Am sitting in a cafe in the famous Ferguson college road of Pune. Just took a long walk from symbiosis to this place in a brilliant overcast weather, with a very gentle drizzle, listening to ARR on my head phones. There is something about walking alone in an alien city that I find very heart filling. The sight of random faces crossing you, faces you will never see again in your life, and throwing a smile at them, and getting back a very guarded semi smile in response. I just finished day one of PyCon India, the speech that I gave was not as bad as I expected it to be, I did justice to Siddharta's presentation, and yes, I am a bit sad that I had to do it instead of Sid, my mentor and guru, who I listened to the previous day, who fell sick and could not make the trip. And finally to top it all I am now the Secretary of the India Python Software Society :) Its rather strange and I have managed to do good on the trip this far. Its funny how though I am a bit of traveler, this trip is kinda unique. I am in a city, I would rather not be in, on a date I would rather forget. I am tempted to make that call, and I just might. But I am seeing if I can hold on, lets see. The other funny thing is how I am staying in the same hotel and in the same hotel room as last time. The coffee day at FC road has gone, but there is a new barista. What is funny is how In this trip I managed to recognize admire and appreciate all the small roadside shops and sights. Something that I did not do last time. The only memories from last time were the hot chicks on the roads, the restaurant where we had lunch and the pressure of running proto.in in a city completely alien to us. I am enjoying the sights ( ;) ) and smells of this place like never before. PyCon is so much more fun that Proto.in. Tomorrow, there are some interesting sessions that I would watch out for, but more than that I am looking forward to the staircase chat with the “gang” at pycon, a gang which over the last few years has become warm and cozy, a gang where I am at home discussing everything from Rule number 6, to GIL implementations to NumPy. I will also be meeting Sahil and Deepak. And may be even S, I mean whats could go wrong. Anyway tomorrow is yet another day. I am off right now to roam the streets get some food into my system and have some fun. Ciao.