Chapter 3

Nice long black skirt with a slit on the left, just below the knee, simple sleek ‘v’ neck blouse with small, almost tiny, yet visible flowers embossed near the neck line and cuffs as the same off-white tone of the blouse! Naturally dark black hair, with slight highlights to bring out her soft pale skin tone, with a bronze-caramel lip shade and a milder tone of eye shadow, that brings out her big brown eyes, oh! Ya, which would make anyone, want to take a second look. She knows she doesn’t have the body of a movie star or a model, but she definitely knows how to carry herself. With broad shoulders and slightly chubby arms, big brown eyes that could talk, with artistically shade toned lips that make it look naturally shaped, when her sun glasses holding her hair back, and the simple sleek but stylish handbag she carries that goes with anything, and the way she walks with her high heels! With a nude stocking that sticks to her skin and almost disappears into the high heels that matches perfectly with her blouse, and in her sophistication, one can hardly notice her not so perfect waistline.

One can hardly believe, if it is even possible to look so pleasant after a 2 hour delayed flight due to heavy thunderstorm and getting stuck in the traffic for 2 hours and still be totally prepared to grasp and gulp anything and everything you hear at a presentation. She was fairly quiet and was taking notes rather than asking a lot of questions out there. There was a popular local big shot, who was literally showing off, sort of annoyed everyone. Well if you could ignore his self praises, you can definitely get a good insight on running a business and of course was a living proof of success. There were a couple of ambitious youngsters who were asking a lot of questions which clearly indicated they were there to get a feel or on a company training. After a short beak the events to take place in the next two days was summarized and the key note speakers for the rest of the evening were introduced. It was boring and redundant and followed by the bankers introducing themselves and the opportunities their financial institution can aid one and she could slightly feel a headache kick in and was starting to realize that she hardly had any time to eat, since the rush to catch the flight.

After a grueling presentation followed by some questions from the audience, it was time for dinner. It was a long line and it felt like it will take forever to get a bite to eat. She decided to go for a mild supper even though the food looked delicious. It started with seven types of appetizers, couple of soups and a garden salad, a wonderful entrée with the option of chicken or lamb or fish fillets with the dressing of your choice, maybe garlic-ginger or cyan-sesame, served with saffron rice and grilled vegetables and a shrimp cocktail or you can go for a stuffed green pepper – tomato casserole served with a Tuscan bread tossed with garlic flavored oil with grated cheese on the top, warm and crisp; mushroom and egg omelet - frittata with saffron rice satisfying both vegetarians and non-vegetarians. Pavillon Rouge du Chateau, Broadbent,Chateau de la Gardine, Domaine Weinbach, E. Guigal, Altesino 2000 and Walter Hansel 2002 were among the top ten wines served to delight its guest at the Marriot. The dessert was a world of its own ranging from cheese cakes, to egg custards to custard tarts to almond cookies to Gulab jamun to tapioca pudding with caramel dusting would satisfy any appetite. All she could eat was a bowl of soup and Tuscan bread and a glass of Pavillon Rouge and called it a day!