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She was startled awake by some noise. She saw a figure pass by the window. Beads of sweat formed on her face when she saw a pair of legs behind the curtain. She smelled something burning. The door creaked a little. Her heart somersaulted. The clock chimed 12. And then more noises followed.Surprise Surprise!!

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It's Official: I can swim

Years back I had this urge of learning swimming during my brief stays at Singapore. That urge saw some light in one of the visits. It couldn't blossom and I ended up being a ‘semi-swimmer’. In sense I could swim but never above the water and never for long distances. I could swim at a stretch without any gaseous exchange, using the last atom of oxygen available within me to burn the calories. I wouldn't dare to come up and inhale. Simple, if I do, I drown. Things didn't improve even after repeated trails and I, for once wished I could inhale the dissolved oxygen.

Much has changed since then but the desire to emulate a fish still remained intact. My second learning session (once a week) to become a ‘complete-swimmer’ started a month and a half ago. My coach was wonderful, teaching me with a heightened patience. He has always been positive that I would swim one day in front of him though I had some nagging doubts about my breathing technique and whether or not I could swim on any day.

The day finally reckoned. I swam 10 laps in less than 30 minutes and I, with a flashing smile splashed the water with my hands and screamed to myself “I can swim”; courtesy my coach. It’s official. He declared that I can swim now. How glad am I!!

Five prized possessions..

My prized possessions count reached five recently and I thought like yeah dude time to have a look at my web space..Couldn't really find time to blog about any stuff..

Okay lets start from the least significant things.

5. Thumb Drive: Yeah this is kinda silly but I dunno why I like this thing. The thing is it gives me some reminiscence of the times when this was bought. Significant enough past. I am extremely wary of plugging it in some random PC. Its cute, its sweet and I love it.

4. Tennis Racket: My first tennis racket. Its my love for tennis rather than my love for the racket that this earned the fourth place. Still goddamn racket and I love it when I hit a double handed backhand winner. I wave of satisfaction pops out from no where.

3. ITouch: My first gadget after I started earning. Whenever I hold it I say to it again and again;what a piece of marvel are you. My ITouch is absolutely stunning. It never says touch me not. And my Omnia comes no where near. Omnia still responds to my touch but my finger glides it to some program which wasn't meant to open.

2. Shades: I have been totally in love with my shades ever since it was gifted to me by my friends. I generally tend to be choosy when it comes to putting on shades. When I was given those by my buddies I was little wary but then when I tried them, I fell in love with it over and over. There are no shades which resemble my one. Kinda uniqueeeee..

1. Watch: Probably will remain as my dear one for ever. Its the cutest thing I ever bought. I have seen so many watches after buying this but none appealed me. A scratch on my watch will makes me low and dry. It has been with me for over 6 years and hopefully for decades to come. While my fingers are typing this, my eyes are focused on my little adorable watch admiring its beauty and design. None can displace its place..

2 years and one day

Yippee!! It has been two years one day since I have been to Singapore. Thought of writing yesterday only but was too preoccupied with other stuff. These two years were bumpy in some way and smooth in some other way. A rough sketch of these two years. Lets roll back in time.

I just breezed through my masters. It was so quick that I hardly realised I was doing it. And more quicker was my job trails. I was just lucky enough to get my current job. If I wouldn't have got God knows what I would have been doing right now. And now 8 months into my current job and I like it. But really gets tough sometimes. Life is marching itself off in a carefully constructed and unspectacular measure.

And it has been two years since I have fallen ill. Kinda lull after a storm(read jaundice). I would have been little proud if I haven't visited a doctor during this time. Thanks to my sports related injuries, the survival of that pride became tough during the last half year. Multiple injuries but yours truly still going great guns. Actually I started loving to be fit. It makes me feel so good and refreshed. And my fitness conscience making me stick to my diet.

During these years my badminton skills has shot up. So are my swimming skills. Learnt tennis, and salsa and the hunger for more activities is always there.

Few things I like in Singapore:

1) I like everything to be organized and this place is surely more than that.

2) I never had the time and facilities to explore my extra-curricular interests before coming here. Not anymore.

On the other side of the coin this place surely kicks in the boredom. If not for my family I would have been bored to death. Actually my Engineering is to be blamed. Had hell of a time and now I miss my friends. This this the bumpiest part of all..Life would have been much better with few changes. It always is!!

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For the 15th time.

One more Wimbledon passed by and the result, the same, Roger Federer claiming his 6^th title at the lush meadows with one difference. This time he had to sweat it out to claim back his lost prized possession thanks to some unbelievable tennis by A-Rod.

Keeping in mind the previous encounters between the two I wanted Andy to win the semis against Murray hoping that the finals would be a walk in the park for the Swiss to become an undisputed emperor in the game of tennis. Always felt that Roddick doesnt have a cat in hell's chance to lift a Grandslam. Not in Fed's era. But there was very little that matched to my thought.

Andy shots equally matched Roger's if not more. I must say my heart missed beats at the break points in the fifth set. And the fifth set was long enough to be a women’s entire match. All I can do is feel sorry for Andy for being a player who was on the winning side most of the game yet lost it.

He deserved the title for the remarkable change in his game. He conceded just one breakpoint and that was enough to wipe of his wimby dreams. Poor fellow, the shutterbugs didn't even give him time to get the grief out of him. Only thing that came to Fed’s rescue were his Aces. Boy, 50 aces in one match!! And the fact is he is no Karlovic.

Fed continues to prove again and again why he is the THE player. He is my all time champion. Inspired me to hold the racket and swing it. I can now play better than most of my mates if not best. He redefined tennis and success. Back to NO.1 spot. Hope he nevers bites the dust. Hail the Emperor. Vamos Federer...