Ganguly recalled!

Oh Joyous day! Saurav, Dada, has been recalled to the India cricket team. No matter what his skill level is, Saurav has always been inspirational as a fighter, stubborn and recalcitrant he may be but that's what India needs. Dare I say it, Indian cricket matches have been boring without him and I (as readers of this blog and those who know me are aware) rate him both as a player and as an inspiration. Ganguly's finest moment as a captain came in 2001 in the series against Australia at home where he did not contribute much with the bat but did so by the bucket load in terms of inspiration. Dravid may be the best batsman India has, Tendulkar may have the batting genius gene but no-one, but no-one, has quite had the effect on Indian cricket more than Ganguly. Welcome back man- you will have succeeded even if you don't score a century but just by being there and standing up for Indian cricket. A small anecdote if you'll permit. When India were getting wallopped by South Africa a few weeks ago, the number 10 batsman came to bat after yet another dismal performace, and could clearly be seen laughing at the situation. Ganguly would never have allowed this. Even in Australia, when India played out of their skin to draw the series, you could see Ganguly visibly incredibly upset not to have won the entire thing. That is what we need - limitless ambition and the refusal to take pride in mediocrity. Long live Dada!

Moving day

It's an absolutly glorious day in Hong Kong at the moment - one of those rare clear sunny days where you can see for miles. Fitting day for our move from our apartment which has been home for us for the past four and a bit years. The flat is full of boxes as you can see from the picture.

We are both very sad to leave the place we now call home and no doubt will be even more sad once we leave HK altogether. But, it is exciting to move and change is always good - that's the mantra these day!

we are of course looking forward to catching up with family and old friends but not looking forward to the cold. Packing for the 6 week period between now and when our stuff arrives in London has not been fun - where normally a suitcase can hold all that we need, shorts t-shirts flip flops etc, we now have to make space for overcoats, sweaters and wooly socks!!

On a brighter note on our more slack friends has been spurred into action by our imminent move and is arriving this afternoon for a quick weekend trip in HK (Raj, for those interested). He is flying over from India and luckily for him he has a friend to stay with given that all our furniture is in boxes. Going to be a good w/e I think.

two more weeks to go!

take care all
love and kisses