I couldn’t hold on to something in my grasp. I did not win the city-finals of an event called ‘Tycoons’ - conducted by a coaching institute for MBA entrance exams initiated by a certain ‘jaagoindia.org’.

I got the highest score in the prelims, and in hindsight that is probably the reason why victory did a u-turn at the last minute. There seems to be an unwritten rule that is probably  written somewhere and it states - anybody who stakes a claim to an event (specifically a quiz) in the preliminaries will have to battle TOUGH odds to be declared the overall winner of the event. Of course if the event is cricket and you are an Aussie this rule does not apply. I speak from experience, the teams that ace prelims are left with no aces for the final round.

Chelsea had an equally inglorious day. We had our hands on the Carling cup, then we took it off, and as we were trying to grab the trophy once again, the Toten-hamsters nicked it from us. Who played bad football ? Mikel looked out of sorts and suddenly Anelka does NOT look like a good piece of business. However, their performances did not lose us the match. So, the blame lies on Avram ‘Sulk’ Grant’s shoulders.

The Indian Cricket Team lost a match which they almost won. They were losing miserably initially, they clawed their way back and then the blues got the better of the blues. It was an atypical as well as a typical ‘Indian’ performance. 

Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, when victory was sitting pretty in our respective mouths. That was the theme of the day for the blue lot.

Before I take my leave I would like to introduce you to a character I met at the regional finals today. The ‘Quizmaster’ / Judge / Guru / Gargantuan pain in buttocks of the event. He knew his stuff and spoke polished Anglic banter, atleast that is how it appeared. Along with that he was OOZING with an air of self-righteousness. The kind of attitude that gives reason to the existence of the word ‘repulsive’ in the English dictionary. He was a typical A*****E ! The rules were ridiculous, and when questioned about the nature of the rules - the reply was as ’sarkari’ as his attitude - “they are the same for everybody”. Right and you are obviously equally idiotic with everyone you meet. The less said about this smug thug, the better.

P.s. - Dichotomy ! I was wearing a brown shirt and brown shoes and not the usual blue !  My jeans were blue, as almost always.

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