Weekend Update

Its only Monday and here I am, ready for the weekend already ! The past weekend had been pretty busy. Friday was spent playing Poker, as usual at Praveen's place. For the first time, Sunil won a game !! He was pretty excited about it. He usually is in the top 3 but this is a first for him. Saturday morning had to wake up early to get some chores completed. It was mostly a rainy, cloudy dull day. Weather for some reason has an effect on my morale. A nice sunny day and I am chirpy, chatty and enthusiastic. On the other hand dull weather makes me sleepy and lazy. I suppose it is the case with a lot of people. I spent most of Saturday afternoon watching TV. In the evening had to go to some friends' place for dinner. We were 5 of us who had been invited and the evening was spent chatting, eating good food followed by more chatting. Please visit Sunil's blog for a lucid description of the evening ! Lol !! After dinner I came back by 10 PM, and started watching InsideMan. The main reason I rented it is because people mentioned 'Chhaiya Chhaiya' being the title song. I was surprised to find almost the entire unedited version being played. Wonder what prompted them to choose that song !!! Nevertheless the song is one of my favorites. The movie however was quite blah ! Although the director has built up a good tempo for most of the movie, the ending is a big letdown. Its basically disappointing fare except for the few shots of Clive Owen's visage (would have liked him better without the stubble). After watching the movie, I went over to a friend's for her birthday. Desis, especially students, have this habit of creating a ruckus on someone's birthday !! It always happened while I was a student and am sure it will be carried on like it is some sort of revered tradition !! Why ever !! However there seems to be some enhancements to the tradition. Candles on the cake are old-fashioned ! Apparently the trend nowadays is to smear cake onto the head of the person celebrating the birthday, and then top it off with some more cake and a lighted candle. All this will be accomplished by the freeloaders attending the birthday party a.k.a friends, while the birthday girl/guy co-operates, hoping and praying that the lighted candle does not burn any hair on the head. In total, it was fun and I managed to eat some cake before I got home.Sunday was spent visiting my uncle, aunt and cousins. I always have a good time when I visit them. The good time includes yummy food, loads of gossip and a lot of fun !! The rest of the day as usual was spent in front of the TV. Overall, it was a nice weekend and here's hoping that the next one is gonna be even better !!