Proud!!

I'm really happy now cos someone actually recognised and appreciated the course I pursue..It actually came as a surprise to me after these four years of studying.

Few years back, wen I was fresh into college ,
X would ask "enga sendhu iruka??" (where have you joined?)
I would be like ,"PSG-la M.Sc. Software Engg, 5 year course", the next immediate question ,
"B.Sc. enga panna???"(where did you do B.Sc.)
Damn, but very politely I used to smile and say "aiyo, illa uncle idhu right after school".
They'll be puzzled and they would think:
"what has got into this child, why she wants to do such weird things" and they would again come back with another so thought genuine question;
"yen ma, chennai-la kedaikalaya??" (didnt you get into any college in chennai?)
I wouldn't know wat to tell , I would be like "Illa uncle, this is a nice course".

/*Conversation Ends*/

Fours years back I never cared if they didnt recognise my course and if they didnt appreciate me studying there, sometimes I used to feel bad that I joined here.
But as years went by I stopped telling the course I'm pursuing ,I plainly would say PSG, Major in Computers; Not that I was ashamed of studying this course on the contrary I was proud of being here, and I felt lucky being here, and I hated it when some ignorant fellow to hide his ignorance raised questions about the course while being proud of his son/daughter studying in some course in some college just for the sake its in Chennai and its under Anna University.
The same thing happened when I was doing my internship, people used to ask
"enga project pandra??", I would be so proud and I would say eBay, and they'll be so confused and they'll say "paavam infosys-la kidaikala??"(poor thing,didn't get in Infosys I believe).
This time no anger "Amaam aunty, kidaikala, unga payan adhula-dhaanae irukan, how lucky you guys are :):)" .
She'll be so proud of herselves and walk away as if she had the last laugh.

But today I met this neighbour of mine who had been abroad for quite a few years and he asked me "enna panra??"..with no energy I told him the same, One sparkle in his eyes, he said "Wow, PSG-la??,I tried but they said my marks weren't sufficient, awesome,all the best".For a second I didn't know wat to tell, I was grinning and I said bye and came back running to write this post!!!!

BLEEDS BLUE :):):):)

First things first!! INDIA WON THE WORLD CUP on April 2, 2011 vs Sri Lanka in Mumbai!!!!!!!!!!!!
DISCLAIMER: This post is not in any specific order. As and when something strikes, I would spill it out. I would try my level best to maintain the coherence.

This is not only about how,when and where did they win but also how and where did we watch!!
As I have mentioned in my previous post we went to our friend's place to watch the match.

BEFORE MATCH :
I actually prayed to pillayar before we went to watch the match, cos each time we nine hostelers go out of the hostel for some occasion along with our class, some problem or other would arise putting our possibility of going back to hostel very low.
With all these prayers we left to his house in a call taxi, apparently the taxi driver did not know the route to Sai Baba Colony. I have no clue why a taxi driver in such small a city will not know the route to a prime location.
For ppl who know Cbe route, he was taking the entry into the race course through every possible road.Even if he wanted to increase the kilometer reading, he shouldn have done it so obviously. At last he dropped us in his place, nearly after an hour and that too after asking "Enga ma poonum??" (where do you wanna go?)at the 45th minute of our journey.And when he dropped he asked for 250 bucks as if he was being very genuine and supporting it he gave a reason  "naan neenga ooty ponum-nu nenachaen!!". So infuriated, I was like "idhu ooty-ku kooda wrong route".At last he accepted 150 bucks and left prolly cursing us.

All this anger and tension left our minds the moment we saw the warm smiles of our hosts and our cute nanditha (CP's niece). We quiclkly had our lunch and got ready for the match.

MATCH:

MAJOR BLOW :
No ashwin, a bigger blow than that was Sreesanth in.

When Ravi Shastri told "India won the toss", there was a roar of applause like we won it already, it didn't last long when Sangakara hopelessly said he wanted a re-toss, and unfortunately or fortunately we lost the toss and were forced to bowl first.
/*Meanwhile we got our faces painted with the tri-colors.*/

Each time a wicket was taken, all of us would jump out of our chairs screaming, swearing and clapping all at the same moment. And a four and six were criticized as "paavam da, pona pottum adichitu poranga", cos that was the plight of Sri Lanka  during the very first power play with their key players falling in early overs.

/*Our mouth never  rested with the continuous food supply */

Thanks to Sreesanth for making it easier for Sri Lanka,  if Dhoni had given him an extra over, he would have hit a century.But he didnt want people to miss Nehra, not his fault.
Only when we thought that Zaheer khan was bowling well, with just 6 runs given off 5 overs, did he prove us wrong.Sri Lanka were just 219 by the end of 46 overs, but what they scored by the end was a 274 with an amazing 6 in the last ball of the innings.

People who were projecting just around 250 or 260 were left with a moment of shock and disbelief.And I remember faces of raghav, bairav and vishnu so well during the last power play, sooo speechless and worried.

INNINGS BREAK:
All of us were like, Sachin should score atleast 37 to overtake Dilshan for the title of Highest run taker of the tournament.And what a sight would it be to see sachin score a century in Mumbai.Its all dependent on him and Sehwag.
Again predictions and belief always go wrong in any kind of game. Sehwag got out in the very beginning leaving us with 0-1 and Sachin tried his level best but got out for 18, though  there were many batsmen down the order, the possibility of us winning looked bleak atleast according to the spectators who were expecting wonders from the god himself. How could words support me in expressing the feeling and the irritation and the sadness all of us underwent when sachin got out. There were few of us who almost cried with our throats choking and almost none of us were ready to watch even another ball in the match thinking that would stop them from scoring.
A lot of us became very superstitious, some kept eating thinking that if they stopped eating that India would lose its wickets(a reason to eat), some didnt go to the bathroom, few didnt even get up from the chair.
None of us even wanted to clap for a four, a huge thanks to Gambhir who played so wonderfully under pressure.Only when it was coming back to normal, we lost another wicket, we almost lost hopes and we lost full hopes when Dhoni got himself in without letting the in form Yuvi in.But he got us all shut up with his wonderful innings and partnership with yuvi and gambhir.
The smiles came back on our faces in the last ten overs and with power play left we almost became dead sure we were gonna win.But the excitement was controlled because of the monstrous Malinga.But yuvraj got even the monstrous and the unstoppable Malinga wonder if he really was bowling for Sri Lanka or against them.
When we were worried that India was palying with a one person less (with Sreesanth playing against India), Kulasekara came out telling don't worry I'll replace Sreesanth, wat a spell that guy bowled.Hats off to you and a million thanks for getting us very close to the WC when we totally lost hopes.

With just 4 runs left, Dhoni hit a Huge SIX and finished the match.There was not a person sitting on his chair when the umpire raised his hand signaling a six.All of us were already hugging and dancing with tears rolling out of our eyes and unbounded happiness filling the air. None of us could even talk, all we did was SMILE, a big SMILE for everything.
All we did was thanked god and prayed "Please don't tell us this is a dream , even we wanna tell our kids that we were a part of the history, we saw Sachin lift the World cup, we saw Dhoni hit a huge six as a finishing shot and we cried out of joy, just the way our parents talk about 1983 WC and the way they go on and on about how it was to watch Kapil Dev lift the cup".
All we could do to show that we are proud was, We screamed on the roads, we burst crackers, and we felt proud when Sachin lifted the cup and kept clapping each time his name was mentioned.

Dhoni - You are  an awesome captain.
Sreesanth - Thanks for not playing in the other matches.
Yuvraj - You rock.
Kohli - You already are a star, hopefully next world cup we look forward to you the way we did for yuvraj and sachin this time.
Zaheer - What an improvement form the previous WC.
Sachin  - Respect and Pride.


Sangakara - Wonderful sportsman leaving alone the drama during the toss.
Kulasekara - Thanks again.
Malinga - Awesomeness. But get yourselves a haircut
Muralidharan - We know it was the last WC for you like it was for Sachin, but come on you already were a part of a team that won the WC in 1996.Thank you for the wonderful Cricket!! :)
Jayawardane -Efforts in vain, a good innings though!!


Every moment of this WC finals we would cherish, as I write this blog also my eyes are welled up out of shock, happiness, and pride. I'm so happy that I watched a WC that India won and that I belonged to the era when Sachin , the God who has been burdened with responsibility hope and a million people expecting him to hit a hundred each time  he enters the ground , played and lifted the World Cup.

BLEEDS BLUE!!!


PS : Thanks Sudharsan ,aunty , uncle , nanditha(cheer leader) for making it possible for us to watch this historical match. 

BLEED BLUE

This post is for me to remember this ICC cricket World Cup 2011 at PSG.
Most of us had been complaining about how impossible it was to watch a match in that small TV hall.And only when it was impossible for us to watch a match, India went till semis and that too they were gonna meet Pakistan in the semis. Total disappointment and adding to it was our lab exam.

We were so clueless to what we were gonna do and what a shame it would be to not to watch an India vs Pak , that too a WC match and that too a semis.
And suddenly someone from the hostel says " they are gonna screen it in a big screen". There was a huge smile on all our faces , and even people who generally are not interested in cricket became excited .All of us ran to the TV hall to catch places (not chairs, ground). It was so much fun to sit on the ground and hoot and scream for every ball whether it was of any significance or not.And by the end of the first innings when we thought we wanted a break, the crowd made it impossible cos once you get up, you need to stand for the entire match. So we made up our mind "lets sit here for the full match and its ok even if its an innings break, cant give hunger a higher priority at the cost of a seat".
There were a lot of incidences that made it even more memorable. There were a bunch of people who would start clapping even if it was a wide ball. According to them the ball didnt hit the bat and the batsman didn''t run and so out of love for their country they believed they had an awesome bowler who has been attacking the opponents well.
And how some girls managed to appreciate a player for his fielding when he was not even on the 11 squad :P:P and I literally had to turn around and tell her "He is sitting in the pavilion cos he is not there in this match".

Not to blame them, anyone in this world will be excited to watch an India Pak match. For once I'm thankful to PSG for marking a memorable moment in our lives in hostel.

By the way India is taking Sri Lanka on 2 April 2011 in the finals. Hopefully we win this WC cos even god would want Sachin Tendulkar to lift theWorld Cup atleast once in his life.
To watch India lift the cup, all of us in the class are going to go to Sudharsan's and Saranya's house to watch the match due to the inconvenience caused to our butts in the hostel and for the heck of togetherness and fun and to make life at PSG more memorable!!!
And we are gonna paint oursleves and indulge ourselves in all the possible crazy activities , and to show our support all of us wore blue dress to college today .:):)

PS: Thanks Sudharsan and SD for it and  we hope that your family will be able to put up with our non sense!!:P