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- Obituary: Arun Veembur
Arun was for me (and presumably a lot of others) the original rock n rolla, the guy to emulate from early school days. Days when we would visit each others families on weekends, and immediately after exchanging pleasantries be off on a cycle, he riding, me on pillion, in any direction, till hunger got the better of our vagabond spirits.
He would chaperone me to Kerala for the summer holidays when I wasn't old enough to travel on my own. Train journeys were never so much fun, when we would share our berth, sneaking away in the middle of the night when his parents were asleep, patrolling the aisles end to end till the vestibules prevented us, pestering ticket collectors into parting a share of groundnuts and other eatables.
His incredible stories bring back tears of laughter even today, especially of one where he convinced some of his classmates in engineering college into believing that Jim Morrison was the 4th President of the USA.
I last met him at the Tull concert, where he entered the grounds with trademark bag on back, hunched over his Yamaha. A conversation on longitudes and latitudes and the free spirit of life in Yunnan ensued before we decided to meet the next day for some drinks…never to happen.
He has "gone up the country, where the water tastes like wine."
Will miss him and his randomness.
events
Saturday, May 26
- Beichen Fortune Center
Start of a 3 day VDS Skateboard battle, 1pm-7:30pm
- Kunming Theatre
Classical performance by piano prodigy 陈学弘, 8pm, tickets 80-200 yuan
- Laowo Bar
Happy day party and Barbeque with a Djembe jam session and specials including 5 yuan of all pizzas, 10 yuan cocktails, small Beer Lao 15 yuan, and big Beer Lao or Kirin 20 yuan, 3pm, free entry
- Livstone House
Chinese adventure of Contemporary Art: a curator lecture by Catherine Croll, 7:30pm, free entry
- Lost Garden Guesthouse & Restaurant
Black pepper steak special with fresh cut fries, green salad and glass of Chilean Cabernet, 88 yuan, 5pm
- Moondog
Live performance with Laurence and Joost, 9:30pm, free entry
- O'Reilly's Irish Pub
Lucky Day! spend 200 yuan and receive a free gift or discount on your next visit to O'reilly's Irish Pub and live music from Carol (America), 9-11pm; Rugby: Hurricanes vs. Rebels, 1:30pm; Blues vs. Highlanders, 3:35pm; Brumbies vs. Reds, 5:40pm; Cheetahs vs. Waratahs, 11:05pm, free entry
- Slice of Heaven
Free wine tasting with a selection of Australian and Chilean red wines, 7:30pm
- TCG Nordica
Piano students' Spring concert, "Classical Melodies", 8pm, 40 yuan
- The Box
Celebrate Diego's 10 years in China with various specials on Prosecco (Italian sparkling white wine), snacks, cocktails (25 yuan, buy 4 get 1 free), and a chance to win a free Margherita pizza, 7:30pm, free entry
- The Mask
DJ Ranking 周 is back to take you on a music trip from Reggae to Drum and Bass, 10:30pm, free entry
- The Dali Hump, Dali
All-you-can-eat Western & Mongolian BBQ buffet w/music by local and guest musicians; 6-9pm; 38 yuan includes a free drink
3 other events Show calendar
- The Old Theatre Inn
- Lost Garden Guesthouse & Restaurant
- Chicago Coffee
- Kunming Mei's Mandarin School
- As You Like
- Keats School
- Moondog
- GoKunming
- YMCA Club 1933
- Slice of Heaven
- Kingsway Tented Resorts
- Camel Bar
- The Mask
- Bakery 88
- Kunming College of Eastern Language and Culture
- My Favor Restaurant
- Chapter One
- Wonders Of Yunnan Travel
- O'Reilly's Irish Pub
- Salvador's Coffee House
- Wangtianshu Restaurant & Deli
- Tenwest Mandarin School
- Cacao Mexican Restaurant
- Flying Tigers Restaurant
- Kunming Yu-Cong Enterprise Management Company
- Huiying Dental Clinic