Football and Soccer

i am too exhausted to type. why?? read on -

on sat i went for another walk through the park with karl and adele and ate lunch on the other side of the park...these parks are huge so getting to the other side was crazy.
we hung around the neighborhood...checked a few yard sales and ate ice cream and then decided to return home...when on the way back adele saw this nice BIG plank of wood lying against a tree on the sidewalk....it had a note attached that said "pls take for table top counter"....

so like all women.....her genes kicked in and karl and me were turned into coolies carrying the plank of wood on our heads to the subway...it was around 3 blocks away....that's long with a plank of wood on your head.....so we keep walking and somehow manage to get it into the subway and the train and then home.

it was a lot of work...luckily we have Indian genes that make carrying stuff on your head pretty ok.

i started tampering with the TV and DVD in karls apt left by his friend who actually owns it. it hadn't been working...was trying this and that for 20 odd minutes till i stopped and thought of the stupidest reason it would not turn on....and sure enough - it was just unplugged....yes yes sounds simple...but if you saw the number of cables you would have gone mad as well.

so i got the TV working but turned it off again cause i was enthralled with a book i was reading.

the next morning (sunday) i was awakened by pitter patter...thought it was a dog running upstairs but turned out to be raindrops with an overcast sky.....i decided to fall asleep again...woke up by 10 and stood at the window...the rain had gone but sky was still overcast when adele calls and says we are going to play football (soccer to Americans) in the park...so i get my shorts on and by the time im ready the sky is bright and sunny...yaaay (crazy NY weather).....so we get to the part of the park where karl and adele usually play and see a whole bunch of people there...we divide into teams....six a side...adele and me were on the same team with 4 other Caribbean guys...karl was on the other team with a mix of Caribbean and American guys.

the game started...i played goalie cause no one else wanted to..and i was too lazy to run...adele was the only girl in the game...she was the unofficial captain of the team...but did a great job....continuously encouraging our team and shouting plays....it was fun...here are a few excerpts from the game -

Karl - Putru men...putru men!!!
Caribbean guy 1 - What are you saying maaaan??
American guy - Pass the damn ball
Adele - Kick kris kick
Caribbean guy 2 - Hey maan, whose team are you on??
Caribbean guy 3 - We have teams??

we played for around an hour...i made one dart with the ball from my goal at the end on the game to the other side...i was like black lightning :)

then i got exhausted..so decided to just stay in goal on my side....too much activity for a goan!


after the game karl, adele and me drowned ourselves in water and went off to a experimental movie thing that was happening......we arrived there by threeish by bus....we got off at a bus stop and found it was 5-6 blocks too soon.....so we started to trudge towards the place...my body was starting to feel the strain now from football....it started to pour again just as we reached the building where they were screening it......we just entered and whooosh....down came a deluge of noahic proportions...we entered the screening hall and found we had missed half of the films

caught the other half...but this was just too arty for me...it looked like ppl were just putting effects into everything....there was no dialogue, no action, no plot, and no scarlet johanssen....my eyes started to wander and spied some wine and cheese kept for those attending the screening (i mean you aren't arty without wine and cheese)....so i started to help myself to the cheese and tried the wine...didn't like the wine too much...but the different cheeses were awesome.

finally the screening was over and we decided to go nearby for lunch...caught the bus again and prayed the rains would hold for a bit....it did!!

we ate at a nice Lebanese place....really awesome food....we decided to walk to a nearby subway....my body was almost falling off by now with exhaustion.......just before the subway we saw a place called 'juniors'.....adele insisted i come in there.....we had apple pie and cheesecake and coffee...and by the time it was over...my inside was hurting as much as my outside.

so we finally decided to go home ...it was almost 8 pm...i had a hot bath and watched some TV...then read some more and dropped to bed from exhaustion.

Was awakened today morning by a frantic phone call from dad about my VISA...got it sorted and came to office...my body now really suffering from the brunt of football. we were supposed to go to a jazz club tonight....but don't think i can do it....visiting the apple store with karl as his laptop is busted and then going with him to get some film developed and then home.

im then just going to sleep

will write more as my fingers get back their feeling