Showdown Mumbai - Kunal Avaanti feat.T-Know

Wow! I saw this song about a month ago on Vh1, but couldn't get my hands on the video till now.... What a song!! The lyrics simply rock, so does the beat. I fell in love with it right from the first time I heard it.

The song is dedicated towards the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai. Directed by Rahul Dias, I'm sure you'll love it too!



Here's an interview of the guy behind the music: Kunal Avaanti.

I've tried a bit for the lyrics, but the best so far's here. Enjoy!

Football Transfers - The Summer So Far...

It's only mid-July, and what a summer we've had already! The footballing fraternity has been left spell-bound by the massive shuffling of players' alliances. In my previous post related to football, I gave an overview about the world-record transfer of Portugese mid-fielder Christiano Ronaldo from Manchester United to Real Madrid. But apart from Real, even Manchester City has been turning quite a few heads with it's spending spree.

When Roman Abramovich took over Chelsea, he spent 128 million pounds in his first thre transfer windows. Manchester City, since the Abu Dhabi takeover, have spent 144 million pounds, and are willing to dig even deeper!! o.0


Here's a look at the ManCity signings since the takeover.

1. Pablo Zabaleta, Argentine u-20 captain, from Espanyol, in 2008 for 6.45 million pounds.

2. Robinho, Brazilian, from Real Madrid, in 2008, for 32.5 million pounds.

3. Wayne Bridge, English, from Chelsea, in January 2009, for 10 million pounds.

4. Craig Bellamy, Welsh, from West Ham United, in January 2009, for 14 million pounds.

5. Nigel de Jong, Dutch, from Hamburg, in January 2009, for 18 million pounds.

6. Shay Given, Irish, from Newcastle United, in February 2009, for 8 million pounds.

7. Gareth Barry, English, from Aston Villa, in June 2009, for 12 million pounds.

8. Roque Santa Cruz, Paraguan, from Blackburn Rovers, in June 2009, for 18 million pounds.

9. Carlos Tevez, Argentine, from Manchester United, in July 2009, for 25 million pounds.

Of these, Robinho's and now Tevez's signings have been much publicized, especially considering the Tevez moved to City From bitter city rivals United. Moreover, ManCity are now rumoured to be keeping an eye out for Xabi Alonso of Liverpool!

In the next post, I'll look at Real Madrid's signings this summer. It is even more hair raising!! They crossed 200 million this summer alone, with Ronaldo, Kaka and Benzema being the top transfers. Manager Perez has guaranteed at least two more high-profile signings as he looks to revamp the Real outlook.

Get around These Quotes (Psyche Series :P)

"Sure, there's no 'i' in team, but there is an 'm' and an 'e'. -Kevin Meyers"

Landing In London - 3 Doors Down

This has been my favorite song of late..... 3 Doors Down\m/

Song Title: Landing In London

Artist(Band): 3 Doors Down

Lyrics by: Matt MacKenzie

I woke up today in London

As the plane was touching down

All I could think about was Monday

Maybe I’d be back around

If this keeps me away much longer

I don’t know what I will do

You've got to understand it’s a hard life,

that I’m going through

And when the night falls in around me

I don’t think I’ll make it through

Ill use your light to guide the way

Cuz all I think about is you

L.A. is getting kind of crazy

And New York's getting kind of cold

I keep my head from getting lazy

I just can’t wait to get back home

And all these days I spend away

Ill make up for this I swear

I need your love to hold me up

When it’s all too much to bear

And when the night falls in around me

I don’t think I’ll make it through

Ill use your light to guide my way

Cuz all I think about is you

And all these days I spend away

Ill make up for this I swear

I need your love to hold me up

When it’s all too much to bear

And when the night falls in around me

I don’t think I’ll make it through

Use your light to guide the way

Cuz all I think about is you...

CR7 to CR9 - The Saga Continues...

The last few days have been quite the roller coaster ride. Finally, I got back home after about 35-36 days in Hyderabad. And no matter what the credits to the "Cyber"city are, I couldn't find a decent internet facility to string two words together and post them up.
So, it's been more than a month that I've finally gotten a chance to park my butt on a chair and type. And boy, has a lot been happening! Of course, I want to begin with the deal that's been the talk of the footballing fraternity - Christiano Ronaldo and his move to Real Madrid.

Real, nine times European champions, needed a major boost since last year's performance, which couldn't see them add any silverware to their studded cabinet. Adding salt to their woulds was the fact thagt Barcelona - bitter arch rivals - got themselves a rare treble ( Even pipping Real to the La Liga title). In a major overhaul, though as had been expected for sometime, Florentino Perez was elected club president, and he immediately jumped to his chance to bring together a glaxy of stars to the club. Perez had done the same thing last time he was around, when Real had Zidane, Raul, Figo, Beckham et cetera in their ranks.

And so we saw a spate of deals, the biggest of which, for a few days, was the world record transfer deal of Ricardo Leite, a.k.a Kaka, from AC Milan to Real, for the then world record sum of 56 million pounds. The footballing fraternity was stunned, the pundits were spellbound. But the spree didn't stop there.

Only three days later, Real broke their own record, by signing Ronaldo from Manchester United for 80 million pounds.
Kaka - World Player of the Year 2007, and Ronaldo - World Player of the Year 2008, were eventually joined by charismatic striker Karim Benzema from Lyon, and a host of others as Real make a bid for Spanish and European glory.

Ronaldo, having made the transition from English to Spanish football, knows he has huge expectations on his shoulders. The Real fans will demand nothing but the best from him - but he is willing to prove himself and his enormous transfer tag through his world famous cross-overs and step-overs. Picked up as a 11-year old by Sporting Lisbon, and later By Manchester United to replace David Beckham, pressure shouldn't be a new experience at all for, who is, arguably the best player of all times. He'll now be donning the No. 9 at Real.
Another shocker pulled off by Manchester United was the signing of Michael Owen from Newcastle. Though I've always been a fan of Owen, he'd recently been nagged by a spate of injuries, and his goals were drying up, since his move from Liverpool. I hope Manchester United will provide him with a fresh start. Now even Eto'o, one the fabled trio of strikers from Barcelona, is being linked with Manchester United, though he was initially in talks with United's city rivals Manchester City.Also interesting to follow will be the fate of John Terry (Chelsea and England captain), for whom Manchester City are willing to go upto 35 million pounds. And, of course, Deco and Carvalho, again Chelsea, have been linked to Inter Milan, the Serie A champions. But Chelsea, under new manager Carlo Ancelloti (who led AC Milan to European and World glory), will be looking to keep their influential captain and splendid midfield intact, as they make a bid for the elusive Premier League and European titles.