Sunday, December 23, 2012

Adyar, Sunday, 23 December 2012

                    Picture taken at last year's International Convention


Adyar, Sunday, 23 December 2012,

The constructions of poles with palm leaf thatching are almost finished to receive the convention delegates next week. Everybody is very nervous. Some have not slept too well. There is a rather strong wind, which began early on Monday morning.

The boss asked us to revise the procedures and make a proposal for updating them in the form of a handbook (manual) of procedures. Also should we have a look at a policy document and take a position on the proposals for changes of the rules, which are before the General Council of 25 December 2012.

As soon as we were on the way home there was complete relaxation.

Monday afternoon we made a quiet walk through the palm grove and under the bat trees, sat solemnly near the Olcott memorial statue at the river bank and returned along the riverside to the beach, where a movie was being shot, for which even temporary lamppost and an imitation of an old ruin been erected.

The next day we woke up with a sudden stir: “Going to work today!”

This is a welcome proof of motivation from within.

Everybody was there at the secretariat, the general management and the treasury. The computer specialist, who comes voluntarily from time to time, helped several colleagues and could tell us, that the usb-stick, which was not recognized, had come to the end of its life.

Luckily we have another one, on which we can put the documents. The boss asked if we had brought our lap-top, this morning. Tomorrow that shall be necessary, because one of our colleagues is doing a lot of work on the office PC, this week.

Leadbeater’s Chambers is fully booked for the next week, when the Convention takes place.

One afternoon we were invited for tea at the house of a resident, which is an impressive more than hundred years old bungalow.

He told us a little about the history of the place and the TS as well as his family.

The following day, work was short, but very productive.

At meal times, tables become more crowded, but there are not yet dozens of delegates. It is better than eating all alone in an empty dining hall or with only one taciturn local person.

Our study is little by little starting up.

One friend from last year has arrived, since a few days, and we start to communicate in a non-English tongue, because his English is not developed. Other friends will leave this week and after the Convention.

We have been invited for a breakfast meeting organized by the Chennai Chamber of Commerce on Friday 21 December 2012. Very interesting subject of Competition Law in India.

The new usb-sticks cost only some RS 220, so the lesson is not too disastrous for our budget. Anyhow, we printed the documents for our employment visa application

At the beach the film crew is still shooting a movie, for which there are erected an old ruin and lampposts.

Sunday morning we went to the beach, at about 6 a.m., because there was no water in the shower. As we stayed too long at the beach without having had breakfast, we almost fainted on the way back. So Sunday was a day of rest in the morning. We discussed the subjects to be treated in the General Council with our roommate and came to an agreement.

After lunch we took a shower in one of the rooms on the ground floor. Only in the afternoon the water pressure came back.

Our registration number for the Convention is somewhere half way in the 900.

When the official opening of the Indian Restaurant in palm leaf construction had been successfully done by the President, we went together with the roommate to Elloit Beach for shopping.

That's all for now from,
Mr. Brooder

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