Posted by: Jolvin on: September 10, 2009
The Wikipedia states an Ale to be “Ale is a type of beer brewed from malted barley using a top-fermenting brewers’ yeast. This yeast ferments the beer quickly, giving it a sweet, full bodied and fruity taste. Most ales contain hops, which impart a bitter herbal flavour that helps to balance the sweetness of the [...]
Posted by: Jolvin on: December 6, 2008
Oh my great state what has become of thou!
Thy politicians are fighting o’er pohe and pav.
To each it’s the food of the soil
Yet it’s all a clever political foil
Oh my great state what has become of thou!
Thy politicians are fighting o’er pohe and pav.
They beef up their security
While our lives are full of anxiety
Oh my [...]
Posted by: Jolvin on: November 29, 2008
It’s finally over.
Nearly 60 hours of an ordeal that will go down in the history of our country as one of the most trying. A monument left in shambles, more than 160 casualties, close to 400 injured, souls scarred.
As I watched the last encounter taking place glued to my television mixed emotions prevailed, happiness that [...]
Posted by: Jolvin on: August 18, 2008
I never thought I would be so clued in to the Olympics this time around. Having lost interest from the 1988 edition I came back to watch the Olympics with the same zest that I had before 1988. Obviously in those days it was to watch the superpowers like US, USSR, Germany and China fight [...]
Posted by: Jolvin on: July 21, 2008
Was in three of my favourite cities lately – Philadelphia, Boston, and New York (In no particular order of preference just sequence of stay) all by myself. One of those rare occassions when I had no colleagues or friends and more importantly loved ones for company. Sometimes being a social animal takes a different meaning [...]
Posted by: Jolvin on: July 18, 2008
After going through SFO, LAX, PHL, BOS and JFK amongst others, I’m finally set to go home. Must say it’s a lovely feeling to be on my way back. Will complete the round trip around the globe today. Carrying back memories, memorobilia, and pictures.
Homeward bound
Home, where my thought’s escaping
Home, where my music’s playing
Home, where my [...]
Posted by: Jolvin on: July 12, 2008
I’m amazed how my ‘imminent’ death has gathered so much attention…
For one I am staying at the Historic District in Philadelphia – The most important place in American History. Besides after all my cribbing on the view from my window, I walked around the hotel today and realised that it’s the view of the Christ Church cemetary where four [...]
Posted by: Jolvin on: July 4, 2008
All my bags are packed
I’m ready go…
Well what follows is almost a song of forgiveness that John Denver so fluidly renders and what made him immortal cause he died in an aircrash. This post is however not about that. This post is about traveling.
I’ve gone over the Atlantic many a time but this is the first [...]
Posted by: Jolvin on: June 26, 2008
For a boy of 10 years the concept of reaching the finals of the World Cup of One Day Cricket may not have been such a big thing. Only after realising that the only time his country ever won a match before that was back in 1975 that too laboriously against minnows then known as East [...]
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