Public-phone and Air-pump

before cellphone started to be widely used, i used public phone when i needed to have a peaceful teleconversation.....all because my parents' place (had been staying with them for many years before i moved here) was very small (and it is still the same size) but the havoc it holds at any one time is close to the one we would encounter at wet market......(BTW, neither i nor any one else could do anything to curb the havoc as the house has been the official meeting point of my siblings who define bonding and comradeship as 'the-more-havoc-the-closer-we-get!!!!!!')

.....so back then i was never able to be on line without the other person at the other side of the line asking me whether 'is the ship u r on sinking?' or 'how many kids have u got by now?' or 'r u sure it is ok we talk now?'....and the sorts.....

so, off i went looking for public-phone center in the area......and what ticked me off every time was .... only one out of three or four booths (and the phone inside the booth) was ok (if i was lucky) and i had got to go to three or four public-phone center (before i got lucky) in the area.....and many times (m no-luck person) got to go out of the area to find one public phone which was in a good working order ......

thank God cellphone came into the picture and i am saved from having to observe vandalism take place like there is nothing wrong with it....

and after 17 years or so and this memory of public phone has no longer crossed my mind, three days back while at a gas station in my new place trying to fix my flat tire, the entire episode of being at public-phone center got refreshed......(look at the pictures)....

...killing-me angry!!!

Paintball or Painball

This picture was taken in 2007. I was not and had never been into paintballing. But the kind of person I am, I would take any chance of trying anything once in a life time (and yes I have certain rules to 'anything in life' though).

My experience on an archery field some 17 years back repeated on this paintball field......I could not focus on a target, hold a weapon and target it at a victim....it was very painful to try and only God knows why I am so....

Now the Tallest Building is........

.....the tallest building here now is seen at the background (the distant look is not accidental so not a word about it ok).....it has been completed and the occupants have been moving in stages since the last three weeks or so. got the chance to get to the highest floor and view the surrounding area two weeks back, after attending a meeting with the local council.....

....will post clearer picture of this 22-floor building upon official announcement that 'this is the building!' ....reportedly would take place in dec.....

.....the picture was taken one and a half km from the building (before some other building stand in between the building and the kfc).......before i leave this place (one of these days) would come at this same spot and take an 'after' picture....just to compare with this 'before' picture...