Love is in the air

I take this opportunity to introduce kavitha to all the blog readers. Kavitha is my fiancee and we will be tying the knot on the 18th of June.

Some of the things i like about kavitha:

1. She has got tremendous patience.
2. Extremely caring and adjusting
3. Straight forward and bold
4. She is very good in prioritizing things - she can make a good manager.
5. Highly Creative
6. She says she cooks very well.. hmm, have to wait and see if she can match my skills in cooking

Kavitha is crazy about ice creams that she ends up eating one every second day. Music must be her second love (stop pondering, i am her first love) that she listens to music most of the time. Her voice is amazingly good but she refuses to sing how much ever i try to make her sing. She has got this ability to give spontaneous excuses which makes it difficult for me to force her.

I have started writing some nice Tamil poems (kavithai) about her. I am not going to post them here though :P

When i asked her if she can drive a car, she said oh yea, i have got a licence too. Slowly i got the story of how she banged into a van which was stationary (not even a moving van, he he). That was the last time she drove a car. I wonder who gave her two wheeler and four wheeler licence.

I just want to say one thing to kavitha - "i love u".

On the edge of the seat

I have been asking this question for a long time. Dont get hyped up. I have been wondering why Auto-walas always sit on the the edge (or corner) of the seat while driving.

Some of the possible reasons i could think of are:

1. The auto-wala himself is very curious to know wat will happen next.
2. To make those zig-zag turns easily (when you least expect)
3. To run away in a jiffy if he gets caught by a cop.
4. Not too interested in padhavi (position / seat)
5. To accomodate another passenger besides him.

I have used a masculine term for auto drivers since i have not seen a lady driver sit on the edge / corner of a seat while driving.

Caribbean world Cup

Cricketing world is eagerly awaiting to see the sporting extravaganza of the year 2007. The fact that the world cup is going to be held in the caribbean islands makes it even more intersting. The warmth and hospitality the teams will recieve would be great and who would say no if it comes with the love for the game and the calypso.

Though there is a minor slump in the performance of the Aussies in commonwealth series, the Aussies are gonna be the favourites to win this time too. Other teams that we should take notice of are New zealand and south Africa. Cricketing experts are still speculating about the nature of wickets we have in store for the world cup. I belive that all the wickets are relaid and we have to wait and see if the wickets are going to offer the bounce that traditional caribbean wickes do.

Men in Blue

As an Indian, i wud like to see Dravid and his men come back with the coveted trophy. There is a sense of hope after the return of dada, who has regained his form. Something in me tells that the Indians are peaking at the right time.

Pros: Batting clicking at the right time, good pool of medium pace bowlers & quality spinners

Corns: lack of Self belief, unable to find a genuine all rounder, mediocre Fielding & running between the wickets

If the batters put up enuf runs on the board, there are chances where the pros would outweigh the corns.

The strategy:

Ganguly & sehwag/Utthappa should be make use of the field restrictions and score at 6.5 to 7 an over. Dravid and Sachin to consolidate in the middle overs. We can spring in a surprise by promoting Dhoni or Dinesh Kartik at no.3 depending on the match situation.

Yuvraj and the lower middle order batsman to finsih of the proceedings with a bang.

Nostradomous in me says India, SA, Australia and Nz would reach the semis.