Came across this video (posted below) while I was waiting to write my exam. Got to give it to Sartaj for this one, it was good looking out the way he came up with the whole idea and concept behind this video. Watch the video first and then read below if you want for my review and take on things. (Videos about 10 minutes long, may take some time to load).

Now I could write a long review about it, but what more needs to be said. I think we have made huge in roads in the last little while, with everyone doing their bit to contribute, with each generation offering and doing what it could.

• The elder generation set up the Gurdwara’s all around, (sure they also created a bunch of conflicts), which sooner or later will be in our hands to manage and take care of.
• The generation after them fought some of the first Kirpan and turban cases in many of our urban area’s, (Toronto anyways)
• Then the generation after them started to create awareness in schools and universities, setting up SSA’s, etc..
• The next in line started the youth camps.
• And the ones after them (I guess you could say the current), went crazy on the internet and created an internet presence.

We can only wait and see to find out what’s comes next, I’m guessing athletics, I’m talking about main stream sports, because like Rapheal once said, “Nobody understands cricket! You gotta know what a crumpet is to understand cricket”.

Anyways there’s another video he did that was also nice, and I’ll post that one tomorrow, because after all, you already wasted enough time reading this, and watching the video so now you can get back to studying, reading bani, or whatever else it was that you were doing before you took a minute out of your day to come here to see if I said anything outrageous, ridiculous, or just plain out stupid.

Sure, its still months away, but Yudh 2006 is slowly approaching.

Every year Yudh has gotten bigger and better. With an increase in attendance ever year, not only of Sangat that comes out watch and support the event but also with the number of competitors coming from outside of the GTA to compete. Last year probablly featured the most competitors from outside Toronto, with them coming from as far as California, Texas and even B.C.

Sadly enough no one from Toronto has ever won a single Yudh tourney yet, although they always do seem to come close, all years finishing second.

Refereeing and judging has always been an ongoing problem and complaint that most people have had, but being that it’s hard to find an experienced Gatka referee (actually it’s hard to find anyone who’s ever refereed before), it’s understandable that theirs no easy or quick solution, rather to just try someone else next year. Often times, those with experience more often then not get their VISA’s rejected, so you’re stuck with training referee’s a month or two prior to the event, which again results in an amateur referee.

The idea of having multiple referee’s from last year seemed to be a good one, but it didn’t really work in practice. The main things that needs to be changed there are that the outside referees need to be able to make calls and fouls also, rather then just be there to resolve conflicts. Pass the conflict resolution part to the judges. Or even better like boxing or MMA, have a panel of judges who watch for and track the points and make the referee’s soul job to watch for fouls i.e. Sanjha Vaars etc. I think this would not only improve the flow but also result in fairer scoring. The problem that you get when you have only one person tracking score is that it opens the possibility of a bias towards a single opponent.

Also some sort of age/skill cap needs to be placed. I’m all for the Grassroots of Gatka, but there’s nothing that takes away from the legitimacy of the tournament then having players who just don’t belong, well at least not for a year or two. This really hasn’t been a problem yet, although I would debate that players from 2004, may have had more then enough skills to compete, but were just not physically ready to take the hits. And in 2005, Jujhar; do I really have to say more? (Not trying to call you out, but come on now). If anything maybe in the coming years setup separate divisions or pools, grouping people by skill levels, or having a separate thing for 8-12, 12-16, and then 18+ year olds.

The Kirpan demos was a good addition to the tourney as was the Damalla competition, but again maybe have a tourney for separate age groups, that way you don’t got everyone picking the little ones to win, because of how cute they might look.

Although Yudh still isn’t as big as Gatka tourney’s in India, hopefully it’s only a matter of time before you can start doing Akhara tourney’s, where you get the whole Akhara vs Akhara type match’s going rather then just individuals. When you can get 4, 5 Akharay of 4,5 fighters you can then add a Gatka Demo’s challenge awarded to the Akhara with the best demo, but that still seems years ahead of its time.

Anyways that’s enough talking about Yudh until we get closer to the actual event so until then here’s a video of Yudh #1 (2003), that happened in Scarborough.

Until then, peevho dudh jitho yudh!!

I know I said I was done with the Jordan commercials, but since the video in the earlier post of the same title went dead, I thought I’d repost it with a working video. Unlike the previous one though this video came out much better though and got all the moves down 100%..

If any of you are forum goers, then you probably know about this whole beef going on with Amanpreet and some Concerned Individuals. For those who don’t know the just of the story, is that Amanpreet is the man behind a few popular Sikhi Websites and he got booked doing/saying thing’s that are not appropriate for a Singh. Apparently Singh’s approached Amanpreet, but he decided to make things a public issue and well that only backfired on him when the other side aired him out by making their own website against him.

Now I don’t know Amanpreet, so I won’t go into the whole issue, other then the fact that at its base seems to be the ever so popular MSN Messenger. Now Amanpreet’s not the first to get booked. There have been other Singh’s who got put into similar situations, such as Jatinder who got faded not so long ago, Manjit who’s now facing criminal charges for the things he’s done, even most the fights I got into back in High School came courtesy of these chat programs. Many people back in the Turner days also got screwed, when almost every desi’s ICQ history went public, and once people learned about Key Loggers, well let’s just say that hell froze over for many.

Realizing that no ones perfect, and that everyone’s has their faults, I write this in an attempt to help many you youngin’s protect yourselves, from making similar mistakes that many others have made throughout the ages. I thought I’d share whatever giaan I had on this topic, (considering I was around since ICQ first dropped, and been alive throughout the entire MSN, Yahoo, AIM revolution).

So I humbly present to all my Singhs, (Bibian you can use this advice too, just relate all the parts about Bibian to Singhs instead):

The 10 MSN Commandments. (You can apply this to other IM’s also)

Rule #1
Don’t add Bibian looking to start a relationship or get close. Unless you got a plan, be a man and do the right thing (Don’t add them with future hopes).

Rule #2
Now listen close, because this one really gets ya, don’t add random people trying to make your list grow, because by now you should know, that the bigger your list the more people you got that can potentially screw you. (Don’t add people unless they add you first, is always a good thing to live by).

Rule #3
I think should have been number 1, but if a Bibi says she loves ya, then drop everything and run. Don’t stand still, because that shit always comes back to haunt you, and that’s just never any fun. A Bibi whose jonzed is as bad as aids, you’re just asking to get screwed over. Keep your kashera on tight boys, this rule you must remember.

Rule #4
Is often overlooked, but if someone’s acting bad, that mans probably shook. Don’t fight, never start internet beefs, block them cowards and give them a time and place that you can meet.

Rule #5
Be weary of strangers. More often then not random people who add you and spend hours talking to you often have other interests in mind, so be smart and pay attention and keep the things you say, in line.

Rule #6
Your msn list isn’t protected. Use protection and caution when you let your fingers speak. Last thing you want and need are your convo’s being shown to the world, and having the complete internet thinking you’re half of a man with his tail between his legs, chasing after girls.

Rule #7
Be smart with what you say and to whom, copy and pasting isn’t hard. Most people can copy and paste faster then they can type.

Rule #8
Is my favourite, I follow this one real close, when mans send you files, never accept unless you know that their safe. Your foes can be disguised as friends, so like Yoda, precaution you must take.

Rule #9
Watch the links that people send. Unless they tell you what their sending, don’t click it. At the very least make sure that they know their sending you a link. Don’t click on it first and ask questions later, because by then it could be too late, for both you and your computer.

Rule #10
Realize that your MSN’s always tapped. If it’s really important and you want to keep conversations private then tell your mans to call you or better yet discuss things when you meet up in person.

Now there are a few other tips that you should always remember such as it’s not wrong to block people. If someone gets annoying block them someone starts jonzing block them, someone says something stupid, block them. This feature is so highly underrated, yet can save you so many head aches.

Now follow these rules, and unlike others you may just be safe. For all you Singhs, if you can’t show your conversation to the panj pyarai without feeling guilty, then that’s a conversation you shouldn’t be having.

Now if you felt like I wasted your time, then you should have been smart enough to stop reading ages ago. If you’re offended by things I may have said, then there’s not much I can do for you.

So till next time,

Keep fit, and have fun..

So you wanna be a hacker? code cracker? sittin in your room talking smack typa rapper?

Then try your skills at: http://www.area-6.net.

Basically its a bunch of hacking challenges, where you’re basically hacking for a password. Once you get it, you can use that password to try the next challange.

I remember back in highschool I came across one of these and I got pretty far, but seems like I’ve lost much of the creative thinking needed to do most of these, but I manage ;).

Anyways try your hand at it. I got up to challenge number 3 no problem, but ran into a bit of a wall (damn you GOOOGLE!!!).

Anyways if you do try it, let me know how you do. (Why do I always find these things when I got mad work to do??)