It is a strange feeling while I am typing this blog flying 35000 feet above the sea level in an Indian Airlines flight. It is a welcome relief travel, much relieved than my previous travels of the annual vacations, and feeling great to be back at home with my family. While approving this ticket my Account manager asked me whether I wanted to postpone this ticket to some other flight at the later part of the same day, but I was thinking like "Even if I have to travel in standing, I want to travel by this time itself" and thankfully he approved it to my convenience. Leaving Dubai was a bittersweet feeling because I am hurt that I couldn't spend much time with my cousin and friends. However best part of the whatever little interactions we had was - that against my fears / apprehensions, the spouses of my cousin and friend bonded seamlessly with me... got two more sisters for myself as extended family. Travelling in Indian Airlines was not that bad as people made it out, but one thing I wished was - The airhostess' should have played their age gracefully, else it was scary to look at their heavily done faces in their early 40s. To kill the time, I am going through the random chat transcripts of mine with Vijay, which are so intimate & lively also lovely, putting many smiles in my face and I acknowledge that this relationship had cushioned me a lot against the on-site pressure. God is always nice to me that he introduces new people in my life at various stages of my life and everybody had helped me in many ways. Thank you Kadavule..... End of Dubai Diary posts!!!! {oshits} reads.
These days every morning I check up the Ananya's blog as she has the habit of writing everyday. I am really happy to promote her blogs because I always wanted her to blog as she has the ability to tell things intrestingy rather than intresting things. I can write (hopefully) interesting things but in a not so interesting manner. Everyday when she feels excited about her blogs attracting more number of visitors, I can sense her happiness as I felt the same few years back. When comparing with my initial days of blogging I feel Ananya is more confident and has the command over the language than what I had then. Also she had started blogging in Tamil from day one, which had advantages for her, whereas I took close to 3 years to start blogging in Tamil because of technicalities involved. Everybody can feel that their expression in their mother tongue is always better than that done in other languages. And.... I happened to react differently to same situation last week.
This Deepavali happened to be a memorable one, not just because it is my first Deepavali after the marriage, but I had some good news pouring in. Also I had received calls from all the people who matters me a lot. Whether it were my nieces Meera, Indhu / Madhu or my most favourite kid friends Viggi & Vini, Thiru from Dubai and ofcourse my sweet darling Vijay (Australia), even those few minutes of talking to them on the Deepavali day made the festival still more special. I just want to extend my arms and say this in front of the whole world to them - "I Love You All... A Lot". And by the mid of the day I received the best news - Girish's marriage invitation via phone. I have been longing & praying a lot that he should get married soon and the moment he said that he is gonna get married with Kavya on coming Nov 5th, my day is made. I just wish Girish a Happy Marriage Life because as a calm & artistically inclined talented guy he deserves it much. He is a good Guitar player and I hope Kavya gets to be wooed by him with Girish playing the guitar.... How romantic!!! In the same vein, I wanted to share the comments from my friends about my previous article - 
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இந்த பதிவை நான் ஆங்கிலத்திலேயே எழுதியிருக்கலாம், ஏனென்றால் இது உலகத்தில் உள்ள எல்லா வேலை பார்க்கும் மனிதர்களுக்கும் பொருந்தக்கூடியது, எனினும் என் மனதில் உள்ளதை effective-ஆக சொல்ல என் தாய்மொழியில் எழுதினால் மட்டுமே முடியும் என்பதால் தமிழில் எழுதுகிறேன். கொஞ்ச நாட்களாகவே எனக்கு தனிமை மிகவும் அதிகமாக உறைக்கத் தொடங்கிவிட்டது. வேலையில் உள்ள அழுத்தம், வெள்ளிக்கிழமை விடுமுறையில் கூட வேலை செய்யும் நிர்ப்பந்தம், இரவு அறைக்கு வந்தால் படுக்க மட்டுமே தோன்றுகிறது. இந்தியாவில் இருந்தபோது ஒரு colourful வாழ்க்கை வாழ்ந்துக்கொண்டு இருந்தேன். வார இறுதிகளில் தொலைதூர பயணங்கள், புதிய இடங்கள், புதிய மனிதர்கள், புதுப்புது கலைப்பொருள் முயற்சிகள் என வாழ்க்கை மிக அழகாக இருந்தது. ஆனால் onsite-க்கு வந்தப்புறம் வாழ்க்கை மொத்தமாக மாறிவிட்டது. வேலையினால் வரும் அழுத்தம் மட்டும் என்றால் கூட என்னால சமாளித்துவிட முடிகிறது. ஆனால் சில அனாவசியமான காரணமற்ற நிர்ப்பந்தங்களை, அதிலும் மேலதிகாரிகளால் வரும் காரணம் விளக்கப்படாத கட்டுப்பாடுகளால் சோர்ந்து போகும் மனதை, அந்த அழுத்தத்தின் வீரியத்தை தனிமை மேலும் பல மடங்காக பெருக்கிவிடுகிறது.
Till now it had been all car travels in Dubai either to office and on weekends because my friend was there who took me in car wherever we wanted to go. But after moving to Bur Dubai and with my friend going to India on vacation, I am exploring the public transport options. The situation is not so different from our Indian State transport services, except that here RTA (Road Transport Authority) has a good customer service (only) through a call center, who gives details about the routes and bus numbers when called. Along with this difference are other aspects like - a flat Dhs. 2/- for anywhere in Dubai, the standard of bus - Air conditioned, closed and infact thats the disadvantage because of the perspiration inside a closed space. Other than that there is no difference - same unpredictable timings of the bus arrival like in Chennai and even a checker doing the ticket checking in the mid way. However these bus travels take me back to the simple days of mine in Coimbatore and I am really enjoying waiting, 50 minute travel in the bus, so I am not complaining. I should have tried this much before itself and this is the only regret.