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

A unusual Sunday

Hi Bloger readers

Well a unusual Sun day in Gurgaon

Have a lay in , well till 8:30 at least. Catch up on the news on the web , go to the gym for and hour and back for porridge with honey. Sit around and read all day.
Been reading historical books on India and there are lots of them.
It makes reading come alive when you pick up a book on where you live.
Best book for Mr Blender in the right situation was, Tom Clancy and the Hunt for Red October, well he was on an Aircraft carrier with an anti submarine squadron in the very early 80's at the time of reading it. Had even been on trials with some of the technology that they mentioned in the book.
Films are never the same, so get reading everyone

Mrs Pimms is now in a book reading club out here and has been picking up stuff she never knew before, another good reason to pick up the bound pages.
Currently its the Interpretation of Murder by Jed Rubenfield, Mr blenders is watching his back and has hidden all the sharp knives as a precaution

Had to have all our door locks changed following the sacking of our little tea-leaf, the servant.
We think he had some accomplices as the phone had been used on a day when he did not pick up the key?

Its not the monies but the loss of trust in someone that's the disapointment.
He was on a good number that could of rewarded him for a lot longer than the little amount that he gained, now he has lost everything. Well for a while at least.
He will be getting banned from the complex , just have to get my Hindi Friends to translate the letter to hand to security .
At least he can't do it to others in where we live , and I am sure he has?
It is also a very light punishment for India
We could of called the "cops and got the blagger arrested" but we considered that a bit to much. Life goes on

A few stories on the past and present to see what happens to thieves here.
All found on the web so are they true of not ?
We would not wish this on anyone, but you are in India a developing country so many things are different.

BBC News : An Indian suspect was forced by police to eat 50 bananas as a laxative, to retrieve a necklace he was accused of stealing and swallowing.
You can keep the necklace if you ever swipe it from Mrs Pimms !!!!!

Other papers:Kolkata - Two sisters were hanged from a tree and beaten up mercilessly in a West Bengal village after a kangaroo court found them guilty of stealing.
The sisters, accused of stealing jewellery and cash from the house of a school teacher, were tied to the branch of a tree for six hours and caned, slapped and clubbed because they refused to 'confess'. They were employed as domestic help in the teacher's house.

A few days ago, some landowners chopped off the fingers of a 10-year-old Dalit girl, Khusbu, for plucking a few leaves of spinach from a vegetable field in a village in Bhagalpur district.

Patna, Dec 25 (IANS) A middle-aged Dalit woman in Bihar was tortured and paraded half-naked on the orders of the husband of a woman village head for allegedly stealing a few bananas.

Ranchi - A village panchayat in Jharkhand has ordered that the hands of six boys be chopped off as punishment for stealing lac (resin) from nearby forests.
The verdict was passed by the panchayat of Kanderkeda village in Simdega district Sep 20 after the parents of the six boys failed to deposit the fine slapped by the panchayat, according to local media reports.
The six minors are accused of stealing a kilogram of lac from nearby forests. When the theft was brought to notice of the panchayat, it slapped a fine on the boys' parents.
I dont know how recent each of these are but they did come up as the top searches

Why did he do it we ask?
Well I suppose because it was there to take?
Still he should not of been in the wardrobe or drawers hunting for stuff that did not belong to him, as he has picked on the wrong targets this time.
He has to answer to his god as I told him, as he will have to live with it for a very long time.
Our hearts and minds know what happened as we know he does too.

Guilt is always a hard thing to live with as you only have yourself to blame for the way that you feel or the position it puts you in.

Well thats the way we both feel about it

So we now have learned lesson number two and three about India, well it could of been anywhere?
2-Don't give your keys to anyone to look after.
3-Lock one room up in your flat with all your valuables in , that way you take away temptation and remove all opportunity for anyone.

What , you have forgotten number one ?
1-Take a fly spray when you go on a boat in Kerela , just to spray your room before you turn in, see previous blogs
There is also rule number
0- enjoy life no matter what it throws at you.

Mrs Pimms is off to explain to the other Indian couple he works for before Mr Blenders drops his letter off at security on Monday night.

Namaste

Hola Blogeriters

Hi

Well another day and all in ots stride
Yum Yum food feast tonight cooked by Mrs Pimms and leftovers from Mr Blenders
All in true veggie indian style
Rajma wiith Lobia beens , and gobi alo with the easy part, balti rice and a little salad.
Was not too salty , not too hot for Mrs Pimms either
Well some people tasted what we are now capable of when we were home , just wait till you taste it out here. Tastes better in the sunshine, but just ignore the dust.

Top 10, no 13 again
Have been reading in the BBC website about reasons to flee the UK , why do people do it ?

Main reasons for emigrating, of those considering emigrating from Britain: In no order

• 1- Better quality of life, 37 per cent, yep so long as you look at India with your eyes wide open
  
• 2- Better weather, 32 per cent, nope moist in the summer heat and can get a bit overbearing, winter just nice in the day and wear you pully at night.
  
• 3- Britain too expensive to live in, 24 per cent, yep, just looking at our pension pot , the UK house
  
• 4-New job/relocation of job, 13 per cent, yep, but would rather say a new challenge in life
  
• 5-A new experience/adventure, 13 per cent, yep top of the list with the job
  
• 6-Do not like Britain/what Britain has become, 12 per cent, don't agree 100%, a place is what you make of it , all the ups and even the downs.
  
• 7-Start a new life, 9 per cent, nope as only have one of those, a life that is .
  
• 8-Have family/friends there, 9 per cent., nope but lots of visitors come to stay and its good to see how they react to the culture shock.
  
• 9-Too much government interference, 5 per cent, what form the mamby pamby country called as an Inian has said to me, an oxymoron, yep thats the United Kingdom?
  
• 10-Government legislation/taxation, 5 per cent, yep , pay ,pay, pay for I even hear your household bin next !!!
  
• 11-Crime, 3 per cent, that's everywhere , see previous post on the servant, little tinker he was .
  
• 12-Cheaper/money will go further, 3 per cent, yep veggies more so but if you want to eat UK stuff you pay through the nose, posh hotels the same .
  
• 13-Less populated, 2 per cent, are you kidding!! 1.1 billion and two out here , but you can always find a quiet spot somewhere. Most head for the cities.
• 14-Lack of humour in life, this place is magic with a laugh a day just in what you see, try the toilet museum post for starters

http://pimmslady.blogspot.com/2007/08/yippee-its-monday.html

Well that should get you thinking on why to leave , would be interested if you have any thoughts?

Namaste

Mrs P & Mr B

Hi Bloggrs

Well Hello , yet another update
Getting real busy these days , love it as you can achieve so much says Mr Blenders

Mrs Pimms has had the foot scrape today at the nail spa and is now the painted lady
Didn't manage to visit the gym down there called Gym and Tonic , have to get the piccie

Well said we had a few of the big day and only shared one so here goes , a piccie treat
First we have a young Master Blenders looking very smart

Followed by inside the surprise car for a father and
daughter chat before the ceremony

Mrs Mother of the bride meeting and greeting friends
of the family

Mr Groom arrives in a very old car

We thought the grooms mum had brought her sister?
Ladies , don't you just hate it when someone else has
the same dress
as you, How does that happen , good taste, no great taste in what
you both picked, nobody really noticed till the photo


Bridesmaids , lovely thanks for keeping Miss P&B chilled

Aha an after the ceremony and let your hair down

Oops wrong piccie , meant to be the happy couple

And last for now the cornish venue , fantasic place for a wedding
Book it quick all you people who are getting married as you will not regret it

I think I should get a few $$$ on commission if you do , well will try


Namaste , next Mr Blenders Family pics , well the ones we managed to take as had a great deal to do.

Hi Blogitz

Well hello Blogitz

Thought its about time you saw the happy couple and a few others
Lets start with the big wedding bus , a diesel Chrysler big wagon thingy hired for the fortnight, had to pick an auto one with cruise control as just not used to the driving lark.
I think the double decker bus on the small country roads in cornwall found that out as I couldn't see to reverse back up the hill , the rear windscreen was sunstruck and the thing was that long. We needed it as it was full even with the seats down in the back

It came in handy to carry the Ben the dog , in the boot on a night out in the village
We only had 10 onboard, including the driver Mr Blenders, a bit like they do here in India with smaller cars!




Onto the fort and what a place , were met and shown the basics by Jim , you know where to put the beer, the wine chiller and how the ice machine works.
Given his telephone number and off he went to let us get on with it. He even managed to deliver us coals for the BBQ on wedding day washup



A sunny perfect Monday and Tuesday rounded off with
entertainment PS2 Guitar style from the happy couple.










Mr & Mrs

Saturday in Gurgaon

Well Mrs Pimms has returned to the heat and the dust
Still a little jet logged as a long day when you come back from the UK
About a 24 hr trip including the train and having to leave the other home at 3pm

Been shopping today and got one of those card reader thingies for the photos

Lets wind back to the ramp up to the big day with the hen night
wedding bus. A group of hens all dressed up and ready to party

Even Champers on tap in the party Bus








And it was a posh bus , although you can get one for free to take you to Malki's on Alki Beach ,
now where is that everyone? So long as you eat there that is

Meanwhile you ask what about the big day?
The wedding was a fantasic week as said before, victuals were delivered or taken to the fort for the monday so all we had to do was enjoy ourselves all week .

As you can see more than enough for
Mrs Pimms and Mr Bruichladdich/Blenders. well it was just right





Air Guitar along for the PS2 even joined in as it was the favourite game for the Bride and Groom, untill they returned and found the Wii that little brother and the bridesmaid had bought them, cool pressie they say
Found out today that Star wars will be released on the Wii, so get them lightsaibers charged and start practising all you Jeddi Knoghts with lots of force and a few beers.

Rather than give you the big wedding will give you the other breaking F603 news today
Mrs Pimms has had to buy some bright yellow rubber gloves to clean the...................................

dishes with.
I know you just couldn't read any further Marion and Alen!!
Well Alen at least

We fired our housekeeper today. About time.
Monies went missing and he was the only other person who had been in the house.
Of course he denied it but as the trap had been laid, and he took the bait, it had to happen.
He did go very quietly which was a little strange , no begging or any of the stuff he did when I have told him off before.
Perhaps its the 6ft 2 scots people that have this effect.
We will of course deduct monies from the last payment he is due at the end of the month.
He has also been told that he must not work for any expats here or will report him to the police.
Just to make sure he does not rip anyone else off.

Some people just don't undertand when they are onto a good thing, hopefully he will learn.
Now we have to look for someone just to visit a few times a week rather than a live outside the appartment person.
Well Mrs Pimms has to think of her nails after all and has already booked the full treatment next week.

Namaste to everyone and a very happy Mr & Mrs Such

Another day another problem

Hi Bloggites

Well tried and tried to get that camera lead thingy, only so you could enjoy the big day out
Uhu, camera is at least a year ahead of India so the man in the Sony shop told me?
Only when I got home did I think that I could of just bought a card reader and it would work ok

Apparently this is a man thing when shopping , does anyone else suffer from the same?
You know where you have in your mind what you are going to buy and just go to get that, if its not there you come back empty handed.
Now Mrs Pimms would never of done that , she would of come back with another pair of shoes and a couple of tops . mmmmm

On the subject of shopping , they are building a few shops next
to where we live , well 4 floors or 1km long and should be open
in time for xmas ( 200?)
Looks massive and we have taken a evening sunday stroll around
the outside just to see they changes
Cinema, 10 pin bowling, 5 star hotel, no doubt nail spas and loads of shops and eateries for us both, will never have to drive to the other malls again he said?

Still scorchio out here , had to have 3 showers today , just getting re-acclimatised to the weather, well at least it's not in the 40's now.

Blog has reached dizzy heights now as past 500 while we were away, there's a wee tracker on the bottom of the page to find out where people are from, hope you don't mind ?
India is catching up with the UK , even on the blog !!!

After all its all about enjoying life , Mr Blender at work to keep Mrs Pimms in manicures and pedicures and looking good, oh and we have the sights sounds and smells to blog about

Namaste

Mr Blenders

Two in one day , but aircraft this time

Well a lot of catching up and it is an online diary after all
Still no piccies though , wait till tomorrow , ok I have a few but not of the big wedding week

Lets start on a few personal Aircraft for you people out there
Now this is a story that upset a few senior people in the company but honest I was not responsible
It was still a brill laugh as they arrived one by one and created lots of talk and many requests from people for thier own. Some grumpy old man stopped it though as his initials were not used
You will have to click on them to enlarge and read he registrations
I even managed to have one called G-OSLH when we bought out (not merged) Go with easyjet , the man at the CAA suggested it.
At least these were the good piccies unlike some Mr Blender did well before this on the same company , you will see them in a book at some time in life, that is unless someone wants them destroyed? Just let HR know.

Onto a little bit before for Mr Blenders and we have where
this aviation career started back in 1978, 10 days before his birthday with a bit of tough training , 39 started and only 11 finished
Mr Blender changed his accent and became posh to all the people at home in bonnie scotland.

One the many boys toys I got to play with on the dummy deck at
Culdrose, yep at 18 we drove these around a make-believe flight deck, we also has 4 red arrow gnats to look after, but again thats another story?




Spent most of his navy time on search and rescue, and have seen a share of what he would never wish others to see, Air India , Fastnet, Lockerbie along with many others that stain the mind.






All this They also help you understand how to live to the full and thats why we are in India


Many many years later and having had to go and get a real job
This one is an ATP
Otherwise known as the Another Technical Problem or a
YUGO and tell the passengers its broke again , what a nightmare
of british invention , so overbuilt. We were told to stop calling it that under a threat of sacking. I quit now


Last for all you readers a little bit of India , honest its the real thing!!!










Namaste

Mr Blenders

Hello, its been a while

Hi all you bloggie readers out in cyberland

Mr Blenders here back hard at work in India
Well have to pay for the big day out after all.
Liz did a wonderful job on all the organisation
I just got the cheque book out , so thanks easyjet for the monies, it all helped to make a special day.

The big wedding bus was hired for the fortnight to clear out the junk from the garden at the house in Biggleswade, lots of trips to recycle eveything.
Here in India they seem to recycle just about everthing
Plastic bottles, newspapers and cardboard are all bundled up by Bunty and he trots off down the road, with a slip signed by Mr Blenders to allow him out the complex with it
He gets a few ruppees for his efforts from where ever it is he goes though, now thats the way to encourage it in the UK , but do you think it will ever happen ?

Liz and Paul were really chuffed with the wedding day transport, old dad teasing again about tandem rickshaws on the hill around the fort and look what they ended up with. Not bad for a drive along the coastal road but really glad we didn't meet the double decker bus in it.
We did hold up Mr Cody and party on a small lane, and Mrs Pimms offered to spank his bottom for being late when they arrived at the fort.
He escaped though as the bride was the compulsory 10 mins late.

Tried to get a new lead to download lots of piccies, out of luck in Gurgaon , will try tomorrow and if in luck, well you had better be prepared for lots.

Fun had in the high commision , monday for another years work visa.
All prepared with
1-Passport
2-Form filled out in black ink
3-Letter from company
4-Contract
5-Birth certificate ( just in case)
6-Drivers licence
7-Tax certificate ( yes I do pay that here )
8-Residence agreement with the 100rps cover on it.
9-£50 for the visa fee
Well I hadn't foreseen that all blogs should have a top 10 and missed out on the
10-Request for a DGCA letter ?

Tried to explain that I am not a pilot or Engineer who certifies Aircraft and will not be working for the DGCA but an airline in a Senior Management role, helping my friends out in India.
Went home without a visa.
Well flight wasn't till Tuesday night anyway and the train journeys not bad
My boss was very supportive and asked what it was like to be out of a job then? All in jest!

Next day , same people, 5 minutes later with no questions and bingo, I can have the visa.
All told , it only took around 6 hrs, so be prepared to do less sightseeing when you go to get one.

Back to a very, very, dirty house and some strange growth in the kitchen sink!
We were leaving the back door key for Bunty , so he could use the kitchen but in the early morning rush, oh nearly 4 weeks ago.
"Sir had not moved the bolts off the door".
Never mind, it kept him busy mumbling about some extra cleaning up.
Power had been cut and had to throw away the stuff in the freezer.

That magic thing has also started to happen once again as Mrs Pimms is not here, you know the one where you put your dirty clothes in the washing basket and by the next morning you find them all hung up neatly , having been washed and ironed by the dhobi fairies.

Cars been de-dented and had a respray, lasted three days as noticed a score down the back when I parked at the Cargo , yes I drove as still waiting for a new driver.
Interviews on Tuesday
Does anyone remember Whicker's World many years ago showing a Indian Driving test?
7 people and the examiner climbed into the car and drove 100 yards in a straight line , everyone passed!
Times have changed here in India.

"and now time for something completely different" The top 4
1-Once round the block, armed with a ruler ready to clip knuckles if the horn gets tooted excessively!
2-Marker pen to write a Big L and R on the back of respective hands if we take a wrong turn
3-A little bit of Hinglish as he will have to take Maam around to all the S&M that goes on here ( sewing and meeting) in Delhi and Gurgaon.
4-Daily clean and weekly check of the tyres, oil, water ect , how do you do it.

Not too much to ask for?

Namaste
Mr Blenders

Hi All well another update in stardate xxxxx

Hi blog readers , seagulls and very hungry ones to start

Been a busy week for Mr Pimms

Out to the US of A for a week just before the big day

Seen a few friends who I have not seen for a few years as we went for vendor A in the last company , it was all about money not about the Aircraft as thats what talks in big numbers and believe me it was BIG numbers when you buy over a hundred at millions each. I will not publish but you could ask in person for a fee!!!

Well what did Mr Blenders have in Seattle this time?

New yorker Steak , yum yum and about 16oz with it, all protein so ok with that on the lets get heavier whilst in the UK

Must eat more pulses and less fatty stuffs as not much more to go , well for Mr Blenders at least , Mrs Pimms is on a report with the cruel Mr Gym man when she gets back!!!

Meanwhile , what goes on in life as we know it!

Well managed to get a free pass for this place whilst walking past on the other side of the street, honest we did?

I think someone I know would like one as he has been before

No names as he knows who he is???

Just never try to claim on exes , as you never know who might take advantage of the situation!!

Sorry @@@@@

Seattle is a really nice place , loads of fantastic eateries, good people and a really good trip for anyone to take, top of my list of what cities in the world wide wish list everyone whould visit

You can even see the fish throwing if you want to on Pike street market but will let you imagine that one till you visit

Namaste freinds

Blogging update

Hi its Mr B again for the update on India's 60th

Was nice to see all the kids putting on a show at the complex to celebrate the start of their countries 60th year of independence.






We all celebrated the day before with veggie food for lunch and a best T shirt day at work, a couple of prizes given out by the HR department to people from the office, yep you are being blogged people!






There was even another gorra, who didn't make it to being first in line on the free food.
I didn't get there first for a change this time!
A least it meant no breakfast bar and bananas for lunch today
I wonder how heavy I am now?

Ah , the Police story
Can you guess why I had to visit the police Station on Sunday by these two piccies?







Of course you can, can't you?
Well its so obvious that I would get the car towed from outside the railway station where they was no notices about parking , everyone knows that, don't they?
I think India might have a way to go yet?

The picture with the parking sign above it cost me 10rps, car was parked by the attendant and only 500 metres away from the other picture.
We were visiting an excellent market but we all got very moist due to the heat and humidity

The picture without any parking signs cost me 830rps
600rps for the challan
200rps for the tow
30rps for the rickshaw ride
And its not claimable on expenses!

All I can say is that it was a good job the driver was there, or I would of been a bit lost as to where the car was and how to retrieve it?
As I have not mastered Hindi and the Police not mastered English it was very funny showing them my international driving licence to record on the form for the challan ( fine)
But heh dad the police know all about you now, address, age, what you had for tea and inside leg measurment. Just avoid the taylors when you visit Indian forms are very strange but you do have it in Hindi and English
Needless to say they took the money
Never mind as its all part of the adventure and "asda price or cheap as chips" as they say in Goa

Last, a little bit of meanwhile
I think this was the french embassy before they moved to more palacial rooms in the Embassy Enclave

feel free to enlarge the piccie by clicking on it , its worth it but e-mail/speak to Denis C first for the excellent french accent as he has used it in the past in Seattle. Another "lifes like that" tale to tell


Namaste

Mr Royal Challenge as no blenders left this week