Home for the Next 5 Months !!

See Ya in the New Year Folks !!

United 93

I'm at a loss for words here !!! It's one thing to watch a horror movie but to watch something as spine chilling as this..... I hope this movie hits the theatres in India. Worth every Rupee. Again, I'm at a loss for words.

Mixed Singles at Wimbledon !

Was checking out the latest @ Wimbledon on their weg page when i spotted this goof up :



Which was later rectified to read :


One thing though, Henman never did n never will look this beautiful ;)

I'm Going To Tell You A Secret

Madonna's latest documentary is worth watching and owning. It gives you a peak into all aspects of Madonna's life. You get to see a very mature Madonna with her political & religious views. You get to see the way she values and interacts with each and every person involved with her on tour. More importantly you get to see Madonna's family, her 2 kids and husband, Guy Ritchie and how they influence her life. Madonna herself said 'it's a different me", when asked about the documentary and if you've watched any of her previous ones, you'll know for sure. Madonna proves beyond measure why she is indeed the 'Queen of Pop' and has lasted this long unlike a few other wannabe's. So do watch it & if you can't get hold of the DVD ask me :)

Also worth watching : Truth or Dare

Sport Unlimited !!

SCV allowing ESPN -Star Sports broadcast on the non STB platform has allowed me to watch the World Cup from my bedroom. With my desktop now doing the job of a TV and my AC running full blast keeping my room temperature at 16 deg C, my only regret until now was not being able to watch Ten sports as well.

Day 4 of the India vs West Indies game with India deep in trouble and trying to avoid a follow-on. I had to turn to Cricinfo's commentary of the game via my laptop whilst 'On Call' in Gtalk with a certain 'A'. Multi-tasking to the very limit i suppose. ;)

Cricinfo's commentary turned out to be much more entertaining than what the Ten Sports Crew have been dishing out. With Bhaji going into 'Avatar' mode the match suddenly became interesting :

101.2 Taylor to Harbhajan Singh, no run, short of length, on the off and middle, Habrbhajan thinks he is Ponting, goes for a pull shot, gets an inside edge onto his pads.
101.3 Taylor to Harbhajan Singh, FOUR, oh ho! this time he has transformed himself into Sehwag. He comes down the track, backs away to the leg side in the process and hits through the line, over mid-off!
101.4 Taylor to Harbhajan Singh, FOUR, Ah! this time he is Sachin! slower ball, turned in from outside the off stumo, Harbhajan goes back and punches it wide of mid-off! Super shot.
101.5 Taylor to Harbhajan Singh, FOUR, Third four in a row! He walked out, kept his head steady, swatted a fullish delivery on the off stump line, past mid-off again! Can't think of anyone else who could have played that kind of a stroke...
30 more runs to avoid follow-on
101.6 Taylor to Harbhajan Singh, FOUR, Holy god! Biffed across the line, past square-leg. It was fullish on the off and middle, Bhaji whacked it, across the line and the ball screamed past square-leg

Beck's Post Match Special !

David Beckham's Post Match interview yesterday after England beat T & T 2 - 0 :

"We never give up. That is the message we always give out,"
"We knew it wasn't going to be easy today, people expected it to be easy but we knew if we kept at our game plan we would break them down."

Was There a Game Plan Becks ??? I am still pondering over this ?

"The good thing about the game is that we finished strongly."

Steven Gerrard produced a classic to make it look that way. That was the strong statement, let me play in Lampard's place and make those 12 shots at goal count..

"The manager made good substitutions,"
"It was very positive and we pressed forward from that.

That is Sven's job dummy, Rooney coming on will be a positive for any side, he made you run a bit quicker in the 2nd half and woke you up as well.

"It would be fair to say you've not seen the best of us yet. We know we can get better and we just have to prove it."

Yesterday's performance was the worst, anything better from here will be considered as an 'improved performance'.

Dump Crouch, start with Rooney n Lenon. Put Gerrard in Lampard's place. Owen can swing about. Sven are you listening ??? That should be the GAME PLAN...

Sexy Pepsi Advert !!

I hereby vehemently oppose Pepsi's absurd Pepsi TV Commercial....

Lover Boy Zaheer Khan !

Microsoft's Next Big Thing !!

Windows Vista will soon be here and XP will be history sooner than expected. In the past few weeks, I've been keeping myself abreast with Vista's development. What I've seen so far seems brilliant. Microsoft have really gone out of their way to provide an exceptional OS. MS Office gets a makeover too and I'm already downloading the Beta. Just looking at the pics make me want to move to the next gen OS & Office Suite. Hope you do the same too.

Check out the Vista Gallery Here
&
Office Gallery Here

Amul's Take on the Stock Market !

Bill Gates Needs some Change !!

The Coke Advert with Gates on it is a great idea. It's gotten a lot of negative vibes though. I thought it was nice.

So, What's Your Adhuri Kahani ???

Bheegi Bheegi is originally a Bengali song, composed by a band called Mohinir with Gautam Banerjee in the lead. 'James', the guy who sings the Gangster Movie version sure has a great voice and Pritam (Music Director) has done justice to the song. Ever since i first heard it on channel V, i haven't stopped listening. Even the movie, Gangster turned out to be good. I for one don't like Imran Hashmi, reasons will surface later. The new girl, Kangna Ranaut has done justice to her role.

All in all, the movie turns out to be one of the better movies from Mahesh Bhatt and Bollywood. One other thing that stands out in the movie is Korea and the way cinematographer Bobby Singh has captured Seoul.

Lyrics :

bheegi bheegi si hai raaten
bheegi bheegi yaaden
bheegi bheegi baaten
bheegi bheegi aankhon mein kaisi nami hai
aa ha ha ha aa ha
aa ha ha ha aa ha
aa ha ha ha
sapnon ka saya palkon pe aya
pal mein hasaya pal mein rulaya
phir bhi yeh kaisi kami hai
aa ha ha ha aa ha
aa ha ha ha aa ha
aa ha ha ha
na jaane koi kaisi hai yeh zindagaani zindgaani
hamaari adhuri kahaani
na jaane koi kaisi hai yeh zindagaani zindgaani
hamaari adhuri kahaani

aadhi aadhi jaagi aadhi aadhi soyi
aankhen yeh teri toh lagta hai royi
lekar ke naam hamara
aa ha ha ha aa ha
aa ha ha ha aa ha
aa ha ha ha
rutha rutha rab chhuta chhuta sab
toota toota dil tere bina ab
kaise ho jeena ganwara
aa ha ha ha aa ha
aa ha ha ha aa ha
aa ha ha ha
na jaane koi kaisi hai yeh zindagaani zindgaani
hamaari adhuri kahaani
na jaane koi kaisi hai yeh zindagaani zindgaani
hamaari adhuri kahaani

bheegi bheegi si hai raaten
bheegi bheegi yaaden
bheegi bheegi baaten
bheegi bheegi aankhon mein kaisi nami hai
aa ha ha ha aa ha
aa ha ha ha aa ha
aa ha ha ha
na jaane koi kaisi hai yeh zindagaani zindgaani
hamaari adhuri kahaani
na jaane koi - 2 hamari adhuri kahani
na jaane koi yeh zindagaani zindgaani
hamaari adhuri kahaani
na na na....

Rest in Peace Baby !!

Steffi Graf

Back in my school days, Steffi Graf was the goddess I worshipped. Given a chance i would've done something as crazy as this or something more. Check it out !!

Will India Ever Stop Being A 3rd World Country !!!

The following is straight off The Financial Express. It's a shame that India can't change it's laws and save it's own people.

A former cruise liner with hundreds of tonnes of asbestos and other toxic material on board is heading for an Indian scrapyard, Greenpeace said on Tuesday, threatening a repeat of a controversy over a French warship.

In February, the French government decided to recall the Clemenceau, a mothballed aircraft carrier containing tonnes of asbestos, after the environmental group said that scrapping it in India would pose a risk to the health of workers.

A court order blocked the ship from entering Indian waters, while Greenpeace activists staged several protests.

The group said New Delhi had not learnt a "single lesson" from the Clemenceau saga. The 46,000-tonne Blue Lady, formerly the S.S. Norway, was on its way to the Alang yard in Gujarat from Malaysia, it said.

"The Indian government is washing its hands of the ship and following a business-as-usual policy in Alang," Greenpeace campaigner Ramapati Kumar said in a statement.

In a report in December, Greenpeace said that thousands of workers involved in the ship-breaking industry in countries such as India, China and Pakistan had probably died over the past two decades in accidents or exposure to toxic waste.

The 315-metre (1,035-foot) Blue Lady contains more than 900 tonnes of asbestos and heavy metals, the group said.

Environment ministry officials said they would not immediately comment.

The Blue Lady, which entered service in 1962, was owned by Malaysia's Star Cruises Ltd. A boiler room explosion in May 2003 killed seven crew.

Whenever My Girlfriend Calls, I'm Watching

Massa !!

Every Schumi victory produces a 'Kodak' Moment and the European GP was no exception. The photo above speaks for itself. I bet every Ferrari fan was also caught up in emotion.

Vaala Meenukkum !

`Gana` Ulaganathan and his 'Vaala Meenukkum' song has sent Tamil Nadu into a frenzy. Every relative, friend or foe has only been talking about this song ever since I landed here.

You switch on the FM radio or television channels, everywhere the song is scorching the charts. And at election meetings to gather crowds the song is blared over loud speakers by all political parties!

For Me, more than the tune or Malavika's dance, it's the assistant, Muthuraja with his mike and his constant expression or lack of it that has caught my eye.

Gana Paatu , sure has come a long way in Tamil Cinema since Simran started it all with 'Allthotta Bhupathi'.

Schumiiiiii !!!

RA beat me to it but yeah, the big leap is back where it belongs, at the top of the podium. It's always a pleasure to see schumi conduct the national anthems. The last race showed that the ferrari car was faster down the straight than in the corners. I never did doubt Schumi's form or his commitment to the sport. Will he become the champion again this year ???We'll just have to wait n see.

Can't wait for this weekend. Nothing like winning at home !!! Off to Qwiky's then with friends for another schumi victory.

Premiership is painted Blue!!

Chelsea beat Man U 3 - 0 to clinch this years Premiership Title, their second in a row. I think they deserved it even though Man U made them wait this long. Going a goal down within 5 minutes was always going to be difficult to come back from and Man U suffered. Ronaldo didnt play that well and Van Nistelrooy should've come in well before half time.

Seems like we'll have to wait for another year to see if Alex Fergusson has it in him to push his team to where it truly belongs.

More exciting things to come pretty soon, Barca vs Arsenal, EUFA Cup Final & of course the WORLD CUP.

Smoking is Injurious to......errr..... Ships !!

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The Star Princess, one of the premier Cruise Ships plying around caught fire thanx to a measly Cigarette. 1 Person died of a Heart Attack, 9 suffered minor smoke inhalation injuries. Its a pity that a $430 Million ship should suffer such a fate.

Kanda Naal Mudhal

I was just beginning to write off Tamil movies as well. Earlier during the week, i managed to watch Aaru(6) starring Surya & Trisha. The movie was written with Vijay in mind. Don't get me wrong, I do like Vijay's movies too but the same old formula with a different dressing is starting to get on my nerves.

Today, since Ship Stability was driving me nuts, i decided to watch 'Kanda Naal Mudhal'. Except for the Actresses ( Laila, Lakshmi & Revathy), I didn't have a clue about the others. (Shows how out of touch with Tamil Movies I am).

The movie was absoultely well made with Laila stealing the show and the other 2, Prasanna & Karthik chipping in as well. The story is plain simple. Kudos to director, 'Priya V', who is a protege of none other than Mani Ratnam. Prakash Raj is the Producer.

This movie is worth watching folks. Looking forward to more such CLEAN movies & non violent movies in the future.

Then & Now !!

Six Years since my first landing in Glasgow and the changes seem pretty stunning. Not talking abt the scenery at the back, look at ME. ;)

The World's Fastest Indian

Initially was gonna watch '2 for the Money' as I'm a huge fan of Al Pacino but a few friends making it late to the Cinema Hall made sure that we had to change plans to the next movie, 'The World's Fastest Indian' starring Anthony Hopkins. With me fuming and a few others cursing, we ended up watching the movie and it didn't disappoint.

The story is about an old New Zealander who wants to travel to America to break the speed record with his old 'Indian' bike. I shall not divulge more except that I love the Aussie accent Mate !!!

Do Watch it, you'll enjoy it.

Jayalalitha for Nobel Peace Prize !!

CHENNAI: World Federation of Tamil Youth (WFTY) on Tuesday said it has nominated Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa for the Nobel Peace Prize, 2006.

The federation has nominated Jayalalithaa's name from India, Sharjah and the US, for her "dedicated efforts in ushering Peace, Performance, Progressiveness, Productivity, Partnership and Prosperity for the people of the state during the last five years," its president Dr Vijay G Prabhakar said.

"We would also be celebrating April 14, the Tamil New Year as 'Selvi J Jayalalithaa day' in 15 countries, highlighting the progress of Tamil Nadu under her leadership," he said.

The federation's India chapter president Dr R Mylvaganan presented a DVD titled "J Governance" produced by the organisation.

Love in the Snow !!

Love u Honey !!

Na tum jaano na hum !!

Came across this on another Blog, thought it was really funny :



Kyon chalti hai pawan,

Because of evaporation.

Kyon jhoome hai gagan,

Because of earth's revolution.

Kyon machalta hai mann,

Because of excessive respiration.

Na tum jaano na hum

But I just gave all the reasons!


Kyon aati hai bahaar,

Because of a change in season,

Kyon lut ta hai karaar,

Because of mental tension.

Kyon hota hai pyaar,

Because of pole attraction.

Na tum jaano na hum

Like I said, these are all science phenomenan!



Kyon gum hai har disha,

Because you have a poor sense of direction.

Kyon hota hai nasha,

Because of drug addiction.

Kyon aata hai mazaa,

Bcoz science gives us all the information.

Na tum jaano na hum !

It's that time of the Year Again !!

Come On Schumi !!!!!

I Give Up On Indian Cricket !!

More shuts the door on Ganguly

Sourav Ganguly will not be recalled into the Indian team as long as the present selection committee is in office, Kiran More, the chairman of the five-man committee, told Cricinfo in an interview last evening.

Following Ganguly's exclusion from the first Test, More had made a statement that "there is no looking back on this issue now", which had been varyingly interpreted by the media. More clarified to Cricinfo that the reference then, and now, was to the tenure of the current selection committee, rather than just the present series against England.

"We took a decision that we have to look ahead," he said. "We decided that so much has been said on this issue, that we wanted to send a message across that, `this is what we are looking at, and as far as this committee is concerned, this is what we have decided, that we will not look back at all." More further spelt out that the committee was "definitely looking beyond" Ganguly even if he were to perform well in domestic cricket.

About the public and media pressure generated by the decision, More said: "Pressure is always there in any job and it is a good thing. You have to make some strong decisions. That's why you're selecting the Indian team."

The team for the second Test against England at Mohali is to be announced this evening. Ganguly, meanwhile, is slated to play for East Zone tomorrow at Jaipur in the Deodhar Trophy, the domestic zonal one-day tournament.

More's comments were part of a wide-ranging interview, taken before Sharad Pawar held meetings with the Indian players and coach late on Saturday night. The full interview will be published soon on Cricinfo.

My Take : If India is looking ahead and playing only youngsters then drop Tendulkar, Kumble, Laxman, Dravid tooo. All of them are old. Tendulkar is performing terribly in tests. There are better players to replace him. India can depend on Irfan Pathan to make a double hundred to the save each and every match.

Kiran More has had very little international experience compared to Ganguly, of course cricket was different back then but still how he became chairman of selectors, god only knows.

Ganguly, always supported his youngsters too. Dhoni, Yuvraj, Harbajan Singh all owe Ganguly a lot.

Ganguly may not be at his best, Tendulkar has not been the same in the last 2 years too. Ganguly still averages 40+ in both forms of the game which is good enough for me to include him in both forms of the game.

This whole episode of Greg Chappel vs Ganguly with the selectors joining the bandwagon shows how pathetic the BBCI is being run today and who is calling the shots.

Match fixing almost forced me to give up on cricket then but this whole Ganguly episode has forced me to throw in the towel. I was actually waiting for India to lose today which is totally unlike me.

Gong Li

This woman is extremely beautiful and talented. Hails from China. Watch her in The Emporer and the Assassin, Memoirs of a Geisha and the upcoming Miami Vice & Young Hannibal.

I'm a huge fan.

Recent Cinema Hall Visits

Viewed, not necessarily in the same order as shown

The Daily Weather Battle !!

Warm & Sunny Glasgow !!

Save The Environment !!

Stop the Clemenceau from being dismantled in India.

For more info check out, GreenPeace's Website.

We dont need garbage on our shores. Protect our Environment & people !!

20th Century Shipping Disasters

1904
The General Slocum pleasure steamer, carrying 1,360 children and their escorts on a church outing, caught fire on New York's East River on 15 June. Over 900 people died, many when the decks collapsed; others were hit by the still-turning paddles, and still others were trampled in the panic. More than 400 escaped but all of them sustained injuries.

1912
Titanic, the great ocean liner and pride of the White Star fleet, proclaimed unsinkable because of her 16 watertight compartments, sank on 15 April after striking an iceberg. Between 1,500 and 1,635 of those who had been on board died because of a lack of lifeboats and other inadequate safety measures; 706 survived. The disaster led to the first International Convention for Safety at Sea.

1914
The high-speed liner Empress of Ireland collided with the Norwegian collier Storstad in thick fog on the St Lawrence River in Canada on 29 May. Of the 1,057 passengers, only 217 survived.

1917
On 6 December, the freighter Mont Blanc collided with the Norwegian tramp steamer Imo off Halifax, Nova Scotia. The Mont Blanc's cargo of explosives was set ablaze, and the ship drifted into a pier. Then the Mont Blanc was ripped apart by an enormous explosion - the largest detonated before the dropping of the first atomic bomb. At least 1,963 people on shore died and well over 9,000 were injured; buildings were destroyed over a 16-mile radius.

1940
HMS Lancastria, a Royal Navy warship, went down off the French coast in June with the loss of 4,000 lives.

1945
On 30 January, at least 5,348 people lost their lives when the Nazi ship Wilhelm Gustloff, packed with German refugees, was torpedoed in the Baltic off Poland by the Soviet submarine S-13 - the greatest loss of life associated with any maritime disaster.

1967
On 18 March, in broad daylight, the Liberian tanker Torrey Canyon ran aground 18 miles west of Lands End, in south-west England, spilling 37 million gallons of oil into the sea. At the time, it was the world's worst oil pollution disaster - extending over 260 square kilometres (100 square miles) and drastically polluting 120 miles of England's southern coastline and 55 miles of Brittany's - and the impact on public opinion was enormous.

1980
On 9 September, the bulk carrier Derbyshire, bound for the Japanese port of Kawasaki, sent its last message: 'Vessel hove to violent storm force 11.' The storm was Typhoon Orchid, and the ship was never heard from again - the biggest British ship ever to be lost at sea. Every one of the crew of 44 perished. In 1996, the wreckage of Derbyshire was located at a depth of 4 km (2.4 miles). Pictures of her hull, taken by a mini-submarine, showed a huge hole near its stern. Five other bulk carriers built in the same way had suffered cracks in this area.

In 1998 an investigation into the fate of Derbyshire concluded that the bulk carrier had not been split in two. Rather, as the full force of Typhoon Orchid struck the bulk carrier, the hatch covers over its holds had been blown in and the ship had been sunk by thousands of tons of water. It had all happened so quickly that no SOS could have been sent. Since Derbyshire's sinking, over 300 other bulk carriers have been lost.

1987
On 6 March, the Townsend Thoresen cross-Channel ferry Herald of Free Enterprise capsized outside the Belgian port of Zeebrugge on 6 March with the loss of 135 lives. Its bow door had been improperly closed, allowing the car deck to flood.

1987
The passenger ferry Doña Paz sank off the Philippines on 21 December after colliding with the motor tanker Vector, which was carrying 8,800 barrels of petroleum products. Both ships were quickly ablaze and sank in minutes. On the ferry, only 21 survived from a passenger list of over 4,400.

1989
On 23 March, the 300-metre (987 foot) supertanker Exxon Valdez set out on a routine voyage from the Alaskan oil terminal at Valdez to ports on the US west coast. Small icebergs had been reported, and the ship's captain, Joseph Hazelwood, received permission to vary his route, moving into the northbound shipping lane. The captain then went to bed, telling the watch officer to revert to the southbound lane once a particular island had been reached. Just after midnight, Exxon Valdez struck Bligh Reef. Oil began to gush out of its hull, which had been holed. In time, over 11 million gallons would be discharged into Prince William Sound.

Ten hours elapsed before the Valdez terminal's emergency teams arrived. They tried to contain the oil by deploying booms and skimmers, but these only trapped the surface oil. Aircraft attempted to break up the oil by spraying chemicals on it. The remainder of Exxon Valdez's oil was transferred to another tanker, but too much had already escaped. Finally, efforts were made to burn off the oil but this merely polluted the atmosphere.

The result was the worst case of oil pollution in history, which had a devastating effect on the local ecology and economy. Exxon Valdez's captain was charged with criminal mischief, driving a watercraft while intoxicated, reckless endangerment and the negligent discharge of oil. He was found guilty on the last count.

1993
In January, off the Shetland islands north of Scotland, the tanker Braer lost power when her engines became flooded in gale force winds while en route to Canada. The ship ran aground and broke into three sections. Some 84,000 tons of oil were discharged into the sea, prompting predictions of another disaster on the scale of Exxon Valdez. However, very choppy seas prevented an oil slick from forming.

It later emerged that the captain of the Braer had placed his vessel at risk by trying to pass to the south of the Shetlands rather than traverse the open seas to the north. He had wanted to seek shelter from the storm but only exposed his ship to greater danger.

1994
The ferry Estonia, plying the Baltic between Stockholm and Tallinn, capsized on 28 September when its bow door failed and, like the Herald of Free Enterprise, its car deck flooded. At least 838 people died, with just 144 survivors.

1996
On 15 February, the single-hulled tanker Sea Empress ran aground near Milford Haven harbour in south-west Wales. The ship was pulled clear but, in stormy weather, released nearly 72,000 tons of oil into the sea.

World's Biggest Ferry Disaster's

28 February 2004: Up to 112 die after a fire on board Superferry 14 off Mariveles Baatan.

25 September 2002: A Senegalese ferry capsizes in a storm off Gambia, West Africa, killing about 1000 people.

21 May 1996: A ferry sinks in Lake Victoria in east Africa, killing at least 500 people. One estimate puts the number of dead at 800.

28 September 1994: The ferry Estonia sinks during a storm in the Baltic Sea, killing 852 people.

16 February 1993: An overcrowded ferry sinks between Jeremie and Port-au-Prince, Haiti, estimated 500-700 dead.

20 December 1987: In the world's worst peacetime shipping disaster, 4340 drown when the ferry Dona Paz collides with the tanker MT Victor in the Philippines.

6 March 1987: The Herald of Free Enterprise sinks at the entrance of Zeebrugge harhour with the loss of 193 lives.

31 August 1986: Soviet passenger ship Admiral Nakhimov collides with a merchant vessel in the Black Sea, sinking both ships and killing up to 448 people.

25 May 1986: Some 600 people die when a ferry goes down in the River Meghna in Bangladesh.

27 January 1981: 580 killed when Indonesian passenger ship Tamponas II catches fire and sinks in Java sea.

25 July 1956: Two passenger liners, the Andrea Doria and the Stockholm, collide off Massachusetts, sinking the Andrea Doria and killing 46 of its 1706 passengers and crew.

7 May 1915: The British ocean liner Lusitania is torpedoed and sunk by a German U-Boat while crossing the Atlantic Ocean, killing 1195 people.

29 May 1914: A Canadian Pacific steamship, the Empress of Ireland, collides with a Norwegian freighter near Quebec, sinking in 14 minutes and killing 1012 people.

12 April 1912: The Titanic - the world's largest passenger steamship at the time - strikes an iceberg in the Atlantic and sinks on its maiden voyage, killing at least 1496 people.

15 June 1904: The steamship General Slocum catches fire in New York's East River, killing more than 1000 people.

27 April 1865: The steamboat Sultana sinks after its steam drum explodes on the Mississippi River, killing at least 1700 people.

Will I Survive One ??

Plenty of shipping incidents in the last 7 days, What is going on ???

Tanker Ece , English Channel

Tanker Seabulk Pride, Alaska

Ferry, Indonesia

Ferry, Egypt

Who's This?? D.A.D.D.Y Y.A.N.K.E.E !

Reggaeton Music is making a huge impact allover the world today thanx mainly to this man, Daddy Yankee. Gasolina is one of the hottest tracks I've heard in a long time. The Album doesn't disappoint too.

I've totally gone crazy listening to this Genre and encourage everyone back home to do the same. Cheers !!

Sugababes - Ugly

When I was 7
They said I was strange
I noticed that my eyes and hair weren't the same
I asked my parents if I was OK
They said you're more beautiful
And that's the way, they shure that they wish
That they had your smile
So my confidence was up for a while
I got real comfortable with my own style
I knew that they were only jealous cos

People are all the same
And we only get judged by what we do
Personality reflects name
And if I'm ugly then
So are you
So are you

There was a time when I felt like I cared
That I was shorter than everyone there
People made me feel like life was unfair
And I did things that made me ashamed
Cos I didn't know my body would change
I grew taller than them in more ways
But there will always be the one who will say
Something bad to make them feel great

People are all the same
And we only get judged by what we do
Personality reflects name
And if I'm ugly then
So are you
So are you

People are all the same
And we only get judged by what we do
Personality reflects name
And if I'm ugly then
So are you
So are you

Everybody talks bad about somebody
And never realises how it affects somebody
And you bet it won't be forgotten
Envy is the only thing it could be

Cos people are all the same
(The same, the same)
And we only get judged by what we do
(What we do, yeah, yeah)
Personality reflects name
And if I'm ugly then
(Yeah, you)
So are you
So are you

People are all the same
(Oh, oh, oh)
And we only get judged by what we do
(What we do, yeah)
Personality reflects name
And if I'm ugly then
(Yeah, so are you)
So are you
So are you