Gold!

Abhinav Bindra wins the gold in the 10m air rifle event. India's first ever individual gold medal at the Olympics! Woo-hoo!

Congrats, Major!

Thanks a billion!

Possible headlines for tomorrow's Times of India

- Greek tragedy for Portugese
- My Big Fat Greek Win
- Grecians Urn Victory

..more?

Brazil !!!!

Yee-haaa !!!

My prediction of Beckham lifting the cup be damned

What a Cup !

France out, Argentina out. Who's next, Italy ?

This has been one heck of a world cup.

..and England progresses to the second round...

Nostranair

A month before the 1990 World Cup football finals, asked me who would win the Cup. I confidently answered "Germany". He asked me the same question in 1994 and 1998, when I replied "Brazil" each time. I was right on the first two occasions and very close in the third.

This time round he asked me the question last month, when we met in Bangalore. I told him England will win. Yeah, get your rotten tomatoes ready. ;-)

I'm not a football fanatic. I dont follow the clubs nor the inter-nation matches. I can barely make out Batistuta from Veron (Veron doesnt have hair on his head, Batistuta has a lot). In my heart, I would love to see Brazil or Argentina win. Maybe even Nigeria, though thats a lost cause now. So dont ask me why I said England. Maybe they wont even qualify for the second round.

In other news (to borrow the phrase from ), I discovered a nice community, something I've been looking for all along - . Looks promising.

Went for driving lessons today. I've lost count of the number of people who've attempted to teach me driving over the years. I think I started in 1992, when my father pushed me into it. Was never interested, so kept running through a series of instructors - friends, cousins, drivers, etc. Now that the Palio is just a couple of weeks away, I'm scared. Who'll drive the car from the showroom to my house ? Who'll start it ? Can I drive up the road leading to Siddhaguntapalya ? Aaaarggghhhh !!

Actually my driving today wasnt so bad. I need to be a bit smoother when I change gears and my starting could use a lot of improvement, but I wasnt as bad as I thought I'd be.

Today I'm setting off on what could be my last trip to Manipal before Sindha's exams. I'll be there for a day on Sunday, back in Bangalore on Monday morning.

Ar-gen-tina ! Ar-gen-tina !

The Argentina - England match is on. Damn, I'm at office...

...but I can see Brazil play tomorrow