Jan 7th 2008
Happy New Year Greetings
Quotes
I am afraid of the day , I start feeling I have achieved something- that would be the end of my career--Deepika Padukone Actor
I actually do not mind being No 2 for the next 50 years - Rafael Nadal No 2 tennis player accepting No 1 Roger Federer' s supremacy over the game
We are definitely ahead of all in terms of ladies with sex appeal among our MPs. These young women are full of energy and eagerness to become serious lawmakers- Viktor Gorbachev Russian Political Analyst on female MPS in Vladimir Putin's United Russian party
I do not like analysts and consultants- They look at your watch and tell you the time-- Tulsi Tanti CMD Suzlon Energy and one of the richest Indians
Snippets
Guess what devotes with dreams of going abroad offer the deity at the Sidhdheshwer Chamatkarik Hanuman mandir in Ahmadabad ? More than 2000 devotes place their passports and visa applications at the feet of their lord , in the belief that he would influence the authorities. What else they call him -- yes " Visa Hanuman" !!
How did they welcome the new year this time ? G. Navkumar of Vellore ushered in 2008 by painting the flags of 102 countries on two rows of paper - each 185 feet long. He then inserted a new year greeting between the parallel rows. The Indian flag had a picture if a white dove, indicating peace. He plans to add flags of another 90 countries for a place in the Limca book of records
Cricket Controversies
Aussies won a another test match ----nothing new-- But this time there was lot of things that went against the way they did it-- For a team that is so strong in all its lines , there was no need to appeal for doubtful decisions-- Ponting picked up one from the turf and appealed -- The decision was not given in their favour and replays confirmed that there was not bat involved-- Gilchrist knew that Rahul Dravid had not edged -- it was from the Pad but won the appeal-- Ponting confirmed that Ganguly was out ( not his job )-- All these showed the Aussie in poor light- Well the umpiring was so poor and as usual the decisions went against India-- India had seven to eight decisions against them while the Aussie had one against them-- this is a trend that is happening in favour of Australia irrespective of the opposition- Steve Bucknor has never been kind to the Indians -- what else do you expect--
Anil Kumble was a man with lot of Dignity about him-- he was calm and assured and he reflected the cricket that India played- Although the series is lost , the team in the second test did very well-
Hope things turn around in the third test in Perth .
Polio Plus
The immunisation program for 2008 kicked off -- The Rotary is heavily involved with the Govt agencies to make this program a success-- The 2007 data was a disappointment as far as the number of cases that were reported-- One thought that Poliowas eradicated but not so-- More than seven hundred cases were reported from India although none from tamilnadu-- the govt has stepped up the efforts to do immunisation and see that this is controlled- I was happy that I was able to help out -- On Saturday , I visited two health centres alloted to our club and did the planning work-- Sunday we participated in the program with one of our health centres being in the news- 15 kids were selected to go to the CM's house to get immunised by the CM himself ( Thousand lights health centre ) the mothers were so dressed up !! The program went off well -- A good week end doing some work that benefitted others
Quotes
I am afraid of the day , I start feeling I have achieved something- that would be the end of my career--Deepika Padukone Actor
I actually do not mind being No 2 for the next 50 years - Rafael Nadal No 2 tennis player accepting No 1 Roger Federer' s supremacy over the game
We are definitely ahead of all in terms of ladies with sex appeal among our MPs. These young women are full of energy and eagerness to become serious lawmakers- Viktor Gorbachev Russian Political Analyst on female MPS in Vladimir Putin's United Russian party
I do not like analysts and consultants- They look at your watch and tell you the time-- Tulsi Tanti CMD Suzlon Energy and one of the richest Indians
Snippets
Guess what devotes with dreams of going abroad offer the deity at the Sidhdheshwer Chamatkarik Hanuman mandir in Ahmadabad ? More than 2000 devotes place their passports and visa applications at the feet of their lord , in the belief that he would influence the authorities. What else they call him -- yes " Visa Hanuman" !!
How did they welcome the new year this time ? G. Navkumar of Vellore ushered in 2008 by painting the flags of 102 countries on two rows of paper - each 185 feet long. He then inserted a new year greeting between the parallel rows. The Indian flag had a picture if a white dove, indicating peace. He plans to add flags of another 90 countries for a place in the Limca book of records
Cricket Controversies
Aussies won a another test match ----nothing new-- But this time there was lot of things that went against the way they did it-- For a team that is so strong in all its lines , there was no need to appeal for doubtful decisions-- Ponting picked up one from the turf and appealed -- The decision was not given in their favour and replays confirmed that there was not bat involved-- Gilchrist knew that Rahul Dravid had not edged -- it was from the Pad but won the appeal-- Ponting confirmed that Ganguly was out ( not his job )-- All these showed the Aussie in poor light- Well the umpiring was so poor and as usual the decisions went against India-- India had seven to eight decisions against them while the Aussie had one against them-- this is a trend that is happening in favour of Australia irrespective of the opposition- Steve Bucknor has never been kind to the Indians -- what else do you expect--
Anil Kumble was a man with lot of Dignity about him-- he was calm and assured and he reflected the cricket that India played- Although the series is lost , the team in the second test did very well-
Hope things turn around in the third test in Perth .
Polio Plus
The immunisation program for 2008 kicked off -- The Rotary is heavily involved with the Govt agencies to make this program a success-- The 2007 data was a disappointment as far as the number of cases that were reported-- One thought that Poliowas eradicated but not so-- More than seven hundred cases were reported from India although none from tamilnadu-- the govt has stepped up the efforts to do immunisation and see that this is controlled- I was happy that I was able to help out -- On Saturday , I visited two health centres alloted to our club and did the planning work-- Sunday we participated in the program with one of our health centres being in the news- 15 kids were selected to go to the CM's house to get immunised by the CM himself ( Thousand lights health centre ) the mothers were so dressed up !! The program went off well -- A good week end doing some work that benefitted others
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