Just Another Day in Paradise

This posting might end up like the work of a scribe who has to turn in his daily column, be it about the demise of a sewer rat or something as sensational as finding more rivers on Mars, so that he earns his daily bread and pleases the lady as well at home. Yet, I have the privilege of doing neither :) And I'm so bored on a Saturday Night !!

Weather :

Bangalore was awesome, splendid and nothing short of a balmy day. Sooper Ulti!

Event :

Got pulled along by Viji to Infosys, where he was invited as chief guest to preside over the prize distribution to the two finalists of the Corporate cricket tournament. He still enjoys great patronage as was seen from the people who walked up to him and exchanged pleasantries, took pictures and his speech was honest, yet succinct , extoling the spirit with which the corporate teams took part in the tournament, money not being the main reason, but mostly to have good fun..No beating around the bush, no digressing off into a ramble.. Neat stuff Viji, I hope you dance again, like you used to a very short time back, down the track, destroying the spinners at will, taking on the speedsters with aplomb.. and aah, those cover drives which even Harsha Bhogle once commented that it was a sight worth watching in Indian cricket. Cmon bro, Cmon !!!

Lunch :

Woodys at J P Nagar and tucked into Jeera Rice, Channa Batura, Curd Rice and BBBath with gusto.. Not to mention the 'just cant keep away from it ' Strawberry Milk Shake which is so much a compulsory buy everytime we go there! Whoa Woodys, but none the richer for the stuffing we undertook.. Lighter Wallets, heavier stomachs :)

Rendezvous at City Institute :

Swim Time.. Students Raghu, Sanji and Lakshman practise the strokes earnestly and diligently.. Sanji's made good progess, Raghu's getting better.. Laxman though needs a lot of proper training and unlearning the wrong stuff.. Sanji's all ga ga over his newly learnt underwater glide, the efficacy that a pair of fins bring about to his strokes and the now intrepid dives he undertakes in deeper waters and surfaces with lil trouble and swims to the other end ... Atta boy, way to go... June end, you should be all set !! The ocean beckons ;)Raghu's more accustomed to diving, surfaces well, even gets stones from the deep end floor, still is stiff around the arms/legs for the front crawl.. You'll get there.. Keep at it...

SLV Satiation :

Post swim universal rule is to stuff oneself and replenish the carbo loss and the muscle atrophy :) SLV Chamarajpet just about answers to the plea-bargain of the stomach and the varied cuisine goes a long way in pleasing the most refined palates of 5 famished swimmers, the crisp vada promptly being ordered a second time around ... Shavige Baath, Idli ,Khara/Kesari baath.. All down'ed. Aaha, what joy !! Imagine what/how much we can eat after a Triathlon :)

Lil Dhaatri :

Sanji's daughter is just 1.5 years, yet she has become a lil brat to handle.. Impish, always with a ready smile (She smiles in sleep, smiles when she wakes up,smiles at anything !!),fiercely competitive and protective of her dad whenever someone tries to take him away from her, she dawdles the hours away, babbling quite a lot of mumbo jumbo and interspering them with some coherent words and vigorous nodding of the head in any direction that pleases her. Never shy to give a flying kiss, a boxing fist ( her dad taught her that) and an " I NEED ATTENTION" scream, she's the lil bundle of the joy in the family and there's never a dull moment with her around.. You'll be getting a cousin soon, so behave!! But she gels great with mua and we mutually laugh at each others antics :))

Movie Time :

Ride out with Sanji, rent DVDs, return home. DDLJ is playing on Sony Max. And it still is nice to watch in many parts, the first of its kind in an era that spawned of a lot of NRI typecast films and overseas love stories.And as a bloodied SRK stands at the door of one of the bogies of the departing train that would take him back to some airport enroute to London, his eyes refuse to accept defeat.. or so it appears. Enough to make even a stoic and stubborn Ambrish Puri release his iron grip on Kajol's wrist and she runs away to grab the outstretched hand of her beau. JIT too.. The Great Indian Railway has done it again.. Its an ATG, its a classic.. Small wonder then, 500 weeks and still running...Many are the vignettes that make this film such.. Whats the line about Bade Bade Desh Mey aise Chotte Chotte baath .. ..

Its been just another day in Paradise and Sunday and Tini's awaits !