Coffee @ Nikhil's

Today mornin', I set da alarm fer 0600 hrs. And I Did hear it buzz off. But I wuz in a sullen mood, an I didden get off da bed immediately. Guez I wuz a bit ticked off bout bein da Very First person to hit da tenniz court Day After Day at 06:30.

Yesterday, Prasanjeet came a Good quarter hour late an I wuz pissed bout it, so wanted to go at around da same tym. Also, I'd called in "reinforcements" yday, wid more dan Five ppl interested in joinin' in our game in da mornins... So, I figured I wudden be missed much.

I wuz Off, Way Off... I got a call from Nikhil at 06:45 Sharp, callin' me to da court ASAP. In fact, ma mom wuz Awake, an me dad wuz in da bed, which surprized me, 'cuz itz uzually da oder way round !!! :D

And da corny part wuz da conversation :

He wuz like, "Hey, Arvind, comin' fer a game?"

I go, "I am."

"How Long?"

"Ten Minutes."

"Five Minutes? Good."

(Click)

"Hello?"

So me rushed down (after a wash n a brush) to get Kicked 6-2.

I did manage to surprise him in a coupla gamez, tho... In a game, when I wuz runnin forward to da net, I'd given 'im an Eazy shot, so he saw me comin', an he wuz preparin' to hit a Winner (or so he thought!)

He wuz on da left side of da court (from Ma eyez point of view). And I Knew he wud target da soft corner in ma Left side extreme. So what I did, (a bit of military tactics). I held ground a bit to da left side of da court. Seein' dis, he hit a shot to ma rite. I wuz ready, n I moved quick n volleyed it to hiz rite ! Winner !

Won da game dataway... Oder gamez, Nikhil hit consistently good shots while I wuz Consistently underperforming. Ma backhand (az uzual) screwed up. N he hit a coupla Niz Winnerz : a "convert" cross-court backhand dat dont come all da way to da baseline, it goez Direct out thru da side first ! Me bein' a baseline playa generally, I cudden reach doz shotz in tym... :-(


(Note to Self : Move yer Fat Azz, yO! )

N Surpriz of Suprizez ! Nikhil invited me home fer a cup o' coffee !!!

Mo' on diz l8r, Rohanz buzzed me up fer a game !!!