Chronicles of the trimester - Part 1

No, the title has nothing to do with anyone's first three month's of pregnancy. It just means that I have not written a blog for a while so I thought I will put all of it together and seperate it in parts - something like Lord of the Rings.

Why am I writing a blog now? Because I am down with fever and internet is not working. So, I am taking this opportunity to write something even more worthless than I have in the past and that too in MS word. I am done writing but will post one by one - like Lord of the Rings.

I have been around in Dubai and travelling too. Yes, travelling has taken most of my time. Its nice to see the airport once in a while but to see it every other day is not my favourite experience. Where will the need take me next, I need to wait and see. So far I have been to:

Manchester, Paris, Brussels, Bruges, Amsterdam, Kinderdijk, The Hague Keukenhof, Barcelona, Kuwait and last and definitely least, Riyadh.

Every place has had its charm and has been a revolutionary experience – one way or the other. I am tempted to write about each one of them in detail, but then I don’t feel the need to let out what right now is just mine.

Manchester: Nothing fancy about this city, but I did visit the Red Stadium at Old Trafford. They lost in the premiership to the purples (and I had both the shirts but was wearing the purple because it had my name on the back – cheesy, I know) but the stadium was worth the visit. The tour took us around the stadium with details about the history, the plane crash and how the Reds went bankrupt.

For the first time, I tried foam ear plugs because my friend – the snoring bastard – would not let go of the idea that he got the hotel room for a cheaper price (he works for the hotel) and therefore could do whatever he feels like. It was good though – the ear plugs, not the snoring.

People say it’s a good city, but I have my reservations. Perhaps because the weather was bad all through. I was told that the party scene in Manchester is amazing. That was something we "really" wanted to check out but then instead ended up watching Monsters vs Aliens in 3D. Women were also surprising – no matter how cold, rainy, stormy the weather, they were dressed scantly ALL the time.

Food was good. With the number of desis in the UK, one can never go wrong with desi food.