Tuesday, September 25, 2007

India win Twenty20 World Cup

India are ICC Twenty-20 World Cup Cricket Champions!!!

India have beaten Pakistan by just five runs to lift the first Twenty20 cricket World Cup - their first major trophy since 1983!
India won the toss to bat first and Gautam Gambhir soon knocked up 75 runs to help his side reach 157-5.
Pakistan started well in response, but Irfan Pathan and Rudra Pratap Singh took three wickets each to see them end on 152 all out in the final over.
India had only played one Twenty20 game before the start of the tournament.
Shahid Afridi has declared "Player of the Tournament" and Irfan Pathan as "Man of the Match"

Well, truely a memorable day for all Indians.

Chak de India!!

Friday, September 21, 2007

Amazing Truth

The Most Selfish " 1 " letter word
" I " ---> Avoid It

The Most Satisfying " 2 " letter word
" We " ---> Use It

The Most Poisonous " 3 " letter word
" Ego" ---> Kill It

The Most Used " 4 " letter word
" LOVE " --> Value It

The Pleasing " 5 " letter word
" SMILE " --> Keep It

The Fastest Spreading " 6 " letter word
" RUMOUR " --> Ignore It

The Hardest working " 7 " Letter word
"SUCCESS " --> Achieve It

The Most enviable " 8 " letter word
" JEALOUSY " --> Distance It

The Most Powerful " 9 " word letter word
" KNOWLEDGE " --> Acquire It

The Most essential " 10 " letter word
" CONFIDENCE " -- > Trust It

Thursday, September 06, 2007

English - Driving me crazy at times

Some reasons to be grateful if you grew up speaking English:

1) The bandage was wound around the wound .
2) The farm was used to produce produce.
3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
4) We must polish the Polish furniture.
5) He could lead if he would get the lead out.
6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
7) There is no time like the present, he said it was time to present the present .
8) At the Army base, a bass was painted on the head of a bass drum.
9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
10) I did not object to the object.
11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
13) They were too close to the door to close it.
14) The buck does funny things when the does are present.
15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
18) After a number of Novocain injections, my jaw got number.
19) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear .
20) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
21) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?
22) I spent last evening evening out a pile of dirt .