Off for a bit !!

I just realised that it's been 2 weeks since I made a mark here. Thing's have been busy as I've something coming up in 10 days time, which demands maximum attention. I am not justifying my absence from this space, it's just that nothing noteworthy has been happening for me to pen down.
Except for Ashes, where familiar scenes are being enacted.
Watch this space for more, shall be back in a couple of weeks.
Till then, feel free to drop your valuable comments

Terrorists strike in the heart of London

7th July, 2005- Terrorism raises its ugly head again. On what turned out to be UK's 9/11, terrorist struck in the heart of the second most cosmopolitian city in the world, London.This happened a day after London won its bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games. To wake up to such news that a series of 4 explosions within one hour has had taken the life of more than 50 innocent people and injured 700 was quite unnerving, reminding us once again that no one is safe in this world. These brought back memories of the Madrid Bombings last year. It seems to have become a habit of whoever is involved to bring about destruction through public transport system - flight, trains and buses. These perpetrators of crime who claim to be Islamic terrorists have no feelings towards humanity which is shocking. If one people would be nice to one another, millions of dollars that are spent on security could be used effectively to eradicate poverty and unemployment from the world. In a freakish co-incidence, a person in UK survived 2 bombings. Talk of a cat having nice lives.

In the US, the effects of London bombing are being clearly felt. The Department of Homeland Security has raised the terrorism alert from elevated to high and most of the public transport system in major cities of US is under a thick blanket of security. I live in a small town where no building is higher than 4 floors, so no one would want to attack this place.

Moving on, I visited the July 4th fireworks in Charlottesville. It was impressive but not spectacular. A total of around 1000 rockets lit the sky over 20 minutes. A local band regaled the audience to some music followed by the national anthem before the firework show. I did take a few pictures but none came out good enought to publish it on the blog.

I came across an article which talked about a 41 year old man who was arrested in Florida for stealing another person's wireless network. If the police were to start arresting people for petty offenses like this, US will have to start outsourcing criminals to another country as there wouldn't be place left in the jails in the US.

Nothing much to write about. I look forward to another week with renewed hope and unlimited enthusiasm !!! Work is much better than college, no assignments and exams to worry about, no date with any deadlines.

Till next week, adios

Wimbledon and Independence Day weekend

Another week has gone by in a whoosh. At work things have been as usual. Spent most of my time last week pouring over books on Microsoft Access. I met with my boss on Friday and will start working on the first phase of my project from Tuesday. Ideally I would want to spend the weekend working on it. Tomorrow, July 4th marks the 229th year of America's independence from the British. For most of us, this means another 3-day weekend, one of the many that I have had over the past few months. Majority of the cities in the US have fireworks show and I hope to catch the one in C'ville.

Wimbledon 2005 which had captured my attention over the past 2 weeks concluded today, with Roger Federer and Venus Williams triumphing in their respective categories. With this victory, Roger Federer joined the likes of Pete Sampras, Bjoon Borg and Fred Perry as the only men to have won Wimbledon three times in a row. Winning 5 Grand Slam titles before his 24th birthday, places him in pole position to re-write history books. The most amazing aspect about Fed-ex is his humility which marks him out as a popular champion. He shows a lot of respect for his opponent even after handing them some of their heaviest defeats. He is truly one the all time great sportsmen and a great role model. Venus' third triumph at SW-19 was equally impressive and she beat world no.1 Lindsay Davenport in the longest women's final ever played. Personally, Tim Henman's exit in the 2nd round was very disappointing and time seems to be running out for him to win Wimbledon. But for now, let's savor Federer's super performance.