A Bit Of This & That

A lot has happened in the past couple of months. The good, the bad and ugly. The worse is yet to show up! Let's start with the sporting setbacks. With cricket, I'm an ardent IPL follower. My favorite team, the defending champions Rajasthan Royals crashed out after almost sniffing a semi-final berth. Bangalore Royal Challengers was my next favorite team (me being a Bangalorean, supporting RCB comes naturally) and they put up a brilliant show till the 15th over of the final, after which they simply disintegrated. It was heart-breaking. Sigh. So close and yet so far.

Three days later after the IPL final, Rome hosted the UEFA Champion's League final. This time again my team Manchester United was in the final against Spanish football giants, Barcelona. ManU finished second best as they went down 2-0. I was depressed for the second time in 3 days. It takes a lot of courage to withstand your favorite team's defeat. ManU were literally flawless and invincible the entire season and in the final they didn't come close in displaying their usual brilliance. I was hurt, broken, bruised, battered and all the fancy words used to describe the pain of losing.

I hope the French Open provides some solace in the coming days as my favorite, the world no. 1, Rafael Nadal is currently breezing away! Federer will be the avenger this time around. But Rafa hopefully can keep him at no. 2 and rule the roost. Bangalore, on the last day of this month will be gearing up for 10km marathon across the city. Yours truly has signed up but will be too lazy to make it to the 6 am start time. After all, the noble thought to do something good matters! Maybe next time. My doc says I need rest so adhering. That's all.

Rain keeps pouring down every other day and as usual it feels great. Maybe sometimes it leaves the city flooded but heat at bay is good any day! My mom came down this month to stay with me and my brother. Oh btw, he came too but before her. After wrecking the kitchen for 6 months and home deliveries, it feels good to eat what your mom makes. The beauty (and obviously the yum taste) of a mom-made meal is second to none. Blissful. Thank you Almighty, all-high.

I've not been blogging for a while primarily because I was busy and not keeping well (the old age.. Sigh). Also with all those IPL and Champion's League matches my Internet time got killed. Hopefully with mom around to start my healthy revival I'll be more active. That's all for now. Cheers!

Ps-Buy an umbrella but mind you without one it's actually nice out there in the city.

Clouds, Drizzle, Storm and Hailstones.

Sometimes you can't help but just wonder what is all the fuss regarding global warming. I mean if you have rain pouring down hard enough to make the trees snap, during supposedly peak summer, what's so bad? Experts say summer showers are not uncommon and it has happened over the years, but hailstones? In the month of May? Wow! Go global warming! I saw people on the road remove their getting drenched. Most of us didn't want to take refuge from it but simply cool ourselves in the cold gift in the heat from the heavens. It does feel like July/August.

Many areas in Bangalore experienced fierce winds and a heavy downpour. Hailstones followed and what was left behind was a havoc aftermath. Okay, I'm making it sound like a tropical forest but really, it was a havoc. In my area trees went down and electric poles had to be fixed today. There was no power supply for nearly 7 hours after 4 pm. The drainage systems were brimming and it was tough out there. After the showdown yesterday by the Rain gods, the Sun decided to show off today. It touched 35 degrees and there wasn't a cloud in sight. After 5 pm, that changed and now the clouds are warming up with drizzle out there. It's cool and nice.

The weather is perfect to watch the ongoing IPL matches with microwave popcorn bags in your pantry. But then, the electricity will hardly stay once it comes down hard. Sigh and yeay. It's thundering out there and we're in with a wet evening. The Bangaloreans love it. So, Mr. Global Warming, it's nice and we don't mind the showers in summer. Keep 'em coming, we need it. Feels like monsoon spirit. We're not complaining.

PS: I'm not ignorant about global warming and it's effects. Post is in a lighter vein. Cheers!