Did it....

Atlast I completed "The Alchemist" overcoming my impatience associated with reading books. I read the book here and there, left it behind for a week and all of a sudden decided to pursue with it this weekend and was done with it yesterday. I really enjoyed reading the book, the book talks about stuff which we all know but fail to realize. Definitely recommend to people who like me have trouble to read books. This would be a good start, a small and interesting one..... I still have not decided on my next book.... I want to go into a non fiction one and my target date would be before the New Year.... Going forward I want to do 2 books per month...... Lets see how far I go with this....

Welcome back DADA

He is back with a bang, a gritty 51 to lead India's charge in the 1st innings against the South Africans. There were good signs during the tour match when he scored that 83 runs against a good South African reserve side. I have always liked him for his aggressive nature and the way he molded Team India, especially when he took it to the Aussies in India and in Australia. To me the best captain India ever had, he bought in the aggresiveness in the otherwise meek Indian side. All can draw inspiration from his comeback, almost everybody wrote him off, I thought he would never make it back and now he is the top performer for the Indian side. I know this is an very early talk but when I watched him play there were glimpses of the Ganguly of the old. As he once said " We are the lucky few and all we need is one good day to turn things on", thats exactly what is happening to him. Players like Ganguly, Lara, Steve Waugh are good for the game just for their arrogance and to that they add their batting prowess. Good to see him back and hope he stays and performs for the next few years. India are in desperate need of some strong personality in the team......

Nth Attempt

I am talking about my attempts to read a book and eventually develop the habit..... Am I really making an attempt? If I had I should have done something about it... Do I really want to read books... I don't know... I have started a new chapter in another book leaving behind several others that needs to be completed..... This book "The Alchemist" looks interesting and if I follow the philosophy of the book, probably I should not be reading the book itself.... It talks about chasing your dream and following the path you want to follow.... Is reading books the path I want to take..... Lets see whether this book takes me in that path......

Pictures

My new Love

After few weeks of negotiation and test driving, I finally fell for the 07 Nissan Altima. I signed the deal yesterday and the car came in today. I just went around Dubuque for a while and came back home. Thinking of driving more this weekend. Will post pictures later.....