Yesterday we had a successful interim presentation with our client to provide them with our progress thus far. Anjali (our professor) also visited us for the day and sat in on a couple of meetings with us. Last night we went to Muskaan’s, a yummy Indian (& Chinese) restaurant down the road. I enjoyed some delicious aloo paneer and we all enjoyed some relaxation and good conversation.
After dinner, we popped in Madagascar 2 to watch our movie in Russian with English subtitles, only to find out that it must have been translated about 12 times because the subtitles said things like, “and she he flew into million car baby” which made the movie very difficult to watch. The movie quality was also not quite up to Disney standards, so we’re thinking that the 20,000kwacha that Ron paid is actually not such a good deal after all.
Anjali mentioned that while she was in the cab yesterday she saw someone cross the street and get hit by a car. As awful as that is, it apparently becomes a big scene here. The driver stopped and carried the woman into his car, but then all of the bystanders began to argue about which hospital they should take her to. After a “very long time” (according to Anjali) many of the bystanders proceeded to all climb into the car with this poor injured woman to escort her to the clinic, which was quite a scene since they were all smooshed in the car. Anjali was quite shocked and disturbed by this series of events and made us all promise that we would be careful when we crossed the roads here. I usually try to stay close to Ron, since they drive on the left-hand side of the road here I’m always looking the wrong way when I’m trying to cross. And we all know how clumsy I can be.
Last night we had the worst lightning storm that I’ve ever seen in my life. Even with my eyes closed, I could see flashes of light from outside my window. Every few seconds thunder was booming overhead. A few times, I was certain that our house was going to be struck by lightning or water was going to come pouring through the ceiling. After several hours of this horrible storm and staring at the ceiling, the rain subsided and all I could hear for the next 4 hours was a dog barking next door. Oh, and that d*^# rooster that crows at all hours of the day. I thought that roosters were only supposed to crow in the morning? Well this one is either blind or stupid because we can hear the stupid thing ALL OF THE TIME.
Today we are back at the office, collecting some more data and building the extensive database. We are very thankful to have a spacious (air-conditioned!) conference room. One of our favorite excursions is to venture out to the local market so that Ron can get his beloved Coke Light and we can check out the mini-mart. I didn’t believe him at first, but he’s right, the Coke here just tastes better. I think it has something to do with using real sugar instead of corn syrup, but whatever it is, it’s quite tasty. Then we usually stop by the roadside stand to purchase some mangos and bananas and maybe top up our mobile phones. Apparently we have a mango tree at home but our guard and gardener usually eat all of the mangoes before we get a chance to enjoy them. It’s ok though, the mangoes here are so cheap, only about $.25 each!
In other news, I just want to give a shout out to my other Sloanie ladies Anju and Grete! Beth and I want to say that we (only hate you a little bit because you are getting custom made boots in Cambodia for less than $60) but we really miss you and can’t wait to see you back in Boston in a few short weeks!
After dinner, we popped in Madagascar 2 to watch our movie in Russian with English subtitles, only to find out that it must have been translated about 12 times because the subtitles said things like, “and she he flew into million car baby” which made the movie very difficult to watch. The movie quality was also not quite up to Disney standards, so we’re thinking that the 20,000kwacha that Ron paid is actually not such a good deal after all.
Anjali mentioned that while she was in the cab yesterday she saw someone cross the street and get hit by a car. As awful as that is, it apparently becomes a big scene here. The driver stopped and carried the woman into his car, but then all of the bystanders began to argue about which hospital they should take her to. After a “very long time” (according to Anjali) many of the bystanders proceeded to all climb into the car with this poor injured woman to escort her to the clinic, which was quite a scene since they were all smooshed in the car. Anjali was quite shocked and disturbed by this series of events and made us all promise that we would be careful when we crossed the roads here. I usually try to stay close to Ron, since they drive on the left-hand side of the road here I’m always looking the wrong way when I’m trying to cross. And we all know how clumsy I can be.
Last night we had the worst lightning storm that I’ve ever seen in my life. Even with my eyes closed, I could see flashes of light from outside my window. Every few seconds thunder was booming overhead. A few times, I was certain that our house was going to be struck by lightning or water was going to come pouring through the ceiling. After several hours of this horrible storm and staring at the ceiling, the rain subsided and all I could hear for the next 4 hours was a dog barking next door. Oh, and that d*^# rooster that crows at all hours of the day. I thought that roosters were only supposed to crow in the morning? Well this one is either blind or stupid because we can hear the stupid thing ALL OF THE TIME.
Today we are back at the office, collecting some more data and building the extensive database. We are very thankful to have a spacious (air-conditioned!) conference room. One of our favorite excursions is to venture out to the local market so that Ron can get his beloved Coke Light and we can check out the mini-mart. I didn’t believe him at first, but he’s right, the Coke here just tastes better. I think it has something to do with using real sugar instead of corn syrup, but whatever it is, it’s quite tasty. Then we usually stop by the roadside stand to purchase some mangos and bananas and maybe top up our mobile phones. Apparently we have a mango tree at home but our guard and gardener usually eat all of the mangoes before we get a chance to enjoy them. It’s ok though, the mangoes here are so cheap, only about $.25 each!
In other news, I just want to give a shout out to my other Sloanie ladies Anju and Grete! Beth and I want to say that we (only hate you a little bit because you are getting custom made boots in Cambodia for less than $60) but we really miss you and can’t wait to see you back in Boston in a few short weeks!
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