My Size 13 Shoes.

No, its no typo, my shoe size is really 13!!
No wonder people say 13 is an unlucky number!! I cant seem to find a shoe that fits me...Not a single one!!
I have to search and search and search and then search a little more!!
And EVEN if i do find something, it will the most pathetic, bland looking shoes you'll ever have seen....
Seems like all the good stuff is limited upto size 11....... and that makes me MAD!!!! :x
I go to Nike, i go to Reebok, i go to Bata, i go to Puma, i go to Adidas and they say we "normally" don't have customers with size 13 shoes..... wrong answer coppertop, now I'd like to blow Ur brains out!!
I go to parel, i go to bandra, i go to juhu, i go to VT, heck i go to dadar and baam!! nothing!! i mean wtf!!!
What sins did i commit in my previous life!?! :S
I enter one of the local brands like Bata and when they measure my foot size , they look at me as if I'm a convicted criminal, its really incriminating, i feel as if i have commit the most horrific wretched crimes......
I enter one of those international "money-sucking-wallet-emptying"  brands and they say we'll have to specially make/order those shoes for you or make do with shoes a size smaller...... but they say that with a sly look in their face......
I really feel embarassed when there are dozens of people in the shop and the shout to each enquiring if they have "SIZE 13" shoes in storage.....i hate the feeling of dozens of eyes gazing at me or maybe they gaze at my foot?? hmmmmm??!.......
i already feel a little awkward with my unusal height, coupled with this gazing and its a recipe for emotional turmoil.....
Lastly , i would like to request/beg the shopes in mumbai to have a resonably large stock of "SIZE 13" shoes. coz sooner or later i'm going to come knocking at your doorsteps.....
Adios........
Chao and take care of yourself........
cyaaaaa........

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p.s : it's been a while since i've posted, sorry about that!! Expect coupla more interesting blog posts in the coming week.....peace!!  \m/

Kings Of Europe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So it was here atlast, the UEFA Champions League Finals, in Moscow.
After all the agonizing time we had to wait for the biggest spectacle in Club Football, it was finally here, and how.
The footballers would have been forgiven, had they have gone in and played slowly and defensively...
But all credit to both sets of players and managers, for producing the amazing match that was the Champions League Finals.
Before the match had even begun, there was speculative talk about the pitch in the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, for the turf was "imported" from Slovakia specially for this match, it was laid a mere 20 or so days ago.
I'm no pitch expert but, the turf required a few more days of "bedding in" for many players were slipping all over the place, whatever the doubts about the pitch were, they were down played by both managers.
This was the biggest match for most of the players, with United having the experience of begin in the Final twice and winning them both, was this going to be a hat-trick for the Reds? Only time would tell.
As for Chelsea, what a marvellous feat, this was their first UEFA Champions League Final. If you think of it, they were under a different manager , when the tournament started. Full credit to Avram Grant for doing what the self proclaimed "Chosen One" ie., José Mourinho couldnt do, lead Chelsea into the Finals of the biggest club competition in the world.
The game started fairly openly, with both sets of players not begin afraid to attack. Most people thought Sir Alex, would go with either a 4-5-1 or 4-3-3 formation. Avram Grant made his strategies with these formations in mind. But Sir Alex, like he usually does, surprised all by bring out a regulation 4-4-2 formation with C.Ronaldo and Hargreaves as the wingers, Scholes and Carrick making up the central mid-field, and Tevez and Rooney as the 2 forwards.
The first half was all United's as they put togather one attack after another, breaking the Chelsea back four quite regularly, with their smooth and skillful passing.


At the 26th minute, United struck with the help of intricate pasing between Wes Brown and Paul Scholes, Brown then sent a delicious pass that hung in the air perfectly for C.Ronaldo who headed in a absoulte cracker of a goal to give United the lead.This was his first goal against Chelsea, and what a perfect occasion to get it!
Then United piled on the pressure with superb breaks that left Chelsea wide open. Chelsea could have easily gone down 3-0 within the opening 30 miutes, but for some fine saving by Petr Cech.
Then out of the blue, there came Essein of Chelsea and blasted a shot that took two deflections and sat perfectly for Frank Lampard, who scored a goal in the 45th minute, things werent helped by the fact the Edwin Van der Saar slipped while scurring for the ball.


The second half saw the revival of Chelsea who in the first half somehow could not get going but for the goal, they started to dominate possession with United being second best throughtout the second half. Then there was a lean spelling when neither team looked like scoring. At about the 76th minute, Didier Drogba let one fly, he had Van der Saar beat, but was denied by the wood work! The second half was nearing its end, with Extra Time seeming inevitable. In came Ryan Giggs, on for Wayne Rooney, his 769th appearence for United, a club record!!
This was the end of the Normal Time, after a short break, the extra time started with two halves of 15 minutes each. The result would be decided in this time or it would go down to Penalties!
Extra Time started and after a few minutes play United could have won it had Giggs connected well, from a superb run of Evra. Terry came to their rescue, again! Extra Time was ending thick and fast, then all of a sudden the Chelsea players surrounded the refree over a minisclue matter and this led to a small fight between Drogba and Vidic, Drogba seemingly having slapped Vidic right in front of the refree, it was a straight Red Card for Drogba, what a disgrace!!, it all was going well for 2 or so hours......In all this, extra time was nearing the end.


And when Penalties was inevitable, both managers made substituitions with the spot kicks in mind, Sir Alex bringing on Anderson.
The penalty was taken in front of the United side of the crowd, first chance fell to United and Tevez was up for the challenge sending Cech the wrong way, it was 1-0 for United. Up came Ballack for Chelsea he was too up for it, scoring even though Van der Saar went the right way. It was all square again with 1-1. Next up was Carrick he too scored again taking United into the lead 2-1. Out came Belletti again equallising 2-2. Then came Ronaldo, surely he would score, but guess what he didnt! Yes the man who scored 42 goals this season missed his penalty, surely he thought United would lose! Score remained at 2-2.


Then it was Lampard who smashed in the penalty, helping Chelsea take the lead for the first time. It was 2-3 for Chelsea.
Then came Hargreaves who scored a cracker taking United level to 3-3. Ashley Cole came out for Chelsea, he again scored taking the score to 4-3. Next came Nani, it was upto him, it was sudden death, if he missed the title would be Chelsea's, if he scored they still would be in it. With seemingly insurmountable pressure and United's final spot kick, scores he does. Score line again 4-4. Next came John Terry, captain of Chelsea, surely now, Chelsea would be crowned Champions..... Well fate had written a different story, one with a million twists. Terry calmly came in, took the penalty but during his run-up, he slipped and even though Van der Saar went the wrong way the ball hit the wood work and went out and United were saved!!!!!!!!! And the Chelsea contigent could not believe what just happened!!! Terry was still lying motionless on the ground.


Scoreline still remained at 4-4!!!!! United were given a life line, perhaps by the souls of the Busby Babes, this day marked the 50th Anniversary of the Munich Air Disaster.......
Next came in the 19 year old Anderson, who and never scored from normal play for United, he stepped up and smashed in the penalty with the scoreline now reading 5-4 in favour of United, now all the pressure shifted towards Chelsea. In came, Solomon Kalou and scored the penalty, score line now read 5-5. Next came in the veteran Giggs, with immense experience, he was the perfect man for the job, scoring a superb penalty. scoreline was now 6-5. Since this was sudden death, the first team that missed would hand over the title to their opponents.....
Up came Nicolas Anelka for Chelsea, he seemed calm enough to slot home a goal, but whats this??? Van der Saar has saved the penalty!!!!! He has won the Champions League for United!!!!!!!!!!
MANCHESTER UNITED ARE THE NEW EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


What joy, what glory, what an achievement!!!!!!!!
And i Cried!!!!! I really really cried!!!!!!
The scenes after, were the one of pure joy for all things United, and complete despair for all things Chelsea............
And poor John Terry was inconsolable!!! I really felt for Terry, better luck mate........
This was United's third final and they won all of them.....So they DID pull of a hat-trick!!!!!!!


Scenes followed, that one would never forget, moments to savour for life!!!!
Well done lads, you deserve it...
United hadn't lost a single match before the finals and that recored remained intact!!!!
Really, they completely deserve this, all of the them..... The whole team, managers, couching staff, scouts and all associated with Manchester United!!!!!!!!!!!!
GLORY, GLORY MAN UNITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Campione Campione oye oye oye!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What a dream season, what a dream double, What a dream team!!!!!!
Well done boys and congratulations!!!!!!


Until next time this is nuspeed screaming my lungs out, cheering for man united........
Cyaaa and take care...........
Choooooooooo...................

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Damn you Taxi's and Auto's!!!! grrrrrr! :-X

How many of u have literally found yourself begging for the damn taxis/auto with teary eyes?
I know most of you have experienced this a million times........
Today i had gone to Kanjurgmarg to my sister's place, we got down at the station and started to ask for auto rickshaw's to her aparment, and as if that area was taboo not a single "autowalla" was willing to ferry us to that destination, i was felling like i wanted to rip the head out of the next autowalla that said NO to us, i rly did!!!
And after about 20 mins of constant begging did we get a autowalla!!!
This was just one of the incidents that i have faced......
During one afternoon, i had to go to sion-koliwada for stitching my jeans (wat?? i cant afford Levi's et al [;)] )so i started at my house which is in matunga and i reached all the way upto king's circle, there one of the cabbie said "Koi sardar ko pucho, wo zaroor aayega", as if he was putting gasoline in my already burning rage, i lashed out at him, giving him a earful, i literally shouted on top of my voice that "if u dont want to come to the place i want to go, then bha***** take me to the place u effing want to go!!!" and i must add i had become as red as a tomato!!!! [:D]
Then one fine evening i was at wadala returning after an errand and i wanted to go to matunga, not a single effing cabbie obliged........not a single effeing cabbie!!! i was enraged, i was VERY VERY enraged, so i shouted at the next cabbie that "bhosa***** matunga tak chalke jaau kya??"
So i decided that from next time i am going to give my piece of mind to the third unlucky cabbie that denies me!!! and boy! how many cabbies had to feeling my wrath!!!

And what actually enraged me EVEN more is the fact that Cabbie/Rickwallas cant really say no to a passenger....
I had seen an advert on some news channel which said that "if a cabbie/rickwalla says no, we can complain to the RTO and have his license cancelled"

As per the Maharashtra Motor Vehicles Act, Section 22 (d) 178 (3) (b), "Auto rickshaw driver Refusing to ply for hire" attracts a penalty of Rs. 100, and it goes up to Rs. 200 for a Taxi refusing to ply.

In simple terms, if an auto rickshaw or a taxi is plying on the road, with its meter UP showing "FOR HIRE", they will HAVE to go wherever the passenger wants to go, IRRESPECTIVE of the distance.

So,
We DO NOT need to ASK the Auto/Taxi driver whether he will take us to a particular destination. Instead simply hail an auto/cab and GET IN first and then tell the driver to take you to the desired destination.

The Driver cannot ask you to get down from his vehicle. He will have to ferry you to your destination.

If he tries to get physical, simply call up 100 from your cell phone and inform them about the location of the auto/cab and the Registration number.

If you have complaint against any Auto/Taxi driver who refused to ply to your destination, you can lodge a complain against him using the Mumbai Traffic Police Website:
http://trafficpolicemumbai.org/Complaint%20Form%20aginst%20ART.html

Or you can simply fax your complaint to 022-24927237,24924734,24925462

You can also email the Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic) at jcptraffic@trafficpolicemumbai.org and jcptraffic@gmail.com

Here's what The Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Mr. Hemant Karkare had to say about auto/taxi drivers who refuse passengers :

"The city’s taxi drivers are duty-bound. They cannot refuse to take a passenger to a destination within the city limits, and can be penalized under the Motor Vehicles Act if they do so. When a driver refuses to comply, you must complain to a constable or at a police station. Make sure to note the taxi’s number. You can also complain via email or post. We verify the complaint and take appropriate action. The driver is asked to pay a fine of Rs100, or his license is taken away. Taxi drivers refuse to go to some places because they might not get return fare. Sometimes they have finished work and are on their way home. However, none of these reasons is acceptable."

—Hemant Karkare. Joint commissioner of police

SO, Don’t take it lying down, don’t take NO for an answer.. Show them that now you are empowered!!!
Let the auto/taxi drivers know that they cant take us for granted anymore.. Show them who's the BOSS !

until next time this is nuspeed thinking of profanity and slanf terminology for cabbies/rickwallas......
chaooo and Dont take NO for an answer.......
cyaaa........

aww!! | NuSpeeD

Running outta IDEAS!!!!

Has my brain become so damn redundant that i cant think of a single topic for my blog post???
What the hell has happened to my brain power???
Why cant i dream up a blog post??
I seem to know a lot of stuff, then why is it that i cant concentrate all that knowledge???
Has my Grey matter diminished some what???
Is this the beginning of the end??
I hope not.....

I promise i will return invigorated with new and exciting new topics.....
I got the power!!!

until next time this is nuspeed burnin up the grey matter in my brain....
cyaa and take care.........
chaooo.......

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Update: New Spectacles

The design of my specs is same as this one, not sure about the company tho!!! :D


And Straps similar to that, for obvious reasons :P

Yup, i just got my new spectacles.......
Not much different than the one i had before, in fact only the colour is different, i kinda liked the colour of my ex-specs ;) , oh well you cant have everything you wished for, at least thats what they say.....
Anyways i rly like these specs, and i hope i dont "lose" these again :D......
My head really hurts as my eyes adjust to new focus in my specs.......

until next time this is nuspeed with clear-cut vision.......
Asta la vista baby!!!
chaoooo and take care........

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LOST - Spectacles

In this Euphoria of Man United winning the Premier League and me, lightening up my blog, i forgot one major loss, i LOST my damn SPECTACLES!!! :S :@
It was an integral part of me.....obviously, because i had a number of -2.75/-3.5 (:O)..... Now it has gone away from me forever, lost at sea, literally!!!
I slipped at the beach, a huge wave slammed into me and my specs just got washed away.... :(
Oh, well...... it ain't the end of the world....
My eyes will resume normal undeterred vision from Tuesday, thats what teh optician promised [:P] , so no big deal.......
Chaoo.....
Take Care and :yawn: good morning/night (rly dunno, dun care either)...........

until next time this is nuspeed searching REALLY hard for those alphabets on the keyboard............
Cyaaaa..........

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We are the Champions!!!!!!!!

This reminds of the "Queen" Song "We are the Champions"...........
What a great achievement!!! 17 titles, equalling Liverpools tally!!!
And what better way to ceil it, a goal by the veteran Ryan Giggs.....his TENTH title...yes TENTH!!!!
Well, the boys are gonna party all night long.........
So am i!!!!!!!!!
Campione Campione ole ole ole, We retain the Premier League!!!!!
Goals By Ronaldo and Giggs, sealed what was really a pretty comfortable match for us.....
Chelsea, heartbroken, a draw at Stamford Bridge, i guess this was like practice, for the Champions League heartbreak!!!! [:P]
Jokes apart, now the focus shifts to the UEFA Champions League Finals in Moscow, where Chelsea will try to avenge this heartbreak, and Man United will try to break their hearts once again..........
Congratulation boys, You Deserve It!!!!!



Glory, Glory Man United!!!!!

Until next time this is nuspeed shouting his lungs out...........
Chaooo Take Care and godbless Man United.....
Cyaaaaaaa..........

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Faster and Environmentally Friendlier DigitalRein

Damn my page takes ages to load!!!!
I was in murud/janjeera for a coupla days and decided to use the internet service....
It took, 7 damn minutes to load my blog!!!
I was like OMG!!! o_O
So i decided that the first thing i was gonna do after returning was to lighten up my blog a bit.....
So voila, a coupla template try-outs later, this is wat i stuck to........
Nice, simple, fast, lite, environmentally friendly.......
There you have, enjoy the new DigitalRein....... [:D]

Until next time this is nuspeed signing out.........
Chaooooo...... Take care
Cyaaa.........

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My Home, My Life, My Hood

Matunga, Mumbai, India.......Thats where i've lived most of my highly imaginative and satisfactory life.......
Home, Sweet Home is a commonly used phrase around our once green planet.....
But when it comes to me, its bigger than that........
Its just not Home, Sweet Home for me.....its more like Home, Great Home, or Home, Amazing Home, or maybe even Home, Life Home............you know.....
Where ever i may roam, where ever i may have gone, where ever i may have lived....theres a huge void within me........
I don't know what it is....is it the soul of my home, the aura that surrounds it or the the spiritual presence it has in my heart......
I've realized it countless number of times, every time i have gone out for vacations, away from my home, theres a big emptiness that slowly, steadily and surely creeps in.......
Each passing minute, each passing hour, each passing day, in fact each passing instant only emboldens that feeling within me....its like every instant ignites an already burning desire to get back home.......back to where i love it the most, back to my roots, back to where i live.........
Every time i m away from my place of solace it only reminds me how much i love this place, how much i hate being away from it......
Its like god to me......provides shelter to me, keeps me safe.......helps me be comfortable and has no expectations..........
keeps me warm and cozy in winter, cools me down when me and the temperature flare up........ [:D], provides me cover when its raining cats and dogs........
In fact its hard to imagine a life without her.......by her i mean "The Mother, The Home".........
The entire time that i am away from her...it feels like a small piece of my soul is disintegrating from me, it hurts, its painful, but circumstances cant be avoided when u simply have to leave her albeit for a short while....in hindi we say "Dil par patthar rakhke" literally it translates to "by keeping a rock on our heart", but figuratively speaking it means "doing something so painful its hard to comprehend".......
Theres a feeling in my heart which cant be transliterated into words of this language anyway, that simply pushes me, commands me, hell even throws me into a spiral that makes me go back to my home.....
There an airy restlessness each passing day, which finally nears to the end of my emotional turmoil ie that nears the end of my so called "fun-filled" vacation.....
Its not fun filled without her, and it will never be.......
Each day that passes only reminds me how much i take her for granted, how i never think of pain that fills me when i am away from her.......
So each pain filled moment passes, transforming itself into "The Day", The Day when i head back to the place from where i had head to this place.........back home, back to my spiritual nirvana, back to my karma so to speak........
It heightens the reckless feeling in me, i cant sleep, i cant think rationally for a second, i cant wait to reach home.........
The day when i set out to go back home, i m like a kid thats lost, but knows wheres he's heading, he doesn't know how to go to the place he has his sights set to, but still sets out, challenges himself, overcomes those challenges and reaches to the "Final Destination" someway or the other.........
It doesnt matter how you reach teh place, only things that matters is that you've reached the place you love so much.......
And when, after a while, you reach to that place, theres a rush of blood to your brain and you begin to think rationally, you begin to see the colour in this world, your sights get focussed again after a time span of dazed vision.......
And you feel "Why on earth did i even leave this place??"
Thats exactly the reason that you leave this place in the first place.....
You leave this place to truly understand what you feel about it, how you'd survive without it.......
You leave this place so as to ask yourself, "Why on earth did i leave this place??".
When you are back home, your daily routine begins, as if nothing had happened, in fact you have been molded back together, you might not know it consciously but deep within you have been remade, remade by a force that is inexplicable, that is divine, and a force that you cannot live without............
In every sense of the word "Home, Sweet Home" sums up all the bitter sorrow that engulfes us when we are away from it and then when we come back, filles us with all the sweet happiness that not only negates all the sorrow but surpasses it.......
There no place on heaven or hell that would make me leave my home.........
Theres no better place i'd rather live in than my home.......
I Love You.........
I cant live without you...........

until next time, this is nuspeed adoring his so called "four walls"........
adios and take care of yaselves and your home.........
chaooooo........


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Leave of Absence

Sorry about that folks........
Have been really busy the last month or so, with ma exams.....
Ma exams finished on 26th and i was feeling too damn lazy to blog!!
But I'm back now, ready and rejuvenated to blog again......
Ma vacations have begun........yuppie, a lot of time to blog and do other generally time-pass things......
Chaooo..........
Cyaaaaaaa
Take Care and Happy Vacations!!

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