RCB registers thumping win over MI

Jacques Kallis’ unbeaten run continued as he steered his team to yet another victory. RCB reached the target of 152 with 7 wickets to spare and took the No.1 spot away from the Mumbai Indians. Playing at home, Sachin Tendulkar’s Mumbai Indians had got off to a good start with 57 for 2 by the seventh over. But just when they were looking to take control of the innings, they lost Saurabh Tiwary to a googly by the wily Anil Kumble.

With Sachin Tendulkar still at the crease, MI were looking to build the innings and have a go at the end with a good pack of hitters to come. That was not to be as Vinay Kumar, the most under-rated RCB bowler, struck a triple blow. Getting rid of Ambati Rayudu, Sachin Tendulkar and Dwayne Bravo in a matter of five balls, he put MI on the back-foot at 76 for 6. MI never really recovered from there as they lost wickets regularly. Thanks to a last over blitz by Zaheer Khan, they managed a competitive 151 for 9.

The Challengers, on the other hand, have got used to a good solid start by Jacques Kallis and Manish Pandey. The two have formed the ultimate opening pair in IPL 2010 with an average of over 59 batting together with three fifty-run partnerships. Pandey played a quick hand scoring 40 off 27 pulling Zaheer for a couple of boundaries. Although Kallis was earlier dropped by Rayudu, who missed a sitter and hurt himself falling on his elbow, he stayed unbeaten to see his team through.

After the opening partnership of 85 off 9 overs, RCB had all but won it. They were always in control with Kallis standing tall at the other end. The match was pitted as the clash of the two heavyweights of IPL 2010. On paper as well as on the points table, MI and RCB are by far the leaders of IPL 2010. It is a pity that Mumbai Indians eventually gave up their No.1 position to earlier second ranked Royal Challengers Bangalore rather easily.

Mumbai Indians will look at this game as a wake-up call in terms of their middle order’s resourcefulness. RCB too has been winning matches thanks to consistent performances at the top, by Kallis who has scored over 200 runs without getting out, Pandey and Uthappa.

This result sets up the next few games very well as the Mumbai Indians take on fifth placed Kolkata Knight Riders and the Royal Challengers Bangalore play against third ranked Chennai at home.


Courtesy-- www.iplt20.com

Journey to East India

PFA image taken when travelling to East India from my 5800--xpressmusic


Its a very long time now , havent scribbled anything on my journey to East India... Today i made up my mind and said.. ab nai toh kabi nai...

Special and Wondrous day in life

Excitement Enthuz and Energetic.... Not so Easy for me... First Flight in my life.. Pehli baar mein hawai jhahaaz mein ja raha tha... waise bhi mein pehli baar train chada when i was in 12th...

Called up Viv and Abel to accompany me for my journey .... Booked a cab... and reached 2 hour prior to journey.. pehli baar tha yaar.. kuch bhi panga nai hone ka tha... then relaxed a bit... had a capuchino with V & A.

SpiceJet.... My First Flight... Date- 4th Feb... Bangalore- Kolkota. Flight # SG528 Seat # 11E.
My luggage was taken care... and I was excited....

Boarding time 9:15 AM... Was in Plane.. and was asked to switch off all electronic gadgets.. So did I. Plane started to take off.. and mere pairon tale zameen nikal gayi.. Jaan mu mein aa gayi thi.. kaan bandh ho gaye... Baap re ye kya ho raha hai mereko... then as advised by few of my wellsihers mein bach gaya... ruyi(cotton) le gaya tha kaan mein rakhne ke liye.... it helped me a lot..

Had a sandwich and a coke(not promoting brand here)... It was an awesome experience ...

Reached kolkota and abhik there to guide me thru.... seedha pahuncha shaadi ghar.. Piyali ka shaadi tha na...

Khoob Kaye.... It was my first encounter of a bengali shaadi.. :P had seen in movie.. Devdas movie mein dekha tha... ladki ko utake ladke ka round and round ..round and round maarthe hai.

shaadi mast hua... everyone was happy...

Day 2

Next day... Chets on shopping spree... muje yeh karidhna hai ..woh bhi.. arey ye bhi... Ghariahat maine bhi mom ke liye saree liya ... from Adi Dhakeswari Bastralya

Maine bola ..shopping se pehle thoda kha pi lete hai.. energy aayega then we can start... we served ourselves .. egg rolls..chicken rolls and veg rolls of course.... Then went to victoria palace... wahan pe jaal muri khaya... As usual.. Clean Rani.. Germ Free Chets ka pet( stomach) karab ho gaya... :P :( phir bhi woh ladki shopping ko zyada priority di and we all went to New market...

Aur maine aur hemant ne start kiya apna game... out of 10.... ( please contact if u need to know what is this game) .. Chets ka shopping khatam hi nai ho raha tha... we had lunch.

First time in lifetime again...METRO.. Bangalore mein kab banega woh toh guarnatee nai.. shayad mere bache chadenge usme... toh .. its was a gr8 experience... From new market to DUM DUM.. then we took a volvo and went to Abhik' Place at Michael Nagar

Abhik's family is too good... Bahut saara pyaar aur khayal rakha humara( Main Cheez toh hume khana diya.. sone ke liye jagah diya :P) We had nice dinner aunty ne aur didi milke mast khana banaye the...

Day 3

We got up early and went to Dakshineshwari temple...nice place.. had Matka chai :P ( remembering vivek here...) wahan se ek ashram gaye and humare bolu bhaiyya( Hemanta Gogoi) lost his shoes..coinci i had an extra pair... uske baad.. phir se shopping ka bhoot ...

BTW Mera Kahani ... i had to go to bhubaneshwar the next day and ticket was not booked.. dopahar ko ghumte rahe me and abk... and finally we didnt get ticket.. :(

we finished shopping and left to abk's place... dinner kiya.. next day morning.. chets hem logon ki flight thi.. back to blore at 7 am... before sleeping i just checked up with viv abt train the next morning... nai mila... then i made up my mind.. chal koi nai... will go by flight... and flight was 730.. sahi hai... we all slept and next day morning got up early and took taxi to airport... and left to our destinations...

Tanha tha mai
tanha tha safar
khushi ki talash mein
nikal pade befikar...

TO BE CONTINUED...

Gift never stopped coming

Till Jan mid i was getting gifts... My best friend from Mumbai sent me a tshirt which had a frog picture on it.. Quoted " KISS ME" I am a PRINCE... pretty embarrassing but funny and looked gr8 on me... obviously would look good on me... One thing which brought tears in my eyes was the slam book ( u can call it as a biography) .. Viv sent to anju... she did her finest collage work... preity zinta pics pasted at the end of the book.. Every friend of mine wrote about me... how they felt when they first met me and now how they feel .. has that changed.. itna accha laga muje ... i literally cried like hell... ( bolte hai mard ko dard nai hota hai.. magar saala mard ke paas bhi dil hota hai). i remember that day when vivek gave me this book , i never expected that it would contain such wonderful moments which i have spent with frnz..

Har lamha usme khaid hai ... from the moment i joined iflex( now OFSS) till date..

Thanks to the friends who have given such nice moments in my life of friendship...
Thanks to all the support in my bad times
Thanks to all that love u showered on me when i needed...
Thanks a ton

Happy Birthday to Me

When the clock struck 00:00, phone started ringing.... inbox filled with messages... "Happy Birthday" .



Overwhelmed with joy I was over expecting and the expectation did cross my expectations... FRIENDS arrived with cake and flowers and loads of gifts... Candles blown.. Cake Cut ... Wishing Happy Birthday... Happy and content with the things happening with me..


Then we moved to Sid's place where we all met together and I was gifted with gifts... OMG..... Gifts Gifts and Gifts... I can bet you on this that no one has received so many gifts on their birthday.... Tshirts.. Jacket.. Cap.. Back pack.. Pendant.. Shades.. We all had dinner together and had a long chat... slept late got up early morning...

Morning... Got myself a great pair of clothes for my bday... When I came into to office ... never expected it to be so good... Cubicle decorated with Red baloons and flowers and many cards wishing me Happy birthday.
Mera DM(FYI.. Delivery manager) aake puchtha hai... Did u get married... Maine kaha nai .. Its my birthday... toh woh bola.. agar tera bday hai toh itna decoration ..if it was ur marriage then... ha ha ha.. continued there...

No one's cubicle gets decorated as mine... thanks to my friends.... Phone never stopped ringing... 10 ...11....18...30... new messages... message on my mobile screen...Mails.. Scraps..tweets...

Day going well... Went to Wok with Chung with bunch of my friends at office... had my fav American Chopsuey...Finger Licking good(offcourse u have it with fork)..

Got sweets for colleagues... from karthik sweets marathalli... put up a mail( "HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME" Sweets at my desk) ...Gifts never stopped coming... Friends at office got me this little brownie.. so nice of them with one candle on it... I knew that this was not my birthday cake... and then came huge cake... stating ... " Happy Birthday PRAS" Had fun... Cake Fight... Everyone one in the cafeteria covered with cake cream on their faces... Got awesome tshirt from these guys.. and chets gave me one nice UMM ( Underground Music Movement tshirt) bright tshirt.. never wore such colored one... but imp thingy is.. that tshirt looks awesome on me...

Colleagues started asking me when are u leaving office.. "Saale bday ke din office mein kyun sadh raha hain"... unke liye mera uttar tha... " Sabar ka phal meetha hota hai" Let my friends wait for me.. I went to sid place..

Surprises again.. flowers... chocloates... gifts... I was like... WTF... itne saare gifts tshirts.. ye toh mera pura saala ka wardrobe bharega...

We had nice drink and dinner at friends place.. and i am very glad that my birthday is on such a day... Next day is christmas... Everyone has off.. no US/UK/Singapore/Africa shifts chalthe ... So no bahana for guys/gals that... kal office jaana hai yaar.... We were full and off the ground....


I know that i m getting old when the only thing I want for my birthday is not to be reminded of it

Below quote would end this post with a wickedish smile on ur face..

The first sign of maturity is the discovery that the volume knob also turns to the left. -Jerry M. Wright

Year

2009................................................ 2010 Well started.... Rocked on the dance floor of Zero g... Had a gr8 time... Belly dancers... Good Ambience... Girls DJ and Daaru... Kya combination hai re baap..

Returned by auto ... auto wale bhi kam nai the... chikthe chillate aaye... "Happy New Year"... Two autos speeding towards Sid's place... Magar mera ab bhi ji nai bhara tha daaru ka... Kisiko pata chalne bhi nai diya.. Do Peg chup chup ke do log pi liye... he he :P.

Sone ka try kiye magar hua nai.... jab soche sone ka... time hua tha 6 in the morning... then some departed and some crashed down... And later Me Sid Abel and Raj met at my home.. everyone got ready and were very hungry... Ammi's Biryani.. Chalo try karthe hai( Abel Suggested)... Had Biryani and some Good chicken... Liked it... Rating 4/5... U can try out... located at kormangala near Corner House and outer ring road near Kalamandir.

Left to Brigades... Kya karein ... Chalo Amoeba... Bowling ... New year had already well for me... Scored 150... my highest till now... not bad i hope... Came back to Sid's place.. Had nice dinner prepared by queen of hearts... slept off like Kumbakaran...

Day 2

Time dekha.. Mobile was showing 10:22... shit i remembered that it was Hemant bday... and called up chets and she informed me to be there at Oasis ( Shopping mall Near NGV) Rushed to house and got ready and left for shopping.... People were surprised to see me in such costume( Kurtha and Jeans) comment maare.. Saala naaya saal mein Sudhar gaya saala.. He he :P

Went in.. 6 log... everyone with different taste... shopping a single thing... finally we succeded to decide on a single thing.. Watch .. Timex... Hemant ko surprise dene wale the... and hum logon ne usko bulaya tha Boca Grande... But bich mein usne hum logon ko dekh liya... Magar humne use zabardasti surprise hone bole.... He was Surprised when he saw all of us in Boca Grande waiting for him and his cake on the table.... ( thoda problem hua.. Owner bola " Sir hum cake allow nai karthe yahan pe..... magar baad mein convince ho gaya woh itne logon ko dekh ke) We sat down and had a nice chat.. Wahan pe ek ladka aur ladki aaye the... Me ladki ko aur Miss C ladke ko line maar rahe the... Kya mast ladki thi yaar .. Blue dress mein blooming girl... cute.. and she had nice look.. Diet Coke and Ultra milds Cigaratte( her order) .. then we went to Corner house.. people had DBC.. Leechi and Peech icecream.... and then went to Momo's hut.... Garma garam Momo khaye... Bahar nikalthe hi hemant pe tut padhe .. Birthday Bumps...
And everyone on their way to home....

I was on my way back to Sid's place...... Reached and everyone assembled.. Sid, Raj,Abel ,Kunal and me....

People with weak heart dont read the below para

Kunal... new character.... he is Sid's Cousin... bola.. Chal chicken le aate hai fresh wala... Nikal pade dono chicken laane... First time in my life i saw a chicken getting slaughtered ( bad term) uske gale ko usne aise maroda... uski kya kisi ki bhi jaan nikal jaaye yaar... pulled away those feathers as u peel a coconut... and chopped as if gajar muli kath rahein ho... mereko itna bura lag raha tha.. kisika jaan lena apni jaan ke liye.. yeh kahan ka insaaf hai my lord.... Tab Baba Kunal bole " Baccha Is duniya mein.. Har koi kisiko maar kar hi zinda rehta hai..." Maine socha Darwin theory apply karo aur socho ki maine koi burayi nai ki " Survival of the fittest". Chicken laake ghar pahunche and Sid prepared nice dinner and kha ke so gaye...

Day 3

Late uthe... and planned... Ghar dekhne jaana hai... Queen of hearts boli... Aur uspe sab amal kiye... And Fairy lady ko bole ki reach Mayo hall by 2... We went to see apt for Sid .. Alpine Eco... 12k bola with 1lac deposit with nice amenities... nikal padhe Central mall...

All-- Alpa,Abel,Sid,Raj and Me met near Reebok showroom ( Ass tounding) Walking down with hunger in stomach and pocket also. Queen's Restaurant at church street... Kulcha Chicken lassi burrppppppppp. Excuse me. Then went to Amoeba as usual Bowling... Thoda gaming zone bhi gaye... Mere aur sid ke bich mein thagada competition chal raha... and finally jisko jitna tha wohi jeetega na??? he he:P

Journey Back home ... CANSA Square.. Apartment ka naam.. As we had left searching house for Sid in the middle.. we went to see this place near HAL.. Accha tha magar communicable nahi lag raha tha mereko...

Sid and Raj.. Ghar ka paint ka color.. Modular sofa.. lights... drapes color .. is sab ke baare mein already sochne lag gaye the...

and then we went to Samyakk.. Baap re kya showroom hai baap... 25k se upar hi lehangas and ghagras... and finally kuch accha nai laga... everyone dispersed back home ..

Bahar itna cold tha... Whisky hi hame bacha saktha tha... Do peg maara.. aur saala thand .. nikal pada apne rasthe... Egg Curry and Rice was in the Menu.. Khaye and sone chalein...

Day 4

Pehli baar muje office jaane ka bahut mann kar raha tha.. woh bhi monday ko... Got up and when door open kiya... Kuch nai dikh raha tha mereko... Ankhon ko masla aur dekha toh mist all over... itni thand thi.. mann kar raha tha jaake ke corner pakad ke so jaun... But.. Jab mann mein ho pura vishwas aur himmat... pattar pi pani se pigal jaata hai...

Went to my home and got ready ... Office aayein with smile on face and wishing everyone "HAPPY NEW YEAR".

Ho har tamanna puri sabki
Ho aarzoo pura sabka
Khwabon ko haqeeqat mein badlo

Muskhilein kabhi aayein zindagi mein
Yaaron himmat na haaron...

A journey wanting to end

Never thought 2009 would end so bad.... and i wished all the bad things happen... happen this day and never wanting them to carry them forward.

In short (should not disclose it on a blog.. magar chaltha hai.. who cares... !!)

Made my best friend cry on birthday
Break up..( Moving on)
Appraisal nai... (second time)
Staying alone
Departed from bestest friend, colleague everything...

Many things... which cant be written on blog and which cant be erased from heart...

As the year ended it had great package for me( of course not the good one) , FRIENDS planned for some party for the new year eve.... and i was looking around ... browsing ... scratching head for passes . UB city- shiro 7k my god.... then came athena leela palace.... he he... Sid bola " Abey wahan pe nai... wahan pe saale banduk leke aathe hai... lafda ho saktha hai wahan pe"... so the last option left was Zero g..... Was abt to book and online booking got closed... called here and there and found a guy who helped us... We had asked him to keep tickets for us.... Itna saara ho hi raha tha... entry hua.... varun devatha ka... Baarish.... ekdum se kahan se aagaye... pata nai... and chota mota hota toh chaltha... heavy rain.. And add on to that.. Cabs N/A.... Itne saara ho raha tha and kuch logon ka mann nai kar raha tha abi party ke liye... but only guy who was forcing us interested in was ABEL.

Finally decide to go by auto... reached.... 10 baj gaye the... Settled down had a drink...

Jaate Jaate zakhm de gaaya 2009... Sid hurt himself very badly.... which disturbed all of us.. and sid hurt...

Dard de gaya thu itna zyada...
Umeed na chode hai hum
Khuda imthihaan le raha hai yaar
Dil pe haath rakhe fuslale

Kaho Aal izz well

Icy Bangalore

Cold to the extreme... never thought blore would go so chill...

Ek din pehle...

Hum sab( FRIENDS except Fairy Lady so no 'N') on sunday went to buy gift for the Fairy lady coz.. uska happy birthday tha yaar next day :P. But on the way we went to indiranagar ... jahan pe jalebi and chicken sorma miltha hai... mast khaya... Queen ne pehle hi kaha tha... yahan chicken accha milta hai magar peth kharab honeke chances bahut hai... toh.. that was a nice warning...

garma garam jalegi and mirchi as add on... khake nikle to shoppers stop at garuda.... when we reached there it was 9 PM... and when i was having a glance around.. my eyes stopped at a point where i found a nice kurtha... i said that is it... it would suit her the best... baad mein humne teen char aur choose kiya baad mein mera hi choice tik laga sabiko...

and shoppers stop closing time... isi bich mein.. Queen ne bhi apne liye ek kurtha le liya... then vivek entry diya..... cake.....!!!!!!! toh they went in search of cake .. and came no good news.. chocolate fantasy... then me and abel went in search of blackforest at MG .. Brigade.... Church street... and finally got it in Barista... Me abel sid and queen sat down... as usual mera cafe latte and they ordered for cappucino...

Chai ki utathi hui duwe mein tera chehra nazar aatha hai...
usse dekhthe dekhthe chai tandhi ho jaati hai..


Left 11 from brigade to Fairy Lady's place... V man and the Mr L had left marathahalli to join us at Fairy girl's place... We all reached there 10 min prior and called Fairy girl's brother to open the door for us...


On her Bday

and when the clock struck 12 wished her Happy Birthday.... Gifted her with gifts and cake cutting ceremony and applying.... Then aunty ne chai banayi...( abhi yeh math pucho ki aunty kaun hai.. obv.. Fairy girl's mom) we had chai.. as usual baith ke baat karne lage..

Pata hi nai chala kab 5 baj gaye.. we got to know the time only when Fairy lady got the call for her next day office from her cab driver... she got ready... and wore the new dress which we had gifted... she was looking pretty and then we all had tea again... then we left... but to surprise her even more.... hum uske cubicle decorate karne ke liye nikle and had to reach office before she reaches and had to decorate...


now time is 530 am... when we came out of her house... it was covered with lots lots and loads of mist... aisa lag raha tha... badal chu rahein hai dharthi ko....

and so chill that we would have frostbite... with a fear in mind and heart in our mouth.. so cold and highway ... 10 metres ke aage kuch dikh hi nai raha hai... back to office...

on the way ...we picked up flowers and when we were arranging her cubicle... she came... we had not completed.. jab woh aayi.. hum bole.. itna saara kiya hai... ab tu bhi kuch kar... apna cubicle decorate... :P

she celebrated her birthday as joyous as she could have.... gifts, cakes, good food and last the most FRIENDS... Wishing her HAPPY BIRTHDAY