United Kingdom!

Yes! I am here in UK! And I will be here for a month or so. And I am so excited!

my first impressions were totally great. The place is amazing. Just that I am finding it too cold for comfort! Its like 10 degrees here. But, I saw in bbc news that it might go to negative temperatures tomorrow! Oh gosh, that's just crazy!!! And I am totally excited! :D

Yesterday I went to a church (first time in my life). Sat and listened to stuff. Will probably blog about that later, if I feel like.

also, happy Diwali guys!! Too bad, I am not at home eating sweets :(

Yay! I am so excited!

Friends

I do not have a lot of friends. There was a time(when I was a kid) when this actualy bothered me. But not so anymore. 

There is just one person from my school who was my friend then, and still is my friend now. Yeah, we have known each other for more than ten years, and we talk about all kinds of crap. I mean, I just need to pick up the phone and call her, and without even knowing, I would have spoken to her for an hour. It is nice, the fact that there is someone I know who would always listen to me when I need to talk. (It does not really happen a lot - the need to talk, but still)

There are friends from college as well... though we keep in touch with each other, and talk to each other regularly, there is something missing when compared to my friend from school. I do not know why. Perhaps I do not want to associate myself with anything in college. I did not really have a good time in college. I actually like working much, much, much better. I have fun working! Seriously! 

And then there are 2 good friends that I made in office! Both of them are very talkative. (I just realised that all my friends talk a lot! I am a quiet person) . And now, both of them have quit to study further. Both are not in Bangalore, and I sort of miss talking to them, and I miss discussing insane stuff with them. I have actually discussed browser incompatibilites with one of them. haha! Firefox is awesome! (If you are still using IE 6, throw your comp out the window!  )

Hmmm, was there a point I wanted to make at all? 

Speak Out

There are so many instances where we see things that aggravate us. One such thing for me, is when people jump queues. You know, when there is a huge queue ahead of you when you want to get something done... And then, someone just decides to bribe someone and gets right ahead of you. Without any regard to all the people who are standing there. When this happens, I just cannot shut up. I HAVE to speak out and tell such people that it is not fair.

This happened to me when I had to get my voter ID done. So I was standing with my mom in the line (For some very weird reason, there is a separate queue for men and women!) for about 2 hours. There was no electricity, and so they could not print out the cards. We just had to wait for a very long time until the power came back. 

So we are waiting for 2 hours. 2 whole hours. And then some bloody guy and his wife(I guess) just enter the room to get their cards done. Needless to say, I was pissed off! I went right ahead and started yelling at the cop standing near the door, asking him to let the people who are in the queue to go in first before anyone else does. And what does the ****** up cop say? He asks me to stand in the queue and just shut up! Yes, he actually told me to keep quiet! I, at that point of time thought that there would be someone who would speak with me, but no! There was just one lady who decided to come and yell at the cop. Everyone else there did not want to speak out! I do not understand why! And my mom! My mom went crazy! She told me not to yell at the cop! Oh well, whatever. What irritated me was the cop - who didn't have any business being there. Who decided to make him a cop anyway?  

Yesterday something happened that reminded me of this incident. Again I was in a wretched queue, and someone decided to pay off the cop to cut the line. A guy who was behind me was the one who got furious. The people (a mother and her daughter with the help of the father) who cut the line, actually abused him verbally! The cop too (again) asked the guy to 'maintain silence'. What the hell? I wish I had asked the cop how much he got paid. I wish I could see the look in his face when I asked him that. Damn, I missed it. By the way, here again, this guy was the only one who actually confronted the cop. Everyone else just stared. The mother said that the daughter had to go to a birthday party and that it was an emergency and so they had to go soon. So our guy says that he too has a job, and he too has to be there doing his job. He said he was in this place since 8 am(it was about 12 when this happened) and he had to get to work. For this, the mother asked him to go speak to the cop so that he too can stand in front of the queue. What does one say to this? A birthday party? Gimme a break!  

This just irritates me. Is there no way out of this? I mean, what can one person do when no one takes his side? It is said that one person can change the world. I don't see it happening. 

Once I have even heard a parent say his kid was sick and so he had to get in front of the queue. I do not get it. If your kid is sick, stay home! Why venture out anyway? Your kid is sick, damnit!

Another time when I was waiting in a line for movie tickets, a lady came and asked me if I would buy tickets for her. I just looked at her, and she told me that her husband was standing behind with their baby. I asked her, "so what?" Even I want to watch this movie. The people standing behind me also want to watch the movie without getting late. She came in late and expected people to do her a favour coz she had a baby. Nice reason, lady. Ain't gonna work with me. But you know what is unfortunate? When I left, I turned to see where she was, and I saw someone buy her the tickets. Why! I do not understand why!