Where Bypassers aren't Hi-Passers
For a person from Lubbock, London and even Worthing is very very dense. The last few days I have been here, it has been really strange. Not just the "keep-left" on roads, and more impatient people, but also the mannerisms. While most passers-by continue with an askance on my 'Hi', very few elderly people greet it with an accommodative smile. It gets funnier in the buses, when I alight with a 'Have a Nice Day', the driver's kinda surprised... Man, imagine, my going to madras, and saying this to the driver there.... "ela... yaara esudha nee??? engammappava esudhaya? ela pichiduven pichi unnaiya" :P vivekish.....
Talking about UK... its always murky, and a temperature above 15 deg celsius shd bring smile to every face. The unseen Dodges and Chevys are compensated by Citroens and Vauxhalls, not to forget the bmws and mercs (have seen only 3 rolls royces so far :( ). Its all royal and princely here, and people don't think any lesser than being in a Kingdom or of the sun setting in the british empire... actually, they don't even see it rising here :P. (I've seen the sun behind clouds twice in my 8-day stay so far.)
London was beautiful and plush and royal. Like my prof said, I saw the color GREEN after a little more than 2.5 years. The Buckingham palace, Big Ben, London Bridge, HMS Belfast, Baker Street.... wow, places to visit.... owe a lot to my sis.
To end it all, that might well be my last tour in England, and it makes me feel stronger that Telugu is the language you can't stop hearing wherever in the world you're. Overheard this conversation today...
Person1: "barugar-a?"
Person2: "nono..."
Person1: "barugar kaadha?"
Man, seems, if you know telugu, you don't have to know a second language...
Anyways, time to fly back to MY place... don't know what that has in store for me... hoping for the best...
