Day 100 - 14th October 2010

Century at MICA! And had a pretty nice day as well. Had only 2 lectures - DC and SM. Got done at 1130 and had the rest of the day free. Went to Bopal and ISCON mall with the intention of buying bathroom slippers but ended up spending 5 times the amount that can be spent on slippers! Ended up going to landmark and bought 2 books - one on the IPL and the other on what sport teaches us about life. As a part of the Imagining India course we are also expected to read Mother Pious Lady by Santosh Desai, its his take on the new Indian middle class. And I also bought a book on the rise of Dhirubhai Ambani - Ambani and Sons. So that makes it four books to read over the next 3 months. With the kind of schedule I have here I wonder how I am going to find the time to read all of them.

Anyways back to today, the highlight of the day was lunch at Mainland China (yes I went out to buy bathroom slippers :-P ) Had authentic chinese food for the first time in Gujju Land, was really good and it is one of the few places that serves non vegetarian food as well. Had to get back to campus for an interface meeting. Got done with that at around 430 after which I played tennis (for a change). Felt good to get back on the court after a long time. This was followed by the first major event of the term - the MCL player auctions with the tagline "Know your real value" :-D. Players were divided into buckets with base prices of 30,50,70 and 90 and captains had a budget of 1000 while bidding for a squad of 14. There were core teams of 3 members already formed, with each captain choosing two 'star' players. Yours truly was in one such core team. The theme for naming the teams this year is cigarettes, now since the team which I am a part of consists mainly of non-smokers we have chosen the name Phantom Sweet Cigarettes :-)

The other teams worth a mention are 502 Pataka and Navy 'Square' Cut.

The auction went on for a good 3-4 hours and at the end of it we got a pretty decent squad. Had a team meeting after that(yes, MCL is serious cricket) Got free by around 1230 in the night after which I decided to sleep early since we have practice at 645 tomorrow morning!

P.S. To commemorate 100 days at MICA and the spirit of MCL I shall indulge in a little narcissism and

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