Goooo GERMANY!!!!!!!

Please pray that the cable guy fixes our teevee by this evening. I miss Ballack!

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1. I am a Hennessy and it troubles me deeply that I have no relation to Moet-Hennessy.
2. I have never studied in a co-educational institute but lived on the Boys School campus!
3. I spent my (mother's) Root Canal Treatment money on a holiday in Pondicherry, and went to a dental college to get my tooth yanked out a year later.
4. My first (and only) pet, was a wounded sparrow that lived for 3 days.
5. I am the shortest member of my immediate family, and I always thought my Mother was short.
6. At age 10 my vital statistics were - 24" - 24" - 24"!
7. One lonely train ride back from Chennai, I smoked a beedi with an old man sitting on the footboard.
8. I own a trumpet, and after lots of practice, I came quite close to playing Amazing Grace so people could identify it.
9. I've been to Disney Land and Universal Studios - its true Ratty!!!
10. One summer break I travelled from Calcutta to Murshidabad - Siliguri - Darjeeling and back for 2 days for a total of Rs.300/-, we paid a porter 10 bucks to exchange the last torn Rs.100 note we had between the 3 of us for dinner & bus fare home!
11. The first job I got paid for was as a swimming assistant at a club teaching little kids how to swim - I'd like to do this again, full time.
12. Dionne Warrick was my music idol, when she used to present a show called Solid Gold in the early 80's.
13. I wanted a "fish tail" dress after watching the Dianna Ross 'Chain Reaction' video!
14. I've been bitten by some strange South African insect that has left a 3 point scar on my neck.
15. I can whistle The Rose in harmony!
16. In my sporting times I've been on a Swimming Team, Athletics Team, Basketball Team, Soft ball Team, Cricket Team & Football Team - now I only play the fool!
17. I've been a victim of office romance - and I loved it!
18. The first music album that I ever bought was Samantha Fox - Touch me - because it came with a free poster!!! I was about 7yrs.old.
19. I would only buy Speedo swimwear - tho' ordinarily I have no brand preferences.
20. I agreed to "go out" with my first boyfriend only because he held my hand at a movie!
21. I didn't know how to take a print out, until my first day @ work @ Ogilvy.
22. Nothing compares to skinny dipping in the sea.
23. I just got scammed by my medical insurance policy.
24. I am obsessed with my feet.
25. I've been pickpocketed in Dubai & the UK, but never in my own country!
26. I am no big football fan, but I'll drink to Germany tonight.*
27. At 27, I've lived 2/3rds of my life in Calcutta and 1/3rd of my life in Bangalore.

* this post was typed on Friday 09.06.06

Of Travel, Rain, and a Tribute to the Auto Drivers of Bombay...

• After almost one whole month in Bangalore, I finally got out of the city for 2 days. Tho' I'd been quite happy to spend so much time in Bangalore, I was excited to travel again! Except for the packing & early morning flights, I just LOVE travelling. And after a month and a half of not hanging out, people are even happier to see you! So there was much love showered this time!

• It rained, and HOW!?!! We took the rain with us from Bangalore to Mumbai - and cooled the city down a bit. When we landed on Tuesday morning, it was - according to a friend who lives there - pretty cool weather: and I thought I'd melt away!!! Even tho the sky was overcast, the humidity must've been 90%! Anyway by the night there was lightening and thunder and RAIN!!! For the first showers of the season, it was quite a downpour. I think the piddly trickles we experience in Bangalore have made me forget the "norwesters" & full on stormy weather I've grown up with in Cal! Anyway, to say the least - my lovely raincoat that works just fine in Bangalore, left me wringing wet in Mumbai!!!

• The thing I love most about Bombay are its auto drivers. And each time I return home, I can't help but snarl at these bastard-bitches here in Bangalore! "one & a half", "extra" or worse still "NO!" Here's a tribute to the auto drivers in Bombay - even at midnight on a stormy night - You Rock!!!