Photos: Leaving on a Heathrow Express

Nostalgia setting in as I plan my next holiday to London .. These are from my last day in London - unpacking et all
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Lenny Kravitz- I'll Be Waiting

"As long as I'm living, I'll be waiting
As long as I'm breathing, I'll be there
Whenever you call me, I'll be waiting
Whenever you need me, I'll be there"

There will be no point

Every year I read about Oscar winners and, at the risk of sounding like an old fart, I bitterly despise the choice of winners. It just keeps getting worse each year.... or maybe it was never any good?

One of this years winners was There Will Be Blood, clearly popular with the adoring crowds on Imdb. Which is funny because most of the people on the Imdb message boards have a sense of pretentiousness and pride in enjoying a film they see as artistic or not fit for the masses. And therein lies the irony, as it is not artistic and clearly enjoyed by the masses.

What I did not get was the point of the whole film.. Sure, it was about a man's ruthless quest for oil and therefore money. The personality traits of a crookedly determined man, on the brink of insanity due to his obsessiveness. Blah blah, I could show you five of those in India on any day. Frankly it dragged on for too long and I only liked the ending scene, perhaps because it had some good old physical violence and finally some blood. What a waste of time.

Gullivers Travels

Now that I think about it, it seems entirely bizarre how little I have travelled this year in comparison with my first year. Since my holiday last year, I did a few weekends out of town and one 4 day "work" visit to Bahrain, but nothing really significant. To make up for this, even though not entirely, I took a weekend off to go to Delhi during the fashion week there. Nothing to do with the opportunity to see hot models. Honest!

Last weekend I managed to visit Bangalore and my old work friends... Was a fantastic break, I also got to spend a lot of time reading and generally just enjoying "me" time. However, It seems unlikely that I would go back to live there again unless I really HAD to. I was pleasantly surprised by the impressive Cohiba Club - they had a decent collection of Cigars and drinks... Did not try the food but certainly would visit often if I lived in Bangalore. I forgot how amazing the Dosa + Chicken currey at Pecos was. Interestingly enough, if you Google "Pecos Bangalore", on the second or third page is an ex-colleagues Rupam's picture of him and Guru there... Lastly, I can't go on enough about the food at Sunnys, so glad I went there instead of some Punjabi joint.

I have re-discovered my youth by just randomly getting new music on iTunes. Very pleased with the results so far - most notably 1500 Miles by Stephen Speaks and Dream Catch Me by Newton Faulkner. And of course I now make better use of my iPod by actually carrying it everywhere I go.

Which hopefully should lead me to my annual summer holiday, most likely to Corsica and good old London!