Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Monday, July 21, 2008
Travel Itinreary (Mumbai - Hong Kong - San Francisco)
On Friday morning (18th July), I got confirmation regarding my travel to San Francisco on Saturday morning (19th July).
My flight was scheduled at 6:05 AM from Mumbai, so had to be at CSIA by 3 in the morning. Sabale, Swapnil, Vinod and Govind decided (or may be I decided for them) to accompany me to Airport. We started from our room at 11:00 PM for Mumbai and reached Vashi to Snehal's apartment by 1:45 AM. There we convinced him why he should be in Pune this weekend, and picked him up with baggage for Airport. We reached CSIA well before 2:30 AM.
With last of good byes and well wishes and take-care tips, I entered CSIA Gate C at 3:10 AM. From now on I was on my own, as always, that thought got me scared for some time. I got my boarding pass and checked-in cargo at Cathay Pacific counter. The security check didn't take long and I was on my way to Gate 10 before 4:00 AM. A gap of almost two hours before boarding the flight, half of which I slept through and rest moving around Gate 10 lobby.
The flight, CX-684, from Mumbai to Hong Kong took little over 5 hours. The flight's window view was amazing during landing (it beats that of SFO). The Hong Kong Int'l Airport is one of the best Airports (incidentally, World's Best Airport 2008). After another security check, I spent time till connecting flight to SFO, gazing at huge buildings over Gate 3.
Connecting flight, CX-872, from Hong Kong to San Francisco took around 12 hours to land. The worst part of this travel was that most of it was during day. It's like asking to sleep in afternoon, when I can barely sleep at night.
In all, flight smooth and short (comparatively), and I enjoyed it as much the Air Travel can be enjoyed.
On Friday morning (18th July), I got confirmation regarding my travel to San Francisco on Saturday morning (19th July).
My flight was scheduled at 6:05 AM from Mumbai, so had to be at CSIA by 3 in the morning. Sabale, Swapnil, Vinod and Govind decided (or may be I decided for them) to accompany me to Airport. We started from our room at 11:00 PM for Mumbai and reached Vashi to Snehal's apartment by 1:45 AM. There we convinced him why he should be in Pune this weekend, and picked him up with baggage for Airport. We reached CSIA well before 2:30 AM.
With last of good byes and well wishes and take-care tips, I entered CSIA Gate C at 3:10 AM. From now on I was on my own, as always, that thought got me scared for some time. I got my boarding pass and checked-in cargo at Cathay Pacific counter. The security check didn't take long and I was on my way to Gate 10 before 4:00 AM. A gap of almost two hours before boarding the flight, half of which I slept through and rest moving around Gate 10 lobby.
The flight, CX-684, from Mumbai to Hong Kong took little over 5 hours. The flight's window view was amazing during landing (it beats that of SFO). The Hong Kong Int'l Airport is one of the best Airports (incidentally, World's Best Airport 2008). After another security check, I spent time till connecting flight to SFO, gazing at huge buildings over Gate 3.
Connecting flight, CX-872, from Hong Kong to San Francisco took around 12 hours to land. The worst part of this travel was that most of it was during day. It's like asking to sleep in afternoon, when I can barely sleep at night.
In all, flight smooth and short (comparatively), and I enjoyed it as much the Air Travel can be enjoyed.
Saturday, February 09, 2008
Saturday, October 27, 2007
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Wheel Of Time - Robert Jordan
I am done with the first 11 books of the Wheel Of Time series by Robert Jordan and have most of them in my collection by now.
The series starts with "The Eye of the World" where Jordan has hidden so many pointers that you would not stop reading the sequels till 6th book***. But after that the series enters such a slow pace that you wish you had never started reading. The 9th book, "Winter's heart", has some good plots where you start taking interest in reading again. I would call the 10th book the worst in this series.
The 11th book "Knife Of Dreams", ends most of the plots which have been dragged from the last few books. The book also has some revelations which you would be waiting for from the first six books. The (probably) last in the series, "A Memory Of Light", is expected by end of Year 2009.
In Harry Potter we read about the only prophecy we read in the HP series and guess so many things on top of it alone. In Wheel Of Time series Jordan has poured the prophecies all over. You can spend days reading and wondering abt, which I still do.
I have started re-reading the books for now and will be waiting for the fall of 2009.
***: When I finished the 2nd book I couldn't get my hands on the 3rd book soon enough and I was visiting my home town. So I read the 4th book before the 3rd :)
I am done with the first 11 books of the Wheel Of Time series by Robert Jordan and have most of them in my collection by now.
The series starts with "The Eye of the World" where Jordan has hidden so many pointers that you would not stop reading the sequels till 6th book***. But after that the series enters such a slow pace that you wish you had never started reading. The 9th book, "Winter's heart", has some good plots where you start taking interest in reading again. I would call the 10th book the worst in this series.
The 11th book "Knife Of Dreams", ends most of the plots which have been dragged from the last few books. The book also has some revelations which you would be waiting for from the first six books. The (probably) last in the series, "A Memory Of Light", is expected by end of Year 2009.
In Harry Potter we read about the only prophecy we read in the HP series and guess so many things on top of it alone. In Wheel Of Time series Jordan has poured the prophecies all over. You can spend days reading and wondering abt, which I still do.
I have started re-reading the books for now and will be waiting for the fall of 2009.
***: When I finished the 2nd book I couldn't get my hands on the 3rd book soon enough and I was visiting my home town. So I read the 4th book before the 3rd :)
Thursday, August 02, 2007
HP done, what next?
The Harry Potter and Deathly Hollows has ended the HP series (not as excitingly as I had hoped, still) and with it my favorite time pass of re-reading the HP books. As of now, I will not be re-reading the 7th book of this magnificent series.
With the end to HP series, I was wondering what to read next in the fantasies.
Well, finally I have started with the Wheel Of Time series by Robert Jordan. The first in this series is "The Eye of the World". I am borrowing the books from Pradnyesh (one of my managers) for now. Will buy them when available at Crosswords.
Check on last i read for updates.
The Harry Potter and Deathly Hollows has ended the HP series (not as excitingly as I had hoped, still) and with it my favorite time pass of re-reading the HP books. As of now, I will not be re-reading the 7th book of this magnificent series.
With the end to HP series, I was wondering what to read next in the fantasies.
Well, finally I have started with the Wheel Of Time series by Robert Jordan. The first in this series is "The Eye of the World". I am borrowing the books from Pradnyesh (one of my managers) for now. Will buy them when available at Crosswords.
Check on last i read for updates.
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