Grin & Bare It

Well he lost again. This time in Rome, and, surprise surprise, it was on clay and to Rafael Nadal. For the man who beats the world at this game, having lost five out of six encounters with the same person would no doubt displease Roger Federer. With the French Open around the corner, Federer is probably going to spend a lot of sleepless nights wondering how, if he does happen to play Nadal (which he most likely will), he is going to tackle this fiery young spaniard who seems to hold an invisible grip over him. To me, Nadal is the only force that stands between the champion and the only grand slam that he's never won, and this could emerge as one of the greatest clay court rivalries in the recent history of tennis. Watching the two of them battle for 5 hours in the finals of the Rome Masters was in itself a treat,but die-hard Federer fans would have felt a hint of despair watching him literally throw away TWO match points with uncharacteristically ugly forehand errors. ......And for

Having successfully survived the initial craze of blogging , i'll have to admit that this was rather unexpected. Yet here i find myself, having created a blog and now about to publish my first post. Kind of like losing your virginity, though not quite as exciting. Honestly, i've never really understood the concept of a blog, but i'm hoping to learn soon enough. Journals and diaries have inherently been a very private affair, so the concept of a public journal is rather ingenious. I recently even heard the term "Blook" being used, which, in case you don't know or haven't already guessed, is some sort of book written and published via a blog. I'm sure they could have coined a better name for it. Quite a novel idea (forgive the bad pun) anyway and i think it might actually help aspiring writers like myself. After all, when you're going to be an engineer you really have to consider alternative career options. So if there's a slump in the IT industr