BEQ finals, Bombay,...

Came 3rd. Rest of the gory details in the ET. Almost won, I guess.
Losing didn't hurt as bad since we gave our best effort and totally dazzled in the last round. Also, the winning team had a friend. How can you feel bad when someone who has teamed up with you in the past and is a a fellow quizzer wins? Also had a band of people who had come all the way from Bombay & Pune to support me and did so, vociferously. Surprisingly lots of people actually turned up (1500 acc. to ET) to watch the quiz. Don't know whether they did so, since they were seeing Aamby Valley for the 1st time.

Had good fun all thru the weekend, being driven back with a band of friends. In fact didn't sleep on Sat, since I had an early morning flight to Madras and then an another one to Hyd in the afty. Been a long time since I did a night out. But did some nice stuff like talking to a pal all night and then walking around Bombay in the wee hours of the morning to break the monotony of sitting in the house and talking. Used to do a lot of this in the engg. days.

Best part was finishing Ian McEwan's Black Dogs on the flight to Bombay and then finishing 2 plays from Karnad's Collected Plays - Tughlaq and Hayavadana on the ride to Aamby Valley.

Feeling cool in life, esp. since my hotel in Hyd has a gym and a pool.