Cricket Fever !!

Its been a really long time since I actually followed a game of cricket. In fact, the other day, I was a little shocked to see a huge banner of World Cup Cricket, reigning the streets of New Jersey, more because I didn’t realise that the World Cup had actually started. Well, hailing from a country where people forget their day-to-day problems to watch a match of cricket, I shouldn’t be telling this !! 🙂 Anyway, with the weather making it not possible for me to step out of my house (looks like I said a bit too early about the irony fading away 🙂 he he), I decided to take a peek at the results of the World Cup so far. And what do I see ? Srilanka beat “Bermuda” and Zimbabwe drew with “Ireland”. When did these countries put together a team !?! That just left me thinking how long it has been since I watched a match or even read about cricket !!

Had a rather lazy day till now, taking full advantage of the “spring” break that Im on right now. Even the sunlight, trying to squeeze its way through my window shades did not have an effect on me, as I slept late into the afternoon, without even bothering to dream !! 🙂 Well the hopes for a sunny day didn’t last long either and soon it started to snow. How much more unpredictable can the weather in Syracuse be !! So here I am with Angela’s Ashes (the book ;-)) and listening to the song of the church bells from Henrik’s Chapel.

Awakening !!

For long I had been trying to find a sp*m blocker for my blog, which had, by now, transformed itself into a sp*mmers paradise !! The math “puzzle” that I had installed earlier, turned out to be “not so” successful. Apparently every sp*mmer knew what 2+3 would equal to 😀 !! Anyway, the “long” search for a sp*m blocker finally ended today when I installed the Sp*m Karma , which “ate” up the sp*ms. (I always knew I needed a monster to help me with my job ;-).

I was also searching for a good theme as a replacement for the “aging” classic theme that I had on my page. Several of them came and went but none seemed to suit my taste. And then it happened today. Along came the nebula !! :-). Although “she” does not quite like the way I put photographs on the page, my inherent weakness towards planetary bodies didn’t let me take this off. 😀

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The irony of a snow-filled spring break finally seems to be going away – the snow is melting and the temperature rising. In fact I had a very relaxed week too, spending most of the time walking up and down the streets of Manhattan and occasionally going up into the clouds too (on an elevator of course ;-)).

With St Patrick’s Day fast approaching, I decided to pick up an Irish book to mark this day !! And the book I chose – Angela’s Ashes by Frank Mc Court . At the onset, it is a very well written memoir, talking about the great depression in America and the poverty in Ireland at that time. It just kept me engrossed all throughout the 5 hour journey back to Syracuse. I plan to finish it before the Irish day – March 17th !! :-). And it looks like my “addiction” to buying books just would not let go off me. I already have a long backlog of books lying around me waiting to be read 🙂 hehe.

So here’s to the St. Patricks Day –