Week ending 9 Aug

The weekend was primarily spent at home. Saturday - Tesco, sleep and nothing in the evening. Sunday was groceries, cooking, sleep and badminton. I lost 3 games to Sekhar. I beat Kiran in 1 game. He twisted his ankle and had to stop playing further. Sekhar is playing exceptionally well. I am struggling to keep pace with him especially when I am slow and do not get my shots. He has more range of shots than me especially on the backhand - serve, drop and clear and well. It will not be easy to beat him. We had 3-3 record this week but he has won the first 3 games. My challenge is to beat him in the first 3 games. And also to do it easily rather than with a struggle. I would plan to improve my range of shots in the next couple of months. However I am not motivated enough to do it as I am keen on badminton in the longer term. I would like to pick up tennis. I will have to make some decisions soon.
During the week I was in Barcelona for the first 3 days. I did a good job received some appreciation; not without some luck. Completed the Retail EA transformation for Sriram.
I am encountering more and more instances of the world becoming very untrustworthy - Accenture's report on performance testing, Vodafone PAC code not being sent until chased up, SMS charges of £3.8/- per SMS on 3 SMS messages with a free iPhone advertisement, Mercedes Bristol & London blindly asking me to extend the insurance cover until 20th by one more than what the body repair team had told me, etc. Everyone seems to be cheating. Watch out.