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What am I reading this June? And upcoming book reviews

by Tina Basu June 19, 2014
written by Tina Basu

Hey ya, in between my fictions, footballs and other posts I should also let you know what’s happening on my reading front. There are a list of books that I am reading currently and which are in a queue. I will post a review of each as soon as I read.

So here’s what are currently up on my reading list




Honeymoon for One – You remember I wrote the reviews on romance fictions The Proposal& Heart Sync by Lily Zante? You can read them if you have not already by clicking on the names. She was kind enough to send me her next two books Honeymoon for One and its newly released sequel Honeymoon for Three. And she doesn’t even want a review for the books. How lovely is Lily. But I told her I’ll do a review when I’m done because that’s what I do with most of the books that I read.

Kingdom Come – Next up is a historical novel about a spy. I have read some part of this since I wanted to have a mix in my reading. I can’t be reading only romance all the time and go all romantic in my head!


The Devil’s Gate an impossible journey – This is really something that I am looking forward to reading. All the demonic and devilish adventure. The author must be having a great imagination to come up with a book like this. I have loved the synopsis.


The Sales Room – I just received this book, as I was writing this post. And no this is not a self help or a business book. I don’t read those kind of books. I need to see what it has to offer to me though.


Honeymoon for Three – I should read this after Honeymoon for One but I’ll read the others because I don’t want to keep people waiting for the reviews.
So loads of book reviews coming up this month as you can see from this list. I am not touching any other book till I am done with these 5. Watch this space for the reviews guys.

So which one are you most excited about? Let me know. 


June 19, 2014 2 comments
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Fifa World Cup 2014 – So far so Good

by Tina Basu June 19, 2014
written by Tina Basu

So the Spaniards had a rough season this time – only rough?? They actually had a bland season, a goal less world cup!!! 

Well it’s not only bad luck for the Spaniards its how it works in world cups, the defending champions are always jinxed – all on a lot of occasions.

You don’t believe me, eh?



Here is the Trivia 
1998 champs France were knocked out in 1st round of 2002 World Cup.

2006 champs Italy were knocked out in 1st round of 2010 World Cup

2010 champs Spain knocked out in 1st rd of 2014 World Cup



So by now you know what I mean, well the above trivia is complied by my fellow blogger friend Vinay a.k.a. Leo who until now was supporting Spain.


But better I say – Hasta la Vista, baby



So, who all of you were supporting Spain and are completely disheartened now? I am not for sure, because I am rooting for Brazil, Germany & Argentina in that same order of preference.

If you are in India you are cursing Fifa for scheduling the good matches late in the night [IST]. The last Brazil match, DBY, was at 12:30 AM IST and it’s a big deal when you have an office to attend the next day. I obviously missed the one between Belgium & Algeria and took a power nap within that time after an early dinner. And was up by 12:30 for the Brasilia encounter. Such weird things the World Cup makes you do.

All that was fine but to watch a goal-less match is like going to a buffet, watching the food on display and coming back without eating. I am not happy with such matches. But full credit to the fortress called Guillermo Ochoa. All the viral images of this goalie is not for any reason. If he decided you shall not pass, he will not let you pass. Period.

Some of the hilarious memes that I came across over the net on Ochoa and every single one is amazing and so true to Ochoa on field!! Have a look.

Source – Google
This one is just superb
Okay coming back to the matches, I was up for a little time yesterday to catch the first match between the Aussies and the Dutch and felt I would be happier if the Aussies won for their sheer effort they showed on the field. They next match I am excited about is Italy vs Costa Rica tomorrow at 9:30 pm IST and obviously will be rooting for Italia and next is the big match of Saturday night between Argentina & Iran, and I don’t think I need to tell again who I’ll be supporting that day!

Did I tell you I got two jerseys of Brazil the other day? I looked through some economical versions but didn’t like them, then saw some online and in the Nike showroom but they were way too expensive for just some fun. Then I happened to drop by Max and saw a whole lot of jerseys in the men’s section. [Wonder why not a single for a girl!] So picked up two – one for the man and one for myself. I’ll share a photo when Brazil plays next. It’s in a good range – you get round necked graphic tees for 499 INR and collared ones for 1200 INR. Good deal I say. Check them out – you will get Brazil, Germany, Argentina, Italia and Espana [I doubt you would want that now!]    


So let me know how you are enjoying the world cup & watch out for more Fifa World Cup Updates here.      


June 19, 2014 2 comments
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55 Fiction – I will do it

by Tina Basu June 16, 2014
written by Tina Basu

If you are in India and are waiting for the Germany vs Portugal match to start then I seriously understand your condition. Believe me I am suffering this torturous Cafe Rio along with you. That girl what ever her name is, showing us her knowledge of football by answering which country is hosting the Fifa WorldCup 2014, and which team Lionel Messi plays for!! I can’t stand these dumb analysis and that girl’s antics, so I put this time to good use and came up with a little 55 fiction. Better usage of time and energy.

So go ahead and enjoy a quick read before the match, and the fiction is not on football.

Read my previous 55Fictions here.


I will do it

I will not let you do this.

I will do it.

This is not done. Why are you doing this to me?

I am definitely doing this… no one can stop me.

Put it down Shiela… please.

No way… ‘Blistery’ is definitely a legitimate word, said Sheila placing the letter Y on the scrabble board.







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Haha, hope you guys liked it. Now the match has started,  go watch that and enjoy and cheer for the Germans. 

Leave a comment below if you liked the blistery post.



June 16, 2014 2 comments
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Fifa think about Fans in the other time zones!!!

by Tina Basu June 16, 2014
written by Tina Basu

Are you guys all enjoying the Fifa World Cup? Believe me it’s such an adrenalin rush to watch a good game. The living room is only enough, I have no idea what I would do if I was in a stadium watching a World Cup match!!! :O that’s a distant dream.

Anyways are you guys also feeling as frustrated as me when you see the match schedule. In India we get to see all the good matches at weird time. 3:30 AM is a time when zombies are awake and not the poor souls like us. I missed Italy vs England, Argentina vs Bosnia and I don’t know how many more I am going to miss. Specially when you work to attend the next day!!! Torturous World Cup this one. 

There is such a derth of a simple schedule chart of all the matches at IST. So far Google has been saving me, but are we supposed to have two matches at the same time? This is what Google says.



Now when you have something like this – which one are you going to watch? And how given that there is only 1 channel (a pathetic one, in this case) who has the rights to broadcast the WC in India? How can there be two matches at the same time? Or am I missing something here? I want to watch both England and Italy how do I that? Even if I have to flip channel how do I? Which is the second channel. Someone please explain this to me. Same is the case with many other matches.

Today, it’s like a magic day with Germany playing their first match against Portugal and we can watch it at 9:30! Such a relief. Schweinsteiger, Podolski, Klose, Müller, Lahm I love you guys. I am definitely supporting Brazil this time but Germany remains my all time favorite and it has been that for a long time. Today is your day and make the most of it my hefty Germans. And with Schumi out today from hospital after ages you can definitely not do well today. Random Question in my mind: Did Schumi decide to watch the first German match in peace and that’s why out of Coma? Perfect timing. Okay no more kidding, Schumi loads of respect for you.

Absolutely love this combination – Miroslav Klose & Lucas Podolski – I need action tonight in Salvador
Anyways, I have all plans of bunking work on Thursday after a 1230 am match between Brazil & Mexico. I am not missing any of Brazil’s match come what may. Period. Neymar I wish and I hope you bring all the glory, again, to your nation.  

How about some Frankfurters for dinner tonight??? Yay, I am already happy. 

Leave a comment below if you are crazy about Germany as well. Who do you think will win today? My bet GERMANY!!!!

June 16, 2014 1 comment
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55 Fiction – Which one to Pick

by Tina Basu June 14, 2014
written by Tina Basu

People it’s a tiny 55 fiction today. I was told by someone on trading different waters and writing on something less trivial and not on human emotion again. And i thought why not? So here is today’s 55 fiction.


You can read my previous 55 fictions here.



Which one to Pick?

“I am looking for the plum”

“Like this berry?”

“Umm.. I like the blood orange… looks wonderful”


“yes it is, can I show you the Cranberry or Raspberry type?”

“how about light Salmon?”

“Good choice Madame, this one?”


“Nahh.. I’ll take the coral” said Mischa while picking up the bright pink lipstick from the counter.
Chanel.com

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Ladies this one was specially for you. Don’t you also feel the same when you go shopping for lipsticks? I absolutely feel like this, and I am planning to go for some lipstick shopping this afternoon. 

Hope you liked my tiny colorful and fruitylicious fiction today.

Leave a comment below if you liked my tiny fiction and want me to write more. Also tell me if you like the light funny ones or the deep emotional ones? 



June 14, 2014 12 comments
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The Day of Goof Ups at the Day 1 of FIFA WORLD CUP Brazil, (and it was late night for us!)

by Tina Basu June 13, 2014
written by Tina Basu

So who all watched the opening ceremony? Here, in India things were difficult for the viewers. As if the wait for the opening ceremony and match was not enough that Sony Six [the official broadcasters of FIFA WC in India] decided to torture us with their mindless antics and analysis (was there any analysis). Gaurav Kapoor this is not IPL or any other desi tournament and that girl who ever that is, don’t come from tomorrow and spare us please. Sony Six tried extremely hard to put us off to sleep and before things went worse the opening ceremony did start. 


Did I say worse? What was that JLo & Pitbull? Lip Syncing and not even dong that right! And what exactly was Pitbull wearing (under his pants!!!). I expected a Rio Carnival (and why shouldn’t I, after all it’s Brazil) but had to digest some tablos and people in weird costumes – why exactly were they dressed as trees and plants and flowers or insects or whatever?? No one knows. Thank god it didn’t go on for hours (if that was India it could go on for hours) or else I would have definitely slept.   

Worst performance ever…

Why exactly did we have them?

Was way way better
Believe me Johannesburg you were so much better, Shakira take a bow you were far far better with your Wakka Wakka [I still listen to it, and it also reminds me of the jungle tribal dance we girls used to do in our PG]. From the song only a certain P&G will be happy for free publicity of their product – remember Ole Ole …Olay Olay…

Anyways let’s get to the match experience, I love the fact that almost the entire stadium well 99.99% was radiating in the bright Yellow color and yeah Croatia you did have some supporters – some specks of red in a field of yellow sunflowers!!!

Marcelo – it’s okay buddy, shit happens, and sometimes it happens at wrong places on wrong days. But still you managed to create your own world record of first ever own goal by Brazil in WC history!!! Oouch… I did swear at you at that time – and I am sure millions of other Brazil supports would have but it’s okay now that Neymar came to the rescue. But how exactly do you digest this – Brazil hosting World Cup, Brazil is one of the favorites, first match of the world cup, 11 minutes into the match and you score an own goal!!! I couldn’t for sometime till Neymar added his golden touch. God save Scolari, I bet his blood pressure was dancing on top of his head with that self goal!!


hahhahaha…

We were all busy predicting on number of goals and who will score. I told my friend 4-2 and yes I am not quite wrong on Brazil’s part – they did score 4 goal’s. Marcelo just forgot to kick on the other side of the park!!! And Croatia – I had set too much expectations… it’s okay to succumb sometimes. 😉

But the best blow came this morning when I was driving to work – still sleepy from last night’s football hangover  – the radio presenter conveniently declared and denounced how Neymar scored the self goal and blah blah blah and said she will blabber more on her new found knowledge of football and some more blah blah. For some moments I din’t know if I should call up and tell her who exactly Neymar Jr is and what exactly he did! Well people did call/communicate to rectify. She also mentioned Afghanistan had qualified for the world cup!!!! I am falling off my chair in disgust!! According to the RJ the only two countries to qualify from Asia were – Japan & Afghanistan!!!!! :O

That’s how you feel when you listen to all this!!
Madam only to make it clear to you there are three from Asia – Japan, Korea Republic & Iran – I don’t know where you get your facts from, but definitely you are not reading the newspapers at least.  I wonder what will happen when the private radio channels are allowed to broadcast news in India!!!!!
But hold your guns people, that’s not all, you should have listened to what some people had to say. Apparently this radio station had done some random survey and asked random people about the FIFA WC and who their favourites were – some answered INDIA….. [now blank expression on my face, I don’t know how to react!] If you are laughing your ass off then read what they said,

“India is my favourite team, I love football and I want India to win this time”!!!!!!

“India has won the cricket world cup, T20 World Cup and now should win the Football World Cup this year”

One madam said, Indian football team is great and she was pretty sure India will bring the world cup home this time.


On that note I can’t write anymore, it’s all goof ups all the way.

Okay I am watching Spain & Netherlands tonight and might watch Mexico vs Cameroon too. Which all matches are you watching to day/night?

Leave a comment below and let me know. Spread some more Football Fever.


June 13, 2014 6 comments
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