Welcome to U.A.E

Landed in Dubai on the 11th Morning. After a 4 hour visa fiasco where I was trapped at the airport, finally got out, got some home made food and some sleep. On the way to duabi had a one day stopover in Paris, the damn place is very "touristy" but has an awesome public transport system. On the contrarty, Dubai claims to be very touristy, is also unreasonably expensive, and has a public transport system which rivals Bangladesh's public transport. Ofcourse they dont have trains, have few buses, have lots of traffic and also have this


This is what i got when I tried accessing flickr to upload my photos of the Paris trip. I guess seeing my own photographs is against the Shaikh's laws. Oh yeah this is an easy way to see porn, right?
Now Have to figure out which site's allow me to bypass this stupid proxy, an exercise that I indulge in ever year around this time.

State of Indian Cricket

As a true blue Indian, it is my duty to comment on the state of cricket in India or the circus that we call the cricketing establishment in India. I am also one of the arm chair pundits who wants to give his two cents on the issues surrounding Indian cricket. There is a good blog here. The guy articulates his points well, it is fun to read. His blog is featured on the first page on TOI. Mostly honest opinion,but not necessarily correct, but he is passionate about cricket like millions of indians. So am I and I have a solution for this shitty mess. Watch Football, NFL and college football. Now they are not your typical whole day affairs but just 3 hours long with enough breaks for beer etc and they are well played, better managed.I guess there is another word for all this, just more "Professional". I know back in India, people dont get NFL, but people got interested in F-1, so why not these? Plus it fits the desi pysche perfectly. Lots of aggression taken out on the screen with big hits. Just think WWE with pads and REAL hits!. Will miss watching games when I go to India this time.
Whats going on with Indian cricket is like watching a bloody soap opeara, just that this one is more gay than any other on television.
Man I seriously need a few million dollars to start my own cricket team Anyone ready to invest?. Havent had the time to write about how such a team can be managed as a business affair, but have a few ideas that I am going to pen down soon. I guess shouldnt say "pen down", 'cos i cant really pen it on my laptop?
May be I can, but then it will spoil the screen and the keyboard.........Hmmmm but I digress.