Building Blocks

I've been meaning to write something for a very long time now, had many chains of ideas and thoughts, had a little time too, but just never could get the fingers working. And so today, I have arrived, yet again to spill the sparks of my neurological reactions.

A lot has happened over past few weeks. The show stealer being election'08. One of the largest marks in recent history was made, after Phelps won 8 gold medals I would have to say, with the election of Senator Barak Hussein Obama as the 44th president of the United States of America. A remarkably talented man who won in the most glorious fashion, beating his opponent by a landslide number of 203 electoral votes as well as leading in the popular vote count. That night, the roots of American politics were resown and gave birth to a new beginning of the ideology that America stands for. The ideas of race, the ideas of culture, the ideas of religion, the ideas of truth were all given a new meaning that night. He stepped into the most powerful seat by delivering one the finest speeches ever written so much so that people were comparing it to that of, "I have a dream". The chant of "Yes we can" changed to "Yes we did" proving over and over again that he is the a president of the American people and it is only to them he will provide his services for the next 4 years. Whether it is his visions of economic change, health care intervention or reconstructing the job market of America, it reached out so much so that 11% of the electoral votes counted that night came from first time voters. He got people out of their homes, out of their work and school days and gave them a fair chance at destiny by standing as a presidential nominee... "we needed Rosa to sit for Martin to walk; we needed Martin to walk for Obama to run; we needed Obama to run so WE can fly" The American people have put their foot down and determined their own future. They have taken responsibility of the functionality of their own country and not given it yet again to another selfish Republican who insists on making the rich, richer and poor, poorer. The American people have restored their faith, and mine, in America.

Moving to more trivial matters now; I did finally end up investing in the latest love of my life, the apple 3G iphone. And boy has it been a worthwhile investment! Everytime I purchase a new apple product, which I have been doing a lot these past few years, I always feel that it doesn't get better than this. But it does. And apple has reproved itself yet again with 3G. It really lives by it's commercial tagline, "solving life's dilemmas.. one app at a time". Anything you can possibly be confused about, anything that you need instant access to, anything that needs an up to date watch on.. you can control with a 133gram machine. A recommendation to all!

I finally got back into the swing of things with my lifelong favorite sport.. cricket! And am glad I caught it when one of the biggest records was being broken and an even bigger one being made. Sachin Tendulkar become the highest run scorer in both ODI and test cricket, surpassing the legendary Brian Lara. It was a great moment for any Indian across the globe. The sport of cricket in India, even with its religious following, has constantly been under great scrutiny for every reason possible. Sometimes it's the BCCI spending too much money, sometimes it's bollywood intervening modeling of crickets in their fashions shows and dance competitions, and these days the players are causing controversy within themselves and 'slapping' each other on national network. It's quite an amusing gossip follow if one keeps a track of all these offside stories. But luckily, all falls back into place and this has happened with Australia touring India this time around. The essence and passion for the game is back in the air and has yet again entrapped cricket lovers like myself.