Another update, another day

Hiya Blogerities

Well its getting into party time again in India

Ede has passed and now its the build up to Diwali

What Diwali all about then ?

A festive time of Fun for all the Family.

दिवाली is a major Indian festival that is very significant in Hinduism.

Known as the "Festival of Lights," it symbolizes the victory of good over evil, and lamps (called diyas or kandils) are lit as a sign of celebration and hope for humankind.

The lights also represent the time when Rama came back from the forest, and all his village lit lamps to welcome him back home.

Celebrations focus on lights and lamps, particularly traditional dīpa or deeya (earthen lamp). Fireworks are associated with the festival.

Hindus and Sikhs alike regard it as a celebration of life and use the occasion to strengthen family and social relationships.

There are several beliefs regarding the origin of the holiday. The most repeated version is that Hindus celebrate Diwali to mark the time when Lord Rama achieved victory over Ravana.

Some also view it as the day Krishna defeated the demon Narakasura or in honor of the day Bali went to rule the nether-world, obeying the order of Vishnu.

It is also a significant festival for the Sikh faith.

In India, Diwali is now considered to be more of a national festival, and the aesthetic aspect of the festival is enjoyed by most Indians regardless of faith

This is what India is about for us , understanding and an acceptance of all religions, races or creed.

Some have written as to why this is , but as usual if you read it yourself, only you can decide whats true and whats spun, as all thats written is only an opinion of the author.

You have to taste the real world

"listen to what you what to want to hear, understand what you want to believe"

Bit deep for a blog , or maybye not for the readers?

Namaste

Hi People

Well another week another experience

This week I be mostly working
Yep , Mrs Pimms has gone and left me for the UK , its allowed though as family business to look after

Mr Blenders dad decided thats all he wished to see of India, he did miss many things he would of remembered , life is like that though

Well waht goodies have I for you this week , saw the nice Matercard adds in a toilet just outside Delhi
AVP and EXE Chairmans day away
To sort out the company vision and a few other really important things
A good day away for Mr Blenders
Not good to see the easyjet have taken another airline out , only for the peoples , not for the company , with the Go buy out they dupped lots of peoples and a few got rich at all everyones expence
Just hope they behave properly this time around .
But then there is always a skeleton in the cuboard to watch out for

Well Mrs Pimms in back in the uk and poor Mr Blender is left with the cooking, washing, ironing and cleaning the house along with a job to do , but all in his stride in India
Interviews when Mrs Pimms returns for the next Housekeeeper

The mali came tonight and washed all the balconies , gave him a tin of beer and Italian left overs , its hard to cook for one when there is normally two.
But at least another 1lb was lost on the scales in the gym today, only xx to go on on target weight , the cruel man actually said I looked good , for my age !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Weight loss , or getting trim , Mrs Pimms has beeen told to use the garage gym or else Kristian will be a very tough person when whe returns. Perks of having personal trainers
Amazing what 1000rps does to motivate, he he

Meanwhile
India is getting all commercial
http://www.youtube.com/user/gurgaonshoppingmalls
Yep as said before marks & sparks , debenhams , body shop, all the big brands are moving in and only a 5 minute walk to spend, spend, spend
Must hide the credit cards from Mrs pimms
On the plus side so will the cinemas and eateries , so less cooking and more spending

Whats on next week then , off to Oman to get some help in another airport as my company has some work to do there. well not in the same country, but the Airline thats there can help.

Namaste

Mr Blenders

Meanwhile

Meanwhile in India



Cool mornings , well 26 and scorchio in the day.

Mrs Pimms has adjusted back into the swing of things and is back into the social life on offer

You know , nails , feet and the S & M chai mornings all the laddies of leisure seem to enjoy

It does mean that that the cruel gym intructor has missed her this week and more than made up for this morning



Mr Blenders has also been busy, out earning the rps to pay for the saturday lunch @ Cocunut Palm.


Idli , onion massala dosa and mineral water for two and all in at about 300rps for lunch.

We are looking forward to these opening in our big mall next door

Mrs Pimms has been in and out of the place a few times now and the shop assistants recognise her already.
Shopping is very much the same as anywhere else with the same stuff on the shelf as you see in Marks & Spencers in the UK , yep we have a food court too but only unperishables at the moment. Still nice to have the treats for dinner now and again.



Shopping does take on a new experience , browsing for a few things in a place called lifestyle and picked up some stuff , personal assistant takes it from you to leave at the till , he comes back and everything you chose to purchase is whisked away to the till , even shows, demonstrates and goes to fetch other bits if you ask for differnt colours.
Goes to the check out with you and ensures everything is packed correctly.
Walking out you show your reciept to the guard and he checks everything is in order
Stamps , clips or tears your ticket and out you go.

Now , shoplifters I have never seen here yet but it nust happen and I am sure the trained eye gets a few of them
It estimated that shop crime in the UK in 2005 cost a total of £2.1bn and guess who pays for it ?
Yep, you guessed and it buys lots of mars bars , but at least they keep you thin by spending it for you .

I wonder what the India percentage is?


Namaste

A blog with teeth

Hi bloggies

Well update no whatever and been on a few of the sightseeing tours around Delhi again

You actually see different things second or third time around though

Chandi Chowk for the rickshaw ride around the narrow streets ,

rickshaw people are never keen on this as one very , very busy street ,

where else can you get this sort of thing on a normal day out

( you need to make the piccie big by clicking it to see what's in the hands )

Have to pay a hundered bucks ( what they call the ruppee) before you get to try them on for size.

Not for me these ones as a little mellow yellow and prefer

Orbit white !! You need to see the chewing gum add in India to understand that one
Really funny and a challenge to the UK ad men and women to beat.

http://www.tv.com/uservideos/?action=video_player&id=I3VixjP85bkKszXY

Meanwhile we all had a little go on a bit of history, yep they used to make these things in the Uk a very long time ago . Single cylinder and 300cc throbbing between your legs to propel you along at around 120kmhr if you can ever find an empty road around , so that means never in Delhi!

More like the moderate 40kmhr

It does look a very good bike and has a following out here as you can see many all done up , chrome everything , bright yellow or red and a pide of India

The Bullet , what else would Mrs Pimms be seen on ,

well maybye that scooter sidesaddle in Goa , or the rickshaw

in Jiapur. She is becoming more Indian everyday , what with

no helmet , not looking where she's going , but she has picked a

quiet corner in our street

Yipee!!!!

Marks & sparks food hall has opened in the mall next to us

No out of date sandwiches , chilled foods or stuff like that , dried foods, pastas & sauces and look forward to the chrimbo cake , all the same price as the UK so for here its very expensive but its only money and worth the treats no and again

Namaste

Mrs Pimms & Mr Blenders

Dhobi

Hi Dohberites

Well , rapidly running out of underpants to wear under overpants , infact running out of overpants to wear over underpants too.

Mrs Pimms ones are painfull around the waist says Mr B and nobody wants to see his knees all the time!

Mr B's just fall off Mrs P, thats ok says Mr B , but Mrs P disagrees as you have to keep your modesty in the Sahara Mall!

Our washing machine pump stopped pumping and been trying to get the dhoby man to fix it

All happens in India Stetch time so may have to resort to the last fix.

It broke last tuesday and the Dhobi mechanic eventually turned up on this tuesday night , one week later.

We did have several conversations in broken Hindlish and eventually got Mr B's work to speak to them. He was meant to turn up at 6pm tonight but perhaps we have mixed up the yesterday and tomorrow words for Hindi ( Kal in its phonetic saying) Now we never know when he might appear.

The last resort , well the last time was to e-mail the facilites guy and let him know that Mr B's underpants would be pilled up on his work desk in the morning if it wasn't replaced.

New Washing machine turned up on a bicycle rickshaw, the little guy was soaked and looked a little shocked as Mr B told him he needed to deliver it to the apartment, only another 5km from where he was now!

It was a little stange to watch the reaction and was sure he said "tatti" twice , mmm a litttle rude

We decided a little sympathy was needed by putting into the back of the 4x4 to deliver it ourselves.

Wonder what fix we will take this time, pants to work is it ?

There again we just might set the Secretary onto them and see what happens

Older Mr B and mrs along with Mrs P went to Quidib Minar today in the cool weather

They have been shouwn the Karma Sutra part of it , now that is it the search is on for all visitors to see if they can find it

Only 97 degrees and a cool 21% humidity so no more moist people when you go out in the midday sun .

Tomorrow its back to Manicures and Pedicures.

.-...--......---.-.-... Breaking BIG news

On time and within budget , the biggest Indian Mall next to the F603 hotel , opens tomorrow .

Mrs Pimms is off to buy underpants for wearing beneath overpants, if the dhobi man does not appear , good way to spend ones xx Birthday

Din dins in the grand tomorrow , steak day along with prawns , yum yum .

Namaste till kal at least.

Hello again

Hi Bligerites

Yep its us again

What to discuss this time

Well been reading about the "The Last White Mohguls" by William Dalrymple in India during the 17/1800's

All about Hydrabad and a certain Englishman who adopted the Indian Muslim ways

Even eventually married an Indian Lady and the story follows him through life till after death

Yep scandal upon scandal, as apparently there was a great deal of this happening in India in the days of the east india co.

This is a great book to start on your history, if you would like to discover a little bit about how it was

Lots of little detail taken from Indian and UK archives to add to the colour

There are many books on India but Mr Dalrymple tells it in such a good way and adds the colour to make you turn the pages

Did take a while to get through but honest its worth it

Next or meanwhile here in Delhi

I heard my old new boss at the big easy has decided to move along, the orange wheel has caught another one , now where am I on the tell all book , lets see , nope PE you are very safe here as the good in my book never get named , the not soo good or should I say the greedy ones, well, its their beds they made. Let the readers decide? Nay juicy bits form others are more than appreciated

Mr B has had a nice Indian chap approach him with the view to helping him write the whole life

Thats pretty scary as lots that people do not know about him , sort of turning your world inside out and upside down to cleanse yourself. mmm he's still thinking on that one as many years to go in the world . There again a bestseller only leads to another one.

Aha you ask where's the humour as it is our favourite, sorry but its true life today

Well as Mr B has been filming for the company today , seem to have done this in previous lives

Panorama BBC 2 transport series and first Eng Project manager for easyjet "Airline Program"

2 rules on the airline program he gave

1- DO NOT FILM ME , please

2-DO whatever else you like

A very quiet success as thats the way he likes it , all free adverising after all, and thats from a person who knows nothing about another persons expertise.

Meanwhile in India .

New visitors

Mr Older Blender and his lady , his dad and step mum have come for a 3 week visit , the golden triangle is on the cards for next week , all in around £400 for 5 days in 5* hotels and a car and a driver, havn't checked out the Uk prices to see if its in the same bargain range but think its a good deal .

The rest of the delhi relics will be seen in the bit before and after

Can help others if you are getting ripped orf , just let me know as need to get the mind back into gear and have a mission in life

Dust , heat and the smells and sounds of Delhi are a delight to any open eyes , just keep them open and let your mind do the same then you see though to a fantasic India as you should do .

A third world country that will be 1st in Mr B's eyes in the not to distant future , that is if the old guys let go and let the youth begin.

The slum has gone from the view on the balcony, moved along the road brick by brick, honest.

They took a couple of tractors and many people during the the last week and rebuilt along the road an identical slum , complete with (hotel) as they call them here to serve up the fried onion whatsitsnames and other delights.

Shops are about to open and Mr B has hiden his mastercard card from Mrs P just to be cautious

Namaste all you readers and you need to e-mail funnies to place on here as running out of them

Hiya us again

Well hello Blagger

Yep looks so innocent, but he didn't reckon on us

The end of the housekeeper, the shady little one
Well , well . Guess what we found him out, good and proper?
Having barred him from the site on Saturday and shown a little compassion on the same day he was allowed to contine to work away at his milk-round and looking after our Indian Friends , well she did ask nicely.

Visited the maintenance people to ask about our power being off
No Sir
Not at all Sir
Most definately not Sir.
Really good payers you ex-pats Sir
We noticed you your car had not been registered as coming in and out Sir, so guessed you were away.
Your safety is our no 1 concern Sir

Nearly had a mental relapse and had to salute back several times. Just a warning on what military life can do to you I think?
Now thats comforting to know they are not just figures and they look out for the the people around.
So another lie from our little Mr Blagger.

Next stop then is to speak to the VP of the residents association and surprise ,surprise he has done it before, many times they suspect, Bigger Mr Blagger.
Last night I gave VP a letter along with copies of our telephone bill whilst we were away and a little note from the security goes up on all notice boards , only letting everyone know just what a REALLY BIG BLAGGER he is
Barred forever
Lost all his jobs in the complex
Police advised as being an untrustworthy character
and
We get our place listed for all to see!!

He did say that many people would come calling at the door to complain?
Zero have to date, so perhaps they all know what he is like.

Nice chap the VP and advise nobody should cross him, we will meet again, if not before, then on new years eve for a Blenders and pimms or two at the new year party.

Meanwhile
Brill mornings out here now , its 26 degrees , real cool and nice to eat breakfast looking out from the balcony just watching the world get on with whatever it gets on with.
We have noticed that a great deal of the time, this amounts to not a lot.
Sleep, sit up, sleep again and sit up, walk around a bit then sleep, sit up and back to sleep.
Now I have to ask, Kam are you awake and listening. Please prod him and make sure?
Just whats the secret to get so much sleep?
There again everyone with teenage kids probably asks the same question and never finds the real answer. Although slightly different in that here the people seem to also get their night sleep as its so quiet in the middle of the night
Has been interesting watching the construction of the mall opposite
Yes everyone wears hard hats on site , but have flip-flops on their feet
Not many machines around when you have hundereds of workers to lift, fetch and carry on their heads, sand, rubble, bricks, cement, well anything that can fit in or on a basket.

As an example here's an Indian Computer Salesman delivering his wares, well we did say everything gets carried



Even the task of getting stuff to the top floor involves a pulley and rope!
Well the scaffolding is pretty safe! Finest grade one bamboo that sways with the wind so you just have to catch the breeze before the next handhold.



Well till the next blog

Namaste


Mrs P & Mr B

Hello Bindian blog readers

Well today is a Holiday to honour one of the worlds greats

Do you know that "United Nations General Assembly" has "unanimously adopted" a resolution which has declared October 2 to be "the International Day of Non-Violence.

Gandhi, who else can it be

Gandhi dedicated his life to the wider purpose of discovering truth, or Satya.
He tried to achieve this by learning from his own mistakes and conducting experiments on himself. His autobiography is "The Story of My Experiments with Truth"

Gandhi stated that the most important battle to fight was overcoming his own demons, fears, and insecurities.
Gandhi summarized his beliefs first when he said "God is Truth".
He would later change this statement to "Truth is God".

He also followed and preached the road of nonviolence

The concept of nonviolence (ahimsa) and nonresistance has a long history in Indian religious thought.
He was quoted as saying:

1-"When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall — think of it, always."

2-"What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty and democracy?"

3-"An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind."

4-"There are many causes that I am prepared to die for but no causes that I am prepared to kill for."

Proud words from a man to be remembered throughout the world if only for today

Well how about a top 10 for another persons birthday today
No relevance to Ganhdi, but we all need the lighter side of life
See if you can guess who it is?

Quotes to make you smile
1-A man's only as old as the woman he feels.
2-Anyone who says he can see through women is missing a lot.
3-Behind every successful man is a woman, behind her is his wife.
4-From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down, I convulsed with laughter. Someday I intend on reading it.
5-Go, and never darken my towels again.
6-I find television very educational. Every time someone switches it on I go into another room and read a good book.
7-I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception.
8-I remember the first time I had sex - I kept the receipt.
9-I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury.
10-Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms.
Now I know where that came from , oximorons just have to be blogged

Two of Queen's albums, A Night at the Opera (1975) and A Day at the Races (1976) were named after films he starred in






Julius Henry "Groucho" Marx.




Meanwhile one of neighbors in the UK who is in the credit card fraud business ( Alen is that you using our card or investigating the use of it?) may want to come out and investigate the latest wave of card crime in India?
Stranger things happen

Namaste

Mrs P & Mr B

Compassion & Blaggers

Hi Blaggers

Well hello readers another interesting Monday and by the title two issues
Mrs Pimms went and met our friends who have employed our Blagger for many years
Impartial she was and very proud of the way she was prepered to listen to the other side of the story

This was the one and only opportunity for Bunty to repent and admit his errors , we might of had a little compassion.
But no , he comes out with excuse after excuse although he say he did use the phone and was very sorry for it, he also admits to being in the apartment but denies stealing any Money
Now we know different as he was the only person in before and after we checked

So what to do ?
What would you do in a country of 1.1 billion people when someone you trust does this?
Was it our fault for not being more vigilant ?
For not scolding him like a child when he did wrong the many times he has before?
We actually liked the little guy and his cooking was good, learnt to enjoy the food and thats worth the £20.
Whats worng though is he lost all trust from ourselves so a lesson had to be learned.

I would hate to be responsible if this happened to anyone else on the complex and also respect the integrity and honesty with the impartial view of his other indian Employer

Final straw was to give a letter to the security people here requesting they deal with the issue.
Two hrs later we get a call from the other Indian lady asking, had we written a letter , yep we say due to the fact that he had his opportunity to be honest and failed on the stealing monies bit
He had been slapped and banned from the site and we agreed he could be let back in so long as he never works for anyone as a housekeeper in the complex
Dog walking, car cleaning, delivering ,milk and working for only her
No staying onsite overnight.
Now that should make him think about life and honesty , having been given yet another chance
Not finished yet though as off to see the people who cut your electrics as we don't believe what we were told
I think we are trying to get someone else to understand as we already know
Life , its really interesting

Well not all serious
We have a new guard on the appartment block
You know what they look like, piccies to follow after he agrees to one that is , might even get Mr Blenders to do one in return, this guy has practiced to salute using both the footmove and the hand , a proper coming to attention, SIR!

Yes its all one two three , one two three for you military types out there
Mr Blenders is thinking of either the Enterprise salute or the boy scouts one and how it would go down. Respect

The guys that watch you at the ATM's are another classic
12 bore shotguns all armed and ready , just in case someone tries to rob the ATM, I always thought banks do that just fine themselves without the need for the shotgun

Well Namaste



Now there is compassion as he would be totally ruined if he last all this