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Eating Out

A Relaxing Meal?

A new day in Kingston upon Thames and London with so much to do.

I have not driven my car for about two months as I have been out of the country for such a long time, and Mee Len wants to see her two sisters, Mee Chee and Mee Wah. Mee Wah is visiting for a few days from Dubai.

I go down to get the car, and the battery is flat, no power. These days there are so many electronic parts on a car that the batteries run down, even if it is not being used. I spend more on batteries than petrol, having to replace them every year as I only do 2,000 miles a year, they never get enough charge.

Eventually I get the car to start, and we go to Leatherhead, for a quick lunch, and then the girls go of into London to the Victoria and Albert Museum, not for me, so home I go.

The internet is not working as my ISP has been taken over by another company, and I have to move once again. It goes wrong. The more I try to get it going the less it works, but I do not have time to work on it, I have to meet the family in Fulham, near the Chelsea Football Ground, at a restaurant called the Blue Elephant, based on the Thai cuisine.

This restaurant has many branches throughout the world, London, Paris, Brussels, Copenhagen, Lyon, Dubai, New Delhi, Beirut, Malta, Kuwait, and Bahrain, and as the list of locations would indicate, the cost of the food is expensive. Ok the atmosphere is good, lots of flowing streams with fish, criss cross the restaurant floor, were even the eating assistant, let me call her that, as she was allocated to me to show me to the table, as she got lost between the array of split levels and small little sections of tables, in this dimly lit place.

The service is fantastic, there are so many waiters and waitresses, that the plates are taken away and the next course would be put in front of you before you could say “Jack Robinson”.

The food was good, certainly better than airline food, but quantity wise, you got less. We did get a complimentary soup, small in quantity, about two table spoons, which started the meal.

The first round came with about five Dim Sum type offerings, spring rolls, a green jelly with coconut cream topping, a banana paste wrapped in a banana leaf, and something else again wrapped in a banana leaf. 

As always, I hardly ever know what is served to me on my plate, I eat it and wait until I have digested it before I ask what it is. 

                                                      

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Travels

Flight BA118 Bangalore – London. The Joy of Flying

By the time we had finished the Mind Map course at 6pm, packed-up, un-picked the course, had a meal, it was nearly midnight. My flight was at 6am back to London. That meant an early start to get to the airport, 4am. I still had to pack my suitcase, shower and book out of the hotel.

So, very little sleep.

The Bangalore airport is very small, Gate 1 seeming to be the only International departure point. The buildings appear to be being renovated, but I think like other cities, they will be moving the airport way outside the city boundaries, perhaps adding another hour to the journey.

I remember as a school boy, going on a school trip to visit London’s Heathrow airport, I would expect in the 1960’s. There were field all around the airport grounds, it was in the countryside. Now, as you fly in looking down, the vast amount of housing below, just shows how people move to be near the airport.

This same people now complain of the noise of planes taking off and landing.

Why did they move to the area in the first place? They knew the airport was there. They knew the noise would be there. Why complain? I expect they are glad they are on the doorstep when they want to fly.

So it is with most airports, people move towards the airports to live and work, then complain. Milan’s new Melpensa takes 50 minutes. compared to Linate which is 10 minutes from the city center. Kula Lumpa KLIA takes 1 hour, instead of a few minutes.

OK, the new airports are bigger and have more facilities, but still people drift out to live near the new ones, then complain.

My flight was delayed by over 2 hours, so what, just sit back and relax, do not go to sleep, even if the eyes need to close, you may miss the flight. Oh, I am so hungry, but I can wait for the meal on the flight, no I can’t, I am thirsty too.

I went to the little coffee bar, and get a muffin and tea, only to find out that they are complimentary of British Airways, because of the delay, but they made no announcement. Still that means that they did not spend so much, meaning more profits, and as a share holder of BA, that means more returns on my investment, if they pay anything out that is.

Eventually, we get on board, and I get my window seat, 27K. Strange, not a few hours earlier I had “checked-in” on-line on the internet, and booked seat 16K. I asked why my seat had changed, and I got the answer that they had changed the aircraft. What? Halfway through the outward flight from the UK?

I could not move from my seat during the flight due to the rather large ladies sitting in the two seats next to me, good job I have a strong bladder.

We had two meals during the flight, no choice really, non vegetarian or vegetarian. Yes, I could have ordered a special meal on booking the ticket, but I do not like to make a fuss.

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You too can enjoy exotic food on a plane too.

As we took off late that meant we arrived late into terminal 4 at Heathrow. The taxi waiting for me. I can get home and rest.

But then I was charged extra for waiting time of the driver, but he kept me awake on the drive home, as we talked about his home country of Sri Lanka, and my experiences of giving training in Columbo.

Oh the joys of travel. Let me sleep.  

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Mind Maps

Mind Maps Bangalore, my last day

Today is my last day in Bangalore, India, after a rather full program of training.

Yesterday, (Monday), I put on a one day Mind Map course with 22 participants.

I did not have to travel far as the course was held in the hotel I am staying in, aptly called Stay & Work, so I caught the lift from floor 2 to floor 5.

Apart from being thrown into darkness many times due to power cuts the day proved a huge success.

                           

Here’s looking forward to returning to Bangalore in October for a mix of Mind Maps and Memory, PhotoReading and Hypnosis.

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PhotoReading

PhotoReading. Affirmation and Acknowledgment – English

                                                                  

On the PhotoReading course I do give a card which gives the Affirmation and Acknowledgment that we say to ourselves going into the page turning process, and what we say on finishing the process, talking and giving instructions to our inner mind.

Just to remind the participants on the recent PhotoReading course here in Bangalore, I will reproduce the Affirmation and Acknowledgment :-

AFFIRMATION

As I PhotoRead my concentration is absolute.


All that I PhotoRead makes a lasting impression on my inner mind and is available to me.


I desire the information in this book (name the book), to accomplish my goal of (name your goal).


Acknowledgment

I acknowledge all feelings evoke by this experience and allow my inner mind and body to process them.


I’m curious in how many ways I will notice this information supporting me. 


ENJOY                      

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PhotoReading

PhotoReading. AFFERMAZIONI & RICONOSCIMENTO – Italian

AFFERMAZIONI & RICONOSCIMENTO For my Italian friends.  

                                                                  PhotoReading course I do give a card which gives the Affirmation and Acknowledgment that we say to ourselves going into the page turning process, and what we say on finishing the process, talking and giving instructions to our inner mind.

Just to remind the participants on the recent PhotoReading course here in Bangalore, I will reproduce the AFFERMAZIONI  and RICONOSCIMENTO :-

AFFERMAZIONI

Mentre fotoleggo la mia concentrazione è assoluta.


Tutto quello che fotoleggo crea un’impressione duratura sulla mia mente subconscia ed è a mia disposizione.


Desidero le informazioni contenute in questo libro …….. per realizzare il mio obiettivo di ………


RICONOSCIMENTO

Riconosco tutte le sensazioni evocate da questa esperienza e permetto alla mia mente subconscia ed al mio corpo di elaborarle.


Sono curioso di sapere in quanti modi mi renderó conto che queste informazioni mi saranno di aiuto.

ENJOY                      

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PhotoReading

PhotoReading. BİLDİRİM & ONAYLAMA – Turkish

BİLDİRİM & ONAYLAMA For my Turkish friends. 

                                                                  PhotoReading course I do give a card which gives the Affirmation and Acknowledgment that we say to ourselves going into the page turning process, and what we say on finishing the process, talking and giving instructions to our inner mind.

Just to remind the participants on the recent PhotoReading course here in Bangalore, I will reproduce the BİLDİRİM and ONAYLAMA :-

                  
BİLDİRİM

PhotoReading yaparken mutlak konsantrasyona sahibim.


PhotoReading ile okuduğum her şey içsel zihnimde kalıcı hale geliyor ve istediğim an ona ulaşabiliyorum.


Bu kitaptaki (kitap adı) bilginin bu amacıma (amacı belirleyin) ulaşmamı sağlamasını istiyorum.

ONAYLAMA

Bu deneyim ile gelen tüm hisleri kabul ediyorum ve içsel zihnimin ve vücudumun bu bilgiyi işlemesine izin veriyorum.


Beni destekleyen bu bilgiyi ne gibi yollarla fark edeceğimi merak ediyorum.


ENJOY                      

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PhotoReading

PhotoReading Bangalore. Day 3 The End.

The last day, bringing the whole mind system of PhotoReading together.

                                                      PhotoReading free of charge (FOC).

All left happy that they had had a great course, and it was certainly a great course for me. Great participants, good company.

                        Mind Map course has been arranged, which was to be for 4 or 5 participants, but as the news spread, seem to be nearer thirty.

It will be held in the hotel I am staying in, named aptly Stay & Work.

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Participants taking about their Mind Maps of the four books they have been Photoreading.

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PhotoReading

PhotoReading Bangalore Day 2

Over fifty participants on the PhotoReading course could be a challenge, but I am really enjoying their company. they are eager to learn, to try new ideas, to experience and embrace the absorption of words at 20,000 – 30,000 WPM.

Now that they have been with me on this course, they can come back on any further PhotoReading course free of charge to practice and update themselves. We are negotiating coming back to India in October, so sign up now.

It is amazing that Tom has traveled all the way from the UK to attend my course, and also people from all over India too.

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None seemed phased by the video recording equipment and crew, which films every move I make, and often hovering over their shoulders as they turn the pages over. Leaving the recording in the office in Neoway will help them review the course.

                                                   Mind Maps. Already we have a good number booked to join.

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Travels

No I do work.

My work takes me to exotic places, and Bangalore is another on my list, I am loving the scenes I am experiencing, quite different to when I was last in India many years ago.


The people are so friendly, as I witnessed when over fifty people filed into the Capital Hotel for the start of the PhotoReading course Friday night. This is what I am here for, not sightseeing, not as a tourist, but as a trainer, a guide, and it is what I love.


On the way to the hotel, I see places and sights, including the little taxis, which have various names in different countries, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Put Put’s’ and Tuk Tuk’s, after the sound they make as they whiz through the traffic, and India they are called autos or rickshaws. The old Ambassador car seen in the UK when I was younger still runs around. Marvelous.

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This is the third attempt at posting this blog today, as I keep loosing power, either the internet or the electricity supply, just as I posted to the net. Are the gods against me?


     

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Eating Out Travels

Infinitea Tastes

Anyone reading my writing will think that all I do is eat. No, I do work too.

Today is day one of the PhotoReading course here in Bangalore, I am about to prepare myself, pressing my suit, cleaning my shoes, ironing my shirt, getting my course aids together. Just as much work goes on prior to the start of the course as does in the presenting of the course itself.

I love my job, but I have to eat, and Ashlesh and Monica have really looked after me.

I was taken to the Samarkand Restaurant, Registan Square in the Gem Plaza, Infantry Road, Bangalore, for food that has its’ roots in Central-Asia, Samarkand, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan. Though a heavy wooden door, opened by a traditionally dressed guard of the region, we entered a dimly lit restaurant, with low tables.

The menu was in the form of a four page newspaper, the front page giving information of the origin and style of restaurant, the inner and back pages listing the menu as news items, with interesting snippets of information of health, food and culture of the region.

A small starter of colourful sticks and a creamy cheese dip arrived, the sticks hard as rock, followed by stuffed mushrooms with a variety of spices, not too hot or spicy.

The main course was ghost Ki Dum Biriyani, cuts of baby lamb, cooked with the finest basmati rice, “Dum” style. This is the rice and lamb, cooked in a container covered with a pastry, which is cut open at the table. The lamb was so tender, and the flavours mingled together. Wonderful.

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We have infinitea tastes available to us.