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30th April, being Queen's day in Netherlands and a holiday for all, has its own repercussion on the day before...it was a lazy morning with sparing rain and sunshine...i was in two minds, whether to go to office or stay home...finally decided to go to the office:)...overall, office was mostly vacant as many people have not turned up or have taken planned leave today...there was no meeting so finished a couple of pending tasks....called up my former manager after a long time...vivek returned from his holidays, got some time to speak to him as well...by 17:00 hrs, office was mostly empty, started for home at 18:00 hrs...things became slightly more interesting towards the end of the day...when puja informed me that there would be fireworks in Amstelveen, and may be a DJ show...fireworks are good to watch but DJs mostly put me off....so obviously, after some debate and few moments of dilemma, i reluctantly agreed to please the kid of my house:)
In the hindsight, fortunately, i decided to go as it turned out to be a good show indeed..lot of fireworks...free orange drink and small cream filled balls were on offer...a college band(i think) was playing constantly and they were doing well...i could enjoy the music...but again it happened only for a short while...within half an hour, i was gone to my distant land in thoughts...may be the noiseless thoughts come to the fore the most when you are surrounded by noise all over...i think mostly that is the reason that these noises in parties or public get togethers don't hold me for long...any way, fireworks were indeed splendid and reminded me of a typical diwali night in India minus the strict safety and security arrangements. So, thanks to the queen and here is wishing her a very happy b'day.
30th April, being Queen's day in Netherlands and a holiday for all, has its own repercussion on the day before...it was a lazy morning with sparing rain and sunshine...i was in two minds, whether to go to office or stay home...finally decided to go to the office:)...overall, office was mostly vacant as many people have not turned up or have taken planned leave today...there was no meeting so finished a couple of pending tasks....called up my former manager after a long time...vivek returned from his holidays, got some time to speak to him as well...by 17:00 hrs, office was mostly empty, started for home at 18:00 hrs...things became slightly more interesting towards the end of the day...when puja informed me that there would be fireworks in Amstelveen, and may be a DJ show...fireworks are good to watch but DJs mostly put me off....so obviously, after some debate and few moments of dilemma, i reluctantly agreed to please the kid of my house:)
In the hindsight, fortunately, i decided to go as it turned out to be a good show indeed..lot of fireworks...free orange drink and small cream filled balls were on offer...a college band(i think) was playing constantly and they were doing well...i could enjoy the music...but again it happened only for a short while...within half an hour, i was gone to my distant land in thoughts...may be the noiseless thoughts come to the fore the most when you are surrounded by noise all over...i think mostly that is the reason that these noises in parties or public get togethers don't hold me for long...any way, fireworks were indeed splendid and reminded me of a typical diwali night in India minus the strict safety and security arrangements. So, thanks to the queen and here is wishing her a very happy b'day.
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