A New Beginning - 2010

Here’s a list of things that I had asked for in 2009. Let’s see how many of them were answered.

1. Manmohan Singh finally show some spine and take on the pakis.
Verdict: Not really happening. We’re still a soft nation waiting to get whacked. Still, at least there haven’t been any more 26/11 type fiascos.

2. Obama give a huge boost to green technology.
Verdict: Big failure. Copenhagen was a massive let down. So forget Obama, all our leaders have disappointed us.

3. Roger Federer win BOTH the French Open & Wimbledon. (The other two don't really count)
Verdict: Finally!!! The FedEx finally won the French open, thanks to Nadal no doubt. Two sets in Two matches and he would have won the Grand Slam. Oh, what could have been!

4. My credit card bill disappear.
Verdict: It comes and goes. Like all bad things in life. But am quite happy with the way things stand currently.

5. A blanket ban on whaling.
Verdict: Stupid Japanese. Need to kill a 1000 whales for ‘scientific research’. Am glad Sony & Toyota are running into the red. Serves them right. Maybe they’ll do some real research now. Sony – why their products are twice as expensive but only marginally better. Toyota – why their cars are so damn boring!

6. A decent coalition come to power at the centre after the general elections.
Verdict: Score!!! Bye bye lefties. See you in the NCERT history books. And nowhere else.

7. Bin Laden finally gets caught.
Verdict: Who cares anymore? Wasn’t worthy of being on this list actually.

8. The Large Haldron Collider that CERN built actually works & they discover whatever they were looking for.
Verdict: Another blank. Well I guess these things take time.

9. The second season of IPL is shorter, but just as much fun as the first.
Verdict: Hats off to Modi & Co for pulling this one off. Don’t know if the matches were more fun, but they did a good job at such notice.

10. Bayern Munich do well in the Champions League.
Verdict: Losing to Barca is no shame. That too with half your team injured. So yeah I’d say Bayern did pretty well in the CL.

Final Scoreline: 5-5

Now about 2010. Let’s see what I’d like to happen during this year. Hmmm…

1. The GoI shows some balls & stands up to the Chinese – high time we took ourselves seriously

2. Germany do well during the World Cup in South Africa – though with the 20 something youngsters like Ozil, Kroos, Adler, Tasci, Marin & Bender I think they’ll have a better team for Euro 2012 or WC 2014 than now

3. Air fares come back to reasonable rates – am sick of paying airlines so much just so that they can put up their staff in 5 star hotels

4. Indian news channels become more responsible & stop acting like imbeciles – self censorship obviously doesn’t work in media just like self regulation didn’t work in financial markets

5. The Kindle (or similar products) become available in India at reasonable prices – think of the trees that can be saved

6. Inflation comes down – am fed up of paying 40 bucks for an apple & 100 bucks for a kg of daal

7. Google launches a Chrome browser for the Mac – I like the Mac Firefox, but hey Chrome rocks anyday

8. The fad of ‘reality’ shows goes away – need I explain this one?

9. Government of Goa first starts collecting garbage before it builds that sealink between Panjim & Vasco – talk about priorities!!

10. You are nicer to your family & friends – awww, that was soooo sweet. Surely you can do this for me?