Aberdeen

It's now been over 2 weeks, I guess 3 weeks, since I've come here. The moment I landed here, I had a slight tickle in my tummy, especially when I went through the "airport". The airport was almost the same size, as the one in Pune (the old one, before the refurbishment). So that directly gave a nice size-wise explanation of the place. Plus I had seen the size of the city (Aberdeen, that is) on google maps, and it's small. I mean small. Here, look for yourself. So no surprises there.

I ad heard a lot about "Union Street", back in India itself, so of course that was one thing that I was definitely looking forward to. But what I didn't realise, was that there is NOTHING in the city apart from what's there in Union Street. It seems that the city starts and ends with the street. But then again, Aberdeen was orginally a fishing (and shipping) town, before becoming the oil capital in the world, something much like Miri (Malyasia). But then there are three VERY MAJOR differences in the two places -

3. It's Malaysia. It's cheap. It's affordable for a poor guy like me.

2. It's tropical. You know, beach, fun, frolic.

1. It's got Asian babes. This scores Aberdeen, any time, of any day, for any one (girls excluded)

But what the heck, I need to be here for a year (at least), better start liking the place.