Do or die for Chennai super Kings!

Though I'm this die-hard fan of Sachin, but I was not cheering for the Mumbai Indians. I was just hoping with my fingers crossed that the Royals would win, just because, I wanted to increase the chances of Chennai entering the semi-finals. But yesterday was a real close game! Thats what I call a proper T20 match!But the Mumbai Indians desperately needed a win! It was really unfortunate for them after the excellent 5 wickets taken in the beginning. I guess tension was just mounting up in the field! But that last ball! That WIDE turned the whole game around. Just when I thought Mumbai was gonna win! And I was hoping that there would be a bowl-out! But no!The Royals won their match and created a record by winning all home-matches!

My Meet and Greet Dhoni Experience!

Ok guys, I told you I won this Airtel contest and was supposed to meet Dhoni..

Ok, basically, I’ll tell you what happenned..

To all those Dhoni fans out there, please open your eyes and read fully!

This programme was already rescheduled one time and this Sunday I went over to Park Sheraton to meet him at 10:00.. There were some 20 other people there.. So we were taken to one room and we waited, waited and waited, 10:30, 11:00, 11:30.. No Dhoni or anything! Yeah now he woke up at 11:30, it seems, then we saw him in the swimming pool and then he went off for his exercise session.. And we were served breakfast next!

I’m saying “Omg, I don’t want breakfast, I want my Dhoni!” And then guess what happened, Dhoni refused to come of of his room as he was afraid that he’ll be bundled with questions about the previous lost match! But seriously guys, I don’t know if that’s true. I heard this from the airtel representatives. I’d had enough!

But then guess what, I went down for a stroll and I met most of the other players. I took a picture with Parthiv Patel, got autographs from him, Shane Warne, Morckel, Ntini, Fleming, Siddarth Trivedi, and lots others!

Ntini is this super cool guy! He doesn’t care about whos there.. talks to everybody as if hes not a celebrity at all! It was fun talking to him!

And coming back to the Dhoni part, he at last asked everybody to be there at the entrance and said he would wave at us when hes leaving to the airport! You think we are all mad cocks eh to sit and wait for so many hours and then he’ll wave and go!

At last guess the time when he came out, it was 1:15PM, but omg he wasss so cuute! Then he gave us a group photo, but then didn’t give any of us an autograph. I decided I’m not leaving him alone and ran behind him past the security line, patted him and said, “Please you cant leave without giving me an autograph” and so ya he smiled and gave me 1.

But all of us were thoroughly disappointed. We had planned on what all questions to ask him n all!But I guess tats what celebrities are all about!

Well, though I'm saying all this, it just doesn't mean I started hating Dhoni.. Hes still one of my favorite cricketers and one person who I treasure close to my heart.. I'll try and try and maybe I'll get to meet him again some day, some time,

* No offence meant through this post to anybody, I was just expressing my feelings..

Can you believe it? Im gonna meet Dhoni!!!!

Yeah true!!

I won this Airtel contest called Meet and Greet Dhoni and so I get to meet him for half an hour or so!

It was supposed to be today but then it got rescheduled cos CSK lost the previous match and so they are gonna discuss the strategies for the next match! So Dhoni is really really busy! Totally disappointed! But then I get to meet him next week! So no worries!

I'm totally excited about this!! Hes my favourite player after Sachin Tendulkar and I'm totally crazy about him! I'm in love with him seriously!!

And me meeting him?

Unbelievable!!!

Chennai Super Kings!

Well, Chennai has been doing really well in all it's matches except for 3 in the middle when the Aussies just went back!But now they have been gaining momentum and Dhoni's men are picking up on the points they lost. I went for two matches, the ones with Punjab and Bangalore.. Lol well the Bangalore match was unfortunate for us! 127 was really an easy target, I donno wat went into their heads.. I guess maybe there was a tinge of over- confidence. And I don't think Dhoni should have come in third. Maybe Badri or Raini must have been sent instead of Dhoni.

But anyway now I'm going for the next match too, with the Rajasthan Royals and I'm hoping they'll win. I'm expecting an exciting match, maybe a bowl-out will make it really really interesting!

Hoping for the best!!

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan

Appadi!! I attended Sanjay Sir’s concert after a really really long time, almost 2 months! As usual, it turned out to be an excellent concert!! I’m really happy that I didn’t miss such a beautiful concert!

Well I’ll get on with the song list now!

Venue: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan

Date: 20 May 2008

Time: 6:30 to 9:00

Accomponists:

Violin: S.Vradarajan

Mrudangam: Thanjavur Ramadas

Song list:

1. Bhavanuthanaa- Mohanam- Thyagaraja-Adi ( Raaga outline with kalpana swaram)

2.Needhaya Raadha- Vasantha Bhairavi- Thyagaraja- Rupakam

3. Vinathaa sutha -Hari Kaambojhi- Thyagaraja - Adi (Raaga Alapana and swaras)

4.Neemathi sallaga- Ananda Bhairavi- Mathrubudayya - Adi

5. BhajareRe Chitha- Kalyani- Muthuswamy Dikshithar - Mishra chapu( Raga alapana and kalpana swaram)

6.Sivakaama Sundari - Mukhari - Papanasam Sivan - Adi ( Started with Anu pallavi)

7.Arumarundoru - Khambhoji - Muthu Thandavar - Rupakam

8. Durusukha- Saveri - Shyama Shastri -Adi (Fantastic Raaga Alapana and kalpana swaras at paramapaavani)

- Thani avarthanam

9.He Govindha- Madhuvanthi - Soor Das ( Raaga Alapana)

10. Ramanai Bajithaal- Maand- Adi - ( composer - will fill later)

11. Thillana - thodi -Adi

12. Mangalam - Saurashtram- Thyagarajar- Aadi

IPL IPL everywhere!

Aww.. These Ipl matches are quite addicting man!! Even One night doesnt pass without watching these matches!! I finally fulfilled my dream of watching it live in Chepauk! Chennai Super Kings
VS Punjab XI.
Was great!! Had so much fun! Badrinath was excellent.. I consider him an underrated batsman.
Balaji's Hat-trick only had to add to the team's excellence! Considering the fact that it was not a waste of time and money, Im quite satisfied..
Waiting for all the other matches!
I wish I could see Rohit Sharma's batting live.. Hes putting up an excellent show.. A steady batsman.. good boundary hitter.. what else does a team need?
Yeah and also wanna see Sachin playing soon!!