5 birds please.

now, i’m most probably the last person you could think of who would actually bother about keeping a blog, when for the life of me i can’t seem to keep my room tidy. and then i got sick of sending the same picture to about 10 different people for about 20 times (because MSN is screwed up), and i finally snapped when i had to relate my horrifying experience in india for the 30th time to the 40th person. that simply doesn’t work when internet time here is so precious and hard to come by. i have to pay 10 rupees for every half hour i use the lousy older-than-ancient computers in the mosquito-infested internet café, which by the way, runs on win98. windows 98! that system was used about a gabazillion years ago, no? my first reaction, when i encountered the appalling state of the internet café, was to laugh my huge ass off. really. i thought it was pretty funny that the computers were running on operating systems dating a decade back. then realization dawned on the fact that i actually have to live here for the next 6 months.

*screams*

anyways. if you have been messaging me on MSN and i don’t seem to be replying, please don’t give up on messaging me yet. the problem here is that this lousy internet café closes at 10pm, classes here end really late, and in between i actually have to make it through gym, dinner, and really cold showers (because they freaking don’t have freaking hot water here, ****, its 20 freaking degrees outside). and then there’s the mountain of assignments here to do, and for the 60th time I’m bitching about this, internet isn’t freely available. so really, if you’re at home right now lounging around on the couch on wireless internet connection, you really should kiss your damn lucky stars.

now, for all that i am bitching about India, it really isn’t half as bad. for a start, nothing works around here in India, and if you want it too, you’re probably going to have to bribe your way through. haha otherwise known as the “10 rupee syndrome”. but Indian culture is so very fascinating, so very different from ours and so rich in their heritage. oh and the saree is a really sexy lah. (and i bought 2 of them, ahem.) well i must say that i never actually immersed myself in a developing country yet, i mean actually living and working in one, and this experience in itself has been enlightening. i don’t mean that i’m having the time of my life here now, but hey, having had the most enriching experience doesn’t mean it’s the best time of your life, me thinks.

in any case, the main purpose for the setup of this blog is to post my photos, so at least it’ll be a window for you to explore my Indian world here. i have to say that i’m not exactly the best photographer, but i do hope these will do. and if you think there’s anyway to better improve my pictures, do tell. pictures are currently the best mode of telling my experience here in India, but of course, you’re not getting the complete picture because the sounds and the smells that you get traveling along the spit-and rubbish-infested roads of India really completes the experience. i'm going to have to touch on that really interesting topic sometime.

meanwhile, here are my pictures. my very first pictures are dedicated to my family. ron and val and venus and the little twit ivan, i miss you guys very much, surprisingly. to my mom, for attempting to call me often to ask me how i've been (as well as to give me the permission to buy hot water for showering, haha.) and especially to my dad, for getting me my very first SLR.