Susie and I went to the Oberoi International School today to have a look at an alternative school for Max. Great school, lovely surroundings and amazing facilities, only problem is the £9,000 required to fund the last 5 months of the 5th Year! On the way to the school we were stuck in traffic and I was made to jump when a knock at the window made me turn around to come face to face with a man dressed up as a woman begging for money! As we waited and waited a small group of children walked past, they lived on the street under the flyover and seemed a happy bunch, who spotted Susie and I in the car and want money too. Not given any money yet as we have been warned not to but these guys seemed genuine so we gave them a handful of change which they seemed delighted with. We then spent the next few minutes face pulling and making them laugh which was a good way to spend time and they seemed very happy. Must be hard to grow up so fast on the side of a busy road with nothing more than you stand up in.
Leaving the office tonight I had a great idea, rather than sit in the traffic on leaving work for 20 minutes to arrive back roughly where we started, I would get Aftab to leave 20 minutes ahead of me and I would then leave work and cross 2 lanes of anywhere between 8 and 12 lanes of traffic (lack of lane discipline) and meet him on the other side of the main crossroads - genius! However crossing that much traffic in the dark, all moving at different speeds, sometimes in the wrong direction was less than a joke and I'm sure I won't be doing it again in a hurry....although I did manage to shave 30 minutes of my journey time so maybe, just maybe I will take my life in my hands again and try again tomorrow night!
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