Chris Kramer and I had joined Equifax pretty much around the same day. Other than being team mates, we had found another connection. His mother was the teacher for both Natasha and Nikita in their elementary school!!
We had a fun time catching up on old friends, learnings from our different jobs and our families!
That is how she described me as she sent this video to a common friend. Tried out Union Hill Park skating rink for the first time. Took her there in case I came back with some extra pieces of bone.
There were two young guys practicing their tricks. To save myself from too much embarrassment, I went and introduced myself to them first.
“How long have you guys been doing this?”
“Oh! about 4 years.”
“Cool. I am just getting started. I am too old for this. But I want to try.”
Instead of laughing it away, the younger kid did a whole old man thingy on me – “It does not matter how old you are. You gotta do it as long as you are having fun”.
I was not expecting that from a young kid.
“Thanks for the encouragement, man!”, I said and went off to my corner.
After I was done practicing, the kids gave me a couple of tips on how to pick up the board without bending. They were doing it in a fluid motion. I was dropping the board all over the place!!
But it was fun! And a young guy once told me to keep doing it as long as I was having fun!!
You cannot make this stuff up… Snake on flight from Kolkata to Mumbai
All I want to know is how did it get the RT-PCR test done? 🙂
Most of all the clothes are now taken care of. In all, got rid of about 220 pieces of clothes – that is 75% gone!
I have about 70 now – including motorcycle clothes, running clothes, office clothes, casual wear, sleep wear, yard work clothes and all that – for both winter and summer.
I think I can go down 20 more to about 50. 10 are the funny T-shirts of this summer that will go away in a year. I think I still have 10-15 more than I need because I cannot gauge correctly how much winter clothes I might need. I have a sense between my running jackets, office jackets, motorcycle jackets, sweater and warm layers, I can go down a few more. But might need to go thru a winter and then make the call.
Phase 3 will be all the accessories – shoes, caps, gloves, socks etc.
Then will be Phase 4 – how to get the world’s largest suitcase!! 🙂
I believe the name Tangaroa means the God of Ocean – Polynesian and Maori mythology. The drinks is in line with that visual of ocean beaches and hot summers. It is a mango based cocktail.
1 ounce of white rum and amber rum each, 1/4 ounce of amaretto and lime juice and 2 ounces of mango juice.
Garnish with a mango slice.
This morning, I went to check out the new skateboarding rink. Good news – there were no kids there to laugh at me 🙂 On my way back, I went to the Starbucks that the old Sunday morning Bengali running group usually hangs out after the run.
I have not run with this group in probably over a couple of years. Even the coffee visits have become fairly rare. It was good to catch up with the old and new runners…
