Miscellaneous....

More sober cricket on between Australia and us and both the teams seem very conscious of each other. To my biased mind, Rahul Dravid looks very disinterested in the proceedings. I am proud of the cup and all that but wish Dravid were the captain to win it. I imagine the brats, hardly being educated, being very rude and arrogant with their seniors just because they've tasted success. But on second thoughts, I wonder if I'm being arrogant myself - I mean, who says that cricketers should be well educated? The biggest cricketer of ours - Tendulkar - hardly went to school, almost. But you've got to admit that he was a humble man even at his best times but Yuvraj looks born arrogant to me. I'm getting confused I think - why are formal education and humility connected?

There is some worry in the background for us - we inquired in a couple of schools regarding the kid's admission this morning and the response has left us feeling insecure. Two of them(the best in our area) said that the minimum age for L KG was 4 years, not even a month less. Now the kid will be only 3 years and 8 months old and we don't want to waste one year of his waiting for next year. Are they asking us to have our kids well-planned??

Went to Garuda Mall today and P says it smells just like the Newport Mall....

Misba(e)h-aved.....

World Champions finally! Had never thought I would see this moment in my life. Had Misbah's brave shot not misbehaved, we too would've been called another bunch of 'Chokers'!!! Only sad thing is that it's over and I don't have anything to look forward to by the end of a boring day.

The days of slogging(I mean office) are over at least for a while but I'm finding myself a little confused about how to spend my freetime, being unused to this situation for a year. I'll have to re-organise my hobbies, have to think about new ones instead of becoming a TV addict. Max Mueller Bhavan is quite nearby and tempting. I'm a bit hesitant to enter it - probably because I have no special affection towards German language as such and it's only curiosity about a foreign language. I think I'm more interested in meeting foreigners and knowing about their life, the way they see us....

Went to Little Italy today, courtesy a treat from Sunay. Never knew Pizzas could taste so good!!

Hooked....

....back to cricket, I'm shameless to admit. Also, I think I don't mind T20 much now, probably because we're giving some fight at least there. At the moment, it's an engaging battle between Australians and us. Gilchrist has got out some time ago and Hayden has started the fireworks. I think we could've 'rested' Joginder - poor fellow looks clueless. Yuvraj was fantastic today as well and had the opening pair not wasted 30-odd balls, we may have reached 200. The way we are playing, I don't even mind losing this match.

Brett Lee is looking damn good in the new uniform but swearing a lot....

12:30 a.m....

The match is swinging very badly, slightly in Australia's favour at the moment....now that we are almost losing, I wish we had won it, really.....

1 a.m....

And we won, we won and....we won!!!! And Joginder Sharma is the hero of the last over and the 'eccentric and outstanding' Sreesanth bowled sublimely. I'm not sure if I'll get sleep easily tonight!

Rishi.....

It's fascinating to follow the growth of a child from a wailing red thing into a cub, as mother says. Rishi has really grown into a cub, I should say. He's a real prankster, a keen observer and listener of everything that happens around him, and a real fun-to-be-with kid. True to his age, he asks a lot of questions, reproduces everything we say even without knowing it, speaks of himself in third person and wants to have his share in every talk that happens. But one thing that really surprises me is the way he's learnt to dodge tricky questions. Yesterday he proudly stated that he threw the cap of a water bottle somewhere and Ajja and Ajji were searching for it. This has been happening quite regularly so I thought I would be serious. I asked him thrice why he did it and got three different answers, none related to the question! First he said the news reader on TV was a lady, next he talked about some flower in the book near him and third time, that he had taken my father's pen to write. I couldn't help laughing. How do they learn these things? How could he?

To go or not to go...

....that is the question. Going home for Chaturthi was an undisputed thing till we realized that we may not get the return tickets. I've reminded myself so many times that I've got to be more alert towards these 'mundane' things to avoid fights with P and this time I had taken immense pride in booking onward tickets well in advance. But I forgot to tell Pappa until Tuesday to book the return tickets and here I'm getting the stick all over again....P keeps saying that I'm only responsible towards job and nothing else. When will I prove him wrong?

I want to see the kid badly. It's been more than a month now and it's very painful when he keeps asking me over the phone when I would come. I've been telling him this weekend and now....

I want to go somewhere, away from all these headaches and spend an idle time for a week at least. It's been such a long time since I went anywhere out, really. I would prefer to be alone - I don't think I was made to be a social animal anyway, but I wouldn't mind the kid I suppose. Last time around, he and I went to my old house and to my childhood stream nearby. To my suprise and contrary to his usual loud self, he was very quiet and wanted to stay in the middle of water forever. We just stayed there silent, with an occasional question from him about some leaf or flower or a fish around, and it was lovely. Next time, I'll make him sit on our old rocky seat, dangling his legs in water so that he too enjoy the fish-bites....

Dreams Unlimited....

After months of real hardwork, we are finally buying a house,I mean a flat. Our dream of living in an independent house will have to continue for some more time - we found that we don't fall in that bracket at all. But I'm glad that the househunt is over, at least for now. For about 3-4 months, almost every Sunday went in looking for houses all around Eastern Bangalore. Heartbreaks,disappointments, anti-climaxes....It would be funny sometimes - we would see a house, come back home and decide that we would do this and that with that house and the next day would come to know that an earlier visitor finalised it. Sometimes even cruel - we've spoilt so many Sundays feeling terrible. Anyways....

The house is not over yet. We can move in only next January. My colleagues have already warned me against pinning any hopes on that also - I should keep June as the most optimistic target it seems. Actually the biggest factor in favour of this flat was its proximity to a good school - hardly a minute's walk away. P was very happy. But we can't be relieved till we secure admission in the school, of course!

Life has been pathetically hectic these days. Nothing but work, work and more work. The whole of 5th floor is full of busybees. Our action letters came last week and nothing to feel great about in terms of hike. Two people are getting thrown out and one is my friend and another my neighbour. One with 10 years of experience and the other, a fresher. I'm only a mute, sad spectator. Actually for my friend it's a slightly tricky situation - his and my boss, who gave him bad review, is his lunch partner also. hmmm....life is like that!

And....last for the day but not the least, we've got internet connection at home!!!