Cheers

"I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day."
-Frank Sinatra

Amen.

From the A to the Z

Continuing in my trend of stealing tags, I've whacked this one off Moo, because it just looked like so much fun.

So anyway, this is tag is called the ABC tag and because you definitely don't know enough about me already. Here goes:

1) A – Available/Single?
Single, the available depends on who wants to know

2) B – Best friend?
I don't think I have one best friend. I have several friends who are very close to me.

3) C – Cake or Pie?
Tough choice, but I think I'd have to go for the cake especially if it's blueberry cheesecake.

4) D – Drink of choice?
Gin and tonic/lemonade. Bacardi and coke, Wine. Contrary to what might come across, I am NOT an alcoholic.

5) E – Essential item you use every day?
Bag, cellphone and computer

6) F – Favorite colour?
Blue in all its shades, White, black and I have a certain fondness for purple.

7) G – Gummy Bears Or Worms?
Worms. They're delish

8) H – Hometown?
Technically Goa and Mangalore. In my heart, Mumbai

9) I – Indulgence?
Chocolate.

10) J – January or February?
January. What a stupid question

11) K – Kids & their names?
Two- Sowbhagyawati and Wajidali. Stupid much?

12) L – Life is incomplete without?
Friends, family, books, chocolate, basketball

13) M – Marriage date?
I'm commitmentphobic.

14) N – Name? Your real name!!
What's in a name? A rose by any other name would smell just as sweet.

15) O – Oranges or Apples?
Oranges. Isn't your life just so much the richer for knowing?

16) P – Phobias/Fears?
I can't really think of anything. In the words of JK Rowling, does that mean what I fear most is fear itself?

17) Q – Quote for today?
Shut up.

18) R – Reason to smile?
Everything

19) S – Season?
Summer

20) T – Tag 3 People?
I'm not in the mood to tag. Anybody who wants to take it up. Please do.

21) U – Unknown fact about me?
There's a reason it's unknown

22) V – Vegetable you don’t like?
Karela

23) W – Worst habit?
Procrastination

24) X – X-rays?
Once. Accident with the BEST bus when I was ten. Broken head. Fodder for a post someday.

25) Y – Your favorite food?
Just one? Fine then, Goa sausages.

26) Z – Zodiac sign?
The hottest sign of the Zodiac - Aries. :D (I'm agreeing with Moo on this one)

It's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a

They have everything for you men to enjoy,
You can hang out with all the boys ...

So true. Well except for the part where they call us men, but we shall just let that slide, shall we?

As you read this, I'm in the outstation YMCA camp. Merrily living it up at a National Youth Camp for youth from the ages of 18 to 30 across India. I've quietly snuck off from work.

This will be my second YMCA camp in three years. The first one was in Yellagiri, a little hill station near Chennai and this one is near Pune.

I've been looking forward to this camp ever since I heard about it approximately four months ago. So please pray that I'm having a great time as I hope I am, with swimming, rock climbing, rappelling, rifle shooting, treasure hunts and campfires.

See you all on the other side.

Rooftop memories

One of my favourite places in Bombay to chill with my friends, is my friend PU's terrace in Andheri.

Located in one of the quiet by lanes of Lokhandwala, it's the perfect place to just be. I love going up there on starry summer nights with a cool breeze and three people without whom life would be incomplete.

Lying back, talking, gossiping, sharing secrets, drinking, stuffing ourselves with french fries from McDonald's, it's a place that only holds the best of memories for me.

It's magical being there and watching planes fly by. Trying to figure out where they're going, the routes they're taking, making up elaborate stories about the people within. All the while content and listening to soft giggles and whispers. Chuckles and swear words. Drawing comfort from the silence, knowing that we don't need words to communicate.

Sharing every little thought I've had. The best and the worst without fear of judgment. Bad jokes, good conversation and terrible leg-pulling.

Four years of wonderful friendship.

P.S: This is my 200th post and I can't think of a better way to commemorate it than with this post.

Come on Reds

So anyone who knows me, knows what a huge sports fan I am.

I watch them all, soccer, basketball, cricket, tennis, Formula One. Everything.

So as I've said before, I've been watching a lot of soccer. I check Goal.com every two hours to see what the latest happenings in the footballing world are. And a million other footballing websites. I try to keep my weekends clear so that I can watch as much of the Premier League as I can. I'm signing petitions that ask for more of the La Liga to be broadcast on Indian television.

Anyway, I'm guessing you've got the picture?

So from the last few years, I've been a Manchester United fan. I watched all the Red Devils, and I was happy. But the more football I watched, the more I felt myself get drawn towards another team.

Liverpool FC to be precise. They're my team in a sense that Man U never was. Their underdog reputation, their lack of supporters, in India I mean, the fact that people never take them or their title challenges seriously. That they call Liverpool lucky. That's why they're my team.

Also, the fact that I'm moping after their loss to Chelsea this evening. I'm so upset I don't even want to talk to anyone, which is why I'm avoiding Facebook and Twitter.

But it's also why I know, I'll never walk alone.