Now I really wonder how these well built europeans stand properly if the biggest shoes size availble commonly is less tha an Indian 10. Anyways, finally after a long search, I could find 2 shoes in the whole of Amsterdam which could grace my feet. Though this takes away my excuse from getting into a exercise regimen, but still I am happy somehow.
Will update the blog upon my JEEM routine once more!
Friday, June 08, 2007
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
(I)-Am-Stud-Am-(I??)
Yes, I am desparately trying to regain my sense of humour
To put it straight I am currently in Amsterdam, been almost a month. Mt trip to europe after almost 5 yrs, and this time there'z hardly any excitement apart from not being in the shitty-of-joy in the humid summers.
About the place, well still havn't seen much, its funny as it seems more like ghar-ki-murgi-daal-barabar scenario. Had I been on a 2 day trip to this plcae, would ahve been going all over the place crazily clicking my digicam. And now, havn't even cared to charge the batteries.
Well from what have I seen, aprt from the usual eurpean gothic architecture-cobbled street-multinational crowd, canals set this city apart. My house is situated between two and it does make it for a nice walk. Another strikingly distinct feature is the bicycle riding junta. Then there are the souvenier shops named like "crazy amsterdam" overflowing with XXX pictures & other "toys".
The Koffee shops somehow don't even charm me anymore but have been to one purely with an academeic intent.
"THE DAM" is just a stone's throw away rom my apartment and on my way to office, so at least can claim to ahve seen oen of the imp places here. Anotehr place I haev visited is the Koningsplein area wih teh really scenic flower market.
What else, hmmm, people here seem to be more frndly than the junta in London (well then who isn't) though langauge is a bit of a problem if not a barrier.
Baaki, plan to chhanofy the city from this weekend onwards and also complete my mirage like shoe search.
Will try updating the blog and make it somewhat for all you virtual folks.
To put it straight I am currently in Amsterdam, been almost a month. Mt trip to europe after almost 5 yrs, and this time there'z hardly any excitement apart from not being in the shitty-of-joy in the humid summers.
About the place, well still havn't seen much, its funny as it seems more like ghar-ki-murgi-daal-barabar scenario. Had I been on a 2 day trip to this plcae, would ahve been going all over the place crazily clicking my digicam. And now, havn't even cared to charge the batteries.
Well from what have I seen, aprt from the usual eurpean gothic architecture-cobbled street-multinational crowd, canals set this city apart. My house is situated between two and it does make it for a nice walk. Another strikingly distinct feature is the bicycle riding junta. Then there are the souvenier shops named like "crazy amsterdam" overflowing with XXX pictures & other "toys".
The Koffee shops somehow don't even charm me anymore but have been to one purely with an academeic intent.
"THE DAM" is just a stone's throw away rom my apartment and on my way to office, so at least can claim to ahve seen oen of the imp places here. Anotehr place I haev visited is the Koningsplein area wih teh really scenic flower market.
What else, hmmm, people here seem to be more frndly than the junta in London (well then who isn't) though langauge is a bit of a problem if not a barrier.
Baaki, plan to chhanofy the city from this weekend onwards and also complete my mirage like shoe search.
Will try updating the blog and make it somewhat for all you virtual folks.
Tuesday, June 05, 2007
Of Morality & Open windows & RG
DISCLAIMER - While starting this post I had real enthu to write about the topic but while in process, it became a drag, but I have promised to keep my creative juices flowing (pun unintended), so I had to finish. Read at your own risk.
RG!!! Relative Grading i.e. the most used & abused word at hel'L. Used as a verb - "RG mat kar mere saath", adjective - "bada RG insaan hai wo", literally - "this whole concept of RG sucks"...etc etc. Anyways, but its real, at least when it comes to morality. I am currently in Amsterdam (this somehow still impresses the non-s/w junta!!!), and this reminds me that itself needs a separate entry in my blog.
Well, for a change, I am staying in a very nice apartment provided by my company.
Somehow, I feel there are too many windows in this apartment, though I know there are not.
This place is a little contradicting, evryone seems to be very nice & friendly, on eye conatct, everyone say a seemingly warm "Hi" or a "Good morning" etc. But you still feel the distance. Everyone here seems to be walking with a purpose, no one seems to just loiter around, aprt from beggars & some punks sitting in a corner.
Anyways, coming back to morality, windows & RG, I have been hearing a lot of Peeping tom stories from my collegues reg. our apartment windows. One sunny day, I had my own abrupt moment. I was greeted by a warm first time "Hi" that day, while standing in the balcony & soaking in the sun, by the couple staying left to my flat. I resonded back with another warm "Hi" and they moved inside their flat. The flat has no a total glass wall to my balcony side and with no curtains. I was walking to-n-from in my balcony talking on phone that suddenly I saw the lady standing inside her flat & changing (to the maximum extent) with her back to me. I felt very odd as there already was this "Hi" connection and then this & I moved inside my flat immediately. Well, this is not the point. The point is how i would have considered the female had it been a case in with an Indian woman in India. definitely, aprt from a pure case of "accident/wardrobe malfunction", I would have consdered this to be outrageous, but it seemed not that outrageous in this context (tho I still cant understand why putting up a curtain would be so mcuh of an ask). There are other similar instances of scant clothing sometimes on the road or even in the office. But comapred to what I would react in India, it still seems noraml here. I dunno if I am expressing myself correctly, but what I want to say is, at what point do values become absolute, where is the line till it is all RG?
Social morality defnitely seems to work on the RG mode, and probably thats why all this talk about FREEWILL etc, but then what is absolute morality, is it just general human goodness & nothing else??
or as per Mr. Jerry, our comapny's cab driver referring to the (in)famous Red light ditrict - "It is a part of our "OPEN" culture". How can such a thing be Open-ness, I wonder? (And in case you were wondering that how can I take a cab driver seriosuly for intellectual talk, he knew about the M&A tussle over ABN AMRO by RBS & Baraclay plus the poulation of India plus the humid weather of kolkata,and has russian girlfriend(s))
Btw, do I need to get a life??
RG!!! Relative Grading i.e. the most used & abused word at hel'L. Used as a verb - "RG mat kar mere saath", adjective - "bada RG insaan hai wo", literally - "this whole concept of RG sucks"...etc etc. Anyways, but its real, at least when it comes to morality. I am currently in Amsterdam (this somehow still impresses the non-s/w junta!!!), and this reminds me that itself needs a separate entry in my blog.
Well, for a change, I am staying in a very nice apartment provided by my company.
Somehow, I feel there are too many windows in this apartment, though I know there are not.
This place is a little contradicting, evryone seems to be very nice & friendly, on eye conatct, everyone say a seemingly warm "Hi" or a "Good morning" etc. But you still feel the distance. Everyone here seems to be walking with a purpose, no one seems to just loiter around, aprt from beggars & some punks sitting in a corner.
Anyways, coming back to morality, windows & RG, I have been hearing a lot of Peeping tom stories from my collegues reg. our apartment windows. One sunny day, I had my own abrupt moment. I was greeted by a warm first time "Hi" that day, while standing in the balcony & soaking in the sun, by the couple staying left to my flat. I resonded back with another warm "Hi" and they moved inside their flat. The flat has no a total glass wall to my balcony side and with no curtains. I was walking to-n-from in my balcony talking on phone that suddenly I saw the lady standing inside her flat & changing (to the maximum extent) with her back to me. I felt very odd as there already was this "Hi" connection and then this & I moved inside my flat immediately. Well, this is not the point. The point is how i would have considered the female had it been a case in with an Indian woman in India. definitely, aprt from a pure case of "accident/wardrobe malfunction", I would have consdered this to be outrageous, but it seemed not that outrageous in this context (tho I still cant understand why putting up a curtain would be so mcuh of an ask). There are other similar instances of scant clothing sometimes on the road or even in the office. But comapred to what I would react in India, it still seems noraml here. I dunno if I am expressing myself correctly, but what I want to say is, at what point do values become absolute, where is the line till it is all RG?
Social morality defnitely seems to work on the RG mode, and probably thats why all this talk about FREEWILL etc, but then what is absolute morality, is it just general human goodness & nothing else??
or as per Mr. Jerry, our comapny's cab driver referring to the (in)famous Red light ditrict - "It is a part of our "OPEN" culture". How can such a thing be Open-ness, I wonder? (And in case you were wondering that how can I take a cab driver seriosuly for intellectual talk, he knew about the M&A tussle over ABN AMRO by RBS & Baraclay plus the poulation of India plus the humid weather of kolkata,and has russian girlfriend(s))
Btw, do I need to get a life??
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