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T20 World Cup

I am not interested in cricket. Not that I have anything against the game , but somehow was never interested in it.

But nevertheless , I received this forward about 5 times today , couldn't help creating a blog and pasting it here :))

Twenty-20 - World Cup Final Post match presentation interview between Shastri and winning caption Dhoni


In the post-match presentation, Ravi Shastri to Dhoni "Congratulations to you and the whole Indian team for winning this world cup. You guys have produced a great nail baiting show.. and deserves the cup. We welcome you to share the joy with us."

Dhoni "Thanks Ravi, the match was pretty close encounter between two great teams and our guys held the nerve to win the game and cup."

Shastri, "Who was the main reason for this thrilling victory?"

Dhoni, "All us played well but I would say the main reason and man behind this great victory is Ajit Agarkar"

Shocked Shastri..., "Agarkar ? ? .. how come Agarkar... he didn't played in the final"..

Dhoni, "Yeaph.. that's the reason we won this low scoring match.. if he could have bowled in final, Pakistan would have scored the winning runs from his 4 overs...."

Shastri, "ok.. fine, To whom you want to thank for winning this final..."

Dhoni, "The team doctor deserves the credit... he really helped us to prepare for the final..."

Shastri, "Is it? ?.... how the doctor helped to prepare for the final... he is not the coach or physical trainer...Dhoni. . I am getting confusion"

Dhoni, "Ravi... nothing to confuse... he has failed Sehwag in the fitness test according to our game plan and we managed to pick a good playing team.. thus we weigh the doctor's contribution as very high... infact its better than our team effort in the field.. our game tactic worked well"

Shastri, "To whom you want to dedicate this World Cup?"

Dhoni, "The entire team including myself wants to dedicate this cup to Sachin, Dravid and Ganguly..."

Shastri, "I really really appreciate you... its good that you have so much respect to the seniors....and you ....."

Dhoni interrupts.. .. "Ravi.. let me complete... India would have exited in the Group matches if they decided to play in the series... thank god they opted out and we managed to play cricket and won the cup.."

Shastri, "The match was thrilling encounter and was concluded by a single mistake of Misbah.. Isn't it? "

Dhoni, "Yes you are right, after lofting the ball Misbah told me that he has send the ball to where there was no one....but he didn't know that there is a malayali in every corner of the world.... This single mistake has costed the game and won the cup..."

Shastri faints and Dhoni receives the CUP and thats the end of the great Twenty-20 world cup...

posted by Vidya Rajaram @ 9/28/2007 06:18:00 PM 0 comments

Blogs !

I guess I havent discovered the complete joys of bloggin yet :)

अब तो हम हिंदी में भी ब्लोग कर सकते हैं ! ऐसे ही ब्लोग करते करते एक दिन हमे यह पता चला के हमारे मनपसंद अभिनेता भी ना सिर्फ ब्लोग करते हैं , वोह तो अपने पंखों से बात भी करते हैं। जीं हाँ , मैं आमिर खान की बात कर रही हूँ :) । क्या आप भी उनका ब्लोग पढना चाहेंगे ? तो यह रहा उनका ब्लोग एड्रेस :

http://www.lagaandvd.com/blog.php

:)

posted by Vidya Rajaram @ 9/26/2007 04:12:00 PM 0 comments

To fill or not to fill......

I was at this Shell Petrol pump on the Velachery Tambaram Road..( which is close to where I live ). They are supposed to have good standards of customer service .... Like they give you a nice vanakkam when you reach , ask you to switch off your engine and not use your cellphone. They ask the amount of petrol you wanna fill....then set the meter to zero - come back and reconfirm the amount of petrol etc....and this is routine at the petrol bunk. And from what I have heard - this is the standard in all Shell petrol pumps.

What I did not realise that the misplacing - or rather switching of credit card by the morons at the cash counters in shell is also very common till A told me about this post

http://prabhukrish.net/2007/08/06/shell-shocked/#more-1351

Check the responses to that post....

Now coming back to what happened to me - On Sunday when I filled gas at this station , they gave my card to another guy by mistake....and I kept waiting in my car for like 20 minutes ...there was no sign of the card coming back to me.....So i go to the counter and there also I get no response. It was almost another 15 minutes before I discovered that the morons had switched my card by mistake :( . And they were not even telling me that there was a problem till I screamed at them. I called the bank and cancelled my card. It will be another 10 days before I receive my card or my pin :(.

I had taken the number of the guy who runs the gas station - had called him and gave him a piece of my mind. He did manage to locate my card finally and give it back yesterday ...and as additional effort - gave me a bunch of orchids and a box of Lindt .

But despite all this , I do not think I will go back to that petrol pump again. Even if I do , I wont ever use my card there again. The indifference and the careless attitude of the people there shocks me :(

posted by Vidya Rajaram @ 9/25/2007 10:33:00 AM 0 comments

A place I wanna visit in Life :) - Cappadoccia , Turkey !

posted by Vidya Rajaram @ 9/05/2007 06:12:00 PM 2 comments

So long now.....

So much for having resolved to post everyday :)

I guess too much of work on a monthend does that to you. Besides friends to catch up with , work at home etc etc....

Anyways , till I think about what to blog on next , so long :)

posted by Vidya Rajaram @ 9/05/2007 12:54:00 PM 0 comments