Walsh Bay, Pier One

A glorious blue winter sky over the Sydney Harbour Bridge, viewed from Walsh Bay. Pier One on Dawes Point, overlooking Walsh Bay, was once part of Sydney's port facilities. It has now been converted into a hotel, apartments, shops, restaurants, bars and cafes. If you click on the photos to enlarge them, you can see a couple of adventurous groups of people doing the BridgeClimb on the Harbour Bridge.

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AIRTEL takes 45 days to just deactivate a service.

(This blog post is posted by my husband who has subscribed to AIRTEL.)

Mobile phone subscribers in India are prime targets by every advertising company. We are bombarded with spam SMS throughout the day. It is annoying to be disturbed at odd times.
Even though the Government has taken steps, mobile operators in India have not heeded fully to the law.

A week before, I received an SMS from Airtel with home I have subscribed. The SMS gave me an option to stop receiving promotional messages through my mobile phone.

All I was asked was to send one SMS to a number requesting to stop promotional messages. I did so immediately and I received an instant acknowledgment stating that it will take 45 days to implement the request.

45 days! Don't you think one can take a round trip around the world in 45days? Does that mean, AIRTEL, India's leading mobile service provider lacks the technology to simply deactivate a service that did not take 45 days to activate in the first place?

And they say India is a technologically advanced country!

Walsh Bay, flats

These warehouses and wharves at Walsh Bay which were once part of Sydney's port facilities have been converted to flats and cafes. Residents can moor their boats in this small marina beside Pier 7.