The Weekend

There were many contentious issues this weekend. The BBMP elections, the dryness of the weekend, IPL vs Earth hour, and throw in all the issues on E! news. Kim Kardashian is single again – watch out football players – and Miley Cyrus wants to exit the music industry – thank god for small mercies… Jokes apart, I voted for a deserving candidate from a private party yesterday and I’m proud of my participation. Now I have to wait for my nail to grow out for this ink spot to disappear.

BBMP – I didn’t know that the first B stood for Bruhat. But anyway, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike had its 5 yearly elections yesterday. Out of Bangalore’s 6 million popuation I’m hoping at least half a million of us voted. That accounts for about 6000 odd constituencies, so that many bottles of ink used.

Now the other pressing issue this weekend was that it was a dry one. Starting Friday. I realized many of my friends (not me) found it very hard to stay sober and get through the weekend. Of course they made alternate arrangements to bring liquor into the city from Hassan (good job guys!). But I made an interesting observation that the IPL tamasha was low-key cause of lost companionship of Kingfisher.

The IPL viewership took another hit cause of the occurrence of Earth hour. Many people were making en effort to switch off their lights/tv for the earth hour between 8.30 and 9:30 pm, but the Kings XI Punjab & Kolkata Knight Riders continued to entertain – what a dilemma?

Then I remembered reading this article that stated that the IPL was going green. Something about a partnership with UNEP? Then why the fireworks? And why not play without flood lights? It’ll be like the new Vodaphone ad that reminds the white bubble people to pay their electricity bill.

And then I watched the final episode of FRIENDS on Zee Café. Such a charmer it was. It makes me laugh and cry every time I see it, no matter how many times around. That’s one good series I tell ya!

Ah well… the weekend is over. Nothing much accomplished but nothing to complain about either. Have a good week ahead everyone!