The Journal of a Fat Indian Bloke on his first trip to the British Isles. Its going to be full of pics from his phone, the versatile Motorola E-398!! (Look Motorola, free publicity!! Can ya sponsor me?)

Monday, August 15, 2005

Another year has passed

I'll start with the 13th. It was a Saturday. And after a week at the Old Rectory Guest House (of which I do have photos, but not from the outside!), I ended up in a new place. For the sake of not enjoying a good but costly life during the month that I am in UK, I have decided to shift from a 35 pound bed and breakfast place (with ensuite bathroom) to a non breakfast, just bed and shared bathroom place for 75 pounds. The difference being the first place was 35 per day, and the other is 75 per week. So, I have moved in with a gujju family in Langley Green, who I think are second generation brits. But the husband tries to speak in hindi with me, and its a nice touch. Although, the lady seemed a little suspicious of me (Dont know why. I am such a nice guy!), I moved in and dumped my luggage. They have two cute kids who generally make a lot of noise. Then, I went to the nearby market and checked out the scene. Well, food wise, there was a grocery and booze shop, a supermarket and booze shop, one fish and chip shop, one kabab joint, and a cyber cafe. A little disappointing, considering there were more booze shops in my last location. Also, no pub around here. I also got a chance to use their Hoover washing machine, but it rained and drying my clothes got shifted from outside to my room. So there I was with a damp room, and that was how Saturday came to a close.
Sunday, the day, I turned 27, I treated myself to a couple of movies, one of which I would recommend. Crash, a very nice tale consisting of an ensemble cast with interwoven stories... Definitely worth the watch. I have taken some snaps of the theater, which I am sure are interesting, and I shall put them up shortly. But I wanted to take a break from the general photo blogging to just write a few lines for a change. It was a very weird and lonely birthday, but it was an experience by itself. Lets see where I end up next year.
Here's a pic of the place I shifted to..

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Voila !! you have repeated what tambees have been doing for ages now.... leave aside the confort part and get to the Indian touch place. But why are you wondering that the female is suspicious of you ... we need some more inputs on that as to what were the comments or actions she performed to make you carry that impression.
Sumit

5:09 AM

 

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