What if everything is an illusion and nothing exists? In that case, I definitely overpaid for my carpet.
-- Woody Allen
Sep 2, 2005
funny quote
The Game and Players
World's apart, but arm in arm from Cricinfo
India won its match against NZ :) :) but this is not abt that...
"With Indian vice-captain Rahul Dravid behind the stumps, Ifran Pathan at extra cover, and two dozen Zimbabwean orphans bouncing around the infield, India's match-winning Harbhajan Singh bowls another gripping offspinner. But as he surveys his handiwork, a strident call of "no ball" comes from nine-year-old orphan, Tinashe. It is a courageous and plucky call, and one that immediately curries favour with the sometimes roguish Singh. For the next hour he and Tinashe chat and walk together. India's cricketing hero and one of Zimbabwe's 1.3 million orphans. World's apart, but arm in arm.
And so it went throughout the morning as five of India's cricketing stars took time away from their busy tour schedule to meet more than 100 orphans at a UNICEF-supported education project on the outskirts of Harare."
Article for coffee lovers like me :)
Coffee in moderation is 'good for you' form Daily Mail [via Anitha]
"It said the majority of people were not aware of the beneficial effects of moderate coffee consumption. These benefits included improved concentration and a high content of antioxidants"
Some intresting points
Women players have really come a long way from The Hindu
"Federer is not a patronising sort of fellow, though to read into this that women first polish nails and then forehands is abject nonsense. They can do both. Ask Sharapova if the game comes first for her, and she will sneer. That No.1 tag is not for modelling, though sometimes, alas, it is almost as if a beautiful women's player must prove herself doubly. One of the points missed about Anna Kournikova is that she did not set out to be a celebrity, but a tennis player."
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"Sometimes still a disservice is done to women's players with prurient questions, and some level of objectifying remains and so do double standards. If like Svetlana Kuznetsova, Sharapova was defending champion and lost in the first round, teeth-gnashing would occur over whether her tennis was being sacrificed for selling perfumes. Federer, who has his own fragrance, would scarcely face such scrutiny."
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"Truth is, what makes the women's tour attractive is that many of its players are not merely finely gifted, but proud, young, sure of themselves, and not averse to expressing their personalities. They are mistresses of their own fate and charters of their own destinies.
The Williams sisters are multi-dimensional, engaging and provocative. It might be said if Serena focused purely on tennis instead of fashion/ decorating/movies, her impressive record would be more glittering. It might also be argued that such distractions give her balance and have helped shelter her from burn-out. Either way it makes her fascinating, a player of passion and personality, and worthy of respect."
I am wondering who worte this article... my assumption is that a women wrote it.
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