I had a dream as I was falling asleep last night that I was playing frisbee and when I jumped to catch the disc I woke up with a strong sensation that I had just jumped face-first into a wall, which was actually my bed. Weird.
June 9, 2006
June 8, 2006
Rusty Brackets
Rusty Bracket on Lamp Post
Originally uploaded by Chris & Hilleary.
Many of the lamp posts in my neighborhood have these seemingly useless brackets with sharp, rusty corners mounted conveniently at forehead level. Luckily, I’m up to date on my tetanus shots.
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Fat India
MSRI lunch
Originally uploaded by Chris & Hilleary.
My Indian diarrhea weight loss program is not working out as planned. I haven’t had any major problems with the food, as it turns out. A spot of indigestion because it’s pretty relentlessly spicy, but no creepy-crawlies in my gut that I’ve detected. They serve us a nice buffet lunch every day on the roof of MSR—I find myself going back for seconds and sweets pretty often (although sweets are usually some variation of rasgulla, which I haven’t acquired a taste for yet; gulab jamun is more my speed (which is very Western of me, apparently)).
I also had vague intentions of trying to eat vegetarian when I came here, since it would be so easy to do (it is, in fact, usually easier than the alternative). But the meat here is so good! Mutton! (Which means goat!) The MSR lunch usually has 4-5 vegetarian dishes and one with meat, and the meat dish is often the tastiest. I am ashamed of myself.
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June 4, 2006
Hot water
Hot water heater in my guest house bathroom
Originally uploaded by Chris & Hilleary.
It took me two weeks to figure out how to operate the hot water heater in my guest house. I guess it’s a sign of my own prejudice, when there was no hot water I just thought, “This is India, you can’t expect hot water every day.” It turns out you (pretty much) can. There is a switch just outside the bathroom that turns on the heater. You flip this 20-30 minutes before you want to shower and you have hot water. It lasts just barely long enough to lather up and rinse, and does not include time for reverie, but it does consistently work. So, yay!
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Monkeys!
Monkeys doing strange things to each other under the Banyan Tree.
Originally uploaded by Chris & Hilleary.
Also here and (to a lesser extent) here. Kedar, you are forgiven.
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June 3, 2006
View from Savandurga
View of the River
Originally uploaded by Chris & Hilleary.
New photo set: Savandurga climb
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Another thing about Vijay
He volunteers at an orphanage. Evil.
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I am into these dogs!
Sleepy dog at the Bazaar
Originally uploaded by Chris & Hilleary.
A new photo set: The dogs of Bangalore.
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June 2, 2006
Photos, missing from your collection!
Just so you know, I haven’t been blogging every single picture I take. Not every photo I take necessarily has universal appeal and I recognize that. Nevertheless, completists can subscribe to my Flickr RSS feed or bookmark http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisandhilleary.
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Procrastiblog 