two months later

I haven't gone anywhere so I haven't written. The last two months have been busy, but nothing worth writing about here. No updates yet on what I am doing next. I'll get back to that later.

Halifax is gross and cold. I still miss India. Things have been crazy over there recently. The Mumbai attacks were horrible, and I was pretty upset watching all of it on TV. (If you are somehow oblivious to international news and missed it completely, google it and read about the terrorist attacks and hotel sieges on Nov 26.) I think I sat in front of the TV and cried for 8 hours the first night it was happening. Those terrorists attacked so many places I've been and know really well. In the past year I've spent at least a month in Mumbai, and I'm pretty familiar with it, especially the areas that happened to be under attack, since they were common tourist areas. It was totally surreal to see these places that are so vivid in my memory on TV, with all of that going on. It's all so horribly sick and depressing. The images of the train station, the Taj on fire, and the cafe were the most unbelievable for me.

Especially Leopold's Cafe. When I went to Mumbai in March that place was right next to my hotel and I went there every day at least once. I was there so often I made friends with one of the staff there, Thomson, and he was trying to help me get into a Bollywood film. I've even mentioned him in my blog once or twice. We used to talk every day, and in September when I went back to the cafe he remembered me from March. I went there for dinner a few times, and Erica and I had drinks there one night. Thomson and I had a running joke that I was supposed to be finding him a woman. Anyway, seeing this cafe on TV with blood everywhere and bullet holes was more than a bit disturbing. I can't imagine that it's the same place. Apparently the attacks were originally scheduled for Sept. 27 and then got pushed back. It's conceivable that Erica and I could actually have been there when it happened, which is scary, but I don't really think about it too much. I am just so sad for everyone who was there. And I have no idea if Thomson was there when it happened, or whether or not he's okay. I suppose I could call and ask, but I don't think I'd want to know if the answer was bad. I'll go and see next time I am in Mumbai.

Alright, enough horror, it's Christmas Eve. I am feeling extremely indifferent to Christmas this year. I am not sure how it even got to be December. It feels like it should still be August. On the positive side of things, I've now maintained a blog (well, sort of) for an entire year.

All I want for Christmas is for this movie to release in Halifax:



Otherwise, the travel blog will get interesting as I'll have to travel some place to go and see it.

Happy Christmas, New Year's, whatever else, etc. etc. :)