Hallelujah I Saw Sachin!

My Dream came true! Yes, my 20 years, Golden Dream came true!

16/07/2011, Unforgettable day in my life!

As my blog heading says, I saw the “God of Cricket!” Yes, I met Sachin Tendulkar!

I stood near him, touched him, got his autograph, took pictures of him and I Took pictures with him!!!! I didn’t sleep that night! not able to sleep because of excitement! Also, I saw Sachin playing! Oh my God! it all happened in a same day! what else i can ask for a day?

Truly exciting! amazing!

I saw Sachin and Team India during their first practice match again Somerset @Taunton, UK. 
Its not only my dream its the dream of Million people!

I used the opportunity and grabbed a ticket for the 3 days friendly match, not only me, there were 100’s of Indian there, all came to see the one and only Sachin. The truly amazing thing, is most of the British people came there to see Sachin and his Game!

British kids, waiting outside to see Sachin, 60 years old waiting outside to see Sachin! We really need to be proud!

The match was Scheduled to start at 11:00am, second day, I went there approximately 9:40am to see the players! It was raining, the ground was wet! I was so upset, I just entered into the ground, opened my bag to take my Cam and there came a car!

All started shouting Sachin! Sachin! I was excited and I was not aware what I was doing, didn’t turn the cam on!  but started clicking! Missed to capture Sachin! So upset!


Then, everyone was waiting outside the dressing room building more than 2 hours to get a glimpse of Sachin and get his Autograph! No Joy!

I heard someone saying, if we go to nets we can see the players! I thought where was that? I started following few people and they entered in to building and there, I saw few people taking photos! I was excited and ran towards the nets!

There Dravid was batting, Murali Karthick bowling to him in one nets, Raina batting and Srisanth bowling to him in anther one, took few pictures. I asked people there did Sachin came there, all said NO
I along with few others were standing there, suddenly the Master Came out! He was literally 6 feet away from me! He came out from the Gym, sweating! 38 years old working hard in the Gym, where as Dhoni, Yuvraj, Laxman, Munaf, Praveen, Gambir came to the ground only 30 min before the game started!



I didn't believe my eyes! He went to have a chat with Dravid and few other players everyone started shouting Sachin, he promised he will come back for Autograph! I found a Autograph book in my backpack picked out, found a pen and was ready to get his autograph!

As promised he came back! I watched him very close! He is so simple, no attitude, very good person. He is Fit, Strong, and no one can say that he is 38! he is so good! Broad Shoulders and chest! amazing athlete!  I was waiting with my note book. waiting for my turn for the autograph! finally I got that! It was a great moment Guys! I felt that!

Here is his Autograph! That autograph book worth Millions of Pounds for me now!


After autograph I desperately wanted to take a picture with him! I followed him and tried to take a pic using the Live view feature, thanks to Nikon D5100, it comes with the flip display screen, I tried to take a picture as the lens was at 55mm I was not successful, please see my attempt below! out of focus also! as you can expect I am extremely sad! I wanted to take another one!




I followed him and few people stopped him to get his autograph! A guy ran towards me and asked me to take a picture of him with Sachin! I perfectly did that, I asked him to take a picture of me with Sachin! He tried, but quiet late in clicking the button! Sachin turned! look at this pic below!



As you can expect I wanted to slap that guy who took the pic!
mm.. though I am extremely Happy to see Sachin that close! Wished him, Thanked him for the World cup! what else I can ask?

I felt satisfied! This is the second time in my life I get this feeling, first time I got satisfied after doing our first service at Thirupathur Blind School!

I was a happy bunny!!!! laughing and running!!

Finally, the rain stopped and the umpires decided to started the match by 2:30pm, Somerset continued batting and our bowlers struggled! A Tamil Guy named Arul Suppiah played for Somerset and he scored 156 at an avg of 66, good batting!



Somerset declared for 425 and we started batting, first to go back to pavilion is Gambir after a short quick innings, then Dravid came.

The interesting thing is Indian Opening batsman Mukund was batting and Somerset appealed for an LBW and all the Indians in the crowd started shouting OUT!!! OUT!! OUT!! Give IT! OUT! even I did! Its all because to see Sachin’s batting! How crazy right? yes!

When Sachin came in to Bat all gave him Standing ovation! he is really the master!

Now Sachin came in….



He didn’t score a lot, he scored 26 runs, 5 glorious, classic boundaries! He soon got out and started walking back, the entire crowd stood up clapped and appreciated him!Glorious scene for an Indian to watch that!
After he got out, almost 75% of the crowd started moving! Yes, even most of the British people called the day off and started moving out!

I was really gifted to see Sachin that close! He is amazing, its really impressive to see how people all over the world is respecting the Master! Its true is Cricket is Religion then Sachin is GOD!

And my Dream Came true! I have one more dream!

I wanted to live witness Sachin scoring a Century!

Calvin Christopher

Change is Easy?

Source: Rimarkable

Gadgets a Guy thing? that was the case years back! Guys own the latest, high technological gadgets.

Things never the same now! Everything is changed! 

If we walk back into old history, it says, change is not easy but, recent history says change easy! Girls also started buying more advanced gadgets as Guys does, but still long way to go for them!

Let me come into the topic

Months back my friend and I wanted to buy a new smartphone. We were arguing about the best phone in the market, pros, cons, reviews, opinion from friends and all sort of things.

I was not worried about the design, it doesn’t matter for me, if its thick or thin, the important criteria for me is performance, I wanted a phone with  minimum 1Ghz processor, 5m pixel cam, touchscreen, good earphones, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, latest OS and so on.

My friend was in her own world! her specification is extremely conflicting to mine! she wanted a stylish phone, didn’t worried about processor, cam features, all she wanted is an attractive phone that grabs everyone’s attraction!

Finally we decided and bought our phone of choice, we are happy with what we have opted for!             

                                                                                                                                                            

I got an HTC Desire and she went for the all time favourite iphone -3GS!

It clearly explains, selecting and owning gadgets has lot to do with our personality, character and more than that. I am an Hardware Engineer by profession that triggers my gadgets selection. Most of my friends know the kind of gadgets I am interested on, and all my gifts are handpicked, according to what I will expect from that gadget.

My dad gifted me a Dell Inspiron 1525 in 2008, while I decided to do my Masters in abroad, I am still using it and loving it! I received a free, Windows 7 ultimate OS from Microsoft for part of Windows 7 beta testing! I really love to spend most of my time with my laptop, browsing, blogging, watching movies, playing games.  Windows 7 + IE 9 +office 2010 really rocks! You should try it guys. For more Dell laptops please visit Dell page. I am looking to upgrade to another Dell i3 processor laptop.

I also received a Microsoft, wireless,  blue track technology mouse as my birthday gift. It's amazing and it is exactly doing as said in the description. 

As mentioned above, whenever I wanted to buy a gadget I look for latest technical advancements in the market, that is me, I have closely observed lot of other people buying gadgets, everyone's option is completely different, everyone has their own choice and options.

During my college days, I used to advice desktop configuration for my friends, apart from budget, the way I recommend depends on the person itself, not only me, if we visit to any PC shops, the way the sales guy recommends a product will be based on who we are, its mainly on what we ask for and that will dictate who we are!

I am so picky in selecting my gadgets, spends lot of time, reads lot of reviews, visit shops to get a hands on feeling before buying one.

My friend is gifting me a Nikon D5100 very soon! its a gift! I came to know to know about my gift recently! I am so excited! It is a very good cam, enriched with features. Its the proof how my gadgets represent me and how I express myself with the gadget choice!

The final words before I finish! Always, Live as who you are! it makes make the world moving!

Guys, please pour your valuable comments, it is highly appreciated!

Thanks

Calvin

PC Pro Magazine, Issue 200, 201 & 202

Hey Friends

I am reading PC PRO magazine for the past 3 months and I am loving its contents. Lot of topics covered, good reviews, more over very, very interesting articles and a full DVD of latest good software’s, very useful. The articles I read in last 2 issues were really shocking and we all need to be very much aware of those stuffs. So I am sharing those things with you all guys! Please read and pass on.

To be honest with you all its a very good magazine,if you are thinking of subscribing any new technological magazine, I would say go, for PC PRO, the subscription starts with good initial offer, so that you can smell the magazine and feel the taste, if interested you can carry on, else, just kick it out! (cancel your subscription anytime)

3 magazines for £3 good deal right?

June – Issue 200

Few bits about Windows 8, ipad 2, Latest Processors,  Wi-Fi, Future of Kinect, IP v6, very good ultra value laptop reviews.

I am looking to buy a laptop for my Sister and this review gave me a very good idea about the market out there. They have picked up the best value laptops and they have spotted the best place to buy those laptops.

Lab Winner – Toshiba Satellite C660 – £395 (Including VAT) – www.laptopsdirect.co.uk

PC PRO Recommended – HP G62 - £448 (Including VAT) – www.saveonlaptops.co.uk

If we spend some time browsing, definitely we can pick up some good deals online!

The shocking thing in this article “CONFESSION OF A COMPUTER REPAIR MAN” click the link and read the full article.

Words of a Computer Repair Man: “The trick is to give the computer a good tune-up clear any adware or malware that might be sling down the machine. There’s no real need to actually install the strips of RAM that the client has paid for” source : PC PRO

While reading the article I started thinking about the days when I used to give my PC for service and get shocked on seeing the bill! Its all part of the game right? Its not only happening in India, it is happening all over the world!  

July – Issue 201

Windows 8 Expectation, Evolution and progress of Libre Office

10 Tech Firms That Blew It – Very good information about Nokia, Real Networks, Quark Express, Iomega, Palm, AOL, Yahoo, Friends United, Dec Alpha and Sun Microsystems.

All the above companies didn’t blew up completely, but missed ample of opportunities to grow.

My favourite on is Yahoo, once the search giant, now searching itself in Google!

The very interesting part about Yahoo is, in 2002 Yahoo tried to acquire Google, but Terry, the CEO was not happy to pay $3 billion for Google! now Google worth $184 billion!!!!

The same happened again in 2006, now its Facebook, Yahoo was not happy to pay extra $1billions, now Facebook value is $50 billion. Very interesting right?

Another Interesting article is

 “MOBILE DATA RIP-OFF” – It was a daring article, I have to say! All the hidden stories about all the UK mobile networks, is Ripped off!

Among 3, Vodafone, O2, Orange, Virgin, BT- 3 gives a good offer for Data Roaming.

The unlimited is just for advertisement! purely! they claim unlimited data, but in small letters it will be written “Fair usage”!

I am using Vodafone, before few months while waiting for broadband connection I used to connect my mobile to my Laptop and use the mobile internet on my laptop, it has a acceptable speed! after 2 days I received a call from customer care saying that

Sir, You will be charged for any more data usage!!

what?, I was told I have unlimited data usage??

The guy said! Sir, Its should be under fair usage!!

What is Fair usage?

500mb!!!!

Oh.. oh…here comes the moment to truth! The same with all network except 3, which truly gives unlimited data service and the speed was very very good, because the network was build with data in mind!

There is an interesting comparison about roaming price in that article. After checking the comparison I understood why my friend was charge £100 as roaming charge for checking few email abroad! It was the great O2 network, few of my colleagues have even paid "£1500 – £2000 as roaming charge for checking mails abroad! what a shame! this is how they make money!

DVD - It comes with Free Trend Micro Titanium Internet Security 2011 – in PC PRO labs it achieved 100% performance and in my Lab (my laptop) also it does the same!

August - Issue 202

I received this issue few days back, haven’t started yet reading, allocated for this weekend journey!

I will just run through the menu, there is few interesting articles, as always!

100 Technologies that changes the world, Super zoom cameras,CSI smartphone,more news about Windows 8 and a full DVD of free software’s

Calvin

Our Charity Website

“We belong to the fortunate class of people who are thankful to God for a lot many things”

Yes, the above statement is true, its a part of the welcome message for our Charity website, written by Ramesh Kumar, he also designed our Charity logo.



I need to share an very important news to every one out there, honestly I can say its a very big achievement for all of “US”.

So, who is “US”? 
 

We are the Students of Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, EEE Department 2004-2008, we are called as “Fuseblowers”!!!

What have we done? 
 

The answer is, we have successfully launched our Charity website! Yes, we did it, its part of our dream! dream of 66 students, and its Alive now!! Its a moment to cherish!

A brief intro about the evolution of our charity. 

First, our charity is named as “Anbudan” it means “With Love” yes with love, we are ready to help everyone out there with lots and lots of Love. Its a beautiful name came up during one of our Charity meetings! Hats off to the one who gave this name to the Charity!

We are so passionate in helping people, the seed for our Charity was sown in our hearts during our 2nd year college life, during our visit to Thirupathur Blind School. I will post an article about the great work we did there.

Please check our Charity website its Anbudan, www.anbudan.org. Check our Vision – Mission and lot of posts to follow.

We are eagerly and whole heartily working towards our Charity registration. Please Check our Facebook page and like our page and please show your support. We are in Twitter too.

We will update our on-going projects and anyone willing to Volunteer, help us is most welcome!!!          
Please post your Comments/Suggestions/ideas its very important for us.

“Working happily for a happier environment” Please join your hand with us and we will happily works together!

Calvin