The left knee is getting better. Started playing some squash again from the last 2 weeks. Started slowly with the easier players in the challenge court and today I finally played the good ones. My strokes and muscle memory is still intact and I actually managed to beat N pretty neatly though those guys had been training for a couple of hours. I bet him a beer in the third game to make it more challenging and yours truly won :-). Nothing like motivation for a free beer.
Life was getting pretty lugubrious without squash. Its SOOOOOOOO GOOD to be playing again.
Saturday, October 16, 2004
Wednesday, October 13, 2004
Internet (Mis)use ?
Found this news somewhere on the net while browsing
Nine Japanese die in Internet-triggered group suicides
Very sad indeed.
Smoking yourself to death by CO seems to be a very painful one.
Does one has to restore to a group in the final act too ? Well theres some explanation in the article itself - "It would be the largest number of deaths in a single incident linked to Japan's suicide Internet sites, which put depressed and isolated people in touch with one another. "
It goes on to say "Japan registered a record high of 34,427 suicides in 2003 with many of the deaths blamed on economic insecurity or on the poor health of depressed people. Suicides by people aged 19 years or younger jumped by more than 22 percent last year." I have always admired Japan, though I dont understand this part.
Nine Japanese die in Internet-triggered group suicides
Very sad indeed.
Smoking yourself to death by CO seems to be a very painful one.
Does one has to restore to a group in the final act too ? Well theres some explanation in the article itself - "It would be the largest number of deaths in a single incident linked to Japan's suicide Internet sites, which put depressed and isolated people in touch with one another. "
It goes on to say "Japan registered a record high of 34,427 suicides in 2003 with many of the deaths blamed on economic insecurity or on the poor health of depressed people. Suicides by people aged 19 years or younger jumped by more than 22 percent last year." I have always admired Japan, though I dont understand this part.
Thursday, October 07, 2004
Golf
Finally succumbed to Golf after years of shying away. Playing it the first time reaffirmed my suspiscions that its not meant for me (or vice verca). Went to the local course last weekend. My swing and all was pretty good and all but it just doesnt excite my sporting instincts. Pankaj mentioned that its a unique game in that you have to calm your mind rather that getting excited like other games. Well, I always thought that at a comptetive level, calm minds is what separates the men from the boys in any sport. All those 5-setter squash matches I played, its always the mentally strong player who takes the decider.
I am lately discovering that I am obsessing about time managemnt all the time, but am actually pretty bad at it. Really bad.
Some relief, Khuzema is a worse decision maker than me. I went with him for his India shopping and he couldnt make up his mind to buy a single thing in 2 hours.
I am lately discovering that I am obsessing about time managemnt all the time, but am actually pretty bad at it. Really bad.
Some relief, Khuzema is a worse decision maker than me. I went with him for his India shopping and he couldnt make up his mind to buy a single thing in 2 hours.
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