First write up in UK

Today is the 30th day if June 2006 and I have sat down to write anything since the time I came to the UK. And I can safely say one thing: its been great. It all started when I was in the flight on my way to here. And stupid as it may sound I was glad that someone British served me. I felt I had reached somewhere. The British ruled India for so long and sapped the nation and there I was, feeling gloated for a moment that I had arrived in my life and that I had given it back to them. Yes, thats what I thought.
Then I landed in London and I felt exhilarated at being the first one in my family to have come overseas. I felt I had reached somewhere. I felt I had arrived in the glory of life. Yup, that’s what I thought. RM and AY ( my peers in my office) had come to receive me at the port and it was good to see some familiar faces. We drove to our place of stay and the place where our office was and joined the office the next day.
I had heard about my counterpart who was to help me understand my job and handover her duties to me and I felt that she'd be a as I had heard of a typical Brit to be-snobbish, stiff necked, tight upper lip, condescending, etc, etc. She wasn’t. She is a darling. AS is one of the most competent persons I have seen, she is lovely, outspoken and honest to her people and very supporting. She is Scottish. She's even got a boyfriend who shares his date of birth with me!
People say this about perceptions and stuff that we tend to form our opinions based on our experiences. AS has made me have a very high regard for anyone Scottish- I am even hoping that Andy Murray, the Scottish bloke in Wimbledon, wins:)
Being in the UK during the Soccer World Cup has also been an experience. I have realized that at the core of any human lies something common, whether you talk about the passion for Cricket in India, or Soccer here. The people are more alike than different. All through my stay here so far I have seen people so courteous and gentle and supportive for a newcomer like me that I haven’t felt alien at all. I have mocked myself for thinking the way I did on my flight here. I think we shouldn’t try to justify any wrong or injustice (not that being served in the Business Class is wrong or unjust:)) by quoting an equivalent from the past. A wrong can never justify a wrong. What I mean is that yes, there has been a history of people from different countries who have raided and plundered my nation but that shouldn’t be a reason for me to be rude/callous to them. Not that I am trying to be a coward or anything. Just that people who were cruel would have borne the results of their actions, and in today's time I need to decide for myself how I'd like to be. And accept the karma of the same coming back to me...Life, come to me...