ONE FINAL FARCE

The end of what has easily been the worst world cup and no surprise, Aussies are champions again.. Just when everyone thought the world cup couldn't sink to further depths, Aleem Dar, Steve Bucknor and Rudi Koertzen proved that it could..

Rain playing havoc in the beginning already reduced this showpiece event (If you could call it that) into a 38 over per side game.. What followed was probably the best cricket I've seen in this world cup.. I, from the bottom of my heart don't want Australia to win.. I always used to tell gau, that if they ever had to win, it should be because of Gilchrist.. Yesterday was just amazing..

Touted as the best bowling attack in the world cup, Sri Lanka seemed to be right on target the first couple of overs.. Then it was pure genius from Gilchrist who was merciless in his attack.. 13 fours and 8 sixes with a strike rate of about 140 in a world cup final, WOW..

Sri Lanka put up a pretty good fight having been blown out of the game already.. When everything seemed to be going fine, the administration had to have one final say.. The three umpires are supposed to be the best in the world and them not knowing that 20 overs per side is enough is absurd.. It was pretty comic to see Ricky Ponting being called in between celebrations to be told they need to come back the next day to play 3 overs..

Common sense was lacking and this was obvious when images from the stump camera were shown.. It was pitch dark.. Hats off to Mahela Jayawardane to have accepted to send back his batsmen for the remaining 3 overs..

A befitting end to what has been a spiritless world cup.. Ironic that it had to happen in the Caribbean, which is known for it's fun, flair and flavour.. Australians are well deserved champions but this probably wasn't the best stage to showcase the fact..

STRANGER THAN FICTION

It's become a common occurrence in chennai now for it to rain on most festival days.. It happens every year for diwali, which may not be very surprising given the festival comes during the winter season normally.. It happens for every cricket match in Chennai (India might be out of the world cup, but cricket is still my religion).. Today, Tamil New Year's day, it happened again..

Why it rains on these days specifically puzzles me.. Is it a sign of good things to come or is it an acknowledgement of good things that were or am i just reading the signs wrong?? Having said all this, am i being too superstitious about the entire thing??

I'm sure science has a perfect explanation for the entire thing but even science might fail to explain the timing of these events.. This made me wonder if everyone involved in science research etc are atheists.. How would a guy who believes in the big bang theory also believe that god created man.. More debate on that later..

I believe in god but not sure how much i should read into all this.. Education has convinced me that there is reason for all this and it's not some white bearded man(god) throwing water down on earth.. But still, it's been hot in chennai for a long time now, why rain on April 14th specifically.. Strange.. I'm a believer, so I'll take this as a sign of good things to come.. Iniya Tamizh Puthandu Vazhthukal..

NATURE'S GREATEST PARADOX

I'm sure all the guys would've figured this out by just the title, I'm talking about women (It's nice to think of myself grown up enough to call them women rather than girls).. The picture probably tells you my opinion of them..

I mean I've tried understanding them but it is becoming just about impossible.. It's really hard to understand what they see in certain things.. Most times, we guys aren't given a choice.. We need to understand what they do even if it doesn't make an iota of difference to me or anyone for that matter.. They end up attaching too much emotional attachment to everything (I'm supposed to have the emotional range of a teaspoon according to them) which makes it hard for both them and us, hope they realise this sometime..

I'm not trying to be very critical of them.. I've been the smitten kitten quite a few times while talking to them and respect women for what they are.. This however doesn't mean I'll agree with everything they say or do.. I personally feel they have double standards but I'm sure the same argument will be thrown back at me.. Guys keeping girls on call waiting is wrong but for girls to do the same is okay?? I can understand chivalry but this is pushing it a bit.. Please realise we might be trying to score with some other girl on the other line :D

Hayu once told me Girls aren't worth all the trouble that we guys take to please them.. At that time, i used to think "There will come a time when he'll understand".. Now though, i think he might have understood it a whole lot better than i did.. The reason they are probably the way they are with us is probably cause we try too much to keep them happy..

As much as i would like to get away from all this, i don't think i can.. They've become too much an integral part of my life.. I just have to agree with the quote "You may love them, you may hate them but you just can't live without them"..