Candrama bhara hua

On the way out of work last night, I glanced out the car window to find a big red full moon following us home. I said something like, "wow," which caught my driver, Amit's attention. He took a glance back but quickly decided it was better to keep his eyes on the road.

To let him know what I was looking at, I pulled out the Hindi-Urdu phrasebook I've been carrying (Anna, I think this once belonged to you), and looked up "moon" and "full." Amit, who speaks very little English, did his best to help me pronounce the words. (chundramah bar-uh hoo-a, from what I could gather, if you're interested.)

And then I realized that this is my life for the next three months. Very cool.

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Settling in

Just a quick post.

A very exciting thing happened last night: I slept a total of 7.5 hours and only woke up once. So I have a stuffy head today (the cold is taking its course), but I feel a bit less jet-lagged. In just 3 days, I feel like that's not bad.

Work is going well. I'm not going to blog about it, but know that it's challenging and keeping me busy. And yes, there's a cafeteria; yes, it serves delicious Indian food.

OK, off to another day.

Hong Kong Photos

Photos, as promised.

Stories to come.

No photos yet

I caught a cold and need to sleep. Photos soon.

India - Day 1

We're here! And off to a rocking start. I'm posting two photos of our wedding-attire-buying extravaganza in Karol Bagh yesterday (for a family friend's wedding next weekend in Chandigarh).

Greg and I arrived in Delhi about 2:20 a.m. Sunday, after a long layover in Hong Kong with my fiance's brother, Anshuman. After a few hours of sleep at our guesthouse in Gurgaon, we headed out with the other expats from our office for a leisurely Japanese brunch (ironic, I know, for our first full meal in India - but we also had homecooked Indian food in Hong Kong, so who knows what we'll eat next) and finished off the day shopping. At home, we had samosas and jalebis for dinner.

I'm heading out for work now, so I haven't got a ton of time to write. But I'll post some more photos tonight (Monday a.m., for most of you -- just in time to help you procrastinate the start of the work week).