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Pictures & Video from Livestrong Challenge 2008
LanceArmstrong Foundation(LAF) objective is to raise awareness about cancer and uniting peoplefighting against it. LivestrongChallenge is a 4-city bike/run/walk...
LanceArmstrong Foundation(LAF) objective is to raise awareness about cancer and uniting peoplefighting against it. LivestrongChallenge is a 4-city bike/run/walk event to raise money forthe same cause.This morning (Jul 13) was the event in SanJose, CA and then coming up in Phillyon Aug 24 and Austinon October 25-26. Even if you did not participate in theevent, you can help my fundraising.In the meanwhile enjoy a short video (recorded at Hamilton& Campbell in San Jose, CA):and...
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Hiller "Vertical Challenge" Helicopter Show
Pictures from the Eighth Annual "Vertical Challenge" Helicopter Show at Hiller Aviation Museum. This was a great show educating public of how helicopters affect...
Pictures from the Eighth Annual "Vertical Challenge" Helicopter Show at Hiller Aviation Museum. This was a great show educating public of how helicopters affect our daily lives from traffic and news reports to its unique life saving ability, to the National Defense of our Country. There was US Marines AH1-W Cobra, Otto The Clown Helicopter, Showcopters R22 and R44 amongst many others. Pictures are worth thousand words and so here are my pictures from the show earlier today:...
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Cricket World Cup 2007 - India at Worst and Best
In the cricket world cup, India's defeat by Bangladesh on Friday was a shameful one. The team spirit, top/middle/bottom order, bowlers and the fielders -...
In the cricket world cup, India's defeat by Bangladesh on Friday was a shameful one. The team spirit, top/middle/bottom order, bowlers and the fielders - everybody performed terrible. And on top of that, Bangladesh really played very well. And as I said earlier, may the best team win - Bangladesh was indeed a superior team on that day. I'm happy for them!Although I was extremely disappointed by India's loss in their debut match but today, against Bermuda, was the other...
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2007 Cricket World Cup
Call it a fever, frenzy or craze but this once-in-4-year event completelychanges India and it's people. Cricket is not just a game, it's a religion inIndia. The...
Call it a fever, frenzy or craze but this once-in-4-year event completelychanges India and it's people. Cricket is not just a game, it's a religion inIndia. The 2007ICC World Cup was inaugurated over the weekend and matches are scheduledfrom Mar 13 to April 28, 2007. West Indies being the host who better than SirGarry Sobers to declarethe world cup open.The 16 participating countries (South Africa, Australia, NewZealand, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, England, West Indies,...
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Survivor Fiji Premieres Tonight
CBS Survivor returnstonight for 13th consecutive season in few minutes. Read some of the interestingtwists here,highlights are:When the 19 contestants in...
CBS Survivor returnstonight for 13th consecutive season in few minutes. Read some of the interestingtwists here,highlights are:When the 19 contestants in ``Survivor: Fiji'' arrive on the island, they will be given the means to build the most elaborate camp in the history of the show. Then they'll find out that they will be split into two tribes, one of which gets to keep that camp and one of which must relocate with only a machete and a pot.The tribe that gets the posh digs...
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First skiing over the weekend
After getting postponed for past 3 weeks, we finally made our first skiingtrip of the winter season to Boreal over theweekend. And the best part was that my son...
After getting postponed for past 3 weeks, we finally made our first skiingtrip of the winter season to Boreal over theweekend. And the best part was that my son (4 yrs old) enjoyed his firstencounter with the skis at their KidsClub. Riding up in elevators and going down on the slides are two of hisfavorite games and he could easily connect with ski lift and downhill skiingwith them very well. Most of the lifts, Accelerator, Claimjumper, 49er, andSolaris were open. However...
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Survivor Guatemala premieres tonight
Survivor Guatemalapremieres tonight at 8pm, CBS Channel 5.Here is an articlewhere Jeff Probst shared some detail about the surprises on the...
Survivor Guatemalapremieres tonight at 8pm, CBS Channel 5.Here is an articlewhere Jeff Probst shared some detail about the surprises on the premiereepisode.Ooooh, I love the back-stabbing, secret devious alliances and last but not the least immunity challenges. It really brings out a human being's basic instincts of survival.Technorati: topic:{technorati}[Survivor]
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Survivor Guatemala cast revealed
Survivor Guatemala - The Maya Empire, 11th episode of the show revealed it'scast. Here are Yahoo!and RealityTV World reports. The video archive is available...
Survivor Guatemala - The Maya Empire, 11th episode of the show revealed it'scast. Here are Yahoo!and RealityTV World reports. The video archive is available here.Overall, 8 men (average age ~ 32) and 8 women (average age ~ 31) with a totalcrew of 16. Even though the average is slightly high but most of the players arein their early 20s. Hereis an interesting analysis of the players age. There are only 2 players fromCalifornia.MarkBurnett has mentioned yet-to-be-revealed...
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Thursday 8pm curfew in my home starts on 9/15
And that's because Survivor Guatemala premieres on that day. This will be my 9th consecutive season and I've thoroughly enjoyed the previous ones. Pearl...
And that's because Survivor Guatemala premieres on that day. This will be my 9th consecutive season and I've thoroughly enjoyed the previous ones. Pearl Islands, All Stars and Palau are my favorite ones so far. Rupert is my all time favorite from the entire cast. You can expect to see a few survivor related entries in my blog once the season starts.I like the buzz that two of the most hard fought but unlucky survivors from Survior Palau, Bobby Jon and Stephanie, are also...