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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!

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