My BA flight to Heathrow was rather uneventful, unlike the last time, when the flight itself was quite an event. After 9 hours of watching mind numbing in-flight entertainment, I was at Heathrow (I’m pretty sure I slept during the flight, but can’t figure out which was sleep and which was entertainment)
I’m now here at Staines. My work place is at Egham, a little place which pretends to be a village. I bet its not a village, though. Its got a Maserati-Ferrari showroom, for god sakes !!
Staines and Egham look very cosmopolitan. And rich too. You see a lot of expensive cars around. Everyone seems to have good money and were advised by Jeremy Clarkson. I see cars which I thought nobody ever bought. Audi S8, Audi RS6, Merc SL 500, Merc AMGs, BMW M5, M6, Bentley Continental GT and even Maybach too. Not to mention countless Mercedes S-Class. I have never seen so many S-Classes in my life.
Of course the downside is that everything is expensive. Average room which was around £300 a month in Norwich might cost well over £400 here.
Another thing is, Asian immigrants seem to have settled around the place rather well. There are Coffee shops, Delis etc run by Asians (Indians mostly). The interesting thing here is that these jobs require freer interaction with the locals. This certainly is an improvement over the ghetto attitude found elsewhere (like Bristol for example?). And the best part is that even Indians here think its NOT ok to buy a crap car.
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
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Audis, Mercks, Bentleys..wow..Walking on the street must be like in a Auto Expo or something..
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