AMD has been awesome spending time with family. Its great to see how close and 'nucular' families are in this country. Kids growing up here I feel get more involvement from Grandparents, Uncles, Aunties, etc which really holds fast to the 'it takes a village' theme.
Kaka, Rohan, and Kathan
At airport - gotta run!
On airplane now - couple of observances. As advancement in technology and service has come to India, its funny to see certain procedural antiquities that still exist. My Boarding Pass was touched by 7 people on my way to the plane. If you count the 'guards' at the entrance, then 9 people total. Why? The best part was when the gate lady checked my Boarding Pass, then we walked 2 feet to the door that goes to the runway, and another security guard checked our BP. 2 feet! Amazing.
Flying an airline called SpiceJet. Want to fly Kingfisher at some point but tickets are double the price of other discount carriers - and they're still losing money. I think I read somewhere that Kingfisher airlines still has not run a profit.
Debjani, our hostess, is walking down the aisle, asking 'excuse me please, sir' to everyone and handing out waters. I don't think I've ever heard a 4-word sentence made up solely of honorific courtesies.
Another thing I noticed on our previous and this flight, aside from the hot sweat that you can smell ingrained into the seats and carpet (TII - This Is India, a saying Tej and I have been shooting back and forth), is the complete lack of women on these flights. Aside from air hostesses I have seen maybe 5 woman total on these flights. Funny, in the security lines (which are separated by gender) - there are men for days and the women's line looks like an EZ Pass lane.
Time to take off!
R
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