Radiation Panic in capital!

Well that's what the news said anyway - I seem to have missed a golden opportunity to run around screaming! A hospital waste place had a cobalt 265 or something leak (for about a week) before the guy working there noticed his hair had fallen out and he had gone a strange colour. And the first doctor he consulted when he started to feel unwell thought he had a virus. Poor buqqer is now in hospital fighting for his life.
Hey, an update on the Havells ad with the hangman I told you about the other day. Thanks to Manish for clearing this up. The ad is along the lines of 'hanging people is bad karma, but you can do good with a Havells energy efficient light bulb'. I think that is even weirder than what I originally thought the ad was about. I wonder how many countries could get away with an ad like that.
So yesterday got off to a flying start with me putting Odomos mosquito repellent cream on my toothbrush - so my teeth will not get dengue fever. I am so glad about that. Then Carmen and I went off to Khan market to collect some things, like my shirt that the tailor was whipping up for me (as I told you last week) and what a great job he did too. So I have now deposited the rest of my material with him for some more shirts - he isn't the cheapest guy around but his work is very good. And super news on the Suunto watch - I found a watch man in Khan market (Stop and Shop I think the cubby hole was called) who managed to fix my busted watch strap in the time it took me to drink a cup of tea - and the price was 'as you like madame'. If you need a good watchmaker chap head to the lane in between the main street and the parking area in Khan market. He also sells belts, bags and ties - the shop is red.
Then I got a call from Robin, much to my surprise. He was back in Along, as the places they had thought they would be able to trek were being dug up for roads. So they were going to go to Machuka and have a few day walks. He was quite tired from all the road trips, and was looking forward to a shave and a decent feed - maybe even a shower. He managed to get a bit of good weather for photography too.
I got an invitation to dinner tonight from Maninder Kohli, son of Harish Kohli who was part of the Indian Army expedition which did a trans Himalayan trip in 1980. That should be interesting as I believe we are dining at the house of an Australian woman who is working on the Delhi Commonwealth Games.
Then last night I met Manish at 1 Cafe in Saket for a bit of a Friday night out. The place was packed with people who were probably half our age....And even though it is a karaoke joint I refrained - I didn't think I was up for Vanilla Ice or 50 Cent! I think Harry's on Wednesday is more my style. Whatever that style is.
So this morning it's a bit of internetverke while Carmen head out to get some stuff for the house, then I'll get the driver to take me to the pool, which luckily has reopened after a new filtration and cleaning system was installed. The Met Office says that April will be super hot, it has already been 40 for a few days and will only get hotter. Brain boiling!
And in Shoaib/Sania news (now they are called SHOANIA) one can purchase, for a very reasonable sum I am sure, a souvenir cricket bat with their photos on it. Lovely!
Enjoy the weekend and go the Tahs!

The exciting news in India....

Well of course I have omitted to keep you up to date on the BIG news story of the last week or so in India - the impending marriage of Indian tennis star Sania Mirza to ‘disgraced’ Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik. It’s not the disgraced bit that is the problem. It’s a rather plump young lady in Hyderabad, who may be called Ayesha or Maha. It seems that this Ayesha person contacted him when he was playing in 2002 or so ( I think, it is all so confusing), saying she was a fan and worked as a teacher in Saudi Arabia. Anyway, she sent him photos of a girl she claimed was her, and then somehow arranged a telephone marriage without ever having met him. So she claims. Shoaib says the signature on the marriage papers is forged, and anyway the girl lied about who she was and what she looked like, and he has never met her. I have just been enjoying the first interview with Sania and Shoaib after they emerged from the Hyderabad police station, as the other woman’s parents have filed an FIR (something complaint I guess). Oh and the Ayesha woman claims he got her pregnant and she miscarried and he didn’t care. She may well have medical evidence that she had a miscarriage, but I wonder how she will prove who the father was… Anyway.....
The press are shouting about 100 questions at once, in various languages, and the poor sods can’t get a word in edgeways. It is all very gripping.
It now transpires that Shoaib is saying the woman in the photos he was sent is a decent married woman so he will not reveal them to the press, in deference to her position, as he says she may not even know that the Ayesha woman sent them to him. Gawd, this is better than the Bold and the Beautiful! The days until their wedding on 15 April will be fun filled or viewers I am sure!
The very very right wing Hindu fundamentalist Shiv Sena party have said that Sania is a DISGRACE for marrying a Pakistani, who of course they see as their sworn enemy, when there are 150 million decent eligible Indian men. Who of course are Hindu not Muslim. Strewth!
Did a spot of shopping this afternoon – cheese, chicken sausages, lemon cordial. Tried to get my blasted Suunto watchband fixed – why do I bother with this brand? - of course it is impossible so just like last year I am watchless again. If anyone from Suunto is reading this – make your watchbands better! For the money the watch cost it’s a disgrace that a watchband only lasts 6 months. I’d get better value at Kmart. Oh have a whinge!!!
I am now in the 'drawing room' with Hydra the cat and a rum and coke, and all is well with my world anyway. Still can't get hold of Robin but that isn't surprising.
I hear dinner cooking (I think) but have no idea what is on the menu....
Bye for now