Sunday, October 5, 2008

Happy Feet ... but no Tardis!


I dont pay much attention to my feet, other than some TLC after my first Karate session earlier this year the occasional bout of toenail management is about as far as it goes - perhaps I have been missing out on something? Mrs Reiver returned from the spa last night after 75mins of feet pampering of a variety and ingenuity that was well beyond me and declared her feet to be officially 'Happy', and I was formally required to inspect their happiness - so Indians can do feet.

They can also do technology here: Bangalore is indeed the 'Silicon Valley' of India- I was recently at a conference in Gateshead (I do get to some exotic places) where they showed a video of a 'teleporting' demonstration by a large IT company where the CEO in the US was teleported into a conference in Bangalore - impressive! However we need this technology applied to the really important things in life - when you arrive with your 130kg of luggage to move to a different country clothes space can be a bit tight especially when your hotel room has one small wardrobe and no drawers. Clearly the Tardis wardrobe is an opportunity whose time has not yet come - but surely soon, surely soon!

Mrs Reivers happiness was however almost overflowing when we made our first visit to a local bookstore which had such a selection of stationary that she was almost mesmerised - it looks like here stationary habit as well as her spa habit may assert itself here.

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