Autumn
I was trying to find the meaning of autumn and itz origin..
The word 'autumn' is derived from the French word "automne".
Everyone must have heard about Autumn, I had never seen Autumn back home in Bangalore.
Autumn is a transition in the season from Summer to Winter and the beauty of the transition is very enjoyable. During this time, trees shed their leaves, with the leaves changing to a reddish or yellowish hue before falling off. The transition period is wonderful to watch, especially because here in the UK, it is full of Gardens and Trees all around.
Even the nights become more colder and Days become shorter, the Days start around 8AM and end by 4PM in here around this time.
Most of the trees would be without leaves by end of Autumn and sit there waiting for the next summer to arrive when they can really enjoy with the greener leaves again but before that could happen, they have to survive the chillness and the snow. We might enjoy the snow and cold weather but may be these trees wouldn't, they have sacrificed their leaves for the sake of the winter. :-)
- Infinite
Small Dreams but when realised make you feel happier.
To watch a football match in the Stadium was a dream and it was realised in style when we ( Manju and me ) had been to watch a Barclays Premier League Match between West Ham United and Boltan Wandarers at the Upton Park.
We were very excited as this was the first time we would see a Premier League match live in the stadium, we managed to reach early so that we wouldn't loose a single minute. It wasn't hard to find the place as there were thousands of people heading towards the stadium.
People in here love the game to a large extent. The stadium has a total capacity of about 35,000. Although this match was a Category B match, all the tickets were sold out, atleast that is what we were told.
As we entered the stadium, it was wonderful, lush green outfield, a thick bed of grass layed in the middle, we wished we could go there and jump on it for a while.
it was just 15 minutes for the kick off, Manju and me were wondering if all tickets were not sold out and may be they were bluffing but ten minutes later all the seats were occupied and then the fun started.
It was a buzzing atmosphere when the players came onto the field, followed by the Club anthem. We didn't know the club anthem, we only managed to move our lips and singing our own anthem.
It was time for kick off and all eyes on the players moving quickly Left and Right to and fro to the goal post.
There were a few guys sitting on my left side, I thought they should be coaching the team coz every time someone looses posession he would yell and say on what they should have done instead, I wonder if he had every played football.
Back to the match, we were just praying atleast we get to see a Goal and then came the moment when a flying right-foot volley from George McCartney of West Ham opened the scoring. It came after sustained pressure from the hosts that saw a clearance off the line from the Bolton Defenders.
The Crowd went wild... screaming enjoying appreciating applauding and we joined the party, a few minutes later it was half time.
As we didn't get tickets next to each other we swaped seats in the second half so that we could have a different view of the match.
The second half was more of a dismay for West ham and luck didn't favour the hosts as there were several goals on target saved and several shots off the target and many a times lost the posession when it mattered. Bolton tried very hard but couldn't manage a goal so far, however they did manage to hit the Bar once.
5 minutes to the Full- time it was still 1-0 and West ham had a upper hand and from no where there was one more Bolton attack and this time to the horror of the crowd it was Nolan ( bolton ) who equalises with a neat finish from close range after the ball was lofted into the area and flicked on by Michalik ( Bolton ) . There was nothing that Robert Green ( West ham ;s Goal Keeper ) could do about it.
Crowd went quiet and there was silence all around the park, some left the stadium after the misery Goal which otherwise would hv fetched Westham their all important 3 points but now they just have 1 point from the Draw.
But we were very pleased as we did see couple of Goals and I forgot to mention there were also couple of yellow cards during the match as well so in all we did manage to see everything except for a penalty kick.
It was a satisfying evening as our Dream came true of watching a Football match.
and in the end let me thank Manju coz without his persuasion and efforts I wouldn't have had made it to the Boleyn Ground.. thatz the name of the Stadium..
there is more coming until next time, itz me signing off..
This month's blog is dedicated to the one of the most versatile singer of South India who holds a Guinness record for singing the most number of songs, dont just see the Quantity, see the Quality of the songs, he is known for his incredible vocal range, deep rich voice, and mastery of style.
He has done playback singing for various genres of Indian music, and he has been highly sought after by many of India's film music composers. He makes his listeners understand the full meaning of the songs that he sings even thought it is peotic, he is none other than S.P Balasubrahmanyam also known as Balu in Telugu industry and SPB, he has been singing for many different languagues Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam Oriya and the list keep going.
He has won several awards in the journey and some noticable ones are Padmashree and Doctorate and about 5-6 National awards, too little for the singer he is.
Anything said about this great Singer is very less, he is one of the Greatest Singer ever in the Indian Industry and will remain for the generation to come by.
It isn't easy to pick the best of SPB's collection, you may end up with 1000's of pages trying to pick the best ones..
Some more sources for you to enjoy SPB's collection
http://spbindia.blogspot.com/2007/09/naguva-nayana-pallavi-anu-pallavi.html
http://covairavee.blogspot.com/2006/06/spb-telugu-songs-2.html
http://www.tamilsongs.net/page/build/singer/S.P.B
http://www.musicindiaonline.com/music/telugu/m/singer.8752
These are just a few of Hundreds that I like of SPB
Kannada
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Aaduvenu Nimagagi Kunidaaduvenu - Krishna Nee Kunidaaga
Aakaashadinda - Chandanada Gombe
Aakaasa Deepavu Neenu - Pawana Ganga
Aalaya Mrugaalaya - Mrugaalaya
Ago Ago Kogile - Prema
Aleyo Ale - Ravimaama
Ambaraveri Ambaraveri - Rasika
Arambha Premadarambha - Mane Devru
Ba Araginiye Ba - Digvijaya
Baare Santhege Hogana Ba - Ninunakkare Haalu Sakkare
Bandeya Baalina - Avala Hejje
Belli Rathadali Soorya Thanda - Indrajit
Bisiladarenu Maleyadarenu - Benkiya Bale
Bramhange Thale Kettu - Maari Kannu Hori Myage
Neera bittu nelada mele doni sagadu - Hombisilu
noorondu nenapu edeyaaladinda - Bandhana
kanasaloo neene manasaloo neene - Bayalu Daari
Nanna jeeva neenu - Geetha
Jotheyali - Geetha
neene saakida gini - Manasa Sarovara
Bale bale chandada chedulli hennu - Amruthavarshini
Cheluve Baanallu Neene - Banallu Neene Buviyallu Neene
elliruve manava kaaduva roopasiye - bayalu daari
snehada kadalalli nenapina doniyali - shubhamangala
Tamil
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Kannal Pesum - Mozhi
Aagaayam - Something Something Unakkum Enakkum
Megangal Ennai - Amarkalam
Sanththam Illathathani - Amarkalam
Telugu
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Naaloo Nuvvundali
Allibilli Kathala Raave - Chettukinda Pleader
Anando Brahma - Shiva
Botany Klas Undi - Shiva
Chinnari Ponnari - Swathi Muthyam
Ghal Ghal Ghal Ghal - Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana
Andaalalo - Jagadeka Veerudu Atiloka Sundari
Gaama Gaama - Naa Autograph
Priyatamaa - Jagadeka Veerudu Atiloka Sundari
Subhalekha - Kondaveeti Donga
Yamaho - Jagadeka Veerudu Atiloka Sundari
Chinnanaati Chelikade - Yagnam
Bandhrachalam Kondalki - Gangleader
Pani Sa Sa Sa - Gangleader
Vana Vana - Gangleader
Prema Mantram - Sreenu C/O Anu
Caption of the time
“Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.”
