Mostly sane & almost happy...

Hyderabad has it going on!
Mithali Raj became the captain of the Indian women's cricket team. The World Cup in South Africa'll be amazing to watch, I think. We're the favourites, even though we lost to those crazy Aussies. It's being played from March 22nd. Don't forget to cheer!
Sania is just incredible! 77th in the world, the WORLD. Fantastic really.
WOMAN POWER baby!
The Hyderabad Sultans won. Yeah, I still have the PHL hangover. We watched the finals, all dressed up in PHL gear, screaming like we were possessed or something. Watching Inderjeet Singh and Sohail Abbas in action, you honestly can't help it. You should see the way they lift the team's spirit just by giving it their all. V.V.S.Laxman is still at the crease. He is humility personified. Saw Walk the Talk and yeah, he was kinda diplomatic on most of the controversial ones but he really has this cool, composed thing about him. Very endearing.

Raj finally emailed me our New Year snaps. Who cares about being photogenic? I looked like I was having a good time and that's all that counts. Best part is, I did.
New Year's eve was amazing. We were at this place called Odyssey in Gurgaon. I had a blast! I wasn't too excited about being away from Sunith but then, the Tsunami happened and we had to cancel our Andamans plan and go up North. On the 1st of January, we left for Shimla. It is such an overhyped place(like most hill stations and places and movies and people I know!). To top that, it didn't even snow and we were really looking forward to it. We then went to Manali by road. It's stunning. I'd love to describe it but seriously, words aren't enough. Pure paradise!
Best part - It snowed! We went to Solan Valley and went skiing. I really didn't feel very pretty falling on my a** everytime I tried to do a little more than what the instructor told us to. Screw gravity! By the second day, my skiing actually improved. I thought it'd be easier than skating. I mean here we even have skis to support us, right? Wrong! It's much tougher, much more painful and hardly effortless. Skiing has a sweet spot too by the way. The instructor(contrary to what we read in novels, this guy wasn't anything close to cute) even told us how to find it. I did. But the idiot told me this great piece of information on the second day when most of my body was sore and bruised! Once we find the spot, skiing's a breeze. One more thing I absolutely rock at!
We saw some army barracks on NH-1 against those towering snow-clad mountains. We weren't allowed to take photographs around that area and the Rohtang pass was closed because of heavy snowfall. That was disappointing but I can never forget those army trucks and that barbed wire around the place. I know it doesn't sound like it was picturesque or romantic or anything. But there's something just divine about these people who protect us. I don't care about the army officers who took advantage of some women in Manipur. What they did is terrible and they're paying for it. Bottomline is, I almost worship these people who work for the armed forces. What they're sacrificing, just to make sure that I continue doing the usual BS without any kind of disruption, is definitely worship-worthy.

I've been feeling really hopeless about things lately.
Tomorrow, Shibu Soren will have to prove his majority. He definitely(thankfully) has the odds against him. He is a criminal, a fugitive who later turned himself in, went on to become a Union Minister, and then quit by sending a fax message from a post office and is now the Chief Minister of Jharkand. Yeah well, shit happens. Tomorrow we'll find out if there's something called justice.
Read somewhere about a meet in Madrid on Democracy, Security and Terrorism. There was a great deal of criticism about the military tactics adopted by the U.S. and how the U.N. should play a more pro-active role. Sure, there are meetings and conferences and seminars. Are these voices even heard? That's what I want to know. If there isn't a Rice or a Bush involved, does the U.N. really listen?
Sachin Tendulkar lost his wicket when he was on 94. I'm not a fan but Gavaskar really doesn't deserve having that record under his name. Dravid made 50-something runs. I was in College attending a seminar and didn't get to watch him. :(

We had an Entrepreneurship Development seminar in College today. Bloody MCP had the ba**s to say "You should select a project like you would select your husband". Some girls actually found that funny. I was offended. I mean, we were there in the first place, obviously because we aspired to something beyond that. As if there are girls today who even consider marriage as a career option. These are the people who should have a shoot at sight order against their name.
Something led to a Microsoft v/s Linux debate. Things were going nowhere and the guy wanted to start discussing some real issues and this girl actually asks, "So what is the answer?" Stupid exam mentality. But then later, her friend told me it was just to irritate that guy. I don't think it worked 'cos he kept smiling. Cant get my mind off his huge teeth and his condescending attitude.
God just makes my world so beautiful!

Talking of Her, I went to the temple on the way to my CAT class yesterday, wearing a pair of jeans and a red(yes, red)t-shirt. The pujari who usually gives me a welcoming smile, gave me a slightly disapproving look. I don't know if it was just my grandmother in my head(How can you go to the temple wearing jeans? It's plain sacrilegious!) or if he actually did. Bah what problems I have!

Long time since I fought with Nits. Not counting those "why the hell did you look at that girl/guy" arguments, because they're really stupid. Long time since I've had a what-else conversation with Raha. Long time since my parents found me almost impossible to tolerate. Long time since I've been kinda blue.

Always an optimistic end. It's true. Writing is therapeutic.