How about a Sin tonight?

This book was an accidental discovery... on the Mangalore trip for the Chess tournament.
I picked it up from the Reliance time out shop at the City Centre Mall bang opposite to our hotel The Vasanth Mahal.

I picked up the book for a couple of reasons.... Firstly the Title sounded good... Second the first few pages were highly erotic.... (later i found that the book is very beautiful, much more than just erotic)... third, the cost of the book was not very much.

I am thoroughly enjoying...

What is said on the back cover, last line is true.... It will leave you asking for more.

Maximum City...

Just finished reading the book. The book is too good. Lots and lots of insights about the city. I had grown up in Mumbai... but so many details about the city. Well researched and well written. His writing style is fluid. Further he is brutally honest. No bias. No hesitation. Calls an spade, a spade. That is good journalism. Maybe I will meet him sometime in the near future.

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Marathon Chess sessions...

Nowadays whenever I meet the kids,
It is usually MARATHON chess games with the son.
The daughter is also keen to play SESS (thats how she pronounces Chess)
with me... But I tell her she has to grow up a bit.
Then sometimes we put the board and the pieces and just move some
pieces here and there and She will shout ATTACK and CAPTURE and e4.
That much is chess for her.
With the son it is entirely another story.
He is 'educated' in chess.
Goes to Sunday Chess Class.
So I lose most of the time.
He is evolving into a Quality player.
Sometimes I win..
Today I won three games against him, using the same approach.
The attack on the weakest square f2 of White and f7 of Black.
Whenever he makes a blunder, he will let out a scream of agony.
But it is fun...
I am already looking forward to the next session with him.

today I made two people very happy...

In the morning when I dropped the daughter for school at school bus pick up point, she told me in her choleric tone... WHEN I AM BACK YOU SHOULD BE THERE TO PICK ME UP... and later in the afternoon, I was there to pick her up. She was delighted to see me. When I reminded about what she had told me, she gave me a kiss. She was very happy that I was there to pick her up.

Later, got a courier from ACK... The Karna Comic. The son wanted that for a long time. I left the packet and went away. In the evening at 6 pm when the son was back from school, he got the comic. I called home to find out how he liked it. His voice conveyed his feelings. He was very happy.

I felt satisfied.

A Question by PRIYANKA...!!

Today Priyanka asked me a question:
"My parents said, it is not possible to win all the time.
I argued with them, that it is possible to win all the time.
Is it true that we cannot win all the time?"

My answer to her was this:
"It is true that we cannot win all the time,
Failure is a part of success,
Failures are wonderful opportunities to learn
what is not WORKING and move on to succeed
by attempting one more time."

Again, IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO WIN ALL THE TIME
BUT IT IS NECESSARY AND POSSIBLE TO HAVE WINNING
ATTITUDE ALL THE TIME.

At the Chess Tournament...

Yesterday and Today, the son is participating in a inter-school Chess Tournament.
I am happy that it is possible for me to be with him at the Tournament.
Yesterday there were four rounds. He lost the first round, but came back strongly to win the next three. This gave him 3 points.
Day two has started the same way...
He has lost the first day...
and as I am writing this blog... he has gone into round 6.
He is playing black. Opponent is one HARISH KRISHNAN.
The nice things is, the son is learning a lot about the game, about himself and also
about life itself.
The bonding that is taking place between him and me is fantastic.
Today morning, in the time gap between round 5 and round 6, we got some
pleasant moments.
He was asking me some good MORAL questions.
"What would do if you had to make a choice between THIS and THAT?"
THIS and THAT varied to a great extent from eating an ice cream and sacrificing
it for the family or the whole world.
I had a wonderful time telling him about the choices that I would make and why I would do it.
I am enjoying these moments of bonding.
It would be great to be full time parents and grow up with the kids.
Waiting for Re to grow up. A couple of years more and it would be fun.
If both me and the wife would be at these tournaments... it would greater fun.