So this is the lst we have so far for our Bloggers' Festival Cricket Match. 1)Shekhs 2) Romeen 3) Aditya 4)Ram 5)Samir 6)Rup 7)Chally 8)Madew 9)NW 10) Swetal 11)Tango 12)Alpesh 13)me 14) Naren 15) Narasimha 16) Shiraz 17) Asmar 18) Tushar 19)Sanjay 20)Zimbo 20) Samarth 21) Adnan 22) Mehul 23)Rishi 24)Dr. B 25)Ajoy 26)Raheel 27)Sadiq please add to this list. Only condition being - names included are only of active typers. Blogging should not be a spectator sport.
Since all our previous blog ideas have fizzled, lets make sure how many people are on board for this. The next thing to do would be to find an available ground and notify management, I dont think they should mind.
Yes, if we can find a lot of people to agree, finding a ground should not be a problem. If nothing we can play at comissioners park, naperville or the temple ground in aurora. But we need to plan this properly to make it happen. So first things first. Guys please mark your availability.
What we should also do is include people who read the blog but dont necessarily write. They can contact one of us any which way they like. That way some of the nicks can play too without revealing their identity.
Vetti, maybe next time you can play for us and take over captaincy. I'm sure your wisdom on the field would be much appreciated.
u cannot take criticism???? your bowling changes were bad. you keep changing field instead of telling rup and jack where to bowl. should changed bowling attack when rup and jack were getting hit all over the park
Can someone take the inititave and have everyone send out their email add. to one person and then send an evite with diff dates? The only wkdn I'm not available is Sept 14th. Thanks.
The issue I foresee would be that every weekend before the playoffs, somone or the other will have a game. Do you think we can ask management to give us one of the weeknights so we can play a 30 over night game? Or how about during the long weekend?
Day/Night long weekend would be fantastic. But how many have already made plans ? Long weekend is always an iffy thing. The 10 who said yes so far..can you please let us know which weekends you will not be available. Obviously we want everybody to play, so we can adjust.
sure i can, you have to tell me the exact dates, if i am not travelling i will come. long weekend is not possible. i can foresee our leader ta having issues with this. he will say he will conduct and create mess of it. my prediction, he wpnt do and not let u do.
shek..am not putting all blame on Aditya, rup and jack bowled terrible lengths, too full or too short and width. but he should have changed bowling attack to use madhu and fully use spinner. it is frustrating for spectator when captain and bowlers are not using head. as spectator, i need good entertainment and i thought this game would be good bcos there was a lot of talent from div-2 against div-1.
naren, u r famous rookie in mcc. everybody knows you. shek, good luck wioth detection work. i hope this game will happen.. ttttttttttaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa !!!!
Playoffs dates not scheduled and I am sure once we approach management the they will be considerate with us. Afterall we bloggers shine most on a daily basis.
Preetam, They are just high-res scanned images files with album art stuff...They are compressed using WinRAR..Its complete COLLECTION! with each folder named after each Title..You can either color print it out..or just lay em in any img viewer software zoom it and read it..Its cool!
Oh Ok. I was thinking they made cartoon dvds of Tintin and Asterix. Anytime I go to india i go to Walden, somajiguda and get them. Now my print collection is complete. I am looking for Bahadur and the red bricks house. If anybody has it.
I know that one..It pretty big then..I am sure it much bitgger now..I use to get muscial greeting cards there..It was the only place to get em...it seemed sometimes..Right next to Pulla Reddy sweets..Yummy! been there..My friend use to live right there..we use to go to Walden right all the time..Hey have you eaten Chicken 65/Ginger Chicken fast food place right at the corner? some good stuff..huh..
I think concept of pastries is entirely different in Hyd I think...Just like Danish Pastries they should import em here..every morning...:) they r just too yummy...I haven't eaten Softy Den ice creame any where here either ?...
Dr B, DO you guys see..Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern..I was watching Travel Channel the other day ..they featured Carribean islands delicacies - roti channa..u know any of those? now I am officially hungry..:)
"A local islander man had great tickets for the WC final. As he sits down,another man comes down and asks if anyone is sitting in the empty(like that is a surprise this WC) next to him. "No" he said. "This is incredible" sys the other man. "Who in their right mind would have a seat like this for the final,the biggest event,and not use it" "Well actually,the seat belongs to me. My wife passed was supposed to come with me,but she passed away. This is the first WC we haven't been together since we got married. "Oh...I'm so sorry to hear that. That's terrible. But couldn't you find a friend or a relative or even a neighbour to take the seat?" asked the other man. The man shakes his head and replied: "no they're all at the funeral"
Vettipasangals said... Vetti, maybe next time you can play for us and take over captaincy. I'm sure your wisdom on the field would be much appreciated.
u cannot take criticism????
Vetti,
I wasn't being sarcastic! I was serious. They were going lights out, and so at that point, any wisdom would really have been appreciated!!!!!! I'm serious, if you have some ideas, and want to play next year (if you aren't playing for someone else and we put up a team), we might need some suggestions! :D
I see ND is back in form. Sheky, RoRo and Aditya.......ND and I don't know each other. I'm kinda getting curious to find out who is.
ND, how about this. Why don't you e-mail me and tell me what team you play for. I'll do the same. Then we'll see whether to reveal our identities to each other.
It will be funny as hell if we both play for the same team :)
Roti-channa is the start. Let me name a few dishes: --curry lamb/chicken/duck --dhal,spinach,aloo curry,jack-fruit --dhal-roti(dhal in middle) --karhi not koorhi Imagine these and finish up with some kheer/mithai or Rup's special...fried plantain chips. Talk food and you must talk with Rup...that man cooks it himself..
Now I am very hungry.Gon go call de wifey and have her lite de fire...
I am in Federal Way, WA. Guys .. keep the match in Sept ... most probably I am coming to play my team's last match against IIT ... I may be able to play the bloggers match also then ...
The amount of Tamil Vetti has spoken does not mean he is a Tamilian, even i can speak that much of Tamil, so can i be Vetti ;-), so Shekhs what do u have to say...
Tell me Vetti, if I get you correct, will you agree? We don't have to disclose your secret to all bloggers... you can trust me of that. I believe you owe me 2, right?
Vettipasangals said... we originaly had practice on thur and got kicked out for basebal. i think fri is the only option. who is volunteer to talk with ta???? romeen????
3:18 PM
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Is vetti giving us clues? Which team got kicked out? Wildcats and Spears practice on thursdays...
Romeen said... Since all our previous blog ideas have fizzled, lets make sure how many people are on board for this. The next thing to do would be to find an available ground and notify management, I dont think they should mind. -----------------------------------
we got to prove vetti wrong and get this executed...
Ram, Samarth was not there at the game between Chal n Horizons, atleast i did not see him, so he might not be Vetti, then coming to Wildcats we are not practicing on Thursdays because of the ground being used for baseball for quiet sometime n hmm i can smell something here... I kind of think i know this guy...
Count me in for a game. Also if you guys want to play on one of the Thursdays at Hanover Park, I think I can make arrangements for a 20/20 ona Thursday. There might be some cost associated with it and I think I can ask the league to contribute as well as the players who will play. Let me know if that works out for you guys. We can schedule something Thursday the 23rs ot Thursday the 30th of August. I can make arrangements for the Ground and give you guys an update by tomorrow.
Guys, I'm not a summary write up person so bare with me :) (I know Madhu would probably laugh at me :))
Blues XI won by 6 wickets :)
The End!
:)
will be out of town for few days so will miss blogging....have fun guys and count me in for Bloggers "All Star"...go Bloggers, Phoneix & go Blues XI :)
how u all doin on a beautiful friday morning, guys u can count me in too for the blogger's ball i am pretty sure it must be fun game & i wanna be part of it too.
predictions 4 week #16 in div 1. 1.Rogerspark-bears.( it's a must win game for rogerspark & bears looks in a good nick too after beating st.louis.This is goin to be a good game but in the end rogerspark will end up winning). 2.MUCC-Capitol.( i take MUCC in this one). 3.United-AAA.( i will take united here). 4.Purdue-Royals.(If purdue still in the play-off in the other league i think they will bench the starting line-up again so i will pick Royals in this one). 5.Challengers-Pak gymkhana.(i think this must be the game of the week bcoz challenger is willing to take a revenge of last year final's lost & pak trying hard to be in the play-off race i will put my money on challengers on this one). 6.Mcc-Muslim gym.( i will take Muslim in this one).
guys i would love to play in the bloggers game also. i have been quite this year cuz i got into a lot of shit for talking too much on the blog last year. For that reason i had decided at the beginning of the season that i would not be talking on the blog as often, plus i got my first job and have been real busy with that shit. Romeen preetam guys please count me in for the blog game and let me know when and where its going to be. good luck to all the teams playing this week.
Shiraz and others, I'm in for Thursday the 23rd. But, wouldn't it be better if we try to play on friday instead of thursday and not go thru the hassle of dealing with the softballers? Just a thought... Dunno if there is/are any issue(s) with playing on friday...
I dont think we talked about this until Shiraz brought it up....but there might be some cost associated with our Bloggers' game...so guys be prepared for that..
Samir, Nothing wrong in being concise, and precise to the point...:) I just like to divulge the details (C8w will agree with me here I hope)..build the excitement...make it more interesting reading..You game a news flash...:) Every game is pretty well fought even though it may be single sided game..:)Like a Tennis match..Scores never reflect the true excitement of the points..:) Congratulation to Blues XI..
adi and all bloggers, if u guess my name I will 100% definitely come out of my nick name. clues has been given on purpose, some to purposely throw people in wrong directions.. its all fun though. naren, is right on the money, I can speak marathi, tamil, malayalam, telugu and a little bong. i can be naren too :))))
yo romeen/naren so guys will i be able to play in the blog game or not? how many people are confirmed for playing. i would like to help out in any which way i can. if needed my number is 773 306 6149
shiraz, what happened to status of the game???? thanks for trying. if i play or not play, i will give money for blogger game. excellent idea romeo(aka romeen) and preetham.
Masta: All bloggers are in for the game so ur definately in to me. If you need more info i guess Romeen or Shekhs might be a better person. Vetti: u might be throwing us in the wrong way can be possible n me being Vetti i speak most of the languages u specified including German but not bong so count me out.
I'm up for the game. Shiraz, thanks for the help. It's good to see that everyone is trying to get this going.
Seriously, though, lets get one person to take responsibility and a few others to help him out. Looks like Romeen is the owner of this one, with Shekhs, Naren, and Shiraz helping out.
Romeen, let us know if you need more help and I'll be glad to volunteer. Also, we can only have 22 people playing + 1 ump - so 23. I've heard more than 23 names being thrown about, so how are we gonna pick if we have more people available? I think we should consider roles and ensure we have enough bowlers, keepers, etc. Apart from the ground, we need a white ball as well.
Keep us posted committee. Also, are we doing 20/20 or 30/30?
Just spoke with Shiraz. He's very keen too. Here are a few of my suggestions, please feel free to chip in. 1. Thursday night, Shiraz is working on ground availability and dates.Will keep you posted. 2.30-30 would be better, so everybody gets a chance to do something. 3.If we have more than 23 people, we can have a supersub or some such rule. I guess the idea is to get together and have a good time, so the atmosphere will be more laidback. Ofcourse, we dont intend to make a mockery of the game, we'll play hard, but the emphasis will be on mingling and fun. 4. And yes, there will be some cost involved.
Wonderful idea..! Hey! what about the bloggers who posted the 'Longest Ever' posts...'No outs' for them then (Sadiq, we both can hog the crease..;) hehe..So they stay longer at the crease..hehe..:)
Just kidding..! It fantastic idea to get all the blogger community to one place, one time for some great time..:)
Romeen, Will u be providing us with Paddle boats for 'Over seas' players? hehe..:)We need to get you hooked up man..u r having a too much gala time..there..:)
It will be very tough on a week day as we took out 'Night tourney' of the family schedule list..:) One person was happiest after we lost the night game..Who can that be..?:)
Let me give couple of hints: 1. Its four letter word 2. Rhymes with Life and Knife 3. First letter is 23 letter of the alphabets series..:)
there is nothing worse then self abosorbed bloggers who are setting up a game so they can play... why don't you guys use this and vote for the allstars and invite them to play instead of just living your own dreams out. truly pathetic and sad indeed. if sheru can get the ground then set up an all-star game. come on guys don't be so seflish and self promoting here, oh i forgot, this is the only way you guys will get any attention.
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It seems not enough interest left in the bloggers at this time of the year about the upcoming matches. Is this true or everybody busy planning for a weekend getaway or scratching heads to fillup the timesheets ?
IIT vs Advancers = IIT wins this - Advancer's have couple of good spinners but they are not as good as it is made it out to be.
SIUE vs Springfield = SIUE - If they show up to the ground.
Chicago Cricket Club vs Tigers = Chicago Cricket Club wins this.
Continental vs Eagles = Eagles will upset the in form Continental.
Madison Cricket Club vs Universal Cricket Club = Madison wins this.
West Suburban XI vs Illinois Cricket Club = Illinois wins provided they show up on the ground. Contrary to what Rup feels about hanging it up / doom and gloom. They have a very good chance for making playoff if they can win there remaining games.
Chicago Acers vs Chicago Giants = Giants wins this - Even though Faraz Durrani Acers Captain has promised a upset.
CCI vs Jaguars = Jaguars wins this against trash talking CCI. Rumor has it that Jags will be in CCI's face and ears from the first ball.
Peoria Cricket Club vs Warriors = Warriors will not show up to the ground and Yes I mean PCC wins with a walkover. I am still puzzled how Warriors beat Arsenal earlier this year.
Q.C. Kings vs Raiders = QCK will loose 2 of there remainign 3 games. I have a feeling that Raiders will upset QCK this week.
Collinsville Club vs Evanston = Evanston has always had problem playing away from there home ground and this is one of those cases Collinsville Wins.
Whoah! That is one fantastic response to the bloggers game. Good going Romeen, Shekhs, Shiraz, vetti etc. When i thought about the game i sincerely thought we wouldnt have enough players signing up for it and that we might have to play those Seven-A-Side games. But looks like everybody wants to have a party. Niiiiice!
puppu..i hope you are wrong about QC team, but based on their last year performance usually they suck towards the end of the season. Interesting to see how long they perform like this.
We might not only have to pay for the ground but we also need to organise the basic kit...wickets...balls...cones...drinks during breaks...food. All this might cost us some rupees. We will try to pool and do something. Thursday is fine with me as long as MOST of us can play that day. Madhu, try to make it to just this one. Looks like we have narrowed it down to Hanover park for the night. Are there any baseball games on thursday night ? I will try to come with a list of all the people who have said yes.
Nari, I haven't seen a mallu store around Palatine/ Shaumburgh area... There is one in Des Plaines - By the intersection of golf and Milwaukee - PNP or P&P...its in the strip mall on the north-east corner...
I'll check with some local resources about other mallu stores...
*********************************** Peoria Cricket Club vs Warriors = Warriors will not show up to the ground and Yes I mean PCC wins with a walkover. I am still puzzled how Warriors beat Arsenal earlier this year. ***********************************
Pappu..
You got this right already! We received a walk over already. It was nice that Sabbir Ahmed (Warriors Cap) responded right away and let us know in well in advance. We appreciate it and I thank him for that.
I do understand little about team logistics and its pretty tough if you don't have big roster and motivated players on the team to play week-in and week-out. I hope warriors are able to work out something for everyones benefit either rest of year or next year. walk-overs isn't fun way of playing cricket and also it isn't fun especially to the receiving teams!
Here is a list of all the people who said yes so far. 1)Preetam 2)Shekhs 3)Romeen 4)Aditya 5)Ram 6)Samir 7)Madew 8) Swetal 9)Narasimha 10)Shiraz 11)Asmar 12)Varad 13)Naren 14)Vetti 15)Ajoy 16)Raheel 17)Tonald Drump 18)Justice for all 19)Mastakilla
Did i miss anybody else ? We would need 3 more to make two teams. Chally and Rup have not responded.
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So this is the lst we have so far for our Bloggers' Festival Cricket Match.
1)Shekhs
2) Romeen
3) Aditya
4)Ram
5)Samir
6)Rup
7)Chally
8)Madew
9)NW
10) Swetal
11)Tango
12)Alpesh
13)me
14) Naren
15) Narasimha
16) Shiraz
17) Asmar
18) Tushar
19)Sanjay
20)Zimbo
20) Samarth
21) Adnan
22) Mehul
23)Rishi
24)Dr. B
25)Ajoy
26)Raheel
27)Sadiq
please add to this list.
Only condition being - names included are only of active typers.
Blogging should not be a spectator sport.
way to go, preetam :)
Now lets ask all these people if they'd be interested in playing a game.
I think it could be a lot of fun.
vetti, I dont think I'm a good recruiter. Couldnt convince people to play the AL tourney for my team.
I know. It defenitely will be a lot of fun. We can pitch a tent, get food, and do a after game outing.
Romeen, i didnt know you had a shortage. I could have played.
treat from the loosing team after the match? what you guys think?
Since all our previous blog ideas have fizzled, lets make sure how many people are on board for this.
The next thing to do would be to find an available ground and notify management, I dont think they should mind.
well, next year preetam. This year we've pretty much made an unceremonious exit.
I'm in for sure
OK, lets take a headcount.
Folks who have agreed:
1. Preetam
2. Sheky
3. Adi
4. Samir
5. romeen
Anybody else?
Yes, if we can find a lot of people to agree, finding a ground should not be a problem. If nothing we can play at comissioners park, naperville or the temple ground in aurora. But we need to plan this properly to make it happen.
So first things first.
Guys please mark your availability.
What we should also do is include people who read the blog but dont necessarily write. They can contact one of us any which way they like.
That way some of the nicks can play too without revealing their identity.
Romeen, I can vouch for Ram.
1. Preetam
2. Sheky
3. Adi
4. Samir
5. romeen
6. Ram
I can vouch for swet.
That makes it 7.
Count me in to play !
Preetam,
Please add my name -
Thank you!
Madhu Reddy
Ok, 8. Asmar
Wow, thats something, we have overseas players now!!
9. Madew
Fine with me, Romeen.
We need atleast 13 more.
Lets have a tentative date so that people can decide their availability.
Please consider the playoff dates so that we will have Madhu, Sheky, you and everybody who are in the play offs playing too.
Vetti, maybe next time you can play for us and take over captaincy. I'm sure your wisdom on the field would be much appreciated.
u cannot take criticism???? your bowling changes were bad. you keep changing field instead of telling rup and jack where to bowl. should changed bowling attack when rup and jack were getting hit all over the park
Can someone take the inititave and have everyone send out their email add. to one person and then send an evite with diff dates? The only wkdn I'm not available is Sept 14th. Thanks.
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I am in too!!! Swetal for sure would love to play one more game in the season...:)
--Narasimha
this is good.
10. Sundries
The issue I foresee would be that every weekend before the playoffs, somone or the other will have a game. Do you think we can ask management to give us one of the weeknights so we can play a 30 over night game? Or how about during the long weekend?
Day/Night long weekend would be fantastic. But how many have already made plans ? Long weekend is always an iffy thing.
The 10 who said yes so far..can you please let us know which weekends you will not be available. Obviously we want everybody to play, so we can adjust.
I'm available.
vetti, wanna play?
I type stuff up every once in a while ...
I'd play dammit if the games in the second week of Sep & thereafter...
No. 'who's counting ???'
I think thats 11.
Shouldnt it still be hot during the later part of sep and beg of oct.
Awesome job Fellas..
Sorry, long weekend - I've plans....
other than that...any day other than a playoff game day should be fine....
I like the weekday idea - 30 overs..would be fun..
sure i can, you have to tell me the exact dates, if i am not travelling i will come. long weekend is not possible. i can foresee our leader ta having issues with this. he will say he will conduct and create mess of it. my prediction, he wpnt do and not let u do.
Varad, we missed your name earlier..
Fellas...we totally missed out on Jaggi and Hari...they created this blog...so they are in by default, provided they are available..
Thursday night should be good. But can madhu make it if it is a weeknight.
Well, its never 'hot' after the labor weekend. One option is the very night after the AL finals.
sorry if i sound pessmistic, i am predicting on past behavior
we have to try, if it doesnt happen, so be it.
What abt Aug 30th, Thrusday? Shekhs, are you available on the 30th?
we originaly had practice on thur and got kicked out for basebal. i think fri is the only option. who is volunteer to talk with ta???? romeen????
Okay here is the list
1)Shekhs - Yes
2)Romeen - Yes
3)Aditya - Yes
4)Ram - Yes
5)Samir - Yes
6)Rup
7)Chally
8)Madew - Yes
9)NW
10)Swetal - Yes
11)Tango
12)Alpesh
13)me - Yes
14) Naren
15) Narasimha - Yes
16) Shiraz
17) Asmar - Yes
18) Tushar
19)Sanjay
20)Zimbo
20) Samarth
21) Adnan
22) Mehul
23)Rishi
24)Dr. B
25)Ajoy
26)Raheel
27)Sadiq
28)Varad - Yes
29)Jaggi
30)Hari
"One option is the very night after the AL finals."
I think that will be too late Romeen..
How about a Friday evening...Day/ Night game..
There are no noght games on friday right?
Shekhs, Good idea maan. friday can be perfect.
count me in, Ich bin da....
shek, appadi sollu macha. fri, only possibility.
Sorry :-( guys, I'm actually going out of town on the 30th, will be back after labor day..
We should just look at the majority..
We cannot schedule a game with everybody in it, I think its impossible..we'll have to throw in some dates and see how many are available..
Aug 30th is a good date...you guys should go ahead and schedule it..
shek, u saying yes to 30 bcos it is thur and will not happen. Daiiii !!!!
Good thing about friday is that, we can go out after the game...
that'll be fun..
Preetam/Fellow bloggers,
Week night count me out fellas..:) You guys do go ahead...I promise..I will write the summary...hehe..:)
Cheers
M
yeah Friday should be more fun.
c'mon Madew...how about Friday night?
Bring your family...hang out in Chi Town after the game...
lets see.
Obviously i want Shekhs and the other active bloggers to play. But this is a democracy so we will go with when the most are available
Madhu, bring your family. You can stay with us if you want.
Ping some dates Preetam...lets see how everybody responds..
Vetti: I know u dont I... damn i feel like it but am not a good detective as either rom or Shekhs or Adi is...
21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29 how about those dates Shekhs....;-)
Vetti,
eppadi dei..
Why are you bothering our brutha Adi?
Where's the love brutha?
So you were there for the night game?
hmm...my antenna is catching some signals..
Tuesday Sept 4th? 4pm sharp start time.
No AL game scheduled that evening, dr b?
Dates.....hmmmn! I havent the faintest clue. Romeen/Shekhs can you come up with some. I can play any day...any night.
Damn! we have 64 posts in 1 hr. And they are all "constructive".
shek..am not putting all blame on Aditya, rup and jack bowled terrible lengths, too full or too short and width. but he should have changed bowling attack to use madhu and fully use spinner. it is frustrating for spectator when captain and bowlers are not using head. as spectator, i need good entertainment and i thought this game would be good bcos there was a lot of talent from div-2 against div-1.
Clear,no scheduled AL games after Aug 28th.
Preetam/Sheks,
Let see what date bloggers agree on and will plan accordingly...Thank you for the offer "My Bruthas" !
On Side note:
Sheks/Adi,
Did you guys check that stuff yet..Tintin/Asterix?
Cheers
Madhu
Madhu, Meant to ask you. Are they on DVD ?
Dr.b/ Romeem,
Sep 4, we might start AL playoffs...
Shiraz/ Asmar, can you confirm please..
I think until AL Playoffs are not done, we will have to consider friday nights..
Aug 24th, 31st (I'm not avail), Sep 7th, 14th, 21st are all fridays..
Dr B said...
Clear,no scheduled AL games after Aug 28th.
What about the playoffs?
naren, u r famous rookie in mcc. everybody knows you. shek, good luck wioth detection work. i hope this game will happen.. ttttttttttaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa !!!!
Put a poll with 2 dates and trust me,mention the word "drinks" afterwards and you will have extras to team.
Shekhs,
available all those dates except 14th.
Vetti,
The way Mahesh was playing that night, it would have been hard to bowl and place your field..
Anyways, the game's over...so lets just forget about it..
Playoffs dates not scheduled and I am sure once we approach management the they will be considerate with us. Afterall we bloggers shine most on a daily basis.
Drinks are definitely gonna be there after the game...no question about that..
We just need to find some dates without any scheduled games..
Preetam,
They are just high-res scanned images files with album art stuff...They are compressed using WinRAR..Its complete COLLECTION! with each folder named after each Title..You can either color print it out..or just lay em in any img viewer software zoom it and read it..Its cool!
Cheers
Madhu
Madew,
Nope, didnt get a chance yet...
Will work on it this weekend..
Thanks..
Oh Ok.
I was thinking they made cartoon dvds of Tintin and Asterix.
Anytime I go to india i go to Walden, somajiguda and get them. Now my print collection is complete.
I am looking for Bahadur and the red bricks house. If anybody has it.
Preetam,
I know that one..It pretty big then..I am sure it much bitgger now..I use to get muscial greeting cards there..It was the only place to get em...it seemed sometimes..Right next to Pulla Reddy sweets..Yummy! been there..My friend use to live right there..we use to go to Walden right all the time..Hey have you eaten Chicken 65/Ginger Chicken fast food place right at the corner? some good stuff..huh..
Madew
OK, lets take a headcount.
Folks who have agreed:
1. Preetam
2. Sheky
3. Adi
4. Samir
5. romeen
Anybody else?
I am in too.
Ajoy
What about the pinapple 'slurpy' pastries, madhu. I have not eaten such good pinapple pastries in the 15 yrs i have been here.
Now u making me hungry....
Was in a different mode a minute ago.
I think concept of pastries is entirely different in Hyd I think...Just like Danish Pastries they should import em here..every morning...:) they r just too yummy...I haven't eaten Softy Den ice creame any where here either ?...
M
Preetam,
I used to love reading Bahadur when I was a kid...it was some kick ass comics.
Ajoy,
Howz it going?
Haven't heard from you in a while..
Nice to know that you'll make it to the game..
Dr. b,
you gonna be there for the bloggers' game?
hmmm.... I'm in too ;) .. tentatively
I am in, but can't play on weekdays; friday's are fine though.
We are closing in on another century this week, can't contribute much though :)
Alpesh, are u still in Seattle? If so, where in Seattle?
The first comic was the red bricks house. They were so good. Who was the hottie. Dela ?
It has been going good Shekhs. Been busy with work, training and all that crap which comes with it.
how are things at your end?
hope to see you during playoffs if not this bloggers game.
Yep, Dela...you got it..totally forgot ...been a while..
Vetti, oonga pera ketta summa blog-ge adhirudhulla :)
Ajoy,
Tell everybody, we said Hi..
Yeah, hopefully we'll see for playoffs..
Good luck with everything!
guys, can we call this bloggers game "All Star Bloggers" or something...I just want "star" in the team name...u know for posterity !
Dr B,
DO you guys see..Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern..I was watching Travel Channel the other day ..they featured Carribean islands delicacies - roti channa..u know any of those? now I am officially hungry..:)
They looked good..!
Cheers
M
Ram,
you're funny dude..I like that name too..for same reasons..
Madew/ Dr.B
I'm starvin Marvin!
Vetti travels too?
Shekhs, I am not Vetti, let's be very clear. I know you suspected me before.
Shekhs suspects everyone nowadays :)
He's like Sanjeev Kumar (from movie Angoor) :) jk Shekhs
Is there any reason why we can't call this team "All Star" and leave it at that :)
Cricket crazy people...
World Cup 2007, Barbados
"A local islander man had great tickets for the WC final. As he sits down,another man comes down and asks if anyone is sitting in the empty(like that is a surprise this WC) next to him. "No" he said. "This is incredible" sys the other man. "Who in their right mind would have a seat like this for the final,the biggest event,and not use it"
"Well actually,the seat belongs to me. My wife passed was supposed to come with me,but she passed away. This is the first WC we haven't been together since we got married. "Oh...I'm so sorry to hear that. That's terrible. But couldn't you find a friend or a relative or even a neighbour to take the seat?" asked the other man. The man shakes his head and replied: "no they're all at the funeral"
Ram,
I thought you were Vetti too, until Vetti talked crap about Adi's captaincy...I know you wouldn't do that..
Samir,
Can't trust anybody man....you could be tango.. :-)
good we are on the same page.
What are the chances that Shekhs is either tango or NW?
BTW, Shekhs, who was shouting the other day , seemingly pointing to Aditya when the game was on?
Didn't vetti mention that he was doing that?
Vettipasangals said...
Vetti, maybe next time you can play for us and take over captaincy. I'm sure your wisdom on the field would be much appreciated.
u cannot take criticism????
Vetti,
I wasn't being sarcastic! I was serious. They were going lights out, and so at that point, any wisdom would really have been appreciated!!!!!! I'm serious, if you have some ideas, and want to play next year (if you aren't playing for someone else and we put up a team), we might need some suggestions! :D
Shekhs, let me get this straight...you suspected me until today?
"What are the chances that Shekhs is either tango or NW?"
Very slim Ram..
I was watching LA open, when Tango and N_W were blogging away...
I have at least 25 people to vouch for that...some international stars too.. :-)
I can vouch for different reasons that Shekhs is neither T or N.
Ram,
the only reason I thought you were Vetti was because Vetti said he was there for the game...
I only know 2 Tamil speaking guys who were present there that evening..you and me...what are the odds?
So, I'm trying to narrow down my choices..
Wassup fellas.
Long time.
I see ND is back in form. Sheky, RoRo and Aditya.......ND and I don't know each other. I'm kinda getting curious to find out who is.
ND, how about this. Why don't you e-mail me and tell me what team you play for. I'll do the same. Then we'll see whether to reveal our identities to each other.
It will be funny as hell if we both play for the same team :)
Ok Shekhs...there's not much to narrow down...its neither of us !
How about the umpire? ...does he speak Tamil?
ND, my e-mail address is listed in my profile....hope to hear from ya.
Roti-channa is the start. Let me name a few dishes:
--curry lamb/chicken/duck
--dhal,spinach,aloo curry,jack-fruit
--dhal-roti(dhal in middle)
--karhi not koorhi
Imagine these and finish up with some kheer/mithai or Rup's special...fried plantain chips. Talk food and you must talk with Rup...that man cooks it himself..
Now I am very hungry.Gon go call de wifey and have her lite de fire...
Ram,
Very good point...Vik is from Chennai....he speaks Tamil..
I dont think he will talk crap like Vetti did earlier though..
Shekhs I wasn't shouting either during the game.
Nice name Rustam :)Why don't you change it to Ustad instead :)
Tango,
What up man..you think you can make it for "All stars bloggers"?
Tango,
its possible you play for Phoenix.
Shekhs,
hmmm....depends. I'm more of a talker, not much of a cricketer.
Talker? You must be kiddin.. :-)
I'm out fellas..
later
its possible you play for Phoenix.
Ramu, thats what I've been trying to tell these guys. There is a very good chance that I am from Phoenix, and its also very likely that I am Aditya.
Aditya will not HAVE tirupati.swami as his email ID !!!
Why not?
tango, have we met?
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Preetam N said...
The first comic was the red bricks house. They were so good. Who was the hottie. Dela ?
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Bahadur's girl was *Bela*, not Dela. Flash Gordon's girl, OTOH, was Dale :-)
BTW, Madhew, not so much a Tintin fan here... but if you have extra copies of the Asterix, I'll get in line to get one too :-)
c8w
What do you think?
think, I am asking you...
Ram,
I am in Federal Way, WA. Guys .. keep the match in Sept ... most probably I am coming to play my team's last match against IIT ... I may be able to play the bloggers match also then ...
Alpesh,
I travel to Redmond and I stay in Bellvue...may be we should connect up?
Hey Bloggers,
Anybody working in Macrovision ??
Cool Ram,
Even then you played 8 matches for Eagles this year ... Thats gr8 !! How did u manage that ??
The amount of Tamil Vetti has spoken does not mean he is a Tamilian, even i can speak that much of Tamil, so can i be Vetti ;-), so Shekhs what do u have to say...
I don't think Tango is from Phoenix. He's bashed our team too much to actually be from our team.
I suspect I know who Vetti is!
Tell me Vetti, if I get you correct, will you agree? We don't have to disclose your secret to all bloggers... you can trust me of that. I believe you owe me 2, right?
Naren,
You are right. Hence I thought vetti was Samarth.
Aditya, may be tango was playing devils advocate...
Alpesh,
My base is Chicago, I travel very often...almost every week.
Vettipasangals said...
we originaly had practice on thur and got kicked out for basebal. i think fri is the only option. who is volunteer to talk with ta???? romeen????
3:18 PM
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Is vetti giving us clues? Which team got kicked out? Wildcats and Spears practice on thursdays...
Romeen said...
Since all our previous blog ideas have fizzled, lets make sure how many people are on board for this.
The next thing to do would be to find an available ground and notify management, I dont think they should mind.
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we got to prove vetti wrong and get this executed...
Heck with it .. If this game ends up happening then I am in as well.
Ram, Samarth was not there at the game between Chal n Horizons, atleast i did not see him, so he might not be Vetti, then coming to Wildcats we are not practicing on Thursdays because of the ground being used for baseball for quiet sometime n hmm i can smell something here... I kind of think i know this guy...
I also recommend calling this game ""Blogger's Ball""
Anyone can shed some light on Rivercity Team that is playing in Abid Laheri Night Tournament.
Thanks
TD
Hi Guys,
Count me in for a game. Also if you guys want to play on one of the Thursdays at Hanover Park, I think I can make arrangements for a 20/20 ona Thursday. There might be some cost associated with it and I think I can ask the league to contribute as well as the players who will play. Let me know if that works out for you guys. We can schedule something Thursday the 23rs ot Thursday the 30th of August. I can make arrangements for the Ground and give you guys an update by tomorrow.
Regards,
Shiraz Najam
Naren,
Great. So, Vetti is from wildcats. did you guys have anybody else come and practice with you?
Let us know who speaks/knows tamil in Wildcats...Vikram, Balaji, Ajit, yourself...anybody else?
Shiraz, why not on a friday? is it bcuz of stupid baseball?
d/n update Blues XI vs Rivercity,
Guys,
I'm not a summary write up person so bare with me :) (I know Madhu would probably laugh at me :))
Blues XI won by 6 wickets :)
The End!
:)
will be out of town for few days so will miss blogging....have fun guys and count me in for Bloggers "All Star"...go Bloggers, Phoneix & go Blues XI :)
how u all doin on a beautiful friday morning,
guys u can count me in too for the blogger's ball i am pretty sure it must be fun game & i wanna be part of it too.
predictions 4 week #16 in div 1.
1.Rogerspark-bears.( it's a must win game for rogerspark & bears looks in a good nick too after beating st.louis.This is goin to be a good game but in the end rogerspark will end up winning).
2.MUCC-Capitol.( i take MUCC in this one).
3.United-AAA.( i will take united here).
4.Purdue-Royals.(If purdue still in the play-off in the other league i think they will bench the starting line-up again so i will pick Royals in this one).
5.Challengers-Pak gymkhana.(i think this must be the game of the week bcoz challenger is willing to take a revenge of last year final's lost & pak trying hard to be in the play-off race i will put my money on challengers on this one).
6.Mcc-Muslim gym.( i will take Muslim in this one).
guys i would love to play in the bloggers game also. i have been quite this year cuz i got into a lot of shit for talking too much on the blog last year. For that reason i had decided at the beginning of the season that i would not be talking on the blog as often, plus i got my first job and have been real busy with that shit. Romeen preetam guys please count me in for the blog game and let me know when and where its going to be. good luck to all the teams playing this week.
Shiraz and others,
I'm in for Thursday the 23rd.
But, wouldn't it be better if we try to play on friday instead of thursday and not go thru the hassle of dealing with the softballers?
Just a thought...
Dunno if there is/are any issue(s) with playing on friday...
I dont think we talked about this until Shiraz brought it up....but there might be some cost associated with our Bloggers' game...so guys be prepared for that..
Samir,
Nothing wrong in being concise, and precise to the point...:) I just like to divulge the details (C8w will agree with me here I hope)..build the excitement...make it more interesting reading..You game a news flash...:) Every game is pretty well fought even though it may be single sided game..:)Like a Tennis match..Scores never reflect the true excitement of the points..:) Congratulation to Blues XI..
Cheers
Madhu Reddy
Shiraz, sounds great!
Lets work towards making this happen, I'll call you later today.
Romeen,
I'll help out...lemme know...
I'll give you a call later...you on call tonite?
I am in with sharing the expense...
adi and all bloggers, if u guess my name I will 100% definitely come out of my nick name. clues has been given on purpose, some to purposely throw people in wrong directions.. its all fun though. naren, is right on the money, I can speak marathi, tamil, malayalam, telugu and a little bong. i can be naren too :))))
yo romeen/naren so guys will i be able to play in the blog game or not? how many people are confirmed for playing. i would like to help out in any which way i can. if needed my number is 773 306 6149
shiraz, what happened to status of the game???? thanks for trying. if i play or not play, i will give money for blogger game. excellent idea romeo(aka romeen) and preetham.
Masta: All bloggers are in for the game so ur definately in to me. If you need more info i guess Romeen or Shekhs might be a better person.
Vetti: u might be throwing us in the wrong way can be possible n me being Vetti i speak most of the languages u specified including German but not bong so count me out.
mastakilla, no problem. The game's for everybody.
Lets try and get the logistics in place first.
Vetti, let me work on the game first, I'll get you later :)
Yomeen/ Romeo/ Rom/ Romeen..
Did you ever feel so wanted before...everybody wants a piece of you... :-)
Sheks,
I may miss out on this game,based on the proposed date. Try to make it a "annual" bloggers ball game.
Hopefully I will meet you guys another time:Ram,Romo,Nareen,Shiraz,Tango etc..
Have a good weekend.
Dr b,
we'll definitely try to make it an annual event.
Will hook up another time..
Have a good one!
Guys,
I'm up for the game. Shiraz, thanks for the help. It's good to see that everyone is trying to get this going.
Seriously, though, lets get one person to take responsibility and a few others to help him out. Looks like Romeen is the owner of this one, with Shekhs, Naren, and Shiraz helping out.
Romeen, let us know if you need more help and I'll be glad to volunteer. Also, we can only have 22 people playing + 1 ump - so 23. I've heard more than 23 names being thrown about, so how are we gonna pick if we have more people available? I think we should consider roles and ensure we have enough bowlers, keepers, etc. Apart from the ground, we need a white ball as well.
Keep us posted committee. Also, are we doing 20/20 or 30/30?
Just spoke with Shiraz. He's very keen too.
Here are a few of my suggestions, please feel free to chip in.
1. Thursday night, Shiraz is working on ground availability and dates.Will keep you posted.
2.30-30 would be better, so everybody gets a chance to do something.
3.If we have more than 23 people, we can have a supersub or some such rule. I guess the idea is to get together and have a good time, so the atmosphere will be more laidback. Ofcourse, we dont intend to make a mockery of the game, we'll play hard, but the emphasis will be on mingling and fun.
4. And yes, there will be some cost involved.
don't forget preetam's contribution... if there are more than 22, the more active blogger should get first chance.
Vetti,
Wonderful idea..! Hey! what about the bloggers who posted the 'Longest Ever' posts...'No outs' for them then (Sadiq, we both can hog the crease..;) hehe..So they stay longer at the crease..hehe..:)
Just kidding..! It fantastic idea to get all the blogger community to one place, one time for some great time..:)
Cheers
Madhu R
Yeah, Preetam started this idea. He better open the innings! :)
Madhu, try and see if you can make it for one thursday evening, it'll be fun.
Romeen,
Will u be providing us with Paddle boats for 'Over seas' players? hehe..:)We need to get you hooked up man..u r having a too much gala time..there..:)
It will be very tough on a week day as we took out 'Night tourney' of the family schedule list..:) One person was happiest after we lost the night game..Who can that be..?:)
Let me give couple of hints:
1. Its four letter word
2. Rhymes with Life and Knife
3. First letter is 23 letter of the alphabets series..:)
Cheers
Madhu
Guys, I can't make it if the game's on thursday...please go ahead and I'll try to offer jugular support :)
Tango, u there?
good luck to all teams for weekend. i am signing off for weekend, have to catch fligh to come home. romeo, i look fwd to update regarding night game.
guys that's not me...am not leaving until later this afternoon...Shekhs, you got to trust me dude.
BTW, Romeen, who travels often in your team.
there is nothing worse then self abosorbed bloggers who are setting up a game so they can play...
why don't you guys use this and vote for the allstars and invite them to play instead of just living your own dreams out. truly pathetic and sad indeed. if sheru can get the ground then set up an all-star game. come on guys don't be so seflish and self promoting here, oh i forgot, this is the only way you guys will get any attention.
Glad to see great interest in BLOGGER's BALL.
I understand that we all may have to chip in some $. As for me $ and which day it is does not matter. I am in definitely.
Can anybody from Blues 11 share some further insight on this Rivercity Team. Are they a mixture of old MCC players or newbies etc?
Tonald, Rivercity is basically Jollyrovers team from DIV II. They have couple of big hitters like Ram and Ravi patel. Prashanth is a good batsman too.
Bowling is decent but not unplayable. Ravi is a left arm medium fast bowler and mostly others are spinners.
Hope this helps.
Sheks,
Just wondering if you happened to have the movie His Highness Abdullah.
--Narasimha
Bloggers..what are your predictions for this weekend DIV II matches?
Looks like we have another good game this week IIT vs Advancers. What are your predictions for this game?
great movie sundries. I'll like to place an order as well.
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DIV II - pick
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IIT-Advancers>>IIT (close game)
SIUE-Springfield>>SIUE
Chicago Cricket Club-Tigers>>Chicago
Continental-Eagles>>Eagles
Madison CC-Universal CC>>Madison
West Suburban-ICC>>ICC
Chicago Acers-Giants>>Giants
CCI-Jaguars>>Jaguars
PCC-Warriors>>PCC
Q.C. Kings-Raiders>> QC
Collinsville-Evanston>>Evanston
Hey guys, looks as though you are all set to play the Bloggers game.
Don't think I can play, but you all have my support (moral):))
Sheru, Respect!
Good to see you taking the initiative of booking a ground for the game.
Need more people like you in management.
ND, still haven't gotten a mail from you.
It seems not enough interest left in the bloggers at this time of the year about the upcoming matches. Is this true or everybody busy planning for a weekend getaway or scratching heads to fillup the timesheets ?
IIT vs Advancers = IIT wins this - Advancer's have couple of good spinners but they are not as good as it is made it out to be.
SIUE vs Springfield = SIUE - If they show up to the ground.
Chicago Cricket Club vs Tigers = Chicago Cricket Club wins this.
Continental vs Eagles = Eagles will upset the in form Continental.
Madison Cricket Club vs Universal Cricket Club = Madison wins this.
West Suburban XI vs Illinois Cricket Club = Illinois wins provided they show up on the ground. Contrary to what Rup feels about hanging it up / doom and gloom. They have a very good chance for making playoff if they can win there remaining games.
Chicago Acers vs Chicago Giants = Giants wins this - Even though Faraz Durrani Acers Captain has promised a upset.
CCI vs Jaguars = Jaguars wins this against trash talking CCI. Rumor has it that Jags will be in CCI's face and ears from the first ball.
Peoria Cricket Club vs Warriors = Warriors will not show up to the ground and Yes I mean PCC wins with a walkover. I am still puzzled how Warriors beat Arsenal earlier this year.
Q.C. Kings vs Raiders = QCK will loose 2 of there remainign 3 games. I have a feeling that Raiders will upset QCK this week.
Collinsville Club vs Evanston = Evanston has always had problem playing away from there home ground and this is one of those cases Collinsville Wins.
Sundries/ Ram,
Very good movie.
Did you guys want it for Gautami? Or you like it for the songs – one of the best movies with some good classical numbers.
I don’t have a copy, but can get one when I’m going to India in Nov. Or I can check with a coupla mallu stores around.
Yours truly - thank you for the information on Jolly Rovers aka Rivercity.
Shekhs,
I just listened to the songs and read some reviews on the movie. So now desperate for the movie, of course Gautami adds to the desperation..:)
Are there any mallu stores in the suburbs Palatine, Schaumburg area?
--Narasimha
Whoah!
That is one fantastic response to the bloggers game.
Good going Romeen, Shekhs, Shiraz, vetti etc.
When i thought about the game i sincerely thought we wouldnt have enough players signing up for it and that we might have to play those Seven-A-Side games. But looks like everybody wants to have a party.
Niiiiice!
puppu..i hope you are wrong about QC team, but based on their last year performance usually they suck towards the end of the season. Interesting to see how long they perform like this.
I agree with ur other predictions though.
We might not only have to pay for the ground but we also need to organise the basic kit...wickets...balls...cones...drinks during breaks...food. All this might cost us some rupees. We will try to pool and do something.
Thursday is fine with me as long as MOST of us can play that day.
Madhu, try to make it to just this one.
Looks like we have narrowed it down to Hanover park for the night. Are there any baseball games on thursday night ?
I will try to come with a list of all the people who have said yes.
YourTruly,
It's just prediction nothing personal against QC Kings. Cannot pick all favorites. lol
Nari,
I haven't seen a mallu store around Palatine/ Shaumburgh area...
There is one in Des Plaines - By the intersection of golf and Milwaukee - PNP or P&P...its in the strip mall on the north-east corner...
I'll check with some local resources about other mallu stores...
Preetam,
Wickets and cones, I can take the responsibility...will get the challengers wickets and cones.
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Peoria Cricket Club vs Warriors = Warriors will not show up to the ground and Yes I mean PCC wins with a walkover. I am still puzzled how Warriors beat Arsenal earlier this year.
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Pappu..
You got this right already! We received a walk over already. It was nice that Sabbir Ahmed (Warriors Cap) responded right away and let us know in well in advance. We appreciate it and I thank him for that.
I do understand little about team logistics and its pretty tough if you don't have big roster and motivated players on the team to play week-in and week-out. I hope warriors are able to work out something for everyones benefit either rest of year or next year. walk-overs isn't fun way of playing cricket and also it isn't fun especially to the receiving teams!
Here is a list of all the people who said yes so far.
1)Preetam
2)Shekhs
3)Romeen
4)Aditya
5)Ram
6)Samir
7)Madew
8) Swetal
9)Narasimha
10)Shiraz
11)Asmar
12)Varad
13)Naren
14)Vetti
15)Ajoy
16)Raheel
17)Tonald Drump
18)Justice for all
19)Mastakilla
Did i miss anybody else ? We would need 3 more to make two teams. Chally and Rup have not responded.
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