The dog collar's back!

We have to wear ties from today. The 3-month waiver for tie-wearing is over. The week after June 15th is when we assume the weather magically changes from sultry to "salubrious", which is Bangalore's way of defining its own weather, never mind that the word sounds like somebody's been ejecting too many fluids.

I forgot, frankly. No number of Outlook reminders or mobile alarms will prevent "forgetting" to wear your tie on Monday#1. Having a wife, however, seems to be one of the foolproof ways.

Took more than an hour getting into work again today. But luckily dozed off during most of it. Hot=sleepy. Stuck for almost half an hour on Hosur Road again, which is nothing new. In fact it seems to have become a comfortable part of the routine now. I'd be in a panic if I reached 25 minutes earlier - wouldn't know what to do.

Did a lot of driving along the Outer Ring Road yesterday, the South-East corridor (Hosur Road, Sarjapura Road, Maratahalli- Mahdavepura, KR Puram-Old Madras Road sections, upto Banaswadi). The existence of that road is one reason we should cling on to hope, however slender. BDA has done itself and Bangalore proud. If only the Peripheral Ring Road project were to kick off sometime soon instead of always being the "proposed" PRR project. In one advert for an apartment complex, a builder referred to PRR as the "perpetual ring road". The irony was lost on most of the intended target audience, I imagine!