A "tourist" in NY? Not quite

Didnt see Ground Zero/Statue of Liberty/Empire State Building/Met Museum; all I did was ran in the Grand Central Park (twice)

On Saturday night I was sleeping @ 9; on Sunday I was sleeping @ 10
Only on Friday night and Monday nights did I venture out and that too was limited as next mornings I had meetings lined up.

Met Ruchi there and surprise surprise she joined in with a screwdriver for my beer.
But NY is a city I have fallen in love with; beautiful charachter and amazing exuberance the city entails in itself; you have pretty modern looking buildings highlighted against old buildings and pretty traditional looking streets.

What was really amazing (perhaps because that was the only place that I could spend time) was Central Park; those who have been to it will know; beautiful place; lush green with a lot of variety of interesting activities besides just normal running and cycling were on (and nothing sleazy)
NY has in the last 10 yrs really improved on crime thanks to the broken window syndrome and another theory relaitng to abortion; so like the 2 nights when I did manage to get out; I felt pretty safe even though I returned back pretty late or early as you want to see it.
Actually post being in HK; you really dont think twice about late nights; but one of hte nights just a block away from the hotel; I saw like 10/12 guys hanging around and I was like shit!

Hmm; what else ... HK is definitely faster than NY no Qs about it; but I loved the life of NY; work is forgotten post 6pm and ppl actually leave then; think its an Asian phenomena where ppl stay late!
Apart from that; frankly not much to write about; I was there for 8 days; wherein I had some 45/50 meetings besides the conference we had organised; so it wasnt a fun trip.
The only good part was though; that on hte way back we stopped in LA for 6 hours (had a meeting) and called up hte client and actually asked him if he would mind if we come to th emeeting post afew beers; thankfullt they were cool about it; so we just used the opportunity and had a few draughts sitting at the beach (though with our jackets in tow!)

Anyways; New York, I will see you soon again and just might do the touristy thing.

Cheers!

Going out with parents

Some rules to follow
1. Get mom some vodka (very very little) in the orange juice
2. Get dad two large draughts of beer
3. Watch the secrets pore out
4. Learn how to control laughter
5. Really know Rule No 4 well
6. Enjoy
7. Take cab back home

You will know when I have become a father ... on the day I remove this Blog.

I read Enid Blyton today

You remember End Blyton; I always think her to be the best writer EVER; to just imagine all the books/series she wrote which would make a kid (well at least me) imagine about a secret island, or to actually have a secret group formed with friends (we all had a dog in it like the Secret 7 and Famous Five; remember Malik? Liza?)
Anyways; so I read (rather re-read for the 100th time) Secret Island; think it is one of my most favorite novel; its about these kids who run from their foster home to a secret island and live for some weeks/months there and she made it sound so SIMPLE and exciting that I would be like yeah I can do that!
My favorite series was actually the Secret series and I would even now at times marvel at her brilliant imagination and capacity to keep KIDS enraptured to sit and read what she wanted them to read; all about solving mysteries or finding treasures and her best part was that she gave both girls and guys equal weightage in the entire setup.
I just love all such kind of books; so I enroled myself at a library and I got a few strange and a few "oh how cute" stares from ppl while I was intently spending a lot of my time in the "Picture Fiction" and "Big Alphabet Section" segment of the library and even stranger stares when I was asked by the librarian, "for your kids?" and I said, "No, me".
Well I did pick up Secret Island, Enid Blyton; The Last Voayage, CS Lewis; Asterix series; Witches, Roald Dahl
I have always felt writing for kids is so much more difficult than writing for adults etc ... for all the obvious reasons.
And to be frank I am no fan of Harry Porter; was till Prisoner of Azkaban, now it is all commercialised; so I wait for the movies.

Life is so simple when you are a kid; hate growing up.

A baby is born

2 of my close (couple) friends here in HK had a baby boy today; cute little thing with lot of hair and small little chubby nose and already he looks like he is going to be a naughty little baby.
So first of all congrats to you two on the new life and a great chapter of your lifes and hope God embarks choicest wishes and blessings onto your family.

When I saw the baby I was like whats it to be a mother; father is a great responsibility but think about the mother; she nurtures a life inside her for 9 months to a stage when all she does is for the baby inside her. Her eating habits; her lifestyle has to surround the baby.
And post that another 4/5 months you are again about the baby; and you start building up expectations about your lifes and most importantly your decision span now envelops somehting so important as it will involve the basic essentials of putting someone onto the world and how his outlook about himself and the world will be like.
My parents are here and I am like have I been a good son?
So I went out for a run for like 60 odd minutes and thank God for giving me the fortune of being born to my parents and hope He will give me enough time and opportunities to make my parents proud of me.
I think all those who are close to parents should really really thank them for being there; and those who arent well just think what they have done to make you grow up well in this world.

My final thought is that THANK GOD I am not a woman ... I mean me and with so much responsibility ... you gotta be kidding
(Had to write something like this; cant be serious for far too long)