Change..!!

Times don't change. Men do.. :-|

Being Jonty Rhodes..!!

Reflex, agility and anticipation is always an irrepressible mix & that is exactly what Jonty was all about. Jonathan Neil Rhodes wasn't just lightning, he'd dive, stop a ball and get up almost in the same movement. His energy made his contemporaries blush and jugglers go white at his dexterity.

Some more stuff about him:

1. For his fine hockey skills, he got selected in the South African Olympic hockey team in 1996..!!

2. First cricket player in history to claim paternity leave..!!

3. Was famous for delaying the team bus for an extra round of work-out or signing autographs for kids..!!

Below is the link which shows him in action:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMHpZpwvPdM

Rhodes will always remain 'the best fielder in the world of cricket'..!! His greatness really said it all when one fan put up this on one of the posters during an ODI:

"Three quarters of the earth is covered by water. The rest by Jonty Rhodes"..!!

Fake IPL Player

It has been quite sometime since I've been following the Fake IPL Player blog. I must say the guy has some balls to be on the KKR team as he claims and still do what he has done so far. No one really knowz who this guy is..& hez playing along with the mystery of it all.

“And a witch hunt is on. There are 4 suspects. The funny thing is that I am not on the list.”... “Has it occurred to anyone that I might have described myself incorrectly to hide my identity?”

All this reminds me of all the fun/gossip that was on when we played @ the DGCC..!! Discussions on Milk Loki and his mysterious visitors who used to visit him @ the park, Gautham's longggggggg list of "game meat", Gandhi's unusual pace bowling, Rudru's batting, Vishwas's amazing skills..!!

Anywyz you can read more about the Fake IPL Player at http://fakeiplplayer.blogspot.com/. Some interesting names of guys who are a part of the current IPL tourney:

Lady Jaya - Jayawardene
Arnold Power - Ramesh Powar
Castro - Fidel Edwards
Springbok - Charl Langeveldt
Ghati Baba - Rohit Sharma
Little Monster / Aila - Sachin Tendulkar
Gilli Danda - Ashok Dinda
Bhookha Naan - John Buchanan
Boy George - Brad Hodge
Style Bhai Spinner - Murali Karthik
Lord Almighty - Saurav Ganguly
Phoren baba - Mccullum (also Gayle & Hodge when used in plural ?)
Calypso King - Gayle
Vinnie Dildo / Badshah Dildo - Shahrukh Khan
Kishen Kanhaiyya - Ravi Shastri
Sandy Babe - Mandira Bedi
Sultan of Tweak - Warne
Sparrow / Parrott - McGrath
Bevdaa team - BRC (Mallya’s Team)
Big Sister’s Team - RR (Shilpa Shetty’s team)
Mr. Bativala - Vijay Mallya
RDB - Ranadeb Bose
Prince Charles of Patiala - Yuvraj
The Rajputs - Rajasthan Royals Team
Pedophile Priest - Adam Gilchrist
Little John - Ishant Sharma
Very Very Special Ram - VVS Laxman
Former India fast bowler who will remain a former India fast bowler / Kaan Moolo - Ajit Agarkar
Bangla Tiger - Mortaza
Appam Chutiya - Sreesanth
Junta Tormentor - Ajanta Mendis
India’s best fast bowler - Ishant Sharma
Chirkut Teli - Virat Kohli
Panty Curry - Robin Uthappa
Chikna Pussy - David Hussey
Chinnu Popli - Shreevats Goswami
Budhimaan Baba - Wridhiman Saha

Moghul of Hyderabad

Finally I have moved to Hyderabad and I must say itz been one helluva task shifting here...let me list out what has happened so far:

* Get to know that boss needs me to shift to Hyderabad…am happy, at least I dint get kicked out during recession..!! Go home & inform folks about it...as always Mom is apprehensive about me moving as I have always been with them…somehow convince her that I need this..!! Dad never says no when it comes to something new and he always blesses me with his “go ahead”!!

* Leave Bangalore on Apr 2; get all my stuff transported through Packers & Movers…reached Hyderabad on Apr 3…checked out all the houses (rented) that I could that day but no luck…I was almost in tears when I saw these places..Horrifying is “the” term..!!

* Before leaving Bangalore, I was able to check for some houses on the internet. I had also spoken to a couple of guys on accommodation. Got back to the hotel that day, parents came in the next day, did the trial run again with some more houses and decided that the place which I had seen on the internet is the one where we would be staying..!! Having made this decision, got my chance to taste Hyderabadi Biriyani @ Paradise..!! I must say it was out of this world..!!

* Apr 6: Book a taxi, drive to Sanskriti Township and begin with the “house warming” stuff..!! Finally found a nice place to stay..!! One predicament though... Sanskriti Township is 25 kms away from my office and I will have to “transport” myself in APSRTC everyday..!! I have never ever used buses to go to work and this was going to be something challenging..but what the hell..!! Opportunities don’t come everyday and I dint wanna miss the experience of staying @ Sanskriti Township..!! Below is the link where U can see some pics. They aren’t mine but this is all I have as of now..!!

http://picasaweb.google.co.in/vinayghdke/SanskrutiTownship?feat=email#
All is well that ends well, lets hope things get better..!! Atleast with the weather here..!! Temperature stands impassive..!! Will update more shortly..!!