IPL 2012 Playoffs and Finals

<br /><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is the final week of the DLF IPL 2012 season. After a marathon run of 72 matches played across the length and breadth of India(9 teams playing each other twice), the playoff line up is decided. T</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">he last match is under progress as I write this piece.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It promises to be an exciting play off week, especially after lots of off-field action. Nonetheless, it has been a super tournament, loaded with cliff hangers and heart breakers.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Let us look at the teams who are in fray in the final week (and who couldn't make it to the last week).</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>The Also Rans</b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pune Warriors finished last in the table. Under the leadership of Ganguly, and in the absence of Yuvraj, the team could not do much - winning just 4 matches. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Deccan Chargers also finished with 4 wins, and 9 points. The stand out point for DC in this year's tournament was Dayle Styen. He bowled like a champion and affirmed his place as the best fast bowler in the world today.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(58, 0, 204); color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding: 4px; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZsPast2bAsBbGGn-o8MT4st4etqAZhy_koSbctgO_NhmW2bcvHhO_Tf_QxO6WxC07A7AY7ZK90HkVrJMPJv7qJVHMqovj5VpvE0Jcnd1ZAsO6M_5nqYtCUBdqTSowqQ0SksWoYCFsawuJ/s1600/Dale+Steyn+Dalai+Lama.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZsPast2bAsBbGGn-o8MT4st4etqAZhy_koSbctgO_NhmW2bcvHhO_Tf_QxO6WxC07A7AY7ZK90HkVrJMPJv7qJVHMqovj5VpvE0Jcnd1ZAsO6M_5nqYtCUBdqTSowqQ0SksWoYCFsawuJ/s320/Dale+Steyn+Dalai+Lama.jpg" style="border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="272" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dale Steyn Dalai Lama</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rajasthan Royals, under Rahul Dravid and Kings XI Punjab, under Adam Gilchrist did a respectable job by finishing in the middle of the table. They were in the fray to go into the playoffs but couldn't give the final push. RR didn't miss Shane Warne this year, and did well under Rahul.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">RCB, whose fortunes were guided by Vettori and Virat Kohli fell at the final hurdle. They couldn't score 130 odd runs against DC in their last group match and failed to progress into the playoffs. It would be a huge disappointment for Chris Gayle, who played like a champion all season.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>The Potential Champions</b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4 teams across India hold the key to be the champions of IPL 2012. They are - Delhi Daredevils (DD), Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), Mumbai Indians (MI) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK).</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It has been an extremely sucessful tournament for DD and KKR. Under the leadership of Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir, both of them have excelled from the moment go. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They do not have any star player akin Chris Gayle of RCB. Yet, they have gelled well as a team and come out with flying colors. If there were any teams who were sure to be in the playoffs based on the results of the initial matches, it was DD and KKR.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(58, 0, 204); color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding: 4px; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimEwF7NVdpyaO-WfCcKVChhylQr9Q5RmDAF8FbU2Q6KiojL0thyiJ5lfp-mtvDZY8uICcyAMIdAa7DGgKwYYIVMHZ7PZMEdWgW93FuplrD31qdJRlGFckQd-Oy6kZfVIoN5c_ucZV8qW5R/s1600/Virender+Sehwag+Gautam+Gambhir.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimEwF7NVdpyaO-WfCcKVChhylQr9Q5RmDAF8FbU2Q6KiojL0thyiJ5lfp-mtvDZY8uICcyAMIdAa7DGgKwYYIVMHZ7PZMEdWgW93FuplrD31qdJRlGFckQd-Oy6kZfVIoN5c_ucZV8qW5R/s320/Virender+Sehwag+Gautam+Gambhir.jpg" style="border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Virender Sehwag Gautam Gambhir</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mumbai Indian has also made its way into the playoffs at the number 3 spot. Led by Harbhajan Singh, backed by Sachin Tendulkar, and with the likes of Keiron Pollard and Dwayne Smith in their team, they have chugged into the final 4.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One thing that unites RCB, KKR and MI is that they are led by players who were not considered worthwhile for the post of vice-captain of the Indian cricket team. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Virat Kohli was chosen over Sehwag and Gambhir, and both these players have proved a point with this IPL. Harbhajan was even dropped from the team, and here he is leading a million $ team in the playoffs.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last but not the least is Chennai Super King. Under the leadership of the Indian captain, Mahender Singh Dhoni, CSK got a back door entry into the playoffs when RCB lost to DC in the penultimate match of the group stage today.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>The Playoff Schedule</b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The first qualifier is scheduled in Pune between DD and KKR on 22nd May 2012. The winner of this match goes directly into the finals.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">MI and CSK play the eliminator on 23rd May 2012 in Bangalore. The winner of this match plays the loser of the first qualifier, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">on 25th May 2012,</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> in Chennai, for a shot in the finals.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The final is scheduled in Chennai on 27th May 2012. Let the best team win. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>The Off Field Antics</b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The IPL 2012 was loaded with lots of off-field antics. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It started with Pune Warriors pulling out of the IPL, only to join the party later. Disappointingly, they finished last.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />A week or so earlier, 5 players were caught on camera willing to accept a bribe for spot fixing. The players were not known names. However, spot fixing had cast its shadow and threatened to open a Pandora's box.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just a few days later, Shahrukh Khan (SRK), owner of KKR, had a fracas with the security after the match against MI. This story became a national headline, and almost become a battle against a super star, who claimed just to be a proud parent preventing his kids from being man handled.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(58, 0, 204); color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding: 4px; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIptxd2R3FYFAX9jBNb94czylmAY7o4U9sgDLPjQpjIPlSSji48KFq5ZxGvXcuvkoC7l96uFSaVDXaFcKWR4vcbUB8YZQdoF2dZNRXwU3OxluwBiLdlOkZLamHKSGDJCgZ0qgPCVz6pGxU/s1600/SRK+MCA+Scuffle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIptxd2R3FYFAX9jBNb94czylmAY7o4U9sgDLPjQpjIPlSSji48KFq5ZxGvXcuvkoC7l96uFSaVDXaFcKWR4vcbUB8YZQdoF2dZNRXwU3OxluwBiLdlOkZLamHKSGDJCgZ0qgPCVz6pGxU/s320/SRK+MCA+Scuffle.jpg" style="border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="233" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">SRK Scuffle at MCA</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(58, 0, 204); color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding: 4px; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXjHh5zwv042yTiRjgbDJi1E6uB-CE-hA6bRK2hXtftuLhHuougYKvF7iPYcSd_pxKbDkxfwQR99-_L5lpNR0wJwUkVxCaSJGCNPmyymHYB0NlO8Ok1st5Zm3MMfuW7NpmITSouL-E2IDO/s1600/SRK+Off+Field+Antics.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="141" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXjHh5zwv042yTiRjgbDJi1E6uB-CE-hA6bRK2hXtftuLhHuougYKvF7iPYcSd_pxKbDkxfwQR99-_L5lpNR0wJwUkVxCaSJGCNPmyymHYB0NlO8Ok1st5Zm3MMfuW7NpmITSouL-E2IDO/s320/SRK+Off+Field+Antics.jpg" style="border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">SRK Off Field Antics</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If this was not enough, a RCB player - Aussie </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Luke Pomersbach - was accused by a lady of molesting her and hitting her boyfriend. This incident snowballed when Siddarth Mallya was served a legal notice for questioning the lady's character with some loose comments on Twitter. </span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Summary</b></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All in all, it has been an exciting IPL. I couldn't follow much it. However, it has been an intense topic of discussions during tea and lunch breaks. The off-field antics notwithstanding, it is cricket that promises to come up as a winner in the next week.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It has been a heady mix of Politics, Religion, Entertainment, Business and Sports. </span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Going by the form book, I think KKR would win the DLF IPL 2012.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Who is your choice for the IPL 2012 Champions Tag??</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>

IPL 2012 Playoffs and Finals

It is the final week of the DLF IPL 2012 season. After a marathon run of 72 matches played across the length and breadth of India(9 teams pl...

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London Olympics 2012 Review

<br /><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">The showcase event in the world of sports - Olympics 2012 - is drawing to a close in the coming few days. Hosted in London, The London Olympics 2012 has proved to be a phenomenal attraction over the past few weeks - attracting eyeballs and attentions like nothing else.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">Well, I caught on to the Olympics buzz quite late into the second week - watching it every day from 11 in the night. However, I followed it regularly over the news papers and the internet.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">Here are some moments from the Olympics which caught my attention this year.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">Let me start with Michael Phelps of the USA. Michael, the champion swimmer, won a total of 6 medals at London 2012, including 4 golds and 2 silvers. What puts him at the top of the pedestal is the fact that he has won a total of 22 medals at the Olympics, making him the most decorated Olympian of all time.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(58, 0, 204); color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding: 4px; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh97uTrkPZ2dYFSe8GjBjhhTCmELGbCdJR28k6qu1HjW_M_p12YZ02QIG3wL-79riUEaOFt44iz7IUgReQFbVKfxOvfK21Hodt4V4YWqBPUcJDrPuUpfx_qzhkoWgIxkFMJ2JBu4gfwjA-T/s1600/Michael+Phelps+London+Olympics+2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Michael Phelps London Olympics 2012" border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh97uTrkPZ2dYFSe8GjBjhhTCmELGbCdJR28k6qu1HjW_M_p12YZ02QIG3wL-79riUEaOFt44iz7IUgReQFbVKfxOvfK21Hodt4V4YWqBPUcJDrPuUpfx_qzhkoWgIxkFMJ2JBu4gfwjA-T/s320/Michael+Phelps+London+Olympics+2012.jpg" style="border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" title="Michael Phelps London Olympics 2012" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12px;">Michael Phelps London Olympics 2012</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">He retired after London 2012, and he can take happiness from the fact that he gave his best shot at swimming, winning accolades all the way.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">Next one is known as The Lightning. Yes, I am talking about Usain Bolt of Jamaica. The star sprinter was the defending champion from the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and several questions were raised on his ability to defend his titles in London.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(58, 0, 204); color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding: 4px; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW2J2LQ7wWOnzD78AJ1uuLW5h6ig4Ec8cifOa5qFCfrVJg4A_65TolKjuKgFwQz5dunJFh-Hm08_uUE3nG4siFc5S-t81HJ3wKXrFgYN4SbcVfmpvlb4gvYCkmBH4w8-PoimHC4LINwLMD/s1600/100m+Dash+Olympics+2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="100m Dash Olympics 2012" border="0" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW2J2LQ7wWOnzD78AJ1uuLW5h6ig4Ec8cifOa5qFCfrVJg4A_65TolKjuKgFwQz5dunJFh-Hm08_uUE3nG4siFc5S-t81HJ3wKXrFgYN4SbcVfmpvlb4gvYCkmBH4w8-PoimHC4LINwLMD/s320/100m+Dash+Olympics+2012.jpg" style="border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" title="100m Dash Olympics 2012" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12px;">100m Dash Olympics 2012</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">However, cometh the day, cometh the man. Usain Bolt ran like a champion when it mattered and won the 100m dash and 200m sprint in style. He celebrated in his customary style on the track after the dash.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(58, 0, 204); color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding: 4px; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHF6SiqDZqE-WeSZ5MUs3Kiz4kh71k9s89EoImXsJ1iv-4dT34I6F2kiB_PTc6NMmaWQQgqageor8lZmW3YoTbtb7jLlZXndT9-09rn-GpgzJdIPV80ELYixf-hzDdJXnRttI8JZ8rcsxl/s1600/Usain+Bolt+The+Crowned+King+of+Sprint.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Usain Bolt The Crowned King of Sprint" border="0" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHF6SiqDZqE-WeSZ5MUs3Kiz4kh71k9s89EoImXsJ1iv-4dT34I6F2kiB_PTc6NMmaWQQgqageor8lZmW3YoTbtb7jLlZXndT9-09rn-GpgzJdIPV80ELYixf-hzDdJXnRttI8JZ8rcsxl/s320/Usain+Bolt+The+Crowned+King+of+Sprint.jpg" style="border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" title="Usain Bolt The Crowned King of Sprint" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Usain Bolt The Crowned King of Sprint</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">He is the first man to win both the 100m and 200m in back to back Olympics on the track. And if the after hours party with fellow Olympians was anything to go by, Usain would have to be on the moon. </div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(58, 0, 204); color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding: 4px; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieJuc4xSPcmlNNaF2QSQ7mAt8fFxJ_w_TYSEHKXP0BEJC8YNHoLdZjT7g2k5scO17ZXA0AfCzEx04rTGXZ78MCSAhRWcgegCRygNH53vTwfwUa1ZlmHYv03zUL1w26O9rj6av99YR1q7V2/s1600/Usain+Bolt+Celebrating+Olympic+100m+Win.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Usain Bolt Celebrating Olympic 100m Win" border="0" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieJuc4xSPcmlNNaF2QSQ7mAt8fFxJ_w_TYSEHKXP0BEJC8YNHoLdZjT7g2k5scO17ZXA0AfCzEx04rTGXZ78MCSAhRWcgegCRygNH53vTwfwUa1ZlmHYv03zUL1w26O9rj6av99YR1q7V2/s320/Usain+Bolt+Celebrating+Olympic+100m+Win.jpg" style="border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" title="Usain Bolt Celebrating Olympic 100m Win" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12px;">Usain Bolt Celebrating Olympic 100m Win</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">With this being just his second Olympics, will he make history 4 years later and be crowned as a triple crown winner?</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">Let us move onto the Indians. Indian athletes have struggled to win medals at every Olympics, with India ending up with only a medal or two at every Olympics. This time, it was different.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">At the moment of writing, India has won a total of 5 medals - 1 silver and 4 bronze. It has been a proud moment for Indian sports. Making them proud include Vijay Kumar, who won the lone silver for India in shooting and Mary Kom, who won the bronze in boxing. </div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(58, 0, 204); color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding: 4px; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfLCLLWP-xHUcpdnG-9vmQo1MhhlB-zseB4Y50Y2Ctt8CJtUUPPoEfIsreR9DjBxDED5rxE9adsNp9f1VyismSnQzUGgq1EtohkPhKuKQOSEdkHP8GhBRnH2mMNcjq0-uvbq1S9X86JHEC/s1600/Vijay+Kumar+Olympics+2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Vijay Kumar Olympics 2012" border="0" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfLCLLWP-xHUcpdnG-9vmQo1MhhlB-zseB4Y50Y2Ctt8CJtUUPPoEfIsreR9DjBxDED5rxE9adsNp9f1VyismSnQzUGgq1EtohkPhKuKQOSEdkHP8GhBRnH2mMNcjq0-uvbq1S9X86JHEC/s320/Vijay+Kumar+Olympics+2012.jpg" style="border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" title="Vijay Kumar Olympics 2012" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12px;">Vijay Kumar Olympics 2012</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">Gagan Narang won a bronze in the air rifle event, and Yogeshwar Dutt won a bronze in wrestling. Indian shuttler, Saina Nehwal, did the country proud by winning the bronze medal in Badminton.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(58, 0, 204); color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding: 4px; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQTM0FkeCrnZcpc7vl1sy86u2lQCe6KrnURtQ4bSGnGiGmBnz4hp4lLPWD_zqPnGnPLywQE6YYDt5cf94zpSuO2rlRkSi74zcIk2To4V5vJNFBgDtqvQ0414YOMythhNOCV7g-qrOuPzc4/s1600/Saina+Nehwal+Bronze+Medal+Olympics+2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Saina Nehwal Bronze Medal Olympics 2012" border="0" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQTM0FkeCrnZcpc7vl1sy86u2lQCe6KrnURtQ4bSGnGiGmBnz4hp4lLPWD_zqPnGnPLywQE6YYDt5cf94zpSuO2rlRkSi74zcIk2To4V5vJNFBgDtqvQ0414YOMythhNOCV7g-qrOuPzc4/s320/Saina+Nehwal+Bronze+Medal+Olympics+2012.jpg" style="border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" title="Saina Nehwal Bronze Medal Olympics 2012" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12px;">Saina Nehwal Bronze Medal Olympics 2012</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">At a time, when the country is struggling with female foeticide, and growning crime against women, Mary and Saina have showcased what a girl can do on the international stage. The women have done the country proud and it's up to us to nurture this talent and make them winners, by giving them adequate opportunities.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">Moving onto one of the most significant moments of London Olympics 2012. Saudi Arabia, a conservative nation from the Middle East, was not planning to let its women to participate at London 2012. Ultimately, it let two of its gals to participate. And didn't they do the country proud!!</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(58, 0, 204); color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding: 4px; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixoyCMr6Pa8MsT4zlKSJo9FOY3ae-Jv6mQemJ_vVABOF5FhdOpvw_TbqJihfst_e6cQNvcjJZ2Apfi2RUAJ7oSauvw1RkjyTlHT_UlsxRWYp0vOIV38_YeaxnHO_zvJ7C2xV8wF7tzk3NR/s1600/Sarah+Attar+Olympics+2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Sarah Attar Olympics 2012" border="0" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixoyCMr6Pa8MsT4zlKSJo9FOY3ae-Jv6mQemJ_vVABOF5FhdOpvw_TbqJihfst_e6cQNvcjJZ2Apfi2RUAJ7oSauvw1RkjyTlHT_UlsxRWYp0vOIV38_YeaxnHO_zvJ7C2xV8wF7tzk3NR/s320/Sarah+Attar+Olympics+2012.jpg" style="border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" title="Sarah Attar Olympics 2012" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12px;">Sarah Attar Olympics 2012</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">Sarah Attar, ran the 800m race, in full clothes - a significant contrast against other runners who ran in shorts and tees. She respected her country's conservative dressing style. She finished last, almost a lap behind the winner. </div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">However, her determination in running the race and the difficult conditions where she came from, drew a standing ovation from the Olympic goers. I trust this breaks a few mental barriers in the Saudi kingdom and we can see more women athletes from the country in the next Olympics.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">Moving onto Tennis. Andy Murray, long held as the British hope on the tennis turf, left his Wimbledon disappointment behind to beat Roger Federer and win the Gold Medals in Tennis. Great Britain was ecstatic.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(58, 0, 204); color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding: 4px; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDZDwBHZlmpfFWElfGhOjhc000RGzxQUyEP-TffQeClDNG6C7hGrlVym8h7seBw-hRE7VaSWSqKsjrowCbE60YjdiiL8LuU-Xn-tL_yBPXUByoLCFLsJBHB0axc8FpCI0qFqpmHU9Y5e80/s1600/Andy+Murray+Olympics+2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Andy Murray Olympics 2012" border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDZDwBHZlmpfFWElfGhOjhc000RGzxQUyEP-TffQeClDNG6C7hGrlVym8h7seBw-hRE7VaSWSqKsjrowCbE60YjdiiL8LuU-Xn-tL_yBPXUByoLCFLsJBHB0axc8FpCI0qFqpmHU9Y5e80/s320/Andy+Murray+Olympics+2012.jpg" style="border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" title="Andy Murray Olympics 2012" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12px;">Andy Murray Olympics 2012</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">Lastly, it was London, a city which is long considered as a oldest turf of aristocracy and royalty. And the Royal family made its presence. Princess Zara participated in the Equestrian event and won a silver medal. </div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(58, 0, 204); color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding: 4px; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizGe42wOl4gmG0er9jiJAGsSTLQpJi3g3hEEZkwhsotedGK4sDskxc8q0IONWCzAxHTofCzEQp77Lfv1bekbENfjpoIflUPjJYl5vwSjjmXXU_o5yBAb9V9T9LFaAVRlLCvefyCiaKLPhW/s1600/Zara+Phillips+Olympics+2012.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Zara Phillips Olympics 2012" border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizGe42wOl4gmG0er9jiJAGsSTLQpJi3g3hEEZkwhsotedGK4sDskxc8q0IONWCzAxHTofCzEQp77Lfv1bekbENfjpoIflUPjJYl5vwSjjmXXU_o5yBAb9V9T9LFaAVRlLCvefyCiaKLPhW/s320/Zara+Phillips+Olympics+2012.jpeg" style="border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" title="Zara Phillips Olympics 2012" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12px;">Zara Phillips Olympics 2012</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">The Royal Family - William, Kate, and Harry - were in full force to cheer for GB across various events.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(58, 0, 204); color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding: 4px; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOiJXaYsATujUUplhMjfHBLMopiOR1F_ezwYF4pSC6isKleQFUseOABOcS45Kv-8Z3rAY9LFsd-qsDdlqYKEc2ExbLsyVXsa5Z1WlC5SJfA2WHLsWHdDk73MytL591VXGQRLTo51FJX8r4/s1600/The+Royal+Family+Olympics+2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="The Royal Family Olympics 2012" border="0" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOiJXaYsATujUUplhMjfHBLMopiOR1F_ezwYF4pSC6isKleQFUseOABOcS45Kv-8Z3rAY9LFsd-qsDdlqYKEc2ExbLsyVXsa5Z1WlC5SJfA2WHLsWHdDk73MytL591VXGQRLTo51FJX8r4/s320/The+Royal+Family+Olympics+2012.jpg" style="border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" title="The Royal Family Olympics 2012" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12px;">The Royal Family Olympics 2012</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">All in all, it has been a special Olympics. Its great to see that the Olympic spirit living on, a hundred and more years after the start in Greece.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">In 4 years time, Olympics will travel to Rio, Brazil, in South America. And I am assured that once again, the Games will take the spirit of global inclusivity to greater heights.</div><div><br /></div>

London Olympics 2012 Review

The showcase event in the world of sports - Olympics 2012 - is drawing to a close in the coming few days. Hosted in London, The London Olymp...

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A Day at Work

<br /><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Professions can be interesting and challenging. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />Would there be a better way, than the below lines from Extreme Ways - The Bourne Ultimatum, to summarize our work?</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">~~</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Extreme ways that help me,<br />That help me out late at night.<br />Extreme places I had gone,<br />But never seen any light.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />Dirty basements, dirty noise,<br />Dirty places coming through.<br />Extreme worlds alone,<br />Did you ever like it then.<br /><br />I would stand in line for this,<br />There's always room in life for this.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">~~</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />Well, the last two lines is what you would say when you check out the interesting pictures below, about A Day at Work.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">~~~~</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3CI2SxeLYqDRKGnxd37wmilfXuClYE2XnQ5RXc6d7V7BSsUq0wVpqjB9OnMIluiUydmhqfbAB1wO4rBnP2a89vOG-4tQcnMvK21LeW7bZiq5FrC3vLOJk3RaKPwMveVH7vahG6WTe16wc/s1600/My+Day+At+Office+Alessandra+Ambrosio.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="My Day At Office Alessandra Ambrosio" border="0" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3CI2SxeLYqDRKGnxd37wmilfXuClYE2XnQ5RXc6d7V7BSsUq0wVpqjB9OnMIluiUydmhqfbAB1wO4rBnP2a89vOG-4tQcnMvK21LeW7bZiq5FrC3vLOJk3RaKPwMveVH7vahG6WTe16wc/s320/My+Day+At+Office+Alessandra+Ambrosio.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(58, 0, 204); margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 4px;" title="My Day At Office Alessandra Ambrosio" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yes, this is my office. Aren't you surprised by the idyllic settings? And a very plain board, telling - people at work - as against the neon flashing lights that you see these days?</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is where I come to work every day. Isn't it bright and sunny?</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsyqGx86LH1Bkbj42XbhXAamRmt5iNDVJoW88wd9p-qG9BUuhv-NIRw4pxu5oixhGmh5hI5FI6iB8J5tkYUcvL5HZuBzP6NQKJv8u-pYtqEOXIOV-XvUzC81nY9w96-4Phybu36EzzOX2Z/s1600/My+Cafe+At+Office+Alessandra+Ambrosio.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="My Cafe At Office Alessandra Ambrosio" border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsyqGx86LH1Bkbj42XbhXAamRmt5iNDVJoW88wd9p-qG9BUuhv-NIRw4pxu5oixhGmh5hI5FI6iB8J5tkYUcvL5HZuBzP6NQKJv8u-pYtqEOXIOV-XvUzC81nY9w96-4Phybu36EzzOX2Z/s320/My+Cafe+At+Office+Alessandra+Ambrosio.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(58, 0, 204); margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 4px;" title="My Cafe At Office Alessandra Ambrosio" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">This is where I catch up with a cup of coffee every morning, as I plan my day ahead. The cozy cushions and the hot cup of tea have me revving up for the busy day ahead. And yes, I am not working at Google.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia07Q-91T7qMk9t3pHkGaT6SwHMpNE6RwVJg9fR3e83WIFxVTLnP6gIx3DoOdmP3RyU-eQcwg1PHqfEm234C8Znjrih_Zy3rEoO2pEiv07Oc35LU5zrWeWZXgM5dICiZExdhVQQul42o3-/s1600/How+Far+is+my+Goal+Alessandra+Ambrosio.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="How Far is my Goal Alessandra Ambrosio" border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia07Q-91T7qMk9t3pHkGaT6SwHMpNE6RwVJg9fR3e83WIFxVTLnP6gIx3DoOdmP3RyU-eQcwg1PHqfEm234C8Znjrih_Zy3rEoO2pEiv07Oc35LU5zrWeWZXgM5dICiZExdhVQQul42o3-/s320/How+Far+is+my+Goal+Alessandra+Ambrosio.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(58, 0, 204); margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 4px;" title="How Far is my Goal Alessandra Ambrosio" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">However well I am prepared, the goals set for me by my manager look way to far. My nice shades help me keep focused in the bright sunny weather.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">And if you see carefully, there isn't even a hint of tiredness on my face? You are welcome to guess the reasons.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEttmcxPtv_YL3-tb6GysQuuugWckekOmB3QaSmN6rkWNIq5TBJZbNimhPHthw4BqGNS7C9CcVhLUxaURkpskVfqnTuJ8RDRj-reo4r7OlLRfGbTtrWQnBIRpxHiojrVTtKzCtNW5Eh8Wn/s1600/Refueling+at+Work+Alessandra+Ambrosio.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Refueling at Work Alessandra Ambrosio" border="0" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEttmcxPtv_YL3-tb6GysQuuugWckekOmB3QaSmN6rkWNIq5TBJZbNimhPHthw4BqGNS7C9CcVhLUxaURkpskVfqnTuJ8RDRj-reo4r7OlLRfGbTtrWQnBIRpxHiojrVTtKzCtNW5Eh8Wn/s320/Refueling+at+Work+Alessandra+Ambrosio.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(58, 0, 204); margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 4px;" title="Refueling at Work Alessandra Ambrosio" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Refueling at work is a must. How else would you keep chugging along through the entire day?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Don't be surprised by the name - Last Chance. It has created many chances for me to get some nice productive work done over the years.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMX0kd8sfSWFxTjzlMTaV6GCTkIxG3IF1s6PlLLu25qYJpCdcp2WeGNzOlRSnlx0xGsPSS5EdX8tz2mOMrby2ovgrRN7KqBRQspwjauUdifpiJrBpMdDUo1dpGM62jCyPM8LOpILUBFRpy/s1600/My+Bus+Stop+near+Office+Alessandra+Ambrosio.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="My Bus Stop near Office Alessandra Ambrosio" border="0" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMX0kd8sfSWFxTjzlMTaV6GCTkIxG3IF1s6PlLLu25qYJpCdcp2WeGNzOlRSnlx0xGsPSS5EdX8tz2mOMrby2ovgrRN7KqBRQspwjauUdifpiJrBpMdDUo1dpGM62jCyPM8LOpILUBFRpy/s320/My+Bus+Stop+near+Office+Alessandra+Ambrosio.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(58, 0, 204); margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 4px;" title="My Bus Stop near Office Alessandra Ambrosio" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">This is where I catch my bus back home. The frequency is not too good, but it's manageable. Ah, and I am asking the authorities to put up a seat.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="border: 1px solid rgb(58, 0, 204); margin: 0px auto 5px; padding: 4px; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRFR1h9WsKCTqxuDTruaRv5Ll3uzNmUQHBiXm6Ju8LMstJbyqp987iBtvvx3DSc0lScy5MIXOHuR04mTnddQOhebuD6JCVjpJm7AUggXjXzHsTZT8Nyb89olyxqFUmvUiwY4uxJaLL8F9b/s1600/Hitching+a+Ride+Alessandra+Ambrosio.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Hitching a Ride Alessandra Ambrosio" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRFR1h9WsKCTqxuDTruaRv5Ll3uzNmUQHBiXm6Ju8LMstJbyqp987iBtvvx3DSc0lScy5MIXOHuR04mTnddQOhebuD6JCVjpJm7AUggXjXzHsTZT8Nyb89olyxqFUmvUiwY4uxJaLL8F9b/s320/Hitching+a+Ride+Alessandra+Ambrosio.jpg" style="border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" title="Hitching a Ride Alessandra Ambrosio" width="209" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12px;"></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">If I'm late, I can always hitch a ride back home. This place is good, with a bit of shade. And if you are baffled why the motorists would stop, you better think about an answer fast.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Before you get any silly ideas, let me say that I'm just an interesting company on the ride back to town. And interesting companions are always cherished.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX5XwTP4kpICJzDGQT3A9zCQHs9qKy1LXxX5hHh6hWFHKeUMQJLRxxshmRELQH47hQVVPFOqtDgLU_SeFEufiKxWraGMCzMQnyXv3hj4RDkA4j5CiuH6fZ3P5YTrTMZ4PpqcCg7MpgGhmW/s1600/Relax+at+Office+Alessandra+Ambrosio.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Relax at Office Alessandra Ambrosio" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX5XwTP4kpICJzDGQT3A9zCQHs9qKy1LXxX5hHh6hWFHKeUMQJLRxxshmRELQH47hQVVPFOqtDgLU_SeFEufiKxWraGMCzMQnyXv3hj4RDkA4j5CiuH6fZ3P5YTrTMZ4PpqcCg7MpgGhmW/s320/Relax+at+Office+Alessandra+Ambrosio.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(58, 0, 204); margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 4px;" title="Relax at Office Alessandra Ambrosio" width="260" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">And this is where I spend my weekend, once in a while. Close to office, with the best of the facilities, providing easy access - it helps me rejuvenate for the week ahead.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: center;">~~~~</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Are you humming - I would stand in line for this, There's always room in life for this??</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">P.S. These are some interesting pictures which I came across in yesterday's news. She is Alessandra Ambrosio, super model and mom of 2.</div><div><br /></div></div>

A Day at Work

Professions can be interesting and challenging.  Would there be a better way, than the below lines from Extreme Ways - The Bourne Ultimatum,...

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Forget Me

<br /><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">She asked me to forget her. </div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">I knew the she would say so one day. Little did I know that the day would arrive so soon. I was disappointed. "Hugely" would not do justice as an apt adverb. </div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">It was half past midnight and a very likely setting for such a request.  Hidden under the guise of darkness, with just a hint of reflected brightness, she made this unimpassioned appeal. Sitting a thousand miles across me.  </div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">She added that parting is a way of life. She asked me to bury her memories in the vagaries of time. But when memories are an integral part of you, what can you bury? Memories or you yourself? </div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">She wanted to move ahead, to win her life.  And to move ahead, you need to leave someone or something behind. In this case, I was the one who would be left behind. </div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">Was it incidental that I was explaining and advocating this concept of leaving behind to someone, just a day before. Doesn't life have a beautiful way of teaching lessons?</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">I was happy that she was winning. However, a tinge of sadness added to my happiness. Was I sad because I was the one who was left behind? Or was I jealous? Or did I just fear losing someone with whom I was comfortable?</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">Until we meet again was not an option. Never say never again would probably be just a empty thought. </div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">The world goes around the sun everyday. Nothing would change this fact. But what would happen if the sun which made your nights bright didn't rise? </div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">It would be terribly missed. </div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(58, 0, 204); color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding: 4px; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjouZ9wcB4gl6uxoeNdaaxkxZys4fQSRSc72CjN4khHUrBUCSp9E7coHuooY-C0BeGEiVc20vruvOYKRZmxK9YWYJ96o6lnERS3Del0O9DCp-3Kil2CFSegiq1V8zytlnupvwBUcv1GgQZE/s1600/Forget+Me+Not.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Forget Me" border="0" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjouZ9wcB4gl6uxoeNdaaxkxZys4fQSRSc72CjN4khHUrBUCSp9E7coHuooY-C0BeGEiVc20vruvOYKRZmxK9YWYJ96o6lnERS3Del0O9DCp-3Kil2CFSegiq1V8zytlnupvwBUcv1GgQZE/s320/Forget+Me+Not.jpg" style="border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" title="Forget Me" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Forget Me - Not<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table>

Forget Me

She asked me to forget her.  I knew the she would say so one day. Little did I know that the day would arrive so soon. I was disappointed. ...

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A Day at Work

<br /><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Professions can be interesting and challenging. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />Would there be a better way, than the below lines from Extreme Ways - The Bourne Ultimatum, to summarize our work?</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">~~</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Extreme ways that help me,<br />That help me out late at night.<br />Extreme places I had gone,<br />But never seen any light.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />Dirty basements, dirty noise,<br />Dirty places coming through.<br />Extreme worlds alone,<br />Did you ever like it then.<br /><br />I would stand in line for this,<br />There's always room in life for this.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">~~</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />Well, the last two lines is what you would say when you check out the interesting pictures below, about A Day at Work.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">~~~~</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3CI2SxeLYqDRKGnxd37wmilfXuClYE2XnQ5RXc6d7V7BSsUq0wVpqjB9OnMIluiUydmhqfbAB1wO4rBnP2a89vOG-4tQcnMvK21LeW7bZiq5FrC3vLOJk3RaKPwMveVH7vahG6WTe16wc/s1600/My+Day+At+Office+Alessandra+Ambrosio.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="My Day At Office Alessandra Ambrosio" border="0" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3CI2SxeLYqDRKGnxd37wmilfXuClYE2XnQ5RXc6d7V7BSsUq0wVpqjB9OnMIluiUydmhqfbAB1wO4rBnP2a89vOG-4tQcnMvK21LeW7bZiq5FrC3vLOJk3RaKPwMveVH7vahG6WTe16wc/s320/My+Day+At+Office+Alessandra+Ambrosio.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(58, 0, 204); margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 4px;" title="My Day At Office Alessandra Ambrosio" width="320" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yes, this is my office. Aren't you surprised by the idyllic settings? And a very plain board, telling - people at work - as against the neon flashing lights that you see these days?</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is where I come to work every day. Isn't it bright and sunny?</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsyqGx86LH1Bkbj42XbhXAamRmt5iNDVJoW88wd9p-qG9BUuhv-NIRw4pxu5oixhGmh5hI5FI6iB8J5tkYUcvL5HZuBzP6NQKJv8u-pYtqEOXIOV-XvUzC81nY9w96-4Phybu36EzzOX2Z/s1600/My+Cafe+At+Office+Alessandra+Ambrosio.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="My Cafe At Office Alessandra Ambrosio" border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsyqGx86LH1Bkbj42XbhXAamRmt5iNDVJoW88wd9p-qG9BUuhv-NIRw4pxu5oixhGmh5hI5FI6iB8J5tkYUcvL5HZuBzP6NQKJv8u-pYtqEOXIOV-XvUzC81nY9w96-4Phybu36EzzOX2Z/s320/My+Cafe+At+Office+Alessandra+Ambrosio.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(58, 0, 204); margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 4px;" title="My Cafe At Office Alessandra Ambrosio" width="320" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">This is where I catch up with a cup of coffee every morning, as I plan my day ahead. The cozy cushions and the hot cup of tea have me revving up for the busy day ahead. And yes, I am not working at Google.</div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia07Q-91T7qMk9t3pHkGaT6SwHMpNE6RwVJg9fR3e83WIFxVTLnP6gIx3DoOdmP3RyU-eQcwg1PHqfEm234C8Znjrih_Zy3rEoO2pEiv07Oc35LU5zrWeWZXgM5dICiZExdhVQQul42o3-/s1600/How+Far+is+my+Goal+Alessandra+Ambrosio.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="How Far is my Goal Alessandra Ambrosio" border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia07Q-91T7qMk9t3pHkGaT6SwHMpNE6RwVJg9fR3e83WIFxVTLnP6gIx3DoOdmP3RyU-eQcwg1PHqfEm234C8Znjrih_Zy3rEoO2pEiv07Oc35LU5zrWeWZXgM5dICiZExdhVQQul42o3-/s320/How+Far+is+my+Goal+Alessandra+Ambrosio.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(58, 0, 204); margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 4px;" title="How Far is my Goal Alessandra Ambrosio" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">However well I am prepared, the goals set for me by my manager look way to far. My nice shades help me keep focused in the bright sunny weather.</div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">And if you see carefully, there isn't even a hint of tiredness on my face? You are welcome to guess the reasons.</div><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px;" /><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEttmcxPtv_YL3-tb6GysQuuugWckekOmB3QaSmN6rkWNIq5TBJZbNimhPHthw4BqGNS7C9CcVhLUxaURkpskVfqnTuJ8RDRj-reo4r7OlLRfGbTtrWQnBIRpxHiojrVTtKzCtNW5Eh8Wn/s1600/Refueling+at+Work+Alessandra+Ambrosio.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Refueling at Work Alessandra Ambrosio" border="0" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEttmcxPtv_YL3-tb6GysQuuugWckekOmB3QaSmN6rkWNIq5TBJZbNimhPHthw4BqGNS7C9CcVhLUxaURkpskVfqnTuJ8RDRj-reo4r7OlLRfGbTtrWQnBIRpxHiojrVTtKzCtNW5Eh8Wn/s320/Refueling+at+Work+Alessandra+Ambrosio.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(58, 0, 204); margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 4px;" title="Refueling at Work Alessandra Ambrosio" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">Refueling at work is a must. How else would you keep chugging along through the entire day?</div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">Don't be surprised by the name - Last Chance. It has created many chances for me to get some nice productive work done over the years.</div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMX0kd8sfSWFxTjzlMTaV6GCTkIxG3IF1s6PlLLu25qYJpCdcp2WeGNzOlRSnlx0xGsPSS5EdX8tz2mOMrby2ovgrRN7KqBRQspwjauUdifpiJrBpMdDUo1dpGM62jCyPM8LOpILUBFRpy/s1600/My+Bus+Stop+near+Office+Alessandra+Ambrosio.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="My Bus Stop near Office Alessandra Ambrosio" border="0" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMX0kd8sfSWFxTjzlMTaV6GCTkIxG3IF1s6PlLLu25qYJpCdcp2WeGNzOlRSnlx0xGsPSS5EdX8tz2mOMrby2ovgrRN7KqBRQspwjauUdifpiJrBpMdDUo1dpGM62jCyPM8LOpILUBFRpy/s320/My+Bus+Stop+near+Office+Alessandra+Ambrosio.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(58, 0, 204); margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 4px;" title="My Bus Stop near Office Alessandra Ambrosio" width="320" /></a></div><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px;" /><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">This is where I catch my bus back home. The frequency is not too good, but it's manageable. Ah, and I am asking the authorities to put up a seat.</div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(58, 0, 204); color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding: 4px; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRFR1h9WsKCTqxuDTruaRv5Ll3uzNmUQHBiXm6Ju8LMstJbyqp987iBtvvx3DSc0lScy5MIXOHuR04mTnddQOhebuD6JCVjpJm7AUggXjXzHsTZT8Nyb89olyxqFUmvUiwY4uxJaLL8F9b/s1600/Hitching+a+Ride+Alessandra+Ambrosio.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Hitching a Ride Alessandra Ambrosio" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRFR1h9WsKCTqxuDTruaRv5Ll3uzNmUQHBiXm6Ju8LMstJbyqp987iBtvvx3DSc0lScy5MIXOHuR04mTnddQOhebuD6JCVjpJm7AUggXjXzHsTZT8Nyb89olyxqFUmvUiwY4uxJaLL8F9b/s320/Hitching+a+Ride+Alessandra+Ambrosio.jpg" style="border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" title="Hitching a Ride Alessandra Ambrosio" width="209" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12px;"></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">If I'm late, I can always hitch a ride back home. This place is good, with a bit of shade. And if you are baffled why the motorists would stop, you better think about an answer fast.</div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">Before you get any silly ideas, let me say that I'm just an interesting company on the ride back to town. And interesting companions are always cherished.</div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX5XwTP4kpICJzDGQT3A9zCQHs9qKy1LXxX5hHh6hWFHKeUMQJLRxxshmRELQH47hQVVPFOqtDgLU_SeFEufiKxWraGMCzMQnyXv3hj4RDkA4j5CiuH6fZ3P5YTrTMZ4PpqcCg7MpgGhmW/s1600/Relax+at+Office+Alessandra+Ambrosio.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Relax at Office Alessandra Ambrosio" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX5XwTP4kpICJzDGQT3A9zCQHs9qKy1LXxX5hHh6hWFHKeUMQJLRxxshmRELQH47hQVVPFOqtDgLU_SeFEufiKxWraGMCzMQnyXv3hj4RDkA4j5CiuH6fZ3P5YTrTMZ4PpqcCg7MpgGhmW/s320/Relax+at+Office+Alessandra+Ambrosio.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(58, 0, 204); margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 4px;" title="Relax at Office Alessandra Ambrosio" width="260" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">And this is where I spend my weekend, once in a while. Close to office, with the best of the facilities, providing easy access - it helps me rejuvenate for the week ahead.</div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: center;">~~~~</div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">Are you humming - I would stand in line for this, There's always room in life for this??</div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">P.S. These are some interesting pictures which I came across in yesterday's news. She is Alessandra Ambrosio, super model and mom of 2.</div>

A Day at Work

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Time Travel

<br /><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">Time Travel is on my mind this weekend.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">~~</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">Its Thursday evening. You are waiting eagerly for the weekend to come up, but it's still one day away. How about fast forwarding your weekly vacation? </div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">All that you need to do is some time travel. The place to be is Dubai. The weekend has already started.  </div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">Come Friday evening and India is where you would want to be. In a sense of Déjà-Vu, the weekend is starting again. Two weekends a week. Isn't that exciting?</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">Flash forward to Sunday evening. If Monday morning blues are giving you early jitters, how about a travel across to California? The sun is yet to rise across the vast Pacific and a beautiful Sunday awaits you. </div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">And as Monday morning comes by, travel back to India. The sun has just set and the moon is rising across the horizon. And yes, one working day is already done. </div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">Surprisingly, it is just 3 more days for the long weekend!!</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">~~</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(58, 0, 204); color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding: 4px; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSp1GTNfZ6cS_pfOWxst_TZJzu05irW_UnQcYqONTwYQBE5bi-6mHGoAFQ9MQisKBmmiXws8nAyUskqkWVB_m5x7lPd6OipvTFkTiLGD4-jjA0_Ov_T1jbcTyNkB6vLnsJEVcyKCLcsPpM/s1600/Time+Travel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Time Travel" border="0" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSp1GTNfZ6cS_pfOWxst_TZJzu05irW_UnQcYqONTwYQBE5bi-6mHGoAFQ9MQisKBmmiXws8nAyUskqkWVB_m5x7lPd6OipvTFkTiLGD4-jjA0_Ov_T1jbcTyNkB6vLnsJEVcyKCLcsPpM/s320/Time+Travel.jpg" style="border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" title="Time Travel" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Time Travel</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;">P.S. Wouldn't you love this time travel?</div><div><br /></div>

Time Travel

Time Travel is on my mind this weekend. ~~ Its Thursday evening. You are waiting eagerly for the weekend to come up, but it's still one ...

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Unfailing Spirit

<br /><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's just half past 4 in the morning this Saturday morning. As I queued up for a quick security check at the Mumbai domestic airport, I could see my fellow travelers - yawning wide, with their red eyes hardly open.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Among them, I spotted three other ladies - decked in bright red. And if you have guessed it right, they are the Kingfisher Cabin crew girls. And within a moment, I had a flood of thoughts rushing through my mind.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(58, 0, 204); color: black; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding: 4px; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSM99bUrh95Ica2pvgOjhImOBA7RhT2B8-6lurlq3ecV85i-KxjXxzvaOP3SMmy_tzciFPK6wFmFquKE3i310SsFNs4r89l6hNtbLN24BNO4xg3ZiM43dvb9Em67z8UeSYpM3L_hP6tXut/s1600/kingfisher-flight-attendants.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Unfailing Spirit" border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSM99bUrh95Ica2pvgOjhImOBA7RhT2B8-6lurlq3ecV85i-KxjXxzvaOP3SMmy_tzciFPK6wFmFquKE3i310SsFNs4r89l6hNtbLN24BNO4xg3ZiM43dvb9Em67z8UeSYpM3L_hP6tXut/s320/kingfisher-flight-attendants.jpg" style="border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" title="Unfailing Spirit" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12px;">Unfailing Spirit</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The fate of Kingfisher Airlines is splashed across the pages of the Economic Times almost every single day. The talks vary from the airline shutting down, to a foreign airline buying stake in the carrier which is facing a difficult time.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">From once being touted as the king of the Indian airspace, Kingfisher is running a curtailed schedule with just 9 of their planes in the air. They have a debt of more than 5000 crore Rupees. The employees have not been paid since March 2012.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yet, here they were - the three member cabin crew - dressed up in their bright red attire, early in the morning, when the world was asleep, reporting on duty. I was left awe struck.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What motivated these employees, who were not paid for the last 6 months, to report to work every single day? </span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Is it the faith they have in their organization, to rise back from the ashes like a phoenix? Or is it just the fact that this is the only option for them? An optimistic me suggests and hopes its the former.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What is it that keeps them going in these difficult times? Is it their perseverance, or is it the belief that they will ride out the storm?  Is it their tenacity? </span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Whatever be the reason, at least one thing is sure. They have an unfailing spirit. And it is this spirit which will help Kingfisher paint the sky red in the coming days.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wish and hope that I am correct, if not for anyone, at least for these girls.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">May their spirit win.</span></div>

Unfailing Spirit

It's just half past 4 in the morning this Saturday morning. As I queued up for a quick security check at the Mumbai domestic airport, I ...

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Jab Tak Hai Jaan

<br /><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was only today morning that I decided to write a blog post on the upcoming movie - Jab Tak Hai Jaan. It was the first time I was able to catch up with the songs on the TV and they looked immensely promising. I was just listening to its songs the entire evening.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT-5wv1OANwRc-VRkwByypnhVQMT7MUfbirhKTHToklXjHe-S0parbXECiQi6ERPF7_oYbhExTKIquyxStflcz8V-SJQ66FVhyKhZLYVON6BiRsSLOWTVjcEQLq94yrd2suYfbShJCJJXG/s1600/Jab+Tak+Hai+Jaan+-+Poster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIuKERDowtfaU-Yc1m8r76XCzl2XCwDnx5Dcr1T_CYtzbSR9huZ0rPT7YT9N9tQRIDYa-RyOYojQ2hYv2bVmf6MP4mhRrxaigdxiFLk_zBAO4RnjzyD3draEWDZZiMr4szSMmJ88Y76J_P/s1600/Jab+Tak+Hai+Jaan+-+Shahrukh+Khan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIuKERDowtfaU-Yc1m8r76XCzl2XCwDnx5Dcr1T_CYtzbSR9huZ0rPT7YT9N9tQRIDYa-RyOYojQ2hYv2bVmf6MP4mhRrxaigdxiFLk_zBAO4RnjzyD3draEWDZZiMr4szSMmJ88Y76J_P/s320/Jab+Tak+Hai+Jaan+-+Shahrukh+Khan.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(58, 0, 204); margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 4px;" width="220" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">SRK was playing the eternal romantic hero, possibly caught between the two starlets - Katrina Kaif and Anushka Sharma. The name of the movie itself had mesmerized me. The movie was being directed by Yash Chopra, who was returning behind the camera for one last time - after Veer Zaara in 2004.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Jab Tak Hai Jaan - It symbolized what all of us want to do until we are here on this earth. And how long we are here, we know not. Our life can, at best, be summarized by one word - Fickle.  </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And it was this cruel twist of fate which made itself evident this Sunday evening. With the film being scheduled for a mega Diwali release, it's architect - Yash Chopra - passed away today evening. He leaves behind a mega legacy of having enthralled the audience for decades altogether. It is such a sad irony that his last movie was titled - Jab Tak Hai Jaan.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Catch up with some shots from the movie itself - to see the work of Yash Chopra, for one last time.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="border: 1px solid rgb(58, 0, 204); margin: 0px auto 5px; padding: 4px; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT-5wv1OANwRc-VRkwByypnhVQMT7MUfbirhKTHToklXjHe-S0parbXECiQi6ERPF7_oYbhExTKIquyxStflcz8V-SJQ66FVhyKhZLYVON6BiRsSLOWTVjcEQLq94yrd2suYfbShJCJJXG/s1600/Jab+Tak+Hai+Jaan+-+Poster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Jab Tak Hai Jaan - Poster" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT-5wv1OANwRc-VRkwByypnhVQMT7MUfbirhKTHToklXjHe-S0parbXECiQi6ERPF7_oYbhExTKIquyxStflcz8V-SJQ66FVhyKhZLYVON6BiRsSLOWTVjcEQLq94yrd2suYfbShJCJJXG/s320/Jab+Tak+Hai+Jaan+-+Poster.jpg" style="border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" title="Jab Tak Hai Jaan - Poster" width="210" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Jab Tak Hai Jaan</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="border: 1px solid rgb(58, 0, 204); margin: 0px auto 5px; padding: 4px; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4S0stxFoUm9AyIFlNDadqrM957-Zlk6cbtj62Zu_puynAvXZ9QNlvl00KAHVXFh7aV_ZnAx0UBS35PFJamGvDDtWrhmVOuApYPf5e-p7syX9AsPHqKrz3Eq1_sdCm3qTDPI1ylJC2D-o9/s1600/Jab+Tak+Hai+Jaan+-+Katrina+Kaif.png" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Jab Tak Hai Jaan - Katrina Kaif" border="0" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4S0stxFoUm9AyIFlNDadqrM957-Zlk6cbtj62Zu_puynAvXZ9QNlvl00KAHVXFh7aV_ZnAx0UBS35PFJamGvDDtWrhmVOuApYPf5e-p7syX9AsPHqKrz3Eq1_sdCm3qTDPI1ylJC2D-o9/s320/Jab+Tak+Hai+Jaan+-+Katrina+Kaif.png" style="border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" title="Jab Tak Hai Jaan - Katrina Kaif" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Jab Tak Hai Jaan - Katrina Kaif</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="border: 1px solid rgb(58, 0, 204); margin: 0px auto 5px; padding: 4px; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2VeQbcd4NgcchFZ-eDPTcrN8jmMYpsuA0J2yNsYsAkDWh4akftra7MXLpqs7KeMxrFXLwZdWlKg9xLxJAWKFu6Ou1TeCEoZtCp8bVo31tbqLRhb7t4V3fREWxL51iA2GnzhI8ybfYwkXe/s1600/Jab+Tak+Hai+Jaan+-+Anushka+Sharma.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Jab Tak Hai Jaan - Anushka Sharma" border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2VeQbcd4NgcchFZ-eDPTcrN8jmMYpsuA0J2yNsYsAkDWh4akftra7MXLpqs7KeMxrFXLwZdWlKg9xLxJAWKFu6Ou1TeCEoZtCp8bVo31tbqLRhb7t4V3fREWxL51iA2GnzhI8ybfYwkXe/s320/Jab+Tak+Hai+Jaan+-+Anushka+Sharma.jpg" style="border: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" title="Jab Tak Hai Jaan - Anushka Sharma" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Jab Tak Hai Jaan - Anushka Sharma</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Catch SRK as the romantic hero, singing one of the best songs in the movie. And one with a bright Anushka. </span></div><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px;"> </span><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/_q5duWVfDJo" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px;" width="380"></iframe><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px;" /><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/xdOumVBRKp8" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px;" width="380"></iframe><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px;" /><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.316667556762695px; text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And as with all Yash Chopra movies, Jab Tak Hai Jaan sells dreams, happiness and love. It brings Kashmir and Ladakh back to the theaters. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For all the promise that the movie shows, the movie looks to be a great hit. And a classy tiara of Yash Chopra's legacy. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>

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