Sunny Days

Had been to chennai to pick up viks. Records say hez younger to me by 14 years. I also have a faint memory of carrying him to places when he was kid. Come to think of it, few years back, i remember giving him a ride on my back. I looked at him in chennai and decided the last time was the last time i ever gave him a ride of any sort. Anyone who looks at his birth certificate would call it a forgery. Jeez, the kid (if i may so irrespective of what his physique says) stands just couple of inches shorter than me and more than half my size in width. I sympathise with his mom who still thinks he is a kid and tries to wield her authority over him with a weak voice. Someday, he could actually give her a clothes-line which is going to settle the debate on who is stronger at home, heck, i guess he could give me a pile-drive if he maintains his growth rate. But thankfully, he is not horizontally challenged as i was when i used to be his age.

Chennai is Sunny. And Dusty. And a bit Dirty. Not to mention, Polluted. Did i forget to mention Chaotic ?? But hey, it is __Chennai__ and all the other cities can go hang :-). So took in the sun for a while, looked at the ganesh chaturthi processions with loads of people on the vans who wouldnt be called devotees even in the darkest sense of the word. Thugs would probably do. Pillayar should be really pissed with that.

Met klusener and pangs. Gorged dhabba food with them. Both of them have been given the noose at home and they are going down before sep 2005. Klusener's hunt officially begins in jan while pangs is in the process of receiving profiles already. He told me so many things about some 6-month window, minimum basic compatibility, some queueing methodology and an inside peek on "Pictures lie, and pretty badly at that". Thanks. That was encouraging.

Picked up the day train (with only seats, no berths) since i couldn't get tickets in a night train. I can now write a flaming editorial on population explosion in India. A three seater is called a three seater because, by definition, it can seat only three. All that is shred to pieces in our trains. A three seater fits as many people as it could before someone shows real signs of giving up and walks away to stand near the door. Remember the golden rule, Never, I repeat, Never get up from your seat unless you want to be an unwilling martyr.