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February 26, 2007
Swinging
It is just a swing and pocketing a hole if you watch on the tele.. But wasn’t so when you actually do it. Yes, I have joined for golf tuitions last Saturday in a nearby golf course. The golf course has 9 holes, but that’s more than enough for a beginner like me. I have been to the driving range a couple of times in Bangalore, but it was more a wild swing at the ball than anything else.
I joined for group lessons consisting of 6 people. I think it is a compact group and you get enough attention from the trainer. It’s a 6 weeks course, after that I was assured that I can start playing in the course and start getting my handicaps, I still don’t fully understand this part though.
Posture is very important, I was told this by the trainer atleast 20 times in 1 hour. Everything depends on the position of the legs, shoulders and the body. The left leg in straight line, the right leg V shaped, left shoulder up, right shoulder down and the hands at an angle. The main problem for me was that there was too much use of wrist which I picked it up playing cricket. I need to change that quickly to be in shape for a good drive.
After all the position and grip training which went on for 45 minutes, we were given some golf balls to practise in the driving range. Man, it was difficult to hit the ball leave alone hitting them with accuracy. Most of the times, the ball just went along the surface and wasn’t climbing at all.
I was fully exhausted walking back home, but was fully enthusiastic and started practising with the new 7 Iron club which was given as free for joining the course. Not sure how long this is going to last, but knowing that there is no retirement for this game, I can go as long as I want.
Posted by Vasanth at 08:53 PM | Comments (4)
February 19, 2007
Names - where from?
Since English as a language was introduced to India by the British, I assumed that the names by which fruits and vegetables are referred to in India, have also originated from England. However, surprisingly, many of the English names we use in India for some of the most common items in any grocery store are not used in England. In fact people draw a blank when those words are spoken in any conversation.
I wonder where these words have originated from!- Perhaps they’ve originated, from some of the Indian languages! However, when you search for the origin of these names used in India, there is no evident proof of origin!
Our own ‘lady’s finger’ is called ‘Okra’ which has a “West African origin and is cognate with "ókùrù" in Igbo, a language spoken in what is now known as Nigeria” - courtesy Wikipedia; but ‘lady’s finger’ does not have any origin.
‘Brinjal’ is called ‘aubergine’ in UK and ‘eggplant’ in US. Again, the orgin of both ‘aubergine’ and ‘eggplant’ are traceable, but ‘Brinjal’ does not have one. "Eggplant developed from the fact that the fruits of some 18th-century European cultivars were yellow or white and resembled goose or hen's eggs. Aubergine is the British name given to this fruit, from the French aubergine, derived from Catalan albergínia"- courtesy Wikipedia
A few other examples of names with unknown origins are ’Curds’ (never used in England, but commonly used in India. While ‘yogurt’ is used in both places), ‘Capsicum’ (used in India to refer to a vegetable) and ‘peppers’ (Used in England to refer to the same vegetable which the Indians call ‘Capsicum’. Interestingly ‘Pepper’ is used to refer to a certain member of the spices family in India.) .
Posted by Vasanth at 03:53 PM | Comments (4)
February 12, 2007
A tribute to Veerasami
Here comes the winter
We may need sweater
And also a heater
I hope he becomes sweeter.. and sweeter… and sweeter..
Posted by Vasanth at 09:28 PM | Comments (6)
February 09, 2007
Free
Metro is free and it travels free on the tube. Of course fare paid by the commuters.
Posted by Vasanth at 03:30 PM | Comments (2)
February 02, 2007
Tiffin truth
I saw this in one of the Indian restaurants (or Bangladeshi?) in Canary Wharf.
Indian food isn’t fattening. The real Indian cuisine doesn’t use a lot of oil. We also do so. Have you ever seen any fat Indians around?
Don’t you think it is little too much?
Posted by Vasanth at 10:13 PM | Comments (0)
February 01, 2007
Veerasaami
I can't wait any longer for Veerasaami. It is unfortunate that there is a delay in releasing this, but the good part is that it has raised the expectations by 100 notches.
Posted by Vasanth at 06:43 PM | Comments (3)