More of What I see in My Neighborhood

Where AC Slater gets his hair did when he's in the neighborhood

Biggest plop I've seen.  Should have put something next to it to show the scale.  It was like the size of my head.  And I have a big head.

There's nothing worse than a man with "importance"

Traffic jammed up at a train crossing.  And an a ridiculous yet popular car decal.

Racist mug.  Calling people "chinky eyed" is totally acceptable here, so this isn't all that surprising.

Mmmm, teste inhancer.

Gulabi MC hates turban-wearing puppets

But he loves biting things and being a star. Here he is making his YouTube debut.

Mostly Monkeys

 Tim's dad was out here visiting a couple of weeks ago, and we took him to Nandi Hill one day to meet the monkeys.  Other than that one excursion, I worked the entire time he was out here - all day, every night, weekends..... and that has been my schedule lately, so apologies for not posting anything for a while!!

Indian Kit Kat Commercial

Independence Day Redux

Reshma, Me, Viny

This Sunday is Indian Independence Day. According to Bangalore Time Out, the major celebratory activity in the city will be a synchronized flag-waving and hoisting ceremony rather than backyard bbqs and fireworks (so glad I was home for that), but we did have a party of sorts in the office today. By party I mean dress-up day, with an hour spent forcing employees to sing impromptu solos and impersonate each other. Apparently, I am a chronic hair-twirler with an Apu-does-Paris-Hilton accent. That's hot.  Here are some non-plop shots of my co-workers looking way too glam for the office:

Archana

Nazia and Jampa.  Jampa, a Tibetan refugee, is wearing a traditional Tibetan silk dress.

Ganesh

Pragnya

Jampa really needs to give me that dress.

Viny - "Glamour Shots by Deb"

Sneharaj

Biriyani lunch with Basavaraj, Pradeep, and Prathap

Ladies of Clutch Group

Our receptionist Mona showing the traditional Coorgi style and Jayalakshmi, our finance lady

Stuti

Suzane, modeling the traditional (and punk rock looking) sari of Manipur (her home state), and Mamtha. 

Reena in a traditional Tamil Nadu sari

Mary, our office cleaning lady

Srikanth, Renjeet, Sneharaj, Abhishek, and Vipin.  Don't you wish you could rock a skirt at work sometimes?