Today has been a very frustrating day. The God of Karma has been saving up all my bad luck from the 14th August and rained it down on me all day. They say things come in threes, and I wouldn’t want to disapoint an old cliche with my own series of three unfortunate events. (I do find it a little odd that both this post and my previous one talk about bad luck, but hey ho, that’s the way the...

I seem to be having a streak of bad luck recently. Whether the gods are playing with my fate in a game of dice or not, I don’t know. Or it could be my natural carelessness (I’m sure my dad would agree with that!). However, I have a far more interesting theory, so much so that I’m going to pick it up and run with it. Festival season is in full swing in Chennai. To the open minded foreigner,...

Every phone I’ve ever had has been a Nokia. Sure, just like other guys I may have flirted with other phones but in the end, I’d come back to the trusty old Nokia, it’s a guy thing, it’s safe and you know exactly what you’re going to get. I once got a Sony Ericsson, but that lasted for almost all of 2 hours before I cursed myself for trying something different and got my...

I do like musicals. See. There, I said it. And I don’t care (actually, I do care a little bit, so please don’t judge me!). There was a time when I could recite every word from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (except the boring love song in the middle of course). I think one of the first musicals I was taken to see was Star Light Express down in London. I remember how myself and my younger brother...

I’ve been scratching my head, trying to think of a suitable title for this blog entry. There’s not much that can accurately describe the revulsion that you might have after reading this, so if you are of a nervous disposition or have a weak heart, probably best to skip to the next post. Continue if you are brave enough. A couple of weeks back I had the worst stomach upset I’ve ever...