Novermber 19th 2007

Quotes

When the masses combine, the sound of their steps will suppress the sound of the military boots- benazir Bhutto on Emergency in Pakistan

Why don't you shut up ? Juan Carlos King of Spain to Hugo Chavez President of Venezuela who was trying to interrupt the speech of the Spanish PM at the Ibero American Summit at Shanghai-- this has around 700 videos on the youtube site and ring tones etc., Big news item

I can climb on top of a water tank like Dharmendra did in Sholay and deny the rumours- Rani Mukerji dismissing rumours of wedding to Film maker Aaditya Chopra

Those who know me are aware what kind of person I am . I think it's my social responsibility to do some thing for such children- Shoiab Aktar after visiting mentally challenged students of Chetna Institute Lucknow

Snippets

Delhi

Diamonds are irritable. But succumbing to temptations can land one in trouble, discovered a professor couple living in Greater kailash. They allegedly stole diamond jewellery from an exhibition at Asoka hotel last month. When the organisers found jewellery missing, they checked the close circuit TV footage. It should that the hubby passes the jewellery to his wife , who slipped it in to her bag. The police laid a trap at a recent exhibition where the couple turned up. Why did they do it ? They were tempted to steal when nobody was looking, the couple is said to have admitted to the guilt.

Animal rights activists may have an explanation for why monkeys attack men. But the people of Shastri park in East Delhi were clueless when a simian unleashed its rage on them. It went on a rampage injuring 24 residents in the locality one by one as they tried to save each other. The attack which started around 7 PM went on till late in the night when the monkey was pranced away.

Motor racing

Michael Schumacher quit F1 racing at the end of the 2006 season- that meant he was not racing for the entire year of 2007 till about a week ago-- Schmi tested the Ferrari car for the 2008 season and hang on… he was the fastest on the track and was ahead of the rest of the drivers who were in good shape and had driven in the 2007 season.. Amazing indeed is this man and his love for the tracks and to excel

Tennis
Another unassuming and suave man was doing things quietly-- It was none other than Roger Federer-- Federer looked shaky as he entered the final ATP tournament at Shangai - this event featured the top eight best players of the season- Fedderer was beaten twice by David Nalbandian in earlier tournaments-- rafel Nadal said that rankings and ratings are going to change -- All big talk -- Federer went in to the Semis and then started producing that brand of solid tennis that he is known for- He swept past Nadal Roddick to set up a summit clash with David Ferrer of Spain-- Ferrer was the hot man -- he had come into the finals playing unbelievable tennis and a upset was in the air-No not to be.
The Spanish fans were in full strength so were the Swiss fans-- one banner from the Swiss fans said it all about Roger Federer -" Shh. Quiet - genius at work- "
Federer did a through demolition job and won the title and a Merc car to boot- Again , you need to note what qualities the champion had- Ability to cope with pressure , come back against adversity , focussed on playing tennis ( no side talk ) , supreme fitness and being still humble.

Comments

Anonymous said…
Dear Sri
I just read that Federer is going to play against Pete Sampras in an exhibition match. It would be interesting to see if Sampras could take a cue out of Schumi's example in motoracing. From Babu PR

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