Greatness

Greatness is a quality everyone wants to achieve and I yearn to be one. Being adequate and good is one thing but much more effort is required to achieve greatness. The reason behind this post is that I just watched Rafael Nadal clinched the Wimbledon after an outclass over Berdych. Nadal is really at the top of his game, wasn't a big fan of him before this but 2010 is definitely Nadal year. His fitness is at peaked and his skills? There's no words to describe his powerful and strong gameplay. I liked how one commentator said in the last Roland Garros that if a uprising tennis player needs motivation and drive, they don't need to go to his games, it's too expensive, his training is enough. Nadal is the most hardworking player and it's shown in the circuit, clinching the Australian Open, Roland Garros and today the Wimbledon. Rafael Nadal is definitely a symbol of greatness that I look up to.
Another form of greatness I have always looked up to is Haile Gebrselassie. Who is he? haha.. only the greatest distance runner in the world. Well, he's no more the top runner now but a couple of years ago he was the best, smashing 27 friggin world records. He's always been an inspiration to me coming from humble Ethiopia where he started running barefoot as he couldn't afford a pair of trainers to being the greatest. I ran the 21k in a crappy 2h20m. What Mr.Haile did? a mere 58m55s! That's a crazy time man, the dude basically sprinted the 21k I think. He definitely is a real form of breatness in the field of running, no question about that.That's all myfor today, it's 12.30 and I need to sleep=)

Lots of love,
Siva

BALI, i love you

awhhh man, this blog post only means that i've returned from bali. The little idyllic island that I fell in love with. Ok, well the trip went great!! awesome trip and had tons of fun. What i'm gonna blog about today is my new love: SURFING!! To my friends I went to bali with, I know suck to the maximum but I'll get better, definitely. On the second day on the island, we went for surfing lessons, the for of us and cost us only about RM35, which was a bargain. Helmi was our instructor, really nice dude. He gave us lessons on the beach side first before heading into the sea. There's 3 basic steps to surfing actually. Firstly, is the pedal then pacing of the hands at the side and thirdly the standing. I failed to max on the standing part, just couldn't keep stable while standing. After numerous tries, I decided to chill for a while, it gets pretty tiring man. WE headed for a while after that and called it a day. Bali, more specifically Kuta is such a beautiful place. Firstly, anyone will notice the really relaxed lifestyle of the people mainly cos they're all tourist. Secondly, there's no judging of people and people are free to dress, act and talk the way they want. The negative side of it is that Kuta is really fake, that's cos everybody live like there's no worries, surfing, sun bathing, drinking and stuff. And the locals are all happy-go-lucky which is definitely not the case as the locals are mostly poor or hardly there working their butt off for money. But, i love Bali. The people, the food and the lifestyle is=)))

Lots of love,
Siva