Bangalore Trip, Day 3
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bjarvisThis will be a short report as I left the power cord for my laptop at the office and forgot to power it off when I left my room to go see more of the city. I'm writing on my tablet, hunting & pecking instead of my usual 80+ wpm typing.
Work today was nearly all writing. A huge amount of writing. Tomorrow morning, the guys and I will execute all of these new written procedures to see what works and what needs polishing.
We had lunch at the office today. The company has a delicious catered mini-buffet every day and since all of us were working furiously on our various projects, we stayed close to our desks. Once again the locals worried the food would be too spicy for my tastes but I surprised them. Tomorrow, we're going to one of their preferred lunch spots so we'll see if I can keep surprising them.
After work, I went on an extended walk in the general direction of a large retail area. Wow, if I need to buy home or office furniture, I know where to go now: there was easily 50+ such shops within a few blocks of each other.
I did find a small card & gift shop where I was able to get some tiny gift bags for my Bangalore hosts: I'll take those to the office with me tomorrow. I also found a small shop where I was able to get a bar of slyoap & mouthwash to top up my travel supplies. The same store also stocked Mars bars. These chocolate bars are easy to get in Canada and other civilized parts of the planet but they're exceedingly rare in the US. And they're only 30 rupees each!
It turns out I'm something of a babe magnet. That is, I was deemed to be a prime catch if not a soft touch by three separate women, all with babies in one arm, asking for money, just a few rupees, anything. Remembering what I was told before arriving and independently by my local colleagues, I didn't give anything. My conscious does bother me about it but...
Anyway, my feet hurt and this hunting & pecking thing is driving me crazy so I'll call it a night at this point.
Work today was nearly all writing. A huge amount of writing. Tomorrow morning, the guys and I will execute all of these new written procedures to see what works and what needs polishing.
We had lunch at the office today. The company has a delicious catered mini-buffet every day and since all of us were working furiously on our various projects, we stayed close to our desks. Once again the locals worried the food would be too spicy for my tastes but I surprised them. Tomorrow, we're going to one of their preferred lunch spots so we'll see if I can keep surprising them.
After work, I went on an extended walk in the general direction of a large retail area. Wow, if I need to buy home or office furniture, I know where to go now: there was easily 50+ such shops within a few blocks of each other.
I did find a small card & gift shop where I was able to get some tiny gift bags for my Bangalore hosts: I'll take those to the office with me tomorrow. I also found a small shop where I was able to get a bar of slyoap & mouthwash to top up my travel supplies. The same store also stocked Mars bars. These chocolate bars are easy to get in Canada and other civilized parts of the planet but they're exceedingly rare in the US. And they're only 30 rupees each!
It turns out I'm something of a babe magnet. That is, I was deemed to be a prime catch if not a soft touch by three separate women, all with babies in one arm, asking for money, just a few rupees, anything. Remembering what I was told before arriving and independently by my local colleagues, I didn't give anything. My conscious does bother me about it but...
Anyway, my feet hurt and this hunting & pecking thing is driving me crazy so I'll call it a night at this point.
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