The thought to travel...

Man, I am THIS close to losing my mind! I've already made 5 round trips to Mumbai and back in the last 2 1/2 months with another round trip coming up in less than a week's time. God this is miserable!
I mean, I used to LOVE going to Mumbai. Go where you want, at whatever time you want and it never was a problem. No problem about getting back late and never ever a problem about transport.
But during the rains? No thanks mate! I'm lucky I have my work cut out for me in V.T. . Go there. Stay there. Complete designated work. Come home. Can't even think of going to Andheri, Bandra, Malad or where ever else I think of going to at the drop of a hat. It's fun doing that. Go to the station. Think up a place. Buy a return ticket and catch the train! Albeit, now with the rains hitting hard, it's a misery just getting to the station.

Of Cricket and Follies...

Breaking News: BCCI has nothing against ICL. But players siding with ICL cannot expect anything from the BCCI.

So whatcha saying is that if people join ICL they might as well kiss any aspirations they have of playing for the national team goodbye even though you said you won't be banning them!
The general opinion going around is that the BCCI is scared that the ICL may turn out to be a better management board than the BCCI is!

And of course we have new rules coming in... some of which is a little difficult to understand since the bowlers already have a host of rules stacked against them.
The extending of the boundaries is a welcome rule though the free hit after a no-ball is somethign that leaves much to be desired.
And changing the ball after 35 overs!!! Common mate! How can you o that! Eitherway the ball is being changed if it gets too dirty. Compulsory changing of the ball would take away the option of a soft clean ball which could be used!
Damn!

9 yr old soccer star?

Well, interesting news makes for headlines today. 'Top Soccer Club signs up 9 yr old!'
Best part? His grandfather sent the talent scouts of the club a dvd of his grandson playing. The clips posted on You Tube are turning out to be an instantaneous hit with the online community.
Rhian Davis is already drawing comparisons with Wayne Rooney. Will he emulate him? Time will tell...

MMRPG: Torn City

MMRPG or Massively Multiplayer Role Playing Games have been been around for quite a while. But while most of the modern day versions are heavy on graphics and have immensely large memory requirements not to mention the demand on broadband, text based MMRPG's have been around for quite a while. One of these MMRPG's that I came across is Torn City.
While you cannot see your surroundings in this game, what you can do is to make sure that you are constantly moving up by improving your statistics like speed, strength, intelligence, defence and so on. While this game does involve a lot of crime, strategic alliances are the need for the day. You can keep to yourself and grow in stature as a reputed brain surgeon or you could go on to become the next Godfather!
Daily salaries and job points make it seem like a real life version wherein you have to wait for your money or you could offer protection to some of the newcomers in exchange for money aka mumBHAI style.
All in all, a game that provides for a lot of networking.