Baggage Claim

Today July 2, 2008 1:30 PM Pacific time I am at Seattle Tacoma Airport waiting to board Dallas flight. Waiting is the last thing I like. But this waiting in SEA helps me to keep my 390G busy.

Baggage Claim, I am writing this post after my eyes clicked the airport direction board @ SEA airport. many, would have seen this word @ Airport direction board.

This takes me back to my sweet old memories which happened like three years back at Pittsburgh airport. I flew from Chicago-> Pittsburgh. that day I didn't check in any baggage. The journey was cool though no teenage gal was next to me everything was perfect and the flight was on time. but after I got out of airplane at Pittsburgh airport. I struggled like anything to find Airport EXIT door. Finally the person who was cleaning the floor gave me the direction which the direction board doesn't.

MAN, that was the moment I laughed at myself, was like what the heck!!! I could able to come all the way from Peoria to Pittsburgh but I don't know how to go out of Pittsburgh airport.

FUNNY! But True. I struggled like 15 to 20 mins. to find my way out. You ppl can think what an Idiot I am; I should have seen the direction board to find my way. I did see direction board but I didn't see enough information that I needed. Yes, the information I saw in the board was

Terminal A, B, C etc
Restrooms
Baggage Claim
Gate 17 to 18 etc

But I didn't see a word EXIT on the board. if I had my baggage checked in I would have just followed the baggage claim and wouldn't have faced any problem to exit the airport. But I had only cabin luggage which lead me to have interesting experience :). Even though it is interesting, I never shared this to anyone, till date. For some reason I felt this as a most Embarrassing moment of my life. The reason I am telling this now is becoz one of my close friend also faced the same problem at Minneapolis airport last month. Now I feel like I am not the only stupid in this world. hahaaaaaaaaaaaaaa :~)

Information is wealth. This information is from Experience. But why I am telling this experience from SEA airport.
Simple! I didn't find the word EXIT on the SEA airport direction board also.
So when you want to go out of airport for a change don't look for EXIT in the direction board. Just follow the Baggage Claim you will find the EXIT door near the Baggage Claim conveyor.

59th Republic Day

Jan 26th 2008, 1.39 AM CST. Today is India's 59th Republic. I am writing this post soon after the program that I saw in CNN IBN which made my eyes to water after a long time. It’s an interview with 3 soldier’s family who lost their life while serving for the country.

I really don’t know what made me cry. Whether the tears of the mother who lost her Son. Or the discrepant end of the Hero’s at the age of 21, 22.

one has to watch the program to feel what I am trying to write here............but one thing I can see with a clarity is that ...Fate, Responsibilities, Technology....and what not. Can take anyone out of India, But it cannot take India out of One.