My feelings before the start of the LEL 2017, the 1400 brevet London-Edinburgh-London.
Prologue to LEL
Oh, I miss the…
Riding the peaceful countryside of UK, I seemed to miss the chaos of Bangalore traffic. Written at Harlow, UK. Oh, I miss the honk Oh, I miss the jam Oh, I miss the chaos Oh, I miss the potholes Oh, I miss the dust Oh, I miss the jaywalkers Oh, I miss the humps Oh, I miss the kisses Oh, I miss the near-misses Oh, I miss the … Dear BLR traffic
Summer love
Today I went to register and collect the jersey/brevet card for LEL. Whilst riding though the open countryside, It was lovely and I had to stop and write the seeds of this poem below. Written at Harlow, UK. Airplanes draw lines in the sky Wooing the gentle cottony clouds Whilst the sun gently basks behind And the blue sky plays Cupid The lines curve to form the heart ”Tis the season of Summer Warmth and…
Riding in the English countryside
Oh, I loved riding the cycle in the English countryside on the second day after landing in UK. Written in Harlow, UK. Eyes flitting Between cue sheet and road Scenery quickly twitting On both sides, very broad Only befitting For the cyclist, rhythm flowed Chilly winds blow Sunlight, a mild glow Horses majestically tip-toe Life in the countryside slow Oh the joy of cycling In the English countryside.
Three monkeys
“Hear no evil, talk no evil, see no evil” of The three monkeys picture can be very useful in surviving the Bangalore Traffic too !
Bangalore traffic signal
A typical business day on Bangalore roads! It is fun commuting by cycle to work.
Red light area
I entered the red light area. I stopped and looked at her anxiously, for the green signal. I noticed that everybody was very keen on her dropping the guard. Some of them sneakily moved forward. She blinked and everybody rushed headlong passing her into the next red light area at the next traffic light.
Litigation
In a consumer court hearing… The petitioner said “Milord, I am running around in circles to get them to fix the bug, but to no avail” The respondent said “Milord, I have been fair and square when I told him to the point, that it is a new feature” Now they called in the tester as a witness who poetically said: Twas a bug that I found “Ain’t so big”, they said and they added…..
Sympathy & Empathy
Addressing the testers graduating from CleanSoft Academy The Test Guru said: Empathise with the users and Sympathise with the developers not Empathise with developers and offer Sympathy to users Feelings are important, don’t misplace them.
Bits in the cloud- The new social
A creative on social networks.The social A-Z (partial) – bit.ly, BuzzFeed, delicious, digg, Facebook, flickr, Foursquare, happn Hootsuite, Jive, Line,LinkedIn,Pinterest,scribd, SlideShare, Smule, Snapseed, Strava, Tinder, Twitter,Tumblr, Quora, yelp, Zynga.(dost = friend in Hindi, line maro =‘hit-at’ in Hindi) Post the cool morning runSelfies with the glorious sunPepper the snaps with lovely seedsReady instantly these little gramsIn a ‘gif’fy a photo frame with beads Onto the book all these faces I postAnd wait for likes from…