Sports, Life and Sour Grapes!

So Pakistan did win the T20 World. Not that I am a big fan of this format of the game, but still, it is no mean achievement for a team which has not played competitive cricket for a sustained period, thanks to all the internal conflicts. Congratulations.
Indian radio channels are celebrating Pakistan's victory by mocking Younis Khan's lack of ability to speak good English. I agree, his not so good with the language but boy, he can bat! Remember his batting against Indian Cricket team!

I do not think that it is just Indian phenomena. The fans of Manchester United worldwide have suddenly started to see the negative influence that Christiano Ronaldo was having on the dressing room. I guess now that he is sold to Madrid (although for an amount which I dont consider 'Vulgar'), the ostriches have finally got their heads above the sand. All the fans who so badly wanted to see him stay are now relieved that he is gone.
I am sure similar sentiments would surface about Carlos Tevez as well now that he has confirmed that he won't be staying. "Oh, he is too similar to Rooney!" OR " He ain't worth that money!"
My take: I wanted Ronaldo to stay. He is irreplacable. I don't think tevez leaving is all such a bad thing. That might give chance to young Macheda and Welbeck.

I guess we devalue the thing that we cannot get to ease the pain of not getting it. It is the same with the girls who ignore advances. All of a sudden she is not pretty anymore!
Sour grapes!

Mumbai and Me

Mumbai is a humbling city. No matter how much money you make, there is always someone making more than that. And its not just about money. The typical middle class dream of owning a house is a luxury here!
No matter when you reach this place, you would feel that you missed the bus by atleast 3 years.
How come the magical number of 3? The property prices double every 3 years, so the flat that you could have bought in your today's salary 3 years ago is already beyond your budget. By the time you make and save enough, the locality of your affordable house will move 5 further from your place of work (away from Mumbai, not towards it). So you have to chose cheaper house,or longer commutation time daily. And trust me, the prices will decide for the latter.

So every day when you hang on to the dear handle in the local train, you curse for being a good 3 years late!

Its like you are always chasing something here, no wonder the city never stops. Its like running on a treadmill which is moving faster than you can. You huff and puff, but you don't progress. This place sucks the life out of people, and leave them walking zombies, dazed with dreams that were never fulfilled.

It is a thought that scares the hell out of me. Everyday I back myself to survive this place, every night I convince myself that I did.

Transformation begins...

Just two months back I was a student in a B-School. We have a tradition of yearbook where my friends wrote testimonials for me. I have not been very wise in choosing the right words to express myself when I talk to people. My friends joked that I had the subtlety of a sledge hammer. They said I needed to be more politically correct in expressing myself.

Now that I am working on an assignment where I will be facing clients, clients who, by the nature of the business I am dealing with, would be eccentric and egoist! My boss says that I am the right person to do the job coz he thinks 'I am a nice, diplomatic kid".

I am sure my friends will laugh out loud when they hear it. I don't know why but I take that as a compliment.
The game is on.

Doing a life to life!

I believe that if life had a life and a body to live in, it would have been a pretty lady, and that, at times makes me imagine myself taking her by the scruf of the neck, kissing her hard, and then dumping her!
Wouldn't that be doing to life what life does to you?

The cynic in me!

I was talking to a batchmate of mine and learnt that Rajnikant is a god to him.

And over the course of last few years, I have come to realize that there are human beings who are 'God' to many people.

Only today I have realized that I have none! Here I am, with no idol, no religion, no God! For a moment I felt like an orphan.

I am sure there are more like me. (And if you are a female reading this and we happen to meet sometime over a cup of coffee, I would go any length to prove that I am unique! ) I have always held the opinion that being a really strong believer in god/religion/actors doesn't really help. If I need help, neither Rama nor Rajnikant(or Superstar Rajnikant as my friend warned me to call him) will come to help me! So why should I pray or follow someone?

But it is more than religion or filmstars. I have no political belief as well! I have never cast my vote because I do not believe in the system. Hell, I even abstained from voting in election for some posts in my college!

I do not have any specific taste in movies! I like psycho movies, but I like romantic movies as well! Check my profile and you would know my likings. In music, nopes,no hope there as well!

So at 24, I do not have any preference for anything in life! But my friend (I won't name him, else he would kill me!) is writing a learning algorithm that will compartmentalize my tastes and would tell me what kind of soup I would like today depending upon which side of the bed I have woken up! Jokes apart, he has a case that people actually show similar preferences in shopping and is doing a market research on that and he agrees that I am an exception.(See, I told you I am unique.)

Now that I sound like a totally uninteresting guy, there is a little positive to it!

I don't have any preference in people as well. Just don't be too sophisticated and don't think that you are god, and I can get along with you. I said "can", it doesn't mean that I will, but it gives you a chance. Wanna play? ;-)

OK, its neither matrimonial, nor dating profile so I will come back to the central idea.
So how bad/good it is to be ideal less? Honestly, I feel that makes me more open to people and experiences. I do not have staunch beliefs to shut people off. (There is a completely different set of reasons to explain my unpopularity but this is certainly not one of them.)

I have friends from all religions, all age groups, all strata of society, or as they call them in Marketing Research, SEC-A, B and C! Yes, I am limited to friendship with people belonging to either of the sexes only, but I guess that does not dilute my case. :-) And I haven't done too badly in life so, cheers to the cynical me!

Cheers!!