August 25th

Quotable Quotes
Who are you ? Union Sports Minister MS Gill to National Badminton Coach and former All England Champion P. Gopi Chand at a funciton
Waiting for the umpires review is like three minutes in the ICU- The heart misses so many beats - Sourav Ganguly Cricket on the referral system that was demoed in the recent series with Srilanka
The same guys that brought you George Bush are trying to bring you John McCain. They have the same strategy. They can't win an argument on ideas , so what they will do is attack me -Barack Obama
Mostly all ht ebegaars are from other states and trains scheduled from Patna to Goa will create problems-- Ravi Nail Home Minister of Goa talking about beggars in his state

Gettogether by Kids

It was a event that we would not have thought about at that age- Nine kids ( all girls ) in our flat decided to have a get together on account of Krishna jayanthi -- ages ranged from the least at 3 years to the eldest at 11 years -- What was impressive was the way they organised for it - A neat menu was written up and each kid got to his home the list and the particular item that she was to bring for the dinner - also there were games planned and selected parents ( only mothers ) were made as judges for various events such as Antakshari. Passing the ball etc etc.,-- The event started bang on time at 6:30 and ended at 8:30-- it was great to see the kids enjoy ( I was not allowed to watch , so heard the event description from my wife )-- Times change and kids thinking and capablity to do things change -- What I was impressed was the spark that made the get together and do the event --

Olympics
The grand fan fare ended and it saw the emergence of China as a super power in sports as they lead the medal onslaught and pushed the USA to the second spot with consumate ease-- All things improved but one cannot improve DD -- the coverage , quality of commentary -- The commentary at most times was pathetic as the commentators ( our own who interjected the original audio ) did not know about the event , the kind of people who were participating and the depth -- this made watching depressing -- When the Basketball final was on ( with US with its NBA stars ) DD was showing boxing , handball events !!

Formula one
The road circuit at Valencia was new and had its thrills and frills -- The race confirmed the slow decline in the motivation of Kimi -- the world champion of 2007- Kimi did not have any fire or power in the Saturday qualifying and was placed fourth on the starting grid-- Massa who had a heart breaking engine blow out in the closing stages of the Hungarian GP was fired up and clinched the pole ahead of Hamilton-- The race saw Massa drive without any mistakes and it was no surprise that he ended up the winner- Kimi had a miserable second out stop and one the mechanics was dragged by the car with the fule nozzle stuck in the car-- two laps later , Kimi;s engine blew out concluding a poor week end and also opening up a 13 point lead to Hamilton with six races to go-- Looks like Massa can challenge Hamilton as he is behind by six points - There are also rumours of Kimi moving out of Ferrari and Alonso joining Ferrari-- Intersting days ahead

Comments

Anonymous said…
Dear Sri -- Enjoyed your note on "the new kids on the block" (your apartment). Clearly shows that the kids are finding new ways to entertain themselves. Babu PR

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