Another year comes to an end

Time is flying fast. Yet another year is coming to an end. It has been a busy year workwise, but last two weeks has been relaxing since the US & UK counterpart offices are shutdown for X'mas and New Year and so no 100's of mails everyday and late night calls. It will be back to the usual grind next week and it makes me feel this week never ends :-) Not a good mood to begin the year with I suppose. Its not all bad though. Im going to see off 2009 and welcome 2010 by watching movies. Avatar today (31st december) afternoon with my office friends and 3 Idiots on 1st early morning (crazy 7.30 AM show). January is a month I generally look forward to as there are a number of events that is of interest to me. Chennai Open Tennis tournament starts next week and I have tickets for all days though I may not make it everyday. Chennai Sangamam follows next. Get to watch performances by folk artists which you don't get to see otherwise. Last year was the first time i went to Chennai Sangamam and was impressed by the performances. And there was some good street food from different parts of the state. Saarang is towards the end of January and again one of the events i tend not to miss. Last year, the classical nite programs by Kanyakumari violin orchestra and Shobana's Maya Ravan dance drama were very good. Hope to see some good programs this year too. I haven't blogged as much as I would have liked. Hopefully I will blog more the coming year, though not necessarily for the sake of it. :-) Okay then, I will end this post by Wishing Everyone a Very Happy New Year and a Successful Year Ahead.

Yet another post about Federer

Finally Federer won the French Open courtesy in part or full due to Nadal's absence in the finals. Personally I (and many others and may be Federer himself too) would have liked it better if he won against Nadal, but that shouldn't devalue his acheivement. The pressure should be off for him now that he won the only missing piece in his huge Grand Slam collection. It may even provide him with enough wind for another round of domination! 20 consecutive Grand Slam semifinals and 14 Grand Slams is a huge achievement and unlikey to be broken anytime soon or may be ever. If not for Nadal, he may have picked a few French Open titles already. Being No 2 to Nadal in the clay for previous 4 years is not really bad as Nadal is likely the greatest Clay Courter ever.