Flash Back of 2009

I-

-got shifted to a new project which is completely in new domain from a project on which I was working from last two years.

-went to Agra to attend my cousin’s marriage.

-purchased my new Dell Studio notebook.

-got addicted to work on my new laptop.

-increased my total hours to work on computer to 14 hours.

-travelled to Munich for official work, it was the best month as it was my first trip outside India and all things were sponsored from office :)

-cooked food in Munich and had a great feeling to have Indian food in Germany.

-made Slovakian friends in Munich.

-roamed around Munich on every weekend.

-spent time with Slovakian friends in India.

-celebrated my birthday at home with family.

-worked hard on the project and got more involved in it.

-got a new crush on a new girl.

-celebrated Diwali with my family consecutively second time after joining the job.

-watched as much TV as I have not watched in my up till life (I am working in IPTV domain).

-joined Facebook.

- didn’t wrote any post on my blog after July.

-enjoyed with all bros,sis and family in my another cousin’s marriage.

-met and talked to a new girl in my cousin’s marriage.

-celebrated New year with friends.

-danced up to 3 am on New year eve and slept up to mid day next new day of new year.

Few Hours of Night Life

***Disclaimer:This post is containing some words or actions which you may not expect from me so please don’t get surprised if you come across any such thing which shouldn’t be there according to your perception for me.***

Well, you know this is my personal space then what are you doing here….leave this page right now, did you got it…right now.…..Whoa!! whoa!!…come on….you are getting serious…I am just kidding okay….don’t mind… :)

On a Saturday, I slept whole day and waked up at around 7 PM so I was quite aware that I will not be able to sleep in night as I have already slept so much so I decided to have a night out and I have noticed some things which I saw and which happened around me during every hour of night so let’s start scribing them here.

9 PM

Every house wife was cooking dinner and I was able to hear the whistle of cooker from every single home in my building. Four guys who live in a flat just above my flat were having a heavy argument in their kitchen on the topic whether to cook aaloo ki sabzi or matar paneer for their dinner and how to cook it.Those were four and I was able to hear the four kind of recipes for these two sabzi (Poor guys, they must have asked me for this).

I and my other room mates were not in the mood to cook our dinner so we went out on a Bachelor dhaba near our society to have our dinner.Well, at this time we saw many peoples like us (Bachelors) were trying to get some thing new as compared to daily routine food.Some were eating chow-min, some were eating parathas (with butter…wow..yummy) and some were eating only tikki and chaat just to put some thing in stomach or just to do formality of having dinner.We had our dinner (some thing like that which i mentioned above :)) and came back to our flat.

10 PM

From my room’s window I saw that my Bengali neighbours were cooking their dinner (all Bengalis normally used to take their dinner late in night).Bengali saas and bahu were fighting with each other in the kitchen (it was just like as live telecast of Saas bahu daily soap) and their noise was disturbing all other people in the building.Suddenly,a voice of lady came from the flat below my flat asking these saas bahu to lower their voice as she was trying to sleep (I was wondering two things here 1. How much sweetness and love is going to be in dinner of Bengalis 2. How come this lady is sleeping at 10 pm, I mean, isn’t it too early to go to bed….but whatever). Guys above my flat were making rotis in their kitchen and it looked like that finally they decided on their choices of sabzi and cooked it.. I was wondering to ask them from room’s window “haan bhaiyon, kaun si sabzi bani he….thodi neeche bhi bhej do” :~) .

11 PM

I went to have ice cream with my roomy (I enjoy ice cream mostly in winter season :)). There was still a long queue out side ATM centre. Heavy vehicles were started on roads as they are not allowed to enter this area before 11 pm.People were moving to their homes and market was fading away, shops were getting closed.Only students and bachelors were standing at Sutta corner to have their suttas for the night :!] .

00 AM

A girl was talking on her phone in her balcony, a lady was surfing Orkut on her laptop by resting on bed, a studious boy was studying with his study lamp on and one aunty was watching TV by switching off her room’s light.You must be feeling awkward here that how I was peeking out to other’s personal life but these all things are unintentionally visible if I stand in my balcony.We are four guys in our flat and we all were talking on phone and moving here and there to chase signals so that we do no have voice breaks. The whole situation was looking like a call centre where every people used to talk on phones to their customers.We all were able to hear each other’s voice but still we were coping up our self to not to miss what the person on other side of phone was saying.

01 AM

I asked my friend (not my roomy) whether he is interested for a walk or not. I was going towards his apartment and looked at some apartments which still had their lights on and Linking park was playing there followed by Enrique, I got the feeling that there must be some bachelors or students who have started their second day of weekend and they must be enjoying tea and maggi in their flat.On the way to my friend’s flat there was a haunted house which was not occupied from the day when this society was developed completely (I don’t know whether this is an rumour or what but that house looks really haunted).I was looking at this house thinking that may be I get a chance to see the witch today but there was no luck :( .

02 AM

I and my friend (as I indulged him forcibly in my night out) were walking on the road silently by enjoying the cold weather, we came across a Tavera, we both felt some thing suspicious about this vehicle as it was not in the condition in which it is supposed to be at 2 AM. We both decided to go near it silently and what the Hell!!…….one guy and a girl was making out inside it….OMG, we were not able to control our laughter but any how we left them there but suddenly my friend stopped and said “Come on man, let’s have some fun” I said “hey…. what do you mean by let’s have fun….those guys are already having fun there inside that Tavera, what do you want us to do now” he said “lets disturb them” i said “Whoa!!! whoa!!! come on man don’t do that let them have fun” but it was too late and my friend picked up a small stone from road and threw it on to Tavera and we ran down from there…when we are getting away from there we heard a sound “Taak” and we burst out laughing. I said “ f**k man, you are really an a** hole, you just hit the bull’s eye”. You know laughing out like this was one of the craziest thing, can you imagine, at 2 AM some body is laughing out so loud that makes you say “what a jerk…he must be drunk” but you know, it was really enjoyable….kabhi mauka mile to try karna :> .

03 AM

When we were running in dark we saw a bone fire at a place where one watchman was trying to get heat from the customised bone fire. We went to him and sat there to enjoy that bone fire. We had a long discussion over society and other things with him and during this discussion that watchman started telling us his salary and he was trying to gain some emotional sentiments from us. He was telling us that he is uneducated but he do not want his children to become uneducated, he was unable to send his one child to school as he don’t have so much money. I suggested him to send his children to Tapovan as Tapovan is an school which is indulged in providing education up to 5th class to poor children with out charging any cost and they also promote good students for further studies at high level.Listening all these things about Tapovan he became very excited and he was very keen to send his children to this school.We thought to leave from there and explore other areas of society, when we were leaving he demanded for some blanket or shaul as he was not having any thing with him apart from his security dress sweater which can protect him from the winter and the temperature was so low that we both felt that he really require some thing to fight this weather.I told him that I have a spare shaul with me and I will go to my room and bring it for you right now.

You know, at that point of time in night all street dogs were roaming here and there in their gangs and making their typical haunting voice. On the way to my flat there was a group of dogs, when we passed them suddenly their leader started following us and with a blink all other dogs started following their leader.These dogs were thinking we were carrying some thing which is an eatable but we were wrong they were just following us to show their dominance, it was looking like they were trying to say us “You Morons, what are you doing in our area,get lost,otherwise we will transfer you in a condition where you will get five injections on your tummy”. We were watching them following us, suddenly I turned around and kicked their leader on his face (I know, I was very brutal here with this dog…Menaka ji…it was for my self defence…my apologies here) but that leader was intelligent and just like a hero that dog get escaped from my kick and my kick get swinged in air. Leader started give us a grinning look….the next thing we did there was to run from there and we stopped in front of my flat.

04 AM

I came back to my room to pick a shaul which was lying in our living room from past 2 years, Ow ow ow…one of my flat mate was snoring….phew…I got a topic for next day to pull his leg.I quickly took out my cell phone and recorded melodious sound of snoring made by him so that I can give him a proof :!…Whoa!!! that day I came to know about a secret of my flat mate that he snores :~) ha ha ha….(we all made great fun of him next day).

When we were going back to that watchman we did not retraced our steps but we took a new way so that we can avoid that waiting gang of dogs.We were walking down the road and we saw a man lying on the footpath….God!!!….we both became scared….we thought is he drunk or has some body done something wrong to him. We informed that watchman about this and he told us to not to worry as this man has a habit of heavy drinking and he is always found lying here and there on the road.Thank God!!!

05 AM

News paper dealer delivered news papers to vendors and they were arranging news papers for the final delivery. Early morning birds started their chattering.Road side Romeos, gang of dogs were finally sleeping on roads, they must have got the feeling that now their kingdom is about to lost so it’s better to keep low profile now :~).

06 AM

People started getting up and coming out of their cosy home in track suits with their i-pod and mp3 head phones in their ears to have some fresh morning walk and jogging. In parks there were laughter clubs where all old guys were doing exercise of their stomach…..Whoa!!…what a scene it was….it reminded me one of the scene from movie Khosla ka Ghosla. Fresh juice vendors were peeling fruits and vegetables so that they can provide fresh juice to exhausted people in next hour. Bachelor’s and student’s flats which I observed in night were quite and lost in darkness inside their flat.News paper distributer started distributing news paper, some of them were throwing news paper in to the balcony from their cycle and some of them were delivering it manually by going up and down on stairs.We saw that one of the newspaper boy was stealing some milk packets from the bags of owners which they have hanged on their door so that they do not have to open door for milk man.We both were not in the mood to do more Ghandhigiri so we threatened him that if he still continued to steal milk packets like this then we will inform his boss and also inform the milk packet owners, they will give you to the police then…

07 AM

Car washers started their job and they were sweeping cars which were parked in the society. In balconies we were able to see families enjoying their morning bed tea (of course, this morning bed tea was not on their beds as they were in their balconies :)) and uncles reading newspaper with full concentration and enjoying every sip of their tea. Milk man started delivering milk packets. Morning news become audible from the TV sets.My friend went to his flat after having night adventure as he was feeling sleepy.I was also feeling sleepy so I also moved towards my flat.

08 AM

I was trying to sleep after last night out but pigeons outside my room’s window waked up and started making their sound goottur goo and they were taking full revenge from me that day as I used to fly them away.Finally I was able to sleep by thinking all the things about last night.

60th Republic Day

Republic day, do we really give importance to this day? I don’t know for others but for me it is just like a day of weekend when i do not have to go office,watch movies on my laptop up till 3 0r 4 am in the morning  and sleep up to 12 noon.When I waked up today at 11 am suddenly some of my conversation with two guys from Holland and Kenya start playing in my ears. During my recent business trip to Holland/Netherlands i met two persons, one was my Dutch colleague in office and other one from Kenya who was sitting next to me in flight from Istanbul to Amsterdam.

I was talking to Kenyan men and during our interaction he came to know that I am an Indian. As soon as he came to know that I am an Indian he said:-

“Hey man, I am very delighted to meet you.You guys…I mean, Indians are really very smart and Intelligent in business.They are every where in the world and making good money and business.In Kenya, I have seen many Indians who have very big factories and they are giving employment to Kenyans there.”

“By the way what is the purpose of your visit to Amsterdam?” I said, “I am on a business trip from my Organization”. He said “Aha, as I said before you guys are really great in Business and work”

After that we had a long conversation about India and Kenya, life styles in both countries etc.

Next day I joined my office in Amsterdam where my business meeting was scheduled to take place.During roaming around the office in lunch and tea breaks I saw many Indians there in that office.KPN is the largest telecom and IPTV service provider in Netherlands and I was astonished to see that may Indians are working with such a big group of Netherlands.

On second day of my business meeting i was walking with my Dutch colleague and I said to him “I have seen many Indian faces here in this office” and on this statement of mine he said “Indians are very smart and Intelligent, they all got such a great memory power that they remember almost every thing.It seems that in few years Indians are going to take over everywhere.They are so humble in nature and professional in work that they can pursue any one”. I gave him a cynical smile as I was wondering whether he is saying all these things sarcastically or he is really impressed with Indians but I was very happy to hear all these things from him ignoring the fact in which way he said these things to me.

Every quiescent of my body was feeling proud to be Indian at that time and same feeling was there when I interacted with a Kenyan Guy in flight.

What I believe is that we have the capability to rule the world and one day we gonna do this.

India is integrated  from 28 states, 1618 languages, 6400 castes, 6 ethnic groups, 29 festivals.

PROUD TO BE INDIAN. Happy Republic Day.

Welcome 2010

Hey Fellas!!!

 

As we have entered in New Year, Let’s move like birds leaving behind what we don’t need to carry with us like Grudges, sadness, pain, fear, regrets and bad memories of last year (Just Shift+Delete them from brain).

 

Let’s keep all good memories of last year.

Let’s keep smile on our faces so that world can smile with us.

Let’s start accepting things with open hands.

Let’s start accepting people around us as they are.

Let’s start forgive quickly.

Let’s start be more sincere but not serious all the time (Thanks to Chetan Bhagat for this line J).

Let’s open the book in which its pages are blank and start putting words in it ourselves (The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year’s Day).

 

God bless you and keep you safe not only today but throughout life that is coming in your way. May year to follow be among the best you have ever spend.

 

Life is beautiful, let’s start enjoying it more. aal izz well J

 

Welcome to 2010 !!!

I ....

I care,I don't care.
I smile,I don't smile.
I enjoy,I don't enjoy.
I am tough,I am soft.
I do mistakes,I don't.
I am Good, I am Bad.
I am rude,I am polite.
I am brat, I am cherub.
I am amiable,I am nasty.
I am Help full,I am mean.
I get hurt,I don't get hurt.
I am Type A,I am Type B.
I talk a lot, I don't talk at all.
I am humorous,I am serious.
I am lovable,I am not lovable.
I am Extrovert,I am Introvert.
I am a lazy lion, I am energetic.
I think from brain,I think from heart.
I am imaginative,I am unimaginative.
I am a great friend,I am not a great friend.
I Like some people, I don't like some people.
I have friends,I don't have friends sometimes.
I do realize what I did, I don't realize what I did.
I expect something from others,I don't have expectations.
I want to do lots of things, I don't want to do anything at all.
I have all things with me, I don't have a single thing with me.
I have good impressions on others,I have bad impressions too.

Quick Tips For Munich

1. After coming out of Munich Airport Terminal 2, you will get Surface train to go in Munich City.If you don't have heavy luggage than you can board either S1 or S8 both will go to Marienplatz city center.You can take a single ticket or you can take a partner ticket of 16 Euros if you are more than one.A partner ticket is valid for one day and maximum 5 persons can travel on it.You can roam in whole Munich with this partner ticket of 16 Euros.You need to get it stamped by machine available when you are about to enter the platform.

2. S-Bahnn means Surface trains,
U-Bahnn means Underground trains,
Guten Morgen means Good Morning,
Guten Tag means Good Afternoon,
Guten Nacht means Good Night,
Danke schön! means Thank you.
Haupt bahnn hoff means Central train station.

3. You can take an Taxi from Airport to any point in Munich which will cost you in between 45 Euros - 80 Euros depending on distance.

4. If you like to travel through local trains than it is good to have an weekly pass.Weekly pass is valid for 7 days for some rings i.e. Whole Munich city is divided in 16 rings, you can take 3 ring weekly pass for 13.8 Euros and you can also increase the ring on weekly pass with an increased fare.Fare details can be found at https://www.mvg.de/en/

With a 3 ring weekly pass you can travel between 3 rings n no of times with in a time span of 7 days.After 7 days you will need to buy a new weekly pass.Local train maps are available at
http://www.ayurvedagarden.com/mvv.jpg

5. There are many Indian restaurants available there.I recommand Radha Restaurant at Malingerstrasse and Shaan at Thalkirchen.

6. There is one Indian Grocery store named as Kohinoor which is very near to Hauptbahnnhoff and Sendlingertor.

7. Normall there is no ticket checking in train,buses and trams but dont do a mistake to travel with out ticket as some times Ticket checker and Police comes to check in civil dress.
8.If you have taken an wrong ticket by mistake than it can get cancelled as I did so,normally people there at Munich dont know about this because when i asked normal people they told me that it is not possible but it is possible.

9.People at Munich are very helpfull and understand English so don't hesitate if you get lost or need any help.

Sites to visit in Munich:-

1. MarienplatzStart your sightseeing tour at Marienplatz which has been Munich’s central square since thefoundation of the city in 1158. There are many brilliant sights clustered at and around Marienplatz thatused to be a corn and fish market with the name “Schrannenmarkt”. In 1638, Elector Maximilian Iordered the construction of the “Mariensäule” (Column St. Mary) because Munich was shielded fromthe Swedish occupation during the Thirty Years’ War. When the corn market was finally moved to thearea of the Viktualienmarkt and the Schrannenhalle in 1853, the square received its present name“Marienplatz”. Where the “Fischbrunnen” (Fish Fountain) is now, fish used to be sold here. In the eastof Marienplatz, there is Munich’s Old City Hall that was first mentioned in 1310 and redesigned manytimes. Now, the Marienplatz is dominated by the New City Hall, an impressive building of Neo-Gothicstyle that was constructed between 1867 and 1909 according to plans of the Austrian architect GeorgHauberisser. The famous “Glockenspiel” in the tower of the New City Hall is not only a major touristattraction, but also the fifth largest in Europe.

2. Frauenkirche (Dom)
Near Marienplatz is the Frauenkirche (“Dom”). With its height of 99 m and its two towers with onionshapeddomes, it is the landmark of Munich and dominates the city center together with the New CityHall. The Frauenkirche was constructed between 1468 and 1488 in late Gothic style due to plans ofJörg von Halspach in order to replace an older church. In 1525, the towers received their copperdomes in Renaissance style. Although the design of the Frauenkirche is quite simple, this catholiccathedral is an amazing building.

3. Viktualienmarkt and Church St. Peter (Alter Peter)
Also next to Marienplatz, there is the “Viktualienmarkt”, Munich’s largest fruit and vegetable marketwhere you can get nearly everything you want including spices, exotic fruits as well as Bavarianspecialities. For a brilliant view of the city, you should visit Munich’s oldest church and probably itsorigin, St. Peter, also called “Alter Peter” at Viktualienmarkt. If you manage to climb about 300 steps tothe top of the tower, you might even see the mountains around Munich when the weather is clear.After this exhilarating experience, the beergarden in the middle of the Viktualienmarkt is a great placeto recover and regain your energy.

4. Odeonsplatz and Church St. Kajetan (Theatinerkirche)
North of Munich’s historic city center, there is the Odeonsplatz with the beautiful church St. Kajetan(Theatinerkirche) of baroque style and the Feldherrnhalle. In 1790, crown prince Ludwig decided onthe construction of the Odeonsplatz instead of the northern city gate as well as a luxurious main roadto the north of Munich and put Leo v. Klenze in charge of the design in 1816. In addition, he wanted todesign the exit from the Residenz to the royal path (now Briennerstrasse) to the Nymphenburg Castlein a more attractive way. The "Feldherrnhalle" at the Odeonsplatz was designed by Friedrich v.Gärtner on the model of the Logga dei Lanzi in Florence and is a victory monument for the Bavarianarmy and its generals.

5. Residenz and Hofgarten
Also directly at the Odeonsplatz is the Residenz that used to be Munich’s city castle and residence ofthe Bavarian dukes, electors and kings as well as the entrance to the Hofgarten, a small garden with agate by the famous architect Leo von Klenze. Although quite small, the Hofgarten is Munich’s most
central garden and very suitable for a break during your sightseeing or shopping tour in the center ofMunich.

6. English Garden
When you leave the Hofgarten in north-east direction, a path leads directly to the English Garden. Withan age of more than 200 years and a size of about 4 km², the English Garden is the oldest and largestpark in Munich. The English Garden is not only a must-see place for all visitors to Munich but is also agreat park for relaxation and leisure activities. There are quite a few amazing sights in the park suchas the Chinese Tower with its’ huge beergarden, the artificial lake “Kleinhesseloher See” as well asthe highest viewpoint of the park, the Monopteros.

7. Königsplatz
After enjoying your time in the English Garden or the beergarden at the Chinese Tower, you shouldexplore other areas of Munich, maybe on the following day. The Königsplatz (constructed between1817 and 1862) in the Munich area Maxvorstadt was created by Karl v. Fischer and later by Leo v.Klenze on the model of European classicism which in this case was the Acropolis in Athens. Thissquare is highly impressive and there are also quite a few exhibition halls in its buildings such as theGlyptothek with antique statues. If you want to explore more exhibitions, you should head for the Alte,Neue and Moderne Pinakothek as well as the Lenbachhaus which are important exhibition halls inMunich near Königsplatz.

8. Nymphenburg Palace
If you still have time left, the Nymphenburg Palace in the west of Munich in the district Neuhausen-Nymphenburg is really worth a visit. The history of the origins of the brilliant Nymphenburg palace ofbaroque style and its gardens covers a period of more than 300 years. Because a successor to thethrone, Max Emanuel, was born in 1664, the elector Ferdiand Maria and his wife Henriette Adelaide ofSavoy put the Bolognese architect Agostino Barelli in charge of constructing a summer residence witha small ornamental garden for her. In the park of the Nymphenburg Palace, there are quite a fewimportant places to visit such as the Amalienburg and the Pagodenburg. Next to the NymphenburgPark, there is the Botanical Garden of Munich, one of the most important botanical gardens throughoutthe world.

9. Olympic Park with Olympic Tower
Another important, but very different and rather modern park is the Olympic Park in the north ofMunich. In the summer of 1972, the XX. Olympic Games were held in Munich. For this purpose, theOlympic Park was created between 1966 and 1972 on a barren area. One of the most striking featuresof the Olympic Hall, the Olympic Stadium and the Swimming Centre is their common tent roofconstructed of acrylic glass and designed by the German architect Günther Behnisch. With a size of 3km², the Olympic Park is the second largest park in Munich and despite its still artificial character, it isquite popular not only for sports, but for other leisure activities and events as well.

10. Oktoberfest (Wies’n) at Theresienwiese
Late September every year, the Oktoberfest, one of the most famous public festivals throughout theworld, starts at the Theresienwiese and lasts for about two weeks.Of course, there are much more amazing sights in Munich. If you are in Munich in summer, you shouldnot miss visiting one of the numerous beergardens in the capital of Bavaria.
Note:Above points are taken from www.mytravelmunich.com

11.Thalkirchen Zoo:There is a Zoo at Thalkirchen.You will find many animals there including lions.

12. Deutsche Museum:-
This Museum is very big and it is good if you spend whole day at this Museum.There are many things placed which belongs to every Technology.Museum opens at 9 am and closes at 5 pm.Entry ticket is of 8 Euros per person.

13. Arena:-An Stadium which changes light in night.

14. Garmisch:-
It is outside Munich and you can go by train by taking an partner ticket to Garmisch which will cost 28 Euros for 5 persons.If you are alone than find out people at station who are looking for other people to form a group of 5 to go in a cheap way.If you buy ticket from machine than it will cost you 28 Euros and if you buy it through counter than it will cost you 30 Euros.

15. Lake Königssee!
Information is available at http://www.seenschifffahrt.de and www.bahn.de

16. For shopping you can go to Real Store at Machitalfinger strasse, Muller at Marienplatz,1 Euro store at Hauptbahnnhoff.You will get many soveniour shops at Marienplatz city center.

You can find my experience to Munich in below post.

Business Trip To Munich,Germany

Guten Tag, was the first word in German which I heard when I landed to Munich after a continuous 8 hour long flight from Delhi.
Well before proceeding ahead, lets get in to flash back for a while,the day when my boss informed me and my colleague that we have to fly to Munich for a Business trip we both were stunned at that time and we were not able to believe what we heard at that time.Ohhh mannn.....yes....we are going to client site...finally we got the opportunity....humara number bhi aa gya...we both were very excited as this trip was our first trip outside India.We both were used to saw snaps of our friends on orkut who are onsite and who used to post their snaps every week,we both used to discuss with each other that "yaar hum kab jayenge...humara number kab aayega".
I don't know why,suddenly whole atmosphere around us got changed as soon as people around us come to know that we are going to Germany.We both were busy in filing visa forms and completing all visa formalities,planning of what to take what not to take there,scheduling dates and times for shoppings and arranging other stuff.Along with us other people around us,our relatives,parents,cousines all were excited.We used to get phone calls every day from friends and relatives,all asking same thing "Dude,whats going on? when you are flying".I was able to feel excitement in their voice and they were able to feel excitement in my voice.Finally the day arrived and we were at IGI Airport,Delhi and left India for Munich.

(Flash Back over...)
Guten Tag, said a taxi driver when we came out of Munich airport.This was the first German word which i heard that day.Taxi driver was saying some thing in German and we were not able to understand what he was trying to say although he was not able to understand what we were trying to say in English.A man who was passing us came to know that we both were not able to communicate and he came for help.He acted like a translator to both of us and helped us to get to the Hotel by explaining hotel address to Taxi driver in German language.Well hear I saw how help full Germans are.When our taxi arrived,it was Mercedes and we were looking at each other and thinking in our minds that we are going to sit in a Merc....wow....we never imagined that we will get a chance to sit in a Merc.When we were on Freeway the speedometer was over 120 kmph, we came to know that it was an normal speed there,in India our speedometer ends at 180 kmph if I am not wrong.
Well, we reached our hotel and checked in.Next day we went to office by train,that day we came to know the system of trains there.Whole Munich city is divided into 16 rings,there are Bus,trams,surface trains (called as S-Bahnn) and under ground trains (called as U-Bahnn) which are used as public transport.With a single ticket you can travel in any of these public transport.There are also various schemes available for the tickets like you can have a partner ticket in which 5 persons are allowed on a single ticket for a single day.Such partner tickets are available for various rings like for 16 rings which covers whole Munich city you have to pay 16 Euros and you can roam in the city for a whole day.There system also have weekly passes for certain rings like we used to take a weekly pass for 3 rings on the cost of 13.8 Euros.Advantage of having such kind of weekly pass is that you can travel up to three rings at any time in any public transport.There is a central railway station from where you can get trains for going outside Munich.Central railway station is called as Hauptbahnnhoff, Haupt - Central,Bahnn- Train/railway,hoff-station.
As we started work in office we came to know the work culture of Germans,there is a rule by German government that no one is allowed to stay back at office more than 10 hours in a day, a person is not allowed to work more than 10 hours in a day.When we were at office some times we used to exceed this limit,next day our manager came and asked us to leave office at 6:30 pm at any cost if we are coming to office at 9 pm.People there at office used to do only work i.e. in 8 official working hours they just do only work no gossiping or friend visiting in that time,work means work.They believe on a mantra, work hard, party harder and they follow this mantra too.On weekends people used to go for outing.They took their children and go for tracking or bicycling,they spend whole day out.If there is a sunny day than they all go to near by river bank and take sun bath whole day,they take beers,food with them and cook food on a barbecue near river bank and enjoy whole day there.Generally sunny days are only for 15-20 days in a whole year so they do not want to miss sunny days.Germany's temperature remains between 10 - 25 degrees in Summer and below 3 degrees during Winter season and it rains there very frequently through out the year so we used to check whether forecast before going out.
German people are very fond of music, we saw many people in trains and buses who have just put on their head phones and listening music.People there just don't care about others i.e. they don't care what other person is doing,they are involved with themselves.This thing we have observed when we were in trains and buses, we saw many peoples either reading novels,listening music or simply siting with closed eyes.We saw many musicians there who used to play music in night for free at Marienplatz city center.People used to listen them by gathering around them and they also used to give them some money if they liked there music.Many peoples can be seen playing Guitars and pianos and entertaining peoples.German culture is very different,people there used to do things what they want to do but by not breaking any law or rule.If a person have to express his/her feeling towards other person than they will do it right there, they will never think where they are and on which place they are.For example: We saw many couples there kissing each other in trains,trams,buses or on a station.Couple do not include only boy friends or girl friends but it includes young guys and gals,husband and wives,old man and woman.This is there way to express how much they care about each other.Well I must say that German girls are really beautiful and very fashionable.I have never seen such beautiful girls.
German people are very open and friendly.We made some German and Slovakian friends there.I remember a day when we were going in a train and we were talking to each other.One German lady was listening our conversation and she was not able to stop herself and she asked us "I am sorry to interrupt you but in which language we you are talking".Actually she knows about India and she have been to India some years back so she started talking to us.She told us that "this is Germany,so just chill".She also told us some interesting things like on the escalators every body should stand at right side,left side is kept for those who have to rush or those who don't want to stand at escalators.There they have rule of keep right as in India we have rule of keep left.On the roads also we need to walk on right side instead of left side.
There is a separation in the footpath also i.e. one lane is for cycles and other for pedestrians.There people use bicycles most as they are very health conscious.We found many peoples doing cycling and running at any point of time.It seems like every body has fixed his target that he/she has to do this much bicycling or running.They used to do it to stay fit and healthy.Normally private vehicle level is like First vehicle - bicycle, second vehicle - Car.Few people used to have bikes there.
I am not very well aware about the food culture of Germans as I don't eat non-veg food so I used to cook my food myself in the Hotel.But I saw that people used to have pizzas with red wine or beer or some kind of meat every time.They used to eat chickens,lambs,beef,pork and other things.Well there is an very old Beergarten in Munich,Beer garten means beer garden where you will get beer.Beer is the cheapest drink there,no body drinks plain water there if they want to than they will add soda in it.There is an very old beer center named as Hofbräuhaus which is serving beers from 1800.There you can get 1 liter beer in a big mug for 7 Euros.If you really like wines and beers than Munich is the right place for you.You can get wines there at a cost of 2 Euros - 10 Euros.
In Germany, young generation is less as compared to old peoples, in our office there were no young peoples as like us.We used to say Young generation there as smoking generation because we found many youngsters smoking all the time specially girls.Girls used to smoke a lot there.During our business trip, we worked a lot and enjoyed a lot.We were out on every weekend to see many things in Munich.We went Garmisch which is outside Munich.From Garmisch we went to Alps valley which is at the highest peek of Germany.There were lots of snow and we enjoyed a lot there.I had a very good time and experience there moreover I can say that I have a life time there.