Paris here i come

Time: Fri the 17th of Aug 2007 10pm Belgian Standard Time
Place: 26/04 Izerenmolenstraat, Leuven - 3001 (Ashwin's Room)

Watching "That 70's Show". Then
Knock knock on the door.
Ashwin: who is it
Sandeep: Sandeep
Ashwin: just a min.
Sandeep: ok
Open the door
Ashwin: hey
Sandeep: hey. what plan for the weekend? free?
Ashwin: yea. why? nothing planned as of now.
Sandeep: want to come to Paris. One guy has dropped out. and very cheap tickets just 45 euros.
Ashwin: (thinking. WTF) Sure. for how many days.
Sandeep: 3 return on mon night
Ashwin: But i have not informed at office.
Sandeep: that is ok. just mail. we leave at morrow 530 in the morn. 730 is the train (thalys: one of the fastest Rail train in the world)
Ashwin: Ok i will do that.
Sandeep: ok chal i am going need to check certain details for the trip.
Ashwin: want to check the train timings to go to brussels from here.
We check the train timing.
Next day morning we leave to Paris.

Time: Sat the 18th of Aug 2007 10am France Standard Time
Place:Gard du Nord Paris

This is how my trip to Paris started. Still recovering from how quick it happened.

Details of the trip coming up in a short time along with photos.

India a good team, Oz a great team

Proof of that was seen on the 4th day of the 3rd test India Vs England at The Oval Aug 12th 2007. 319 runs ahead, i still don't understand why we did not go for the kill and enforce a follow-on. Dravid (a great fan of his batting) messed up the situation big time. This is where I am a huge fan of the Oz style of cricket. They would have gone for the kill. I read a report somewhere that the Indian bowlers were tired. Come on that is a total bull shit reason. You are going for a series win in style, what bigger motivation does one need. The Oz's would have put the pressure on its bowling after a batting display of that might. This is the difference between a great team and a good team. I think the Oz are so far ahead of the rest of the teams that it is no longer a competition for them with other teams, but among themselves, between their bowling and batting. I expected a similar output from India. Eden gardens does not happen everyday guys. We had a amazing bowling conditions, the form Zak and co. are in i would have expected a go for the kill attitude. Alas even as i write this blog it looks like the match is heading for a draw and the series India. But to me it is a good series victory where as it could have been a great series victory coming on a special week when India celebrates its 60th Independence day.