Today my driver was telling me that all roads are black... what he intended to say was that many roads blocked due to the arrival of a minister and that we have to take another route to work.
Unfortunately we weren't the only ones and so it happened that at one point an intersection was completely jammed. The police tried to solve that problem by creating a corridor to let cars that were already on the intersection to drive by.
My driver took this as his chance to bypass all other and block the intersection again. The police men were not to happy about that and started hitting our car with sticks. At first I was very shocked, but now I'm thinking of it as a new experience...
Mittwoch, 30. Januar 2008
Samstag, 19. Januar 2008
Shopping, Shopping and Shopping
This weekend consisted mostly of going shopping. On friday I went to MG Road to buy a new PC (parts). The rest of the evening was spent on assembling it and installing the software. Ourdays you only need a suisse army knife and a big bed to do that :)
The most surprising think I noticed it that there was neither an English nor a German version of the manual...
On saturday I went to the huge market near commercial street. First thing I did was finishing up the rental of the furniture. Afterwards I went shopping for the essentials (Linens, Towels, some kitchen stuff). Surprisingly this task which in Europe or the US is done in two or three hours took me the whole day. The good thing is that my comforter was hand made exactly to my demands. I selected the fabrics and it was finished till the evening. Afterwards I relaxed in a theater watching "National Treasure 2". I liked the theater a lot, although it is a little bit more expensive than the usual Indian theater. However there fit only about 30 people in and you have a LOT of space around you. The seats can be moved into a laying position eletronical and there is a button to call somebody who brings you food and drinks. Kind of the businees class of theaters :)
The next day I needed to go shopping again. Again to the market and than to EZone to order a fridge/freezer. In the afternoon I walked around one of the tanks that is nearby (pictures).
The only essential things that are still missing are shower rods.
The most surprising think I noticed it that there was neither an English nor a German version of the manual...
On saturday I went to the huge market near commercial street. First thing I did was finishing up the rental of the furniture. Afterwards I went shopping for the essentials (Linens, Towels, some kitchen stuff). Surprisingly this task which in Europe or the US is done in two or three hours took me the whole day. The good thing is that my comforter was hand made exactly to my demands. I selected the fabrics and it was finished till the evening. Afterwards I relaxed in a theater watching "National Treasure 2". I liked the theater a lot, although it is a little bit more expensive than the usual Indian theater. However there fit only about 30 people in and you have a LOT of space around you. The seats can be moved into a laying position eletronical and there is a button to call somebody who brings you food and drinks. Kind of the businees class of theaters :)
The next day I needed to go shopping again. Again to the market and than to EZone to order a fridge/freezer. In the afternoon I walked around one of the tanks that is nearby (pictures).
The only essential things that are still missing are shower rods.
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| [20080119] Building PC and Park |
Montag, 14. Januar 2008
The new house, Lalbagh and Nandi Hills
Finally it looks like I can move into the new Villa. Therefore we measured the sizes of the different rooms on saturday in order to get an idea where we will put the furniture and I took the chance to take some more photos of the house and the development. Afterwards we went looking for furniture to rent and after that we went to the Lalbagh Park again to relax.
On sunday we visited the Nandi hills which are about 2 1/2 hours away from Bangalore.
On sunday we visited the Nandi hills which are about 2 1/2 hours away from Bangalore.
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| [20080110] Haus_Nandh |
Sonntag, 6. Januar 2008
Lalbagh Botanic Garden
And another weekend is nearly over. On saturday I first went to the Lalbagh Botanic Garden which is maybe the most relaxing place in Bangalore. I walked for about 1 1/2 hours through the garden, enjoying the lake, the palms and the huge bamboos. Also I could observe I group of monkeys playing in the trees. After the hike I relaxed in the shadow of a huge tree, reading some Science Fictions.
Since I planned to go to the movies since I arrived here, I though this is maybe the perfect day for doing that. On the internet they said that they play "I'm legend" in the Forum Mall theaters. Therefore I went 2 hours earlier to get tickets... Well, its like most things in India, time is stretchable. This means the movie was running at 11:00am (weird time...). Fortunately "The Golden Compass" was running at 8:00pm and so I spend some time shopping books and eating my first burger here in Bangalore at McDonalds. I decided on a Chicken Maharadja Mac. Tasty! In general don't expect to get the same burgers that you get in the US or Europe. They only have burgers based on chicken or Veggies.
The movie was nice for a relaxing night and the theater had western standards, I would say it was even better than most theaters in the Princeton area. They even had Nachos. Yummi!
The sunday I spend working and relaxing at the pool.
Since I planned to go to the movies since I arrived here, I though this is maybe the perfect day for doing that. On the internet they said that they play "I'm legend" in the Forum Mall theaters. Therefore I went 2 hours earlier to get tickets... Well, its like most things in India, time is stretchable. This means the movie was running at 11:00am (weird time...). Fortunately "The Golden Compass" was running at 8:00pm and so I spend some time shopping books and eating my first burger here in Bangalore at McDonalds. I decided on a Chicken Maharadja Mac. Tasty! In general don't expect to get the same burgers that you get in the US or Europe. They only have burgers based on chicken or Veggies.
The movie was nice for a relaxing night and the theater had western standards, I would say it was even better than most theaters in the Princeton area. They even had Nachos. Yummi!
The sunday I spend working and relaxing at the pool.
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| [20080105] Lalbagh Botanic Garden |
Dienstag, 1. Januar 2008
Happy new year!
The new year here was not so impressive but it was still some fun to walk down MG road. Today I spent some time finding a multi-outlet power strip. I gave up after checking out the e-zone (electronis shop) and the forum mall. Will ask some colleagues whether there are better places.
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