Archive for December, 2009
Million Dollar Question :)
by Spark on Dec.28, 2009, under Personal, Science and Technology, Spark Spot
An unanswered million dollar question for many of them is…How do you begin living your best life? Does it begin the moment you are born? Or does it begin after you’ve accomplished all of your goals? I believe the answer is when you fully realize your potential, purpose and passion. And these three things may not come at once. When we as individuals realize that we are here for a certain reason, a certain mission that has to be fulfilled there is something great about that. Even though we may not fully grasp what that purpose may be, just the central idea that our being here is necessary is sufficient enough.
When we find the things we are most passionate about, it becomes a driving force for many of us. It helps us discover who we are and it serves as an indicator of things to come. When I say it “serves as an indicator for things to come,” I mean our passions follow us where ever we go. And it unfolds throughout our lives whether we like it or not. Passions, I believe are unstoppable forces once discovered. Some passions are heavier than others. For example, I love fashion. But I love social issues, human rights just helping people more. When I worked in the fashion industry, I kept on asking myself how will I save the world or make any impact on the world by organizing high-fashion trunk shows. Ultimately my passion for making a difference and fighting for certain social issues followed me.
The most important thing is knowing we have limitless potential. When we realize our potential and we in turn realize how powerful we can become. Potential and Power go hand in hand. In order to be powerful you must believe that you possess some sort of potential to even consider yourself or for others to consider you as powerful. We consider President Elect Barack Obama as powerful because we knew he had potential to become President of the United to States.
To begin to live your best life that leads to happiness and understanding one must understand their potential, purpose and passion. And these factors are three out of many and understanding that will lead you one step closer to living your best life.
Life must move on
by Spark on Dec.26, 2009, under Personal, Spark Spot
I just believe that whatever happens life must move on.As we all end the various chapters in our lives to begin new ones, lets being them with passion. I am content and satisfied with all of my actions and accomplishments. I believe the things that have yet to be accomplished will be done, in my next level.
Each and everyone of us will graduate, transition into different jobs, start new ventures and so forth. So as we being to turn the next page and start writing the next new chapter in our life’s story, let us move forward. Taking everything we have learned and using it as a guide for the future. Creating another blueprint for more success and prosperity. And as we continue to succeed in our next levels, let us now forget that our success is part of a bigger picture.
That our success will be used to help others. It is because we are successful, that many people will be able to live again and achieve their dreams. Whether it is through distant inspiration, constant motivation or physical upliftment, let us make that difference. See you at the next level.
Formula One- A recap of this season
by Spark on Dec.24, 2009, under Spark Spot, Sports
Let me just make a small recap about the formula one season.From the thrills of Jenson Button to a near tragedy in Belgium, which saw Felipe Masa cheat death, to the approval of a new points system, Formula One was on top gear all year.
The biggest surprise of the year was Button racing his way to the driver’s championship. Few had expected him to create more than hardly a ripple, not having bagged a pole position for three years before the start of the season. It was also a year to cherish for Brawn GP, who became the first team to win the constructors’ title in their debut season after Button went on a roll, winning six of the first seven races in 2009.
Red Bull racer Sebastien Vettel also hogged the limelight, finishing the year as the youngest runner-up in the constructors’ table.Last year’s champion, Lewis Hamilton, however was a huge disappointment, finishing fifth with 49 points. The Briton fell from grace after a controversy in Melbourne, where he was accused of deliberately misleading the stewards and race director.
Formula One continued to be dogged by bad publicity when the ghosts of the crash in the Singapore GP from last year revisited. The accident was allegedly planned so that the introduction of a safety car would help Renault team mate Fernando Alonso win the race, which the Spaniard did. Renault F1 driver Nelson Piquet Jnr, at the thick of the incident was offered immunity by the FIA if he agreed to provide full disclosures.
The biggest scare of the year came when Felipe Maasa had a close brush with death after the spring from another driver’s suspension hit him on the face in Hungary. Driving at 170 kmph at the time of impact, Maasa had a miraculous escape and the Brazilian remained in life-threatening but stable condition for sometime. Meanwhile, 2007 champion Kimi Raikkonen was all set to call it a day at the end of the year, bringing to an end a successful career behind the wheel.
It has been a year full of thrills in the watched sport in the world. Going through a financial crunch, F-1 has continued to impress with high drama on and off the circuits. The next season is all set to herald with a new points system and four new teams in the grid in the next season.
Bartender School
by Spark on Dec.23, 2009, under Spark Spot
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Tennis-Main Events 2009
by Spark on Dec.22, 2009, under Spark Spot, Sports
A small article where i would like to make a recap of this year entire tennis main events.The 2009 cast had a few emerging heroes, one comeback queen and lot of supporting players. But, like in the last six years, one man stood out. The season, in many ways, belonged to the greatest to grace the sport - Roger Federer.
Federer couldn’t have chosen a better venue to clinch his record-breaking 15th Major crown. The All England Club that gave the 21-year-old Swiss his first Slam in 2003 also held stage for his 15th. Not many expected it to be so easy, especially after Rafael Nadal stopped Federer yet again at the start of the year in Melbourne Park to bag his first hard-court Major crown.
Rafa’s Australian dream
Nadal had dissected Federer’s strokes to the tee, the year before on Paris’ clay and Wimbledon grass, but not many fancied the Spaniard to repeat the same on the hard courts at Melbourne. But that was not to be. The Spaniard, along with Federer, who boasts of one of the best rivalries in the sport, first secured a memorable five-set marathon victory over countryman Fernando Verdasco.
Verdasco, who broke into the top 10 on the ATP charts earlier this year, had his best-ever Major result by reaching the semis at the season-opening Slam Down Under. In the title clash, Nadal, got the better of Federer in yet another five-setter which made the champion cry out, “God, it’s killing me!” On the women’s front, Serena Williams powered her way through, to make it a perfect 10 at Grand Slams after crushing a hapless Dinara Safina.
Swede Soderling
After a sensational start, Nadal was the favourite to continue his four-year reign on the red clay of Roland Garros. But, out of nowhere, Swede storm Robin Soderling knocked out Rafa in the Round of 16. Federer, who has been waiting for this moment for some time, didn’t need a second invitation as they brushed aside Soderling in the final. The elusive French Open title helped the Swiss ace complete a Career Slam. Fedex is only the sixth man in history to achieve it. With that effort, he also equalled Pete Sampras’ feat of 14 Majors.
Meanwhile, in the women’s section, for a change, it wasn’t Serena Williams who hogged the limelight. Svetlana Kuznetsova, who knocked out Serena in the quarters handed fellow-Russian Safina, yet another final loss to pick up her second Major title. A Slam-less Safina had a tough time with critics after achieving the top status. The Russian ace was the 19th woman to reach the top since the inception of WTA rankings. That also marked an occasion for the first brother-sister (Safina-Marat Safin) tandem in tennis history to both achieve No.1 rankings.
Grand Slam glory
Tendonitis trapped Nadal after his French Open loss. The knee injury forced the Mallorcan ace to withdraw from the Wimbledon Championships. But even in the absence of the defending champion Nadal, in what was the most riveting tennis match ever, Federer and Roddick battled out for the prestigious trophy. Roddick went down fighting 16-14 in the final set. Federer clinched his record 15th Major, but the American ace emerged a new hero in London after that match.
Meanwhile, there was no classic at the other end. In another all-Williams affair, Serena beat elder sister and five-time champion Venus to make it No.11 in Slams.
Del Potro comes of age
The stage moved to Flushing Meadows for the season-ending US Open. After six very ordinary performances against the supreme Federer, Argentine Juan Martin del Potro got off the mark in style against the Swiss ace. The 20-year-old announced his arrival on the grand stage after playing some jaw-dropping tennis at Flushing Meadows during his demolition of Nadal in the semis. But, he packed a knock-out punch against Federer in a thrilling five-setter to win his first Grand Slam.
Daddy and supermom
After two wins and two losses in four Slams, Federer capped a professionally successful season with some good news off the courts as well. The top shot married long-time girlfriend Mirka Vavrinec in April this year. Soon on July 23, the couple was blessed with twin girls, Charlene Riva and Myla Rose.
While the tennis daddy enjoyed a great run, supermom Kim Clijsters made a fairytale comeback after a two-year break. Clijsters made mommies proud after becoming the first mother since Evonne Goolagong Cawley in 1980 to win a Major at Flushing Meadows. On her way to her second US Open title, Clijsters went past the Williams sisters and eventually beat Danish teenage sensation Caroline Wozniacki in the championship match.
Disappointments
Andy Murray headed the list of disappointments in the year. A lot was expected from the Scot this season. The reigning master of the best-of-three matches, Murray, proved yet again he’s the best by winning six ATP titles. However, Murray’s Slam struggles continued this season as well, as he failed to get past the semis stage of any of the four Majors. At the other end, Novak Djokovic too failed to add any to his lone 2008 Australian Open crown.
Amongst the girls, Maria Sharapova missed five months of the season recovering from a shoulder surgery in October 2008. Sharapova finally triumphed in Tokyo in October this year, bagging her fist title on her return.
At the season end, there weren’t many surprises as Federer and Serena finished the year as No.1 in their respective categories.
Controversies
2009 was also a year when a handful of controversies made headlines. But, none bigger than American legend Andre Agassi’s confessions in his autobiography - OPEN. The eight-time Major winner opened up in a way that rattled the tennis world. Agassi admitted to using ecstasy drugs ‘crystal meth’ as well as ‘speed’ in 1997 during the low point of his career. Agassi even admitted to lying to the ATP officials to avoid a ban.
Chasing Billie Jean King’s 12 Grand Slam titles, only Serena’s foul-mouth stood in her way. The 11-time Major champion lost her cool and threatened a line judge over a foot-fault call, with an abuse filled verbal volley during her semi-final clash against Clijsters at the US Open. She wound up losing the bout when a penalty point ended the contest.
The younger Williams was fined a record US$ 82,500 and handed a two-year Grand Slam probation. If Serena commits another “major offence” at a Major over the next two years, her fine would balloon to US$175,000 and she would be barred from the following US Open.
As the WADA set on its green mission, several players were suspected for doping in yet another disappointing turn of events. But, none bigger than the genial Frenchman Richard Gasquet, who was first suspected and later cleared. Likewise the Belgian duo of Yanina Wickmayer and Xavier Malisse, went through the same cycle of occurrence.
Meanwhile, Martina Hingis’ two-year ban ended on October 30, but the Swiss miss who was kept away from the sport due to doping charges ruled out a comeback.
Safin bids adieu
The Mercurial Marat Safin known for his racquet smashes, tantrums and other emotional outbursts on the ATP Tour played his last match as a professional player at the Paris Masters. The Tour’s most charismatic star ended his 12-year-career with a second-round defeat to Juan Martin del Potro. Another former world No.1 Amelie Mauresmo of France too decided to pack off her racquets. On the flip side, with Justine Henin coming out of retirement, the 2010 season will undoubtedly be another one to look forward to.
Spain win Davis Cup
In team events, Italy won their second Fed Cup after Flavia Pennetta led a 4-0 whitewash victory over the United States. In the men’s division, after struggling with form since his return from knee injury, Nadal who failed to win a single tournament since his comeback showed glimpses of his old form as holders Spain blanked Czech Republic 5-0 to retain the Davis Cup.
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by Spark on Dec.19, 2009, under Spark Spot
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Beer of the Month
by Spark on Dec.18, 2009, under Spark Spot
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by Spark on Dec.16, 2009, under Spark Spot
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by Spark on Dec.13, 2009, under Spark Spot
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by Spark on Dec.11, 2009, under Spark Spot
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