Countryroads, take me home...

This is one song that I seem to be humming these days very often. Surprisingly, I did not listen to this song on the radio or in any pub lately, but it just entered my head and is adament that it stayed there.

Lately, I've been missing my home. My home in Chennai. I've been missing my mom and dad. I've been missing all the pampering I got from them. I've been missing those lazy days, where I used to just hang around, doing nothing. I've been missing that delicious mom-cooked food.

I've been dying to go home and spend some time with them, but this plan doesn't seem to be seeing the light of the day. I've been leading a very hectic lifestyle lately, as in running behind a very naughty daughter, dealing with her innocent childhood and illnesses, her creche 'homework', my husband's crazy work timings and socialising with his prospective clients, my highly energised boss, and an action packed communications scene for the two brands!

Anyway, now that will go on for sometime, atleast till March 2007. Let me see if I could take a break then. But someone help me take a break. NOW!!!

The Himalayan Dhaba

Mary, a newly widowed American doctor, travels to a remote hospital high in the Indian Himalayas to work with a colleague of her late husband. She arrives to find this doctor missing, the hospital abandoned, and she is the only medical provider within a hundred miles.

Caught between shattering loneliness and harrowing self doubt, she struggles to overcome daunting medical and cultural obstacles in a yearlong odyssey of healing and redemption that connects her with a cast of unexpected characters.

I picked up this book a couple of weeks ago, but started reading it on Sunday. It is light reading, at the same time, Craig has portrayed the emotions and thoughts of Mary is a very realistic manner. Its been written about quite a few times, the way the hippies throng the Himalayas just to find dope. The same has mention in this as well. Its also not a new thing for a non-Indian to leave her country and try her level best to help patients or victims of third world countries. The book is about the same thing, again! And I also found that the author has gone overboard with certain events, something like Mary waiting to pee for over a day! I mean...how much can you talk about it? Pick up this novel and you'll know! Overall, a very light and boring read!

And it was a long disappointing weekend...

Its rather sad to watch three great teams England, Argentina and my personal dahlings Brazil, get outta the world cup. Its very sad. And to top it all up, the South Americans are nowhere in the picture now. And this is the first time in over two decades that a South American team will not be part of the final four. Europeans are shining this time.

I watched the Germany - Argentina match at the Trident, Gurgaon with some great whisky, mouth watering snacks and some real cool looking marine engineers! And one of them was a Brazilian, who would have killed himself, had Argentina won that match. Thank God! He did not die on us! But yeah, penalty shoot outs was awesome. But suddenly I felt as though Argentina had the worst goalie ever!

Anyway, that over, over to the England Portugal match. Wow..this was something I really loved watching. A red card, high voltage penalty shoot outs, Beckham's injury. It was a match very well played, and it was tough to take a side. I was kinda ok with anyone winning here. But yeah, I had to take a side, and I chose England. They lost ultimately. And what a way to exit the captaincy, Beckham actually stepped down as England skipper!

Now thats done. Saturday night was a disaster! It was a long long night for me especially. I was all geared up to watch the Brazil France match post mid night. I had a few friends over, ordered some kebabs, a few drinks, and it was a party! A party for what??? To see Brazil lose.

In my personal opinion, it was an excellent match. But I lost the bet. Thats what I can say. Lets look forward to an all-European semis now. Let me go with the Germans now...hmmm...anyone here???