Today I left Lebanon!! Beirut to be specific and also I loved every part of it !! I also found out that I has overpaid for the hotel charges and decided to wisely invest that amount of money on some cds and books!! I didn’t want to be the major contributor to the piracy revolution in general.Recently I had read 4 books in the twilight series and was in the whole reading groove suddenly and wanted to read as much as possible!!! So after investing in some good books I came across this amazing book called “How to lose friends and alienate people” by Toby Young which supposedly produced into an amazing book and I was immediately intrigued > now 79 pages into the book ands finding it extremely interesting on the terms that what satirical humor stands for I now realized that how much I am enjoying this when I took the time to write this blog as something happened while going thru customs and immigration. Let me start from the beginning about my visa related issues!! My visa was issued from the Lebanese embassy in Kuwait which was for 15 days and I had overstayed 7 days and expecting a fine I came pretty early to sort out the issues at the airport. It was then I was going thru the usual immigration issues and the immigration officer found the fault and took me to his supervisor who in turn gave me the old very very dirty eye until he saw my nationality.

“Do you know Shahrukh Khan???”

“Yes”

“Do you know Aishwariya Rai??”

“Yes”

“Do you like Biriyani??”

“Yes”

“Spicy??”

“Yes”

“Did you like Lebanon”

“I loved it “

“Good. Good.I love India very very much !!!!” he exclaimed in his thick Lebanese accent.

That’s when I relaxed.

“Where did u go in Lebanon??”

“I went to Monet street,Gemayzeeh,Forum de Beirut was all I could muster”

“You didn’t go to the mountains “ he said as if I had committed a crime.

“Well I ran out of money”

“Well you spent it in all these places”

Then he exclaimed that “Well I hope you had a good time and are coming back soon”

I asked him “What about the fine??”

He said something I will remember for the rest of my life “You didn’t have enough money to see the mountains how can I take money when you didn’t have enough money to see my country. Next time you come go to the mountains and come with an extended visa”

I was stumped and touched. He told me go on and this is the one of the most chearished memories I carry of Lebanon.

(Was written on the 1st of December) It’s not everyday that you get to mix Bacardi diet coke and Christmas carols!! ! I mean it was like an amazing feeling!! The Christmas season has kicked in full gear in Lebanon with my office people especially Ghada screaming about hanging an ornament on the tree every time I passed!!! The main star was to be put up by Nyla who was still on vacation. Tomorrow is my last day in Lebanon and since I didn’t have anything else to do I came to the bar and started to blog!!! I mean got bored and tripping on 5 Bacardi’s I was pretty high so please don t mind my usual way of writing without punctuation!! ! Also the feeling is like I am in a cathedral with a bunch of monks!!! And I just hiccupped and I am sure the whole fucking lobby heard me ….. The guys next to me are speaking English but yet I am not able to understand them!!! why oh why !! cos maybe I am drunk well living in misery for some time and the reason is on a need to know basis I am sorry to say that I am actually having a good time and I am planning to enjoy the same feeling when I reach India and will be riding my new bike !! For which I have been waiting for some time now!!! And for which I have paid completely and fully out of my own pocket!! ( In your face *******)So well Lebanon what did it teach me!! It taught me to be a miser and also that the best of the people can be found in bars!!! :D Yes Yes I know what you people are thinking that I am bloody drunkard and talking bullshit but u meet the most intriguing people in the bar maybe it be the bar tender whose father loves Indian spicy food or the other bar tender who is paying thru for his hospitality management course by working here. I love meeting people in this way cos you know that world doesn’t revolves around a PC and you CAN meet people without getting into the chat rooms although it’s a bit expensive !! and I love the culture people share here !! I mean I have been to the mountains and the buildings I saw there I sometime wish I could find a small home and settle here for good. But the things that stand out the most is the number of MI16’s I have seen over the last few days!!! Man its amazing that in sooo much and agony people smile and smile like as if nothing is wrong!! They are having a good time !!! and boy do they know how to have a good time !!! I will be going BO18 in some time and getting drunk till the nest morning so I can have a really good time !!!:D I deserve it!! I have been working my ass off for the last year or so!!! And I need a break from all of this. From the sandy deserts!! From the excuse of a life people live in Kuwait!! I don’t hate the country I just wish it had more to offer to the younger crowd.Anyways my drunk ramblings have gone on for some time now and I don’t wanna continue anymore !!! if I do I can never make it to Pacifico !! :P So good and having a fucking Good night !!!