Hola! How are you all? Hope
everybody is pink in health. Not just health, but also wealth, relationships,
ambitions and all that. It has been a long time since I published, not for the
lack of writing. I actually wrote some stuff, but that didn’t come off, and I
had to discard them. Not this one :P
It has been 15 months since I came
to Hyderabad! Whoa. It feels like yesterday when we were staying in Silicon
Ville right by the company. More than a
year has passed, prompting me to question myself, what did I do in the past
year? What did I learn? Honestly, that question is embarrassing. Not many
things, I answer. And some of the things I had hoped I would get done, still haven’t
got off the blocks yet. But also some things I managed to do. Look on the
bright side, mon ami.
I rekindled my interest in serial
killer novels, but this time, with a bigger bang. Hannibal is what I am reading
currently. First things first, let me tell you something. This is a great
novel. The writing style, the chronology, the description of the people and
places are just top notch. Maybe second only GRRM. (I may be a little biased
here.) And I haven’t even praised the story yet. I am only halfway through
this, but I can tell, that the story is gripping. The concept itself may be a
little squeamish, and more frightening, but this is a long way from the vanilla
detective fiction. Hannibal is a character, who you grow to respect out of
fear. If I had more time, I would have finished this book a lot earlier.
Did I mention I read Harry Potter
and the Cursed Child? A Herculean disappointment, if there was ever one. The
story itself is very feeble, and the characters make decisions unlike
themselves. The descriptions aren’t up to the mark as well. It failed to
impress the majority of readers it seems, and it definitely failed to impress me.
Fortunately, there are a few moments where you feel the magic. But such moments
are far and few in between. After completing the book in one night, I found
that JKR is a coauthor! Not one of her best creations, this one.
After a lengthy and seemingly
unending international break, football resumed yesterday. All the media
attention was on the clash of Guardiola and Mourinho in the Manchester derby. An
estimated 650 million pounds worth of talent was on the pitch, and the match didn’t
disappoint. City were very well organized, played good football, and were
deserving of the win over their bitter rivals on enemy territory. United on the
other hand, were clueless, Mourinho got his selection wrong, and were
tactically overwhelmed. In the end they had to resort to long ball tactics to
try and snatch something out of the game, but City held on. Arsenal were
playing Southampton, a team that had thrashed them 4-0 last Christmas. Southampton
are a very dangerous team, irrespective of form and coach. They possess some
good players, and try to play some good football, which I admire. Arsenal, as
usual got off to a bad start, conceding a needless freekick on the edge of the
box, from which Tadic scored, courtesy some misfortune from Cech. But our
captain and birthday boy, Laurent Koscielny scored an overhead bicycle goal to
equalize. A defender scoring an overhead bicycle goal! To give you some
context, it is like a bowler playing a 150 runs innings in a test match. And in
between some controversy, Arsenal were awarded a penalty right at the end.
Santi scored and Arsenal went on to collect all three points. Shkodran Mustafi and
Lucas Perez were handed their debuts, and did not disappoint. Now, onto the Champions
League fixture against PSG in Paris.
There is a badminton tournament at
my company this week. I have participated only in the doubles as of now. But I
want to give singles a shot as well. What can go wrong? I am thinking I will go
and play on the spot. With any luck, I may as well clear the first round. Let
us see what happens, when it happens.
Sayonara, for now. I am off to play
badminton!
Comments
Post a Comment