Archive for December, 2007

Chinese….????

Chinese has got to be one of the toughest languages in the world. Not wanting to be racist or otherwise offensive, I think they end up with narrow eyes because of the effort and strain the kids have to put to learn the language in their childhood.

Naaa.. just kidding, but someone please educate me [...]

A cold harsh German winter – Part 2

Continued from here.

The plane touches down in Germany. The left wheel lands and then the right and then the plane wobbles a little bit before finally slowing down to a halt. An announcement is made that the arrival terminal has been changed and that we will now disembark at gate B42. Now the Frankfurt airport [...]

A cold harsh German winter – Part 1

The title doesnt really reflect what I want to say, but then things will slowly become obvious once you read through what I have to say. This was short trip to Germany but one that was not definitely sweet. I was a witness to lots of niggling little issues during this trip that I wouldnt [...]

Indo International Driving

One of the interesting things that you can do after you return from a ‘developed’/'western’ country is to drive on Indian roads and in Indian traffic. I did that and believe me it was a gruelling 1.5 hours each way.

To the credit of India, there are some interesting thoughts that came up when I was [...]