another week begins

rushed down to the lab, set up the computer and then inventoried the microscope and its parts, then ran back home - italy vs denmark at 12!! the viewing arrangements reeked of desperation: some live kuwaiti channel streaming on a 1" by 1" media player screen, which i had to mute to avoid the arab gobbledegook, and listen to the bbc commentary of the game on net radio - it was tough enough to distinguish the two teams jerseys, and added to that was the phase lag of 23 seconds that the video was behind the audio track!! it wasn't worth the trouble either.. the azzurri were miserable in grinding out a scoreless draw.. and mr. del piero was non-existent.. henrik larsson showed why the swedish royal family and 80,000 swedish soccer fans signed a petition urging him to come out of retirement by scoring two and making two as they hit bulgaria 5-0.. the days of hristo stoichkov seem so long gone now.. tomorrow holland-germany should be fun..

radical shift in reading pattern - moved to pg wodehouse now.. enough of sergeant mcnab's grim humour.. one must say that there is something flippant and light in the way mr. wodehouse presents to us bertie wooster and jeeves; indeed, refreshing would be a word not uncommon to most of his writings. went to check out 102 heath.. $550 is a bit too much for that three-bedroom, though there is the added incentive of two girls moving in downstairs!! got drenched for my troubles too, damned evening thunderstorms!!

i felt i had to make a comment to RSF about sv's missive to the group: he seems to have lost his excellent grammatical prowess in his 'sanyas'!! i quote his mail in full -
hi guys its me ...S V (correct me if i'm wrong , but wasn't that shiv's line?? it's me, shiv!!) how r u guys
and somebody tell me what the hell is happening with this shavi and this sneha gal????
byee
ps:....abi thendi chette ... u were suposed to call me
shiv ... same to u
and there the hell is that grizly bear dissappeared to (someone please explain this line to me!!)
SV

by the way sv, i'm just kiddin u man.. i supposed we should be grateful that you wrote in the first place!!!