I LUUUVE CARROM..!!

I love carom! I really really really.. I mean REALLY love it..!! Since the day I saw my mom and dad playing it, I used to love it. So.. just as I told you guys in my previous post, I learned it..!! My mom and dad were my carrom gurus and now… I just can’t stop playing it..! When you start doing something you love, you end up with so many side effects. Good ones in particular. This is one good example I can share with you guys, to prove it’s right..!!

I ended up in a new project in May, after hanging in another projects for about 8 months. Now… the new one is good. The people are really good.. but they are damn professional.. ummm… which is a little bit errrr…. for me. Professional is good. But.. in my case, in all my previous projects, there was professionalism.. and there was a fun environment too. There were less people I knew in this new project. But work was really good. While I was quietly working.. the company’s Inter Account Carrom Tournament started with a big wave. The inner creature within me who always wants to get out at a situation like this, started to punch hard on me.. But umm.. knowing that I don’t have a chance, I stayed put. That’s when Dank called me up and asked me if I’d like to join their carrom team. Me : YES I DO…!! :D

That’s the start of Benchwarmers 2009! But I was hopeless. I wasn’t practicing in years. It’s been a long time I played for the carrom mixed doubles championship in the campus and grabbing the top notch with my partner. To be honest.. I was also going through.. let’s say.. a bad time too. But all of a sudden.. things changed! We won our first game! We got the 2nd game too as a walkover. Wow.. We were into Quarter Finals. Man..!! The things happened so fast like a blink of an eye!

The next game was the quarter finals game. The opponents were very strong. With so much luck… talent and strategy, we DID beat them off too. We had so much fun that day! What a victory! Dank is our captain in charge with a good strategy and a good game plan! Pubudu is quiet and nice.. and in the end, he does his job well… Razmi is our best player and he’s so sweet and nice. Punnadi.. Hehe.. She’s fun to be with and a nutsy… and mind you, she plays well too! Lastly, there’s me. The next one was the semi finals game. We have beaten 32 teams and were in the top 4. We actually started to practice then only. Sometimes, we would stay late and practice a little bit. In the end, we were even playing with our opponents. Nobody cared that they were the opponents.. :D We all have turned out to be good FRIENDS…!!

We lost our semi finals game. I won my game though. But it was never about the championship for us. We all wanted to have fun and enjoy the game. So we did it! :D I was telling you about the side effects you get when you start doing something you like, right? Here’s what I got…. I made loads of good friends cz of this whole carrom tournament thingy. People who never used to smile with me and people I never knew (though existed) became good friends with me. The project is definitely not a boring place for me. The BIGGEST thing I got : 4 more lovable best friends were added to my life. Razmi… Poo… Pubudu and Dank! <Hugs to them> Sooo… Shouldn’t I love carrom or what?? :D