3 months in London

It's been 3 months today in London. 90 days.

I clearly remember my first day in London - the ride to the hotel in a Benz, breakfast of rolls, eggs and toasts, my efforts to not fall asleep during the day lest the jet-lag catch up at work the next day, the initial confusion in getting an Oyster card for the tube, the disappointment when I first entered the tube station (expected something state-of-the-art after having travelled in the Delhi metro), trying to call up my friend from a public phone which kept swallowing the coins so fast that I quickly ran out of change and the call ended abruptly, trying to locate the Ladbrokes office(which I finally did after some 30 mins), my dinner of veg aloo sandwich that I picked up from Sugar n Spice.

Over these last 3 months nothing much has changed. The weather, though considerably better, is still a bit chilly (Have still not stepped out of house without wearing my long johns). The initial apprehensions at work are still around, every time I am assigned a bug I wonder if I can do it or not and still get all worked up when I get stuck. I still am dressed in formals all weekdays though none of my colleagues here wear formals, keeping up appearances. I still get confused with the pennies and have never ever tried to call from the public phones. Breakfasts are still without any hint of spice, its either Muesli or toasts with butter.

Over these 3 months I have travelled a fair bit – to Oxford, Longleat, Greenwich and Scotland. Have covered a fair bit of ground in London as well. Went to a theatre, to a cinema, soared high in the London eye, got shit scared in the London dungeon, posed with Ash at Tussauds, clicked away to glory at the tourist places and did some stealth photography capturing people unawares. These 3 months have been a test of endurance at work when for days together I had absolutely no work and sometimes I would be overloaded with work. On no-work days I would finish a novel a day online and on work-overload days I would not even scratch my bum all day.

As I write this I realize that I have not travelled much and still have not been to Wimbledon, I have not yet had tea with the queen nor have I seen the Kohinoor diamond (which the Brits claim was gift to the queen from the Indians), I have not been to Europe, I have not gone hiking, not done a bungee jump……

So much to do and I have been lazing around doing nothing. Hopefully I will be here another 3 months and that the next 3 months will be better J Cheers!!!!