The Park

OK, so I 'found' this new park. I go there each morning and walk, it's about 3/4 to a mile from the Beatle Hotel and Gloria Jeans is about halfway. A win-win for me. So I thought this weekend I would hangout there, play some horseshoes or volleyball, do some wind sailing....OK they don't have any of these things in the middle of the city. LOL. But the park is beautiful and has many NC plants and flowers like crepes, lantana, something similar to a tulip magnolia, some plants like those giant glads we have on the medians off I40, just brings back a little feeling of NC in the spring to me. No daffodils though. Anyway I went there at 10:30 to find they close during the day...at 10:30, so i hung out by the wall near the fence that surrounds it and pouted for 2 hours and took pictures. I did manage to get a nice sun burn. It was an excellent day today. I went back at 5:00pm and it re-opened. It's so hot during the day that they close, what Indian in their right mind would go to a park just to hang out in the sun?? No one, so I see their point. But I did take pictures inside. In the mornings it is teeming with would-be runners, yoga instructors, meditating maniacs and a few lilly white foreigners like my self. Its very friendly and it is nice to see so many parents out with their children stretching and walking and playing before school. The park is surrounded by these massive "sentries". Buildings that reach to the clouds, one is brand new, not even painted yet, but spectacular, just like the girl who went out with Jerry in Seinfeld. This evening it was 70 degrees and a steady breeze, it was beautiful.
Sundar, I walked most of the day after getting on the recumbent bike for 12 miles. I dropped another KG. Sorry, you may as well give up and concede. Sundar, senior for the ORCHID group and most excellent mentor, has lost quite a bit of weight prior to my arrival, but not as much as me. I weighed in here at a whopping 82.4 KGS and now weigh 78.5 KGs on my way to 75 KGS. (181-172lbs). I feel bad for the "old" guy. LOL.
I know RTP got another 3-4 inches of snow. I feel bad for you there, LOL, I actually had to put some sun screen on today, Lari you would have been proud of me, I stayed out in the sun for about 6 hours. Melanoma, you got nothin on me...well maybe that little brown spot on my head....
Enjoy the snaps

Pastries from Sascha

I saved ALL the money that Sascha and Deanne gave me and bought two cakes from Ribbons and Balloons. One for the Rotigotine crew, the other for us peasants. Thanks Deanne and Sascha, hope you both have already bought pastries for a month for both Monheim and RTP with the $100 I sent to each of you.

Last weekend I was invited to the "Annual Town Hall" in Bangalore and accompanied Sundar and Satish. This is an annual event that Accenture Leadership sponsors and lasted from 2pm until 9 pm with skits, dances and singing. The entertainment was all local talent and the theme was Leadership. It was an excellent event.


Sanjay was kind enough to invite me to this event and I thank him for all his support to UCB and for his gracious company and he and Sridhar made me feel at home. They started the event by entering the pavilion on motorcycles!! Below Sanjay expresses his thanks to his employees.

Sundar( far left) and Satish( far right) have many friends at the Bangalore office. There was no way I could keep up with all the names.

A couple of bookends. Sundar and I are in a challenge to see who looses the most weight before I leave. I have the most weight to lose, so I really don't think there will be any competition.

After the leadership events it was disc time. Lots of food, drinks, even ice cream( there goes my diet) Someone likes to dance, guess who.

Mike , we missed you for Dances with Men.

I was resting here and took this wierd picture.

This is Archana and Priya.

Archana and the dancing machine.

Priya and satish.

I had a great time, it was a nice break and I had the opportunity to chat with Dr. Kumaresan who heads up the Narrative Writing on this side of the world partnering with UCB. It is always nice to put a face with a name, unless of course it is my face...LOL..

We all arrived safe back to Mumbai the next day.