A little Self Confidence....

Its a little more than a month since TOPL concluded, But i still couldn't forget the thrashing i had in the final match against V. It still sends shivers thinking abt the match, and also the second match again V and A. But today when K called to play, i just went down as usual, but there they were V and A, and then there came the big guy, whom i just want to beat atleast once I just need to take handle his serve then i can do anything against him.

Anyway coming to what happened today, i j ust geared up, thinking up all the positive things that i had been doing all these days after TOPL, my fast play and my forehand have improved, i know, but even with that i did not think i could have played the way that i played today,

I am not saying that i played too good and stuff, but still i did take on V, I did return A's serve, i was able to look thru the spin of V, it was just awesome, just awesome to see the ball land exactly where i had expected, just turning to exact amount which i had calculated, everything just fitted to the T, I was like on cloud 9, but still i kept check on everything, I did play good, from my point.

It's just wonderful what a little self belief can do to you.....

As i used to say during the end of college days, i repeat once again to myself, Believe in you.

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To Delhi we go

I have been named a replacement for one project, and not i have to travel to delhi for that, though it has been stated as 15 days trip, the exact number of days is not known.

Tickets came yesterday. myself and two others are leaving for Delhi this sunday.

From Kandhanchavadi to Egmore - A Journey on the Fast Train

Had to go on a Client visit today, to an engineering company in Kandanchavadi. Nice office they had. It was pretty good. The surprise was the train journey back to office from there. The train path was laid as a part of the Flying Train Project (parakkum rail)... This was the first time, me travelling in the fast train after its extension till velachery. (The plan is to extend it till St Mount Station, where i reside) , I had previously travelled once from thirumailai to beach in it, that was during the testing stages of the project somewhere around 2002-03 period. It was extended to velachery some 6 months back.

The Journey was quite awesome, the high placed tracks, the wonderfull breeze, the superb stations, all were super.... I had taken some pictures during the travel, which i posted in picassa, you can find them here...

It bought back the memories of college days where we would travel back from tambaram to st thomas mount during the afternoons, in similar scenarios, except that the train would travel on land instead of high tracks..

Dom Inspector - Customizing Blogger Theme / Layout/ Template

After a long time looking at others blogs with fancy themes / layouts, today i set out to get my self one different theme, which is not there in the blogger's default layout set. Since the aim was to get something out of the bloggers default arsenal, i was just looking around for some fancy layouts. and even got thru so many which i just fell head over heels.. But, as soon as applied them, it just felt as though they were not there for my blog.

Then i decided to do something which i would normally not do. play around with the css info in the xml to fit my requirement. first i went around with a fancy theme, but i couldn't make heads or toes of it.

Since now i had my mind bent on customising a theme for me, i decided to start with a ver simple theme, a minimalistic theme which would have just a background and display. i found one, i can't remember, from where i took this.. This is the current one, which was named redplanet... I did like the base template but not the splash image which was there at the top below the title.

I started off with Bluefish to edit the xml, and get out with my customization. But somewhere down the line, i remembered kavitha's saying, something about Dom Inspector in Firefox. Since I'm using IceWeasel in Debian, which is pretty much based on Firefox and is also similar to it, i chanced upon seeing weather it has dom inspector in it. I pressed Ctrl+Shift+I and, lo behold, there appeared Dom Inspector, it was pretty much simple, working with it. Editing the theme was nearly a piece of cake with this Dom Inspector. I had seen kavitha, Sumathi, Santhosh all playing with Dom Inspector for editing / customising look and feel at work, but this is the first time i have used it Dom Inspector. It was interesting to see such a powerful tool hidden away in a browser. I already had a strong belief, as firefox is the browser for developers, and one more reason in my arsenal to drive my point home.

Try using it.

And the winner of the All England Tennis Championship 2008 is..................

Rafael Nadal wins the Wimbledon 2008 Tournament...........
score 6-4, 6-4, 6-7(5-7), 6-7(8-10), 9-7..............
Now i can go sleep at peace.........
what a match...............

Rafa vs Roger Wimbledon 2008 Finale update

hmm, its already 12:38 in the morning here. rafa and roger are locked at 2 sets each , with 2 games each in match decider set, and a deuce, and rain stops play again.... Still no match on tv. am following the match in Radio Wimbledon, for the past 2 hours.... what a match, i did not expect roger to come back after the way he was brushed aside by rafa, still he came back. He is not leaving the crown, Rafa drubbed Roger in French open finals just a month ago. Now if he wins, he will be the second spaniard to win at wimbledon and also some one who one French and Wimbledon on the same year after Borg.... Man.........this is a thriller, why don't we get to see matches like this in regular occassions.... Rafaaaaaaaaaaaaa please win. God let Rafa win today, please....... The score now 6-4, 6-4, 7-6(7-5), 7-6(10-8), 2-2...... and the match is stopped coz of rain...., wait... the commentator on Radio Wimbledon is saying some like the match is gonna start again,........

It is 8:08 pm at Wimbledon now, and the news seems to be that the covers might be out by around 8:20 pm....... can't wait to continue hearing the commentary, But got to go to office tommorrow morning,.. need to get up at 6:00, it's gonna be difficult. I know, both for me and rafa, but i think we are gonna make it.... somehow.......

God let rafa win today.................

Rafa Vs Roger Wimbledon 2008.

I don't know what is happening.... They say it is raining there, and i am not able to watch the match on tv because of the CAS here.

From the net : Roger is 2 sets down, seems at last Rafa is going to win against roger, this will be a match to watch. when the rain stopped play it rafa is to server at 4-5 to roger. this is the end of Federer, and may be the beginning of the reign of Nadal.....

I pray for nadal to win. it is boring to see the swiss win always...........

Nadal please win, don't let the rain break lose your focus.........

Gun X Sword

After a long time i downloaded an anime again. It was Gun X Sword, the story about one man who goes on to seek revenge for the murder of his wife to be. i nice story line, an array of interesting characters, but some how it is not touching, as FMA or Elfen Lied, I think i can keep it somewhere closer to BECK. Still it is a nice watch...

Architect...... Solution Architect.....

hmmm, a year has gone by and i am still working in the company, this is the first time i have ever been working in the same concern for a long time............ Congratulations to me. any way, after i joined the company i met one of my friends, who asked me what are my plans, and stufff,... i was too blank to answer him., come on i have never planed anything in my life till then, even till now. Just to shut him up i had said, i would be trying to become a Solution Architect.... But some how after that it stuck up with me, for a month or so, i was going around with that thought... after some time i forgot the whole thing, and as usual was moving around with work and other stuff, Now though i have changed roles from developer to a role which includes supporting all developers with their problems and educating them about their short commings and also doing a part time Solution Architect role and also a one man research n development team. feels kinda important, ok... seems i have achieved something which i had said some time. But i have to hold on to my horses..... Coz things have started to happen , the way i wanted them to happen. Kewl ain't it, but the problem is, they are happening at a pace which i will not able to cope with, either i will fall, or it will be the worst..... I don't know. for know i am enjoying whatever i am doing.... I think i will soon go up one more step, coz you can always go up only one step at a time. else you need to have support to go fast....