Am sure Mukul will see the humour in these

In Pakistan Mut comes before Chi and in India Chi comes before Mut.

pointy buildings

The Emirates Towers are the 12th and 24th tallest buildings in the world. They can be seen from pretty much anywhere in Dubai. Once while CK, Ananth, Bindu and I were lost, I was using the buildings for the purpose of getting our bearing right and referred to them as the pointy buildings not being sure of its name. Ananth could not hide his disgust when he asked me how long I had been here. Needless to say, they are now referred to as the pointy buildings and the joke is on me.

still obsessed with cranes

Aisa bhi hota hai

Was stuck in the evening traffic back into Sharjah from Dubai. It was namaz ka time and the taxi driver requested me if he could stop for a few minutes to do his 5 times a day ritual. He parked the cab at a kerb and proceeded to find a spot in the rubble and proceeded to read his Namaz despite all the din create by the traffic. I hope Allah heard him.

main aur mera camera phone

The Eye of the Emirates
Have not been on it. Once remarked that aisa to hamare India mein bhi hota hai. CK smiled and informed me that the boxes are air conditioned. I promptly shut up then. The view from up there is supposed to be quite spectacular but have not been on it yet. It's on my things to do list when Parul gets here.
If you think that's its a rip off of the London eye. You are right. But what I must also add is the fact that the London Eye is in fact owned by A Dubai based company.

Sharjah Corniche

Well its not quite all desert here. The corniche is a man made lagoon with water diverted from the sea. The Sharjah Corniche also boasts of a man made fountain which is essentially a jet of water that bursts out of the waterbody.

3 All

The body does not take too well to the 3 hours of tennis any more. I guess now is the time to press harder. If not now then later its going to get worse.

Though I am still good by relative standards, I am not as good as I used to be. The rhythm is gone.

The backhand slice is still good and so is the forehand cross court, two strokes that my current opponents have also picked up. What I miss is the 3 step execution - a deep serve, followed by a volley from the centre of the court and then the volley at the net to win the point. Rhythm!! Don't have it any more.

I like playing with Ananth, Roger and Prashant. Roger is the demolition man - A big, strong natural athelete. Prashant is a maverick who plays none of the shots in a text book manner but how he plays works for him. Ananth is of course a prince, perhaps the best of all of us technically speaking.

I intend to get better.