Zombie!

Finally work seems to be taking its toll on me. Last week was very busy and my life had become quite mechanical. Waking up, going to the lab, reactions, orkutting, lunch, dinner(the same thing pulav pulav pulav...its easy, its delicious) and sleep. I was in a trance. Forgetting to return things, too absent minded to return compliments...comfortably numb.

Well I still haven't been able to clone my gene, as if it matters!!

Wednesday evening was different from others. Cedric, the only french guy in the lab, had invited us to his home for the france vs portugal match. Cedric is a friendly guy and he was the one who really helped me settle down in the lab last year. He is a cute, short french guy who speaks fluent french, german, English and Icelandic, and has a typical french sense of humour( and a very french temper as well). He had a one room apartment and shared his kitchen with a german girl.

The room was pretty big with an extendable couch for a bed. There was a large book shelf and another cup board with drinks. I helped myself to a beer and finished the huge cheese kebab which i had bought from downtown. Other guys arrived soon and i found a portuguese supporter in Dirk. His wife is Brasilian and his bro-in-law lives in Portugal and he goes there often. Soon the conversation shifted to Portugal. My eyes glanced at a royal green bottle of Port wine on cedric'S shelf. The temptation was too much.

Dirk explained me thoroughly the history behind port wine and i helped myself to some. Its very sweet, and generally taken as dessert. I remember buying port wine the 3rd day on my arrival to Lyon. That was the only time i had tasted port wine before, and this one was certainly much better than the 2€ supermarket stuff in Lyon.

Cedric had also arranged for a little barbacue. So, while the Europeans helped themselves to sausages, I had to contend with the salads only. It was 2 hours of fun, good conversation, good food and nice friendly mature people having a little get together. I like such kind of parties.

I saw a rainbow today, in its full glory. It wasn't like one of those partial rainbows which seem to hang in mid air or have their ends in the horizon far far away. This one was complete and had both its feet inside the city, with one somewhere on the hill in front of me. I could almost touch it. Well, almost!!

Allez les bleus!!