My Frivolous Blog

For a TV show, an anchor, Mandira Bedi, of some TV channel in India, wore a sari which had imprints of flags of nations playing in ICC World Cup 2007. Some folks in India found it offensive that Indian flag was just near her feet. They say it is an insult to India.
As far as [...]

Australia won the third consecutive World Championship title. Although it was dark this evening by the time the tournament concluded (not before some high-drama due to inept umpire/s who lacked common sense) in Kensington Oval, Barbados, there was never a shadow of doubt about Australia’s dominance during the entire tournament. They won all their matches…pretty [...]

Caught some of the second semi-final action on TV today. While the coverage—commentary, number of cameras/angles used, replays, etc.—leaves much to be desired, the telecast projected on to a big wall wasn’t all that bad. The big DIRECTV logo displayed on the top left side of the screen all the time was a bit annoying. [...]

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
My ticket to today’s ICC World Cup semi-final match between Sri Lanka and New Zealand at Sabina Park in Jamaica. I am still waiting for airline ticket, visa to travel to Jamaica, and affordable accommodation.

This spring has been the worst so far. All kinds of symptoms of seasonal allergy have flared up. Off-the-shelf antihistamines, which worked before, have produced very little relief. That’s why I took the allergy skin test today. The positive skin test indicated that I am allergic to these substances: cat, dog, dust, feathers, grass, mold, [...]

As someone who reacts slowly to the media hype about everything entertainment, I finally watched American Idol on TV this evening. This was my first show of this season. I have paid passing attention to mentions of Sanjaya on Yahoo!’s frontpage. I heard about him from teenaged nieces and nephews. From my cousins, too. I [...]