Thursday, March 17, 2011

Visit to an upbeat Shopping Mall and Multiplex

The  City  Center   Shopping  Mall and  Multiplex  is 
just  5   mins walk  from where  I  live
but  not  once was I able  to
darken its  stately  halls since  it
was inaugurated  2  years  ago.
Ash, Megan,  I   ,  Sonia  and  Abner
trouped  inside  on the weekend
they  were   here.

Its a modern  temple  of  wealth,
consumerism and  progress.
Ash  and Megs  said it  was  just like 
a Canadian mall.

Ash,  Megan, Abner, Sonia
Some  photos  are  smudged 
because  they were  taken 
with  my  mobile  phone.
Our  visitors  bought nice  apparel  and  gifts
I  am  an  escalator challenged  person.
Those  giant  moving   stairs 
are  the  ultimate  test  of  my  courage.
I  avoid them because  I feel
wobbly  and  dizzy  on them
and  I  fear  I  will  not  be  able to  get
off  in time and  the last
stair   will  swallow  me  up
and  grind me  into hamburger  patty.
I   wouldn 't  do well in Disney Land,
so  please  don 't  take  me  there.
 While  others  sailed up  and down
effortlessly,  I  took  the relatively  safer  elevator.
But that was   also  quite  an experience,
because  I kept  getting  free  rides up  and  down
thanks to the  smarter people in the lift.
I  thought  I  would  have  to spend  the
rest of  my life   in  the  lift (elevator).
Once  I  press the wrong  button and  sank
down  to  the  second  basement
and  had  to  be
resurrected again.
Later  on Ash treated me  to  my
first  PVR  Multiplex movie.
The   Kings  Speech - its  so
wonderful,  it  really  deserves
all the  awards  it  got.

Actually  it  was  after years  that I
watched  an English  movie  in  a cinema.
The  last  one  was Titanic,  in  a  grubby  hall
with  Ashish 's  family
(Food court)
The  rich  would have  to  eat  money,but
luckily the poor  provide  food
(Russian Proverb).

So  this  was  really  special-
sitting  in  a plush hall
armed  with  Nachos  and Coke.
And  there were just   8 or 9  spectators
in  the  theater for  the mid day  show,
so  it  felt  as if   we  had   booked
the  hall  for ourselves.
Mind  you  the tickets  were
very  expensive-
my  poor middle class brain reeled.
But  fun  it  was!
In the  basement  there  is  a
Spencer 's  chain store,
like  a  supermarket
and  I  quite  like  it.
In  closing  let me  tell  you
that  the  scans on my sister
Anjali (Ashish 's   mom)
did  not  show  any   alarming results.
But  the  doctors  will take
some  X-Rays to  double check.
She  is  weak and  dopey  after
the  procedure  and  sedation
but  will be  back at work tomorrow.
Thank you  for praying  for her.
There  is  a  vast  difference  between  the 
type  of  medicine  practised
in the developed  and  the  under-developed world.
In  the  west preventive  medicine  is practised,
whereas in  the  poorer  countries
curative medicine  comes  into  use.
What  do you  think?

No comments:

Post a Comment

Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...