The Adventures of TinTin and Snowy

Its been a busy weekend. Can't imagine where time has gone. Its Tuesday already.

The Friday Staff barbecue was awesome. We all met at the marina and sailed down Alex's canal boat. They don't look like much from the outside but his was quite posh inside. Its got everything you need to live on it. It had a big double bed, it had a shower and toilet, a kitchen with all the mod cons., a living room with a home theatre system and a fireplace and lots of storage. What more do you need? We cruised along while chugging back the beers and moored up at a nice secluded spot in the countryside. The bbq kit came out and pretty soon I was making tandoori chicken. That was a big hit with everyone. After that we cruised down to one of the numerous pubs that dot the canals and got hammered there. After a crazy pub crawl along the canal with the boat, one of my colleagues committed a cardinal school boy error of passing out after having one too many. We then proceeded to do all sorts of tricks on him. We singed his hair, trimmed his eyebrows, tried to balance as many things on his head as possible. It was hilarious. All in all, it was a proper drunken lads night out and it was great. I really needed the unwinding.

Woke up next day and I felt like the ground was shaking beneath me all the time. I had the most god awful hang over ever!! Parked myself in front of the telly and tuned into Live 8. It was awesome. 9 concerts all over the world happening at the same time. Its a concert that's going to go down in history. The Make Poverty History campain is the biggest global campaign ever undertaken. Africa is on the news everyday. Africa lives on the BBC 24-7. It was crazy to see Pink Floyd play together again after 20 odd years. Whoever missed that concert will live to regret it. I'm not going to patronize people by actively campaigning for Africa, but I've done my bit and the world would be a better place if we all did our bit for Africa.

Sunday saw us go to Manchester to catch a Hindi Movie called Parineeta. Its been a while since I saw a good Hindi film and it was refreshing to see Saif Ali Khan in a serious movie. Vidya Balan is drop dead gorgeous. And she's apparently a paandi- half Tamil half mallu. Its a pity that all the pretty mallus or tams just don't stick around in the south Indian film industry.

Monday was our 5th anniversary. Its been five years since that train journey on the Corramandel Express from KGP to Chennai. Five years since that night which we both didn't sleep just because we didn't want to waste a minute together on sleep. I remember what she wore that day. It was a small black and white checkered shirt and she wore jeans. At Chennai we went to that restaurant on the first floor and sat by the window and blatantly kissed in public. We must have shocked a few tam grandpas there. But we didn't care coz we were so in love and we'd finally told each other. The journey from Chennai onwards where we parted ways was excruciatingly painful. Its been five lovely long years baby. And I still love you. And I always will. It still feels like yesterday when we cuddled on the train.