Yep. Only the place has changed. So after Turkey and good ol' India, I welcomed myself to the land of equal opportunity. USA. It takes a while getting used to this place. Which of course is a euphemism for 'it takes a while to keep the goggle-eyed expression away at every new development. By the way, I should mention these new developments can be potentially painful experiences. Case in point.
Me : Let us try cooking something.
Priyank Kumar (my gem of a flatmate) : I don't know if the gas is working.
Me (turning the knob all the way to high) : Hmm, I don't smell any gas. Maybe it doesn't. Let us try lighting it anyway.
After a few futile attempts with a gas lighter and a couple of matchsticks..
Me : I am not a mechanical engineer for nothing. I can fix this thing.
Next moment..
Me : AAAAAAARRRGGGGHHH!!! F*************K!! Bloody Hell!!! @#$%$&#$!!
PK : What happened?
Me : The thing is a bloody hot plate!! There wont be any flame. I burnt my fingers. Get the Burnol out!
Well then, moral of the story probably being that India is still a developing country.
So once the settling down part was out of the way, I shifted my attention to the news. And with a warm glowing sense of comfort, I realized the obvious - nothing has indeed changed. The opposition still wants Manmohan Singh to apologize for a new reason (who wants to take bets that one day the genial Sardar will have to apologize for being the PM?), Mamata Bannerjee is still hobnobbing with the Maoists, China and India and are still sparring over the location of Kashmir. ANd of course, lest I forget, India is still playing Sri Lanka in cricket, Which, now I believe is going to be the scene throughout the year, come hail or snow. Oh yes, we love the Lankans! The BCCI is still calling Lalit Modi a liar, a cheat, a manipulator, a charlatan amongst several other unmentionables. Modi himself is giving himself sore fingers by furiously defending himself on Twitter (of all places). I might add though, that it has given Mr. Modi a serious new talent. I did invite him to use my blog (once again) to air his views. His response? "10Q 4 d ofr. Wl luk n2 it." Sigh! The limitation Twitter places on people.
Just in case you thought, that only India isn't changing, nothing has changed in the US as well. Obama is still being called a Muslim for supporting the Ground Zero mosque. The man himself, is still on vacation in some new part of the country declaring it safe for tourism. Given your security detail Mr. President, I am pretty sure, even Afghanistan will be safe for tourism. Oh and Paris Hilton is still in trouble for cocaine possession (snigger!). So for all those who think, change is the only constant. Take that!
One thing has changed though. For the better. Arsenal has started winning again! And this is the big one, 95% of the players are actually fully fit. Not 100% though. Am pretty sure there is a law which forbids this. A soon as the number hits 97% one player has to break his leg or go get an operation just for the heck of it.
So will all this remain the same till the next time I post? Hopefully!
