22 Nov 2009

Ah. Another Sunday. Oh the bliss. We went to the movies last night. I saw 2012 again. (Not a lot of choices in English movies) At least I can say that the crowd in this showing were just as animated as the previous showing. The movie started at 10.45pm. I was a little surprised that there were young children there. And the cellphones!!!! At times I was trying to distinguish what were the sound effects and what were the ringtones. Indians have one ear glued to their cellphones permanently. At the party the other night, there was a young man with with a cellphone earpiece attached to his ear throughout. He was also sitting close to the earthshattering speakers for most of the night. Now, that’s what I would describe as being dedicated to the yupee scene. And we had ‘intermission’. Haaaaa. It was great.

So, Sunday. I tried sleeping in but alas, the local population chose to ignore the fact that I had a late night and get up with the birds as usual. Just as well I got up though. Shortly after 9am the cable men turned up to work on the problem with my TV reception. Over the last couple of days, I have had no TV at all. The first I heard, the men arrived and started propping up a ladder to climb up onto the roof. Fortunately I was mostly dressed.

It turned out to be a broken cable in three places. I’m surprised I had any reception at all. I have a lovely clear picture now.

Later in the evening, Ashutosh, Maya and Aramon picked me up to take me to the Lake. It’s a pity it was as late as it was. (It was already dark) I’m sure it would have been interesting to see during daylight. It was nice to go for a walk along the water front. It was cool but very calm. We were there for about an hour and then headed to Pizza Hut. We had fun there playing ‘hide the coin’ with Aramon. (He’s a fun wee boy. Nearly five. Thinks he’s ten. Very smart.)