To reduce the size of his frame,
He took to this very manly game,
Took as long as twenty years,
And a few friends to kill his fears.
He played, He was pushed around,
Everyone knew he was a rookie,
But he stayed on, stood his ground,
Oh Yes! He was a tough cookie.
He tried to stop the opposition's advance,
Like a seasoned warrior in a trance,
Pushed again, this time he fell,
This time his leg hurt like hell.
Saw him next on the hospital bed,
The bones of his foot stuck in a threesome,
Went under the knife with a calm head,
He was ready to get back home.
Dedicated to "Moote" Vinod DN, saluting his enthusiasm and spirit.. Get well soon da
Monday, March 29, 2010
Monday, March 22, 2010
Football Diary
TFL: Day one
Finally the moment arrived after a boring monday's classes(half of which i did not attend owing to an upset stomach!), Telecom Football League finally saw the light of its day today March 22. We have 4 teams, each one led by Karthik, Prashanth, Uday and Jaikumar respectively.As planned it would be five a side encounters with ten minute halves. The draws were decided in the classroom today, so most of us were busy thinking about the matches. Uday's team would face Jaikumar's team and Karthik's team would face Prashanth's. Any such event involving
20 odd guys would definitely have a bit of confusion. There was a lot actually. But all were forgotten when the kick off took place at the Post office grounds in Koramangala.
Match 1: Uday and Jaikumar started the proceedings. Both teams had strategies and they stuck to it for most part. Considering the fact that most of us are not trained, we weren't so bad!! The passing was pretty effective in this match. Most of the attacks were very well planned. But there
weren't any goals in the first half. Then in the second half, a defense lapse by Uday's team saw Jaikumar himself break the deadlock. A one goal lead in a five a side, ten minute a half football game is almost like an insurance policy. Uday's team did their best in the dying stages of the match but could not succeed in scoring. So those were the first points for Jaikumar's team.
Match 2: Prashanth's team(which also happens to be mine) were without him! That's like not having Christiano Ronaldo in Real Madrid(with due respect Prashanth is a lot more important!!). Most of the team was not ready to play without him. Finally we picked our team and entered the
field. Karthik's team started the proceedings. We were all over the place with our strategies!! But soon we scored a goal in the first half. In fact I did( yippeee!!!). Then all our strategies made sense to us, which is all that matters. All we needed to do was make sure we defended well. We
missed a lot more chances and so did they, but we held on to the result till the end. The fact that we won the game without Prashanth reflects our character if not the depth in talent(I am in no sense any authority to comment on that!)
All the teams are well balanced and are just one match old, so the competition will get a lot tougher!
Be careful before you pick your sides people!!
We dedicate the success of TFL and all the action to our dear "Captain" Vinod and wish him a speedy recovery! For all those who are wondering "Who is this guy!!", watch out for my next post!!
Finally the moment arrived after a boring monday's classes(half of which i did not attend owing to an upset stomach!), Telecom Football League finally saw the light of its day today March 22. We have 4 teams, each one led by Karthik, Prashanth, Uday and Jaikumar respectively.As planned it would be five a side encounters with ten minute halves. The draws were decided in the classroom today, so most of us were busy thinking about the matches. Uday's team would face Jaikumar's team and Karthik's team would face Prashanth's. Any such event involving
20 odd guys would definitely have a bit of confusion. There was a lot actually. But all were forgotten when the kick off took place at the Post office grounds in Koramangala.
Match 1: Uday and Jaikumar started the proceedings. Both teams had strategies and they stuck to it for most part. Considering the fact that most of us are not trained, we weren't so bad!! The passing was pretty effective in this match. Most of the attacks were very well planned. But there
weren't any goals in the first half. Then in the second half, a defense lapse by Uday's team saw Jaikumar himself break the deadlock. A one goal lead in a five a side, ten minute a half football game is almost like an insurance policy. Uday's team did their best in the dying stages of the match but could not succeed in scoring. So those were the first points for Jaikumar's team.
Match 2: Prashanth's team(which also happens to be mine) were without him! That's like not having Christiano Ronaldo in Real Madrid(with due respect Prashanth is a lot more important!!). Most of the team was not ready to play without him. Finally we picked our team and entered the
field. Karthik's team started the proceedings. We were all over the place with our strategies!! But soon we scored a goal in the first half. In fact I did( yippeee!!!). Then all our strategies made sense to us, which is all that matters. All we needed to do was make sure we defended well. We
missed a lot more chances and so did they, but we held on to the result till the end. The fact that we won the game without Prashanth reflects our character if not the depth in talent(I am in no sense any authority to comment on that!)
All the teams are well balanced and are just one match old, so the competition will get a lot tougher!
Be careful before you pick your sides people!!
We dedicate the success of TFL and all the action to our dear "Captain" Vinod and wish him a speedy recovery! For all those who are wondering "Who is this guy!!", watch out for my next post!!
Monday, March 15, 2010
Football Diary 1
Telecom Premier League
Well the day started like any other boring Monday. A day that you think is sunday while you are sleeping late into the morning and then you realize it is not. Spent a boring day in college. Never knew this day would be historical. Me, Ujju and Shaw were online chatting with each other. And suddenly we stumbled upon the idea of a football league with four teams consisting of our own classmates. It was inspired by the day's football session where there were four teams consisting of 3 ppl a side and played each others for six minutes.
So, we drew the blueprint. Four teams with seven players. Five a side matches with 10 minutes a half. We also drew the fixtures assuming the team names to be A,B,C and D. And the best part is one season of the league is virtually over in two weeks!! I was mentioning to Shaw that we must already have started feeling like Lalit Modi minus the million dollars!! But seriously what Lalit Modi is doing is not genius. It is just that he is doing it after reaching the top.
Because that is where people listen to you.
Anyways, for those who think are going to miss the action, don't worry. You will have updates here exclusively on ACOUSTIC GRUNGE!! So March 15th shall be celebrated as the birthday of TPL- TELECOM PREMIER LEAGUE.
Well the day started like any other boring Monday. A day that you think is sunday while you are sleeping late into the morning and then you realize it is not. Spent a boring day in college. Never knew this day would be historical. Me, Ujju and Shaw were online chatting with each other. And suddenly we stumbled upon the idea of a football league with four teams consisting of our own classmates. It was inspired by the day's football session where there were four teams consisting of 3 ppl a side and played each others for six minutes.
So, we drew the blueprint. Four teams with seven players. Five a side matches with 10 minutes a half. We also drew the fixtures assuming the team names to be A,B,C and D. And the best part is one season of the league is virtually over in two weeks!! I was mentioning to Shaw that we must already have started feeling like Lalit Modi minus the million dollars!! But seriously what Lalit Modi is doing is not genius. It is just that he is doing it after reaching the top.
Because that is where people listen to you.
Anyways, for those who think are going to miss the action, don't worry. You will have updates here exclusively on ACOUSTIC GRUNGE!! So March 15th shall be celebrated as the birthday of TPL- TELECOM PREMIER LEAGUE.
Thursday, March 4, 2010
A Helluva Day 5: The sad nightlife of Bangalore!!!
Chapter 5:
After dinner we resumed our exercise of flipping channels on the television. An art almost all of us are good at! There was nothing interesting on the tv( that is why god invented internet! But we did not have that either!). So we went to the terrace and sat there chatting for a while. There was a variety of topics ranging from which neighbour's house we could break into to how lucky chotu was since he got to look at the best birds 24X7 and all he needed to do was get out of his house and sit on the staircase! We also had a screaming competition with a group which was perhaps going on a trip and were going to catch an auto or a bus.(It doesn't matter!! We just wanted to intimidate them!!)
After chatting, We decided to go for a walk. Basically we wanted to have ice cream. So we set out on our mission. That is when we realized that people who say Bangalore has a sad night life
seriously deserve sympathy and so did we as we had to say the same. Forget about discotheques or late nite parties or booze(we are not that type!!), we could not find a shop where we could
get an ice cream! Anyways we returned with our unaccomplished mission and switched both the computer and the tv on.
We resumed our exercise of flipping channels on the television. An art almost all of us are good at! There was nothing interesting on the tv. Now as I look back, I wish the so called "holy guy"
who was caught red handed in a compromising position(I wanted to put that delicately!!) with a Tamil actress was caught that day. Atleast that would ve made a difference. Some of us started
watching "Dude Where's my car" and fifteen minutes into the movie stopped watching it. We started watching "Sherlock Holmes" instead and fifteen minutes into the movie we were sleeping.
So the day finally ended at 230 AM. It was a day like no other. An unforgettable one. Dedicated to all my classmates and friends. Gujju and KK for actually scheming the movie plan. Mr I for
making it thrilling by calling us while we were watching the movie. I can go on.. But most importantly, all of you who are reading this and realizing that
"I AM A PART OF THE COOLEST GROUP IN THE WORLD!!!"
After dinner we resumed our exercise of flipping channels on the television. An art almost all of us are good at! There was nothing interesting on the tv( that is why god invented internet! But we did not have that either!). So we went to the terrace and sat there chatting for a while. There was a variety of topics ranging from which neighbour's house we could break into to how lucky chotu was since he got to look at the best birds 24X7 and all he needed to do was get out of his house and sit on the staircase! We also had a screaming competition with a group which was perhaps going on a trip and were going to catch an auto or a bus.(It doesn't matter!! We just wanted to intimidate them!!)
After chatting, We decided to go for a walk. Basically we wanted to have ice cream. So we set out on our mission. That is when we realized that people who say Bangalore has a sad night life
seriously deserve sympathy and so did we as we had to say the same. Forget about discotheques or late nite parties or booze(we are not that type!!), we could not find a shop where we could
get an ice cream! Anyways we returned with our unaccomplished mission and switched both the computer and the tv on.
We resumed our exercise of flipping channels on the television. An art almost all of us are good at! There was nothing interesting on the tv. Now as I look back, I wish the so called "holy guy"
who was caught red handed in a compromising position(I wanted to put that delicately!!) with a Tamil actress was caught that day. Atleast that would ve made a difference. Some of us started
watching "Dude Where's my car" and fifteen minutes into the movie stopped watching it. We started watching "Sherlock Holmes" instead and fifteen minutes into the movie we were sleeping.
So the day finally ended at 230 AM. It was a day like no other. An unforgettable one. Dedicated to all my classmates and friends. Gujju and KK for actually scheming the movie plan. Mr I for
making it thrilling by calling us while we were watching the movie. I can go on.. But most importantly, all of you who are reading this and realizing that
"I AM A PART OF THE COOLEST GROUP IN THE WORLD!!!"
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
A Helluva Day 4: Being a Rebel
Chapter 4
Well we always had a plan to make some noise in college. In fact some of us had a combo plan of getting suspended and going on a week long trip (which is still on the must do list even now!!)
Today we felt very satisfied. It is the final days of our rebellion. Soon, all of us will start thinking a thousand times before saying anything or doing anything. These are the few days when we
start thinking after doing something. These are the days when we live fearlessly and sometimes foolishly too. Under these circumstances, the fact that our HOD receives most number of complaints about our class itself makes us proud!
Wait! Did you expect me to finish so soon?? No way!! It was just the beginning of our day. Chotu was going to be home alone. So we decided to give him company. All of us along with Mache,
Captain, Varun and Shaggy went to his rescue. After the usual chit chat, we got down to planning for dinner. It eventually took us an hour to decide on what to do. Finally we had the food delivered
and the bill was on Captain. We ate continuously for an hour and a half. Me, Tapas and Ujju took our own sweet time since that was the only way we could eat a lot. In short, we were celebrating our
day.
To be continued...
PS: The next chapter will be the finale. Please drop your comments. Looking forward to them.
Well we always had a plan to make some noise in college. In fact some of us had a combo plan of getting suspended and going on a week long trip (which is still on the must do list even now!!)
Today we felt very satisfied. It is the final days of our rebellion. Soon, all of us will start thinking a thousand times before saying anything or doing anything. These are the few days when we
start thinking after doing something. These are the days when we live fearlessly and sometimes foolishly too. Under these circumstances, the fact that our HOD receives most number of complaints about our class itself makes us proud!
Wait! Did you expect me to finish so soon?? No way!! It was just the beginning of our day. Chotu was going to be home alone. So we decided to give him company. All of us along with Mache,
Captain, Varun and Shaggy went to his rescue. After the usual chit chat, we got down to planning for dinner. It eventually took us an hour to decide on what to do. Finally we had the food delivered
and the bill was on Captain. We ate continuously for an hour and a half. Me, Tapas and Ujju took our own sweet time since that was the only way we could eat a lot. In short, we were celebrating our
day.
To be continued...
PS: The next chapter will be the finale. Please drop your comments. Looking forward to them.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
A Helluva Day 3: WTF!!!
Chapter 3
It was indeed a mess! Entropy ruled our HOD's office as we were all talking with our voice levels high. HOD and Mr I were caught off guard! They did not have any answers to our queries. Mr I's ego was so badly hurt that he walked away. Our HOD finally ended the dialogue by dismissing our reason that we went to buy books(We actually said that!) saying it was not genuine(WTF!!!) Moreover according to her the reason we were at her office this time was that we were bunking consistently on Thursday afternoons in huge numbers. This was our third time(Cool ain't it??). At the end we were given two choices: either get our parents(WTF again!!!) or write an apology letter. We obviously did the latter.
Now that we had bunked on Thursday, we had no choice but to sit through the whole day on Friday. Eight hours of non stop theory classes! That was the only boring part of the whole day. We were confronted by every other teacher as the day went on. In fact at the end of the day when we were standing in our college's parking lot recollecting the day's events, a lecturer from the basic sciences department came on his bike and asked us to leave(Another WTF moment!!). The man did not move till we did! We are not even allowed to stay in our college campus (WTF!! That is what you must be thinking now) Well I sometimes think having a watchman in our college is futile!!
To be continued...
Monday, March 1, 2010
Helluva Day 2: The Battlefield
Chapter 2
We stepped outside the class despite repeated pleas from our classmates to stay so that even they wouldnt have classes.We expected it and actually welcomed it!! We were all celebrating it! We assembled in the next classroom which was empty and drew a counter attack plan. We made a list of our problems ranging from our teacher taking too many classes to us having a schedule which tests human tolerance levels. We planned to approach the HOD with this list for solutions.
Now, the strategy was simple. Five of us viz. Aslam, Me, Kat, Chotu and Captain would speak and the rest would shut up.
Once in the battlefield and more specifically behind enemy lines( Most of you should get this metaphor!!) if you find the enemy in a small number(two of them to be precise) everyone wants a piece of the action! That is what happened. Everyone started talking! Nobody gave a damn about the strategy. This was an out and out war! Our counter attack strategy worked to a certain extent. Some of the issues we raised were promised to be addressed to.
To be continued...
We stepped outside the class despite repeated pleas from our classmates to stay so that even they wouldnt have classes.We expected it and actually welcomed it!! We were all celebrating it! We assembled in the next classroom which was empty and drew a counter attack plan. We made a list of our problems ranging from our teacher taking too many classes to us having a schedule which tests human tolerance levels. We planned to approach the HOD with this list for solutions.
Now, the strategy was simple. Five of us viz. Aslam, Me, Kat, Chotu and Captain would speak and the rest would shut up.
Once in the battlefield and more specifically behind enemy lines( Most of you should get this metaphor!!) if you find the enemy in a small number(two of them to be precise) everyone wants a piece of the action! That is what happened. Everyone started talking! Nobody gave a damn about the strategy. This was an out and out war! Our counter attack strategy worked to a certain extent. Some of the issues we raised were promised to be addressed to.
To be continued...
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