It's one of the days when you are tired and wish to get to rest earlier than usual time has got other plans. Your usual commute which takes forty odd minutes streaches up to two+ hours! Transport for London screws your plans! Details in a bit.
This week had been splendid in the beginning with great sunny days. Office mates seem to pulling out their summer outfits of shorts and carrebean shirts in anticipation. A different enthusiasm flows throughout the schedule if the weather is supportive. Different styled shades are tried out to prevent the eyes from brightness and reflections. The day starts earlier than usual as light permeates through quite early. The times when you retire to bed in light are still a few days away. Light on mood, busy with work.
The cricket mania about to grip London with the warm up games of the T20 World Cup. India being the Defending Champions, would definately force me to follow the tournament to conclusion. Just defeating our arch rivals in the warm up game, comprehensively at that. Sachins famous words - 'We've now beaten them four times in a row in all our World Cup encounters' come to my mind. Remembering the time, we were in college and had to move the Tele out in the parking for all to see the match. Sachin and Sehwag smashed Rawalpindi expess above third man in consequtive overs with their distinct styles! The jam packed parking errupting with cheers on each boundary and heartburned expletives on each wicket. The victory rally with available vehicles at the time. The whole celeberations of the educational township continuing late in the night. I can imagine the jam packed stadium at the Oval today, celeberations will surely not abate till dawn tomorrow. All remains now of those days is - sweet memories! No regrets - no complains. Things could have been better, but they were best as they have been played by Time.
Coming back to tfl, we had leaving drinks of a close friend who's moving back to Mountain View. So was down at a pub on Portobello Road. Took the sloppy H&C line to Hammersmith. Then had to take the Picadilly. There were announcements of 'minor' delays on that line. I waited with grudging passengers wanting to get to Heathrow to catch their flights. Announcements advices to take the train on a platform and change from the next. Got down at next station, religeously following announcements. 5...10....15 minutes! No train, frustration mounts. In the summer moods, as bright sun was shining in my eyes in the morning, hadn't put on the usual jacket. Weather decides to test me. Temperature starts to fall. Lot of waiting! It's funny expressions on peopes faces when they are frustrated, and more so due to the fact that they can't do anything about it! Reached the station finally and now the bus tests patience. Finally after waiting for quite some time in vain, when I decide and start to walk, a bus zipps by! Aaarrgh, as temperature falls further down.
Interesting day when friends are Skydiving for charity, enlightened EU citizens will be voting for change for better times for their representation in EU parliament! And that's it for my first post from the little genius device called iphone.
Whew!!
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