End of Stay

Its ended :(

My trip to Bristol has finally come to an end. I have packed my stuff at the office and am just waiting to leave with a colleague as I write, no not write, email my post to my blog. My colleagues out here are taking me to dinner at an Indian Restaurant. Did you know that the Curry is the national dish of England? Yeah, these people dig Indian food.
As promised I could not write about my travails in Bristol and the things I did last weekend, will post one soon as soon as I reach India.

Got packing to do once I reach back the hotel after Dinner. The flight back home leaves quite early at the unearthly hour of 6:00 in the morning.

I am feeling sleepy already..Yaaaawwwnnnn...

PS: Didn't go through the first time, don't be surprised if you see this post twice !

Journal - Part(I)

Got on this KLM plane, which was a A-340. Nice one with individual LCD displays for each seat. I luckily got the window seat! There were 2 seats by the sides of the plane and 4 seats in the middle. My co-passenger seat was empty so I could sleep peacefully. Saw a part of the movie "Ice Age". The movie was a riot :) That idiot travel agent had ordered special vegetarian meal for me so I had to suffer with Rajma, Paneer, roti and rice. The food's taste was OK though. Topped it with some Bloody Mary and slept like a baby till they woke us up for breakfast.

For breakfast had sweet buns, orange juice etc etc. By the way I saw 2 - 3 guys from my previous company in the plane, but as usual didn't talk to them cause I just knew them by face. Landed at Amsterdam at 5:50 (10 mins early), got out by 6:10, rushed to the gate at the other end of the airport. Didn't go around the airport coz I have already seen it thrice. The plane for Bristol left from Amsterdam at 7:00 sharp, all refreshments were chargeable so didn't take any. Reached Bristol at 8:30. Passport check cleared without much ado. After clearing the immigration hurdles, took a cab...guess which one...yup a Merc (I sat in a S series Merc finally ...yipee) to this hotel called Premier Travel Inn. The hotel is so-so, not that great .. Have seen better ones! That's the story till the hotel. Will write about how I spent the days out here later ..

PS: Its raining and its cold outside :(

In Her Majesty's Service

The never ending busy office hours I had has culminated to a trip to U.K to a place called Bristol. So here I am, working my ass off in freezing sub zero temperatures!

More details later :)

Law And Reason

Saw this movie yesterday where there was this old professor taking the inagural class of first year law students at Harvard Law School. She starts the class with this one line definition of law by Aristotle (if you come to think of it, he was a great philosopher)

 

"Law is Reason devoid of Passion"

 

How enigmatic, thought provoking! Musing on the same this is what came up in my mind when I think of the way laws are enacted in our country, rather in many countries ..

 

"Law is Passion devoid of Reason"

 

Mankind, how exalted are thy ideals and how foolish thy actions !

 

 

 

 

 

 

~Me n Dad~

Happened to to check out some father centric cards when I went to a local gift store today. Daddy's (Father's) Day has whizzes past every year, and I as usual remain stone faced about it. Obviously you don't need one special day to cozy up with your Dad, but occasions like these remind you of all the days you didn't do the same. There was a time when Dad was the centre of all my activities, today unfortunately its the other way around. Yeah its sad but true, even Dads grow old. He's retired and sits at home watching news on the idiot box, catching the stock market trends, dabbling minor amounts in small penny stocks. He's been leading quite a lonely life ever since mom expired.

I don't remember Dad coming home late from office, and even if he did due to some traffic hassles or bus breakdown, I would be pacing around the terrace waiting for him. The moment he got in I would pounce on him, boring him with those fascinating school stories. The scene these days is quite the opposite. "Dad, me am gonna be late today", I chirp on phone almost every evening. He takes it in his stride with equanimity.

I feel guilty now of not cutting some time off my "tea breaks" to get home a little early. Well, I guess I need to change for the better. Though Dad you don't now what blogs are all about, leave aside reading mine, you know I love you :)

Hope to spend more time with you, catching up on lost moments ....

Damn !

So tied up with work, just no time to blog :(

Damn Damn ...