I am so sleepy.

I spent the weekend in Bangalore and it very helpfully rained just as I needed to go out. And by rained, I mean poured. Sheets of water, from all directions. And even more helpfully, just as I was getting out of the car, it stopped raining, as if a switch was turned off, somewhere in the skies.

Anyway, Bangalore is horribly crowded. You would expect people to take a siesta on a Sunday afternoon, post lunch. But noooo. They were all out in droves, in their weekend finery.

I stayed at Ravi’s house and hogged tomato rice (which he said was puliyodharai, and got a knock on the head from his mother). It had been such a long time since I had good rice. One month is a long time.

I saw Da Vinci Code. It wasn’t as bad as people have made it seem. It wasn’t great, but wasn’t terrible. Tom Hanks was not a very convincing Langdon and Tatou seemed a little lost. Jean Reno and Magneto were, as usual, brilliant. Paul Bettany’s whipping scenes were really gross. I also saw bits of Arunachalam and Sinbad and Sleepy Hollow and Bourne Identity on TV. All very entertaining.

The Alumni get together thingy was a bit of a bore, though it was nice to see all those people again. I left after dinner, just as the party started livening up. Loud music and dancing and smoke and dark rooms and crowds are really not my scene. I got a few phone numbers. Only time will tell if I ever use them. History says I won’t but let’s see.

The bus ride there was terribly uncomfortable. They were playing a Hrithik Roshan movie which added to the discomfort. I didn’t sleep much and kept fidgeting. The guy sitting next to me must have been cursing me. The journey back was much better. I got a window seat and slept throughout. They started playing Matrix but the sound wasn’t very good so they played a Bobby Deol – Amisha Patel movie. I was asleep before the starting credits ended.

Now I have to go. Miles to go before I sleep.

ps. god bless the "Edit" button.