Last night saw a few of us friends having dinner at the new Bat and Ball Inn, cricket themed home stay place, at Kochi. We were hampered by the incessant rain and the lack of parking facilities. But once inside, we started enjoying ourselves. Good ambience, great food (with an occasional bad dipping sauce and a fiery dish thrown in). The chef was very welcoming, took our comments (both good and bad) with equal ease and made my fiery dish manageable in a jiffy.
The suites were tasteful (so I am told I did not venture in), the shopping adequate if slightly pricey and the overall experience one good enough to blog about. But hold on a mo' whither the bath towels?!! The answer is simple. The key takeaway if you will, from this experience was a set of very good, utterly usable bath towels which the wife discovered at the Village Shop at Bat and Ball. They are so good that we plan to go back for more.
But hold on again This is not a foodie blog or a shoppers blog so why waste precious KB's on this topic? I realized one simple truth from this entire episode - expect the unexpected at all times and at all places. I mean who would have thought cricket and bath towels would be mentioned in the same breath.
So the unexpected (both good and bad) can happen to any of us at any time and at any place. Motto - always be prepared. Hmmm... the scouts have been harping this for decades now and it took mundane bath towels for me to finally get it! Unexpected huh?
Another thing about last night. I am reading this really good book called 'Made to Stick'. The authors mention 'unexpectedness' as something that makes an idea 'stick'. Well I endorse the view - an unexpected bath towel has made Bat and Ball stick in my head forever now.
Till the next over (sic!), stay well...
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