Its been a month now I've been here in Glasgow, just realised that the Kelvinbridge subway is a bit closer to the uni as compared to Hillhead! Jokes apart, I've almost understood the lifestyle and come to appreciate the amount of work which gets put in by the average Glaswegian in doing their daily work, be it the day to day chores , office work, shopping or pubbing! We Indians have an excuse for every little thing: I won't do that,very tired, just came from school and the jargon, but you have to admire the enthusiasm of the public here, they will work their arse off the whole day and yet still find time to shop for daily needs, watch the soaps and socialise! Its a system I am trying to emulate although I am fumbling all the way!
One thing I've noticed here is that unlike the hardworking people, the pigeons here are super lazy! They don't give a damn who is coming their way! Its the people who have to actually manoeuvre around them. The other day, I almost stepped onto one but realised just in the nick of time and landed my foot awkwardly away from it appearing to be a drunkard roaming the city!
The city moves on, with the hustle and bustle of the subway in the morning, which almost reminds me of the locals in Mumbai, although with a hint of sophistication. People actually form queues everywhere! I've never seen it in my life, queues for getting a ticket is okay, but standing in file for getting into the subway was a new experience for me. In case there is no place to sit, people prefer standing on the platform waiting for the next train to arrive instead of going standing in the train in front of them!
Another thing I find amusing here is the sequence of events occurring before one tries to cross the road. You have to hit the "Wait" button on the traffic post. It seems that it is a reminder to the person who has to cross the road to wait instead of the cars to wait for him/her to cross! And they wait, and wait and wait until the walk signal is not green before they walk the measly 15 feet to the other side!!
The weather is changing, storms expected over the weekend says the BBC, in the already sunlight deficient country, lets hope the storms clear the horizon so that we can see the sun atleast once the next week!
One thing I've noticed here is that unlike the hardworking people, the pigeons here are super lazy! They don't give a damn who is coming their way! Its the people who have to actually manoeuvre around them. The other day, I almost stepped onto one but realised just in the nick of time and landed my foot awkwardly away from it appearing to be a drunkard roaming the city!
The city moves on, with the hustle and bustle of the subway in the morning, which almost reminds me of the locals in Mumbai, although with a hint of sophistication. People actually form queues everywhere! I've never seen it in my life, queues for getting a ticket is okay, but standing in file for getting into the subway was a new experience for me. In case there is no place to sit, people prefer standing on the platform waiting for the next train to arrive instead of going standing in the train in front of them!
Another thing I find amusing here is the sequence of events occurring before one tries to cross the road. You have to hit the "Wait" button on the traffic post. It seems that it is a reminder to the person who has to cross the road to wait instead of the cars to wait for him/her to cross! And they wait, and wait and wait until the walk signal is not green before they walk the measly 15 feet to the other side!!
The weather is changing, storms expected over the weekend says the BBC, in the already sunlight deficient country, lets hope the storms clear the horizon so that we can see the sun atleast once the next week!
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