  As I may have mentioned before, bat and ball sports were never my strong point, but somehow I got roped into playing for our organisation's softball team that plays in the Civil Servants Softball league every Wednesday evening in Hyde Park. The first few games with the team weren't too bad however the capitan changed my field placement to somewhere where the ball comes in my direction with an alarming frequency and speed.
Somehow the ball seemed to know just where my mitt was and bounced around it just as it got to me every time it came in my direction, which made me look like quite a chump. However, I redeemed myself somewhat near the end by making a super catch (there was even some scattered applause from the bench). In the end we won the match, although it was no thanks to any of my inept fielding (apart from that catch). Afterwards we went for a quite(ish) few beers at the student bar at the Imperial College of London. The evening conversation at the bar revolved around some urlLink football tournament that is coming up next week. Not being much of a follower of football I couldn't really contribute much to this. However I was told it is quite an experience (even if you're not a fan) to watch a game of football with a crowd on English enthusiasts so it's my mission on Sunday to watch the England versus France game with some of the lads from the softball team.
I hope the English win - I haven't been fond of the French since they blew up the urlLink Rainbow Warrior and then there's that whole urlLink Nuclear Testing issue. I hold grudges. 
