Flight of thought

For all practical purposes, I had disappeared off the face of the earth. Now I have reappeared again and I am writing from across many seas from where I was. Oh chuck it!!I cant't do the mystic stuff.

Airport nightmares over, plunged into househunting and school, lots of noteworthy things happened, weren't noted and have been forgotten. Too bad for people who will write my biography.

Question running in my head for sometime now - Why doesnt anything in this country seem new?
POssibilities-
A. Have been watvching so many American sitcoms in India that I feel I have just been transported into one.

B. India has half transformed into USA.

When I said eralier that the airport nightmares were over, I think I jinxed it. I am at the airport right now(atleast I was when I wrote this first),waiting for a domestic flight and they have just announced that my flight has been delayed by two and a half hours.Interesting bunch of people around though.

1. Ubiquitous Indian "Uncle and Aunty" Aunty in red and yellow saree. Almost too good to be true.

2. Corporate bigwig(?) with secretary. Boss regards secretary as nonentity crawling the earth with limited brains and purpose. Secretary clearly loathes bossbut has to be courteous and fight his impulses back.
By the way the new 'derogatory 'term is 'secretary. Suggested substitute- 'Assistant'.
'Helper' or 'Servant' will get one thrown in jail, I think.

3. Globe trotting African-American group being highly-ahem-voluble because their connecting flight to London will take aaafff without them

4.Mom and Four-ish daughter witha trolley full of daughter's toys.

5. another mom and daughter pair. Mom is wheelchair(well past eighty , I think) and daughter caring for her really well. Not that fussy way.Family solidarity is really big here. I think thats where sitcoms stop giving you the right picture.

6. Gorgeous second generation desi who makes me go green with envy.

7. I-pods which outnumber the people.

The plane is seemingly taking forever to get here. I am only complaining because the airconditioning is turned realy low and I have to go to the bathroom. Again. Signing off.