The score does not tell the truth

Another round of golf. Another tale of woe. Another parameter to misjudge.

A very early morning tee off from the back nine saw me hit 6 pars, a bogey and two double bogeys to shoot 5 over for 9 holes. This was including two putts that lipped out that had no business not dropping in. Aah, to hell with it, says I. That's how the game goes. Some days they drop, some days they don't.

The front nine started very nicely. A great drive, a delicious 30 yard chip and then a 3 foot putt to make birdie. I should have known that it was going to be all downhill from there. Two magnificent double bogeys, four bogeys and two pars later, I had scrambled down to a fabulous 13 over round for the day :(

Problem is, the score does not show how badly I played. I played some exquisite shots to compensate for absolutely horrible shots elsewhere. A few absolutely beautiful chips and a few putts which either dropped or didn't made me feel better about myself and my game, but overall I was soooooooooo disappointed with myself and my game.

I need to do better. I know my game has the potential, but I am not playing up to it yet. Need to work harder.

Flipkart rocks!

I bought a couple of things on Flipkart.com, you know, DVDs, books, etc. And was really impressed! Not only are the books available cheaper than at most places, they are also delivered home FOR FREE! And the delivery is prompt and speedy.

Full marks to you, Flipkart. You have found a repeat customer.

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The only one there

I got this weird reminder on my phone two days ago. It said "Challenge to meet at Koshy's" for the 8th of Dec between 7pm and 8pm.

Now I remember sitting with a few folks where we were talking about how friends decide a time and place to meet a few years later...cause in today's world, we don't know where we are going to be. So the experiment was to pick a random day and see if we could keep a date with each other.

Naturally, I landed up curious to see who all were there...assuming anyone even turned up.

Guess what?

I was the only one there!

I sat by myself for an hour, hoping that someone would turn up. But alas, I left alone.

40,000 and 13

What's the relationship between those two numbers, you ask?

My lovely Skoda Laura just crossed into the 40,000 km zone since I bought the car in September of 2007. That's a lot of comfy mileage that I have clocked in this super car. A few long drives to Pune and Goa, a few short trips in and around Bangalore and a LOT of drives to the golf courses around here. Which brings me to the second number.

Played 13 over at KGA on Saturday. An early tee off from the back nine saw me play bogey golf for 9 holes with 2 pars and 2 double bogeys with every other hole played to a bogey. In this time, my partner and I had already lost the nine hole matchplay by being a hole down. Then started the front nine where I made birdie to square the match and my partner and I quickly ran up a 3UP lead. Finally managed to play to 4 over on the back nine to make it 13 over (85) for the round.

Also, this was the first time I was playing with the adjustments made to my Scotty Cameron putter on thursday. Until then, I had to change my putting stance and grip to be able to square the putter. Now, the putter has 4˚ less lie and has 2˚ more loft on it which makes it easier for me to hold in a regular putting stance. Only problem now is that I am missing more putts to the right, something that I need to correct soon.

A clean bill of health?

Now if you remember a post a few days back ("A weird dream"), I dreamt of my buddy from engineering college who passed away a year and half back. I just happened to mention this to my friend the next day and he said, in a solemn voice I might add, that nothing is a coincidence and that I should get a health check up done.

Now most of you who know me know this about me. I am not superstitious nor am I religious and I certainly don't believe in this stuff. But something about the way he said it got me spooked.

So I scheduled an appointment at the Columbia Asia Hospital for a general health checkup yesterday. Had to go there early in the morning without breakfast for a bunch of blood tests, x-rays and ECG tests. Then some breakfast and more blood tests after two hours. Then the long wait until the results land in my hands...which would be 5pm in the evening.

So when I land up at the hospital to collect my reports, they tell me that the reports will be available when I come for my doctor review appointment the next day. Bull Shit, I say. I was asked to come at 5pm and I'm not leaving without my reports.

So I did get them.

Blood pressure 120 / 70.

Almost all blood tests normal...except for LDL and Triglycerides which are on the higher side. These have always been on the higher side for me ever since I can remember, so am not sure if it has to do with something genetic about me or something of my lifestyle that is causing it. Will know when I go for my doctor's appointment in the evening.

X-ray normal.

ECG report not received yet, so will know by end of day today.

All in all, I'm hoping to be given a clean bill of health...and for the doctor to tell me that I'm doing fine and that I should continue with the debauchery in my life :-D

Fingers crossed!

How can anyone be late for a timesheet?

We have an early morning slot at KGA for tee off at 7:05am. What that means is that unlike the usual state where we land up at the golf course and wait for a slot to open up, we actually HAVE a slot booked 5 days in advance where all we have to do is land up on time and tee off.

How hard can it be, right?

Wrong!

Some guys don't take that little thing called time for granted and will be landing 30 minutes past our scheduled tee off time.

There's an hour of sleep I'm never getting back.

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Ganne ka russ after a looooong time

Have you guys tried Cane Crush? It's apparently a chain of food joints serving sugarcane juice. It's clean, hygienic and economical (Rs 10 per glass).

Had a glass yesterday and couldn't stop at one. Took me all the way back to my engineering college days when we used to stop by the local stall after a day of studying hardly :)

But what it really reminded me of was a time when I was in the 8th standard and had gotten a bad case of jaundice. As part of my recovery, I was told to have a lot of sugarcane juice to build up calories in my body for it to fight back. So what my mom used to do was go to a particular sugarcane juice stall - which was quite a distance away from where we lived - just to get the juice for me. That wasn't enough, tho. She would make the stall guy thoroughly clean the crusher and then get the first bottle full for me. Amazingly sweet of her isn't it?

Thanx Mom!

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