Mr Wise Guy Blog

We had 2 kittens for a brief period sometime last week. Raj found kittens outside the main guest house and he was keen to bring it back. But after sometime, we returned them. Even though it was brief, we managed to name them after Tata's Docomo. They have a cute advertisement on TV which goes along the lines of...







Bet the girls in India will remember the times I kept humming along to this advertisement over and over again. =P Anyways, we haven't seen the kittens since 2 days back. Maybe they've been mauled by a dog or hopefully who knows, a lovely family has adopted them. =)

Smiling is infectious; you catch it like the flu,
When someone smiled at me today I started smiling too.
I passed around the corner and someone saw my grin,
And when he smiled I realised I'd passed it on to him.

Times like these are a test of a man's sanity and endurance. Nevertheless, we gotta make full use of it and here I am, online and blogging. Instead of writing about myself, let's write about the place I call home for the next 5 months, CIDCO.









The supermarket is not at all bad and just an 8mins walk out. We have bought pails, chocolate, soap, shampoo and even cold milk from that particular shop. Best thing is, the staff are very helpful and invited us in to the shop to allow us to see what they have to offer. Everything here in India comes in small quantities. For example, it is rather difficult to find toiletries in volume of 1litre or more. Everything comes in the small quantities.




Alright guys, time to go. The caretaker's stand-in (since its a Sunday) is making a lot of noise and getting onto our nerves. Till next time... =)

Some of you might be wondering where I am staying and how big it is. Friends in the other parts of India have apartments to themselves, but for us, we have the first floor of a bungalow all to ourselves. There are 2 bedrooms, 1 living room, 1 dining room, and a kitchen w/o a stove. On the bright side, I have a bed and hot water every morning. On top of that, there is the air-conditioning which makes so much noise that it feels like an aeroplane taking off. Freaking noisy la.

There is no internet at home, no stove, no cutlery, no bowls. So we have to beg, borrow and steal from the main guest house for those. As mentioned in the previous post, the four of use have to use Ahmad's computer as a base for internet connection sharing at the Guest House main office. He's running an EEE PC, and considering that he has the longest battery lifespan, it makes his comp the best candidate.

We spent the day sleeping till 11am, when we were awakened by news that our supervisor is visiting us. Then we got up a bit, had biscuits and milo for breakfast and I watched friends. Fell asleep till 5.45, and walked to the 'MORE' supermarket, 10 mins from home. Bought chocolate, lots of biscuits and syrup. Was thinking of conserving the MILO, but looking at things, anything goes. We finished our first bundle of Maggi too. haha.

Work is great, we work alternate Saturday and things are fine at work. Mahindra has a strict security policy and I can not disclose anything that I do at work. Mahindra is an automotive company, and I guess that's all I can say. =)

To Chee Yuen,

I'm glad you've been discharged. Don't eat everything that is out there kies! Take care of that tummy and stay warm!

To Neemo

Eh hello, go and call Jian You and give him some motivation! I bet he's love sick!

And to the rest of my friends out there,

Keep in contact with the Nashik boys! We'll head to Mumbai sometime soon!

I will not add captions to the pictures below to save time. But basically, these are the pictures in running sequence. From the time you enter the gate, right up to the rooms.

Alright guys! I can do a sub-proper blog post now.

Alhamdulillah, managed to use Ahmad's computer as a broadcasting station, and we can use internet simultaneously even though there's one ethernet port. All thanks to Internet Connection Sharing feature. :) Life is okay over here. Nothing too great, nothing too lousy. With our meagre pay of 5,000 rupees (SGD$150), we are to pay for our own transport, breakfast and dinner. Fortunately, lunch is on the house.

Transport costs about 90 rupess one-way.
Dinner is about 60 rupees.
Breakfast is 20 rupees.

All in all, we are left with 1,000 rupees for our miscellaneous purposes such as travelling, buying toiletries and whatever. How to survive.... How ah how...

Anyway, Mahindra has been a great experience. Get to learn the parts of the engine, assembly lines, and what have you. Super thrilled to get to to see all these first-hand. Oh my... Definitely learn a lot of stuff.

Hopefully I get my own desk by next week, and proper internet connection. The one at this guest house office is good enough for basic blogging w/o pictures, facebooking. But I need some form of stability in the connection before I can do anything advanced.

Till then, take care guys!

For my other 7 friends here in India, always remember that the Nashik boys are only a phone call away kies. If you're lonely give us a call. If your'e bored, fork out 3,000 rupees for a taxi ride to Nashik. =)

Ciaoz!