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Football on the beach

December 24, 2007 by roshan.george in Musings, Madras, Games

I went to play football today with my old classmates from school. It was fun, but I learnt that I'm hopelessly out of shape. Less than 30 minutes of running and I was completely out of breath, not to mention I was starting to get a headache. I'm middle-aged at 19! I'd also like to complain about buses and the way they don't like to show up on a Besant Nagar bound route for more than half an hour, no good sirs, that's simply no good.

In any case, Karthik dropped me home. I don't know if I could've made it back by bus, I was so tired. Anyway, my phone camera is useless for anything but daylight photographs. The moon was so low today, it was like it had come closer to Earth or something and it was reflected in the water so brightly it seemed like there were floodlights on the water. Amazing sight. Simply amazing.

In other news, it's John Thanky's birthday today. I met him on the way there. Wish him :)

17 comments

MarcDecember 25, 2007

Ah so that's what you were doing in the area. You wore pants to the game, didn't you?

vijayDecember 25, 2007

Do you ppl still play football on the beach???
i thought u got tired with that game

GowthamDecember 25, 2007

Do you play football regularly in the beach.I have seen Marc playing in the beach many times.

roshan.georgeDecember 25, 2007

:) Yeah, I don't have any shorts.

Vijay, Gowtham: Marc's replaced football with video games these days. However, my batch still plays football regularly on the beach. You can join us if you want. :)

MarcDecember 25, 2007

George, I don't like playing on the beach because the ball doesn't roll correctly and it doesn't feel like football. My special skill in intercepting high balls and I cannot do that if I don't have flat ground to run fast on.

We'll go buy you some shorts next week.

roshan.georgeDecember 25, 2007

Well, yeah, it's not like normal football, it's very different, but it's lots of fun especially when the ball bounces this way and that.

MarcDecember 26, 2007

That's the reason you sprained your ankle, fool!

roshan.georgeDecember 26, 2007

It doesn't always happen. Only occasionally, most of the time it's all okay.

GitanjaliDecember 30, 2007

Hmmm... occasional sprainings. Nice. You should advertise.

:) Sounds like good fun, though!

roshan.georgeDecember 30, 2007

It's great fun when it happens. Unfortunately this is like the first time in months that I went and this had to happen.

That sounds like a nice title for a song.

Adithya SridharDecember 30, 2007

Hehe I used to play regularly. Damm I want to get back soon.

roshan.georgeDecember 31, 2007

Tell me if you guys are playing. I'd like to join in too.

Adithya SridharDecember 31, 2007

Well they still play daily. I can't till the doctor allows me to :(

MarcDecember 31, 2007

George, why would you want to get your ass kicked on a daily basis? I'll come watch you get humiliated and eat steamed groundnuts.

roshan.georgeDecember 31, 2007

Why, are they damn good or something? I'm not too bad, and I think I can manage :)

Adithya SridharDecember 31, 2007

Well they play a very rough game.

roshan.georgeDecember 31, 2007

That's cool, all those other college buggers who played with us when we were in school were pretty bad.

It's less fun though.