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Reading Light

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Saw a clamp-on reading light on sale at Carrefour and picked it up. It will solve my problem of inability to read in the evening while travelling back from office in the company vehicle. Hope I read at least 2-3 books using that light or the money spent will be a waste.

Timing ...

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Now thats what I call perfect timing !!!   Yep !! Thats Me. Nope !! Thats not a Pani Puri that I am eating. Its my favorite snack in Dubai - a Falafel Sandwich !!

Sensitivity

The other day, I was travelling in the Dubai Metro and witnessed a curious case of sensitivity. There was an old gentleman man (seemed European) seated in the Metro train. He noticed a young man in his 30's with a small kid and offered his seat to them. The old gentleman then stood for the next 2-3 stations till his stop arrived. The young man sat in that seat with the kid in his lap. The lady seated next to him got up and left when her station arrived. The man put the kid in the now vacant seat. And now comes the interesting part. A young man in the 20's who had seen the earlier exchange asked the father of the kid for the seat which the kid was now occupying. The father took the kid back in his lap and this young guy took the seat. It was a surprising yet amusing scenario. It was a stark contrast between the sensitivity of the old man and that of the young one. The father of the son was grateful to the old man and probably had no hard feelings for the young man who

GM Diet once again …

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I tried the GM diet about 2 years ago with very good results and have thought of reopeating it again but then it never happened. Finally … I am on GM Diet again ... My wife's travel to India has helped in a way since I was too lazy to cook. I was living on wholesome vegetable enhanced Maggi and nice filling Falafels for a few days before it hit me over the weekend that it was a perfect opportunity to go on GM Diet There isn't much cooking involved except for the GM Wonder Soup which is just about chopping veggies and boiling them together. So here I am… on GM Diet. Hoping to make a significant difference to my weight in the coming few days. Deviation: I am making some deviation from the diet though. I have some sweet that has arrived from India and will be spoilt if kept for many days. I can't let that happen. So every day, I am consuming a little bit of that sweet. Also, a colleague returned from India and he brought sweets for all the team members. You know … it will not

Captain HK at Logos Hope

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Yeah .... thats me ... inside Logos Hope ...  That white plastic bag I carry in my hand in the photo on the left has SIX books :)    

Logos Hope and more Book Shopping

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This is not just a cruise liner … This is Logos Hope !! Logos Hope is a floating library that is more than just the sum of the millions of books that it has sold or the cultural exchanges it fosters during its global voyage. Built in 1973, Logos Hope offers a stock of half-a-million books to choose from for all age groups, spread over an area 610 square meters. The ship Logos Hope is all set to open to the public the world's largest floating book fair. With more than 7,000 titles on display, the fair is a one-of-a-kind event and a must-visit for literary enthusiasts. It has a crew of around 400 volunteers (no salary) from more than 45 countries.   It came to Dubai lat month and docked at Port Rashid. I made sure to visit it which also meant that I bought 6 more books taking my DSF book shopping tally to a full dozen :)   There was an extremely long truly serpentine queue of visitors for Logos Hope. It was an interesting experience in itself.  

Children’s Classics I would like to read ...

Children's Classics I would like to read (some of them … again) A comment by my friend about re-reading Lord of the Rings set a similar desire in me too. Especially since I have a poor memory, most of the stories I would have read in my school days are washed out from my memory and I would enjoy reading them as I had enjoyed them then.   The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Great Expectations by Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie A Journey to the Center of the Earth Jules Verne A Little Princess Frances Hodgson Burnett Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Lewis Carroll Anne of Green Gables Lucy Maud Montgomery Black Beauty Anna Sewell The Call of the Wild and White Fang Jack London He

BLISS !!

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This is Bliss !!! This is Nirvana !!!

Lost & Found and then lost in Dubai

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Last weekend, we (Me and Nisha, my wife) decided to go to the Creek Side Park in Dubai and take the cable car ride across the park and enjoy the 8.30 PM fireworks that take place every day during the DSF (Dubai Shopping Festival). It turned out to be an adventurous and tiring journey rather than a pleasant one. We left home (hotel actually) at about 4 and planned to reach the Ghubaiba Bus Depot and then take a bus to Creek Park and reach there by 5'ish. That way we could get onto the cable car (which travels 30 metres above the park) while there is still some light and then go around the park and see the fireworks at 8.30. We reached Ghubaiba depot and started looking for the other bus which would take us top the Creek Park. Just when were about to board the bus, I realized that I was missing my bag. IU had forgotten my bag in the previous bus.   WOAH !!! I went to the Customer Care counter at the depot and told them about the situation. They asked for my card (We pay for bus/metr

Books I read in January …

1. The Three Investigators & the Mystery of the Green Ghost by Robert Arthur I began the year 2011 with a 'Three Investigators' (3I) novella. This one begins literally with a Ghost, in fact, a screaming Ghost which travels from one place to another managing to be seen by many and getting to front page news. Ghost leads to discovery of a rare pearl necklace (seemingly named Ghost Pearls) which are stolen and found. A 107 year old Chinese noble appears in the scheme of things who seems to hold the theory (and practice) of dissolving those kind of pearls and drinking them up … to prolong his life. According to him, each pearl gives him 3 months of life. He is after the pearls and (understandably) will go at great lengths and to any extent to get them. Things begin to transform from mysterious to dangerous. The story ends with the mystery solved and the ghost pearls destroyed (turned to dust) in an unfortunate accident. Yet another enjoyable read. 2. Feluda: Danger in Darjeel