Mapple Whitefield Bangalore

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... referred us we would have ran, ran far away from this place. But, I gotta say the chaat was incredible and if we pay the price gastrointestinally, it still would have been worth it!

After we picked up the kids, we did a little more shopping and we had dinner at home and packed. It doesn’t sound like we did much but it was a great day, we accomplished a lot and got a great feel for this city.

... and ordered pizza and just hung out since it was a school night.

We debated about doing a day trip to Mysore – a beautiful town about 3 hours away by car that is home to a fantastic temple, some gardens, and a palace. We ended up passing as we wanted to check out Bangalore and also Bhupesh wanted to stop by and say hi to a few Nike Bangalore folks he had worked with in the past.

We ended up sleeping at 4:15am, and got up at 6am to leave for the airport at 7am. We were emotional and we were tired but I think we felt the connection we made with everyone was so strong that it would be up to us to make sure we keep it going.

We arrived at Bangalore and Vijay picked us up. Vijay and Nita are our friends from Portland and Nike. Nita's brother Ravi is married to my cousin Madhu, so our kids and their kids are both cousins with Madhu and Ravi ...

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“You can’t resist the sounds around you,” he explains. “People live by train tracks and must learn to live with the sound as well.” But how can I keep out the thoughts I have? Don’t resist the natural thought, he says. Your mind will stray but you can stop and bring it back. “Resistance is the fuel to thought,” Rajesh says simply. “If you stop resisting, you can control the thought.” I think I’ve found the right teacher

... style toilet. At first I thought it was for washing the floors, much like the spray system used in many Korean bathrooms. They are in fact a kind of garden hose for your butt. Employed like a hand-held bidet, the hose is bracingly efficient and better than the alternative. But with that knowledge, and a small and dubious milestone tucked under my proverbial belt⎯or the waistband of my boxers⎯I’ve added toilet paper to my shopping list.

... fists on desk) "You set no rules! Who is the boss here?!" T (also yelling and slamming fists) "I am. I am the customer. I pay you for a service, hence I am your employer. You should pay attention to what the customer wants!" A (turning purple and yelling at top of lungs) "I have dealt with hundreds of customers like you!" T - "If hundreds of people complained, then maybe you have a problem. It's just not fair!" At this point, several employees, all muslim ...

Well it has been a week since I last wrote something. During this time I have been working and in the evenings going out to dinner with my Accenture colleagues Barbara and Druvisha. This was Barbara's last week in Bangalore and she returned to the US on Friday. It is good to have someone to hang out with since it get's boring fast going to work and coming back to the apartment. Well at least Druvisha will be around till I leave. We are basically trying out different places to ...

... we were finally on our way to the police commissioner. It took another 45 minutes to get there from the notary office, and we arrived around 3:30 or 4. Once we got there, though, we had two forms we had to fill out. Of course there weren't any copies for us to use, and Roopa had to borrow money from one of us to make copies to give us. (Why she didn't get the forms before we got there is up in the air...) It was literally 5 when we were ...

... had already been taken by those who had fought their way on. Johan and I stood back until the pushing and elbowing was over. Two seats available. The bus continued on it's journey picking up people along the way, now standing room only. As the bus stopped at the botanical gardens, I feared that it would be a process to make it to the door. Before we even had the chance to stand up, people were already claiming our seats. We pushed and squeezed our way to the door where ...