HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROGER

Hello everyone ,
I wanted to write my second blog soon after I wrote my first one. And the topic that came naturally to my mind was Roger Federer. But unfortunately he lost in the second round when I started to write about him. So , postponed it then and HERE I AM.. 😀

Why am I here ?? I could have studied for my Distributed Assess of which I had no idea or I could have prepared something for my Intern Interview or I could have thought for some ideas for our CTF project for which we need to present our ideas but still I am Blank or atleast I could have prepared for our Group Discussion on a wonderful topic – “Living in a Relationship should be encouraged or not” but inspite of all these works which I need to do by tomorrow , HERE I AM writing about my dearest person in life (surely after my parents 😛 ) , ROGER FEDERER.. 😀 Each and every time i hear or speak about Him , I forget myself and enters heaven.. 😀 Many more happy returns of the day , may God bless you with more and more titles.. 😛
There is no point in stating Fedex’s stats or records which will go pages and pages.. 😛 I am simply sticking to what I feel about him and what he means to me. All these are based on my point of view and don’t start an argument..

How it Started

As a natural Indian Kid , I also started watching Cricket at first and my sister used to annoy me by seeing Tennis matches.. With no other choice , I just started watching Tennis.. Thanks a ton sissy , else I wouldn’t have followed Tennis at all.. The first tournament I remember seeing was French Open 2003 which Juan carlos ferrero won and then Roger won the Wimbledon the same year.. It was until 2005 that I understood the game clearly and the rules and more importantly came to know that Federer and Ferrero are different players , small name confusion.. 😛

Playing Style

I am sure almost everyone who sees his game , will fall in love with playing style.. 😀 Its so elegant and charming.. I am always spell bound by his beautiful backhand.

He was a serve & volleyer at first but changed his style to suit modern day players to become a baseliner..  😦 There has been numerous matches which have almost broke my heart.

2012 Olympic Semis against Del Porto – oh man this match drained him out for the finals.. First time when Silver looked more charming and beautiful than Gold.. 😀

2009 Wimbledon Finals against Roddick – I never thought he could break Roddick’s serve until he finally broke.. 😉

2008 Wimbledon Finals against Rafa – OMG , Two of the greatest passes in Tennis History..
2006 Rome Finals against Rafa – until then I thought Roger can’t play more than 5 hours..
2001 against his idol Sampras – the level of play in this match was fantastic. 😀 I had watched this more than 10 times..

What the word “Federer” means to me

I had always associated my life with Federer’s. Everytime he plays well and wins a Grand Slam or some title , I felt pumped up and energized.. I:D  can’t withstand seeing Federer losing.. 😥 I had fever for 2 days after seeing him losing in the 2nd round this Wimbledon.. 😥 If his opponent gets a Match point , I used to simply switch off laptop/TV and sleep off.. Even now , my life is dull , boring , aimless and will remain the same until he comes back roaring to top.. 😀 A true Legend both on and off the courts.. A down-to-earth person and an icon who is most respected after Nelson Mandela.. My Role model for life and have always looked upon to him whenever I feel bad.. 

I still remember those days in school when I will promise my friends to get a chocolate or give them a treat if he wins. Last year while cutting cake for my Friends , I had fought with my classmates to add “RF” on the cake and I ate that piece.. 😀 

A Legend can’t be wrote off

Every player will have a bad phase , dip in form and thats what happening to Federer also. Everyone asked him to retire after he couldn’t win any Majors in 2011 but he showed them , “why , he is one of the greatest of all time” (if not “THE greatest” ) by winning Wimbledon again in 2012.. He may not have the consistency like before , he may not win another major hereafter(Oh Lord , NO..!! ) , he may start to lose in starting rounds to some unknown teenagers but still he will remain one of THE GREATEST the sport have produce. Roger you don’t need to play to win , play for the love you have for the game and love we have for YOU.. 😀

DREAMING

Its been more than a decade since I started watching Tennis but the passion to see Roger playing still remains the same.. If not meeting him personally , atleast once in my lifetime I want to see Federer kissing the Wimbledon Title standing on the evergreen grass with my girlfriend/spouse holding my hands and applauding with tears in my eyes.. 😀

I have this stern condition that my lover should also like RF (if not love him the way as I do ).. 😀 I still don’t know how will my life be after his retirement.. 😥 😥 That will always remain a void forever.. 😦 No Tennis without Roger.. 😥 “No individual can be greater than the sport” – except for Roger.. 

Happy Birthday Roger , Love you ❤ and also cute family.. 😀 Long Live Legend.. 😀 Can’t wait to see you back on your full form and lift another title.. FEDERERian for life..

P.S : Wrote it quickly , concentrated more on the content than on how I presented it.. So leave off any grammar or spelling mistakes , if any such exists.. Thanks.. 😀

HERE I AM

It took six months when i first had an idea of writing a blog and then implementing it now. Many people suggested me to write a blog. I don’t know what prevented me for writing one but for one reason or the other , i kept postponing it and HERE I AM.

This is my first public writing after that 16 mark essays in English and so there can be numerous spelling and grammar mistakes , please spare them and bear with me..
I was just sitting on my terrace and thinking as what to write , how to start and so. I couldn’t decide on the topic and kept shifting from one topic to another. Whether technical or personal.. I was really confused.. Finally i thought , why to risk writing about something which i am not comfortable with.. So planned to write about something which i felt secure , which no one can prove me wrong and which i can write with 100% confidence. Yeah , as you expected , its about MYSELF.

I asked myself , “WHO AM I ?” but there is no way i could answer this question.. 😥 then another shock on the roads for me (after Rafa’s early exit in Wimbledon 😦 ) , I DON’T KNOW about myself. I first tried to write “ABOUT” column , i wrote something , edited it and again wrote something , it kept running in an infinite loop until i gave up.. And still its incomplete.. I can’t organize this properly , so writing as it comes to my mind..

So in order to know about myself , i started to recollect my old memories and read my old diary which i wrote during school days. There came the next shock , I simply can’t believe myself.. I had changed completely.. But for good or bad , you never know.. 😦 Oh God..?!! Now i feel like i shouldn’t have started to write about myself and its the most difficult thing in the world..
The first few lines in my diary (during my 11th) , “I am a very simple and calm person. I study well and have many friends. I am charming and have better sense of humor. I have many goals to be achieved and want to help the poor people. Abdul Kalam is my role model and i want to follow his path” – BullSh*t , I can only laugh after reading it. But wait , did i assume myself like tat or was I really like that and had changed now ? :O I am not sure enough.

There are very few things in common between my school and college life.. From a very obedient child to a habit of telling at least some 4-5 lies every day , from a sincere and studious boy to Whatsoever and carefree guy , from a silent and calm guy to attention seeking person , from a shy and “I HATE GIRLS” tag to a typical flirt ( I don’t want to use tat word but still i can’t find anything close to what i want to mean 😦 ) , from someone who had never been to malls and beach to making them as my second home , from at least 3-5 hrs studying to 8 hrs of facebooking and i can keep on going.. I had become an attention seeking guy of late , looking for Facebook like as the most precious thing and so on.. I had went from good to bad and now from bad to worse.

I am not saying that i was perfect during my school days but I had some definite goals to reach , some passion inside me which i am lacking right now.. I still don’t know what i want from this life , what fate has for me. I am silently going in the direction of the wind , to reach my destination whatever place the waves forcing me to go. I had lost my identity long ago , just changing myself depending on the people around me.. I think i would put this in a much more proper way , “changing myself FOR the people around me”.. Hard to believe but that’s the truth..

I was going up towards my goal travelling upon several person’s shoulder and suddenly i feel like i was left all alone. With no one around to help me , i was going down deeper and deeper. I know i must learn to fly independently sooner or later , but one second , “where do I have my wings” ? :O

BOOKS – One thing which makes me sad is that i didn’t develop a proper habit of reading books.. 😦 I know books are great companions and amazing time pass. Feeling embarrassed to tell but , “I had never read a book ever in my life” (except for some biographies). Reason ??!! I can’t think of even one valid reason.. So this reduced my Vocabulary , my fluency in language and to an extend my confidence level.. 😦 So , planning to start reading soon.. 🙂
SPORTS – I am an adherent follower of tennis – one word which makes me bright.. 😀 Its been 10 years since i started following the sport. I had never felt bored with it. I can keep watching Roger’s one-handed backhand for hours.. Though i didn’t get a chance to play it , i am really looking forward for that.. I watch enough of Football , badminton , hockey and athletics.. Are you looking for that , I am sorry but you will be disappointed.. I hate it to the core (will write another post about that)..
PS2 – If I had saved the money which i spend on playing that stupid smackdown almost breaking the joystick, i would have got a decent Android phone. Fortunately , i didn’t take it forward to PC games.. 🙂 But still on any given day , i can play some 10 hours of smackdown.. 😀

The Bad part – I surely have no idea about Severus Snape , the Joker or Sheldon Cooper.. But I watch all random Tamil movies.. Friends and Big Bang Theory aren’t serials according to me. Music is something which pleases my mind and nothing much..
I love programming and will dedicate a post for that.. So , bored of these stuffs..?? Even I am bored of myself.. 😉 Don’t worry , will wrap it soon..

What is the aim of writing this blog ? :O Frankly , I don’t know.. I have lot of questions to ask myself , one being should i change back to normal again or should stop myself from changing more..?? All these days , i restrained myself from doing certain things , because i was afraid of people criticizing me or in order to please someone. But from now on , I want to be myself , develop my passion.. 🙂 Not to be bothered about other’s comments and critics.. Just my own way.. And I hope you would find a lot of difference in my attitude.. 🙂 writing this blog cleared my inner doubts , increased my self confidence and HERE I AM..

You won’t believe me but it took more than 4-5 hrs to write this blog… Thanks for spending your useful time in reading my blog.. Looking forward for your comments and feedback as how to improve my writing skills.. Will continue writing depending on them.. 😉