I was from childhood an avid fan of cricket.Like all Indians I died ,when India lost crucial games.In my cricket craze, I have hurriedly finished one paper in my law exams.It is a wonder ,how I passed that paper.
Next in priority came ,Tennis and then Hockey.I used to watch Lendl smashing people around ,and Graff sweating it out and making others sweat too.Hockey of course I watch, because I like people running around.
I got hooked to the game of Football ,when I was working and my collegue happened to talk about his craze.The 1996 world cup was going on ,and so I decided to watch and LO!!!! you have one more fan now in me ,for this supposedly most watched game of Foot Ball.And what running around do I see there?I was hooked, lock,stock and barrell,so to say.
But after the insipid performance by India, in that millenium world cup I lost interest in the game of Cricket.Now because Iam not watching India is winning,so I say to my friends.I do watch Tennis though, and so also hockey too ,though much of my enthusiasm for sporting events have gone.
But I intent watching football in this world cup event, as I want some activity to talk about at least.I had a forward of the Foot ball stadiums too by everyone connected with me in net.So the stadium I have already seen.
What about my ability to play a game?Iam sorry to say ,delightfully so too ,that excepting for carrom I do not play any games.This carrom too is a lfet over from my office days.We were having sports clubs ,and on one wet evening when going home from office became not possible, due to rains I sat for a game of carrom and learnt it.I progressed to the extent of coming to second round in carrom tournaments ,conducted by our office club too.So far and not more than that.
So! Folks the game would have started now ,and Iam hurriedly logging off now.
Jayamala.
Blogs That I Follow.
- http://navallanga.blogspot.com
- News Item That touched Me ....There was one article in this month's Reader's Digest about Kamalbhai Parmar who is running a fabricating unit and who runsa school,rather a tution school for the poor students in Ahmedabad.It takes a large heart to start something like this.I do wish I can do something like that too.Atleast be able to teach in such effort .
- Books That I am reading now.....I am reading "Under Orders" by Dick Francis.Just started.Seems to be about issues in racing sport.
- News Items That Touched Me Today----The bicyc;e scores over train and car in a survey conducted for two wheeler travel ina congested metro like New York as the fastest transport..
- Movies That I Liked.....I watched a Malayalam Movie called'Vastu Hara' in Kairali T.V.yesterday.The story touches about losers who migrate abandoning their personal properties during divison of countries and realtes to the creation of East Pakistan called East Bengal dividing Bengalis .Also running underneath the main issue is the personal loss of property which gets rejected by the Mother in the story who is offered the same back by her Husband's relatives.
- Books That Are My Favorites----Somerset Maughm's short stories,Arthur Conan Doyle's 'sherlock Holm mysteries',All of Shakespearian dramas,The Bronte sister's writings,Poems by Mathew Arnold and Tagore's 'gitanjali'.This list is not exahaustive.
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