Now what do I call this one?

Am seriously challenged when it comes to naming my blog posts these days. I am somehow resisting the temptation to give in and just call them Updates, Updates, Updates - II/III....MCMXVI... whatever.

Coz, right now, that's all I really have to offer.

Even the updates have begun getting boring. It's the same old stuff about work etc. Now, I did have a short (albeit interesting) business trip to Germany last week, and will probably be going to UK sometime in July. The trip was too short to really matter; I was visiting our office in Wiesbaden for a day long meeting. Took the Lufthansa early early flight from Hyderabad on May 26 and landed at Frankfurt, around 7:15 am. Unlike my past trips, I was accompanied by two colleagues so that made life a lot easier. We decided to explore the option of travelling by train to Wiesbaden Hauptbahnhof... It was an interesting experience in itself. Each train to Wiesbaden Hbf arrived at a different track... so you had one at 8:59 on track 7 and the next one at 9:15 on track 3. If you missed the 8:59 by a whisker, you had to endure a long walk to track 3 (with luggage in tow) and probably miss that train too. All said and done, we reached W Hbf at about 10 past 10 am; had breakfast and had the good sense to take a cab to our hotel.

Day 1 was mostly spent in the confines of the conference room, gorging on pizza. Stephanie, our office administrator (and an ex-Lufthansa air hostess!) is a delightful lady and she made sure we were thoroughly pampered while we were there. We visited the city centre late evening (the sun set at 9:30 pm was not something we were totally prepared for).. hung around the oldest casino in Europe and landed up at Tapas, a lovely Spanish joint, for dinner.

Day 2 was the actual meeting itself, we ended up with having dinner at the Oranjerie - supposedly the most expensive restaurant in the city. Wiesbaden is supposed to be the second-most richest city in Germany, so you can imagine how Oranjerie would be :) All said and done, I got to taste some exotic recipes. Enough said.

Shopping? Zero. No time. I really did want to explore this super music store in the city, but it would shut by the time we packed up at work.

Took the 1125 Lufthansa back to Hyderabad on Wednesday and arrived on time at 2315. Got home by 1:15 and spent the rest of the night talking to a 'friend' ;)

What else? Nothing much. Just a bad cold that's bothering me some and threatening to infect the rest of my colleagues :)

Planning to watch Sarkar Raj in an hour, shall try and crawl back to post my 'review'.

Till then, adios and aloha.

Oh yes, did write this song though I am nowhere close to recording it. It's called 'Spaced Out Princess' and it's mostly a work of fiction. Happy S?
She didn't wish goodbye,
When she left,
She wouldn't show the tears,
In her eyes,

She wouldn't even stay,
To hear me say,
That I was gonna miss her,
Anyway

Now that she's gone,
The emptiness rings,
Beyond those shifting sands,
A lonely gypsy sings,

She's a spaced-out-princess
I wish I could read her mind
But she's flown beyond the Milky Way
She's left me far behind

And I didn't even see it coming,
I could only watch her go,
She's a spaced-out-princess,
Why'd she have to go

I will never know,
If she loved,
Did she give her heart,
But in vain,

I hope she finds a place,
To call her own,
And she's at peace at last,
In her zone,

Dried tears on the pillow,
Mutely testify,
No honey dipped excuses,
Could ever justify,

She's a spaced-out-princess
I wish I could read her mind
But she's flown beyond the Milky Way
She's left me far behind

And I didn't even see it coming,
I could only watch her go,
She's a spaced-out-princess,
Why'd she have to go

Cheerio!