What a win! Completely contradictory to pre-match analyses. She’s too tired. Serena’s won three in a row. It’s her first Grand Slam title. Any many more.
But she did it. Though I must say, the first set was more a story of Serena’s unforced errors than Sharapova’s winners, but the point is that Sharapova did not give in to the occassion. She stayed on top of her game and mentally took Serena out of the match. The exact reason I thought she would actually lose the match.
Congratulations, and may this be the beginning of a new wave!
Its Tuesday, July 6th, 2004 and it is time to get out of the vacation mood and swing back into work mode. Sigh. But this is a short week too! Looking forward to a nice and relaxing weekend…
Long long weekend (taken the Friday off) in Miami and Key West planned. Was quite pumped up about the trip. First time for me. First time for my wife.
But after the li’l one’s situation, our minds and hearts will be here. Hopefully she will continue to improve and get her health back in order. Our prayers are continuously with her. Hope it is just a minor, temporary thing. Hope.
We debated if we should stay back and not go this weekend. But it seems that the baby has to be in the hospital till Tuesday in any case. Plus there is some help around, so it should be ok for the weekend.
Cell phones are a wonderful thing. Hopefully we will use them only to exchange ‘I love you, sister’ calls … Mojito, anyone? ;-)
What a contrast of emotions I had this evening, in seeing the same person at two different times. I saw the li’l one again today. But this time, instead of seeing her in the kind of freedom that I had seen her last time around, I saw her with countless probes and needles attached to her body.
Due to some complication, she has been admitted to a bigger hospital with better facilities and she is in the ICU there. What a poor little thing she is now. She has lost weight. She does not know how to complain. She is crying a lot. Finally she was able to get fed.
That was a relief. But how long will this agony last? Science, despite all its advances, has no idea about so many things. Doctors are clueless about the cause. What is going on? No idea. The only hope is that it will wear off after a month or so. With medication. More needles. Poor thing. I feel sad for her.
One thing I learned from the experience - we are so helpless when kids are that age. She is trying to tell us something, but we have no idea what it is. Is she cold? Is she warm? Does she want to sleep? Does she not want to sleep? Is she hungry? Wants to burp? So many possibilities, but no answer.
Who knows the New Born Language? We need help. Fast. For the baby’s sake and the parents'. For my sake. For the sake of all who love her.
I have seen it now. The bond that a parent forms with the child immediately after birth. I was too young when my other cousins were born and then maybe i was not really focussed on such things when my nieces were born, so I did not see it then.
Now, I see it. Clearly. The love. The emotions. Mom and child. Dad and child. How does that happen? Who programmed us that we immediately have this kind of affection with the kids? Miracle of life. That’s when you know there is a supernatural being somewhere. That’s when you start to appreciate the beauty that is life.
Maria Sharapova has done it again. I thought she would not be able to come back from being one set down to winning the match against Lindsay Davenport.
Today, I had the opportunity to ride the VTA Light Rail for the first time in my life. It was, I must say, very very convenient. If you home and office are on the light rail, without connections, I would say you must take the light rail.
Although there was a slight hitch along the way, where the door would not close completely, the ride was smooth. It was quite early in the morning, so in fact, the walk to the office was nice too.
I think I’ve just become another fan of the light rail!
At the end of day 1, after being all out for 207, Australia fought back by taking 3 quick wickets. McGrath got both the openers, one bowled and one lbw.
Tells me something scary. Could be that McGrath is back! :-(
On a recent post of mine, where I asked if Jagmohan Dalmiya was the best diplomat, I got two comments - one saying that maybe he is the best politician, and the other saying that he is the best businessman.
The question is who is a diplomat? Is he/she a politician? No. Is he/she a businessman? No.
But, is he/she political? Extremely. Most of the time.
Is he/she there to make some money? Probably so.
In that case, Dalmiya is the best diplomat - because he’s somehow managed to be on the board, be a president, or secretary of the important organizations in World cricket, and has made a ton on money in getting there.
What’s the fascination with Gmail? I know that when something is hard to get, it becomes more wanted. But after all the upgrades to Yahoo and hotmail, why is there such a demand still for Gmail?
As I start browsing sites about blogging, I realize a common trend is for people to announce that they have a Gmail account or they are so frustrated that they don’t have one.
Heck, even I announced that I have Gmail! What a fool I am…
No, I am not excited that I have one. I use Outlook, so disk space and email quota don’t have too much importance in my books. I would love to see their ‘threading’ feature, but that is not something I am dying for at this moment.
Come on people….there are better things in life to look forward to :-)
I am happy for T-Mac. He’s been scoring points but not winning games. Wonder if Yao-T-Mac combo can cause trouble in the newly re-aligned NBA next year…
Was listening to a morning radio show on the way to work and they were having a good discussion about whether it is wise to take your kids to see Fahrenheit 9/11.
It has some pretty graphic pictures of the American soldiers' bodies being charred and hung on the bridge. It also has horrific images of kids who died because of bombing in Iraq. Would you take your kids to such movies?
At what point do you start telling them about such things? Is there a sign?
Last night we went to dinner with a friend who is moving back to Bombay on Tuesday. It is not going to be the same again. It was a given that if there is something good to do, that he and his wife would be included.
Cricket, parties, functions, picnics, vacations, everything would have him as one of the participants. The commenting in the cricket games would be the part that I would sorely miss.
I wish him all the luck in whatever he ends up doing, including possibly coming back here. Of course, that would just rock!
Is it the end, or merely the beginning of something new?
Thanks to my cousin in NJ, who signed up me instead of himself, I have a Gmail account now! It is truly a no-frills interface, in line with all other google properties. And in fact now since rediffmail has offered free email account with 1GB, the whole novelty of high storage space is also gone.
But the good thing is that Gmail lets me see my emails in a thread fashion too. That really helps if I am trying to follow a conversation. I am sure it will only improve as time passes by.
Now I am waiting for an invite from Gmail, so I can sign my cousin up….
I am not a big soccer fan. Sorry, football. But I noticed how everyone was talking about England and how they were shocked when they lost.
Granted that it was a great match, but didn’t they have a self-goal? Didn’t the highest paid player David “Posh Spice’s husband” Beckham miss a penalty kick? Didn’t he miss one earlier?
The English media elevates their teams and players to the highest levels. Case in point - Tim Henman. Any time he reaches the quarters of a Grand Slam, the talk starts. There is in fact a Henmania at Wimbledon every year.
Another case in point - the cricket team. Teams like Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka have won the World Cup, but England has not. In fact, I can’t remember the last time England won a significant tournament. This is after the fact that their domestic cricket structure is probably the most well-developed.
Is all the hype and hoopla around the English teams and players worth it?
