23 - 04 - 2009
23rd April – believed to be the Birth date of Mr.William Shakespeare. Happy Birthday Mr.Shake.
A break in the middle of a week is always a bonus, or so I thought when I was informed about today's off day coz of the DMK strike. Strikes had always been a holiday for me for most days. Because the most of my 23 yrs I have lived had been either in home or hostel , where , it did not make much difference by the fact - whether the wheels are rolling or the shutters are down. Now that I am surviving on the local food stores for survival and that a lazy baboon like me wont stock a day's inventory for crisis situation like this made me feel the burnt of strike. After some frantic scouting around the locality for half an hour , I could finally spot the oasis in the form of a departmental store. Packed some wheat bread, Jam, Maggi and Fries. Not the choicest of brunch but still served the purpose ( I had to take the morning medicine ). I took a crappy crap later at the night signaling a memo to self - such crap junk is not to be avoided in future.
The afternoon was pretty hot and sweaty. I was actually sort of disoriented and had lost track of time. I had been trying to zero in on a decision to buy a gizmo gadget for me for lot of reasons. A Sony PSP is in my head for a few days now. Apparently it packs a promise of good game play , movie playbacks, music playbacks et al. BUT , like all good casino games there is a catch. The current versions of PSP which are being retailed through the SONY stores are the 2004 and 3004 versions. 100% of the 3004 and 80% of the 2004 versions are based on some kickass motherboard which the hackers have not been able to screw as of today. Thus, the PSP wont allow loading of hacked and pirated games and soft wares. Which essentially translates to a situation in which I have to buy 2000 bucks worth games every alternate day to keep my interest in PSP alive. Given the fact that I am pirated media freak does not help the scenario either. So I right now I am evaluating two options - Whether to buy a hacked PSP from Ritchie street ( Warranty is a term which has no merit in Ritchie St ) OR To buy some other gizmo gadget which will suit my buds.
The evening was a disappointing CSK vs DD story. I don’t want to brood over the sad story all over again. Bad cricket by CSK. Sloppy fielding , running , bowling , batting whatever. If things are not treated by stronger hands , IPL09 will be over pretty soon for the CSK annas. A good let away of the frustration was the KKR vs RR match. I don’t have any particular fascination for neither teams. Except that I admire Shane Warne for the way he carries the team , game and the role of captaincy. Vanilla catches were dropped, Sitter Runounts were missed still the old horse had all the energy to keep the spirits of the newbies alive and surged the team forward. Defending the meager total was never easy , specially with an explosive Chris Gayle and Sourav Ganguly marauding the RR bowlers. A surprising performance from Karmal Khan who not only did pick 3 wickets in the scheduled overs, but also bowled the most critical 2 overs ( the 20th over and the Super over ) with amazing results. Personally I think the boy needs more grooming and cricketing education before he can achieve consistent results. The conclusion was however signed off by a brilliant kick-in-the-ass show by Yusuf Pathan in the Super Over, which sealed the win for the RRs. Good Job RR.
Ah and the best part of the day was the dinner. Had a lazy dinner with Mitra in our most frequented restaurant Mount View. I think I am beginning to get bored with the Mount View dishes. But I was hungry and the food was tasty and the company was great. The combination works magic for me most times and so it did again.
Passing thoughts:
There is a lot of hoopla in the TV over the death of a girl of acute asthma attack. The parents and the students are upset over the school authorities not providing oxygen supply and immediate medical attention to the patient. With all due respect to the deceased I want to ask the question - How many schools in India has an oxygen supply and a 24 hr On Duty doctor and an emergency asthma recovery machinery in a school. In my opinion, the incident/accident is getting over hyped in media due to certain high profile contacts of the student/parents body. There are worse issues than these which the media need to broadcast to sensitize the nation about.
Signing off.
