Return trip from Boston to Bangalore - $12xx
Cab ride from bus-stop to department and back (because I had forgotten to take printouts of tickets) - $10
Change Charges on ticket to fly directly to Frankfurt from Boston, instead of going through Toronto (because I did not have a Canadian Visa) - $120
Food at Frankfurt Airport - $9
Ride from BLR Airport to home - $15
Expressions of surprise (they did not know I was coming) on the faces of loved ones - Priceless
Leads to the following question: Do all priceless things have a price?
Cab ride from bus-stop to department and back (because I had forgotten to take printouts of tickets) - $10
Change Charges on ticket to fly directly to Frankfurt from Boston, instead of going through Toronto (because I did not have a Canadian Visa) - $120
Food at Frankfurt Airport - $9
Ride from BLR Airport to home - $15
Expressions of surprise (they did not know I was coming) on the faces of loved ones - Priceless
Leads to the following question: Do all priceless things have a price?
Examples in favour of the argument: Look at the mastercard advertisement. The camera costed some money, and a photograph with "five generations in it" could be taken only because they had the camera. Also, the advertisement where the parents spend money on expensive toys for their kid and the kid plays with the packing box instead of the toys - the parents found that priceless only because they realised how paying money cannot make a kid happy. If they had not purchased toys and found the kid playing with a random box, they would have simply thought "stupid kid" (peddu mundedu in Kannada).
P.S. - Thanks to S for helping with the arragements.
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AWESOME!!!! :-) aug 15th 2010 i will remember for lifetime! :-)
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welcome back ..!.
Do you have any idea what I did after reading this blog?
My sister gave pavithra a compliment... she says pavithra looks like a film actress...
Attaboy! All what you did is so great - somebody in Providence is jealous :D
That expression on Pavithra's face is priceless. Had just heard of the hysteria. :-) After seeing it, it's worth much more than it cost.
@Pavi: :)
@Ashwin: \m/
@Prashanth: Thanks. Very excited indeed :)
@Sudarshan: What did you do? And I am sure Pavithra says - "Thanks"
@Omran: Don't you worry, you are almost an Indian. You know a more hindi than Deepak already :P You will have a very comfortable life here :)
@Sharma: I agree :)
@sudarshan - wooooooooooo! thanks! ;-)
Belated Happy Independence Day.
Why is appa closing his eyes? The horror of seeing you is too much to bear?
@Sarayu(Read @Smartass): Yes, there are two kinds of surprises expressions - pleasant and the other kind. The pic displays both would have been a smarter and cooler comment.
truly B-A-B-A !!!!!!!!!! \m/\m/\m/\m/ :D...
@Onkar: \m/
hey bangalore airport to your house costed you 15$?
I suggest that you use airavatha bus service. It is a lot comfortable an inexpensive too. There is a place where you can keep your luggage too :-) it is really gud a facility.
Sudarshan: Thanks for the tip. Ill definitely use that.
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