The Mav's back

I'm back... After a full 5 months of hibernation.
So what's happened all this while? Quite a lot, in fact.
1. The Indian cricket team seems to have returned to normal. Some evil spirit had got hold of them in 2004, when they rubbed shoulders on equal terms with the Aussies Down Under, defeated Pakistan in Pakistan and so on. Now all spirits have been exorcised and the good habit of losing matches has returned. Anyone noticed how the "feel good factor" seems to have disappeared along with the brief period under the sun for the Indian cricket team? On a more positive note, it is heartnening to hear that someone like Greg Chappel (who was somehow slimed out last time round) or Dav Whatmore is in the reckoning for the job of Coach. The team needs some motivational magic from someone, and who better than the two mentioned above!!
2. My grades have taken a nosedive. Has it got to do something with the fact that I have finished over 50 novels sitting in class for the last five months? Or with the fact that the longest time I have spent over a project over the last six months is six hours, over my tax-2 project, compared to an average of fifteen hours' (typing time alone) for my projects in the second year? Or with the fact that I have come to rely upon 'crash courses' delivered by well-prepared students on the morning of the exam in order to pass the course? Well, I guess it's a combination of all of these. I seem to have stretched the meaning of 'chillin out' too far.... It's time to pull up my socks...
3. Liverpool F.C. have surprised me to no small extent. As far as I know, they have surprised the only two die-hard Reds fans I know (Vish and Jags) too. I'm sure Rafa and Gerrard and Co. are also equally surprised. European glory days are here again... Ironically, they may not be around to defend the title next year (provided they win it this year, that is). As I write this, there's a tricky second leg of the Champ's League semis to play. It may be at Anfield, but Liv have no attack worth the name to push the Pensioners to the brink. Let us hope that the miracle continues....
Lots more to write, but everything seems to have slipped my mind now. Will update this site as soon as I remember.