January 29, 2008

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  Mortality

  
  

  I’d just learned that a friend of mine had suffered a stroke. She is only in her mid-thirties, a non-smoker, eats healthily and exercise occasionally. She underwent a heart operation in 2006 and spent the best part of a year recuperating before returning to work. A message was sent out that any visits are to be arranged via her mother who’d flew in from New York.

  
  

  Two of my close friends’ fathers had been admitted into hospital recently. One has been discharged but the other is still receiving treatment.     

  
  

  These events really hit home about our own mortality.

  
  

  
  

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  India Trip

  
  

  Mumbai – Thursday 22nd November 2007

  
  

  I had a few hours to spare before my flight to Delhi so I’d wandered about in a market that I’d stumbled upon in Colaba.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  There were only three tourists including myself in the entire market

  
  

  
  

  
  

  I’d wondered how much business is conducted at the clinic!

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Just when a local was asking me about my photography, he’d quickly scarpered at the sight of this police truck.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  The majority of the market stalls were either frenetically moving their entire goods or hiding some of the produce.  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Officers inspecting the stalls

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Street devoid of vendors

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Plain clothes officers waiting

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Once the police had left, the vendors reemerged with their goods

  
  

  
  

  
  

  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Sugar cane drink sold here. No, I didn’t try it.
  

  
  

  
  Delhi – Friday 23rd November 2007 

  
  

  I had a couple of hours to kill before heading to the airport for my return flight to London so I’d explored the vicinity of Karol Bagh where I’d stayed the night. Karol Bagh is the shopping mecca of Delhi and so it was unfortunate that by the time of my arrival the previous night the bazaars had closed. No surprise it was due to a delayed flight.  

  
  

  
  
  Pic taken with camera phone

  
  

  Vendors moving stock in time for opening

  
  

  
  
  Pic taken with camera phone

  
  

  I’d noticed a large percentage of shoes and jewelery are sold here

  
  

  
  
  Pic taken with camera phone

  
  

  A woman’s paradise no doubt

  
  

  
  
  Pic taken with camera phone

  
  

  At least someone is selling fresh fruit

  
  

  
  
  Pic taken with camera phone

  
  

  Clothes, clothes and more clothes

  
  

  
  I’m glad I’d finally managed to finish posting about my trip to India before February!

  
  

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  Not So Dumb Blonde

  
  

  A blonde woman found herself sitting next to a lawyer on an airplane. Bored, the lawyer kept bugging the blonde wanting her to play a game of intelligence (lawyers like easy prey). Finally, the lawyer offered her 10 to 1 odds, said every time the blonde could not answer one of his questions she owed him $5, but every time he could not answer hers he’d give her $50. The lawyer figured he could not lose, and the blonde reluctantly accepted.

  
  

  The lawyer first asked, “What is the distance between the Earth and the nearest star?”

  
  

  Without saying a word the blonde handed him $5.

  
  

  The blonde then asked, “What goes up a hill with 3 legs and comes back down the hill with 4 legs?”

  
  

  The lawyer looked puzzled. He spent nearly an hour, looking up everything he could on his laptop and even placing numerous air-to-ground phone calls, trying to find the answer. Finally, angry and frustrated, he gave up and paid the blonde $50.

  
  

  The blonde put the $50 into her purse without comment, but the lawyer insisted, “What is the answer to your question?”

  
  

  Without saying a word, the blonde handed him $5. 

  
  

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  Warning Licence Plate

  
  

  

  
  

   

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