Five years thence…
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…the world has been changed for ever. It has been a long five years. But I am still the same person, I think and I am slowly starting to like where I am.
Arun will probably get this post the moment he sees it, for he was there with me. D.N.A was there too, but like me, his memory is hazy. But for those of you, who aren’t in the know, five years ago, yesterday, I took my first trip on an airplane and flew Sabena from Chennai to Chicago via Brussels.
I don’t even remember which airline I flew from Chicago to Columbus. Age does that to you, you see. Which is why I have preserved the Friday section of The Hindu (chennai edition) that was given to me on the flight that day.
ÜberDesi
d.n.a.
August 18th, 2006 at 2:46 pmI was on that very same flight man!! I took Sabena, now defunct, all the way upto Chciago. May be you too. Around 18 of us on our way to Cincinnati.
Abi http://nanopolitan.blogspot.com
August 18th, 2006 at 11:53 pmAh, it must be a great feeling — recalling momentous events in your life. Your post triggered memories of my own. Except that it wasn’t five years ago, but more like 21 years ago on Aug. 4!
I remember the airline (Pan Am), I remember the good folks (seniors!) who picked me up, I remember the awsome feeling of seeing Pittsburgh’s night-time skyline as we got out of the tunnel for the first time, all the great friendships I made during the following six years …
Thank you for this post!
superstarksa http://superstarksa.com
August 19th, 2006 at 10:53 amAbi: Yes, it is a great feeling. Initially it was not though, as Arun (linked above) mentions in his twin posts. So much has changed. Even the airline I flew in is now defunct. But now it all seems so far out in the past. And yes, thank you for the comment and glad we touched a poignant nerve.
d.n.a: Dude, we were in the same group of 18 on the same flight and we had this conversation a couple of months ago too. Nee ennoda mosam!
qs.gemini http://no-creativity.blogspot.com
August 19th, 2006 at 11:39 amYou just reminded me of the time I got here… bitter-sweet!
Congratulations on a milestone!
Raindrop http://www.hotshortypartquarantedeux.blogspot.com
August 21st, 2006 at 8:06 pmAck.
You didn’t just happen to go to OU, did you?
superstarksa http://superstarksa.com
August 21st, 2006 at 8:39 pmRaindrop: Who knows? I might just have….:) Do we know each other?
q.s: Danks.. yes.. bitter sweet indeed. Looks like everyone’s experience is the same.
Raindrop http://www.hotshortypartquarantedeux.blogspot.com
August 21st, 2006 at 10:14 pmIt’s unlikely that we know each other, but how the hell did you survive Athens?
superstarksa http://superstarksa.com
August 21st, 2006 at 10:26 pmRaindrop: Well, it all will be clearer once you find out enough to ask the question - How did Athens survive me? Quaint town. I am almost missing it. But I am a simple man, so that might help explaining…
P.S: Me = ME not You
hardu http://www.hardu.blogspot.com
August 22nd, 2006 at 5:11 amCongratulations on completing 5 years.
capriciously_me
August 22nd, 2006 at 2:26 pmcycle gapla simple adhu idhunnu…anti…adangings plz … u taking the ferro route for scene vittufying-a?
deepa http://lordlabak.blogspot.com
August 24th, 2006 at 3:01 amAge does that to you?! Thambi, I am guessing you are still on the right side of the 30s. Adhukkulla polambala?
superstarksa http://superstarksa.com
August 24th, 2006 at 6:09 pmDeepa: Right side of the 30s for some. Wrong side of the 20s, according to me. Btw, neenga akkava illa maami-ya?
CM Aatha: Aaatha, unakku poramai…
Hardu: Danks, hardly an acheivement though!
some body
August 26th, 2006 at 7:25 am“Which is why I have preserved the Friday section of The Hindu (chennai edition) that was given to me on the flight that day.”
once you hitch your wagon, you will need to hindu (kannada, vb. - use tamilian pronunciation of hindu to say it) your ‘da hindu’ and trash it.
this would definitely date me, but the last leg of my first journey by air was by piedmont airlines. hah!!
- s.b.
superstarksa http://superstarksa.com
August 26th, 2006 at 10:05 ams.b: What “hitch the wagon”? I prefer to blaze my own path through the wilderness! You know, the whole “My path is a separate path” logic?
Piedmont Airlines? Canadian? Now I feel the same as anybody who hears the words Sabena Airlines…
deepa http://lordlabak.blogspot.com
August 28th, 2006 at 3:30 amthangacchi…:-)
superstarksa http://superstarksa.com
August 28th, 2006 at 12:47 pmDeepa: Your calling me “thambi” was remba over
lordlabakdas http://lordlabak.blogspot.com
August 29th, 2006 at 11:33 amchee…pervert!;-)
superstarksa http://superstarksa.com
August 29th, 2006 at 11:41 amDeepa: What the! You called me Thambi and so I was merely clarifying if I have to call you akka or if you are older, maami! Idhula enna irruku! Am I missing something here? :p
He he….
lordlabakdas http://lordlabak.blogspot.com
August 30th, 2006 at 5:27 amseri seri free. Chumma sonnen. You can call me Akka. Aunty konjam too much.:-)
superstarksa http://superstarksa.com
August 30th, 2006 at 10:30 amDeepa: He he. Deepa ne koopadren! And I know Aunty is 3 much! Believe me, I know!