So apparently I really stink at successfully keeping a blog. But honestly, before last week, things had been pretty mundane! Last Wednesday we finally officially finished our training with our final comprehensive exam. And since then, things have been pretty awesome:
Last Wednesday I learned how to ride a motorcycle! I mean, I know I tried one time in Mysore, but this time I rode around the block AND I got into 3rd gear AND went as fast as 50 km/hr! Very exciting for a rookie like me! Don't worry, I only rode it around the campus =P.
Last Thursday I went to Runway 9 with the motorcycle "gang" which consists of 3 motorcycle drivers and 3 motorcycle passengers. Me and the boys went go-karting for the afternoon and I got completely destroyed. As the only girl and the only one forced to wear a red jacket on the track, I was apparently a very easy target. Let's just say that I got stuffed into the tire wall multiple times. In one case, my go-kart flew right into the tire wall and sent it flying (don't worry, another one of my friends was brought down with me, haha) and in another case, I was triple teamed where two people managed to spin me out so I was facing reverse and then I was immediately head-on-collisioned into. It was awesomely fun. =D
Last Friday I was playing ultimate and my friend and I literally had a head-on-collision. I was on the ground for a good couple of minutes and the right side of my head is still a bit sore. It hurt A LOT. But ultimate is still my favorite thing to do on campus! (Don't worry, one little head-on-collision hasn't stopped me! We still play!) Also on Friday, my motorcycle buddy went shopping for a big suitcase and I successfully helped in the transportation of his purchase back to campus. We became super Indian and I carried a huge suitcase on my lap while he drove back on his motorcycle. Great success. Later that day we achieved even more Indian-like feats by fitting three people on a motorbike and driving all the way to City Center for dinner. It was pretty great.
Sunday was my birthday and we celebrated by going to Runway 9 AGAIN. But this time I got back at each and every single one of the boys, either my stuffing them into tire walls or harassing them on the racetrack. At the very end of 20 laps, one of my friends purposely spun out and I accidently ran straight into him. We had to make a quick getaway after that minor incident...haha...
On Monday, my motorcycle buddy and I tried to go to the Nehru Zoological Park. Unfortunately, after we successfully navigated through the city, we arrived at the zoo only to find that it is closed every Monday. EPIC FAIL. Instead, we decided to go to Charminar where I finally went inside the landmark structure and then did a bit of street shopping. The streets of old Hyderabad are certainly an experience...
On Tuesday, my motorcycle buddy and I dragged along another motorcycle pair and this time, successfully visited the zoo! Of course, it's nothing compared to the World Famous San Diego Zoo but it actually wasn't as bad as I would have expected (I can't help but think of the disastrous "zoo" I visited in HuangShan...) We saw white tigers, Himalayan bears, crocodiles, hippos, rhinos, and we even paid extra to go into the nocturnal animals exhibit was completely pitch dark and extremeley difficult to navigate through.
On Wednesday the motorcycle gang went to watch Eagle Eye at the local Imax theater. It was alright. However, it was after this trip that I realized I had been to City Center everyday for the past week. There are two causes of this: 1) My motorcycle buddy LOVES getting tailormade shirts and we always have to stop by his favorite tailormaking shop Reid and Taylor. 2) Our favorite restaurant in Hyderabad is officially Fusion 9. I have eaten there so often this past week.
On Thursday, the motorcycle gang went to NTR Gardens (it was at this point that we realized how desperate we'd become to find things to do in this city). Apparently this place is supposed to be somewhat of a theme park. It short, it wasn't very good. Besides a few interesting photo opportunities, we also rode the train that circled the park and also tried out the haunted house, 3D room, and the "Thrillenium" which consisted of a trippy room where the wall rotates. It was very difficult to keep my balance in there, haha.
Unfortunately, two of the motorcycle gang members (including my motorcycle buddy) had to move to a new city on Friday. So alas, there came an end to our adventures. I'm actually really sad now that they're gone. Things aren't the same without them. This place just isn't as fun anymore =(
You might be confused as to my own situation as well. I'm supposed to move to Pune to start my project but for some reason I still haven't been able to get my travel plans approved. It's actually kind of annoying. Also, the project I've been aligned to is located in Charlotte, North Carolina. I'm not really that happy about this, considering my base location is Seattle... I really don't understand how this makes any sense but whatever. I'm gonna keep trying to switch to a more reasonable project...i.e. one on the correct coast.
In other news, I'm counting down the days until Malaysia! 6 days...
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Friday, November 7, 2008
Motorcycles are fun!
Just got back this evening after going to City Center for some dinner at Fusion 9...yummy! However, perhaps the most expensive meal yet that I've had in India...if it only wasn't so spicy! I've been eating out quite a bit lately...which has made meals more expensive...but also more delicious! And this has been primarily due to the fact that one of my good friends recently got a motorcycle and has been taking me around the city. Riding on the back of a motorcycle is soooo fun! Tonight was especially exhilarating for some reason...there were moments when we were driving on the flyover and it just reminded me of Shanghai for some reason. Ahhh...takes me back to the days... Anyway, I think riding on a motorbike is going to be one of the most memorable things I'll take with me from this trip. Simply awesome.
Other than that, things have been pretty low key here for a while. We've officially split off into our stream specific training...I'm in Oracle! Which means...hah, I don't actually even know what that means...great! But yes, I will be focusing on Oracle. Unfortunately, most of my friends are in the SAP stream which kinda sucks...it's going to be even harder to coordinate ultimate games now, rawr! Especially with those pesky cricket players always taking over the field at the exact opportune moment (I officially despise cricket now, =P).
Also, the king and queen of Belgium are supposedly going to be here tomorrow...random!
Other than that, things have been pretty low key here for a while. We've officially split off into our stream specific training...I'm in Oracle! Which means...hah, I don't actually even know what that means...great! But yes, I will be focusing on Oracle. Unfortunately, most of my friends are in the SAP stream which kinda sucks...it's going to be even harder to coordinate ultimate games now, rawr! Especially with those pesky cricket players always taking over the field at the exact opportune moment (I officially despise cricket now, =P).
Also, the king and queen of Belgium are supposedly going to be here tomorrow...random!
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Goa
Yep, back from another vacation and we have to jump right into learning Oracle...bleh! But Goa seemed like a much needed break from all of the crap we get from our beloved company. You guys probably don't know what or where Goa is but it's supposed to be the most touristy, beachiest place in India. Well...I didn't really get that vibe but sure...
My mom always comments that going on vacations only serve to remind her how great home (San Diego) is. I entirely agree. I don't think anything could beat my love for San Diego awesomeness. The water is better, the weather is better, the waves are better...everything is better! It's okay though...despite the not-as-coolness, I still had a good time. One of the big perks was the food. Every dinner we had was yummy-delicious and full of seafoody goodness, a rare treat when you're stuck smack in the middle of the country for most of the time. I definitely ate a lot and we definitely ate on the beach on multiple occasions. Now there's something that you probably can't get back in the states... Being able to sit on the beach for dinner without it being ridiculously cold.
One of the highlights was renting scooters for the weekend and driving ourselves places throughout Goa. A bit scary considering the crazy way Indian drivers are but awesomely fun nonetheless! We had only a few incidents...one of them being getting pulled over by corrupt Indian popos who demanded that we show our drivers licenses or else pay a 2000 rupee fine. Psshh...what bullshit. Of course, I was the only one who didn't have their drivers license on them but my buddies and I put up a fight and demanded documentation for this so-called "fine". Eventually they agreed to let us ride back to our hotel to retrieve the license (which wasn't there...haha, I'd left it in Hyderabad) while they continued to patrol area. Bwahaha...dodging the police! But other than that, scooters are sooo fun! It'd be cool if that was actually a reasonable thing to get when I got back to the states...
So our actual primary purpose for going to Goa was to scuba dive or jetski or SOMETHING. We didn't do either of these. Scuba diving in Goa apparently sucks because the Arabian Sea is super murky there. And then for jetskiing, the starting price was 100 rupees per minute. PER MINUTE. Ridiculous. What we DID end up doing was tubing, in which a boat drags a two person innertube-type deal on a crazy ride over waves and through fast turns. It was great. I definitely went twice and I fell out twice and I also got crazy whiplash on my neck, which is pretty sore now, haha. But it was so worth it! It was so fun...I'm pretty sure we went off a wave that dropped us about 10 feet. Woo!
That's pretty much all the eventful stuff that happened on the trip. It was a good getaway. It also made me miss people and home and surfing which I desperately want to do right now. Ahhh!!! Sigh, I can't wait to be done with all this training business and to be HOME! DANG!
So...next trip? Probably sometime in mid-November or Christmas time? Unfortunately, I'm probably definitely not going to be able to make it back home for the holidays...BOO!! =( Instead I might try to go see the Taj Mahal...or perhaps go to Vietnam again. Who knows, anything and anywhere is possible!
My mom always comments that going on vacations only serve to remind her how great home (San Diego) is. I entirely agree. I don't think anything could beat my love for San Diego awesomeness. The water is better, the weather is better, the waves are better...everything is better! It's okay though...despite the not-as-coolness, I still had a good time. One of the big perks was the food. Every dinner we had was yummy-delicious and full of seafoody goodness, a rare treat when you're stuck smack in the middle of the country for most of the time. I definitely ate a lot and we definitely ate on the beach on multiple occasions. Now there's something that you probably can't get back in the states... Being able to sit on the beach for dinner without it being ridiculously cold.
One of the highlights was renting scooters for the weekend and driving ourselves places throughout Goa. A bit scary considering the crazy way Indian drivers are but awesomely fun nonetheless! We had only a few incidents...one of them being getting pulled over by corrupt Indian popos who demanded that we show our drivers licenses or else pay a 2000 rupee fine. Psshh...what bullshit. Of course, I was the only one who didn't have their drivers license on them but my buddies and I put up a fight and demanded documentation for this so-called "fine". Eventually they agreed to let us ride back to our hotel to retrieve the license (which wasn't there...haha, I'd left it in Hyderabad) while they continued to patrol area. Bwahaha...dodging the police! But other than that, scooters are sooo fun! It'd be cool if that was actually a reasonable thing to get when I got back to the states...
So our actual primary purpose for going to Goa was to scuba dive or jetski or SOMETHING. We didn't do either of these. Scuba diving in Goa apparently sucks because the Arabian Sea is super murky there. And then for jetskiing, the starting price was 100 rupees per minute. PER MINUTE. Ridiculous. What we DID end up doing was tubing, in which a boat drags a two person innertube-type deal on a crazy ride over waves and through fast turns. It was great. I definitely went twice and I fell out twice and I also got crazy whiplash on my neck, which is pretty sore now, haha. But it was so worth it! It was so fun...I'm pretty sure we went off a wave that dropped us about 10 feet. Woo!
That's pretty much all the eventful stuff that happened on the trip. It was a good getaway. It also made me miss people and home and surfing which I desperately want to do right now. Ahhh!!! Sigh, I can't wait to be done with all this training business and to be HOME! DANG!
So...next trip? Probably sometime in mid-November or Christmas time? Unfortunately, I'm probably definitely not going to be able to make it back home for the holidays...BOO!! =( Instead I might try to go see the Taj Mahal...or perhaps go to Vietnam again. Who knows, anything and anywhere is possible!
Monday, October 20, 2008
Hyderabad
Hello friends! Wow, it's been so crazy busy that I haven't had a chance to really update this thing in a long time. Well, I'm finally in Hyderabad...got here just about a week ago exactly! My how time flies...
After coming back from our beach vacation in Kovalam, things were pretty relaxed for a while as we "studied" for our comprehensive exam. Of course, I only ended up studying the night before and I still got an A, woo woo =P. For our last night in Mysore we ate at good 'ol MezzaLuna (along with the Lemon Tree chicken roll combo) and then danced it up at the club at Sandesh. Ahh...a good last evening. It was sad having to say goodbye to all of the people in Mysore. Thankfully most of my friends were moving with me so that's pretty awesome.
Last Tuesday we packed up our things drove the 4 mile ride to Bangalore airport so we could board our 1.5 hour flight to Hyderabad, haha. Hyderabad is comparable to Bangalore...both are big, dusty Indian cities. It's definitely going to be a different experience than living in Mysore (a considerably smaller city). The actual city center is 45 minutes away and to get to anything cool takes at least half an hour. So that's a huge bummer... Going to "nice" restaurants is definitely going to be way more pricy...but there are also a lot more restaurants to explore! Hopefully we'll find a few good gems without getting overwhelmed by the huge selection. I've already ventured out into the city a couple times...twice to eat (I had steak for the first time in 3 months!) and once over the weekend to tag along with my friend who had a hook up that toured us around Hyderabad. We quickly visited a few sights - Charminar and Chowmahalla Palace - and we got to learn a bit of the history of the city. However, the pollution here is absolutely deathly. I already know I'm going to return to the States with a whole slew of throat and lung problems. Sigh...
One of the best parts of Hyderabad, however, is the campus that we live on. It's SO much better than Mysore! There's no floating restaurant but it's definitely way cooler in every other way. First and foremost, we finally, finally all live in the same building! It's just like living in the dorms again where all of your friends are next door or just down the hall. We can actually hang out in each others' rooms now! Like real adults! The food is actually pretty decent, too. There's a Subway that's delicious, Dominoes is of course present. But there are some new things, like a Chinese food stand called Bowl O' China (haha). I'm actually quite satisfied so far. Even though everything is still ridiculously spicy, I'm liking the selections more than our choices in Mysore. The other big factor is that there are far less people. I'm enjoying the non-crowdedness of the campus. Except during peak hours at the food courts when there aren't even any tables available! Also, my room is awesome. It's even bigger than it was in Mysore and I have an awesome view of the cricket/frisbee field (yes, we're definitely going to take it over...the process has already started, haha). Our classes are on the ground floor of the building we live in so everything is super close! It is great.
Yep, so lately we've been working on learning Java. Unfortunately, the teacher isn't so great so I guess I should be doing some self-study right now...boooooo. But this weekend is Diwali which is going to be cool to see how everyone celebrates it here. Part of me wishes I was taking it easy and staying in Hyderabad so I could experience all the authentic Diwali festivities. However, this is one of our only long weekend so how could we not take advantage? Me and 9 other friends are heading out to Goa this weekend to kick it at the beach again! But this time the goal is scuba diving and jetskiing. We'll see what we can find =P. Goa is supposed to be the big beach attraction in India...I'll see how it compares to San Diego!
After coming back from our beach vacation in Kovalam, things were pretty relaxed for a while as we "studied" for our comprehensive exam. Of course, I only ended up studying the night before and I still got an A, woo woo =P. For our last night in Mysore we ate at good 'ol MezzaLuna (along with the Lemon Tree chicken roll combo) and then danced it up at the club at Sandesh. Ahh...a good last evening. It was sad having to say goodbye to all of the people in Mysore. Thankfully most of my friends were moving with me so that's pretty awesome.
Last Tuesday we packed up our things drove the 4 mile ride to Bangalore airport so we could board our 1.5 hour flight to Hyderabad, haha. Hyderabad is comparable to Bangalore...both are big, dusty Indian cities. It's definitely going to be a different experience than living in Mysore (a considerably smaller city). The actual city center is 45 minutes away and to get to anything cool takes at least half an hour. So that's a huge bummer... Going to "nice" restaurants is definitely going to be way more pricy...but there are also a lot more restaurants to explore! Hopefully we'll find a few good gems without getting overwhelmed by the huge selection. I've already ventured out into the city a couple times...twice to eat (I had steak for the first time in 3 months!) and once over the weekend to tag along with my friend who had a hook up that toured us around Hyderabad. We quickly visited a few sights - Charminar and Chowmahalla Palace - and we got to learn a bit of the history of the city. However, the pollution here is absolutely deathly. I already know I'm going to return to the States with a whole slew of throat and lung problems. Sigh...
One of the best parts of Hyderabad, however, is the campus that we live on. It's SO much better than Mysore! There's no floating restaurant but it's definitely way cooler in every other way. First and foremost, we finally, finally all live in the same building! It's just like living in the dorms again where all of your friends are next door or just down the hall. We can actually hang out in each others' rooms now! Like real adults! The food is actually pretty decent, too. There's a Subway that's delicious, Dominoes is of course present. But there are some new things, like a Chinese food stand called Bowl O' China (haha). I'm actually quite satisfied so far. Even though everything is still ridiculously spicy, I'm liking the selections more than our choices in Mysore. The other big factor is that there are far less people. I'm enjoying the non-crowdedness of the campus. Except during peak hours at the food courts when there aren't even any tables available! Also, my room is awesome. It's even bigger than it was in Mysore and I have an awesome view of the cricket/frisbee field (yes, we're definitely going to take it over...the process has already started, haha). Our classes are on the ground floor of the building we live in so everything is super close! It is great.
Yep, so lately we've been working on learning Java. Unfortunately, the teacher isn't so great so I guess I should be doing some self-study right now...boooooo. But this weekend is Diwali which is going to be cool to see how everyone celebrates it here. Part of me wishes I was taking it easy and staying in Hyderabad so I could experience all the authentic Diwali festivities. However, this is one of our only long weekend so how could we not take advantage? Me and 9 other friends are heading out to Goa this weekend to kick it at the beach again! But this time the goal is scuba diving and jetskiing. We'll see what we can find =P. Goa is supposed to be the big beach attraction in India...I'll see how it compares to San Diego!
Monday, October 6, 2008
Kerala!
So this weekend we took our very first all-out R&R vacation to the beach! We headed out first thing after work on Friday afternoon to Bangalore and stayed at my friend's uncle's Bangalore guesthouses again. As to be expected, food was delicious and the room was eggcellent. Except we had to wake up at 3:30am the next morning to catch our flight to Trivandrum (also known as Thiruvananthapuram). Our resort had taxis waiting for us at the airport to pick us up before it was even 9am we were out on the beach!
We stayed at a charming little place called Coconut Bay Resort - "private" beach, hammocks, a pool, and a restaurant that had the best food ever. Once we arrived, we immediately started beaching it, playing in the sand, swimming in the ocean...it was great (although I couldn't help but think the entire time how much I wish I was in San Diego, surfing it up at Seascape...SIIIIIGGGHHH). Later on, some of us went to Kovalam beach and explored the touristy area. Honestly, it wasn't as good as our "private beach" because it was crowded and dirtier looking. Our beach was pretty cool because a bunch of fisherman landed their boats there every morning, unloading their catches...tons and tons of muscles! It was pretty cool cuz the fisherman boats were basically just made of three big logs.
Later on we made our way to the Leela Resort which is the big, fancy resort in town. It is SUPER nice there. They have a sweet infinity pool, an amazing view, and I'm pretty sure they have a private beach of their own as well. It's also huge. I might have to try it out someday when I'm rich =P. We rested and had some refreshments and then headed back to Coconut Bay for dinner. The restaurant at our resort was SO GOOD. I stuffed myself all three times I ate there...mmmm Chicken Tikka Makhani... Agh, it's making me hungry just thinking about it.
The next day consisted of even more R&R. After a slow morning we tossed a frisbee along the beach (YAY, ultimate...I'd been so deprived!!!) Had another delicious meal and then headed out to a backwater boat tour. We rode this old-school boat down a lazy river until it reached the ocean and then he brought us back up. Our boat driver was so funny and precious - he kept pointing out things of interest like all the eagles flying overhead or the poisonous mangrove trees. He was pretty awesome.
Yep, it was a pretty easy, relaxing weekend. The beach was great. The only thing I realized that I really dislike about India in general is all the burning trash. Awful smoke clouds of pollution clogging up my lungs can really ruin a moment. And they're EVERYWHERE. It really suck and doesn't make any sense to me...isn't that incredibly unhealthy and absolutely disastrous for the environment????
Monday was pretty hectic and full of travel...we didn't get back to Mysore until 3:30pm! Luckily, class is pretty useless, as evidenced by the fact that I got a 95% on my test this morning even though I didn't go to half of the module. Haha...oh man.
Anyway, it's crazy to think that I have exactly a week left in Mysore...and then it's off to Hyderabad! I don't know if I'm quite ready to leave...but maybe I am. I feel like I have so much more left to do!
We stayed at a charming little place called Coconut Bay Resort - "private" beach, hammocks, a pool, and a restaurant that had the best food ever. Once we arrived, we immediately started beaching it, playing in the sand, swimming in the ocean...it was great (although I couldn't help but think the entire time how much I wish I was in San Diego, surfing it up at Seascape...SIIIIIGGGHHH). Later on, some of us went to Kovalam beach and explored the touristy area. Honestly, it wasn't as good as our "private beach" because it was crowded and dirtier looking. Our beach was pretty cool because a bunch of fisherman landed their boats there every morning, unloading their catches...tons and tons of muscles! It was pretty cool cuz the fisherman boats were basically just made of three big logs.
Later on we made our way to the Leela Resort which is the big, fancy resort in town. It is SUPER nice there. They have a sweet infinity pool, an amazing view, and I'm pretty sure they have a private beach of their own as well. It's also huge. I might have to try it out someday when I'm rich =P. We rested and had some refreshments and then headed back to Coconut Bay for dinner. The restaurant at our resort was SO GOOD. I stuffed myself all three times I ate there...mmmm Chicken Tikka Makhani... Agh, it's making me hungry just thinking about it.
The next day consisted of even more R&R. After a slow morning we tossed a frisbee along the beach (YAY, ultimate...I'd been so deprived!!!) Had another delicious meal and then headed out to a backwater boat tour. We rode this old-school boat down a lazy river until it reached the ocean and then he brought us back up. Our boat driver was so funny and precious - he kept pointing out things of interest like all the eagles flying overhead or the poisonous mangrove trees. He was pretty awesome.
Yep, it was a pretty easy, relaxing weekend. The beach was great. The only thing I realized that I really dislike about India in general is all the burning trash. Awful smoke clouds of pollution clogging up my lungs can really ruin a moment. And they're EVERYWHERE. It really suck and doesn't make any sense to me...isn't that incredibly unhealthy and absolutely disastrous for the environment????
Monday was pretty hectic and full of travel...we didn't get back to Mysore until 3:30pm! Luckily, class is pretty useless, as evidenced by the fact that I got a 95% on my test this morning even though I didn't go to half of the module. Haha...oh man.
Anyway, it's crazy to think that I have exactly a week left in Mysore...and then it's off to Hyderabad! I don't know if I'm quite ready to leave...but maybe I am. I feel like I have so much more left to do!
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Tragedy strikes!
They closed the frisbee field!!!! NOOOOOOOO!!!!!
So I've been ultimate deprived for the last week and a half because they suddenly decided that they wanted to do construction on the track surrounding the field. BOO. Seriously, I've been in a pseudo state of depression ever since... I also have neglected to do anything active since my sole, reliable outlet has now been squashed. Somehow I'm not surprised that this happened to us...
But in better news, we finally got a timetable for how much longer we're going to be here in India! Looks like they cut out some of the more pointless parts of our training. I am now leaving for Hyderabad on October 14th and I will supposedly be returning back to the US around January 9th! (And Hyderabad will have a free field for ultimate...yayyy!!!)
Also, two of my friends recently got motorbikes so that's pretty cool because now they can take us to places off-campus more efficiently. And it's fun! =P My goal is to find a better place to eat that's cheaper and yummier than the floater...I'm sick of that place!
In other news, tomorrow is a holiday for Ghandi's birthday. I think we intended to make plans...but then never did. However, this weekend we shall be heading to Kovalam in Kerala to hit the beach...finally! I think this is the most land-locked I've ever been in my life!
So I've been ultimate deprived for the last week and a half because they suddenly decided that they wanted to do construction on the track surrounding the field. BOO. Seriously, I've been in a pseudo state of depression ever since... I also have neglected to do anything active since my sole, reliable outlet has now been squashed. Somehow I'm not surprised that this happened to us...
But in better news, we finally got a timetable for how much longer we're going to be here in India! Looks like they cut out some of the more pointless parts of our training. I am now leaving for Hyderabad on October 14th and I will supposedly be returning back to the US around January 9th! (And Hyderabad will have a free field for ultimate...yayyy!!!)
Also, two of my friends recently got motorbikes so that's pretty cool because now they can take us to places off-campus more efficiently. And it's fun! =P My goal is to find a better place to eat that's cheaper and yummier than the floater...I'm sick of that place!
In other news, tomorrow is a holiday for Ghandi's birthday. I think we intended to make plans...but then never did. However, this weekend we shall be heading to Kovalam in Kerala to hit the beach...finally! I think this is the most land-locked I've ever been in my life!
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Time Flies...
When you're having fun, right? Or perhaps when you're studying like crazy on databases and queries =P. I honestly don't remember what happened the entire week after the "safari". There must have been some project finishing...and some RDBMS starting...as far as work went. We had our last couple games of ultimate with the fast trackers and various other seeing-off celebrations involving food and dancing. We finally got a chance to eat at the Lemon Tree restaurant which has BOMB chicken rolls and half-chicken/whole-chicken dishes. YUMMY. So now we're set in this one area of Mysore that has the Lemon Tree, MezzaLuna (currently our favorite restaurant due to cheapness, deliciousness, and Chinese food-ness) and or club of choice, High Octane. On Saturday we vowed to play our last game of ultimate and shortly thereafter we headed out to a place called Planet X where the main highlight is their go-karts. They are suprisingly fun and potentially very addicting. I am going to try my best to master the art of drifting, bwahaha (Tokyo Drift! LOL)
Unfortunately, the day we had to see our friends off to Hyderabad. Of course, the cab didn't come until two hours after it was scheduled to come. But we were able to entertain ourselves in our few precious last moments with all of my favorite games (pika pika tonga tonga! That's right, I've taught a new crowd =P). Later that day me and the girls went on a shopping trip into the city and I bought a kurta! And various other items, hehe... Little did I know that shopping crazyness would ensue later in the week...
This past week has been full of studying. No joke. We had a 7 day module this round and it seemed pretty intense, especially since I have a tendency to zone out during class...haha. But don't worry about me, I got an A (of course!) on the RDMBS exam =D. However, this next instructor of ours is pretty...annoying...in the sense that he is quite attentive to all of the shenanigans that occur in class, haha. So my friend Barry sits in front of me in our classroom. Barry ALWAYS plays games. Hangaroo, in particular, is my favorite game that Barry plays because when our brains work together, we can solve the puzzle. Apparently I didn't realize how blaringly obvious it is that I play this game with Barry because our new instructor definitely called me out for it. DON'T WORRY, I didn't get in trouble, he just asked if there was something interesting on Barry's screen and I just played dumb =P. AND ALSO JUST FOR THE RECORD, I have not downloaded any games onto my own computer until this past Thursday. And also everyone else in class plays games. That is all.
However, my personal favorite highlight of the past couple weeks is playing ULTIMATE EVERYDAY. Yes, me and my friend Alex have made a pact to play ultimate everyday possible. I have to admit, I am completely obsessed with ultimate frisbee. You know how I surf in San Diego and taiko in Berkeley? Well apparently in India I play ultimate. And it is GREAT. Except for the fact that I have a tendency to injure myself a lot. Or collide with people because I can't stop running. STILL AWESOME. We successfully played ultimate everyday for four days in a row and it was so so fun every single time. We're crazy =P
So this Saturday was a working. The reason being? They had given us too many holidays during this quarter so the entire company was coming in on this Saturday. However, nothing was scheduled for us to do on this so-called working Saturday. So during lunch, me and the girls left for the city and shopped till we dropped. I bought a LOT of stuff. And Juni, our Indian friend, was able to come out and help us. She is so sweet and I'm so glad we were able to hang out with her. She helped us pick out saris, salwaars, and kurtas so now I'm stocked. I had fun but I'm pretty shopped out.
And finally todaaaaaaaaaaaay! We took a day trip to Coorg. Woke up at 5:15 AM and piled into a big van. Our first stop was a Tibetan monastery...it was beautiful! Because we got there so early, hardly anybody else was there. The monks were in the process of doing their morning chants and it was so interesting just to watch. This is by far my favorite place that we've visited so far. Afterward we went to a "bird sanctuary" that didn't actually have any birds. The only notable parts of this place was the bridge we had to cross and the river that some of my friends accidently fell into when they tried to cross it to reach some rocks, haha. After this we headed for Abbey Falls which we thought would require a long hike but really only took 5 minutes of walking to reach. They were pretty enough (honestly, not as cool as some of the stuff I saw in China). Our last stop was a garden with an amazing view (we were able to spot the perfect ultimate feel amongst the huge expanse of green fields =D).
Anyway, I can't believe I only got one day off between last week and this week. Siiiigh...off to work I go!
Unfortunately, the day we had to see our friends off to Hyderabad. Of course, the cab didn't come until two hours after it was scheduled to come. But we were able to entertain ourselves in our few precious last moments with all of my favorite games (pika pika tonga tonga! That's right, I've taught a new crowd =P). Later that day me and the girls went on a shopping trip into the city and I bought a kurta! And various other items, hehe... Little did I know that shopping crazyness would ensue later in the week...
This past week has been full of studying. No joke. We had a 7 day module this round and it seemed pretty intense, especially since I have a tendency to zone out during class...haha. But don't worry about me, I got an A (of course!) on the RDMBS exam =D. However, this next instructor of ours is pretty...annoying...in the sense that he is quite attentive to all of the shenanigans that occur in class, haha. So my friend Barry sits in front of me in our classroom. Barry ALWAYS plays games. Hangaroo, in particular, is my favorite game that Barry plays because when our brains work together, we can solve the puzzle. Apparently I didn't realize how blaringly obvious it is that I play this game with Barry because our new instructor definitely called me out for it. DON'T WORRY, I didn't get in trouble, he just asked if there was something interesting on Barry's screen and I just played dumb =P. AND ALSO JUST FOR THE RECORD, I have not downloaded any games onto my own computer until this past Thursday. And also everyone else in class plays games. That is all.
However, my personal favorite highlight of the past couple weeks is playing ULTIMATE EVERYDAY. Yes, me and my friend Alex have made a pact to play ultimate everyday possible. I have to admit, I am completely obsessed with ultimate frisbee. You know how I surf in San Diego and taiko in Berkeley? Well apparently in India I play ultimate. And it is GREAT. Except for the fact that I have a tendency to injure myself a lot. Or collide with people because I can't stop running. STILL AWESOME. We successfully played ultimate everyday for four days in a row and it was so so fun every single time. We're crazy =P
So this Saturday was a working. The reason being? They had given us too many holidays during this quarter so the entire company was coming in on this Saturday. However, nothing was scheduled for us to do on this so-called working Saturday. So during lunch, me and the girls left for the city and shopped till we dropped. I bought a LOT of stuff. And Juni, our Indian friend, was able to come out and help us. She is so sweet and I'm so glad we were able to hang out with her. She helped us pick out saris, salwaars, and kurtas so now I'm stocked. I had fun but I'm pretty shopped out.
And finally todaaaaaaaaaaaay! We took a day trip to Coorg. Woke up at 5:15 AM and piled into a big van. Our first stop was a Tibetan monastery...it was beautiful! Because we got there so early, hardly anybody else was there. The monks were in the process of doing their morning chants and it was so interesting just to watch. This is by far my favorite place that we've visited so far. Afterward we went to a "bird sanctuary" that didn't actually have any birds. The only notable parts of this place was the bridge we had to cross and the river that some of my friends accidently fell into when they tried to cross it to reach some rocks, haha. After this we headed for Abbey Falls which we thought would require a long hike but really only took 5 minutes of walking to reach. They were pretty enough (honestly, not as cool as some of the stuff I saw in China). Our last stop was a garden with an amazing view (we were able to spot the perfect ultimate feel amongst the huge expanse of green fields =D).
Anyway, I can't believe I only got one day off between last week and this week. Siiiigh...off to work I go!
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