Federer is losing his quarterfinals match against Stepanek in Rome, 6-7 2-4. Yes, of course, I'm disappointed but I can't help but be amused by how the crowd watching is so obviously in favor of Federer. They cheer when he hits a winner and they roar when Stepanek makes an error. And just now the crowd is once again abuzz with excitement because Federer has just broken back for 3-4 in the second set.
There was a light rain with the sun setting behind me and slightly to my left as I drove home. When I looked east toward the side road I was eventually turning into I was thrilled to catch sight of a brilliant band of colors in the sky ahead of me. Then, after quickly taking my eyes off the road a few times to follow its arc, I saw that the rainbow was complete! I even got a better view when I was able to slow down slightly after turning into the less busy road that lead home. So when I got home about five minutes later, I rushed inside the house to grab my camera. But by the time I got back outside, the sun had sunk a little lower into the horizon causing the rainbow to become too faint to be satisfactorily captured on film. Sigh.
Over at Mental Floss blog is a challenge to name an unwritten rule that one generally experiences in life. I've just remembered one after ordering lunch at Chow King: When you receive your order at a fastfood restaurant it rarely looks the way it is depicted on the menu display. Take for instance the beef chao fan I ordered today with fried dumplings as topping; it just never has as much vegetables as the picture of that item on the display shows.
This morning while trying to work here at my office PC, a constant thumping could be heard from the concrete ceiling above. At first I thought I could ignore it and get on with my work but it just got more annoying especially since I was listening to Chopin piano sonatas playing on my PC's CD drive. So I went up to the second floor office to see if I could stop the noise. All the offices there had their doors closed except for one where a young fellow, possibly a student or a young instructor, was working at a PC with headphones on. And he was stomping on the floor with his right foot in time with whatever music he was listening to! The poor fellow looked thoroughly embarrassed and apologized profusely when I asked him as nicely as possible to stop the stomping.
