I'm a Malaysian, blogging about a trip to India, from a CyberCafe in Chinatown, Singapore, which has big-ass LCD Samsung monitors, CPU runs on AMD processors and I'm logged into a blogger displaying Japanese language. Globalisation?
They have SOFT DIRNKS in the hotel, you can even order BEARS in CAN! Anyway, just trying to show that things are not exactly THAT cheap there. Bears... yum...
By 6.20am the following day, it was already quite sunny, totally waking me from my slumber. WTF weh, I still need more sleep! *hollers in agony* Headed for breakfast, since its complimentary, which consists of either Western style (hams, bacons, eggs, toasts) or traditional Indian (chapati, vada, sambar, idlis). Left me craving fot fried meehoon with eggs and curry chicken a lot, or wanton noodles, or nasi lemak... *drools*
Sunrise, Sunrise. This was taken at a little over 6. A view from my room in 10th floor.
This was taken when it got a little too bright for comfort.
Same as this one. Back in KL, its still dark and comfy around this time. Sigh...
Soon enough, I'm off to the office. Initially, I had the mindset that Rajan (the driver) was only driving in that manner last night because there were not much vehicles around. Forgot to mention, traffic lights there are left to blinking yellow at night, free for all. And boy, I was never more wrong, mainly because, everyone in Chennai, EVERYONE, drives like that. Zooming past, zipping left and right, out-maneuvering others, it made me wonder why Narain Karthikeyan can't perform in the F1 races. I think drivers there honk more than shifting gears, or stepping on the brake. And, most of the drivers kept their side mirrors closed. Larger vehicles even have a sign on the back, stating "Sound Horn". *Inserts many, many shocked emoticons*
The bus. Basically, its not as packed as what you see in some movies, where people are above and hanging on to the doors. Maybe cause I was in the city. Wall's Ice-Cream, hehehe.
These are AUTOS, something similar to TUK-TUKs in Thailand. The way they drive, nearly every single one can qualify as a Mat Rempit.
Nothing much happened, other than my stay being extended for another night. Most of the time was spend in the meeting room, and I have to say that the washroom in the office must have the best view in the world, facing the ocean. Tell me, how often had you enjoyed the full view of the ocean while doing your stuff? Lunch was some traditional Indian food, but the images are in my handphone cause its kinda weird to be snapping away as usual when you're dining with a Vice-President, a Senior Architect and a Project Manager... Its basically rice and with a huge variety of side dishes, basically I was just staring at it, don't know where to start. And they laughed at me loh... Adoi. Anyway, I did managed to finish most of the stuff, some were just too sour or too sweet. The taste is out of this world because you'll never get something like that locally, the flavour of the spices explodes in your mouth. Yum...
Typical street, with some people minding their own stuff.
More to come...
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