Month: July 2018

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Still Can’t Believe That Croatia Lost The Final.

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This rainy, windy and thundering morning of 16th July 2018, when I got up from my sleep, the feeling that the football world cup 2018 in Russia was over the night before didn’t quite sit right with me. As I was rubbing my eyes after getting up from my sombre sleep, I realized again that Croatia had lost, being so near to the win of a lifetime. It was hard for us to digest this fact.We were feeling lost and utterly disappointed.

It was really hard for us to believe that such a beautiful team, coming so close to winning a hard worked and well deserved trophy, but losing it in the last match was very sad for us.

This brave Croatian team would be etched and deeply rooted in the hearts of true football lovers forever and forever.

They are heroes of this world cup and will remain so and again congratulations to Luka Modric, the Croatian captain for winning the best player award of this football world cup.

May they go miles and miles after this and win all possible tournaments and series and bring more glory to their proud nation.

In our imaginations, the Croatian team has already lifted the golden trophy of this football world cup which was held in Russia.

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Extremely saddened by Croatia’s 4-2 loss To France in the Football World Cup Final 2018 in Russia.

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Congratulations to France for having won the 2018 Football World Cup Final in Russia. Croatia is a small nation in the European Union with a population of 4.3 million. No one thought that they would be able to enter the knock out stage of the world cup, but they surpassed every expectations and entered the knock out stage and eventually won the quarter finals and the semi finals with natural grace, sportsmanship and team work.

We were rooting for the Croatian team from the moment they reached the top 16. Watching their every game felt like witnessing something extraordinary and intelligent. With their each goal we celebrated and with their every win we danced.

The first goal by Ivan Perisic in their semi final match versus England was beyond excellence.

Yesterday, we were rooting for them to win the finals. We even got up early from our sleep to watch the final. But it was sheer bad and dusty luck that they couldn’t equal with France, which would have lead to extra time and the penalties and we all know that Croatians are the kings of penalties. After their loss to France, we had lost our appetite and the night felt extremely dull.For few minutes we couldn’t believe that they had lost.When the Croatian team sat down for a team picture, it felt as if they had won the world cup and at any moment they might lift the golden world cup.As Croatian fans we were more disappointed that this talented and mighty team couldn’t win this match.It should have been a walk in the park for them.Losing the final was a completely different issue from losing the match.

Whether be it Modric or Perisic or Vida or any other player in the Croatian team, they all play with superb team spirit, teamwork and extreme hard work.

This date of 15th July, will be etched down the lanes of History, as the day when a deserving and a extremely capable and a highly talented team lost to their opponents.

As the final was full of surprises, so was this football world cup.I wish that the Croatian football team reach their peak of footballing heights very soon.

Watching them lose, we i.e. ma,baba and me, were as sad and unhappy as the rest of the people rooting for the Croatian team.Tears were nearly knocking at our eyelids.

Last but not the least,salute to the Croatian Football team. Their play, their game and their way of scoring goals was something which we had not seen for a very long time.

We are perpetual fans for life of this current Croatian Football team.As this edition of the football world cup has come to an end, I do hope that Croatia’s dream run continues and this magnificent team of theirs continues to win hearts and accolades one after the other and be legends for life to remember.

The extreme happiness for Croatia in this final was that Luka Modric, their captain won the Best Player of Football World Cup 2018.

A boy paints my father's shirt and pant with honey.
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Mr.Sticky Fingers.

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At a restaurant near our house, we (ma,baba and me) saw a spectacular scene.On the table adjacent to ours a family was dining. They had a small child aged about two and half years old. We were having our dinner peacefully and serenely, when dad saw that a small hand was touching his back and his back was feeling a bit sticky. The small child had come over to our table and had been tapping baba on his back. When baba looked back to see what was happening, the child ran away. I told baba that the kid had something sticky on his fingers and had applied that thing while tapping him on his back.

Then again after sometime the kid came and tapped his little fingers on baba’s pants.As soon as baba looked downwards to his right side, the kid showed his hand which was dripping full of honey. We hadn’t noticed before that on their (the child’s) table their was a big barney or jar of honey, which they might have got as complimentary with any one of their dishes that they had ordered.  Giving dad a big smile, that kid went to his table running and got up on his chair and dipped his hand in the barney of honey and wiped his hands on his mother’s back . Before she could react, that kiddo had ran away to this cash counter and was hiding behind the cashier.His mother got up and picked him up from the cash counter and washed his hands.When they returned to their table, the kid’s mom returned the honey jar to the waiter and sat down again to have their dinner.When we were leaving the restaurant, that child waved bye to my baba.

That kid was a cheerful child and his innocence touched my heart.So he was Mr.Sticky fingers for me.

P.S. The kid’s parents didn’t apologize for his behaviour nor did they acknowledge that their child was causing trouble to others.

N.B.-Baba means father.

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Seventeen Divided By Six=?

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Once I was a reading a book in a library, when a small boy aged about seven, came upto my table and asked me “what is seventeen divided by six?” I quickly did the calculation in my head and replied to him “its 2.833”. After a few minutes he comes back to me and says “you are wrong.It is 2.1″ I asked him to show his notebook to me.He showed his notebook to me and in it the sum given to him by his teacher was 17/6, whereas he had calculated the sum 17/8 and was smiling jubilantly at me for having caught a senior student at fault.I gently pointed out his mistake to him.Instead of thanking me, he stood his ground saying” seventeen divided by six equals to two.one and you don’t know division” and marched off to his seat.

i knew that kid’s elder brother and spoke to him about the whole episode.His brother replied “don’t bother correcting him, as for him mathematics is a subject which can be solved by him and him only.If you go to teach him, he would be more obstinate that his sums are only right and others are wrong.At  home he drives mum crazy about it”.

After a few days, I met him again and I told him-“that day you were right and I was wrong”. Hearing this from me, he smiled and offered me a bar of cadbury. What a generous kid! He definitely knows his mistake.But is he friendly? Was the thought that came to my mind.Sharing his bar of chocolate with me?

I- ” I cannot have this bar of chocolate alone and you must have it too.”Saying so, I gave the bar of cadbury to him and he broke it into two pieces.The division of the chocolate bar was not equal.He had kept the larger piece with him and had given me the smaller one.

I-“What sorts of division is this?”

He- “Both the bars are divided half and half-“.

Me- “Both the bars are not divided half and half.You have got almost three-fourth of it and I have got nearly one-fourth.”

Before answering my question, he had started eating his part of the chocolate.

Me- “That day both of us were right.Both of us got two as the main quotient.”

He-“You got 2.833 while I got 2.1, so mine share of chocolate is large while yours is smaller.”

Me-“Fair.We will discuss mathematics some other day, as I need to go back to my class”.

He-“Do you know, why you got 2.833 while I got 2.1?”

Me-“No”.

He-“I got 2.1 because all sums are mine.Otherwise I can’t solve them and they would not be worth my time to solve them.”

I-“Roger that.What is your name?”.

He -“Percy.But you can call me Sir Percy.”

Me-“Goodbye, Sir Percy.We will meet again”.

Percy-“Bye” with his mouth full of chocolate .”

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Do books need reviews?

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As soon as a book comes out, millions and trillions of reviewers rush out to give a first hand review of that book. Then nearly triple the amount of reviews come out, gorging on the fact that whether the book was good or not, whether it bested it’s prequel or sequel or not.Whether the author had written it upside down or front side back are the things that the reviews cover mostly. They hardly help the sales of a book. On the contrary people who like and love to read books, browse through a single book for hours before deciding to buy it or not.

Now a days many coffee shops  and restaurants provide the liberty of reading books while having tea, coffee or food.Some even charge a paltry amount for it. These establishments often do a good job of promoting books.

The books which become popular and are often converted into series, generally have good reviews based on their popularity, but the books whose sales are limited to a hundred thousand or two hundred thousands, are generally sold due to them being displayed on the book shelf or through advertisement like banners and small ads advertised in the newspapers.

A good book or a great book is not at all dependent on reviews. It is dependent on the facts that what it’s material covers ,how much sales reach does it have and what is it’s price? A book won’t sale if you simply keep it placed on your bookshelf.A bit of marketing is required.

Subsequently, the more the author writes and refreshes his writing with time and methods, the more chances are there that the book would flourish.

Reviews or no reviews, when you see a good book, your heart knows it.The binding, the cover,the picture and those printed letters and the nice old smell of pages of a book give the feeling of assurance that when I read this book, I will be happy , enthralled, joyed or overjoyed,excited and smiling is what keeps the boat sailing for that book.Otherwise it will be like a ship lost at the ocean.

Adios.