Wednesday, September 23, 2009

red sydney


it's the first time that a major city in australia has had dust-storms and we were both lucky and unlucky to witness it :) lucky, because, well... it's the first, and probably the only time in a long time this will happen, and unlucky because there are very tiny dust particles in the air, which means our football game is in jeopardy :( anywho, i was still glad to wake up to an orange sky :)

Thursday, September 10, 2009

living alone

living alone is a tricky business. not only do you try to take care of pending matters like setting up exam papers, finishing a research paper and marking assignments, there is also the small matter of "how clean should i keep the house" coz you don't want your spouse to see a mess when they come back and you really don't want it to be perfect, as it sets an unrealistic standard that can never be matched and thereby leads to a pitfall.

There is one good thing about living alone and that is that you can watch kung fu hustle, when you want, as many times as you want :D.

"How much did you miss me" is a question that should never be taken lightly - for if you do not show enough quantitative and qualitative evidence of "missing", then you better say goodbye to a couple of hundred dollars in the course of fixing it. However, if you say you over-state your "missing-quotient", it means that you will never get the space for yourself where you can watch harold and kumar again, and again, and again. But that said, Gunjan, I can not miss you more than I do, even if I try*. Please, DO read the disclaimer too before you accuse me of being mushy.

Food issues are not an issue as if you have a couple of friends around, you can always pull out a puss-face (don't misinterpret - i mean from puss from "shrek") and get dinner invitations (i hope khushboo doesn't read this else i'll never get invited again)

anyways, gunjan comes back tonight so i better tidy up the house a little bit and get set for a KFH and Harold & Kumar marathon for the last time...

Cheerio,
Gaurav

* You see, the concerned statement doesn't actually give away any information about how much I miss her, even though it gives the appearance of doing that, since it only provides the knowledge that the mising-upper-limit has been reached, but doesn't say whether that upper-limit is actually high, or low.

Sunday, September 6, 2009

sunday blah

gunjan's gone, soccer's over, food's ready, gaurav's bored :)

there is nothing meaningful in this post (so it IS like my any other post).
just wanted to share some events from football this morning. we had a good 5 on 5, 1/3 soccer field game and i was delighted to have saved a lot of goals which eventually led us to a 11-6 win (lots of goals, since no goalie (hands)). i am beginning to have an understanding of where the goal posts are while blocking and am not leaving gap between legs which has made a huge difference and is frustrating the opposition, especially ian, this huge german guy who, if he ever steps on me, will render me just fit to play carrom for the rest of my life. i especially loved it when ian, ralph, and hussain mumbled "oh shit!" when they realized that i was contesting the ball. (i don't feel the same when my students say the same when they see me :D).

here's a picture of another soccer group (this one is a bit more casual - uni people playing during lunch hour). should post the sunday game pics soon.



anyways, off to do some shopping now. will probably come back and have lunch outside in the park, in this beautiful weather.

you guys and girls take care...
gaurav
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