPOSE...

All I see is people scurrying around trying to make their wishes true. I dont even have a wish or may be I have too many of them that I dunno where to start.Do I have a problem? or Do people have a problem? When I was a kid, people haunted me by this question - "Son, What is your GOAL in life?".... All they heard from me was my silence. I run around asking people what is their goal in life. I almost always got an answer from everyone I asked. I have heard people saying...

"I want to earn lots of money and fame."
"I want to be a pilot."
"I want to serve people."

and many others.

I mean what do they do once they finish it. The purpose is lost. Isnt it? May be that's y I tend to keep lot of tasks pending. May be that's y I keep lot of emotions pent up. The sense of accomplishment is a great feeling. But the loss of purpose puts me down.
I have to admit that I have done nothing almost nothing in life waiting for that special something which I want to call PURPOSE. While I hunt for it, I want to do lot of other things which have occupied my brain sometime or the other and for sometime.

Adios amigos...

Sssssssssssmokinnnnnn.....

The following are nicotine withdrawal symptoms..

• Anger and anxiety
• Coughing and mucus
• Headaches
• Insomnia and disturbed sleep
• Poor concentration

• Tiredness
• Constipation
• Increased appetite and hunger
• Depression
• Tingling sensations

I would rather smoke than go thru' all this :-))

at 1900 metres.. with clouds below your feet..

Nice being here

This is my first time to blogging.

:-)