Thursday, September 20, 2007

6 – 6 What a hit!


The winning team has a dedication. It will have a core of veteran players who set the standards. They will not accept defeat. And may be that’s what you can say about the Indian Twenty 20 team which conquered everyone’s hearts in yesterday’s match. India won by 18 runs and thus still exists to fight a battle against South Africa to enter the semi-finals.

But for Yuvraj Singh – 6 sixes in a row! He was the king of kings in the field. Andrew Flintoff must have flipped out by Yuvraj’s reply to the cold fight between them. Though Yuvraj later commented that Flintoff was one of his very good friend and small fights do happen in the field, but it’s always wise to end it up within the field, we all know that it still had some effect.

Yuvraj set a new record of the fastest half century scored in an international match. 6 sixes back to back was not an easy task. There are some defeats more triumphant than victories. And so did his bad performance in bowling that had given a chance to Dimitri Mascarenhas to hit 5 sixes in a row forced him to give an answer this time. Now what do you call this Tit for Tat?

When asked Yuvraj said that he had a horrible feeling on during this bad performance for he was getting calls after calls by people complaining about his bad performance. He said he was waiting for a chance to reply. And the chance did come. Six sixes from a main bowler (Stuart Broad) was great indeed. The captain Dhoni said that sometime back he was asked whether Yuvraj was in the team just for bowling – but now he doesn’t have to answer that question.

For all the Indians that was a great package of sixes. Its become a hot topic to talk about till another such record is set.

Error or terror? – Britney Spears


Oops you didn’t do it again! Britney Spears who is well known for her extremely wonderful stage performances failed to do it again. This time she is blamed to have committed a great blunder on stage. Britney’s performance at the MTV Video Music Awards has become a piece of gossip in everyone’s mouth. The performance of her new single “Gimme More” at the VMA was supposed to be a great comeback. But it turned out to be a great disaster.

Every single Britney fan was in the first place waiting to see her performance with Criss Angel and hoping for something really new. But the only illusion the people saw was their hopes turn into ashes. It was never a comeback but a stage for gossip.

People have refused to watch her anymore because of her weight. They claim that, may be the mother of two didn’t realize that she has put on weight. But people, wake up! Come on now, you know the fact that she is a mother of two and that she is bound to put on weight and anyways she is now having an ideal weight and is not under weight like before. Health wise, she rocks! If you think over it again you’ll realize that 75% of women after having two kids go way too out of shape but at least Britney doesn’t look that bad. The Craze for having a “Size 0 Model” figure has been driving people nuts. Its not really about the figure, its about the attitude!

But of course about her clothes you’re right! She really needs to think again. Because that’s what was making her look what people call fat!

Monday, September 17, 2007

The reader’s Den - Shelfari


There are finer fish in the sea than have ever been caught. If you are look for one such fine fish that you’ve never caught, then here’s a site that you must visit – http://www.shelfari.com/ . Welcome to the reader’s den. If you consider book as your best friend and would like to showcase the books you’ve read then this is where you have to be.



Seattle based social media site Shelfari, was co-founded by Josh Hug and Kevin Beukelman and was officially launched in October 2006. In February 2007 Amazon.com saw its future in this social network and invested in Shelfari



Once you’re the member of this online community of book readers, you can enjoy all its features, like create your profile where you can also upload your photograph, add friends, open your own book shelf where you display all the books you’ve read. Shelfari also allows you to display the books that your reading currently, and also the wish list to display those books you would like to read sometime in future. Apart form this you can also organize your books by adding tags which helps you to categorize the books. The members are free to comment on the books they’ve read and also hold discussions. You can also form your own group within the community where you can interact with the member of similar reading tastes.



If you are curious to find out what books your friends read or may be even like to compete with them, then don’t forget to invite them to Shelfari! And if you’ve still not visited shelfari then take your own sip and find out how mouthwatering it is.

Saturday, September 15, 2007

Whoz the Better Man? - Maruti SX4 Review


A bird in hand is worth two in the bush – so is Maruti's new launch the SX4. Its basically designed as an all inclusive car or what we call a complete package! Not only is the new SX4 a tough competitor to the sedan cars of other companies but also to its own sister cars (Esteem, Baleno). The SX4 which is an apple of everyone's eye from outside also shares very good features from inside. All you need to do is explore! It's a five seater car which also includes arm rest for the back seats. You can also enjoy a wide leg space which increases the comfort level.

The SX4 comes in two versions – the basic model VXi (which is not really basic) and the high end model ZXi. Both the version share adjustable steering, five gears, AC with extra adjustable blowers, Power Windows, Central locking with remote, remote boot, remote fuel filler, body color bumpers, tachometer, electrically adjustable rear view mirror and rear defogger. The features that differentiate ZXi from VXi is that the ZXi includes alloys, fog lamp, airbags and ABS. Both the versions are available only in petrol. The fuel tank capacity is 50.00 and the top speed is 185.

SX4 has also a wide range of color selection such as Metallic Silky Silver, Metallic Clear Beige, Metallic Midnight Black, Metallic Sunlight Copper, Pearl Metallic Arctic White, Metallic Supreme Red and Metallic Azure Grey. The VXi is available at Rs.6,54,00 and the ZXi at Rs.7,25,000. Now that's a Man.