Bangalore ... best city in India?

I dread late flights ... and my flight to Bangalore on Sunday meant I arrived there at 1:30 am Malaysian time. By the time I got to the hotel, I was really dazed since I am the boy who needs his sleep. It didn't help that I had someone to bunk in with me for the entire stay. and he's a smoker .... sigh, he somked in the toilet, but even that, I had to choke in the next morning, so I sternly said .. no smoking in the room if he wants to bunk in with me.

Now, the morning was quite nice .... noticed the night before washed the place in wetness and in the nice cool highland air, the city was green ... unlike grimy Mumbai .... for a start, I was in love with Bangalore.

Now, the conference was like any others ... the usual problems ... the usual praises ... but what was different was that the conference was my brinachild, so the accolades were taken closer to my heart ... but the praises were good; I was on to something ... least for the conference. Now, what's new & exciting was that this conference had a cocktail reception ... and I enjoyed it ... though I busted my mind with a quick shot of vodka lime ... but then the stroll along the MG (Mahatma Gandhi) Road was great ... it's the shopping street for the city, so took a look around ... it was also my 1st time going really shopping in India (ironically the last time too, least for this year). But this is what I think is good to buy in India ...

> hand stitched shoes ... quite nice ... bought my sister a pair ...
> sandal wood souvenirs (a little pricey but still cheaper than KL)
> men's clothing (I bought 1 long sleeved shirt ... each for RM18 ... in silk ... )
> Indian sweets ... yummy :)
> Indian accessories .... we have the same inM'sia but the varieties here are more and slightly cheaper than the ones I saw in Little India

Didn't see much of touristic places since I wanted to cover my shopping.

The wait for my flight was horrendous .... one of my speakers wanted to take me out, instead, he kept me in his office, waiting until quite late, without dinner and panic because by the check-in time, he still kept me in office ... was very afraid I will miss the flight. Really crazy & the darkest point of my trip .... the only time I lost my temper due to hungriness, panic and helplessness. Thank goodness everything went well once I reached the airport.

But never again, I will go to dinner with people before the flight ... sigh

The trip energized me ... in the head but my tiredness crept on me by the time I finished off today. Came home, ate, then crashed at 7:30pm until now ... 11:30pm ... going back to sleep soon. So goodnight world ... see u tomorrow