Happy Birthday to John Lennon.

Yeah, today (Oct 9th) is John Lennon's birthday. The Greatest Musician ever. Better than Paul Mccartney i should say. Mccartney's voice is brilliant, but John is the leader, unclaimed, but he sure is. And what better timing, I found this video on youtube this morning.

This is the Promotional Video The Beatles had made for their Help! movie. This video shows Lennon, Mccartney and Harrison strumming their guitars and Starr holding an Umbrella looking bored most of the time. The song's awesome as usual, but this video stands out. The chemistry between the 4 of them is brilliant. Simply amazing. Lennon sitting in the front playing the guitar and singing, behind him is Mccartney followed by Harrison and Starr. Most of the time, the video shows the front, hence showing just Lennon and its amazingly hilarious to watch the rest of them trying to get into picture. Mccartney and Harrison often stretching their necks, looking from Lennon's shoulder. Funny to watch Starr not even bothering to try. But the last minute is hilarious.

Confetti falls and judging by the reactions, I don't think any of them knew it was going to. Starr is obviously bored and starts moving the umbrella when the confetti falls and it takes everybody by surprise. Lovely watching their reactions, with Harrison missing a line, mccartney swallowing some.

Another fun thing is the bouncing, Lennon obviously not interested, Mccartney kinda forcing Harrison to go along. You have to see it.

Anyways, Happy Birthday John Lennon.
*Toast*

Formula One!

Amazing season coming to end this time around. Frankly speaking, the last 3 seasons have been awesome. 2k5 where Schumi had a bad car and was struggling against Renault's decently paced car. The end saw Schumi staging a return which was a tad too late to make much damage. Alonso literally walked away with the Championship. Schumi lost the title after 5 in a row. 2k6 saw a better car from Ferrari and an equally good car from Renault. Alonso made it look easy in the beginning, Schumi got right back in the middle of the season. It wasn't very late this time around. Schumi actually led the tally and had an amazing chance to win, until his very reliable car had an engine failure at Suzuka. Ferrari handed the title to Alonso this time, but must say he earned it. And shockingly, Schumi retired. Damn!!

Following the Formula One season is never easy without Michael Schumacher in it. I started seriously following F1 from 1997-98. This man is brilliant. Anyways, without him F1 is just not the same. 2007 came with lots of transfers to accompany it. Raikonnen (hated him, still do, kinda) tried stepping into the shoes of the No 1 Driver for Ferrari. Amazingly, massa gave him a run for his money. And in entered an unknown man called Lewis Hamilton. The first black man to enter F1. His entry was a laughable matter. No one in his right minds would put a rookie, an unknown, in the same team as the Defending Champion. But to everybody's surprise, even to Alonso's, this guy rocks. Being a true Tifosi, its hard not to support Ferrari. And so, I hate Mclaren, Simple as that. This guy, must be in Ferrari, he's got amazing talent and at some way to the middle, he said It was sad that Schumacher wasn't there as he wants to race with him. I laughed my ass off at this guy's comments. It's like Flypside saying its sad that they can't perform alongside the Beatles. A laughable matter.

At this stage, when he's set to become the First ever rookie to take the title of Formula 1 champion, i really wish Michael was there to race against this guy. Schumi can teach him what racing in the rain is all about, the Wet Weather Champion teaching a newbie. But watching Hamilton at Suzuka last weekend, its easy to observe that this man has got some talent even in the rains. He used the perfect strategy when he was behind the Safety car, slowing down, bringing the entire pack of 22 cars to a virtual standstill (oh for the uninitiated, you aren't allowed to overtake when the Safety car is doing its rounds) and then shooting off when he reached the home straight. Knowing that the car faster than his, is in 5th or 6th, it was the perfect strategy. Immaculately executed.

This season is set for a 3 way showdown at Interlagos (Brazil), 2 weeks from now. Hamilton, Raikonnen and Alonso all set to race for the title, its going to be amazing. With just 7 points separating the 3, its set to be one of the tightest fight for the championship. From what I hear, it was in 1986 that 3 people have had to race for the title in the last race. Obviously I am supporting Raikonnen, I don't want Alonso to win, straight as that. And I don't mind Hamilton winning, he deserves it. But still, Raikonnen it should be.

Ferrari has already won the constructor's title after the Spy Scandal. So it's just upto Raikonnen to make it a double.

Mokkai of the Week!

Place: IMS, Adyar, CAT Class
When: 1/10/07; around 20:00ish

VA Sir: I think Phenomenon comes form Kerala... Menon

Me: I don't think so! It says NO Menon!!!

Whole class (6ppl) turn and give a very cold and I-Will-Murder-You kind of a look with my sir wondering what Everyone was reacting for!!!

For the Benefit of Mr.Boredom!

STATUTORY WARNING: Proceed reading if and only if you are extremely Bored.


There are times when you are very bored and the monotony around you sucks you in totally. Sometimes you realize that the above mentioned is happening, other times you just fail to comprehend what exactly is going on. Before you get your act together and start coming up with your defense, your chance is gone. Boredom has it's own ways of taking up your time. Its got a really brilliant rebuttal system.

Imagine you get bored in class, you whip out your cell phone and start messaging someone. A conversation builds up and you are rid of your boredom. Strangely enough, when this kind of a situation might happen to anyone, its the Phase two (the conversation stage) that wouldn't happen to everybody. Annoyingly, the usual conversation buddies decide to ditch you and answer back in mono syllables or not answer at all. That's exactly when Boredom's had it's happy moment. That's one of the Million ways boredom comes down on you and totally screws you.

Following the warning posted above, many (of the very few regular followers) might have read ahead and reached this stage of the post. And I might've helped you get rid of your boredom, if even for a brief moment. If that's happened, you are most welcome to buy me a Banana Milkshake at Fruit Shop (25rs). If it didn't help you eradicate your boredom, you are most welcome to buy me a Coke or a Pepsi (7rs). If it resulted in increasing your levels of already existing boredom and added some frustration, you are welcome to buy me a Bun-Butter-Jam and a Lime Juice (10rs) at the shops near my College.

Choose your thing and gimme a call. :D

We are the Champions!!!

Yes! India has won the Inaugral T20 World Cup!!! Dhoni and his posse of men Defeated Australia, England, South Africa and Pakistan twice to lay their hands on the gleaming cup. It was an ecstatic moment at Rapecase's with loads of friends and his whole family. It was a wonderful atmosphere at his place. Tension was running high. For a brief period, Rapecase's Dad was banished from his own living room. He had to catch the winning moments on the replay.

About the match, It was an amazing one. Every single guy had contributed in some way or the other throughout the tournament. There was some brilliant bowling from Pathan, R.P.Singh and Joginder Sharma. Harbajan tried but like Sreesanth ended up giving lots of runs. As for Sreesanth, he's one hell of a run giver, but he ends up taking a wicket or two, but it doesn't compensate in anyway.

Dhoni is the future Ganguly for the Indian Cricket team. Infact this dude's much bolder and courageous when it comes to taking some crucial decisions at Crunch times. His decision to toss the ball to Joginder Sharma for the last over was a very bold one to understate. Every guy in that room had their Adam's Apples at the tips of their mouths when Misbah-Ul-Haq thrashed that first ball for a six in the last over. Thanks to some sense from Joginder's side and some bad thinking from the batsman's side, India won.

Happiness and Madness aside, India could've as easily lost the match as they won. Had Misbah-Ul-Haq chosen Sense over slogging (fluke), we would've been pretty sad and the same people who are God-Worshipping the Cricketers would be burning Effigies right now. Thank god the batsman's presence of mind sucked.

Overall India won, everyone's happy. Including the seniors!!!