Disconnected!!!

That's is exactly how I am feeling now after my company decided to block access to Orkut, the networking portal...

It was like I am addicted to Orkut. It helped me keep in touch with a lot of friends whom, I thought, I will never meet again or will never have contact with. But then came this wonderful portal which helped me connect with a lot of my long lost friends and acquaitances...

And this was not the case with only me. Almost all of my friends also had the same effect. Even though, there are still some who doesn't want to fall into this so called 'Trap'...

Coming back to me, now it is almost like all my contacts have been severed. I know there are mails and messengers and telephones for me to keep in touch with all those friends. But there is something about this site, which makes me very comfortable while using it, dont ask me what???

Now I feel like there is no use with all the internet connectivity that I have in the office.I am feeling this strong urge to go to a net cafe, just to do some 'Orkuting', as some like to call this...

I am waiting for my friend to get this Laptop that he has ordered for, so that we can get net connection at our home itself. And which will in turn help me get back to full time 'Scraping'...

Now the final question is, "Is this an illness, doctor???"

I am a Fan...

Finally, the soccer world cup is underway. I was planning to write something about this even before it started. But some unforseen circumstances delayed it till now...

As I had wished for, my favourite team Argentina is doing well till now. They played like a dream in there last match against Serbia and Montenegro. The commentators were searching for superlatives to describe that performance...

They made Serbia and Montenegro look like a second grade team. Let me make it clear that during the qualifiers S&M topped the group that consisted of Spain and Belgium, that too without even one defeat. Spain had to play playoffs to reach the world cup. So S&M is not a weak team. But nobody could have stopped Argentina when they are playing at such sublime level. I just hope they have not peaked a little early...

I was wondering what is it that makes me a fan of Argentina. I suddenly realized one proverb "First impression is the best impression". Then I understood why I love Argentina, Maradona, Mohanlal, Steffi Graf etc...

When I started to follow football, Argentina were the reigning world champions and Maradona was the best footballer of that time. So in Italia 1990 they were the favourites to win the cup. But they were beaten by Germany in the final. Still the newspapers and T V had made an impression in my mind...

Like wise Steffi Graf was the queen of tennis when I started following tennis, so she became my favourite.

Coming back to world cup, this is the first world cup in which I am seeing so many matches, and I am really enjoying this. I hope Argentina makes this world cup unforgettable for me...