Ego - Is it necessary for a person to make it big in life?

Well , this is one big question which has been lingering in my mind for quite some time. And i prefer to get it cleared through my blog.

Ego, head weight, that kind of attitude, is it necessary for a person to grow big? My answer is a big fat Yes, even though i'm hundred percent sure i'll have a hundred people revolting against me.

What's life without an ego? What's life like without head weight? What's life without feeling you're the best, ALWAYS, when you go out there to do things you are best at?

Take the life of many a people. Take the life of George Best, he played football with a grace . He was into drugs, girls, drinks, chuck all that. He had the ego, he knew he was the best. Thats why he became George Best . That ego is what made people say - Zidane good, Pele better, George 'BEST' ..!

Take the life of Eric Cantona - Roy Keane once exclaimed about him - "Collar turned up, back straight, chest stuck out, he glided into the arena as if he owned the f!?!ing place.

Thats the spirit i'm talking about. Go out there, play as though you own that fc!?!ing place. Thats ego for you. Attitude at a different level.

You dont have to look much further, take the life of Ronaldo .

Last year , before he was crowned the Fifa World Player of the year, he said - "I'm the First, Second , Third best player of the World"!

For him to have the guts to say that, and perform like the First, Second, Third best player of the world next season also, shows his character, shows his ego , shows his ability to live up to his ego.

I mean , who would have even thought of saying such a quote when someone gets the most coveted award in football? He did. Thats what makes him special.

I can go on naming people who've played with ego, and have made it big - Steve Waugh, Kevin Pietersen, Ilayaraja etc etc.

All these people i've mentioned about here, there are only two types of supporters for them - On one hand, they got fans who'll go boo them, jeer them, due to pure jealousy! On the other hand, they've got people who'll be ready to give their lives for all of them.

These people never have moderate supporters in their side. They either love them to give their lives, or they hate them like any other shite. This is life. These are the people who'll always be remembered as legends, with still that same fanaticism surrounding them, even after their death.

According to me , there is no point living a life full of modesty. True, modesty must be there. But must constitute say 10% out of your 100%!

Modest people have no big place in people's hearts. They'll be classified as good human beings, rather than the best! At the end of the day, people see the best , not others.

People may say , take the life of Sachin , take the life of Ar Rahman . True, but those are the only people i've known who've had no ego , but still have been successful in capturing people's hearts. ! :|

I thus finish writing one of the most debatable topics, but according to me, you need ego to be remembered as a legend!

P-S : This may seem pointless or baseless to many! Thought, i could put forth my view. Comments welcome . :)

Summer Holidays - The best days of my life , Part 3 .. :)

Friends started to come back to Chennai after that, though there was quite a lull about us going out as results were drawing closer and closer. Lol, some of us dint care for it much though.

So it was again busy outing everyday. Kaushal came to Chennai for the last time , to stay here for 20 days and leave for Delhi for good. The first day he came here, stay over at my place. Reason?United Barca, Champions League final .. Lol. Me Raghav Prem and Kaushal, all of us United faithfuls. We friends had to plan to go out everyday. Ha Ha Ha. And so did we, Me rahul and Kaushal, the biker boys, took our bikes everywhere in Chennai.

We were done with eating out for sometime. Thats when Blur came into the picture. :) Me bharath kaushal and ashwin, fifa 09 , ps3. What fun we had that day! Occassional Ceebros football were also a part of our daily routines. :) In between all that, various things were going on in my life. :) Lol! Known to few. :=D

School re-opening was inching closer and closer. Wasn't able to go out for sometime because of it. School finally opened .. :) Felt boring initially on the first day, but from the second day , started to get fun. :)

Friday night, Me bharath and Kaushal zoomed our vehicles to Ascendas .. :) Mcdonalds , Frankies , Bavarian Chocolate. :=D Had all of them there.

It was only a couple of days more for Kaushal to leave. So Saturday night party. :=D

Casa Picolo was the place. Went triples in my bike . Was risky, still a part of fun. Before all that, me rahul and Kaushal went to Spencers, Van Gogh painting, had a picture of the three of us, Treasured memories surely. :) Casa Picolo was finally conquered . Double Apple there, waaaahhhhh .. Totally amazing it was. :) Cheers to all three of us. :)

Mom , who till then had requested me not to eat outside and asked me to eat outside that day since she was out in an engagement. :=D Yay Yay!

Went to TNagar, GANGOTHREE!!!! Had ultimate Bhel Poori and Sev Poori. Ha Ha Ha. Was close to ten when i came back home. Luckily for me, mom and dad were not there. :=D

Next day was a function at my cousin's place. :) Had a terrible headache and cold after the Double Apple. :=P Still went for it, attended, ate , came back and slept off like a log. :=D

Cricket followed in the evening with cousins, nice matches we played. Was fun.

But , lol . Sunday was Kaushal's last day for sometime with all of us. So a treat. Wangs Kitchen! Yay Yay! :=D

Hogged like crazy for the last time together for a couple of years. :=P Sweet Corn Soup, Crispy Chilli Potatoes, Hakka Noodles, Gobi Manchurian, it was a chinese blast! :)

Shanthi Colony Creamy Inn was our next destination .. :) Blackforest Caramel, Choco dip in choco ice cream, choco chips - choco sauce in choco ice cream, chocolate dream it was for us. :)

Lol, went to Rags house after that. Raghav had made a painting of me kaushal and himself together in a picture, with a title , HOME OR AWAY, WE'LL ALWAYS BE UNITED. Was a tribute picture to Kaushal, all three of us being ardent United fans, and ofcourse, the P!?!?! Poppers. :) Ha Ha Ha.

Then came the emotional part, had to wish Kaushal a parting Good bye. Was tough actually. 6 years of the closest of friendship, had amazing memories together. But lol, technology can always connect people, so lol, that cheered me on, wished him bye, passed on my wishes, and went back home. Miss you dude. :(

Only when i came home did i realize , 2 and half amazing months of fun i've had with my friends had come to an end. Even though we can still have fun, ntn will match the fun we've had in the Summer of '09 .. :)

Screw Bryan Adams. Summer of '69 is old, we're in the Summer of '09. \m/

So lol , take this opportunity to thank each and every one who has contributed to the fun we've had in the Summer of '09. Cheers to all of us. Life will never be the same again. :)

Summer Holidays - The best days of my life , Part 2 .. :)

May seemed to come too soon. Holidays only got even better. Guess what? I too was going away from chennai , even if it was for 3 days only!

Destination- Ooty , with a whole lot of my family members baring a couple of them. :) We just couldn't wait for it. Started on April 30th by train. Total fun in the train, singing, cards, we just did everything possible! :)

Reached ooty the next morning, had some problem with the accommodation. Who gave a shit though? It was May 1. Time was 10 . Sun Tv was the place you had to be in. Wondering why all of us went there to Ooty to tune onto Sun Tv? Er, simple. Padayappa was going on.! :) Who wouldn't want to watch it. Me , my dad , Abishek , Praveen and one more of my aunt, ardent Rajini fans, sat down to watch it, other people around was asking us to get ready having a bath nd ll. We turned a deaf ear to all of them, simple reason - Its not everyday you get to see GOD on tv. :)

What followed was intense 3 hours of the best Rajini movie, we cheered, we jeered for Nilambari :P , we whistled when the swing scene came up, we were acting as though we were watching the film for the first time.

It was over by 1. Only then did we realize that we were too late to plan to go somewhere. So we had our bath, decided to laze in our small cottage. :) Afternoon passed by. Cricket near the cottage followed. Again , my family is a cricket crazy family! We play our hearts out when it comes to cricket. So was the case that day! :)

Only then did we realize that the best part of the trip would come in the night. Oh my god, what fun we had that night. 5.1 dolby speakers, we blasted tamil and hindi fast numbers, danced our way to glory, Me ananya tejas Praveen Abi and Vinu, cheers to you guys for that. :)

We were way too tired to celebrate Abishek's b'day after that. But lol , passed on silent wishes to him at midnight. Ok, now you can disown me for that. :=P

Next day came about, went for walking , not trekking , from our cottage to Dodabetta. Was fun walking, the video sessions, the jokes we cracked on our way. :)

Came back home, played cricket, football with my small cousins, slept off a little early that night because we were way too tired. Next day, we had to leave back to Chennai.

That was in the night, we still had the morning to enjoy! :) Thats when people turned violent. Ha Ha Ha.

The ever green debate of my family - Sachin , is he over hyped? Should he be there in the team?

That debate propped out. Well, people should know that when it comes to Rajini and Sachin, we turn violent. Two of my uncles in one side, me , dad, abishek , praveen and another of my uncle for Sachin . 2 hours went by discussing only about Sachin. And lol , was fun fighting with them. Too bad that they were clueless as to what to say in the end. :) People must know that - "If Cricket is a religion, Sachin is GOD"

Went on a trek to a beautiful lake after that. Not many people know the place, was a pvt property, but we were successful enough to spot it and go . Was an amazing scenic place. :) Went deep into the jungles, but had to give in because we were getting late .. :)

Night train was the worst part of the journey. Had no berths. :=D Me along with cousins had to sit and come to accommodate the others to sleep for some time, after which we got our own ones. Still , a part of new experiences. ;)

Chennai Central , i thought arrived a bit too early next day. But to say the least , it was a welcome break away from Chennai. Cheers guys. :)

Summer Holidays - The best days of my life. :)

Well, firstly I apologize for not being able to keep in touch with my blog due to various reasons happening around me. :)

It was board exam time, the so called 'dreaded' period a teenager had to face in his life. But lol, for me personally, I hardly did work hard. It never seemed like board exam time. Was partying each and everyday with my friend- baskin robins, creamy inn, to name a few of the long lists of places we went to during the exams.

Finally, the dust surrounding the board exam had settled.

March 30, 2009 was when the best days of my life had started. Mcq exam had finished. We cared a shite for that exam. We were already in party mood. What followed was a monotonous 1 and a half hours of exam, which i successfully managed to flunk. :=D

Only when i heard the bell and handed over my paper did i know that finally i'm away from exams for quite sometime. Firstly, thanks to psbb, we wrote our exams in a school, right opposite which was Pizza Hut. :=D Had a ball of a time there with class mates, ordered everything in the menu only to realize we fell short of money per person. :=P Several people had to pay outta their own pockets. Was a welcome relief though after exams.

Night, Kausha's b'day. And boy did we have a cracker - jacker of a treat. Mocha first, then Cascade in the good ol' Kadhar Nawaz Khan road. :=D Hogged like crazy, felt high for the first time after eating so much. Ha Ha ha..

What followed next day was a fun experience at Citi Centre with friends, again, needless to say, hogged there big time. :=D It's fun now when i recollect all those memories to post it up here.

We went to every place possible in the first two weeks after exams. Bessi Beach, Beach Volleyball , Murugan Idly, Casa Picolo, Ascendas, name a place in chennai, we were there. \m/

After a couple of weeks, i had friends who became globe trotters - USA, Dubai , they were there everywhere. I was held up here only with a couple of my friends. Parents too got quite strict then, as we had spent way too much out of their pockets. Started to get guilty about it actually. :)

But please, no cost can buy the fun we had. What if others weren't there, I still had Kaushal as company to go to CCD, Wangs Kitchen , Gangothree, Fruit Shop, Frankies, Creamy Inn, Move 'n Pick , Barista etc etc.. :)

Then when Kaushal too had gone to Delhi for sometime, I had my good ol' 6th sector cricket for my company. Had some ulti experiences playing here this time too. 15 people turned up everyday with heights of cricket craze in that small road, and what always followed was a tri- series of highest quality! No wonder they call India the Cricket Crazy nation. :) We saw fights there in that road among friends, we saw friendship blossom there in that road, we saw everything . True, Cricket does bind people in India!

April died this way. It was time for us to shout , May , here we come! :)