Weekends and National Holidays

Its been a bit of a break from what was by my standards days of frantic blogging. And I have many many things to say, starting with the Chinese Grand Prix.

I have never been so happy! I was yelling, 'Yes, yes, Yes!!!' (not like that, Mitasho) when Schumi crossed the line, having won one of his best races (and with 91 wins, that is something), completely against the odds. One journo put it like this:

Michael Schumacher has long made a habit of taking victories that defied all plausibility and left his rivals slack-jawed as they tried to understand how they lost the race despite all the odds apparently being in their favour.

This race reminded me, again, how much I love F1, why I love it, and why Schumacher is an absolute genius. Some of the newer fans have forgotten how often Schumacher would win races against superior machinery, win things he had no business winning. Alonso drove a good race as well, as much as it pains me to say it. Fisichella was good, but really, this race was all about highlighting the difference between the good (Fisichella, Button et al) and the great (MS, Alonso, Raikonnen). I'm also very impressed with Kubica, he's done a spectacular job for BMW, and he's learning all the time. Webbo finally got a point, and no one deserved it more.

Alonso needs to be slapped across the face, though, IMO. First he goen on about how F1 is no longer a sport. Well, if you really think it isn't, Fernando, go do something else. Then he takes his level of paranoia to another dimension altogether and accuses his team of sabotaging him! According to him, because he'll be leaving for McLaren next year, the team don't want him to take the #1 there, and so they are doing enough to keep him from winning. And its not the first time he has said something like that. Petulant idiot- next year, with a grenade masquerading as an engine, I hope he understands what it really means to have your team let you down.

I am completely sick of all the whingeing Renault do about how poor, and deprived they are and how they're fighting against the odds (and the FIA) to win the title(s).

In football news, Christiano is playing unbelievably well. I mean, best-player-in-the-Premiership-right-now well. Man U were a joy to watch against Newcastle, and to put icing on the cake Chelsea drew their game, so United lead the table by dint of better GD. Yeah, baby! Eslewhere, AC Milan only drew their game, which leaves them near the bottom of the Serie A and Real didn't do much better, while Valencia won. Barca are also playing so well right now, its fabulous watching them.

I have become strangely apathetic to cricket. Just can't get myself excited enough about it. Hopefully it'll come back to me, coz right now I don't know half the names of the players of any squad other than India's. For a South Asian sport fan, that's... well, embarrasing.

I watched Lage Raho Munnabhai over the weekend. It was really really good, and I enjoyed it a lot. A more detailed review will be coming right up, but in some Very Good News, PVR has now starting selling popcorn tubs! Say hello to the real movie experience!!