Match Day

So the time has come for which we had been waiting for the last few days. Its 4 pm and all of us are in a hurry to rush out of office for the MI v/s CSK at Brabourne Stadium. I guess none of us were even a bit productive(not that we usually are) at work that day. We reached CST at about 5:30 and decided to walk to the stadium. We stopped at Kau galli on the way and everyone ate as if none will get food for the next two days. The Frankie that i took was sooooo soaked in oil and the guilt of eating it would have depressed me for the rest of the day...managed to dump the frankie and had a lemonade. After eating to capacity we reached the stadium only to find out that there is a bigggg..... queue to get inside the stadium. The big messy queue and the huge crowd was not giving as a good feeling...and our biggest hypocrite Alok the gr8 had already started cribbing about the same. But from the moment we stepped inside the stadium it was a truly magical experience.

The entire capacity packed stadium was some sort of a visual overload. The atmosphere was super electrifying and we were so lost in it that everything seemed unreal. It took to some time to let the feeling sink and soon the first ball was to be bowled by MI to the CSK openers. What a cracker of a match it turned out to be!!..Zaheer,Malinga and Harbajan saw to it that CSK doesn't get to a huge total. Tendulkar - the master of Game was at his best. Dhawan and Pollard chipped in to get MI home comfortably. We tried hard to attract the camera...Balaji made some excellent posters which i guess were too tiny to be noticed ;) and Ulhas made some good ones but was too shy to hold it high...The crowd roared as boundaries were raining off Tendulkar's bat..we were having a gala time.

In the end an excellent match...a wonderful experience which will be cherished for a long long time...

Going to watch the MI v/s CS match at Brabourne tonight. Super-excited about it. Have never to a stadium to watch cricket before. All of us are in Black & Blue....Almost the entire project team is there. Mumbai Indians make us proud!!!!!!

Ratnagiri Trip

Had a short and sweet trip to the Konkan region of ratnagiri. Mangroves all around and the great Gantapipule beach is a worth visiting. Sparkling blue waters, endless stretches of white sand, the beach is one of the cleanest and the water so clear that you can see your feet even deep inside. Later in the evening we had small Barbeque outside the house, sad that it had to be all veggies as Lent season is going on. Barbeque was fun, the paneer was really tasting great :). Also got to pick a few guavas and Mangoes from the trees surrounding the house....