That was a well executed surprise!! Yesterday I landed in India to visit my ailing dad for a few days.. Nobody other than my brother knew. My sister in law almost choked in surprise. Should have seen my nephews’ jaws drop when they saw me. Then we all drove to my dad’s house. My mom – who absolutely did not recognize me as I was pulling the suitcase out of the elevator – whispered to my sister-in-law -“Who is that guy? Is he with you folks?” 🙂 My dad was so overwhelmed by it, he got out of the bed and started pacing up and down!! (I have come to see him since he had a knee operation and he is having post-operative complications and he soon realized he is not supposed to pace up and down 🙂 ). Nobody can believe it that my brother and I kept it completely under the wraps for over two months!!! To maintain the secrecy, I even stopped posting on Facebook. (All my FB friends are so going to “Like” the last statement 🙂 ). I have been posting on rollsroys.wordpress.com though.

One of the blisses in life! Early morning 4 mile run with my brother! It was foggy as heck!!

It is 50 degrees. And there is no concept of room heating. God it is cold. Just six months back I was here and it was 108 degrees. No wonder my parents complain so much about everything 🙂 And I have become such a wimp!!!

Sunset from the plane. 41000 feet over Iraq.

There is something very reassuring about that sign at any airport. Even if it is as far away from home as Dubai!

Landing in Dubai…

The huge A380 is being de-iced!!