Chasing the Monsoons

One of the best forwards I've read in a long long while:

Celebration means......

A winter evening.
Four friends.
One barsaat.
Four glasses of chai.

(OR)

Hundred bucks of gas.
A rusty old bike.
And an open road.

(OR)

Rainy evening.
Holding hands with a loved one.
2 steaming corn cobs.
A long road ......

(OR)

Maggi noodles.
A hostel room.
3.25 a.m.

(OR)

A muddy field.
22 guys.
1 football
Game On ! !

(OR)

3 old friends.
3 separate cities.
3 coffee mugs.
1 internet messenger.

(OR)

2 a.m.
Sitting on your window ledge.

So I got engaged.. I mean formally, with ring et al. Our engagements don't really have rings, in fact the bridegroom isn't even supposed to be around at the engagement! I gate crashed and we exchanged rings at the end of the so called bridegroom-less engagement :D

All said and done it was a great event, and I have a ring with a huge rock in it. I had wished for a gold band as that is more comfortable, but it didn't work out that way for me.

India won the final against Pakistan in the Twenty20 World Cup, sending them packing home with their tail(s) between their legs. A couple of us had left work early to catch the match from the beginning, and boy was it worth it!

The Pakis did a good job in restricting us to 157 in 20 overs, but we still got the better of them. It was a nail-biting finish that all of us will remember for some time to come!!

What did suck was Shoaib Malik's statement right after the match that went, "I would like to start by saying to the people of Pakistan and all the Muslims in the world, that were are sorry we lost". What was lost on me was why make this about religion, when it is about sport and country? We won, you lost, so bug off!

If you would like to read about that bit in detail, do look at Doc Mitasha's post on the topic.

Yuvraj knocking the socks off of the Aussie bowlers. India deserved this win!

Adorable isn't she? How I wish she were mine :)

Went today to the Maharashtra Mandal's Ganesh Chaturthi function. It was pretty good. It was worth the trip, though I was pretty exhausted with the activities from last night.

Yesterday night was unforgettable. Around 12, friends showed up. A few moments later, Vardhan and gang (Amalesh, Sudarshan, Manish, Niranjan and Ketan) showed up.

The cake was this awesome chocolate one. I was like yummy! :) Then the problem arose with lighting the candle. No one seemed to have a match! Once that was sorted out, thy started singing the traditional 'Happy B'day to you' song and I blew out the candle and cut the cake. Before I could even put a piece into my mouth, I was whisked off to be given b'day bumps! :(

Yesterday we celebrated Ganesh Chaturthi. It was simply beautiful. The guys next door hosted the murti and managed the aarti and arrangements. My house and Nisarga-Sharvari household hosted the lunch. Food was acquired through potluck. All in all a very good experience.

The aarti was simply great. We had marathi aartis as well as gujarati ones. There was a festive atmosphere and there were about 40 people who showed up for the event. Nupur for once was looking absolutely stunning, and I could not keep my eyes of her. She was wearing a sari the gujarati way and was absolutely stunning.

Today went out with my sister Dolly to Tim Hortons for a coffee, like we had been planning for quite some time. The funny part was when we got there, about 15 minutes away from home we realised we didn't have any cash!

We were like holy shit, now what? And so started the furious search for some moolah. My sister's car isn't exactly what you would call untarnished or laundered. We had to dig through 2 feet (i'm not kidding) of debris to stockpile with great difficulty (hold your breath) - 3.5 dollars. Yes ladies and gentlemen, 3.5 dollars! Now I know how a beggar feels walking into Starbucks with his treasured 3.5 dollars.