Visit to an upbeat Shopping Mall and Multiplex

The  City  Center   Shopping  Mall and  Multiplex  is 

just  5   mins walk  from where  I  live

but  not  once was I able  to

darken its  stately  halls since  it

was inaugurated  2  years  ago.

Ash, Megan,  I   ,  Sonia  and  Abner

trouped  inside  on the weekend

they  were   here.

Its a modern  temple  of  wealth,

consumerism and  progress.

Ash  and Megs  said it  was  just like 

a Canadian mall.

Ash,  Megan, Abner, Sonia

Some  photos  are  smudged 

because  they were  taken 

with  my  mobile  phone.

Our  visitors  bought nice  apparel  and  gifts

I  am  an  escalator challenged  person.

Those  giant  moving   stairs 

are  the  ultimate  test  of  my  courage.

I  avoid them because  I feel

wobbly  and  dizzy  on them

and  I  fear  I  will  not  be  able to  get

off  in time and  the last

stair   will  swallow  me  up

and  grind me  into hamburger  patty.

I   wouldn 't  do well in Disney Land,

so  please  don 't  take  me  there.

 While  others  sailed up  and down

effortlessly,  I  took  the relatively  safer  elevator.

But that was   also  quite  an experience,

because  I kept  getting  free  rides up  and  down

thanks to the  smarter people in the lift.

I  thought  I  would  have  to spend  the

rest of  my life   in  the  lift (elevator).

Once  I  press the wrong  button and  sank

down  to  the  second  basement

and  had  to  be

resurrected again.

Later  on Ash treated me  to  my

first  PVR  Multiplex movie.

The   Kings  Speech - its  so

wonderful,  it  really  deserves

all the  awards  it  got.

Actually  it  was  after years  that I

watched  an English  movie  in  a cinema.

The  last  one  was Titanic,  in  a  grubby  hall

with  Ashish 's  family

(Food court)

The  rich  would have  to  eat  money,but

luckily the poor  provide  food

(Russian Proverb).

So  this  was  really  special-

sitting  in  a plush hall

armed  with  Nachos  and Coke.

And  there were just   8 or 9  spectators

in  the  theater for  the mid day  show,

so  it  felt  as if   we  had   booked

the  hall  for ourselves.

Mind  you  the tickets  were

very  expensive-

my  poor middle class brain reeled.

But  fun  it  was!

In the  basement  there  is  a

Spencer 's  chain store,

like  a  supermarket

and  I  quite  like  it.

In  closing  let me  tell  you

that  the  scans on my sister

Anjali (Ashish 's   mom)

did  not  show  any   alarming results.

But  the  doctors  will take

some  X-Rays to  double check.

She  is  weak and  dopey  after

the  procedure  and  sedation

but  will be  back at work tomorrow.

Thank you  for praying  for her.

There  is  a  vast  difference  between  the 

type  of  medicine  practised

in the developed  and  the  under-developed world.

In  the  west preventive  medicine  is practised,

whereas in  the  poorer  countries

curative medicine  comes  into  use.

What  do you  think?