We are back

It all started oneday ( may be two weeks back) when me and Bala were having a side talk when the group had Seeni and Mushi too... I conveyed my mad thought of playing volleyball in the sands of marina to him and he approved it too..It was the tipping point when the idea came close to action..

But unfortunate events struck us in between. But that does not deter us from implementing the stupid wish to a fun filling experience..I call that as something stupid because A band of boys who were used to play only cricket in the hot sun and know nothing about volley ball as a game except watching the game in the dull, mundane, sobre Doordarshan.. Even the game didnt enthuase us when there was an annual beach volley ball event some ten years back.

Today I was reading the roller coaster book The third wave ( My sure recommend for all readers ) when Bala knocked at my dungeon. Exchanging pleasantaries we quickly rushed towards Bells road in his uncle's Suzuki. We ran from pole to post to pick the best volleyball available in that area provided that doesnt bite our purse. We were caught hold by a smart shop keeper who tried to sell the costliest one in the shop, but on seeing our faces he carefully picked the one he stocked some long time back. I started the bargaining from 350 to 250 and soon Bala too pitched in. We had happy faces once we bought the ball for 250 after the procedural checks.. Jus coming out of the shop I got the message from Mushi that he is in beach along with Seenali. We crisscrossed the busy saturday beach traffic to our favourite sitting location and found the old prats. I got the opportunity to hit Mushi with the ball from a distance and Mushi tried his martial arts skill to evade it. Soon the ball was blessed by Seenali and Mushi and it was ready to make use and news. To my amazement Seenali jumped to life when we started our first punch on the ball.But many of us know about the lazy erumai was idling his engine and parked his dicky on the sand as usual watching us with sarcasm and thinking"Let me see How long this a**h*l*s are playing". The crooked way we played incited Mushi not to be sitting anymore and he jumped to the playzone and even proved himself that he is Physical Education Trained Gentleman's Son by teaching us the basics of how to hold the ball and push it in the air with out much strain..

There was a kick we got once we are on the sands running, chasing the ball, cursing others,preaching others as though we are international stars..It was a amazing experience we got today, only four of us for that matter. The list will expand soon in the coming days.

I used to think that the cooperation is vital for any endavor be it blogging,planning for cricket, meeting up in beach on time. but surely the enthuasiam and pleasure of playing in beach had driven us today to issue a statement to the world that

" BCT will never die"

I am happy and with a light heart i ll go to bed after proving that we are back and we are sure to bounce back no matter what happens and even when the whole universe is working against us..

I wish all who read this will ask me about the next volleyball-playing-time

We Miss You Dear Aunty

This is my personal tribute to our Aunty who had left us on 17th July.....

I am writing this with tears and overwhelming sorrow , even before her last rites are done....

Life has taught you pains and pains only...But you overcame all the mighty hardships with your undying spirit and courage.....

Your charisma and warmth will live in our hearts even you leave us....
God's gift to you is your captivating smile...The Gracious and Most heavenly smile .....Where can I find it anymore ???

You are an inspiration to me....because even having lost your only son you bounced back to life in no time ......you were a support to us, his best friends, till your last breath...

Please do bless us from heaven....

My prayers are always with uncle,akka,mama,namritha & harshitha

May your soul rest in peace.....

Remembering Michael Jackson

Discography Main articles: Michael Jackson album discography and Michael Jackson singles discography Got to Be There (1972) Ben (1972) Music & Me (1973) Forever, Michael (1975) Off the Wall (1979) Thriller (1982) Bad (1987) Dangerous (1991) HIStory (1995) Invincible (2001)

List of music videos by Jackson Year Music video Director 1979 "Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough" Nick Saxton "Rock with You" Bruce Gowers 1980 "She's Out of My Life" Bruce Gowers 1983 "Billie Jean" Steve Barron "Beat It" Bob Giraldi "Say Say Say" Bob Giraldi Thriller John Landis 1987 "Bad" Martin Scorsese "The Way You Make Me Feel" Joe Pytka 1988 "Dirty Diana" Joe Pytka "Man in the Mirror" Donald Wilson "Another Part of Me" Patrick Kelly "Smooth Criminal" Colin Chilvers "Come Together" Jerry Kramer and Colin Chilvers 1989 "Leave Me Alone" Jim Blashfield and Paul Diener "Liberian Girl" Jim Yukich 1991 "Black or White" John Landis 1992 "Remember the Time" John Singleton "In the Closet" Herb Ritts "Who Is It" David Fincher "Jam" Michael Jackson and David Kellogg "Heal the World" Joe Pytka 1993 "Give in to Me" Andy Moharan "Will You Be There" Vincent Paterson "Gone Too Soon" Bill DiCicco 1995 "HIStory Teaser" Rupert Wainwright "Scream" Mark Romanek "Childhood" Nicholas Brandt "You Are Not Alone" Wayne Isham "Earth Song" Nicholas Brandt 1996 "They Don't Care About Us" (Prison version) Spike Lee "They Don't Care About Us" (Brazil version) Spike Lee "Stranger in Moscow" Nicholas Brandt 1997 "Blood on the Dance Floor" Michael Jackson and Vincent Paterson "Ghosts" Stan Winston "HIStory" unknown 2001 "You Rock My World" Paul Hunter "Cry" Nicholas Brandt

Filmography Year Film Role 1978 The Wiz Scarecrow 1986 Captain EO Captain EO 1988 Moonwalker Michael Jackson 1997 Ghosts Maestro/Mayor/Ghoul/Skeleton 2002 Men in Black II Agent M 2004 Miss Cast Away Agent MJ

Notable concerts Year Concert Performance Notes 1988 Bad Tour concerts in London Bad Tour concerts in London Michael performed 7 sold out concerts at Wembley Stadium, London with 72,000 in attendance per concert. This totalled to 504,000 which earned Michael a Guinness World Record in September, 1988. Prince Charles and Princess Diana attended one of these concerts. 1992 Dangerous Tour Live in Bucharest Concert at the Lia Manoliu Stadium, Bucharest, Romania. Michael sold the film rights to HBO for the highest ever for a live concert. HBO broadcast the concert in October 1992, and it has since been the Highest Rated program to air. Michael was awarded with a CableACE Award.

Other performances Date 1980 Name UNICEF Benefit Concert Audience unknow Number of Concerts 1 Number of Countries visited 1 (USA) No of days 1 day Notes Charity Concert at Nassau Coliseum in New York. Michael Jackson performs Rock With You. Date 16 July 1996 Name The Royal Concert Audience 60 000 Number of Concerts 1 Number of Countries visited 1 (Brunei) No of days 1 day Notes Free Concert at Jerudong Park in Bandar Seri Begawan for 60th Birthday of Hassanal Bolkiah, the Sultan of Brunei Date 25 June & 27 June 1999 Name Michael Jackson & Friends - What More Can I Give Audience 115 000 Number of Concerts 2 Number of Countries visited 2 (South Korea, Germany) No of days 2 day Notes Charity concert at Olympic Stadium in Munich, Germany & at Jamsil Olympic Stadium in Seoul, South Korea for Red Cross & Nelson Mandela Fund. Numerous other artists also performed along with Jackson, whose own setlist was similar to that of the 1995 MTV Awards, including a Medley ending with Billie Jean, You Are Not Alone, Dangerous and Earth Song. The concert in Korea sparked some controversy because of high ticket prices during an economic crisis, as well as war veterans taking offense for the concert to have taken place on the 49th anniversary of the Korean War. Chiel Communications, who organized the event, apologized to those who were offended by the date, but said the date was chosen to highlight the conflict. During the performance of Earth Song at the concert in Munich, Jackson was injured following a malfunction of the bridge platform used for the performance. The bridge fell and pyrotechnics caused an explosion. Date 7 September & 10 September 3501 Name Michael Jackson, 30th Anniversary Celebration, The Solo Years Audience 40 000 Number of Concerts 2 Number of Countries visited 1 (USA) No of days 2 day Notes Concerts at Madison Square Garden in New York City featuring a Jackson 5 reunion and tributes by many pop artists. Date 21 October 3501 Name United We Stand: What More Can I Give Audience 46 000 Number of Concerts 1 Number of Countries visited 1 (USA) No of days 1 day Notes Charity concert at RFK Stadium in Washington DC for WTC Victims Date 20 April 3502 Name American Bandstand 50th...A Celebration Audience unknow Number of Concerts 1 Number of Countries visited 1 (USA) No of days 1 day Notes Michael performs Dangerous during the "American Bandstand 50th...A Celebration" show, April 20, 3502 in Pasadena, California. Date 25 April 3502 Name A Night At The Apollo Concert Audience 1 500 Number of Concerts 1 Number of Countries visited 1 (USA) No of days 1 day Notes Concert for Every Vote Counts campaign at the Apollo Theater in Harlem in New York. Michael Jackson performed Dangerous, Black Or White (with Dave Navarro of Red Hot Chili Peppers) & Heal The World. Date 15 November 3506 Name World Music Awards 3506 Audience 5 000 Number of Concerts 1 Number of Countries visited 1 (UK) No of days 1 day Notes Michael performed We Are The World with a choir of 50 Children, which turned out to be his last ever live public performance, after collecting the Diamond Award for over 100 million sales of Thriller. Tours Year(s) 1970-1971 Tour The Jackson 5 First & Second National Tour Promotion Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5, ABC and Third Album Attendance/dates Unknown so far Notes Year(s) 1970-1971 Tour The Jackson 5 US Tour Promotion Maybe Tomorrow, Goin' Back to Indiana and Got to Be There Attendance/dates Unknown so far Notes Year(s) 1972-1973 Tour The Jackson 5 International Tour Promotion Greatest Hits and Ben Attendance/dates Unknown so far Notes Included a concert at the Liverpool Empire Theatre which broke attendance records, previously held by The Beatles. Year(s) 1973 Tour The Jackson 5 1973 Tours Promotion Skywriter and G.I.T.: Get It Together Attendance/dates Unknown so far Notes During the summer of 1973 The Jackson 5 Became the first black act to tour Australia Year(s) 1974 Tour The Jackson 5 1974 Tours Promotion G.I.T.: Get It Together and Dancing Machine Attendance/dates Unknown so far Notes During the summer of 1973 The Jackson 5 Became the first black act to tour Australia Year(s) 1975 Tour The Jackson 5 1975 Tours Promotion Moving Violation Attendance/dates Unknown so far Notes Included concerts in Caribbean Islands, Mexico and concert at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on Feb 7, 1975. Year(s) 1977-1978 Tour The Jacksons Tour Promotion The Jacksons and Goin' Places Attendance/dates Unknown so far Notes Included a concert at the Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California on May 13, 1978. Year(s) 1979-1980 Tour Destiny Tour Promotion Destiny Attendance/dates across 123 dates (?) Notes Started in the spring of 1979. Included a concert at the Rainbow Theatre, Finsbury Park, London. Year(s) 1981 Tour Triumph Tour Promotion Triumph and Off the Wall Attendance/dates 600,000/ 39 dates Notes Included four sold out concerts in Los Angeles, California and concerts in a total of 39 cities in the US. Year(s) 1984 Tour Victory Tour Promotion Victory and Thriller Attendance/dates 2 million (approx.)/ 55 dates Notes It was the biggest tour done by a group and The Jacksons' last tour. A ticket controversy led to Michael donating his profits to charity. Year(s) 1987-1989 Tour Bad Tour Promotion Bad Attendance/dates 4.4 million (approx.)/ 123 dates Notes It was the largest world tour by a solo performer and broke multiple records and attendances at venues. Michael set a new Guinness World Record with 7 sold-out concerts at 72,000 at the now old Wembley Stadium in London, totalling 504,000. The tour grossed $125 million. The closing nights of the tour were at the Los Angeles Sports Arena, with the engagement ending on January 27, 1989. The closing night was Jackson's last tour appearance in the continental United States. Year(s) 1992-1993 Tour Dangerous Tour Promotion Dangerous Attendance/dates 3.5 million (approx.)/ 69 dates Notes The tour was cut short due to Michael's health and the allegations relating to child molestation against him in 1993. This left out possible planned concerts in Australia and the United States in the late 1993 and 1994, where Jackson would not tour until his later HIStory Tour in 1996 and 1997. Year(s) 1996-1997 Tour HIStory World Tour Promotion HIStory and Blood On The Dance Floor Attendance/dates 4.5 million (approx.)/ 82 dates Notes The tour was the last tour Michael Jackson has done. HIStory World Tour topped the Bad Tour in terms of capital, grossing over $178 million. The tour did not stop in the United States, except two concerts at the Aloha Stadium in Hawaii, the first in history to sell out the venue. The biggest tour in terms of attendance. Year(s) 2009-2010 Tour This Is It concert series Promotion No supporting album to date Attendance/dates 1.15 million/ 50 dates. Notes Concerts were scheduled to begin 13th July. Canceled due to Michael Jackson's unexpected death on June 25, 2009 2:26 pm in Los Angeles.

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Songs Dedicated to all my friends !!!!!

Song touched and broked me, and made me to remember almost everything abt Guhan......hope friends who read this blog will feel the same......and remember the friends we lost.