Sports action this weekend!

    Manchester United beat Liverpool to reach the pinnacle of the English Premier League. As expected there were fireworks during the course of the match. Suarez refused to shake hands with Man Utd's captain Evra, despite the assurance from both the teams managers that both the players will shake hands before the start of the match.

    Wayne Rooney scored 2 goals in the space of 180 seconds to give Man United the upper hand. Though Suarez scored a consolation goal during 80th minute of the match but that proved to be too little to challenge the red devils.

    Later today Indian cricket team snatched victory from Australia in the fourth league match at Adelaide Oval. The target of 270 was always going to be daunting one for the visitors. But they played some superb cricket to overcome this. Especially the Indian Team's fielding was the stand-out point in this win.

    I am happy that both my favorite teams won their respective matches this weekend.

Syed Yusuf. S

My Pulsar

    This post is about my new pulsar. I am going to share my riding experience so far. Its a 150cc monster. It has immense power. The pick-up has been superb. The suspension is good. Particularly I like the intelligent indicators which goes off as soon as we complete the side-turn.

    I have also posted some of the pictures of it.

my pulsar

with Praveen's FZ-S

    It was a big story how I ended up buying this monster. It was my best friends who showed their generosity, without them I don't think I would have bought it. Thanks (I know you guys hate this word) guys!.

    The blue maverick seen in above picture is Praveen's Yamaha FZ-S. Thats another gigantic bike.

- Syed Yusuf. S

Visit to Chennai Book Fair

    I had visited Chennai Book Fair @ St. Anglo Indian School, Nungambakkam. Lot of book enthusiasts thronged the venue. So much is the rush that I had to wait almost 15 minutes at the entrance to get in. They chared a nominal fee (Rs. 5) for entry.

    Out of 684, stalls most of them had only tamil books. Landmark also had their stall, but majority of the bestsellers were missing. People there said one needs to go to landmark shop. Equally interesting is the rise of multimedia selling stalls. This shows the change of tides. Overall it was an amazing experience.

    Some of the snaps..





- Syed Yusuf. S

Fifteen great thoughts by Chanakya

    Recently I came across some very good stuff, I thought will share with you guys..


1. Learn from the mistakes of others... you can't live long enough to make them all yourselves.
2. A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and Honest people are screwed first.
3. Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous.
4. There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.
5. Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions - Why am I doing it, What the results might be and Will I be successful. Only when you think deeply and find satisfactory answers to these questions, go ahead.
6. As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it.
7. The world's biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman.
8. Once you start a working on something, don't be afraid of failure and don't abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.
9. The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all direction.
10. God is not present in idols. Your feelings are your god. The soul is your temple.
11. A man is great by deeds, not by birth.
12. Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.
13. Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years. For the next five years, scold them. By the time they turn sixteen, treat them like a friend. Your grown up children are your best friends.
14. Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.
15. Education is the Best Friend. An Educated Person is Respected Everywhere. Education beats the Beauty and the Youth.

The Winning Way: Harsha Bhogle's book!

    Harsha Bhogle is the best when it comes to cricket commentary, at-least that's what I think. What I didn't know till date is, he is a great writer too. Recently I read "The winning way: Learning from sports for managers" a book penned by Harsha bhogle and his wife Anita Bhogle.

    I must say it is an well written book with lot of examples on how sports connects with day-to-day happenings. This book lists how the tiny line that separates the winners and the champions.

     There were days when I used to tune into espn/star sports hours before match commences just to see how he analyses the match situation. He's sharp and clear in his thoughts and always spot-on with his suggestions/views about the situation. Hope he writes more and more books.


Syed Yusuf. S  

Cars 3D

Went to Mayajaal with friends last saturday. It was not a preplanned trip. We friends gathered @thiruvanmiyur and dont know what to do, luckily two my friends have bikes. So after taking breakfast we headed to mayajaal.

The movie was good. Nice graphic work. Overall it was a nice experience.

Syed Yusuf. S

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Team trip to TTDC!

    Last Saturday we(my team) went on a small trip to TamilNadu Tourism Development Corp.(TTDC) resort @ ECR road. We had so much fun.

    For the past 5 months, 4 of our team mates celebrated their birthday(yes, that list includes me!). To make it grand we planned for this trip. We started from office at around 11 AM. The resort is located around 85 km from Velachery.

    As soon as we entered the place, fun activities started. The facilities are more than what we would have asked for from a state run resort. We played football games and then we headed to swimming pool. Don't remember how much time we spent there. It was refreshing and fun all-the-way.

Put the glass down. And see the difference!

    What a wonderful way to start Wednesday morning. "Life lessons from a glass of water" is the title of the article. I don't remember how many times I have read this article in the past but something is there in the article which interests me to read it again and again.

    Bottom line of the story is  "Its important to remember to let go of our problems".

    Here's the original article. Please do read this.

Syed Yusuf. S

20 Words to Change Our Life

    One of my best friend shared this video on one of the social networking site. It was the title which caught my immediate attention, 20 words to change our life.

    Let me tell you, this friend of mine is very choosy when comes to sharing videos on social networking sites so I thought this must be a special video. And started to play the video without much hesitation.

    Here's the video.

    This video speaks about the very basic qualities of humanity like forgive, pray, hope, etc., the list goes on. Its very simple video with small descriptions followed by the word.

    I liked it and recommend you to watch this video in your leisure time.

Syed Yusuf. S

Pleasant Weather.

    Here comes a cool breezy day after weeks of scorching sun and humidity. Its so refreshing after a long gap we are having a calm day like this. Though the weather has minimal effect on me as I will be staying within office premises for most part of the day.

Syed Yusuf. S