thats 111 days.. yep today is my nelsonth day in greater london....the tube, the London taxis, starbucks, tesco, canary wharf, stagecoaches, the thames, foyles, books etc hmm these are all my favs out here... is till remember when i first came out here on jumne the 3rd... i was waiting at LHR (Heathrow) for nearly 2 hrs for my frnds to pick me up.. well the BAA guys were staring me away as i stood in a corner with my luggage .. i was somewhat like that gopal in inscrutable mericans.. though i was not from jajau and i dint drink 17 cokes during my flight .. he he.... the first day was hectic.. the gus said raj why spend £50 on a taxi lets get you used to he tube system.... there we went.. with 38Kg of baggage moved towards the terminal 3 tube station.. well to be honest these guys dint have a clue about it... they took me to the heathrow express station from which trains directly go to Paddington (one of the busiest places in central Londres and a bomb explode here on 7/7).. well i was told that the max tube fare for a day travel tciket was £6.. but we almost fainted when we saw the heathrow xpress fare.. a whopping £17... then we moved along and atlast found the way to picadilly line station..well the plan was to get a picadilly line upto green park and then change to the jubilee line to come to starford where i was supposed to stay... alas the picadilly line was under maintenance and they had restricted services... so we got down at a god forsaken place called acton town and had to take a bus to north acton and then continue to stratford in the central line.. well the bus journey was excactly like the ones in India.. too crwded.. the only difference was it was an 18 meter long merc bus and all windows were sealed.. well before i arrived london was having a cold n wet summer.. but on june 3 it was 29 deg and it felt like 3 xtra degrees on a closed bus... from north acton to stratford the journey was cool watching all the stations and other stuff albeit the fact that most of the journney was undergrpund , the experience was nice... and central lineis too goddamn noisy....
come home arun prepared a nice dal and rice.. had it with pathak's pickle(yeah the same guy who sued PV Narasimha Rao).. the time was 4.30.. gosh my flight had landed early at 10:30.. now 6 hrs had past..... then i started sleeping.. loong sleep when i got up it was jun da 4th 7 am in londra....
the next 2 weeks in office wer pathetically awful.. had to work like hell.... then came my firstvisit to a pub in Londinium.. it was a nice exp with people asking me how i could live in aplace where i had to share the loo.. i told em TCS doesnt pay me that much to afford a kick ass flat in london.......
well i still dont feel im in a phoren land cos i bump into sardars n pakis quite often....
cappucino tall, frappucino light are my beverages here.. also the free hot chocolate from the vending machine in my floor is cool....
visits to some places in london an scotland were te tp activitis during weekend....
the best one was the vsit to the cabinet war rooms... and a stroll arnd the city of westminster....
london bus syetms cool.. u get any oyster card(monthly season ticket) for any zone on the tube .. u can travel for free across london by bus.. though travelling by train wud be restricted to the zones that ur oyster is valid for....
Fav word is TOP UP.. means recharge.. u can top up any goddamn thing here....
mobile card, oyster card(for cross zone travels), the restaurant payemnt card in office, and even electricty.. yep we have prepaid electricity hmmmm...
well a lot to come.. im now gonna to top up me with a coffee
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