Kindled

Saw a Kindle for the first time today. Amazing tool. Imagine all that you need / want to read in the course of your lifetime in something the size of one A4 notebook. Love the idea. It cannot support colours at this point of time so your reading list will not include comics. Thats a pity. But I guess being a late adopter of most things, I will wait till a new version is available - one which can support colours and better graphics.

Parul was not quite impressed, she likes the book shop experience and I totally understand that. There's something about walking through ailses and picking up a book just to read that back cover.

But what a Kindle can never beat is the sheer joy of owning a book; the pride of seeing it in your bookshelf, evidence of the kind of person you are; the satisfaction of balancing the spine as you cross halfway through a book; thumbing through the pages in haste to find out where the sentence takes you....

Guess the term page turner would soon find a substitute.

Ikea Lunch

I hate it.

But was surprising to see that the Ikea restaurant was absolutely full. Amongst the 4 of us, Parul was the only person who enjoyed her meal. Its meat balls and gravy rice for her always. She's a creature of habit.

If I ever meet Mr.Ingvar Kamprad, I intend to introduce him to Shaan Masala's. Yes I admit it, I am a fan. So what if its made in Pakistan! Something good has to come out of there. Zaheer Abbas was quite some time back. Ponting, Sachin, RD dont even come close when it comes to the cover drive.

No Cover Drives for me this week, everything that's outside the off stump will be left for the keeper. Unfortunately batting with the tail implies that one needs to take most of the strike. The years been like a rough wicket so far at work. There seems to be just too much of it and after a long time everything is pitched on good length and the wicket is seaming a little. Better call for a helmet for the short one and watch out for the yorker.