Sitting in front font of the computer to write a post, I wonder what to write about.
About the travel made during past two months?…but, nothing much to say, as it was to the same old Johannesburg.. Only difference was, I almost lost my checked-in-luggage, as it reached from Sydney to Jobug after 3 days… (at least I expected some apology from QANTAS – but in vain).. and while returning, flight was 4 hours late. One hour before getting in, then 3 hours in flight before take off. Due to this long delay, alas, I could not meet one of my friends with whom I had agreed to meet(hope he would read this – sorry mate, but there was not much I could have done about this :-( Next time, we shall meet – no hard feelings!?)
About the books I read these days?… bought two books ‘The best australian short stories’ which is a collection few selected short stories. Sort of ‘okey-dokey’. Another one is by British Writer Celia Brayfield about her stay in suburb of France. Not yet completed, but I felt this as very captivating, and she has very good command over language (naturally!). May be I will write in detail about this once I complete reading.
About the change in our life from UAE to Melbourne? may be too early to say - we had a good society life over there, but here it is almost nil as of now. Though I tried to make some connections with Indian communities, no result yet. As of now, it is a small circle surrounding me, my family and the work environment. We go out for walk, to beach, jogging, cycling, shopping, sight seeing…. But that is it… so I would call it boring… Thanks to googletalk, we keep in constant touch with our friends in UAE .
About the ever-fluctuating weather of Melbourne? Same day you could find it as sunny, cold, rainy and windy… Now a days it is cold and windy. Last Wednesday, it was so windy that some places there were traffic blocks due to fallen trees. Tall bridges were closed early. Many places traffic lights stopped working. Heard in ABC that usually Victorian Electricity board (Melbourne is in the state of Victoria, hence anything in Melbourne is ‘Victoria’n) gets 200 calls a day; but on Wednesday, they got 78000 calls! Thank God, the place where I stay, there were no issues.
Or, about the open zoo we had visited ……Or may be of one of the Saturdays when we went to ISKON temple here….Or, about why kids like the schools over here than their UAE school.. What about the trip to the Aquarium, where you really go under the water – the concave glass of 125mm separates you inside and sharks outside in the water….
Let me clear my head, and decide!