A morning walk..

I was out for a morning walk today at the marina and things seemed to have changed quite drastically from what it used to be..

many things had changed... Once a haven for cricket freaks now bears a deserted look..

yes.. Cricket is banned on the marina now and i wonder where all those people have vanished?

I'm not a regular morning walker( laziness takes the better of me) and these changes were quite difficult to get to terms with.. i remember those days when me and my group of comrades( just referring to my friends) used to go early and reserve a spot for ourselves and how we continued playing cricket for hours and hours and now this...

The police patrolling has always been there but now it seems to be even more with lady police occupying their stand even after the others on cavalry have left!

one incident that happened today involved a speeding biker.. he was racing through at about 60kmph or so through the area where all the joggers and others walk through and immediately i could see some unrest among the police... As i was walking i heard a police constable inform someone over the walkie talkie to get hold of the guy and be very harsh with him! he was also instructing them not to let him go easily..

the guy must have been 18 or maybe 19 years old and was racing on a yellow Karizma.. how he got in in spite of all the police patrolling is quite surprising.. anyways he was caught and this i came to know when a angry morning walker was making his voice heard to a cavalry policeman...

after this i overheard at least three more conversations where the morning walkers were showing their anguish and disgust at the biker!

so.. that was that... another change one could easily note is the cleanliness of the pavement and the roads, the huge stones placed as a sign of some sort of fencing, the mosaic stairs, water sprinklers, the newly constructed-odd looking bus stops adjacent to the beach..

Marina swimming pool bearing a new look with a widened road in front of it...

i guess that's pretty much the changes i noticed..

oh yea in the end i noticed a pretty lady taking her dog around for walk.. damn... she was pretty!

oh yea the dog was a Labrador... and you thought i did not notice the dog?? :P ha ha!

I am not used to praising the Chennai police but when it comes to patrolling the marina in the mornings and providing a safe and sound environment for the morning walkers, i wont be exaggerating if i say 'Kudos' to them!