Ah, KFC! Always brings back memories of my childhood back in Kuwait and simpler and happier times. I haven’t always enjoyed the KFC in Kerala – they seem to be of a lesser quality despite being the same franchise! This time though I was pretty happy when I tried the KFC at the Center Mall food court. I had the Chicken Zinger burger along with a nice big piece of the Hot n Crispy Chicken and a Pepsi.
Day: March 18, 2015
Beaches, Mountains & Forests On This Earth
Beach, mountain, forest, or somewhere else entirely?
I’m not really a beach person per say. I mean I love the beach and every beach I have been to has had a calming and happy effect on me. I love to sit for hours at the beach watching the waves crash on the shore and feel the salty breeze on my face. I’m not a swimmer and I have the furthest thing for a beach bod and hence I do not go in my trunks displaying my abs (lol at that) or my muscles. But I do like the seas and the oceans.
I would love live in the mountains or at the base of a mountain and have the beautiful snow capped mountain ranges as a view from my balcony, windows and front porch. I’d love to live high on up and look down at the plains and valleys below. Fresh mountain air is exhilarating and freeing and makes you feel alive like very little else can. It can also make you feel literally & figuratively on top of the world.
I’m not a forest guy and hence would not like living in or near one. All those dangerous creatures and bugs. Plus it wll be hot and sweating and I already live in a tropical place and have had enough of that. I do love animals and looking at them and the birds but wouldn’t want to wake up with a poisonous snake on my chest and a giant tarantula in my pants about to bite my manland area. And a lioness in the toilet! LoL, no I would rather look at them from a safe distance or behind protection.
Prompt from the Daily Post at WordPress.com.
Monaco 0 Arsenal 2
Arsenal failed to make the Champions League last eight for the fifth straight season despite beating Monaco in the second leg of their last-16 tie. Needing to score at least three unanswered away goals after a 3-1 defeat at home, they went ahead through Olivier Giroud’s close-range finish. A lively Danny Welbeck went close to doubling the lead before half-time. But despite Aaron Ramsey coming off the bench to score late on, with Giroud going close again, Monaco held on. It was agonizingly close but Monaco go ahead on the away goal rule.
All over the pitch Arsene Wenger’s side were vastly improved from the defeat at Emirates Stadium last month and they ensured that Monaco conceded their first Champions League goals at the Stade Louis II this season. Arguably, though, the Gunners lost this tie in the first leg through their defensive fragility, where they conceded a crucial third goal in the 90th minute. And although they continued their fine form with an eighth win from nine games, that blip in the first leg was enough to ensure Monaco reached the quarter-finals for the first time since 2004. They join holders Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Paris St-Germain, Porto and Atletico Madrid in Friday’s draw. After Giroud had headed just wide and Laurent Koscielny turned a free-kick onto the Monaco crossbar but was wrongly ruled offside, the visitors established control and could have been at least two goals ahead before the break.
Giroud gave Wenger’s side the lead when he latched onto Welbeck’s through ball and managed to steer his shot in at the near post after Danijel Subasic had blocked his first effort. Two minutes later Welbeck was unlucky not to join him on the scoresheet when his rasping drive was blocked by the prostrate Monaco defender Aymen Abdennour. With Welbeck and Alexis Sanchez providing pace and width up front, Arsenal continued to cause problems for the Ligue 1 side as Mesut Ozil went close with a free-kick and flashed another effort wide. But the hosts, who had one more day’s rest than their opponents, regained their composure around the 60-minute mark and caused some nervy moments in the Arsenal defence before Wenger brought on Ramsey and Theo Walcott in search of a second goal. It paid dividends as the substitutes combined for Arsenal’s second with 11 minutes left, Walcott striking the post from a left-wing cross before Ramsey got on the end of Layvin Kurzawa’s poor clearance. Giroud almost tucked in at the back post from a free-kick but perhaps he was guilty in putting off the better-placed Sanchez.
Champions League dreams shattered, it’s back to the FA Cup and perhaps finishing 2nd in the league at home.