put the wheel away

yeesh. i've been holed up in the apartment, working like a little rat on this market summary thing. i finally finished it like 20 minutes ago and am celebrating with the last kingfisher in the fridge. time to buy more beer. and by that i mean, time to call down the street and have the man deliver more beer. ahhh. this is definitely on the plus side of the balance sheet of india.

you know, if i don't get this job it'll be simply for the fact that the other contenders were --- censored --- who have shit-tons of experience in this exact job and probably already work for the company.

i have the apartment to myself this week ... well, myself plus the maid. m's away on biz.

we got a dryer! jennifer'd never seen one before, she's a little afraid of it. she asked if it folds clothes, too. i'm sooo excited to not have to wear scratchy/smells-like-india-but-they're-actually-clean underwear. absolutely beautiful. i might just spend the whole week sitting and watching it spin.

a friend has been apartment-hunting. her landlord gave her 3 weeks notice that her rent was about to be DOUBLED. doubled. her broker showed her an apartment located inside a temple yesterday. worshipers enter in door #1, tenant uses door #2, next to door #1. no biggie. ug. this is all so very india. when we were looking, our broker showed us a brothel. a full-on, operating brothel. it was so disgusting. we also saw a slum apartment. basically the owner had put tile on the floor, added an actual roof, sheetrocked the walls, added plumbing and voila! apartment! one that shares walls with the cardboard and plywood dwellings next to it. and he wanted like $1500 for it! people will do anything to make money here.

hhaha. here's a typical indianization of the english language. i just found this. tell me what's wrong with 'fitness tuesdays.' by the way, this gym is disgustingly dirty and if you visit it, they make you take your shoes off. ew.

shocker alert! i have food poisoning! again! i'm just like 'eff it,' this time. i'm eating and drinking like normal. and making sure to always be in the vicinity of a clean, western toilet in the immediate future.

i have to admit, i'm super stoked to be in a country that seems to have no clue that christmas is coming. there are NO decorations or songs or whatever, everywhere i go. well, nowhere besides other expat's houses. nothing against christmas, believe me. people definitely celebrate it here, religiously or secularly, they're just not in your face about it. it's soo refreshing. ... haha. i can't believe i just used that word to describe something here.

alright. i'll leave you now. time to move on to the vodka and mango juice.

grrrrr. what i wouldn't give for a heaping platter of cheddary, jalapeno nachos right now! seriously!