IPL has become too painful for me. The two teams whose staunch supporter I have remained throughout the series seem to be bailing out on me. So much so that every time Dhoni pops up on TV, brandishing his bat to “Chennai Super Kings. Support your team,” I am forced to retort “I do! But you dont seem to be proving its worth.” Adding salt to my injury is a jittery Mumbai Indians team who have washed their hands off three close, nail-biting matches to frazzled nerves. My heart aches too much so I have renounced IPL till the semi’s.
I decided to put the free-time made available to good use and made a list of goals that I will set to achieve before I turn the ripe-old age of 25. This list excludes the usual Master’s degree, MBA, top-notch, highly-paying job, goals that would probably feature on everyone’s list. This is a list of deep desires, of simmering passion for knowledge and of the thrills of an adrenalin-rush. In no particular order:
- Watch all three extended edition installments of the LOTR trilogy in one setting permitting only toilet breaks
- Dye my hair red and then blue
- Trek the Hampta Pass, Rohtang Pass and the Chandertal Lake up North in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, India
- Learn Kalaripayattu, the ancient martial art form of India considered to be the forbearer of all other forms of martial arts
- Climb a tree
- Join/Start a secret society
- Take a dip in the Ganges
- Learn Spanish & Chinese
- Buy a Range Rover
- Read every book written by P.G.Wodehouse
- Be part of a political rally
- Play gully cricket
- Buy a Wii game station
Will review this 5 years hence and it will prove to be an interesting examination 
I’m off to find a tree.
