Date Archives December 2012

12 things 2012 taught me!

Family & Personal 1 Comment

12) I may be tempted often to remove it but I feel the most beautiful and comfortable with my Hijab on.

11) M, is the sister, God forgot to give me. He did it purposely so; we’d meet 20 years later and drive everyone crazy around us.

10) I am so good that people hate me like anything yet still copy me!

09) My brother is a true artist. No just another guy with a DSLR but he actually knows how to capture a moment, be it through his lens or on a canvas using oil paints.

08) You can actually lose weight over a job. I lost 8lb since I start working for my current boss. (2.5 years).

07) Toners and cleansing milk do nothing for my skin except giving it acne.

06) No amount of bliss can surpass the joy you get when you take your family out for a dinner and a movie. Or any kind of outing that you give them.

05) My mom is undoubtedly the strongest woman I have ever seen. She lost her husband and today she laughs with her children. God knows, how she does it.

04) Cancer is a horrible nightmare that you live every day.

03) My father will not be there at my wedding day.

02) No amount of wealth can buy you Loyalty.

01) Parents have an expiration date. And you cannot ask Lord to extend their shelf-life. :’(

Let’s learn from the lesson and make the New Year count!

Twenty Twelve is sooo not the year for Athletes

People & More

This must be the curse of the year 2012; I mean what other explanation you can give to the sudden downfall of one of the biggest names in the Sports industry.

Think about it, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Shahid Afridi, Steven Gerrard all best at what they do and suddenly people are questioning their talents and skills?

Afridi does not get to play ODIs against arch rivals India.

Dhoni is being questioned on his captaincy.

People are asking Gerrard to step down.

I am sorry if I sound clichéd but if you cannot accept them at their worst, you don’t deserve them at their best. If we call ourselves their fans, who gave us the right to judge, and pass on a verdict on their performance in a game they are best at.

I understand that there comes a time when a sportsman has to step down from his responsibilities up front but that in no way means he does not know how to handle the ball anymore. We must know that every sportsman also harbors a personal life, a family and perhaps a bunch of common man problems just like all of us. And money does not solve all problems. I cannot believe that people are even considering removing Dhoni from captaincy! Have they already forgotten victory at World Cup 2011?

Fans all over the world, yell ‘Boom Boom Afridi’ and now just because he couldn’t perform in a last few series, you don’t even include him in the squad. Yes, winning is everything in any game but winning the game comes from a team, not eliminating players. If you think a player is a weak link in your strategy, then turn his weakness into your biggest strength and not ask him to sit on the bleachers.

I consider myself the biggest fan possible of Steven Gerrard and the day he gives up his captain band, I will stand in respect for the greatest mid-fielder to ever walk this planet. He has shown ultimate loyalty to Liverpool and just had his 100th cap for England. He makes a bunch of guys running after a ball, look like a world-class team for crying out loud!

I stand by Gerrard, Afridi and Dhoni and pray for their losing streak to soon turn a new leaf.