Impossible is Nothing - Except of course going to the gym
There comes a time in every man's life, when he decides that going to the gym is way too big a responsibility. I have been in that position several times. After paying 3 month subscriptions and attending 3 sessions in 3 gyms in 3 cities, I decided its best to stay close to home...and its even better if you stay AT home...BUT...as fate would have it, I am quite in shape...(ROUND IS A SHAPE) and so I have decided to do something about it...and the latest waste of money project is TENNIS.
After driving past the 2 tennis courts I have in my apartment complex for several months, I decided today to pick up 2 tennis rackets and some tennis balls. Its actually quite amazing when you go to a sports store. The staff there are so slow and move at a pace that would give a tortoise a complex that he may lose his last place in the race. Anyways...I picked up the best equipment Money could buy (Actually the most I was willing to spend knowing that THIS TOO SHALL PASS). You will be surprised how much tennis balls cost now. A box of 3 balls costs Rs. 240...No wonder sportsmen do drugs...its CHEAPER.
Anyways…brought the rackets to the office and what I had was a queue of people who wanted to play the game as well. I have kept the invitation OPEN just so that I make sure I don't quit too soon. So...Got back home...its 8:30...what better thing to do that play a game of Tennis.
Ashok is in town and since most of this was his idea, we headed to the court along with Anand and Soma. Soma had earlier in the day come out running from his studio when he has seen the tennis rackets in the office...
So...the 4 merry men with just about 15 mins of tennis experience between them apart from watching Sania Mirza matches headed to a place most of us have never been before...THE TENNIS COURT.
By now it was 9:30...a great time in my apartment complex to play Tennis...no one else wants to at that time...excellent...we were alone...no audience...Nobody...
So we started...and we...well...sucked...
I have learnt a Five new things today.
1. A Tennis Court is a lot bigger in real life...lot smaller on TV.
2. A Tennis Court is very small when you are serving...and very large when you are not.
3. Watching Sania Mirza is a lot easier than being Sania MIrza.
4. Men do not look good in mini skirts...(Ok that one I learnt last week)
5. Twenty Five foot walls are not enough to contain my deadly Serves.
Playing tennis with people who have never played before is easy...you play a set of 3 games...whoever starts serving in the first game is destined to lose...its very simple...basically we suck at serving...so if you are Serving in the first game...you will lose...score is then 0-1...Then the other person serves in the next game...they lose because they SUCK at serving...score is now 1-1...then you serve in the last game and since you SUCK at serving...you lose...score 1-2...and the set is lost...WONDERFUL!!!
So...now while all this mad action is going on, Soma after playing one and a half games is more tired than when he had to push his bike when he had no petrol...so...he sits down...chills by the side of the court...and guess what...HE SLEEPS!!! SOMA...I cannot believe you SLEPT on the court...DUDE!!!
Ok now its time to hit the shower....right after we click Soma's photo.
Labels: Anand Menon, Ashok Jacob, Bangalore Airport, Gym, Rohit Jayakaran, Sleeping, Soma, Somasheker Jois, Tennis
posted by Rohit Jayakaran @ 12:48 AM
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