IPL sucks

I cannot believe that I have not posted anything to my blog for the past 18 months. I do not even know if the links in my blog works anymore. It directly coincides with the time I started working for esurance. The whole IPL thing is blown out of proportion. BCCI got the whole idea from ICL and have basically multiplied everthing by 50 times which has swept people out of their feet all over the country. The amount of money paid for everybody is just ridiculous. Advantages 1) More cricket 2) You see exciting mix of talents which you can only dream about play in the same team 3) Twenty20 format Why it sucks? 1) All the money which would have pooled into different entertainment areas like cinema, hockey, etc are now getting channelled even more into cricket. If this trend continues for another year, Reserve bank might end up gettign loans from BCCI. 2) Atleast before students had brief time in between series to concentrate on studies but now it is just non stop cricket all the time. At a young age you just dont realise how much time you are wasting on cricket which could have been otherwise used to hone your skills 3) If Sehwag hits a monster six over long on, it seemed exciting before but now with so much cricket played, nothing seems exquisite. 4) Cheerleaders - This is the only thing that our youngsters were not exposed to, but now they have another reason to go to a cricket game. 5) Talents all around the world instead of aiming to cement a place in the national side are now only aiming to play a season for one of the IPL teams and settle for life after that. That is the ridiculous amount they are offering. 6) National cricket series will not have the same intrest as before because of the overkill. 7) With so many companies involved in the fray, this is not about cricket anymore, it is about a company trying to make profits at any cost, which opens the door again for match fixing. Any more reasons required to get rid of IPL and go back to our original format?

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Tagged by PK!

Hi, Have been Tagged by PK! Sorry it has been a really late reply to your tag. I'm thinking about: Calling shanawaz today. I said: I am in a totally quiet environment now, i did not say anything ! I wish: I had more time to blog I hear: only my typing sound I wonder: if i will ever settle down in India I regret: being lazy during my school and college days I am: thinking hard for all the questions in this tag I dance(d): only in my dreams I sing: Rihanna's songs everyday. I cry: rarely I'm not always: in touch with my friends, need to improve that I make with my hands: food, which does not turn out the way I want everytime! I write: codes everyday I confuse: about everything all the time. I need: a house near my office And finally: I would like to tag 10 bloggers who wish to write TAG. 1) Shanawaz 2) Deepak 3) Senthil 4) Military 5) Sathya Venkatesh 6) Sathya Priya 7) Sudarshan 8) Bharathi It was fun to write it. ---Karthik Pandian

Vettayadu Vilayadu

I watched the film yesterday in sunnyvale and I was very happy that I did. I have been waiting to see this film or for that matter a good tamil film, for quite some time. It is a rollicking thriller which keeps you in the edge of the seat for most of the time. Kamal has given a brilliant performance and cannot take your eyes of him through out the film. Editing, direction and music is also a very high point of the movie. Kamal had good on screen chemistry with the new actress than with jothika. Mind you, the film is full of gory scenes against woman and wacky in general but it is no where close to the unnecessary violence we saw in Pudu pettai. The revelation in the movie is Balaji, who is the psychic serial killer in the movie. His performance is commendable. I thought the second half could have been a little more slick with songs at inappropriate times but neverthe less worth watching. If you want to see a good hollywood style of action thriller in tamil, just get the next available ticket and go for it. --Karthik Pandian

Caltrain Internet

You must be wondering why I had to change my template and do so much stuff if i am not going to post conyinously for 2 weeks. Well but I relocated to a new place, started work in a new company. Everything was new for me, half the time I did not have access to internet so did not post much. Last weeks have been busy and interesting. Sleep has been short, never have I before got up so early and traveled 50 miles to goto work on time. I used to strugle to go on time to Intel which was just 5 minutes from my house. Work wise, nothing interesting yet, just going thru some codes and trying to get upto speed. There is a free Internet in caltrain called mockingbird which no one seem to mention anywhere except for one blog. It is pretty good speed for free. I am not sure if it is available in old trains, but it is mostly available in the new trains. Going to yosemite today, should post more from next week. --Karthik Pandian

Funny Ad

I must be really bored today, this is my third post for the day. Thanks to kiruba, I found this really funny and wanted to post in my blog. Click the image for watching the ad, it is really good. Check this link if you like the ads.

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Trip to Oregon

I am totally vetti after finishing my work in Intel last Wednesday. Went to Lake Crater, OR last friday and returnded on Sunday evening. Lake crater is a unique in a way the rims of the mountains form the perimeter of the lake . It is the deepest lake in North America and the deep blue colour catches your eye. Oregon is full of mountains, lakes, rivers and water fulls and is very scenic. Will post pictures from the trip soon. ---Karthik Pandian

Google US Government

Google has launched Google US government search today. All te tax forms you will be looking for in the last minute, processing dates for H1 etc everything now you can search for it in this site now. You can look for addresses, phone numbers for all the local and federal organisations using this site.In short it specifically searched .gov web sites. ---Karthik Pandian

Happpy Times

Intel contract is getting over tommorow. My next job is scheduled to start only on 26th and I have all the time in the world. I can play tennis, play basketball, watch soccer whole day, and even browse for the whole day. I can possibly have a trip to cleveland for free if i am interested in attending a on site interview. I am thinking of doing something innovative to my blog during this time. i am thinking of having email interview if i can catch hold of some big names. I am definitely going to try out podcasting and a possible change of layout for the blog. Thanks to techcrunch I am inspired what one can do within a year. Last 3 or 4 days at work, I had absolutely nothing to work on. I am simply roaming around campus, talking to people and enjoying all the farewell talks with the people (like where are you working next, good work for the past one year :-), we are going to miss u). Expect a lot more changes in my blog, better quality. Happy Soccer Watching for all soccer fans. ---Karthik Pandian