Monday, November 8, 2010

The Tube

London metro has always been a fascination to me. A facsination due to its connectivity,the colourful insides of the trains,the pretty names they have and the differnt levels they operate at.

But why is it called a tube.It was always a wonder for me as to why it is called "The Tube" or "Tubes" and the station called the "Tube Station". I figured it out due to my curiosity and it goes this way.... London has a large connectivity of trains underground and the tunnels look like tubes running here and there and so are the trains... they are so rounded off that they look like tubes... hence the name.. Its so simple :) This picture shows the present day tube platforms.










Well the londoners can really boast about their tube history because the metro project started off way back in the 1800s.It is so hard to imagine men carrying those heavy materials to dig the tubes in various levels and connect them. London has had overground as well as underground tubes way back in the 1800s and currently serves 268 stations by rail! Have a look at this picture which shows the metro construction during the early 1800s.












Picture 3 shows us the central london railway locomotive in the tube station in the 1800s.












The underground station has subsurfaces and deep level classifications. You can travel to different places by taking tubes for different lines/routes in different storeys! The tube stations in london have Europe's longest escalators to reachout to the deepest railway track. Isn't that amazing!!This is the present day picture of the escalator at angel station.











Not to forget the point where tubes were saviours for civilians in the world war era.The authorities in London, after being put under pressure from public, did make use of about 80 underground Tube stations to house about 177,000 people. Back ,those lines were not electrified so the people could sit on the rails, keep their belongings and sleep peacefully in tube stations with their families.Hence,the tubes have helped millions during the world war.




















There used to be a very sweet marketing strategy for the early birds to try out london metro. Have a look at this picture and read the message "Swift and Sure" :)


These days in london metro/tube stations, people make the place dirty by spilling out their drink,leaving newspapers on the chairs and stuff like that.There are also some negatives like delays in train, escalators being closed for a while but the bright side of these tubes should never be forgotten. In my eyes "The Tube" is still a wonderful achievement by man on earth.

Monday, August 23, 2010

The Feel Good Factor

So how does your food taste today?? Finger Lickin good?? (Sorry I stole the copyrights from KFC ). Ok lemme change....

So how do you feel today??? Feel Good?? Then STICK ON!!!
The feel good factor adds zing to your lives and a twinkle in your eyes...
It makes your teeth sparkle and your hair shine...
It makes you sing like the BeeGees -stayin alive...stayin alive...
Your heart feels featherlight and your foot starts tapping

If you have these symptoms then Yes... you are in the feel good factor city.Please extend and expand your FGF city cuz it would always help you,serve you,support you and embrace you.
It triggers energy, positive thinking, makes you offer a helping hand and also some generous time to pamper yourself.... and when you'd consciously see good things around you... you'd say "I'm Lovin' it" (Sorry i stole the copyrights from Mc Donalds now ) :P :P :P

Courtesy Dr. Arti,KFC,Mc Donalds

Friday, July 16, 2010

The monster in you

Any guesses.... It sweeps as a wave inside you... starts as a small wave...builds up and then goes down... While this is happening inside you,lets see what happens on the outside... no focus,sulking,bitterness,indifference!!!

But when the wave builds up to the size of a monster then you blurt it out... and then what happens??? anger, denial,difference of opinion... and then the cycle goes on ...the monster becomes big and small .... big and small...

Now this monster is quite dangerous and it can also change its form....say from a wave to a creeper...it builds inside you like a creeper... if not cut at the roots it can trouble you more!!

And then you'll never really know if its you talking or the monster called EGO.

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Back to Square One

(Take it easy folks)

Remember the Famous nursery rhyme

Jack and Jill went up the hill

To fetch a pail of water

Jack fell down and broke his crown

And Jill came tumbling after

So this message teaches you …way back in your childhood that sometimes (or most of the times) you get back to square one!!! As in…. Back to the beginning…Starting point…Back to zero… Start from scratch

How does it feel getting back to square one –AWFUL!!! Cuz who likes to do the rework… or take a new path…a different path of uncertainty….

Some back to square ones are like Déjà vu. A compelling sense of familiarity…something eerie… something strange while some back to square ones are so much “In your faces” that you feel.. heyyy what the hell??? I worked so hard for it…..where’s my pay back.... hard luck buddy… I mean do u like to believe that you are not in level 2 or 3 but in the same level 1… oh no….

So now you all know how AWFUL it could be…. I’d like to close my blog with the rhyme again

Jack and Jill went up the hill

To fetch a pail of water

Jack fell down and broke his crown

And Jill came tumbling after