I brought my camera to work with me today, since it's basically the only place I go right now. The white slavery joke is starting to seem pretty apt, as I just returned back to my hotel from another 12-hour day, with six more lined up to go before I have any time off. In fact,because I am so busy at work, my move into the new apartment has been delayed yet again, and so I will be calling Maple Suites home for another week. The picture above was taken in the business park that is my other home these days. That is the scene on the other side of the street, across from my totally modern office building.

I'm having to learn to be really, REALLY patient here. I feel like it takes forever to accomplish things. I still haven't made the mandatory visit to the Foreigners Registration Office, still haven't gone to a store, and I still haven't gotten my own Blackberry from work yet, although they did give me a temporary cell phone to use over the weekend (local calls only, boo). Have I mentioned that I still haven't figured out how to make phone calls in India? Good thing I don't really have friends yet. As I was riding home from the office tonight, I got a text message, Lord Shiva only knows from whom, and this is what it said:

Joke
Santa- If I die will you remarry. Jeeto- No. I will stay with my sister. But if I die will you remarry. Santa- No, I will also stay with your sister.

I do not think that this is a funny joke. I should text back the one about the difference between marmalade and jam.

What I do think is funny, however, is the fact that I saw THREE people brushing their teeth outside this morning! The first two were the parents of No-Pants-Baby, and since they live in a metal shack (pictured below, and sandwiched between my nice-ish hotel and a really nice house), I just shrugged it off as being due to a lack of sink/bathroom. I was actually kind of pumped that No-Pants-Baby's parents are so dedicated to good oral hygiene! (If you look hard enough, you can see the dad brushing in the picture, though I know all you pervs are probably more focused on No-Pants-Baby's hot ass.) But then I saw the weirdest thing yet: a woman brushing her teeth WHILE WALKING A DOG. It's less gross when you factor in that people don't have to pick up after their pets here. I wanted to take a picture of her, but I definitely feel like an asshole whitey pointing my camera at people, so I pussied out.



I apologize for the lack of actually interesting news and photos. Hopefully, I will get some time to explore the city next weekend! And, when I can figure out how to wrap the gorgeous hot pink saree that I bought this week (from a peddler outside the office - I told you, no stores yet!), I will totally model it for your viewing pleasure.