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Sometimes Popagandhi reminds me of Orhan Pamuk; a good example is here. Speaking of OP, while I doubt I will be able to return his book to the library by tonight (although I will try, if I can!), I definitely wanna try "column-writing" once I get back from India. Should be fun.
And oh, yes, India! I am heading back to the homeland early tomorrow morning. It's going to be a pretty short trip, so I don't know how many places I can go/people I can meet (considering that it is Bombay, I suspect a whole lot of people I'd like to meet won't be met). But will atleast do a round-trip of my family (atleast the members who stay in the Bombay-Pune area), so won't be all bad. Will also have a chance to meet extended Pune family, who generally I don't get to meet as my Pune trips tend to be fairly limited.
And oh, yes, Pune! I am working on Pune's Wikipedia page, and am happy with how its turning out so far. A whole lot of work remains, as is obvious from even a quick glance at the page, but paragraphing has much improved, links are more consistent, company lists have been shortened, and the history has been cleaned up significantly. Yay! Hopefully nothing much will happen between now and next week; if it does, of course, that just means more cleanup for me (which is not necessarily a bad thing, just an inconvenient one!).
So, yes. Looking forward to trip so far. Have packed up my camera and everything, and am prepared except for my clothes (which desperately need drying, bless them) and my hair (still needs a cut) and packing in general (no presents this time, so it's just clothes, pretty much).
Labels: bombay, family, holiday, pune, travel
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Total waste of a day, obviously (between packing, getting to the airport and on the plane, watching random movies and sleeping, getting off the plane and through the airport, to the house, and into bed). Made slightly worse by the time difference, which exactly located itself such that I left Bombay around lunchtime and got to Singapore about dinner time, despite only being in the air four and a half hours.
Anyways, am sleepy, apart from the which my acidity is also acting up something crazy. Have plenty of curds and grapes in the fridge, though, so let's see.
Labels: acidity, home, singapore, travel, waste
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First off, I need to point out that ScriptFrenzy 2007 has started! If you're taking part, come find me!
Secondly, the Brilliant Month of May has finally come to an end, with no serious injuries or anything, which is good. Lots of travelling. Lotsa. Lotsa eating of weird meals in stranger places, and the like. Well, no. I exaggerate. But it's still been a disproportionately large amount of travel, particularly for me.
But it was nice. Lots was done. Lots was visited. Lots was seen. Lots - lots lots - was eaten. And - the best bit! - it's not over yet. And and and - better, even better! - once I get back to Singapore, fun (with a lowercase 'f') kicks in with a vengence. Mmmm, vengence.
Okay, I'm sleepy. But I'm also edgy. Real edgy. No idea why. Very odd.
Hopefully things will be better once I get back to Bombay tomorrow.
Labels: aundh, pune, scriptfrenzy, travel
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I'm going home! Just barely enough time to take a quick shower (no shave, alas, which means I turn up pretty unkempt), pack my backpack (no spillover packing this time, praise the heavens, just books, papers, and other long-distance-travel odds and ends), and get out the door. Which I should do right now, really; there's not an awful lot of time before 5am, which is my '2.5 hours before the flight' deadline.
Cheers, guys. More soon!
Labels: holiday, on my way, travel
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I'm through check-in and emmigration, so it's much too late to worry about anything I've forgotten/screwed up; at this point, it'll have to be explained, rather than fixed, so eh.
I have to stay, this was the quickest I've ever gotten through check-in/emmig: for one, I've only got one document this time, rather than three (passport instead of passport+student pass+multiple entry visa); for another, I checked-in online at the British Airway's website (very easy to use, and completely Firefox compatible, btw), and only have to duck my bags in, and for a third, the baggage lines were almost completely empty. So there.
It's always a pleasure getting to Changi; travel was decent, despite travelling during peak hours, and my cabbie gave me a long lecture on Comfort cabs and their evil ways (he'd transitioned to Premier at the start of the year). Money exchange was quick and easy, check-in was (as mentioned) botherless, and emmigration was a breeze (the officer seemed to give me an approving nod when she finally found the Re-entry permit tucked away at the end of my passport). Now it's two-or-so hours of boredom, followed by thirteen-odd hours of boredom in a little metal tube high in the sky.
The plan: on landing, clear immigration and be at one with my brand-new bag; call Zuji up, and cancel my hotel booking; then take the Heathrow Express into Paddington Station - my first bit of open defiance this holiday. I suppose if you're going to do it, you might as well start early, eh? Or: if 'twere done that 'twere done, 'tis best 'twere done at the earliest.
See you on the other side!
Labels: changi airport, holiday, travel
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It's Friday morning: and I oughtn't to be here for Saturday morning! Yay!
Still need to: get traveller's cheques, start packing, finish packing, write program. Am I missing something? It can't possibly be *this* easy, can it?
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Less than 24 hours to fly, and I haven't even started packing (I bought the bag I'm taking to London less than six hours ago). Thanks to minor miracles such as the Internet, I'm already checked in, though. My flight leaves at 10:55pm tomorrow, giving me just over 24 hours to go, actually. The plan is to sleep for a while now, wake up at 2am or 7am or whenever, pack everything I need (clothes, camera, a book or two), then go to work (on the way to which I buy my traveller's cheques). Come back home around 7pm or so, catch a cab to the airport at around 8pm (hopefully avoiding the 6pm traffic crunch). Even if I'm delayed, I can go on until an hour before take-off, which is 10pm approx. Sounds good? Might leave early if I feel like, but with the unreliveable boredom of sitting at the airport, I'm much more likely to be late than early.
Labels: holiday, packing, travel
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The first Malaysian trip will occur sometime in late January, rain permitting. It will be a three day jaunt over a weekend, probably starting on a Saturday and taking Monday off. It will involve the use of SBS Service #170 to get to Johor, then take a Transnasional bus to Malacca; spend the afternoon, night, morning, afternoon there, take a bus to KL, meet the Vaidyas, then take a bus back to JB, and the 170 back home. Well, y'know, or something like that. Alternatively, skip the Vaidyas, spend all the time in Malacca. See how, ah.
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Today was an averagish to goodish day, but the night's becoming a bit of a bummer. Dunno why, my mood just sinks at the thought of sleep. Perhaps it's a sign I need to clean up my room? Sigh. The thought of going to bed and waiting for sleep, tossing and turning, reading and thinking, is really bringing me down right about now. And - I dunno - somehow I feel like just letting myself go, just being really sad for a while and seeing how that works out. But knowing me, somehow, I just don't think I will.
Otherwise, things are fine, or at any rate fine-ish, if a little - okay, very - boring. It's very wake-up-go-to-work-come-home-chill-out-and-sleep. That's hardly enough to keep a soul going, is it? Atleast I managed to walk back today (and yesterday, heh).
So: need to do more this weekend, or sometime soon, or something. Hah. Maybe I should go get a Malaysian visa just in case ... !
In (vaguely) good news - I have a fascinating idea for a story which this blog post is unfortunately too narrow to contain.
Labels: bored, dull, i need to get out of here now, tired, travel
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"A beach house," he said, "doesn't even have to be on the beach. Though the best ones are. We all like to congregate," he went on, "at boundary conditions". "Really?" said Arthur. "Where land meets water. Where earth meets air. Where body meets mind. Where space meets time. We like to be on one side, and look at the other."