Saturday, May 24, 2008

Cottage Cheese

The new academic term has just begun at the St.Albans High School in Scottsdale.The nerds,thugs and wannabes are back for another year of madness at the school.The most famous nerd is a self confessed maths genius called Alden Harris.Alden is hated by almost everyone at the school due to his dumb personality and perverted mentality.He helps the rich and spoilt hotties to cheat during the exams and in turn the hotties will do a strip show for the sex-starved freak.









The most famous thug at St.Albans is a rugged Italian-American,Freddie Balotelli.Freddie is a feared school thug,famous for bullying junior students and has been suspended a few times before.Due to his fine academic record,he escaped the boot.He has dated five of the school's cheerleaders before and one of them ended up with an abortion.









Lastly,the final famous face of St.Albans is the wannabe ramp-walk model,Roger




Tynecastle.Roger is undoubtly the most handsome student at the school.Due to his hunky looks,the rich and spoilt hotties will do anything to sleep with Roger.




Roger also has a modelling contract with Calvin Klein for 3 years,so this gives him time to enjoy with fellow teen models.Roger's studies are way below par.He was kicked out of school 3 years back but he managed to stay because he bribed the former administrator and slept with her.







After a week after the school's reopening,a new student joined the school.She was so cute until her smile can mesmerise guys' hearts.She is Joanna Taylor.



She is from Providence in Rhode Island.Joanna was transferred to St.Albans because her father,a civil engineer was sent to Scottsdale for work deputation.



She was placed in the same class as Mitch Parker,a disgraced former soccer star



of St.Albans.







Mitch was sacked from the soccer squad after the edited clips of him in action with cheerleading captain,Heather Hughes circulated widely.After that incident,



he concentrated on his studies and he tried to apply to play for amateur sides but none of them wanted to take him.







Joanna sat in an empty place just beside Mitch.None of the girls would talk to Mitch and they would curse him whenever they pass him while the guys would show offensive signs to Mitch.This unusual behaviour of students in the most competetive class in the school attracted Joanna's attention.She began to talk to the silent Mitch.







At first,he gave a stern stare at her but when he knew that she is not like others in the class,he replied her questions.Mitch is an out-and-out expert in Chemistry while Joanna has some difficulties mastering it.So,Mitch would help Joanna.This caused the other students in the class to boycott Joanna and Mitch.



Meanwhile,Joanna's presence in the school caught the eyes of the three famous guys.







Alden,Freddie and Roger tried to approach Joanna but she turned a blind eye to them.This caused these three stupid guys to do unorthodox stuff to impress Joanna.Alden tried to help Joanna in Biology although he is not good in it.At first,she thought that Alden was teaching her the correct thing and when Mitch checked it,he found the fact given by Alden to be totally incorrect.This proved that Alden is just trying to impress Joanna.







Meanwhile,Freddy caught up with Joanna in the library.He struck a conversation with her.She just gave limited response to him and continued to complete her assignment.That moment,Mitch entered the library.When Joanna saw him,she quickly called him and offered a seat for him next to her.When Freddie saw this,he was furious.He was furious because Joanna would talk to someone with a bad reputation like Mitch.Later that day,Freddie and his gang of school thugs set upon Mitch at the toilet.It ended with Mitch getting a cut lip.





After that,Mitch came across Joanna at the school's atrium.She asked about the cut.Mitch just told her that he fell down in the toilet and walked away.That night,Joanna could not sleep.She was thinking of Mitch.She feels that she is attracted to him although he is deemed as a faggart in the school.His kindness and silent personality has attracted her.Meanwhile,the St.Albans soccer team is going through a bad patch.They have suffered five straight defeats and they are virtually out of the knock-out stage.





The administrators have sacked the coach,Alex Taylor and replaced him with former Argentine U-23 international and three-times MLS winner with New England Revolution,Vinod Pellegrini.Vinod has started a major clean-up with dropping the players with disciplinary problems.The following day,Mitch was selected to represent the school in the Chemistry Olympiad which will be held in

Salt Lake City.



The new coach,Pellegrini has recalled Mitch for the upcoming game,to the amazement of the dropped players.Mitch attended his first training session in nine months and he did enough to impress Pellegrini.Later that day,Joanna caught up with Mitch outside the locker room.She told him that she want to talk to him privately.



Mitch got her a can of Gatorade and both of them proceeded to the stands of the school's mini-stadium.There,Joanna confessed her love for Mitch.Mitch was stunned.He was speechless.After he regained his composure,he told her about his bad image in school.Joanna replied by telling him that she does not care about his bad image as she is sure that Mitch is a perfect guy and the bad image on him is pure fabrication.



The next day,Joanna got to know that Mitch was an ex of Paula Lambert.Paula dumped Mitch after the clips of Mitch and Heather circulated widely around the neighbourhood.Paula told Joanna that she knew at one time,the clip was edited and was meant to tarnish Mitch's image after he turned down Heather's advances.Paula did not reconcile with Mitch as he was a completely different person after that incident and at that time,almost everyone shunned Mitch.



Thanks to Paula,Joanna now knows that Mitch is not like what others think of him.She is delighted that she has fallen for a perfect guy.A day before St.Albans'

cruncher against the Greenwood Warriors,Mitch was named as the skipper for the team.In the game,Mitch dominated the midfield with his precise passes and perfectly-timed tackles as St.Albans cruised to a 3-0 win with Mitch assisting in the making of all three goals.



After that game,Mitch became the school favourite icon and at the same time the brains behind the clip of Heather and Mitch was revealed.The students began to respect the comeback hero of St.Albans.Heather was disgraced and she requested a transfer away from St.Albans which was approved.Meanwhile,Mitch realised that Joanna's love for him is pure and there is no harm in reciprocating her love.



Mitch planned to confess his love to Joanna on the final matchday of the inter-school soccer championship.Coach Pellegrini has retained the same line-up that beat Greenwood for the upcoming all-important game against local rivals,Stockburne Dragons.A win for St.Albans will guarantee them a spot in the knockout stages and complete the one of the most stunning comebacks of all-time in the school's history.



The day of the game arrived.Almost 5,000 spectators cramped into the Crawford Stadium,the relocated venue for the game.St.Albans started the game well with Mitch holding the midfield together.The Dragons' defence was tightly marshalled and limited St.Albans to have only a shot on target.The second half was more of the same as the first.The atmosphere became more intimidating as both teams were goalless and the game was approaching the 90 -minute mark.



The fourth official signalled three minutes of time-added-on.If the result stays goalless,St.Albans will be heading to the exit along with the already-out Dragons.In the final minute of the game,Mitch regained possession of the ball in midfield and swept past three Dragons' players before passing to substitute Ryan Edgar.Ryan was fouled by one of the defenders and St.Albans get a free-kick.Mitch stepped up and sent a superb,curling free-kick into the right-hand top corner of the goal,leaving the goalkeeper stranded.



The St.Albans crowd erupted.Mitch was mobbed my his teammates and the referee blew the final whistle.The crowd tore down the barrier and spilled onto the pitch.As the fans and the players celebrate their success,Mitch went up the stands and confronted Joanna.He knelt down and confessed his love for her.Joanna was delighted and kissed him.Mitch then carried Joanna and ran the whole length of the pitch to the amazement of the celebrating party.

Weeks later,Mitch travelled to Salt Lake City for the Chemistry Olympiad and returned with the winning medal.After that,Mitch and Joanna sat for their final examinations.Both of them passed with flying colours and they were offered a place each in UCLA.

A YEAR LATER,
Mitch is the sports icon for UCLA as he plays for the soccer team.Due to his excellent performances for UCLA,he was selected for the MLS Draft.This is the huge turning point in his career.Real Salt Lake and LA Galaxy were interested in signing him.He signed for Real Salt Lake.His contract is valued at US$2 mil.
That year,he was selected to play for the US U-23 side for the World Youth Cup which will be held in France.

Saturday, May 10, 2008

Gingerbread

1989



Mara Salvatrucha(MS-13) rule the streets of Glendale and East Hollywood areas of Los Angeles.They are involved in various criminal activities such as drug trafficking,contract killing and extortion.The MS-13 inject fear into the residents of Glendale and East Hollywood.Even the cops are powerless to stop them.



Artur Manucharyan is an Armenian immigrant who lives in Glendale.He is always racially taunted and bullied by the members of MS-13's Salvadorean members.Sometimes,they would even beat up Artur and take his money away.This caused Artur to develop a hatred feeling towards the Hispanics.Then,

Artur learnt that not only him who was harassed by MS-13 but also the other Armenian youths in the neighbourhood.



One day,a helpless Armenian,Jay Sarkissian was bludgeoned to death by the Salvadoreans.This incident prompted the Armenian youths to take revenge on the MS-13.Artur and other Armenian youths bought themselves a gun each from a Russian arms dealer in East Hollywood.Some of the Armenians were also armed with Molotov cocktails,knives and machetes.



A week after the murder of Jay,these Armenian youth set upon a group of MS-13

members and brutally killed them.These murders sent chills down the spine of the dominant MS-13 thugs.Step by step,these Armenian youngsters rose to the ranks to snatch Glendale away from the Hispanics.After Glendale,it was then Pasadena,North Hollywood and East Hollywood which fell to the Armenians.



Due to these successes,the Armenians named their gang as Armenian Mafia(AM).The AM then became the guardian for the Armenians and other Eastern European communities.The AM is led by Artur.MS-13 tried to regain the lost territories but they failed.The Armenians had the support of the Mexican Mafia.





2003





The AM is so influential nowadays.They are invited to observe the peace talks between the Mexican Mafia and other Hispanic gangs.The AM has a new,young hitman in the gang.He is Mark Sarkissian.Mark is the youngest brother of the dead Jay.He is a very dangerous hitman.He is feared among all the street gangs and also the cops.He runs a money-laundering racket with his uncle,Sargis.



While on a routine hit mission,he came across another contract killer.Her target is also the same as Mark.It was Mark who shot dead the target,a Jamaican drug dealer.After the mission,they sat down at an Armenian pub for a drink.There,

Mark knew that she was from MS-13.Her name was Beatriz Banega.Her boyfriend,Antonio Cardozo is one of MS-13's key hitman.



Since that day,both of them became close and would meet frequently.This was found out by Antonio's brother,Rico who tried to shoot Mark at a pub but Rico was shot dead by Mark's henchmen.This incident triggered a massive gang war
between the MS-13 and the AM.Latin-owned businesses were attacked by AM while Armenian prostitutes were brutally raped and murdered by the MS-13.



This war came to a halt when the powerful Tijuana cartel stepped in.The Mexican cartel urged these two gangs to cease fighting because the war has attracted the attention of the FBI.It was too late.The FBI has assigned Special Agent Dirk Wallace to track down Antonio because he is wanted for the kidnapping of a software engineer in Santa Clara.Agent Wallace got to know that Beatriz is Antonio's girlfriend.Meanwhile,

Beatriz quit the MS-13 because she feared for her life after Rico's killing.She asked for Mark's help.Mark hid Beatriz in his cousin's house.
Agent Wallace got to know about the Beatriz's split from MS-13 and came to Glendale to track her.He met Mark and asked Mark's permission to meet Beatriz.Mark refused but when Agent Wallace told that he can guarantee Beatriz's safety,he allowed the agent to meet Beatriz at his house.During the meeting,Beatriz spilled the beans on Antonio's whereabouts and activities.



The following week,after careful surveillance and investigation,the FBI led by Agent Wallace raided an apartment in Long Beach.Antonio opened fire but he was killed when the federal agents returned fire.MS-13 was deeply stunned and scarred by the death of Antonio.



After that incident,Beatriz moved to Miami with the help of Agent Wallace.
Mark felt she would be safe from MS-13 in Florida.He was wrong.Just two weeks
after she moved to Miami,she was hacked to death by Miami's MS-13 gangsters.
She was shot dead before she was chopped into pieces before being dumped on a beach at Florida Keys.

Beatriz's murder triggered a nationwide crackdown on MS-13 by the FBI.Numerous arrests has been made and the gang is now kept at bay by the enforcers.

Friday, May 9, 2008

A Tale Of Three Worlds-Part 6

Every morning,Capt.Ellington would visit her at the refugee settlement before embarking on a ride to the border.Since then,Yana became very attached to the Briton.Capt.Ellington would spend a whole day with Yana,bringing her out for stroll when he is off-duty.One evening,as Capt.Ellington was talking to Yana,
she held his hands and told him that he is the only guy who was willing to spend time with her although she was disabled from waist down.

Capt.Ellington was touched.He became teary.He stood up and and then knelt down and asked Yana whether she would accept him as her husband.She was dumbfounded but she became emotional and cried.She said she is scared that Capt.Ellington might fob her off with empty promises.Capt.Ellington than promised to her that he would stand by her side and be with her no matter what is the situation.Her tears dropped on his palm.

Capt.Ellington then kissed her on the forehead and left.The next morning,he met her and left for the border.The surveillance unit then reported that the KLA rebels have trespassed into the UN-controlled Kosovo territory.Capt.Ellington's unit was assigned to intercept the rebels.He led his company towards the rebels' position.Meanwhile,Yana experiences breathing difficulties.Dr.Pfertzel was called in.The doctor signalled to the paramedics to transfer her to the medical centre.

At the medical centre,Dr.Pfertzel realised that he is losing the battle to save Yana.At the battlefield,Capt. Ellington took his position and opened fire at the rebels.He moved forward.Yana's condition was deteriorating.She breathed her last.She passed away.As Capt.Ellington was moving forward,he stepped on a landmine.He was blown to bits.Both the souls are together in heaven.Capt.Ellington did not break his promise.Like he promised,both of them are together even after death.

----death does not separate two sincere hearts,it brings them together----
THE END

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

A Tale Of Three Worlds-Part 5

A week later,Taneesha got to know that her father is planning to marry her to an Indian surgeon from San Bernardino.The wedding ceremony will be held at her ancestral home in Cochin,India.She cried when she realised that she is going to marry someone who she does not know.Her father is not a strict,typical Indian father but she does not want to bring shame to her family.She told her mother that she will voice out her opinion on the marriage soon.

Taneesha decided to wait for a week before deciding on the marriage.She wants Sekhar to propose to her within one week or she will marry the surgeon.Taneesha would spend a lot of time with Sekhar at the company HQ but Sekhar will not propose to her.It went on for a week.One week has passed and still Sekhar has not proposed.Reluctantly,Taneesha called her mom and told that she has agreed to marry the surgeon.

Her family in India was delighted.Her father linked up with the groom's family and made preparations for the wedding.The wedding will be held in a month's time.The following week,Taneesha resigned from the company and left for India.
When Sekhar went to the office,he was told by Taneesha's friend Adrianne that she has resigned and returned to India for her marriage.

Sekhar was shocked.He was speechless.He regretted that he did not confess his love earlier.That day,he left from the office early and went home.At home,he tried to contact Taneesha on her mobile but he could not reach her.Heartbroken
and dejected,he called his friend,Vinod Gautham who is a NYPD detective. Vinod advised Sekhar to go to India before the wedding and explain everything to Taneesha.Sekhar duly obliged and booked his flight to India.While
on the plane,his sweet moments with Taneesha played on his mind.

COCHIN,INDIA

Upon arrival at the Cochin International Airport,he quickly boarded a cab and asked the driver to drive to a nearby hotel.After refreshing himself,he set out to locate Taneesha's house with an incomplete address given by Adrianne.As he travelled in the auto-rickshaw along the busy Cochin street,a familiar sight of someone caught his eyes.It was Taneesha.She was shopping for her wedding with her sisters.He quickly stopped the auto and rushed towards the shop.When
she came out of the shop,she was shocked to see Sekhar.Immidiately,Sekhar confessed to her.She cried and hugged him.

Sekhar,Taneesha and her sisters enter the car to go to her home.In the car,they planned how to explain Sekhar's sudden appearance to her family.Upom arriving at her house,she saw that her mother weeping at the entrance of her house.From her sister-in-law,she got to know that her wedding has been called off.The surgeon has been arrested in New York in connection with an organ smuggling syndicate.

When she heard that,she was elated and she hugged the tired-looking Sekhar and introduced him to her puzzled family members.She explained to her family members about her love on Sekhar.Her family members were stunned but after an hour of discussion with Sekhar,Taneesha's parents agreed to the marriage of Sekhar and Taneesha.The traditional Indian ceremony was held in India three weeks later.After that,both Sekhar and Taneesha returned to New York.

NEW YORK,USA

In New York,they held another reception for their American friends and colleagues.The reception was attended by both their parents and relatives from India.

The guests clapped when Sekhar's friend,Vinod arrived at the reception.Sekhar was puzzled.Adrianne told Sekhar that Det.Vinod was responsible in bringing down the human organ smuggling syndicate which Taneesha's ex-husband-to-be was involved.A week later,the couple left for Bahamas for their honeymoon.

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

A Tale Of Three Worlds-Part 4

Strassky's gangland style murder caused the residents of the neighbourhood where the murder occured to file a report with the police.Due to Stratov's influence in the police department,the case was dismissed without further investigations.A week a later,Denisov was at his favourite cafe in downtown St.Petersburg when the girl who witnessed Strassky's murder passed by.When she saw Denisov,she increased the pace of her strides.This prompted Denisov to tail her until the junction.When she realised she was being followed,she turned and scolded Denisov.





Denisov was stunned and she just crossed the busy street.Since that day,Denisov became a changed person.He would not accompany his young band of thugs anymore for a hit.He will only act upon the orders of Stratov.He would spend his

time at the bar of his childhood friend,Ivan.Ivan dissapproves of Denisov's career as a hitman.Ivan had advised Denisov not to be in Stratov's gang before this but he did not care about it.One day,Denisov approached the girl at a subway station and talked to her.At first she was scared but when she knew Denisov meant no harm,she sat beside him and talked to him.



From that conversation,Denisov knew that her name was Jelena.She is a student

at a local college and her father is in the Obshina,the Chechen mafia.She told Denisov the reason behind her hatred feeling on gangsters.It is because of her father,who does not care about the family and commits himself to the mafia.After an hour's chat,Jelena then boarded the train and left.Later that day,

Denisov received a call from Leonid,an aide of Stratov.Leonid informed him that he is needed to finish off an Obshina hitman.Halfheartedly,Denisov agreed.



The Obshina hitman is none other Jelena's father.He felt bad.He felt that he could not execute Jelena's father.There is something that prevents him from doing so.Later,he assigned the task to his trusted protege,Igor.Denisov stayed in the car while Igor went into the restaurant where Jelena's father,Marcin was having his meal.A few minutes later,people started running helter-skelter around the area.



Then,Marcin came out of the restaurant and walked away.Seeing this,Denisov sensed something was wrong.He entered the restaurant and saw Igor slumped dead on the floor.His hesitation to finish the hit cost the life of a youngster.Later

when Stratov got to know about this,he was furious that a hitman like Denisov could spoil the whole plan.The next day,he sat beside his window and recalled the event happened the night before.Then,he realised it is his love on Jelena which prevented him from executing her father.Denisov caught up with Jelena later and confessed his love to her.At first,she declined but when Denisov told her about the previous night's incident,she became teary.Then,she hugged Denisov and kissed him.

Jelena realised that Denisov's love for her is true.After that,both of them took a stroll at the central park.As they were walking,a group of gunmen opened fire from multiple directions.The couple ran and took cover behind a rock structure.
Denisov then sprung out and opened fire,killing all the gunmen instantly.Such prowess of Denisov made him the feared hitman in St.Petersburg.The shell-shocked Jelena was crying uncontrollably.

She then said she does not want to lose one of her loved ones again to the cruel death in the underworld.She said that her brother-in-law was an ex-KGB man who lost his life fighting against the Izmailovskaya.Denisov was so touched.He then promised to Jelena that he willl leave the underworld for good once and for all.A week later,he met Stratov and told him that he is leaving the mafia because he had witnessed too much murders and he wanted to start a new life afresh in Moscow.

Reluctantly,Stratov agreed to let him go.Stratov then got to know that Denisov is in love with Marcin's daughter and she is the one behind his sudden change in personality.Denisov packed his bags and boarded a taxi to the railway station.He was accompanied by Jelena,who is abandoning her studies to live with Denisov.When they reached the railway station,a group of men approached Denisov and shot him multiple times at point-blank range.

Denisov fell dead.Jelena screamed uncontrollably while holding the motionless body of Denisov in her hands.The men were from the Obshina.They were tipped off by Stratov to kill Denisov so that he will not be blamed on the murder.Life in the underworld is cruel.You will not know who is your friend and who is your enemy.

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

A Tale Of Three Worlds-Part 3

ALONG THE KOSOVO-ALBANIA BORDER











It is 1.30 in the morning.A group of UN peacekeepers are stationed at the border.A British soldier,Capt.Greg Ellington shares a bottle of vodka with his French counterpart, Capt.Loic Pagis to keep themselves warm in the cold Balkan weather.Greg and Loic sat on a rock and talked about their respective lives before they were posted to Kosovo.A few peacekeepers patrol a short stretch of the border.Suddenly,the siren sounded.The surveillance unit detected the presence of the Kosovo Liberation Army 12 kilometres from their outpost.The soldiers then got into their vehicles and moved towards the KLA's position.The NATO troops arrived at the location.They discovered a village consisting of of minority Serbs was completely destroyed.

The troops then signalled for reinforcements and within moment NATO trucks and ambulances arrived at the village.The troops then transported the displaced village folks to the NATO refugee shelter near their base.While transporting the villagers,Capt.Ellington came across a young,pretty girl who is wheelchair bound.Capt.Ellington helped the girl to get on the truck.From other villagers,Capt.Ellington got to know that the girl suffers from muscular dystrophy.Capt.Ellington felt sorry for the girl.Since then,he would visit the girl daily at the refugee camp.The girl would not speak to Capt.Ellington but like what people say,time heals everything.

Days later,she began to speak to Capt.Ellington.Since then,they will spend some time talking in the morning before Capt.Ellington leaves for his patrolling duties.The girl's name was Yana.She has been suffering from muscular dystrophy since she was a kid.Capt.Ellington then asked a favour from a Red Cross doctor, Dr.Lars Pfertzel to treat Yana.Dr.Lars paid Yana a visit on a Thursday evening and examined her.After some tests,he told Capt.Ellington that Yana is in the critical stage of the disease and she will not live beyond three months.Dr.Lars said this is because
she was deprived of proper treatment when she was young which would have delayed the spread of the disease.Capt.Ellington made a vow.He vowed that he will keep Yana happy during the last days of her life.

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

A Tale Of Three Worlds-Part 2

NEW YORK,USA



Aero Technologies is one of the largest software companies in the United States.The company is led by its charismatic and hardworking CEO,Sekhar Bharadwaj.Sekhar is the company's key man.He is the one who brought up the company when Aero was in troubled waters.Tyler is well loved by everyone in the firm.Tyler is very close to Taneesha Nair.Taneesha is one of the software engineers in the firm.She is very quiet and hardworking.She seldom spends her time with her colleagues.

A prominent banking firm's security system failed.Aero Technologies are roped in to restore the system within 24hours.A special team was assembled,consisting of 12 experts.Sekhar and Taneesha are also in the team.The team worked round -the-clock .During the marathon project,Taneeshal felt that she is attracted to Sekhar's dedication and charm.After the success of the project,Sekhar too realised that he has feelings forTaneesha.Since then,both of them would spend time together at the restaurants and cinemas around NY.

Now,Taneesha realises that she loves Sekhar more.She wanted to confess to Sekhar but her shyness had prevented her from doing so.Meanwhile,Sekhar also loves Taneesha but he feels that a guy should not go to a girl and confess.He feels that it should be the other way round.He is quite egoistic.Sekhar hopes that Taneesha will make the first move.He knows that Taneesha has feelings for him.

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

A Tale Of Three Worlds-Part 1

ST PETERSBURG,RUSSIA

It is around 10 in the morning.Three black coloured GMC MPVs enter the compound of an abandoned foundry.The three vehicles stopped.A well built man stepped out of one of the MPVs.
He is Sergey Denisov,the feared hitman for the Izmailovskaya gang in St.Petersburg.Denisov's boss is ex-KGB strongman,Yuri Stratov.Stratov is the head of the Izmailovskaya network in St.Petersburg.Stratov has sent Denisov to the foundry to negotiate a deal with their rivals,Obshina.

Obshina is the Chechen mafia in St.Petersburg.Now,Denisov has to exchange a cache of assorted rifles worth 1.5mil euros for 1.5mil euros worth of cocaine.The Obshina has sent one of their key men to finalise the deal.Denisov was frisked at the entrance of the foundry and entered it.About 15 minutes later,he came out with two briefcases and ordered a few hustlers to carry the box of weapons into the foundry.The deal was completed and the Izmailovskaya thugs left the foundry.

Later that day,Denisov received a call that Igor Strassky,an informer for the cops is in one of the pubs owned by Stratov.Denisov reached the pub in a few minutes.He entered the pub and saw Strassky.Strassky saw Denisov and made a dash towards the exit.Denisov gave him a chase.
Outside the pub,the chase spilled on the road.This time,both the men whipped out their guns.The chase then continued until they reached a quiet residential area.Strassky ran until he was cornered at a dead end.Strassky then slumped on the road.He is dead.He has been shot by Denisov.As Denisov turns back,he saw a teenaged girl staring at him.She was scared and Denisov could see anger in her eyes.He stared at the girl.Denisov then left the place in a car driven by his hustlers.

Monday, March 17, 2008

The Friday Night Game

Casey Valeri is a croupier working at the Red Rock Casino and Hotel in Las Vegas.Valeri is assigned to man one of the roulette tables at the casino.The casino is frequented by two hardcore gamblers,Troy Carson and Ernesto Favalli.Both of them are always focused on one thing,that is winning.Both Carson and Favalli are respected underworld figures in Vegas.The winnings are used by them to finance their activities like bootlegging and drug dealing.



The dealer who mans Carson's and Favalli's poker table is Roger Sears.Sears is trusted by both the gamblers as he is very close to both of them.One usual Friday night,a new gambler entered the fold at the poker game is a mysterious man known just as Sweeper.Sweeper had to face off with the regulars that is Carson and Favalli.Carson and Favalli are confident of beating Sweeper off the track that day.



Unusually,Valeri was called to man the poker table as Sears was on medical leave.Valeri's appointment stirred uneasy feelings in Carson and Favalli.The game started with Carson and Favalli dominating from the start.As the stakes began to increase,Sweeper began to gain his winning touch.He kept on winning with just the Ace cards.Finally,after a two-hour marathon game,Sweeper defeated the regulars and won US$5.5million.Carson and Favalli were furious because they lost to an unknown gambler.



At Favalli's suite that following night,both of them talked about their disastrous outing at the poker table.Carson told that he suspected Valeri had helped Sweeper to rake all the winnings from them.He also suspected Valeri of plotting their downfall at the table and he came up with a plan.Carson planned to kidnap Valeri to reveal the truth behind their shock loss.Favalli duly agreed.



A few days later,Valeri was awakened by loud thuds on his door.When he looked through the peephole,he saw neatly-dressed hustlers .He felt something was wrong and quickly put on his clothes.Then,as he was about to jump from his balcony,the hustlers broke the door and entered his unit.They were armed with Uzis.Stunned and scared,he jumped from his balcony and landed on one of the hustlers' GMC.

He got into the GMC and drove off from his residential block.After a 15 minute nerve-wracking drive,he arrived at Roger Sears' apartment.He knocked on the door as he called out Sears' name.No one answered his calls.He realised the door's lock was picked.He opened the door and entered the unit.He was shocked with what he saw.Roger Sears was on the couch with gunshot wounds.He was dead.Valeri was panic-stricken.Moments later,LVPD arrived.Valeri ran towards a window and climbed out.He jumped down and escaped from the police.

The next day,Valeri's photographs were splashed on the dailies.He was accused of murdering Sears.Now,Valeri is in deep trouble.One side,he is pursued by the gangsters for their loss in a poker game and on the other side the cops are after him for a crime that he did not commit.Valeri received a call from his cop friend,Greg Tyler.Tyler asked Valeri to meet him at a motel on Interstate 15.

Upon meeting,Tyler explained that the gangsters had bribed the police chief,Lt.Rico Federicci.Even the police arrests Valeri,he would be turned over to the mafia andSears was actually murdered by Carson's brother,Lewis.Valeri had been at Sears' apartment at wrong time therefore he was named as the murderer as he escaped when he saw the cops arriving.Now,the duo got a mammoth task to complete.Tyler and Valeri must clear Valeri's name and expose the truth behind Sears' murder.

Tyler knew that he cannot trust his own department anymore.Hence,he acquired the help of his FBI agent ex-flame,Amanda Capaldi.He studied Carson and Favalli's past criminal records.Meanwhile,one of his informers tipped Tyler off by telling Federicci is at the MGM Hotel for a meeting with the crime lords.Tyler requested the informers help to snap a few pictures of the trio.The trio's picture was snapped and was sent to Capaldi's laptop.A few copies of the photos were forwarded to the media.

The next day,dailies in Las Vegas and across America front-paged pictures of Federicci meeting the crime lords.With the orders of the Nevada Governor,Federicci was suspended from duty and the investigations of Sears' murder was transferred to the FBI.Now,Capaldi is the chief investigating officer for the murder case.She knows that Valeri is innocent.An anonymous caller called the FBI and told that he had recorded the footage of Sears being killed.

He said he will hand over the DVD containing the footage but FBI had to pay him US$40,000.Capaldi agreed and she had other plans in store.She planned a sting operation.The venue and time for the handover of the DVD is confirmed.FBI officers are disguised as civillians around the area where the sting is being done.A neatly-dressed guy appeared with a DVD case in his hand and approached Capaldi ,who is dressed as a fast-foot outlet worker.As the guy hands over the DVD case,plainclothed FBI officers pounce on him and handcuffed him.

He was brought to the headquarters for questionning.Fingerprints were taken from him and his identity was confirmed as Lorenzo Armas,a hustler with Favalli's network.Upon questioning,its is found that Lewis murdered Sears because Sears did not want to run an errand for the crime lords.Armas tried to sell the murder footage as he planned to take revenge on Lewis.Lewis had raped and killed Armas' sister three years back.

With Armas' testimony,Valeri is virtually cleared of the murder charges but they have another task to finish-bring down the crime networks of Carson and Favalli.The FBI used Armas as a mule to gain evidences of the criminal activities of Carson and Favalli.The FBI could not press charges against the duo because of lack of proper evidences.LVPD has appointed Tyler as the interim officer-in-charge.Now,LVPD and the FBI are working together to put a full stop to Carson and Favalli's activities.

Armas informed the enforcers that the dirty duo is set to meet a Croatian mafia boss at the Caesar's Palace to finalise a drug deal on Friday.The enforcers planned a sting again.One day before the sting,FBI placed additional cameras to monitor the situation.On the day of the sting,around 70 police officers and FBI agents are disguised as casino and hotel employees are stationed in the building while 100 more are positioned outside.

The duo arrived along with their henchmen.Later,the Croatian mafia boss arrived.As they were about to exchange their merchandise at the roulette table,the enforcers sprung into action.The henchmen then opened fire,causing the patrons to take shelter while the cops anf FBI return fire.After 45 minutes of adrenaline-pumping gunfight,the henchmen lay dead as the enforcers surround Carson,Favalli and the Croatian.

The trio were then arrested and brought to the police headquarters for questioning and for charges to be pressed on them.The Tyler-Capaldi combination have brought down a crime network and saved an innocent citizen from being wrongfully charged for a crime that he did not commit.

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Wednesday, March 12, 2008

The National Service Story

The National Service is a very interesting experience for me.For the first time in my life,I was separated from my family.I was sent to Setiu,Terengganu(around 750-800km from KL).My first reaction when I reached there after a tiring 10-hour bus journey:Shit....its a jungle!..I cried for a couple of days.The reason-CULTURE SHOCK.At first,I had difficulties adapting to the life there.The facilities,especially the toilets are worse than a normal city school.The food-SUCKS...imagine eating partially cooked vegetables accompanied by sand!!!!Sounds disgusting right??Since then,I stopped eating vegetables there.

When the activities started rolling,then it got interesting.It kicked off with marching(kawad) before the challenging ones like shooting,abseilling and jungle trekking.The Wirajaya(survival training) was a disaster because it was called off half-way through due to the heavy Terengganu rain.My memorable moment was the shooting practice which was conducted in Pasir Puteh,Kelantan.For the first time in my life,I held a firearm.It was a Colt M-16.

The 70-day stint ended with a low-key closing ceremony officiated by the Setiu District Officer.That night,a farewell dinner was held.Towards the end of the dinner,the atmosphere turned sombre.Tears started rolling down and apologies and advices were uttered by the trainers to the trainees.After that,everyone stayed awake all night long for a barbeque session with their respective dorms and that was the final event of the stint.I was one of the first to leave because I had to catch a flight back home and I left the camp at 4am with a tinge of sadness.All good things will come to an end.

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

National Service

Wira-Wirawati harapan bangsa
Tiba masa kita berjasa
Kita sahut cabaran
Bergerak seiringan
Demi mencapai wawasan

Kenali rakan pelbagai budaya
Selami warisan kita yang kaya
Bersama bergandingan
Tiada perbezaan
Kita warga Malaysia

Berkhidmat untuk negara
Berbakti penuh setia
Satu hasrat satu semangat
Satu tekad bersama

Wira-wirawati harapan bangsa
Kini masa kami berjaya
Kami sahut cabaran
Bergerak seiringan
Kami pasti mencapai wawasan

Kita sahut cabaran
Bersama bergandingan
Berkhidmat untuk negara
MALAYSIA