I am not one of these people.
May 27, 2006
May 25, 2006
Coffee
Instant coffee is surprisingly acceptable when you have no other options. The espresso machine in the office makes a barely tolerable cup of weak coffee. When I first arrived, you had to memorize the morphism:
Black coffee = Hot water
Large black coffee = coffee w/ milk
Espresso = Milk
Since then, somebody has helpfully annotated the machine.
May 24, 2006
Fried Bacon-wrapped Cheese
Apparently, I had to come all the way to India—and spend a week and a half eating daal and chapati—to find the titular ultra-Atkins snack. Incredibly yummy, but also fairly nauseating.
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Palace Grounds Wedding
I’ve posted some photos of a wedding taking place down the street from me, right this very minute. When I walked up to the gate, camera in hand, a man in a uniform invited me to come in and take a closer look. As I walked back out, the same man told me that taking pictures was “against their culture” and looked kind of upset. This was strange, because there was a professional photographer and videographer standing right there. I apologized, and told him I hadn’t understood. But here I’ve gone and posted the pictures anyway. If anyone is offended by this, or knows for a fact that this would offend the relevant persons, please let me know and I’ll take the pictures down.
If anyone asks, I’m from Denmark.
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Cows?
There really are cows in the streets, but not very many. It’s unclear who, if anyone, owns them or why. I haven’t yet seen a cow and had my camera at the same time.
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Om Shanti Shanti Shanti
When your (quite nice but fairly stern) yoga teacher asks you to close your eyes and join him in a Sanskrit (?) prayer, which option is more culturally sensitive?
1) Concentrate on your breathing and keep your mouth shut, or
2) Mumble along semi-phonetically and try to follow the melody.
I’ve been trying Option (2), and I feel like a jackass.
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