Toastmasters P5 – All shook up

My P5 the 5th speech project from the Toastmasters Competent Communicator Manual. The objectives of P5 were to complement your message with your body during delivery. Specifically, be aware of: posture body movement facial expressions eye contact Thanks to Kavya I could bring in Lungi Dance into this speech and I enacted it as well. The

2 weeks of travelling

Finally am back home on terra firma after a 11 days of travelling. Started off on Tuesday, March 2nd when I went to Bangalore in the morning and returned in the evening. Next day morning was on the flight to Delhi and returned the next day in the evening. Friday was my Father in Law’s

Mobile Etiquette on flights

I was shocked when I landed from Bangalore into Delhi on Tuesday (July 14, 2009) night. As soon as we touched down, you could hear the SMSes flowing in and one great human had the audacity to call up his driver or whosoever came to receive him immediately upon touch down that he had landed

Indigo Airlines seat confusion

Indigo is a low cost airline in India and their performance is amazing when it comes to punctuality. Hats off to them for that. Unfortunately the airline code is 6E and so every time I have travelled with them there is always someone else sitting in seat 6E and then someone coming and insisting that

Hopping Flight

Yesterday I had been to Jaipur with my dear friend and colleague, Harshad. I was telling him about my childhood craze for planes (not that he is not aware of it). I used to tell my Dad that I would love to travel from Mumbai to Delhi by the hopping flight. In those days, Indian

Reminiscing on a flight

Sitting in the plane to Delhi so am quite pensive. I recall my first flight when I was in Senior KG. Had taken a flight to Baroda from Bombay with Papa. It was a Dakota aircraft and distinctly remember that we got in and out from the tail of the aircraft. Still remember I was