Hmmm

It turns out I can have fun. Good to know that it is possible to have such great times. The long weekend has turned out pretty well for me. Got some work done. Got to spend some interesting moments that made me really happy. What more can I ask for? Well I know the answer ... if only it can be forever... but now is not the time to think about What ifs.. its time to relax and feel happy about what I have now!

I can do that for now.... I really hope so!

What a conspiracy theory

Mossad behind Mumbai attacks? Well what can you say!
There are stupid people in this world for sure! link vis barbarindians

Haha

Clarie Grimmet the legendary Aussie leg spinner comments on Ashley Mallett's offspin

Grimmett faced up to Mallett and defended the first ball off the middle
of the bat. "Give up spin, you're too predictable," Grimmett said. He
offered to prove his point by facing up blindfolded and promptly struck
Mallett's next ball out of the middle of the bat. A point well made.

What can you say but laugh!

All you want to read

on the Mumbai incidents by Amit Varma

A detailed

piece on the November 26th incident by greatbong.

Please

I beg of the people in power to act. Please take steps to prevent such incidents. Please.

The horror

continues.

Spirit

I have taken some batterings and fought to keep my spirit alive. But I am afraid its reaching a stage where I can't take it any more. It hurts. I have made mistakes but what I have to hear is putting off the light in me. I was very close to responding aggressively. I was there before but I managed to stay silent. Same today. But I am not sure for how long. I hope I can manage for the next 8 months! I desperately need the strength.

Mumbai

To see such a well orchestrated terrorist attack just numbs me. It is sad that so many innocent people will die because of the fury of some maniacs. All I can say at this moment, hopefully the damage can be limited !

Weird

There are times where I don't even understand why I am tense and why I am not able to do anything productive. Its weird is all I can say. I mean I can't see myself in huge problems yet I find myself in stress that is uncalled for. May be all small things add up. To solve this I need to get my work in order. Get that dude!!

A good piece on

why India are defeating England easily!

Some good excerpts

And then there were the Indians, for whom Virender Sehwag - more so even than the man of the moment, Yuvraj Singh - is a totemic influence. As Stuart MacGill once put it, after Sehwag had butchered 195 from 233 balls in the 2003 Melbourne Test, "It's not that he can't pick my bowling, it's just he doesn't care." Sehwag's last 11 Test centuries, dating back to that innings, have been gargantuan affairs: 195, 309, 155, 164, 173, 201, 254, 180, 151, 319, 201 not out, all scored at - or bloody close to - a run a ball. He deserves a place in history as the first truly postmodern cricketer, a player who has taken one tempo and extrapolated it to fit whatever length of contest is required.

All of the above might have been a coincidence, but somehow I doubt it, because that would mean a belittling of the unsung star of India's show. Zaheer Khan taught England a lesson in their own conditions last year - Ryan Sidebottom admitted he'd never contemplated going around the wicket as a left-arm seamer until he saw the success achieved by his opposite number. On Sunday, Zaheer followed up with a home-school lesson.

His five overs, all bowled during the Powerplays, went for a miserly 20 runs, and included the key wickets of Shah and Patel. When he wasn't doing the job himself, he was coaching his younger colleagues - Dhoni even left him to set the fields when the match reached its midnight tipping point. Bell and Bopara jabbed back
his new-ball offerings as if Glenn McGrath had been spirited onto the stage, but half-an-hour later he returned as Darren Gough, swinging yorker after yorker into the blockhole to deny England any opportunity to take the aerial route.

Good ha !

Being in this country

There are moments where I feel I should be back home with my parents. They are going through some stupid mess and here I am helpless. All I can do is provide verbal support. This simply is inadequate. I am scared to even think of what could have happened. I don't know what to say. For everything that they have gone through they don't deserve this. This is ridiculous! I just hope things will turn out fine!

Well

may be after all he is only a shrewd politician

Interesting piece

An interesting piece on how with two of India's most reputed economic advisers at the helm (PM and FM) India managed to screw things big time and is unprepared for the economic downturn. Well, the reason for that is that Congress cares only about votes!  (Link via Acorn)

A very

detailed article expressing some views I endorse about P Sainath.
Without any doubt P Sainath i doing great work. But there are some flaws to the way he analyzes his data. The article clearly points out some!
This is in now way to demean what people like Sainath are doing. As a journalist, he works on getting attention to the problem. However, it is essential to take a correct look at the problem to solve it. So a balanced perspective is imperative!

More

things people do in times of stress

Somedays

you end up realizing what you want is n't simple and easy. I guess such days you want to fight with yourselves to convince yourself that it is. And surely it doesn't work.
Anyway!

All I can say

is great work to this group

Hmmm

Sometimes you realize people are so different. I am not sure how to handle the differences. Sometimes it makes me wonder was I blind to all these or it would be the same with any person. There will always be issues to work on. I as of now think its the latter. I hope thats the case. Of course there is nothing to do but wait for it to unfold.

Anyway!

Can't agree more

Peter English on the pitch issue. We need more bowler friendly wickets! But it does not make financial sense for the people who run the game! Anyway

Hmmm

There are some things that I am very bad at. I have to find how to improve. It does not help pointing it out multiple times in my experience. At least so far it hasn't. But I have to take it on the chin and move on! Hopefully someday I will be able to elevate myself to solve such weaknesses! These are moments when I am freaking scared to pursue a career in Academia. The question "What If" keeps coming up!

A poor English fan

wants more than company to watch cricket

excerpt

But while I might have been watching the game in solitude, the wonders of modern technology mean you are never truly alone. Whilst watching the game this morning I had a chat online to a friend in Mumbai, another to a fellow Barmy Army fan 50 miles away from me and read the comments of both English and India fans on Cricinfo's live commentary. So thank you, internet, for bringing the cricket community across the globe together... now if you could just do something about England's batting line up.

Funny!!

Challenges to

take the region forward faced by Mitra in a nice post.
Sometimes I question myself, do we intend to bring change really for the sake of others or is it to make ourselves feel we have contributed? Well, I will never know I guess but at the end of the day if its for a good cause so I am up for it. And hopefully time will answer these nagging questions!

Global economic future

seems bleak

And oil dipped below $50 per barrel for the first time in almost two years. The news is decidedly bittersweet. Lower petroleum prices act as stimulus in economies that are significant consumers of petroleum products. On the other hand, the falling prices indicate growing concern over the state of the global economy, and they increase the potential for geopolitical problems, as nations dependent on high prices for financial and political stability find themselves threatened.

Incentives, do they work?

Well this research by Dan Ariely seems to indicate they do not work all that well in tasks involving cognitive skills!
An excerpt

When we posed this question to a group of business students, they said they expected performance to improve with the amount of the reward. But this was not what we found. The people offered medium bonuses performed no better, or worse, than those offered low bonuses. But what was most interesting was that the group offered the biggest bonus did worse than the other two groups across all the tasks.

We replicated these results in a study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where undergraduate students were offered the chance to earn a high bonus ($600) or a lower one ($60) by performing one task that called for some cognitive skill (adding numbers) and another one that required only a mechanical skill (tapping a key as fast as possible). We found that as long as the task involved only mechanical skill, bonuses worked as would be expected: the higher the pay, the better the performance. But when we included a task that required even rudimentary cognitive skill, the outcome was the same as in the India study: the offer of a higher bonus led to poorer performance.

If our tests mimic the real world, then higher bonuses may not only cost employers more but also discourage
executives from working to the best of their ability.

Link via economist freeexchange

Full story

on the Pirates of Aden.
Amazing actually! Its a whole economy out there!

Ricky

Ricky Ponting is a great batsman and might end his career as the batsman with most hundreds and most runs in test cricket. But he sure is one sore loser. Look at this:

Ponting also took a dig at just-retired Indian captain Anil Kumble saying his comment 'only one team was playing within the spirit of the game' after the Sydney Test was borrowed from a former Australian skipper Bill Woodfull.

"I'm not sure how extensive Anil's knowledge of cricket history is, but -- as was picked up immediately by reporters -- his comments echoed those made by Australian captain Bill Woodfull during the acrimonious bodyline series of 1932-33."

'There are two teams out there, one is trying to play cricket and the other is not', Woodfull had said to English managers during the third Test of that series," he said.

Seriously dude please grow up!! The important thing wasn't whose quote Kumble was using. The important thing was how ridiculous you were playing. If you want to read more on ponting's inane blabbering here is the link

Economists

really do weird research.

Have to say though the results are interesting and present a weird insight into gender reactions to stress!

Well

How can I expect the roller coaster to become smooth suddenly. All I can do is give it time. The problem though is that I can't see well into the future.
May be someday!!

I am not alone

Well, in the question of why I blog

see this from an economist

To all those readers of this blog who have requested shorter, snappier, less technical and abstruse postings, the following.  I write this blog for me, not for my readers.  Writing things down is the only way for me to communicate effectively with myself about complex issues.  By doing this writing in the form of a blog, I gain the option of taking on board the comments and criticism of those who read my scribblings and feel compelled to respond to it.  I gain this benefit at the cost of having to plough through a lot of stuff that makes little or no sense, in order to uncover the few pearls hidden among the swine.  There are minor vanity/ego rents to having people read what I write, and my consulting income may receive an indeterminate boost from these activities. But all that is secondary to my need to write.  I don’t know something unless I have written it down.

Full piece here (link via economist free exchange)

A possible way

for the Asian markets to decouple from the global crisis? May be!

Euro in trouble?

The Economist thinks its a little premature to think so

West Indies

Fazeer Mohammad wants to make some things clear about West India cricket history!

An excerpt

From February 1980, when we lost a three-Test series in New Zealand 1-0, to May 1995, when Australia completed a 2-1 triumph in the Caribbean, West Indies did not lose a single Test series. Not one. That's 29 Test series unbeaten all over the cricketing world, a time when the regional side had yet to face Zimbabwe and Bangladesh at the highest level and had only played a drawn one-off Test against Sri Lanka.


So we're talking about 15 years unbeaten in Test series. In contrast, Australia haven't even managed a four-year stretch of invincibility, losing series in India in 1998, Sri Lanka in 2001, England in 2005 and now in India again just a week ago.

Isn't it unbelievable that the Windies managed such a great run!

Will Tata's

be able to handle the effects of the crisis? For more see here

Spiral fundaes

to explaining why the economy is in such a mess. More here

Weird week

Was a very different kind of week. Was tense for the first two days and did not know how to handle for the next two. In between had lots of different work related things to do causing lot of tension and it reached a peak friday. So, I decided Saturday will be a rest day. So far its going fine with minor mishaps. Hopefully I will get to relax and spend some good time alone!

Boycott

Geoffrey Boycott is a very interesting character. Here is a new book on him. I was stunned reading this excerpt from the book

"Boycott was certainly aware of his image as a leading Test cricketer, and could be absurdly jealous of any slight on his reputation as a batsman. Rodney Cass [a fellow Yorkshireman who kept wicket for Worcestershire and Essex] was working at a school in South Africa in 1967 while Boycott was coaching at King David College. 'We had a match between our schools and at the end of the game, all these kids were gathered around Geoff, wanting autographs. He was signing away and talking and I said to him: 'What do you think of my No. 3, not a bad little player, is he?' And with 200 kids listening, he replied, 'Ay, he's a good player him, all right.' I said, 'I think he plays the on-drive as well as anybody I've ever seen.' And Geoff exploded: 'He doesn't play it as good as me.' And he meant it."

He is one bloody jealous chap

Finally an

interesting piece by Vir Sanghvi. This one on the problems to free markets

A serious

analysis of Ganguly's contributions in comparison to Dravid and Tendulkar by Mukul Kesavan.

An Englisman

gets a taste of the cricket obsession in India

Finally somebody

really understands the third day's play. Test cricket is not attractive only when you score at 4 runs an over!

A well articulated piece

on the contributions of Dravid to Indian cricket.

I wish

I could meet my family today!

Happy day

The first day I walked into my department I looked at the board with names and saw Karthik Srinivasan. I always wondered will I ever be able to get my name there. Today, I know it is possible and it will be there forever. I guess I have etched my name in the sands of time! Albeit on a very small board. But who cares its a board at UT Austin!

Not bad huh?

My horoscope

Others may think they know you, but today even your close friends and family might not fully understand how you're feeling. It's not that you are purposefully hiding anything, nor are you in a bad mood. It's just that your emotions are running deeper than anyone realizes and you don't feel obliged to disclose something that would make you feel more vulnerable now. There's no need to justify your actions; your inside world is yours to share as you wish.

I love such ones!

Dhoni

I have to say Dhoni is a great leader. I am not talking just about his cricketing acumen but his leadership other than his cricket leadership. He let Ganguly captain for the last 10 minutes of the match. Then he let Kumble take the series trophy. Have to say its awesome! He will surely go a long way! All the best the official Indian captain in all forms of the game!

And by the way... Congrats to Indian team for defeating Australia 2-0!

Ganguly

Dileep Premachandran discusses the emotions in the stadium when Ganguly came out for his brief.. very brief last innings.
What can you say!

Excerpts!

The applause was deafening. Anil Kumble got a magnificent farewell in Delhi, but Ganguly had tugged at the heartstrings in a way that no Indian cricketer has before or since. The last few years of his career were like reality TV, with no one able to look away. But like a man who knew the significance of a big occasion - who else would start with a century at Lord's? - he had saved his best for last.

Before the series, his average against Australia languished in the low 30s. He finished these four Tests with 324 runs at 54, a century in Mohali and 85 in his final game. And even Bradman didn't manage a golden duck for his farewell. Of the many things you might accuse Ganguly of, lack of a sense of theatre wasn't one.

Cricket

A riveting day of cricket. What with Ganguly coming out to bat for the last time and India with a chance to shut Australia out and Sehwag starting the day in style I just had to be up. I was and I was not allowed to sleep till 4am. Sehwag played as only he can trashing the bowlers to all parts of the ground. The openers came with clear plan. Stay safe till lunch and get the lead up. Vijay played well for a man making his debut. Once they managed to remain wicketless till lunch Sehwag started attacking. He missed out on a well deserved hundred. But thats when the real action started. India went through a phase where they lost 6 wickets for 60 runs! Most importatntly Ganguly came and went in a flash getting a duck in last innings. (What the hell... if he can't make a century in list test and join Greg chappell and others... he made a 0 and joined The Don!.. not bad!). And then Tendulkar did what he only can manage. He was in good nick. So there was less chance of anybody getting him out. So, he gets run out. India went into Tea with me freaking out. Then Dhoni and Bhajji walked in and I was hoping the lead to go over 300. An interesting phase of cricket began. Australia were 10 overs short on the over-rate and so they brought White to bowl. Indian approach was to be positive (I mean Bhajji doesn't know any other way!). So runs started flowing and  slolwy but surely the lead went above 300 and I started relaxing. But the Australian commentators weren't very impressed with Ponting's tactics. To say the least they were FOOLISH. He might miss a match. Common its better than your country loosing a test. I don't even know how you can't see that. Border summed it up so well

"I'm glad Ricky can't read my mind right now, because he's not going to like it".

I am sure those thoughts would have involved some B@@@@@d and A$$%%%e in that for sure. So, with that strange tactics and Indian taking advantage of it India's lead edged towards 400. Now Australia have 369 to make in a day. They made 186 last time they played a full day. So surely its advantage India. I hope we can close it with a win!

Before I finish I have to bid aideu to Dada. I have been pretty much neutral to Ganguly the batsman. I was a fan of Ganaguly the captain. He had some real spunk in him. He was instrumental in making India stand up in overseas conditions. For me that is his greatest contribution to cricket (He also thinks it is!). There were some really good knocks along the way. Brisbane 2003.. Johanessburg 2006 (on his come back).. the double hundred against Pakistan... and century at Mohali. He ended his last series with very good contributions. Now all he needs is an Indian victory to end his career in style. Dhoni and the current team owe him that!

Dravid seems to be really in a bad frame of mind. He hasn't been lucky in the last 2 years with umpiring decisions. But still it boils down to his mental state and currently it is in turmoil. So he might have to reevaluate before he is shown the door. Its very sad to see the Wall with the uncharacteristic frown getting out to rookie spinners! I am not calling for his dropping. But if things are like the way they are, that is not far away.

Anyway... lets hope India finshes the series in style!

The real John McCain

I was mildly interested in the presidential race. I remember being impressed by the first speech Obama gave and supported him for the Democratic race because I thought he did not stand a chance. But he won. At the same time I liked John McCain for the kind of person he is. I am not even discussing their ideals. Just simply their personalities. So once both of them were running I really didn't mind who will win. Then McCain (or should I say the Republican's) started getting dirty in the campaigns. That was the moment I really started getting disinterested in the election. It looked like Obama will win and well he surely deserved to win. But once he lost The real McCain woke up, the person I liked.
Here is his concession speech!


And Congrats to Obama!

I know the post is delayed. But better late than never!

Yes

I was hoping Ganguly will join this group (most  importantly Greg chappell)

He fell 15 runs short of possibly ending his Test career in the same way he started it. He failed to join four batsmen who have scored centuries in their first and last Test: Mohammad Azharuddin, Bill Ponsford, Reggie Duff and,ironically, Greg Chappell. (cricinfo)

It wasn't to be!

Scary!

My horoscope

You aren't always comfortable discussing your feelings around people who seem to be sitting in judgment of you and your lifestyle. Today, you may not be able to avoid such a conversation, and it could bring up unpleasant memories about other times when you were misunderstood. Take it slowly and don't say more than is necessary unless you think the relationship is worth the time and effort.

Isn't it?
My solution... spend some time alone... I am kidding.. But with work due it will be a lonely night I guess!

Sounds

nice to my small brain

A upside to the economic downturn! Can you believe it?

Such a great

piece for the 25-30 years old cricket fans out there. Most of us will feel this way. Once these 5 great players retire all I have is Viru to keep me to cricket. But for many there is not even a Viru. So a art of life will never be same again! I guess when I read about Jumbo's retirement my tears were shed for that part of my life!

Good to hear

from the legends of Indian cricket

An excerpt of Kumble's statement

"When we first came into the Indian team, everybody in India said you [Tendulkar] would break all records. You've done that. Congratulations to you. To me, when I first came, they said you won't last two Test matches. You had the challenge of proving everybody right. I had the challenge of proving everybody wrong."

So true!!

Mitra Kalita

on issues and fears close to my heart. It would be sad to see her leave. I enjoyed her pieces!

Solitude

There is a wonderful pleasure in walking on the campus alone invisible to the crowd, observing things of no consequence, and just looking at people going home.

Anyway!

Unrest

There is some burning unrest within me. I wish I could pinpoint to what is causing it !
Am I tense about my future? What will I do in a year? As much as I don't want to admit may be I am. Or may be I am not

Anyway!

Haha

My horoscope!

You may be ready to celebrate or, at least, do something enjoyable, even if you have work responsibilities to fulfill. But you don't want to play by yourself, so you could waste time looking for someone to share in your fun. Resist the temptation to convince someone into coming along if he or she isn't an eager participant because in this instance you'll probably have more fun doing it on your own.

Dravid

Dileep Premachandran, like all Indians, wishes that Dravid will begin scoring big runs. It's not right that he ends his career on a sour note! Lets see!

A great talent

that might never appear on international scene Shane Bond talks forthrightly about his career here

Have to feel

for Murali Karthik

"The Holdings and the Athertons say I am one of the top three left-arm spinners in the world... People say I am the best left-arm spinner in India, but I am not playing for India."
Murali Kartik rues that he doesn't seem to be in the frame despite the retirement of Anil Kumble

Pretty cool stuff

Very nice lift to Vishy here

Bad news for India

Gambhir will miss Nagpur test. This is surely bad news considering the form he is in! He is a victim of Australia's sledging tactics. They could not get him out, so they used their mouths to disturb him. Well, Gambhir did not do justice to himself by falling prey. But it surely highlights the ridiculous way Australians play!
It is ludicrous that Malcolm Conn thinks India is the worst behaved team. Well Malcolm you are welcome to kiss my @@@! It is not the number of guilty verdicts that matter. Every cricketer and cricket fan knows how Australia sledge. So, please stop the crap! Gambhir was taunted all day. A part of me feels Watson deserved what he got. If you have to maintain the high moral ground of being a team that does not get guilty verdicts please ask your players to shut their bloody mouths! The Indian players don't start the arguments if you haven't noticed!

Anyway.. looks like a young opener might get a chance now!

Very sad

to hear this letter To Aravind Adiga
An excerpt!

i finally finished reading the white tiger, and as i closed
the book on the train last night, i felt nothing but a sense of deep
relief, and regret. relief, that i had survived reading your book.
regret, that one more english-educated indian has learnt what was not
part of the syllabus: shouting at the rooftops about how dark and dirty
the country is. and look! they even awarded you £50,000 for doing that.
well done!

I remember feeling very similar when I read "Inheritance of Loss"... and to some extent "God of Small Things". I don't feel good that now Adiga's book also falls into this category. I am appalled at how such books keep winning the Booker. Anyway, I will still read White Tiger in sometime to confirm!

More on Kumble

From the article here by Kadamabari Murali

He had a clear vision for India. Almost a year ago, last November, in the team hotel here in Delhi, Kumble presented a three-page note to his mates,  a stated vision that he believed could serve as guidelines for future generations of cricketers. It was something that had not been done before, not in this detailed format. But again, it was typical of Kumble, an organised man who believed in the importance of leaving a legacy.

The symbolism of Dhoni carrying Kumble on his shoulders at the Kotla today was not lost on anyone. For the team Dhoni will carry forward was a team that owes a lot of its "oneness" to Kumble, the captain. The one thing missing in Dhoni's team of course, will be Kumble, the tireless player, India's man for all seasons.

If you

want to read about the legend, a collection of links

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7

Anil Kumble

The greatest Indian bowler retired from cricket. How do I describe his career?

• A fighter who performed with grit and determination
• The greatest Indian match winner (with due respect to Sachin and Dravid)
• Man who inspired a generation of individuals with this hardwork and professionalism
• A man who handled captaincy with such great poise that made us all wonder if only he got his captaincy earlier
• A test bowler who has more than 600 wickets
• As a lower order batsman who gave everything he has got
• A player who broke his jaw and yet came to bowl for the team
• 11 stitches did not stop him from taking the field in his last test (so fittingly)
• A man who retired on his own terms
• A man who had to fight criticsm all his life.. he can't bowl leg spin.. he is tired.. he is old.. he is home-track bowler....
  
• ....
  

All these still don't add up to Kumble! As usual he went his own way. No extravagant announcements. I am really sad I did not watch the match yesterday. Kumble was the man I always respected and wanted to bid him my farewell. To imagine he will never play again will take time to sink in. I got up and read the news and belive it or not I had tears streaming on my cheeks. I salute you Kumble. Indian cricket is fortunate to have a player like you. I am privilged to have seen so many of your wonderful bowling performances. The present might not treat you with as much respect as you deserve but once people realize what they miss when you are not around I am sure you will get the praise you more than deserve. But I know it does not matter to you an iota. You did your job with the same determination whether there were people cheering you or not. That for me is the greatest lesson in life. Perform your role to the best of your ability and let things take their own turn after that. It is simple to say this and yet to work without looking at the results is not easy. But he has done it all his life for 18 long years!

Even the end to his career was as Kumblesque as possible.. modest and clear.

At this moment I would like to thank my family, my parents, who gave me all the encouragement, supported me and asked me to bowl legspin. Although I am still trying to find out how I can bowl legspin.

Thank you all for all the support I have received right through my career. I've built some great friendships and met some
fantastic people along the way. You'll probably start calling me from tomorrow for quotes about somebody else. Give me a break for a couple of days and I'll certainly take all your calls

What can you say?
Today India lost not just a legspinner who has more than 600 test wickets, but also a man who has served Indian cricket with all he has got for the last 18 years. There will never be another Kumble. There will not be for sure. I think that is what makes it so hard to imagine he wont play again! Surely India will miss you man. As far as I am concerned I cannot even say in words how much I will miss you and your steely graze!

I wish you success in anything you pursue in the future and thanks for all the wonderful moments!

Stanford 20/20

Well Rob Steen does not care much for this match and he gives pretty good reasons for the indifference.

Life

The last 4 months have been a journey towards learning more about myself. I have learned a lot ... both positive and negative about myself

1) I have extraordinarily high expectations, but small words satisfy me!
2) I am capable of giving a lot (I know I might be boasting. But its the truth)
3) When in the mood, I have loads of patience to take a lot of crap !
4) When in the mood (in the opposite way), I am capable of giving lot of trouble


Well ... four months of learning in four lines!

Kumble

You have to respect the man for the effort! A nice piece on Kumble's Delhi effort.
He played after 11 stitches on his left hand!

Poor Viru

Viru has taken 4 wickets. After that he had Michale Clarke dropped twice of his bowling. Really stupid drops they were. He still managed to smile about it! I am not smiling here. You stay up all night watching cricket and seeing such mistakes makes you really angry!

Anyway at least I got some work done!

Update at 3.31AM
What does Viru do?
He gets his own wickets by picking another bowled! So thats 4 bowled and 1 LBW. Great hob dude! You have made my stay even more worth it!

What do you do

when it is difficult to sleep even after a hectic game of squash! Get angry and realize that will not help in any way. Then start working!

Lets see how long I can do this!