Wednesday early evening in Bangalore and my colleague (Paul) and I are about to head back to Hong Kong on the red-eye through Singapore. We leave Bangalore at 11:15 PM, arriving into Hong Kong early afternoon on Thursday. Bangalore is the usual hive of activity this week - signs of tech companies expanding everywhere. Traffic and noise worse than ever as consumers enjoy the fruits of their labour with new cars and motorcycles.
At lunch we took the India HR team (about 12 of us in total) out to lunch at a restaurant called "Ebony" that has a terrific view. The restaurant is on the 13th floor of one of the tallest buildings in the city. As I got in the elevator it occurred to me that I came to this restaurant for the first time in 1998. Since then I have been back a number of times, including on my last visit to Bangalore in December 2006. I had a little melancholy moment but don't worry, it passed. The above picture is of (from left) Paul, Sarita, me and Neela. That's Bangalore behind us.
After lunch the four of us visited a very famous Bangalore church called the "Infant Jesus Church." This is a new structure that recently replaced an older, ad hoc church. More importantly, next to this church is the Infant Jesus Shrine, known far and wide for the miracles emanating in the lives of people who pray there. This is where Uday lit the candles for the triplets when they were only a few days old and had many struggles ahead of them. Paul and I lit candles, I took some time to pray and left a donation in the offering. Then it was back to the office for more afternoon meetings. In another hour we will head to the airport. The other pictures here are from the Infant Jesus Shrine. See you back in Hong Kong!
talk about coming back full circle... what a beautiful time you must have had at the Infant Jesus Shrine!!! How so very far God has brought you all...from NICU to school pictures of beautiful, healthy THREE YEAR OLDS!!!!!! I remember crying hard when you told how Uday had stopped there to pray all those years ago... and now you too knealt and prayed.... have a great trip...xo lyns
Posted by: lyns | March 29, 2007 at 07:37 AM
It sounds like a great trip, Chuck. So nice to be able to see and replicate Uday's visit of a few years ago. And speaking of seeing..... see you in one week :-)
Much love, M xox
Posted by: Maureen aka Mo aka Mum aka grandmother | March 30, 2007 at 05:56 AM
sounds WONDERFUL!!
Posted by: Maggs | March 30, 2007 at 09:46 PM
Great pictures Charles. See you in HK next month.
Regards...Blake
Posted by: Blake | March 31, 2007 at 12:23 AM
Hey Ebony! I have been there!
Posted by: Susie | April 09, 2007 at 10:02 AM