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3/10/03
Red. I have a huge HUGE canker sore on my upper gum towards the right side of my mouth. Every night I think it's getting better but it always comes back in the morning. Last night I had a dream about a website I did when I was 17. What does it say about you when you dream about a WEBSITE!?! We're approaching my favourite time of the year: Divali, followed by Christmas. Our dryer isn't drying as well as it used to.
25/9/03
The Vanilla Coke truck is playing an REO Speedwagon song before the Pepsi Vanilla truck bangs him out. Too bad both drinks taste horrible. On Friends tonight, they flew on "Air Barbados" which I found amusing, along with Monica's dreadlocks. I know... less TV.
24/9/03
I love setting my alarm on the night before a holiday, so I can unplug it with a vengeance in the morning!
23/9/03
Happy Republic Day. I have all intentions of doing something with my webpage tomorrow, but I can't promise .
9/9/03
I got a haircut today. Also, I saw a man wash his car today while thunder rolled and the clouds were dark.

Where have you gone, Roger Sant?

31/8/03
Happy Independence Day zero days early. I finally figured out who sang the song! In case you have no idea what I'm talking about (which is highly likely), there is a song on the radio from time to time, and I could never figure out who sang it. I also couldn't remember the lyrics. This is a flashback to last year's "random" update where I gave my version:

Hold me now, and let something something
(background male): I something something something
Take me now, something someTHING something
I NEED A REASON..something something something

The lyrics to the song (by Sergio Mendes) are actually:

Take this love and let the night begin
(I want to give it all to you)
Time for you to show the way you feel
(You know how long I've waited)
I need a reason, a meaning in my life
So open up and take this love tonight

I like my lyrics better.
30/8/03
Honourable mention to Kyle. Happy Independence Day (one day early). I think I saw Mars two or three nights ago, but I wasn't sure. There was a bright star just above the hills, but I don't know.
19/6/03
Long weekend! I plan to read. I've also been told to explore a blogging back end system, such as www.moveabletype.org. First step is to figure out what that means. Front gate status: slightly ajar.
17/6/03
About a week ago, I saw a taxi driver stop his car, jump out, help a blind man cross the road, jump back in and drive off. Despite the traffic he caused (he had the green light during the gesture), it was wonderful to see.

LONDON, June 17 (Reuters) - Following is a list of leading world transfers after David Beckham's move from Manchester United to Real Madrid on Tuesday: Player Year From To Fee;(millions) Note: All dollar conversion figures from time of transfer.

Zinedine Zidane 2001 Juventus Real Madrid $64.4
Luis Figo 2000 Barcelona Real Madrid $56.1
Hernan Crespo 2000 Parma Lazio $54.1
Christian Vieri 1999 Lazio Inter Milan $50.0
Rio Ferdinand 2002 Leeds United Man United $47.0
Gianluigi Buffon 2001 Parma Juventus $45.9
Ronaldo 2002 Inter Milan Real Madrid $44.2
David Beckham 2003 Manchester United Real Madrid $41.3
Gaizka Mendieta 2001 Valencia Lazio $41.0
Juan Veron 2001 Lazio Man United $39.5
Pavel Nedved 2001 Lazio Juventus $36.4
Nicolas Anelka 1999 Arsenal Real Madrid $35.7
Marc Overmars 2000 Arsenal Barcelona $35.5
Lilian Thuram 2001 Parma Juventus $35.4
Denilson 1997 Sao Paulo Betis $35.0
Rui Costa 2001 Fiorentina AC Milan $34.9
Gabriel Batistuta 2000 Fiorentina AS Roma $33.8
Marcio Amoroso 1999 Udinese Parma $33.1
Nicolas Anelka 2000 Real Madrid PSG $31.2
Alessandro Nesta 2002 Lazio AC Milan $29.7
Antonio Cassano 2001 Bari Roma $28.8
Christian Vieri 1998 Atletico Madrid Lazio $28.0
Hernan Crespo 2002 Lazio Inter Milan $25.5

11/6/03
"Cuz we're never gonna survive unless we get a little crazy" - Seal

I'm taking suggestions for new website ideas.

1/6/03
The gate in front is now green and red. I've heard of Christmas in June (well, July, but close) but this is ridiculous. "You're my best friend" by Queen is featured in the new Yahoo! search tool ad on tv. A Queen song and the word "tool" in the same 15 seconds; life is good!
17/5/03
On second thought, Barbados can have the "monsoon" raining-all-the-time exposure it wants.
15/5/03
More about that confrontation (see picture below):

Sarwan, whose 105 helped steer the West Indies to a record-breaking win, would not reveal what was said between the two players in the heated clash which caused umpire David Shepherd to step in and cool things down. However, according to the Sydney Morning Herald, McGrath was seen to say: "If you ever f---ing mention my wife again, I will f---ing rip your f---ing throat out." But, rather confusingly, Sarwan had made no reference to McGrath's wife, and McGrath was said to be embarrassed about his over-reaction.

When I saw it on tv, I definitely caught the "f---ing"s, but it was nice of the Sydney Morning Herald to help me out with the rest of it, even if they were inaccurate. In other news, why is "Friends" having its season finale in Barbados? They would have had a much better time in Trinidad, and we all know the Trinidad Hilton is more conducive to a paleontology conference than wherever they're having it in Barbados!

13/5/03
blog: short for weblog. Oh, and the front gate is back up and operational again.
13/5/03
Greatest test match run chases can be found here, including the mother of them all today. Ramnaresh Sarwan and Glenn McGrath had a little difference of opinion:

Now Ramnaresh, I like you a lot and you had a wonderful innings yesterday, but are you crazy?? McGrath is more than a head taller than you, and he's HUGE! He looks like a beanpole on tv, but he is a BIG person! And can you see that vein in his neck? Can't we all just get along?

5/5/03
I still can't figure out how to set up voice mail on my phone or what cinco de mayo is a celebration of. My belly is getting horrendous. My metabolism apparently ran away from home. Someone knocked down the gate to our apartment complex, or maybe it just fell. In any case, it's lying on the ground and surprisingly, it isn't as much of an eyesore as one would think. If you email me and beg, I'll post some pictures.
23/4/03
You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named 'Bush', 'Dick', and 'Colon'. Need I say more? - Chris Rock
10/4/03
Days without coffee: 3
But boy was I tempted. The thing about updating your blog everyday is that you run out of things to say and end up with crappy updates like this one.
9/4/03
I did a search in the new Yahoo! search tool for "Sanjiva" and I came up #6. Sanjiva(s) Prasad, Weerawarana and Lele all placed ahead of me. But sanjiva.com was nowhere to be seen. So take THAT Sanjiva Nath. You know you wish you had taken sanjiva.org before I did.
Days without coffee: 2
8/4/03
It rained today for about half an hour. Pure ecstasy.
Days without coffee: 1
Headaches since: 1
7/4/03
Last night I discovered that the left side of my bed is significantly more comfortable than the right side. I also sleep better with my retainer in than without it, which makes no sense to me at all.
6/4/03
Still no rain. I heard a wonderful quote today but I can't find it anywhere. It was Jim Valvano basically saying that there are 86,400 seconds in a day (I just calculated it..he knew what he was talking about) and you should make use of every single one of them. I should have written it down. I've been trying to keep a positive mindset on Sunday nights instead of slipping into blah-ness about the week ahead. It's 8:57pm and I've been doing well so far.

Oregon

5/4/03
Apparently there was a ganja convention among western journalists last week, because Geraldo and Peter Arnett HAD to be high when they drew maps in the sand and spoke to Iraqi TV respectively. I guess they didn't get the confidentiality memo. We still are in desperate need of rain. There was a drizzle last night, but I would pay a small sum of money for a good heavy downpour. It's incredible to me that I need a loud alarm clock every morning during the week, but I wake up naturally at 6:30am for Liverpool v Manchester United. I should have stayed in bed.
24/3/03
"Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens." - Jimi Hendrix
23/3/03

Imagine - John Lennon

Imagine there's no heaven,
It's easy if you try,
No hell below us,
Above us only sky,
Imagine all the people
living for today...

Imagine there's no countries,
It isn't hard to do,
Nothing to kill or die for,
No religion too,
Imagine all the people
living life in peace...

Imagine no possesions,
I wonder if you can,
No need for greed or hunger,
A brotherhood of man,
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...

You may say I'm a dreamer,
but I'm not the only one,
I hope some day you'll join us,
And the world will live as one.

 War - Bob Marley

Until the philosophy which hold one race
Superior and another inferior
Is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned
Everywhere is war, me say war

That until there are no longer first class
And second class citizens of any nation
Until the colour of a man's skin
Is of no more significance than the colour of his eyes
Me say war

That until the basic human rights are equally
Guaranteed to all, without regard to race
Dis a war

That until that day
The dream of lasting peace, world citizenship
Rule of international morality
Will remain in but a fleeting illusion
To be pursued, but never attained
Now everywhere is war, war

And until the ignoble and unhappy regimes
That hold our brothers in Angola, in Mozambique,
South Africa sub-human bondage
Have been toppled, utterly destroyed
Well, everywehre is war, me say war

War in the east, war in the west
War up north, war down south
War, war, rumours of war

And until that day, the African continent
Will not know peace, we Africans will fight

We find it necessary and we know we shall win
As we are confident in the victory

Of good over evil, good over evil, good over evil
Good over evil, good over evil, good over evil

8/3/03
Not much to talk about today. I could get used to three-day weeks. Continuing on the Knight Rider theme, did you see the episode yesterday? Garth Knight broke out of prison and revamped Goliath, and now they're trying to destroy KITT! Bastards! Part 2 on Monday! It must be such a huge step down going from the voice of KITT to Mr. Feeny on Boy Meets World. Going from "Michael, I've calculated that our Turbo Boost won't clear the oncoming train!!!" to "Did you do your homework Mr. Matthews?" I watch too much tv.
2/3/03
"Michael Owen - Weapon of Manchester Destruction"

1/3/03
I completely forgot about the CBS Springsteen special last night. I hope they replay it, although I don't know if they do that on the weekend. It's Carnival weekend here in Trinidad. Be safe while you revel in the atmosphere, the creativity, the people and the two updates in one day in my blog. 8-)
1/3/03
Some more Mike Tyson:

"I'm not going to lie to myself and lie to the public,'' Tyson said. "I need more fights. I'm not interested in getting beat up again.''

Etienne made the mistake of trying to punch with a puncher, and as soon as Tyson landed his right, he walked away knowing it was over.
"That's what rhinos do,'' Tyson said. "Rhinos don't dance.''

"I like doing other things. I like getting high, hanging out with my kids. I like drinking,'' Tyson said. "I have so many demons.''

"I don't even know if I want to fight no more,'' Tyson said. "If I have to make Lennox Lewis my next fight, there's no way I can continue fighting. I don't want to fight Lewis right at this moment.'' In his next breath, Tyson gave another reason why. "I'm so messed up. I just need to get my life together.''

"I've got issues I've got to deal with," Tyson said. "I'm in pain and I've got some serious demons I am fighting."
"I canceled too many fights in my career," Tyson said. "I wasn't afraid. He needed the money. I always need money." Tyson then leaned over and helped Etienne to his feet as the crowd of 15,171 at the Pyramid arena erupted in glee. "Maybe I'm just a domesticated animal," Tyson said.

"I broke my back. I don't even know how I'm standing. It's a miracle," Tyson said, adding that it was an injury from an old motorcycle accident. "The doctor took me to the pain center and I wasn't supposed to fight, but what am I supposed to do? I'm going to take care of my family."

27/2/03
I grew up watching Sesame Street, but I lived in Mr. Rogers' neighbourhood for 5 years. He will be missed.

"We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It's easy to say 'It's not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem.' Then there are those who see the need and respond. I consider those people my heroes." - F.R.
26/2/03
Sanjiva.org is back after some unscheduled downtime. Thanks for your patience. If you tried to send me mail and it kept bouncing, I truly apologize. Everything is back in order though, so if you kept that mailer-daemon message, just hit forward.
22/2/03
Mike Tyson quote of the day:

Jeremy Schaap: "There are reports that you were partying in Vegas last night"
Mike Tyson: "That's not true. I went to a strip club and gave the dancer a lap dance"
J.S. (managing to keep a straight face): YOU gave HER a lap dance...
M.T.: Yeah

17/2/03
Champion's League resumes tomorrow!!!!!!!!
15/2/03
I saw "The Hours" last night. Time well spent. Or I should say, "The Hours" were well spent. Heh heh anyway. T&T will have a new president on March 17th. According to our current Prime Minister

“He is a man of irefutable integrity and established trustwortiness. He has aways displayed genuine compassion and concern for the unfortunate and disadvantaged, revealing the humanitarian heart that resides in the breast of the professional academic.”

Who writes these things? This is the presidency, not the Nobel Peace Prize! Umpire Venkat, call a wide for the love of God!

15/2/03
Chaminda Vaas' hat-trick to start the innings:

So we are almost ready and this is a Valentines Day game
This is Aravinda de Silvas 300th ODI
The Umps have gone out and so have the players
Vaas with the new 'white cherry' bowling to Sarkar
This is a lovely ground with a tree inside the boundary
Umps are Billy Bowden and Russel Tiffin

Drama on the first ball!
0.1 Vaas to Hannan Sarkar, OUT: a first ball wicket, went for an expansive drive so early on and went through the gate onto off stump

Bangladesh 0/1, Partnership of 0
Hannan Sarkar b Vaas 0 (1b 0x4 0x6)
Al Sahariar 0* (0b) WPUJC Vaas 0.1-0-0-1

More drama folks!
0.2 Vaas to Mohammad Ashraful, OUT: came forward and its a inswinger, played early and popped back to Vaas for an easy catch, two down for nil"

Bangladesh 0/2, Partnership of 0
Mohammad Ashraful c & b Vaas 0 (1b 0x4 0x6)
Al Sahariar 0* (0b) WPUJC Vaas 0.2-0-0-2

A hattrick in a world cup? will it happen?
0.3 Vaas to Ehsanul Haque, OUT: an edge to second slip and WE HAVE A HATTRICK!"

Bangladesh 0/3, Partnership of 0
Ehsanul Haque c Jayawardene b Vaas 0 (1b 0x4 0x6)
Al Sahariar 0* (0b) WPUJC Vaas 0.3-0-0-3

Hmm this is a rather unusual start, perhaps a record? Sanwar Hussain in 0.4 Vaas to Sanwar Hossain, FOUR, an over pitched ball and bravely lofted to extra cover
0.5 Vaas to Sanwar Hossain, wide: no run, way outside off
0.5 Vaas to Sanwar Hossain, OUT: an inswinger, goes back and it hits his front pad, likely going on to hit leg stump, anyway ump Tiffen thought so, we have a 4 wicket first over for Vaas, one he will never forget"

Bangladesh 5/4, Partnership of 5
Sanwar Hossain lbw b Vaas 4 (2b 1x4 0x6)
Al Sahariar 0* (0b) WPUJC Vaas 0.5-0-5-4 (1w)

0.6 Vaas to Alok Kapali, no run, another inswinger, comes forward and solidly defends it back

End of over 1 (5 runs) Bangladesh 5/4 (RR: 5.00)

8/2/03
Good haircut yesterday! Overhead projector remote controls are like cordless phones; they work for everyone except me.
3/2/03
Francis R. (Dick) Scobee
Michael J. Smith
Judith A. Resnik
Ronald E. McNair
Ellison S. Onizuka
Gregory B. Jarvis
Sharon Christa McAuliffe

Rick Husband
Michael Anderson
William McCool
Laurel Blair Salton Clark
David Brown
Ilan Ramon
Kalpana Chawla

1/2/03
I am eating cereal. 22 UNDER PAR Stephen Ames!!!
28/1/03
OH MY GOD! Knight Rider is now on the Sci-Fi channel!!!!!! 5pm EST, 6pm in Trinidad!!!!!! Every day!! Well, every weekday. Apparently they started from the very beginning, so KITT's visual voice is still a red square. He hasn't progressed to the three vertical red lines yet. And he definitely hasn't even conceived of Super Pursuit Mode yet, or his convertible option. But Michael still has a huge afro and wears a leather jacket in sunny California. Thank you SciFi channel!
27/1/03
No one told me today was National Traffic Day. There was SO much traffic this morning. I think Sting and Bon Jovi should have just done the halftime show, the national anthem and everything else at the SuperBowl. Hell, they could have played for the Raiders; I'm sure they would have been an improvement. Hey, Shania Twain, no one lip-syncs anymore since Milli Vanilli. Didn't you get that memo? My cough is getting nasty. It's no longer dry...you can tell there's substance there to back it up. Hopefully some sleep tonight takes care of that. Good night.
24/1/03
It's official: Liverpool is wearing red on March 2nd.
23/1/03
The cd/dvd player on my computer is moody. Luckily it's working tonight. Two words: Depeche Mode. Liverpool v Man Utd; March 2nd. I think I've mastered my shirt/tie combinations and my shirt/pants combinations too. I'm not maximizing my tie use though; there are options there that go wasted. What I should do is to lay out all the shirt/tie combiniations after I iron my shirts, thereby saving the morning thought process. I'm working on the implementation of that strategy.

Travelling down, this road, watching the signs as I go, think I'll follow the sun
Travelling down, this road, watching the signs as I go, think I'll follow, my heart
It's a very good place to start
17/1/03
Would you believe that Dundee and Dundee United are two different teams? You learn something every day...
9/1/03
"Air Quotes" are funny things. The usual way to provide visual emphasis would be to hold up the index and middle fingers on both hands and bend them at the second joint from the top. And then there is the lesser known version, where you bend at the wrist instead to make a bigger point. But today I saw someone use JUST the index finger and bending at the second joint. At the beginning I was taken aback, but I can see the one-finger-air-quote catching on. Remember where you heard it first.
8/1/03
Thanks to the CBS cameraman who had the presence of mind to zoom out when Fuamatu Ma'afala ran the ball in this weekend at the end of the game, so we at home could see the crowd going wild.
6/1/03
Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Samir Shah! May they have a life filled with happiness and disco. As much of a cliche' as this is, I can't believe that it's 2003. I feel like it was just 1993 a few (not 10) years ago, when I was rocking out to Wilson Phillips and playing lots of tennis. Much has changed. I stopped playing tennis.

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