Today was an eventful day. After waking up at 4AM due to jet lag John and I grabbed breakfast at the main lobby. The person in charge made us toast and jam. He said he was scared we didn't like Indian food. We told him this was not the case, hopefully he cooks us a proper Indian breakfast tomorrow.
We spent until 10AM watching TV with our German friends and a younger guy from Calcutta. Apparently The Big Bang Theory is very popular here. India is only on the first season of the show. How I Met Your Mother is another very popular show here. I guess I wasn't that surprised that over half of the channels play American TV shows or movies all day.
We met up with Sagar, J's coworker and he showed us how to ride the Rickshaw. We rode for 8 km to a large shopping mall in Pune. I purchased a few traditional tops to wear at work. They were pretty cheap. Sagar showed us around Pune a little bit more and then we headed back to the hotel. We were exhausted by then.
I thought the rickshaws were going to be faster. If you don't know what one is, it's sort of like an enclosed motorbike with a bench seat. The drivers weave around everything! I thought our driver was going to run someone over a few times. I definitely had white knuckles. We saw a ton of cows today in a smaller slum like area. I thought traffic was pretty congested when we were riding but Samar said it wasn't even close to being busy. Can't wait to see what "busy" looks like. We stopped in a smaller town to look at some places. It was cool to see how other people live.
We are going to get J's phone in 30 or so minutes. Hopefully everything will be okay and we will finally have a SIM card. I have to wait until at least Monday to get mine. Tomorrow I have to work on a presentation. I am applying to work at the same company that J is interning at. Cross your fingers that I get the job! It would be a lot easier to get to work if I worked at Elephant Design. John is working at Elephant doing packaging. He has also been assigned creating all of the client presentations. That's a big deal, but he will be fine. I will hopefully work in their research and content department doing market research and writing case studies or briefs.
Although it is only 8:35 PM here we are both exhausted. I think a shower and bedtime is in order after we get J's phone. Got to rest up for the biggest cricket match of the season tomorrow night. It's like Superbowl Sunday all over again!! Pictures are coming as soon as I upload them to my computer.
We spent until 10AM watching TV with our German friends and a younger guy from Calcutta. Apparently The Big Bang Theory is very popular here. India is only on the first season of the show. How I Met Your Mother is another very popular show here. I guess I wasn't that surprised that over half of the channels play American TV shows or movies all day.
We met up with Sagar, J's coworker and he showed us how to ride the Rickshaw. We rode for 8 km to a large shopping mall in Pune. I purchased a few traditional tops to wear at work. They were pretty cheap. Sagar showed us around Pune a little bit more and then we headed back to the hotel. We were exhausted by then.
I thought the rickshaws were going to be faster. If you don't know what one is, it's sort of like an enclosed motorbike with a bench seat. The drivers weave around everything! I thought our driver was going to run someone over a few times. I definitely had white knuckles. We saw a ton of cows today in a smaller slum like area. I thought traffic was pretty congested when we were riding but Samar said it wasn't even close to being busy. Can't wait to see what "busy" looks like. We stopped in a smaller town to look at some places. It was cool to see how other people live.
We are going to get J's phone in 30 or so minutes. Hopefully everything will be okay and we will finally have a SIM card. I have to wait until at least Monday to get mine. Tomorrow I have to work on a presentation. I am applying to work at the same company that J is interning at. Cross your fingers that I get the job! It would be a lot easier to get to work if I worked at Elephant Design. John is working at Elephant doing packaging. He has also been assigned creating all of the client presentations. That's a big deal, but he will be fine. I will hopefully work in their research and content department doing market research and writing case studies or briefs.
Although it is only 8:35 PM here we are both exhausted. I think a shower and bedtime is in order after we get J's phone. Got to rest up for the biggest cricket match of the season tomorrow night. It's like Superbowl Sunday all over again!! Pictures are coming as soon as I upload them to my computer.
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