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Exam, Bugs and more

I got done with my exam yesterday and it was good. I hope the person checking the papers thinks the same way too. My preparation on friday got "bugged" because of a nasty issue. Apparently, there are Bed Bugs in my house and I will have to "fumigate" my belongings at my own cost, which would be about $1500-$2000. Need help on that and lets see how the Minnesota State Helpline bails me out on this one. Allstate, my renter's insurance carrier could not do anything as bed bugs are considered "Animals" and damage to property by Animals is not covered by the policy. Only damages due to fire, theft, lightning, wind, flood etc. are included. My landlord is a nasty old prick who doesn't know how to talk to tenants and handle their issues on a case-by-case basis. He surely has lost a customer. The worst thing about this is, I just extended my lease till the end of October. That hurts.

P Chidambaram announced the budget for the current year and made almost everyone happy. Middle-class and farmers were mostly pleased. Geet Sethi wasn't quite overjoyed after hearing that "sports" development has been given only Rs. 723 crores. His grievances are on his Mid-day column. I take his side after reading what he has to say about the poor conditions that athletes are provided for training and accomodation. Even travel reimbursements are sometimes paid after couple of years. Thats a shame!!!!

Cricket. India Under-19 Team won the World Cup for the second time since 2000. That's fantastic. Sachin Tendulkar scores his first ODI hundred in Australia in more than 35 plus attempts in India's win in the best-of-three finals. I was glad of the fact that all major indian websites displayed the Under-19 team's WC win first over the National side's win over Australia in the first final.

Off to Seattle in a week's time. Going to be a "short stay - long flight" trip to the Pacific Northwest. It's all worth it considering we are going to see Sidhya after almost 2 years. Can't wait for that. She turns 2 on Thursday, March 6th.

The exam results come out within a week and I hope to be a happy guy next week when I write my next blog. I wish I could be really happy if I know that the cost of the fumigation process to get rid of the bed bugs will be paid by the Apartment owner. That would really be the icing on the cake.

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