Happy New Year 2010

I just want to get better count for Dec 2009 on Blogs. There are two of them in Dec '09. The New Year is about to ring in soon; in few hours in Australia, New Zealand, etc.

Here wishing all the readers of this blog (hoping to get more visitors than my blog count ;) )




I wish the success and happiness pours into everyone's life as water gushing out of water reservoirs.



Let the year 2010 be year of help. Maybe you need to help odd stranger or someone who has fallen off from pedestal and you can hold onto them as long as you can to avoid falling in the ground.



Let the world is full of colors..



It Party Time Guys.. Go and Enjoy the New Year Eve and Year that beckons everyone

Why I get Chased By Dogs

I know this title would clearly bring in smiles to people know me as I had to put few injections for dog bite even though it was just myself and doggie sir bumped into each other accidentally.

But of late in last few weeks, I am noticing that dogs kept chasing me on random timings on particular street. Be it around twilight time (say 5.30 to 6PM) or early mornings or late nights. This does not happen on daily basis as I rush thru that street to catch the bus in early mornings and return home in in evenings.

The set of dogs were regular ones in the street and they would give me a stare glance or sometimes just ignore. Sometimes they bark at someone wearing fancy dresses but when I pass by they wouldn't mind me at all.

This baffled me for few days and then I found a company thru a regular jogger for years. I seen him jogging around our area daily in mornings on daily basis but suddenly for last few weeks I saw him just doing his brisk walking. He normally engages me with some small talks if he notices I am not rushing towards the main road.

On one encounter last week, I asked him why he stopped jogging and walking, he said that he is also being chased by the dogs in that particular street. I happily announced that I was also being the target and he seems to be on the same mood that he got a company in distress.

Yesterday, he met me and then said he will accompany me upto bus stop which I gladly obliged, then he revealed most strange thing. It seems one weird crazy two legged one is playing with some gizmo to chase off the dogs. The gizmo works like this, it makes a buzzing sound to irritate the four-legged ones so that they move away from the location. But in reality, dogs gets irritated and on process of identifying the source of buzzing sound, they mistake the passersby in the street and start barking or chasing them off.

My companion chanced upon this weird stuff when he started observing the nearby houses whenever the dogs acted strangely. Suddenly he saw some 40+ plus guy holding that gizmo. He had noticed few times on different days / timings, then decided to barge into that house and asked that guy to explain what he was doing with that gizmo or should I call it as dumb invention.

Then he got the above explanation. He had given stern warning to that guy not to use unless dogs are creating nuisance in late nights disturbing sleep.

The other trend he explained is about speeding two wheelers guys intentionally drive near sleeping ones and rev up accelerator and whiz off, but the sufferers going to be pedestrains.

Weird People, Weird Inventions seems like one doesn't need to worry about lack of entertainment options but they should understand entertainment shouldn't affect others.

Phew.. I could write such big blog for such weird stuff which should have been put in 140 limit of microblogging :)

Why I was desperate to see KKR to win IPL 2 !!

Here you go, I just got your audience by weird title, but the theme of this blog is all about why I wanted all 8 teams to win IPL 2 for the attributes I liked in each of the team. That said, every team had their unique DNA and their USP is also majorly different. I am fond of each team (it's a truth!!) on some parameters, so thought will share those in my blog for wider audience.
The other aspect I wanted to share is that my study of each team's behavior on management perspective on different leaders (captians or coaches) on their impact for the on-field performance and off-field ones as well :) You may see only positives out on the blog so I think this entry will not trigger any controversies!!!

Why I am happy that Deccan Chargers won - Simply put one of the modern legends leading it with more of instinctive tactis / strategies with bunch of hard working , polite & young players from one of not so major hub of cricket in India. Another thing is that they were in the bottom of points table last year and had to make some drastic changes which is going to be order of the day in this commerical venture of cricket.
Another aspect, I liked their approach on tournament with respect to off-field publicity or media relations, it was just a quiet month and only the talking happened in post match presentations or press conferences. Their off-field personnel were always on low key and not much mention of them during this month

Why I am sad that Royal Challengers lost final - After all it's Namma Bengaluru hudugas (boys) that couldn't bring Good Times to the city. One of the early inspiration for me in my adolscent age is their owner :). Then their stalwarts are one of the silent giant killers in cricket in last 2 decades. Listing them out for you... Kumble, Dravid, Kallis, Boucher are there big time match winners and not much of media spotlight on them for wrong reasons, for that matter it may be nil on that aspect.
The elder statesman of the team started leading the team and got thru to finals and had to lose out low scoring and seems their players were overawed of the big stage, big event and bigger price. The leader took the ownership of taking on big fish Gilly on the final and succeeded on that. It shows how the captain took the initiative and also had respect of the team. I am always inspired by the calmness and professional approach of Kallis, Kumble, Dravid and their new young one Manish Pandey.. Even though their coach is a high profile one, he wasn't occupying media space for not more than reasonable amount, maybe less deserved for team that was the finalist :)

Wanna continue but will give a break and go for other teams in next entry..