1st day bangalore sights

these 2 sights caught my eye...

murphy

i don't like you murphy.

besides the traffic summon,

twice yesterday i order food and the servers forgot about our orders.

twice yesterday i kerbed my rims. on different wheels.

i don't like you murphy.

the impatient obasan

it's always interesting to observe the strange habits of obasans...

last week i had the opportunity to get something from old chang kee at kembangan mrt. 1 lady manning the counter, 1 frying, 1 manager in the office, and 1 on the phone for the entire 10 minutes i was stuck there.

the obasan in front of me, took a really long time deciding what she wanted, so i just stood there waiting for my turn. then in comes another obasan, one look at me, and then she promptly announces she wants 3 sardine puffs. no acknowledgement from the swamped and at this point in time, rather irritated counter lady.

to make things worse, the obasan in front of me, upon noticing that the packed of nasi lemask she chose didn't have enough peanuts/ikan bilis, very deftly swapped it for another box...

the obasan behind repeated her order a total of 3 times, before the lady behind the counter in exasperation curtly told her okay, wait.

eventually i got my items and left the shop.. rather bemused at the entire situation. never ever underestimate the obasan.

on a separate note, just kenna summon today. $&#@*$@#*$#. yellow lots in cbd need coupons till 5pm on SUNDAYS. pffft. only good thing to come out from that is the booking made at dynasty travel. ;)

walk-in fridge.. walking fridge?

and a follow up i thought was quite funny as well



and yes.. go watch the hangover.. its absolutely hilarious!

there's a tiger in the bathroom!~

back in sg

i packed my bags, checked out, went to the office and tied up some loose ends for the rest of the day, finally i bid my goodbyes to the colleagues there.

i said goodbye to the ducks too.




then i made my way to the train station and got onto the train bound for london euston.


got onto the train and had a nice view of the British countryside along the way..



was fed during the ride.. interesting bacon joint and potatoes in some gravy.. typical British chow according to the menu...




and then they managed to find the last few virgins on the island...




and then i made my way to paddington...




oh so crowded... and then onward to heathrow via the heathrow express.. it was supposed to take 15 minutes, but we got delayed for 5 because there was an infringement.. probably some poor animal strayed onto the tracks... no matter, i managed to get to heathrow on time.

and eventually i did some duty free shopping, went to the lounge and had a stella (wife beater beer, story another time), and koka instant noodles.

the flight back was relatively uneventful, except halfway through the air conditioning broke down.. but it was repaired fairly quickly.

and so now i'm back. i wonder where to next.

music soothes the savage beast

in this case, i'm the savage beast.

some last minute requests came in and i stayed till 8 to finish them up. while waiting for the cab i decided to listen to some music, and surprisingly, the upbeat tracks lifted my spirit. starting with lady gaga, rihanna, akon and so on.. i was grooving and nodding like a fool while waiting.

made it to the hotel in good time. the weather's been crazy. 10 minutes of sunshine, and 10 minutes of rain, but eventually it gave way to a nice breeze and beautiful wispy clouds in the sky.

i was still nodding and shaking like a fool when i got back to the room. made my way to new sum ye and got myself a dinner. and then i made my way back to the hotel bar. it's my last night here, why not i thought, and there were two clients there having their drinks. beer banter and two pints later, (3 for them), they decided it was dinnertime (10pm then), and i retired to my room...

i'm going home! i just hope there's no funny strike, or engineering works that's going to hold up the circle line from euston to paddington tomorrow.

a week or two

the email came out of the blue and here i am back again in birmingham.

good to be back without the lag from propagation delay. can't say much.

the trip here was mostly uneventful. having a plane that wasn't too full was a bonus. got off the plane, made my way to the heathrow express into paddington, and managed to catch a train out of euston to birmingham. the decision to not sleep on the plane finally became a bad idea when i arrived in birmingham new street station. i was cold, tired, and aching. i had strangely sprained my finger too. checked in without much hassle.

got a nice room from the holiday inn this time round. almost as big as the room at the IC tokyo bay, comes with a proper desk and the wifi connectivity's been improved as well. not sure if it's cost cutting, but there's no more complimentary chocolates or wine, but the water is still there.

was only supposed to be here for a week, but it ended up becoming two. not knowing how to spend the weekend, i paid a visit to the birmingham museum. it was an interesting experience, learning about birmingham, the bull ring, looking at stained glass up close. they have real mummies too! creepy.

well, since i'm back here, it was time to go stock up on bodyshop products. bought quite a fair bit. thankfully i'm not going to incur excess baggage charges this time round. the wii sports resort happened to launch here too. got myself the game and two motion plus add-ons. can't wait to give it a go back home. :D

when i'm back, it's time to continue shopping for a new place. getting a house in singapore is really difficult. and expensive. :(