Air India? By bus or plane?

Another Air India Story this.. but then again, with an awesome carrier like this one you know there will always be there stories...
Return flight from Mumbai to Singapore... Obviously being Air India, we don't just board the plane, but have to take a bus to it.. Yes, even for international flights...
The idea of taking a bus to take a plane always fascinates me... well not really, not the actual doing, its just the concept of it that is so amusing
So all of us already weary passengers wait and wait and wait some more for any announcement of when boarding will begin.. it is 12:20 already and nothing so far for our flight that is supposed to take off at 12:45
Then they begin shoving us into the buses to get to the plane.. All in, the bus takes off for a 7 min ride around the airport.. Bus stops, people get off and walk towards the plane... Steward standing at the base of the steps looks at the first passenger's ticket, then looks around.. looks some more, confused... and says:
"But you're going to Singapore and this flight is for Mangalore !!"
Sigh
And so on we go the bus again.. for a 15 minute bus ride this time..round and round the airport, till they FINALLY find our plane to Singapore.. by the time we're getting into the aircraft it is already 12:45, but then again.. it wouldn't be Air India if it actually took off on time !!

Marriage Proposals: About to Propose

I can see this happening sometime in the future... and I'm wondering whether my Tarzan is the only one crazy enough to have thought of this.

Innovative way to Propose marriage # 1:

Tarzan comes on a white horse through the streets of Singapore (yes, a horse is going to be walking the streets here). Considering the city's clean image, our white horse will be wearing a nappy.. avoid that littering fine as well.
So.. yes.. Tarzan on white steed screams from a microphone up to Jane on the 23rd Floor and asks for her hand in marriage.
Jane nods her head back (she does not have a microphone and won't be heard from that high up)
Oh and I forgot the main part - you know how couples have a Just Married sign on their cars on their wedding day.. Well our sturdy steed is going to have "About to Propose" pasted on his bum as he makes his way to Jane's humble abode... and have tin cans trailing from his tail so that anyone else who might have missed a horse on the Singapore streets won't miss the din

Tarzan & Jane are hoping with all the news this creates someone comes ahead to sponsor the wedding and maybe honeymoon as well

Signed: Tarzan n Jane

Air India !!!

This one was a blog story in the making right from the time we booked our flights to Mumbai on Air India.
My second flight on Air India ever and I was completely nervous expecting horrendous 5 and a half hours of nightmares.. but it was a pretty good flight.. The Air Hostesses had the "ask me for help and I’m throwing you off the plane" look, but were surprisingly nice for the expressions on their face (well, some people have faces like that, they just can’t help it).
The food was good, an amazingly smooth flight, we didn’t even realise when we took off or landed (partly to do with the fact that we took off so damn late, but then this was Air India, some things you just assume will happen)

Anyway, so we hear this old lady ahead of us ask the air hostesses for a "shawl" (or blanket, however you wanna call it)
Air hostess passes by a while later and gives her something.
20 minutes after that is this conversation with another air hostess -

Air Hostess: " Aunty, sab theek hai na. You need anything"
Old Lady: " Nahi, theek hai"
Air Hostess: "Achcha. Lekin aapko Salt kyo chahiye tha?"
Old Lady: "Nahi Ji, Maine Salt nahi Shawl maanga tha"

Oh well..

Home Sweet Home

I'm not sure why I didn't think of this earlier and plan a proper longer holiday, but then that’s usually how it is... Last minute plans these were...
I figured Chinese new year holidays would be better spent ambling the time away at home in India instead of being stuck in Singapore where most people have left for the festivities and holidays to other parts of Asia.

All in all, this has been a well planned surprise visit.. and I’m so happy to be back sleeping on my own bed and tasting all the lovely food here.
My lovely Malwani food from the take away at the corner of the road - if I had a last meal before being sent to the electric chair - this would be it (along with some Goan sausages, and some other food as well. Big meal that one will be)

Dear Ole Goa Portugesa - without the owner coming and disturbing you at your table that is.

The Amazing n Awesome Jai Hind at Pali Naka - this food will also be included in that last meal.

Gondola's and Soul Fry - I never know which one to go to, agony it is chosing cause they're both so yummy..

And my favourite place i missed the most - Good Luck Irani Cafe at Mehboob Studios. It’s just not a proper morning without the yummy Brun Maska and egg Bhurji. Sigh. This followed by Mango Milkshake at Just around the corner - this one you just have to taste.

All that’s left now, Margarita's at Not Just Jazz and my usual dinner at DPRC... I can hardly wait for tonight...