Of ol' frenz & cricket

It's Saiko's birthday today & the two of us got chatting yesterday. It was the first time we were interacting one on one after about 8-9 years (apart from Orkut scraps & SMSs, that is). Much water has flown under the bridge since then. Talked about guys like Amir & Bakshi .... turns out I'm not the only one who's had a hard time in the years after school. Saiko himself lost his dad during that time. But as he said, "It's all over now, you gotta look ahead". Felt good chatting with an old friend after a long time. Dude is going steady with a Bong girl & they plan to get married soon. All the best, buddy.

What was surprising to hear was that he'd almost given up on Indian cricket. Bongs are really passionate about the sport & Saiko was no exception. But the recent spate of poor performances seems to have made him permanently disillusioned with the team. How things change!

Talking of things changing, Saurav Ganguly seems to be all set for a comeback into the team for the Tests against SA. The man who was blamed for all of Indian cricket's ills yesterday is now being looked upon as the saviour! The ODI series is a lost cause now with the Africaners winning 3 matches on the trot. Sachin as usual was upto no good yesterday, getting out for 1. The rest of the guys did no better.

Also chatted with Abhishek. He's in Canada working on a UN funded Genome Mapping project! Seems he'll be back in JSR in December. His sis got married & will soon go off to California, while Abhijeet is working in some software co in Pune. The childhood gang is all settled now!

On the music front, I seem to have caught the Kabhi Haan Kabhi Na bug from Sittu. Have been listening to the film's songs for 2 days now. Jatin-Lalit's tunes still sound so fresh.