Articles tagged with bus
Traveling Alone In New York
I meant to post this last week, but I never got around to it. A fellow writer, &SyddyHud, asked me to share my experience of traveling alone during my SummerSlam vacation in NYC, and I think that's a good idea. I'm sharing two experiences from this tri
Life is a rollercoaster
After last week’s shenanigans in the secretaries’ office I was rather grateful to have a long #weekend to recover. Well, it would have been great to recover. Highlights of the #retrogaming event at the weekend involved comforting one of our fr
Travelling is Tiring
Travelling is tiring, even when things go to plan. When they don't it becomes a real slog. Exhibit A, m'lud: A trip from our friend's workplace in London's Elephant and Castle to Victoria station, there to catch a coach back home after one of our rare aw
When drowned rat met soggy dog, 2004
&alexdg1’s post about getting caught in the rain reminded me of my own experience a decade ago.Mr C and I had just bought this house a couple of months previously, and I’d only been living in the area for less than a year, so was still
Moms are precious
Here's a very short story to make us realize how precious mothers are: One rainy day, 8 year old Saba goes to school by #bus but forgets her lunch-box on the breakfast table. Her mother, Mrs. Qamar sees the blue and red box on the table. She doesn't
Herb and Spice Spotlight : Capsicum (Red Pepper)
My late mother had a cabinet full of all kinds of herbs and spices in her kitchen. Cayenne pepper was always on her shelf. There were many of us living at home – mom and dad, my brothers and my one sister, and me. With so many varying taste buds to p
Cruisin' Music
On my way to a client meeting. On the road. No traffic so far. Thank you traffic gods! Right now listening to some Cypress Hill, some Wu-tang Clan, a little bit of Miles Davis, and lots of Incubus, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Sublime. Can't say that I coul
I begged and begged...But nobody helped!
These are the words of a mother who has lost her teen age daughter in the most heinous of ways in Moga, India. Today on BBC.com, I read a piece of news that made me feel sick. According to the reports, a 14 year old girl was molest
One Darn Thing After Another
You know Those #Days. Those days where nothing goes right for trying. Yup. Mr Chazer and I have - independently of the other - had one such each today. He is three colleagues down in his area. Two have leave. One has been required to spend time present
What a Noob!
Today, my husband and I had the misfortune to pass a car #accident on the way to work. We were sitting on the #bus, in front of us were an Oriental lady, her son and a woman I think was probably her mother. They were conversing in their own language, but t
Riding at the back of the bus
Ok, so it is not a bus, it is an airplane, but when you are in the very last seat this is what the view looks like. You get a wonderful view of the back of a lot heads and some with bald spots. I took my first flight when I was 19 years old compliments o
