We Salute!!!

GIANTS CLASH!!!

It’s that time of the year when the years two best teams face head to head at Stamford Bridge,home of Chelsea FC to prove that only one of them is “THE” BEST. I would be tricky for Man Utd considering the fact that they are away from home and Chelsea are on a roll. Stamford Bridge is no walk in the park for Man Utd since they haven’t won a game there for atleat 10 years staight. But everyone could be in for a surprise today. Anything could happen. Sparks will fly, Words exchanges at the heat of the moment, Flashes of brilliance and that is what will help either team win the match. All we fans hope for is that we get a great game of football that we can relish for the rest of our lives. It should be “The” Best Game.

Rajster’s Prediction:

Hmmn. This is a tough one. Being a Man Utd Fan i hate to see my team lose but at the same time it would be a fierce contest and i go for a 2-2 draw with Rooney & Valencia on the scoresheet for the Red Devils & a brace from Drogba for the Blues.

What A Match!!!

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India Vs Australia, 5th ODI, Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, Hydrabad. Australia had posted 350 in their assigned 50 overs with all players contributing with a ton from Shaun Marsh & 93 from Shane Watson. At that time i thought to myself that it would be a SEHWAG day as he was long overdue, but what followed was the best 3 hours in my life. A godly innings from a godly man. SACHIN RAMESH TENDULKAR. It all started slow an then the batsmen raised the tempo a bit and just when it all looked a bit easier aussies dismissed Sehwag. Oh! i thought it would be tough and it was looking that way when we were 140 odd for 4 , but Sachin was still batting though. And what followed later was HISTORY. I mean i have never seen someone play with that much grit & determination. Sachin is a class apart. Sublime strokes,aggressive batting,motivating the others,classic batting. He was playing as he was 25. As Raina chipped in, Indians were close,very very close. With Raina out it all looked a bit out of control and then Bhajji’s wicket added to the pressure. I was biting away my nails as if it were chips. Will they or will not? And then the big blow…Sachin dismissed.Period. everyone thought. But Praveen Kumar pulled things back with a 6 but it was all too late. India lost eventually by 3 runs & more than half the team total was scored by SACHIN. That tells a story. A story of a Legend. I feel privileged to have witnessed one such innings in my life. It was more Sachin Vs Australia than India Vs Australia. Such was the way he played. A day when even cricket would be proud that Sachin played it!!! A day that will go in the history books as a win by Australia but Sachin was the real winner, a winner of more than a billion hearts all over the world!!!

The match can be summed up as TEN-DO-LITTLES + WON-DULKAR = INDIA. Just simple math that even a child would know. I felt for the first time why 10 others were even playing cricket. It was a Shame we didnt win after all what Sachin did and all came back to say Sachin didn’t finish it off. All of u who say so Get a Life!!!On a signing note i would like to add that even if someone els had chipped in with a little cameo like Raina did Team India could have GIFTED this game to the Little Master. After all Cricket is a TEAM game!!!

Good Night & Cheers

SACHIN-17000+ & still “THE MAN” for India!!!

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Special Congratulations to Sachin on his 17000+ ODI runs. It is a huge landmark. It just amazed me the way he played today. Mere words cannot describe that innings he played. It was sublime and we were just lucky enough to witness one in our lifetime. Team India could have atleast gifted him the WIN. He scored 175 of the 350 required, that says it all. As Mr.Shashi Tharoor had tweeted and i quote “He didn’t deserve to lose but Ind didn’t deserve to win”.

This will truly be remembered a day when even Cricket is proud that SACHIN TENDULKAR played it!

I have never seen GOD, but i had seen Sachin bat today and i feel BLESSED. Long live Sachin and the LEGEND he is.

Cheers

The Orkut Revamp!!!

Well Orkut has announced a revamp in its looks recently and is rolling out select amount of invites to people through contests and other means(no select considerations). And i was lucky enough to be one of the select few to be ChOsen to be onboard the new version. Being a big fan/user of orkut since 2006,i’ve been using it for half a day and would like to share with you the certain features that makes the new Orkut even more special.

This is a look of the new interface and it absolutely rocks. The new features include a total revamp, Facebook style but without disturbing the originality of the old version of orkut. Ill list the changes noted between the 2 versions here so that you people can know easily.

• The photo interface with your photo can be changed into 5 different colors which is cool actually. The colors are the Orkut Blue, Green,Orange,Black & Pink.(In Pic. Just below search bar)
• Instead of showing the names of the recent visitors, their display picture is visible.(Check below status update bar in photo interface)
• Instead of displaying birthdays all together in 3 or 4 rows it comes with a horizontal scroll button which makes all entries to fit into one line and can be scrolled through.
• Another main feature is the drop down list type for all features which you can maximize and minimize.
• The friends list is shown with a search bar and scroll all in one page.
• All communities can be seen in one scroll. Search option is also available.
• Coming to the updates section, this is the place which has the most changes(mostly facebook like) where you can comment on friends photos and videos just as you do in facebook.
• Also another major change is that a video or picture can be added in the about me section .
• And let me tell you the new orkut is actually FAST. Photo uploads are really easy and quick.
• There is also Video and voice chat enabled in orkut itself which is ultra Super!!!
• The biggest change of all is the easy access navigation toolbar for all google apps right at the top.
• The navigation is similar to the old orkut and we can navigate easily between profile,scrapbook & photos etc..(the communities tab is missin which i found to be a disadvantage).

But what encourages me is that the new version is still under testing for bugs and tweaks(its still BETA), so there is scope for improvement still and its a good ploy from google to give it through limited invitations to create a flutter among the masses. For more information check out the www.orkut.com/neworkut community in Orkut. Click Here to try the new orkut and spread the revolution!!!

With the revamp Orkut is all ready to lock horns with the very popular & growing FaceBook & MySpace, but to know if it can beat them in the race for the top Social Networking site, we’ll just have to wait and watch!!!

Cheers

Happy Diwali!!!

No Crackers!!! No Enjoyment!!! But this DIWALI is all the more special since i am with my parents in Kuwait. It’s been atleast 5 years since we have celebrated a diwali together. So to all of you out there Have a Safe and Crackering Diwali!!! Have Fun!!! Cheers!!!

Love,

Rajster

AADHAVAN-Movie Review

STARRING: SURYA, NAYANTHARA, VADIVELU, MURALI, SAROJA DEVI, ANU HASSAN

DIRECTOR: K.S.RAVIKUMAR

MUSIC: HARRIS JEYARAJ

RATING:

Well not exactly where i wanted to see it but then in KUWAIT only once in a blue moon a tamil movie releases and being DIWALI caught up Aadhavan at Ajial cinemas. Coming to the point, when the name SURYA flashed with so much buildup, you tend to feel ivarukku ivlo buildup ah!!! and this movie proves just that. Tiresome watch this movie AADHAVAN running at 3h15m. Real disappointed that KSR has given such crap. I will SAY that VADIVELU is the only saving grace for this movie. He just rocks. Saroja Devi is wasted & so are so many talented people in this movie. Nayanthara has done her bit. ANU HASSAN & MURALI(Late) have sparkled in their respective roles esp. Anu Hassan even though she comes for 10 minutes.

The graphics is a big letdown. The starting 20 mins you’ll surely twitch in your seats. A hats off for the team for tryin to do something different by making Surya act as 10 year old but sorry the output is downright FUNNY rather than applaudible. Surya tries to be others when he himself can bring on so much charisma onscreen. Doing this he has spoilt all the hard work he had done for his past movies. Surya has overacted in many parts and the fights are too exaggerated & proves he can also fly without wings(Remember KURUVI) by jumping from one building to another in a way that even SPIDEY will be jealous. He was a charmer in the songs and Nayanthara has done her part well in whatever scope there was for her to perform. AnandBabu(Son of the Late.Nagesh) has done a decent job considering its his comeback ticket. The rest of the croud, sorry cast come in droves that it is really hard to remember each one of them. Ramesh Khanna, the story writer needs to think bigtime to come up with a proper story. Sorry sir, this story can hardly be called one, it can be called TORTURE!!!

Songs are a treat to watch. Yeno Yeno and Hasili Fisili are picturised really well. Vaaraayo Vaaraayo is differently well picturised. Maasi Maasi might get more listeners after picturisation, but it was not at all needed considering the length of the movie. A RAP bit that comes about the father is GOOD. Other than that the background score is a big letdown Mr.Harris. KSR & the producer UDHAYANIDHI come at the end and multiply the tiredness u already have. And they say UDHAYANIDHI is comin to tinsel town as a HERO(GOD save the people).

1st Half- Torture initially then VADIVELU, VADIVELU, VADIVELU.

2nd Half- Some TWISTS!!!(only some) and then TORTURE!!!

2 stars only for VADIVELU

AADHAVAN- SARAKKU ILLADHAVAN!!! Watch at your own RISK!!!

it’s good to be back!!!

Yes! its finally good to be back. Been runnin around lately and surprise! surprise! am back in Kuwait now. It’s a longggggg story. Details later. Take care!!!

“THRILLER” NO MORE-R.I.P M.J

KING OF POP

MICHAEL JACKSON

1958-2009

Its been months since my last post and i haven’t had the opportunity even if i wanted to make a post, but i had to do this for a man who gave a new meaning to the word MUSIC as the world saw it. Here goes my tribute to the KING OF POP M.J. As the world mourns the death of a singer,a dancer,a performer,an entertainer, call him what you care he was the man, the THRILLER. He was loved by all. Rewinding back to the mid 1990’s i still remember dancing to REMEMBER THE TIME everytime it was played at home. Then i knew a man called M.J existed and his music was spellbinding. And then came the new revolution in dance…The MoonWalk, even today i secretly practise MoonWalking inside the bathroom(simply because thats the only place where i can slide backwards pretty easily) but Jacko could do it even on a mountain terrain. Such was his talent. Then as years went on the name faded to oblivion and was in the news for all the wrong reasons M.J was no more the man i used to know. He was in all kinds of problems, but he had one thing with him that nobody else possessed, the aura to entertain. And he was about to do the same come July 10, but god had other plans though. He cut short the life of a man who gave us so much with his music. You Live in your Music M.J!!!! The time has come for you to entertain the gods, show them your dance steps and let them be mesmerized!!!! RIP

HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!!!

“M” is for the million things she gave me,
“O” means only that she’s growing old,
“T” is for the tears she shed to save me,
“H” is for her heart of purest gold,
“E” is for her eyes, with love-light shining,
“R” means right, and right she’ll always be.