How do you save yourself from losing three pounds of water over a simple 5 mile run? By NOT running in sultry and humid Kolkata. I have been sitting down for 45 minutes and still am sweating profusely. Now my sister in law has brought some hot tea. This ought to be fun 🙂

10K run. Getting used to the humidity. Highlight of the run – stopped over at cousin’s place and had a tea with him before proceeding to run again.

Found an ultimate solution to the dog-chasing-runner problem. Pick the hottest time of the day with near saturation humidity to go for the run. The dogs refused to get out from the shades of the trees. One or two reluctantly gave a bark but that too with one eye open and chin still resting on the front paw 🙂 On the flip side, that was an extremely draining 7K run…

Humidity, thy name is Durgapur. One simple 5k run (dogless, I might add) and I was sweating like one of the Norwester clouds over here. Now having dinner with immediate family at our favorite hangout Peerless Inn. With some terrible wine, I am afraid!

Heading back to the small town that I was born in. Hope to see mom in a stable condition. Hope the street dogs recognize me as a friendly person during my runs. Hope to get a perspective that transcends quarterly numbers to hit.

This year, we went to Panama City Beach with the Hegde family during the Labor weekend. The kids had a blast as usual. Sharmila finally got to do her parasailing that she had been waiting for.

The kids, Sharmila and I went to Lima, Peru and spent a week there. We did not do the usual touristy spots like Machu Pichhu etc – mostly because I thought it would be too arduous for the kids. However, we had a whale of a time in and around Lima. We went to a few great beaches including Santa Maria and El Silencio. We also spent a great day with Julio (Best) and his family – Lilian, Andrea and Sofia. Finally, we had a great time visiting Nikita’s nanny’s (Nancy) family and house in Chorrillos.

Sharmila and I went to Lisbon to celebrate her 40th birthday. Our good friends from London – John and Maria joined us there. We had a good time in Lisbon proper as well as Cascais and Sintra. On our way back, we stayed in Paris for a day and met up with our old friend from Dallas days – Reddy.