planes, trains, and autos!

The past 3 and 1/2 weeks we have done them all while traveling through Curry Land. And now I really miss my home - In my late teens and early twenties I loved my spontaneous nomadic lifestyle...why am I all the sudden becoming an old fuddy dud?
My new favorite thing right now is the Metro in the capital city. It has women's only cars and is AC...and for a measly $4.50 Z and I can take it all the way to the airport. But still further evidence of fuddy dud tendencies...AC & cheap.

'Livin the dream'

Z and I went away for a week, the place we went is called 'heaven on earth' by those who reside there...I definitely see why, our trip was AMAZING...oh and I have a new favorite catch phrase...

Breathtaking vistas....'Livin the dream'

Cool, comfortable temperatures...'Livin the dream'

Old Mogul gardens to stroll around...'Living the dream'

This cat is...'Livin the dream'

Shopping for Pashmina shawls...'Living the dream'

This is me and my new friends..."living the dream'...actually we are Irish dancing but it definitely looks like livin the dream to me.

Street Fight

the fight went down right in front of our house...Z was working so he missed the whole thing. 'See what happened was'...A young guy on a motorcycle hit a kid who was playing in the road. 1) guys on motorcycles drive way to fast in this country...2) kids are not taught to stay out of the road.
After the accident there was a hushed quiet for about two and a half minutes...that was enough time for a crowd of forty people to form and the older sister of the boy who got hit to get her male family members and neighbors involved. And then those involved male family members and neighbors beat the tar out of the motorcycle guy. The kid is fine, his head was scraped up and he was rushed to the doctor, I am not so sure about the guy who got beat up by three grown men.

where's the nearest lens crafters?

Z's glasses broke right down the middle

he tried fixing them with super glue, to no avail...

FYI-we were like this before we moved here...so no need to fear coming to Curry Land

New COMPUTER!!!

We all remember the old one...

Once Z agreed to a new computer he spent hours researching for a custom built desktop...and here it is folks!

Z did all the work, and I get all the benefit :)

In proper Mooch fashion, I have taken over this computer...thnx Honey.

BTW: Twinings peppermint tea bags are AMAZING, I am on my third cup of this stuff today...Get u some, also get a Z who puts together great computers.

Trash wars

In Curry Land there is one task for one person...for instance the person who irons your clothes would not be the person who dry cleans...another example: the person who pumps gas at a gas station is not the same guy who writes up your receipt. One person, one responsibility...It is the same in our neighborhood with regards to trash pick up.
Sweeper - responsible for sweeping the streets of a particular neighborhood and getting the trash collected. Usually female and very territorial. Demands payment for services from all in neighborhood.
Cura walla - rides around in a open back rickshaw and collects trash door to door, works for the sweeper.
Cabare walla - collects recyclable materials. Pays people by weight for the recycled goods. Self employed.

When we first moved into this house the sweeper came by to demand wages for her services. She was going to charge us a little higher than we were previously paying at our old neighborhood but Z was willing to concede if her work proved better than the sweeper in our old neighborhood. After two days we quickly saw that her work ethic was WORSE! She was taking our trash and dumping outside in front of our garden. So we quickly relieved her of her services.
For the past couple of months trash disposal has been a headache! We have taken it ourselves, we have also hired a different cura walla but he has not been consistent...we have also bribed the cabare walla to take our trash by giving him our recycables for free.
Currently we have a weeks worth of trash sitting in our garage trash bins...how will we dispose of it today? that is the question...

Daily Traffic update

Z and I were sharing a taxi with two other CA's to the capital city...and surprise, surprise we got caught in traffic. While in traffic we laughed when over the radio the live traffic update came on...the report was vague...simply said the roads were jammed...of corse we knew the reasons behind the vague report; 1) there are always jams between 8-10 am, you can set your watch to it. And 2) the are no such things a news helicopters that fly around and survey the highway situations.
And then we thought...'What if there were news helicoptors that flew around and surveyed the highways???' Then we took it farther...what if there were detailed traffic reports not just for the capital city but for the more rural cities in Curry Land as well...
The result would be more detailed reports, such as:
'Broke down rickshaw in south bound left hand lane', or 'Overturned ox cart on Hwy 24', my personal favorite 'Gober slick on Indra Ghandi rd, all you motorists be carefull out there.'