The evils of procrastination

       pro·cras·ti·nate /proʊˈkræstəˌneɪt, prə-/

          –verb 1. to defer action; delay: procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.
          –verb 2. to put off till another day or time; defer; delay.

Now that we know what it means and how it looks lets go to the million dollar questions . Why do Ppl actually procrastinate ?? Why do we keep putting off things we should be doing now ??

Based on my personal experience i would say ................. Meh, Actually no mood , ill finish this later .

More Rime Than Reason

This was supposed to be a "sarcastic " take on the state of fiction these days , thanks to a novel by Steve Berry that i just finished reading .. But then i read "The elephant Vanishes " By Hirakumi something ( Japanese name , just remembering the first name is accomplishment enuff i would think ) ( assuming thats the right first name that is ) ( but enuff of this ) and "Ice Station" By Matthew Reilly and my faith in Books was restored (sadly , cuz i was quite looking forward to that post ) (btw i really wonder how ppl managed b4 brackets were invented )

Instead the readers of this blog ( all 3 of them ) have to make do with a few more "creative " efforts of mine

I thought up this one while riding to work

Magnificent she stands , Dominating the road
An impetuous wave of her hand

& all the vehicles stop

Its not to stare , she's not so beautiful

She's a Traffic Cop .

This was originally supposed to be purely a "poetic" post , with only poems, about very silly stuff of course . Its amazing how the very mundane can become postable in a blog , as long as u throw in a few rhyming words here and there .Fortunately or Unfortunately though there are no more poems here . But since there is quite a lot of text following , this post becomes slightly less useless

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Since I am Feeling too lazy to collate all of the below into logical posts , here follows some purely random thoughts from the last month

Oh and Yes , i made up the word "postable"
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The past month has been quite sensational for any sports fan , and is in large part why i started this post on the 2nd of April and am finishing it just now :- )

There has been the playoffs of one of the best seasons of the NBA .

IPL . Need i Say More ? Ill let Gau, Sup and Cha elaborate , with the latter even resuming blogging thanks to this

Closing Stages of a fabulous Premier League Season , with Man u winning the title on the Last Day

UEFA Champs Lg , leading to sleepless nights as usual , with three english clubs out of 4 in the semis and Man u making finals of this as well :-)

Even had a discussion on Synchronised Swimming on rebirth ;)


In fact there was one day where i woke up early to watch a Laker game , went to the IPL game in Chennai that evening and then stayed up to watch MAN U play in the Champs Lg .

Ah , Good Times.


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Asphalt is unforgiving .

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The Internet Rox ! Not that this is a new or shattering revelation , but after watching NBA games streaming on the internet , which i would have absoultely no chance of watching otherwise , i just HAVE to mention that here .

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Mokkai Of the month :

Q.) What wud u call Sean Penn's daughter if she was held in Penn State jail ?

A.) a Penn Penn Penn Penn

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" Do I Dare Disturb The Universe ? "

One of my fav quotes of the past month . T.S.Elliot .
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As i look back at all that b.s ^ i cant help but compare it to a bad movie . Its got comedy , tragedy , even a song and a punch dialogue :-)

All thats missing is the climax ........

< Tick Tock >

< Tick Tock >

< Tick Tock >

< Tick Tock >

... Suspense Building ....

< Tick Tock ><>

< Tick Tock >

< Tick Tock >

..................... And i turn 23 .

The Ultimate poem

Being Exceptionally vetti this past week i decided to wake up the right side of my brain (depicted below) from its long slumber and do some creative thinking .. What results is the following "poem"

Why am i here ?
What is my purpose ?
Why do i fear
The great Russian Circus ?


What is my calling ?
Where lies my goal ?
Am i just falling
into a hole ?


Why do i waste time ?
Why am i Vetti ?
Damn,this aint gonna rhyme
...........d'oh!


Why do people fight ?
Why cant we have peace ?
What is the world's plight ?
And who moved my cheese ?


Will this poem be a hit ?
Despite this dumb idea of mine
Why did i have to make it
Rhyme every alternate line ?



And As i look back at all that baloney
Wonder , is all i can do
Questions so many ,Why doesnt any
fit the answer forty-two ?

Disclaimer : The "Ultimate" in the title refers solely to the last line of the poem and is in no way intended to convey the impression that this poem is any good .

Ten out of Ten(nis)

The setting : Saturday 6th Jan2008 , Chennai open 08 2nd semifinal

The participants : Rafael Nadal & Carlos Moya - Both Spaniards ,friends and eternal favourites of the adoring Chennai crowds

The result : Magic :)



What a match ! One of the best tennis matches ive seen and definitely the finest exhibition of sport ive seen live.

The excitement started even before entering the stadium as our car found itself stranded next to Nadal's car in the customary traffic jam leaving us literally one glass away from him ..Not like he even turned in our direction but still.....

With the preliminaries ( the other semi :P ) dispatched off , the stage was set for a fantastic match .In that packed stadium ,surprisingly Moya had more number of ( or atleast more vocal ) fans

Moya,to the surprise of many, won the first set courtesy of a tiebreaker . When he capitalised on that and actually had 4 match points in the second people were quite stunned ... i was never a Moya fan but he played some really admirable tennis this match .. I was never really a nadal fan as well but got to admire his tenacity and never say die attitude .. Clawed back from the brink with some amazing plays and won the second set tiebreaker much to the approval of the crowd who did not want this exhilarating display of tennis to end .





The third set provided more thrills and twists with only the tame ending being an anti climax as nadal ran away with the tiebreak

The match as a whole was of very high quality with not too many unforced errors and several plays that brought the audience to its feet .. The atmosphere was electric as expected and just when one thought the match was done , there was a twist in the tale,resulting in 3 very long sets ..The match was the longest three-set match since 1993 where a match also spanned the same amount of time.

Overall a thoroughly enjoyable experience ably aided by the mokkai's of Gau , KB & Ara and the crowd razzing of Charu Sharma :)

Said moya after the match "The crowd reaction was unbelievable, this is one of the things that motivates you to go on at 31 years of age." . which about sums up how much good playing in chennai does him as i dont think he is revered so much anywhere else .

said Nadal "This was one of my best wins ever. It was a very emotional match."

It was called the best match in the history of this tournament and it left Nadal in poor shape for the final which he promptly lost 6-0 6-1 to youzhny in less time than it took for a single set in the previous match

PS : Had tickets for the whole week except the final . Turned out to be a blessing in disguise what with Nadal looking like he needed Steve Bucknor to referee this match to have any chance of winning :)

Blog Things

As part of my routine vetti activites i was browsing through random webpages and came upon a friend's blog which had this "blog things" quiz result .. Went over and took a few quizzes myself .. Decent timepass .. A few things i got :

You Should Play the Guitar

You're very independent - both in spirit and in the way you learn. You can teach yourself almost anything, even if it makes your fingers bleed. You're not really the type to sit patiently through a music lesson - or do things by the book. It's more your style to master the fundamentals and see where they take you. Highly creative and a bit eclectic, you need a wide range of music to play. You could emerge as a sensitive songwriter... or a manic rock star. Your dominant personality characteristic: being rebellious Your secondary personality characteristic: tenacity

What Musical Instrument Should You Play?

You Belong in Rome

You're a big city soul with a small town heart Which is why you're attracted to the romance of Rome Strolling down picture perfect streets, cappuccino in hand And gorgeous Italian people - could life get any better?

What City Do You Belong In?

You Are a German Shepherd Puppy

Intelligent, quick witted, and a bit aggressive. You've got the jaw power to take a bite out of anyone you choose.

What Breed of Puppy Are You?

Your German Name is:

Otto Gustav

What's Your German Name?

Apart from this being the most pointless and easiest blog post ive ever written :) it is also quite a break in tradition .. Just wanted to make sure not to let the year slip by without a quickie post at least and thus this is the first post that ive written before 12 am :-D

( Guess i dont need to take that "Are You a Morning Person or Night Person?" quiz eh ? :P )

Requiem for Vettiness

I wrote the following 3 weeks back , but never posted it for some reason and found it in my drafts now .. Here it is in full now and even with the benefit of 3 weeks hindsight , i find it needs very little editing

"" The eve of departure is here . Months of unabashed vettiness creep to an end. Gone are the days when the only time i saw "AM" on a clock was when it was dark outside . Suddenly i will be expected to get up , rather than go to bed, in the early hours of the morning . I have been practising . Setting the alarm for previously unheard of hours like 8 am and 9 am . It doesnt help much . I can just press "snooze " 10 times , get up an hour and a half later and still be on time to accomplish all the nothing scheduled for the day . This , like so many others , will soon be a luxury i can ill afford .

i just bid my YM friends goodbye. It is not the only thing i have to give up. I can no longer waltz around with a 2 month old beard and a 6 month old haircut . Nor can i lounge in front of my computer all day . There is a marked difference between staring at a computer all day , at work , and "lounging" in front of one . i cannot stay up to watch US open , UEFA champions league , repeats of "Simpsons" , and the host of other enthralling programs late night TV manages to conjure up , in the belief that i will be able to catch up on sleep the next day . The tranquility found at 3 am when everyone is asleep is something that cannot be experienced anymore .


The only "useful" things i did over the past few months were going to the gym and reading .I never had any pressing engagements to attend to that made me unavailable for any outing/movie/basketball/treat/hanging out. I was able to dedicate hours to writing an account of the Euro trip that was able to do some semblance of justice to the trip itself . In short , the only boss of Me was Me & being the kind and benevolent boss that i am , i gave myself a few months off .


My friends could probably touch upon various other aspects of vettiness that have suddenly vanished from their lives , everything from just hanging out to watchin movies all day . All i can say is im probably goin to be adding a few things to that list in 9 weeks time . ""

Follow up :

The most important additions to that list ive discovered in the past weeks has probably been the lack of music blaring away around me for the majority of the day and the sadly diminishing role that sports is coming to have in my life .

[ Embed theme from "Requiem for a dream " here ] . When i have more free time probably . Sigh .

2(0) Fast 2(0) Furious !

That's the only way to describe the action at the recently concluded 20 20 World Cup .. fast n furious . This was the inaugural t20 world cup and the authorities could not have asked for a better exhibition of cricket to firmly entrench this new format in every one's mind

They could not have asked for a better start to the tournament as South Africa and the West indies served up a fantastic appetizer to the rest of the tournament ..Chris Gayle made the first (and ironically last ) century of the tournament blasting 10 sixes along the way to get the West Indies to a 200+ score .. Barely had the reverberations of such a pyrotechnic display settled down when the South Africans surpassed it , gettin to the stiff target with consummate ease and 14 balls left . This match set the stage for the rest of the tournament , showcasing stimulating cricket , the innovative dancers , the music , the underlying statistics of the sixes ( the number of them , distance travelled ) and many other novel features

It was the turn of Zimbabwe to steal the spotlight next , when they upset the world champions Australia in a close encounter ..By the time the tournament progressed to the Super 8 stage everyone had come to expect big hitting (as evidenced by sri lanka piling on 260 vs kenya) , close nervy finishes and the possibility of any team being toppled , which the Windies discovered much to their disconcertion as they made a unceremonious round 1 exit .

They very epitome of nervy finishes was provided by The India Pak match in the groups .. The match swung one way , then the next before finally ending in a tie and being resolved India's way by the introduction of crickets equivalent to the penalty shootout :- the bowlout

Come Super 8 time , the action just got more competitive with not too much separating the teams ..The indians stepped it up a notch as well with the fireworks being provided by yuvraj vs england and the bowling doin the job in an excellent match vs the south africans

The semifinals saw pakistan put it past new zealand with ease and india unexpectedly prevailing over the Aussies with a spirited comeback to set up the most electric of matches .. India - Pak , in a world cup final to boot !

The final turned out to be a fitting culmination to the tournament providing a nerve wracking finish and proving that india pakistan games are never done till they are done .. When mizbah choked for the second time in 2 games , after reviving pakistan from the brink, it led to delirious celebrations from indians all over the world

Everyone jumped on the bandwagon announcing ostentatious awards for the cricketers , which were all the more conspicuous by the lack of the same for world champions in other sports , consequently leading to protests by them .

Apart from the fact that India did great in this tournament and won it against all odds , i really loved this tournament for all the entertainment it provided .. i Watched almost all the matches ( having nothing better to do :-P ) and did not really get bored too many times .. A few would even rank right up there with the best ive ever seen , in terms of sheer tension at least .. All the india matches were fantastic and the others dished up some good fun as well... Not too many matches were one-sided , apart from australia stepping it up and totally eviscerating sri lanka when it mattered.

Overall this tournament was one of the most memorable cricket series' i have ever witnessed and it was exactly what was needed after the fiasco that was the 2007 Odi world cup in the West Indies and as a sequitur everyone is talking about 20 20 as the future of this game


PS : I Came up with the title of this post before the issue of India Today was released , juz look @ the date for proof ... which just shows i should be writing for them :-P

PpS : Another good thing that resulted from this tournament was that , although it was heartstopping at times ( or perhaps due to ) , it meant i dont have to cut my nails for a while :-)