Day & Night..

On the surface everything's all right...work's good...got a nice bunch of friends at work...weekends are fun with German classes and a chance to meet new people (read: new girls)...health seems all right (well...almost). All in all, life looks good.

But life's empty...some days pass away in a blur...they leave behind no memories. And some days just drag...they go on and on with no end in sight.

And worst are the nights...

Happy New Month...

It's a new month you know...hope you get everything that you desire for...and more than what you deserve...for you deserve a lot.

Here's saying cheers to a new start...Happy New Month...have a great one!!

SMSes again...

('-') - Kahan Hon Dost??
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('-') - Pata Hai Kitna Miss Karte Hai Aapko??
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Itna-('-')-Itna
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Video replays in Football?

Ok, so England got knocked out of the WC2010 and are cribbing about how the "goal that was not given" could have changed things. I agree that at 2-2 it would have been a different game. So do we need video replays in football??

We have video replays in cricket and tennis. Replays will help out in football as well. But somehow I don't want sport to be touched by technology to the extent that the referee or linesman decision can be changed. I hate the replays that are used at major tennis tournaments. I feel that using video technology takes away some of the charm of sports. Refeering errors are part of the game. It creates legends as is the case of Sir Geoff Hurst goal in 1966 against Germany. To this date no one knows if the ball cleared the line or not but we still talk about it with great fondness (if you are English) and anger (if your German). But it has its place in history.

Not many would accept my argument but this is just the old-school footballer in me. Practically we need video replays but I really am hoping FIFA sees this issue not practically, but from the viewpoint of letting the game still be beautiful.

Back to childhood...

I started learning German from Saturday. It's been a great experience so far...learning a new language and more importantly a new culture...

Learning a new language is akin to going back to childhood. We all have to recite words, phrases, sentences, questions, numerals with our instructor. There's music (German of course) and video as well. It's great fun. The fellow students are fun as well.

And yeah...for the first time in my life I'm in a classroom environment where the sex ratio favors the men...8 girls to 7 guys...quite unlike my engineering and management days where girls were a precious and rare commodity.

Well...its been good so far. Now I have decide what to learn next. There's a toss up between Tennis or Guitar. Tennis looks to be a good option but I don't know whether my weak left leg would cope with it. Guitar seems to be a safe bet.

Gute Nacht...

SMS...

I pick up my cell...type a message...and then I don't send it.

Sometimes it's just a simple smile...sometimes a simple "Heyy...wassup?"...actually there's so much to ask...so much to talk about.

I don't know what stops me from sending the message...

Der Unterricht beginnt an diesem Samstag...

Today I finally did something that I've wanted to do since a long time...to be precise since 2004. I finally went ahead and joined German language classes.

But I aint happy...not one bit...this was not the way I wished it had happened.