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IPL, keyboard and other stuff

    Hello once again. It has been a while since I have written something, so here I go.

                I actually forgot about this. I went to an IPL game on the 26th of April, 2016 to watch Sunrisers Hyderabad take on Rising Pune Giants. It was barely a mid-table clash. Both teams were (are) floundering in the bottom half of the league standings. So I just went for the stadium experience. We had rain postpone the start of the game by an hour, and when it did start, the action was not quite high octane. SRH lost wickets at regular intervals and Pune weren’t really breaking a sweat. The hardcore followers of cricket among my colleagues were well disappointed. And Pune were on course to win the game in respectable time when the rain gods decide they had had enough. They might have felt,” What a bunch of crap! Let us stop this already.” So the result was decided by D/L method and Pune were the victors on the day. Not worth the money we paid for the game, was my takeaway from the game. Anyway, I am a bit biased towards CSK and now that they don’t even exist, I don’t care much about IPL.
               
                The only thought on my mind was, “how spectacular would it be were this a football match?” Preferably the Emirates Stadium or the Signal Iduna Park. Actually not the Emirates, not now at least. The crowd has been hostile towards their own players this season, after we gave up on the title. Maybe someday I will be fortunate enough to visit this hallowed cathedral of a stadium to watch the famous Arsenal play. And pose beside Thierry Henry. And Dennis Bergkamp. And the golden Premier League trophy. And take part in the atmosphere generated at this fantastic venue. I’ll continue this elsewhere (in my mind :P)

                I think I will give the keyboard grade 2 examination this August barring unforeseen circumstances. I have finished the grade 1 book, and am now onto the next one. The exam book is just a level apart! It is a huge leap, I must say. Like jumping from the sixth to ninth standard. My instructor is confident that I can do it though. I started practicing and finishing a line has become today’s achievement. That is how difficult it is. But hey, I enjoy my music. I am happy to be learning. Keyboard class has been one of the few great things that have happened to me since I came to Hyderabad.

                The Hyderabad weather gods are frustrated with the heat it seems. The temperature has dropped significantly (only 35 degrees Celsius :P) and it has been raining for the past 4 days. I am not complaining though. Enjoy it while it lasts. It seems Mumbai hasn’t been that fortunate. Still lots of sun over there.

                Summer means Game of Thrones. So far two episodes have come out, and I watched them. I wasn’t impressed with the writers this season. Both episodes have had similar themes (kill someone important, show some flesh, make Tyrion look cool, etc.) And storylines have been cut (No surprises there). The unpredictability of the show took a hit in my opinion. As for what will happen next, I can make an educated guess (which would be spoilers for you). I just hope the book is a million times better than the show, which is now on a precarious edge to deliver.

                I got bored of Lee Child’s books and moved on to the next author, Vince Flynn. It turns out, that he is also of a similar kind. His hero is eerily similar to Jack Reacher. I am on his first book, so I will reserve my final judgement till I finish at least one more. The struggle to find a good author continues to no avail.


                So people, have a great weekend. I will try to get something done, and then it is back to mundane life from Monday.

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