Why di Matteo is not just a puppet?

Roberto di Matteo

To start with, I was not very excited when Roberto di Matteo was appointed the caretaker manager of Chelsea. True that he has been an important figure at the club as a player, his most memorable moment being the fastest goal scorer in an FA Cup tie (which has since been broken by Louis Saha) and maybe, the fact that he has never lost at Old Trafford. Still, I was not a big fan of him. Add to it, the fact that he was fired as the manager of West Brom less than a year back (In fact, his stint included a 6-0 thrashing at Stamford Bridge). And the circumstances of his appointment were not something you would call nice. The youngest manager in the Premier League had just been fired by the Czarist Abramovich, even though he had been sleeping in his office for the last two days, trying to bring the team back together. Exactly one month has passed since that fateful day.

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College fests do not excite me. Not the (late) Thomso. Not Cognizance either. In fact, last year, I missed the Thomso, and left on the second day of Cogni (and a week of classes thereafter), just to attend the 20th wedding anniversary of my parents. Now, I was attending the first technical fest of the college properly in my fourth semester. Little did I know that it would turn out to be quite an experience.

An Open Letter to Roman Abramovich

Dear Roman,

This is coming from someone who has supported Chelsea for as long as he can remember. The joys of watching Chelsea beat United 1-0 at their own playground was something which tempted me to start loving a club which had hardly anything then. It is very obvious that this comes in the wake of the sacking of Andre Villas Boas, someone with the greatest potential I have ever seen!

Ah, those racist scallywags!

I am not a person with aggressive behaviour. I usually stay away from fights. I never hurt the sentiments of others, well, at least not knowingly. Then you would question, ‘why such a title?’ Well, those of you who know me well know very well that I am outraged in certain situations, where I do not care about anything or anyone. Let’s just say what I am about to tell you is something which falls under the category.

The Mid Term Diary

0720: The alarm rings. I knew I had got hardly 6 hours of sleep for the past three days but I knew that this would be the last day of suffering. The day the mid terms would finally end. I somehow make up my mind to finally get up and brush my teeth.

Turn yourself into a Lord in 9 steps

The other day I was (,as usual ,) facebooking, when I encountered this image, with the tagline 

god shiv in himalyas....... Share it u will be lucky for whole year... :)

Blistering Barnacles! Ten thousand thundering typhoons! Isn't this insanity? I agree  that the whole country is very religious, but I wonder who is the person playing with the sentiments of the 1.5 lakh people who 'liked' the post and the 2.5 lakh who shared it! Had I encountered this image 5 years ago, I'd have been shocked to see it (Hell, for a second, I thought it was real, in spite of the fact that I could actually do it!), but I decided to come up with something of my own to prove the people who were bewildered by this image!

The Rocky Chronicles: Through the Lens!

The weapon of a geologist: The H.A.M.M.E.R

Half Century!

This is my fiftieth blog post in just less than 10 months of starting the blog, 'Random Geeky Thoughts' to 'Transcendental Tech Talk'! Only a fellow blogger would know how important this micro site is to me, and how a simple view or a comment excites me, as I know that someone out there is reading something I have written! With 7173 pageviews till date, I hope this blog gets far more in the days to come. Here's thanking all of you for reading my views and wishing myself a lot more blog posts in the future. Cheers!

Hunting for the perfect photograph on the go

After a week long trip hunting rocks, and studying their formation, changes over time and a lot more, I have realised that my knowledge in photography has increased significantly as compared to the geological counterpart. The most challenging part in the whole trip was taking pictures from a moving vehicle. Here are a few things I have realised after committing blunders trying to take pictures of the blue waters...

Things I learnt from the Field Trip

With the week long field trip getting over just today, there is a flow of emotion through me (and my batchmates as well, I presume.) Hence, I decided to dedicate a blog post to the same. Although the primary objective of this 3 credit course was to familiarize us with the lives of Geologists (I admit, that is tough), we ended up doing a lot more.