The Reason

Not sure if you have heard this song from Hoobastank.

It has an extremely catchy guitar piece running through the entire song. Heard it on the radio while I was having my head shaved and loved it the moment I heard it. But as I complained in one of my earlier posts (See "Why dont you tell me the name?"), the RJs forgot to mention the name of the group. So had no clue until I heard the song being played by a collegue of mine. Promptly jumped out of my seat to ask him which song it was.

And I'm glad I did. Been listening to it for the last hour or so and love it.

Try it.

Now I have to buy a new shirt

Manchester United signed a new deal with AIG, the massive Insurance company, in a 56.5 Million Pound Sterling deal to replace Vodaphone on the ManU player kit.

They could have signed a bigger deal with Mansion, the Gibralter based gambling company, but chose not to. And I thank them for it. It would be wierd to wear a ManU shirt endorsing a gambling house.

Now I will have to buy a new shirt in the new season. More money into ManU coffers.

My contribution to help ManU regain the "Richest Football Club" place which they lost last year to Real Madrid.

Feels a lot cooler

So much so that I have to wear a woolen cap whenever I am in an air conditioned environment.

So the first couple of days without hair have passed without any incident, hair wise. People are still doing double takes when they see me for the first time and asking why I did it. I am now into making excuses on the fly, a different one each time :-)

On the work front, its been a really busy couple of days. I am feeling so tired right now.

Maybe I'll just pack up and go home.

I'm not Hair

Yep...decided to trade off my ponytail for a skin head.

(SCREAM)

Have had long hair for more than 3 years now and yesterday, I just decided to take it all off. And I went all the way.

So for the first time in my entire life, I have a bald pate. It's a funny feeling after being used to long hair for such a long time. No pony tail to tug away from my collar. No unnecessary hot feeling at the end of the day. No need to worry about carrying rubber bands in my wallet. Don't have to care about shampoos and conditioners any more.

But the flip side of it is, I really loved my hair. I mean I really liked it long. There is nothing like head-banging with long hair to a rock song. That is reward in itself. So who know, maybe I will go back to growing my hair long again. Depends on how much I like being bald.

See, one of the biggest contributor to my decision has been Singapore. Or more precisely, the weather here in Singapore.

When I was in Bangalore, you could go through the entire day and not sweat much. Here in Singapore, you start the day with a whole lot of sweat. I cannot live without my Jockey inners any more. And it's even harder if you have long hair. So off it went.

I must say, people around me make a double take when they see me for the first time in this avatar. For them, they saw me yesterday with longer-than-shoulder-length hair and this morning they are seeing me completely devoid of it.

So the customary questions come from everyone. "Why?" "How does it feel?" "Do you miss your hair?" The last one is pretty funny...as if I lost my hair against my wishes and now I really miss it.

Of course there are the people who make fun of a situation like this. But then, I never looked like a person who cared.

So there you go...Hair today, gone tomorrow. Well, actually it's hair yesterday, gone today.

I'm thinking of going BALD!

For those of you who don't know me in person, I have long hair.

I have been growing my hair for more than three years and getting them trimmed so that they are slightly longer than shoulder length. I have been walking around with a ponytail for quite some time now. And I love being able to do that.

It's a great asset, especially when you are in a pub playing rock music and you can head-bang to your hearts content.

But Singapore is the absolute wrong place for long hair.

It was completely different in Bangalore. Where even a whole round of golf would not force your body to break into a sweat.

Here, I am sweating even before I tee off. And longer hair makes it even hotter.

So I have decided to go in the opposite direction. I am going to shave my mane off!

I have never done this...never! But then again, I had never grown my hair long until 3 years ago. So there's always a first time.

Looks like tomorrow will be the day.

What say, you people?

My mom is leaving today

Sigh!

Yep, it's true. She's leaving tonight. And I cannot stop her from going.

You see, she has been suffering from an ailment for a long time. She had a fairly serious operation a long time ago because of which her left leg is very weak. So she has trouble walking correctly. After all these years, the leg is causing her a lot more trouble as she is now walking with a distinct limp.

The last few days, she has been having pains everytime she walks. So it is better she goes back and get the condition checked. That is the reason I cannot stop her. I cannot even say that we should get her treated here because I know for a fact that she will get better medical care in India. One of the leading Neurosugeons is a family member and so she will get the best treatment possible.

I only wish she was here a bit longer. She happened to be around when I was the busiest and I was planning for more time with her when things calmed down. But I guess that is not to be.

So she leaves today.

And there is nothing that I can say to stop her.

What a disaster of a Grand Prix

Not so for Fernando Alonso, but for Schumi, Montoya and a lot of other people, it was pathetic.

Albert Park was a demon today as the track slipped and slided away from a lot of people. Almost half of the cars running crashed out in dramatic fashion.

Full marks, of course, to Alonso for taking the GP by the scruff of the next and winning it without contest. Kimi, as usual, was a dull overtaker. It took only two corners for Alonso to overtake Button. It took a few laps for Kimi to do the same, despite being in the faster car.

The ugliest moment was seeing Schumi being overtaken by a Toro Rosso car. That was the lowest point I have seen Ferrari go through. At first, I thought Ferrari were on a single stop strategy and that's why they were slow. But they were on the same strategy as all the others and were still excruciatingly slow.

All in all, a very disappointing race for me.