Somehow my life revolves around monkeys. I'm tempted to say evolves too but that is apparently is hotly disputed in circles of intelligentsia in the city and out. Delhi's been a difficult place to adjust to. The weather, the people, even the language to an extent. But the one thing I've never had trouble with is food. Between my tapeworms and commensal bacteria it's almost always been good with the pipes. But the past week has been one of cramps and the unmentionables and yesterday I was informed that they found a dead monkey in the water supply.
Cringe people who read this. I did too.
Then I figured it was too late to purge, one way or the other and there was nothing to do but hope that chlorine is as good as they say it is.
Then I wondered for a moment if this was a good way to rid the world of them that live in and around "medical". Then I had to rush to the facilities.
It's been cold and raining for the past few days here and like Russia, the met department's been blaming some western cause for the muck that I have to wade through to get to work. There are moments of wonderful bright sunshine that drive the pigeons that are trying to build a nest in my window out into the open. I'm tossing the idea of pigeon egg omelets in my head but will just board up the window I guess.
All the preamble about my otherwise miserable life done with, the highlight of the past two days has been the serendipitous discovery that Thermal was playing less that ten minutes from Medical. And since I went there, the discovery that they can cover any band. Over twenty minutes they went seamlessly from Rush, U2, RHCP, Aerosmith, Stevie Wonder (Superstitious, can you believe it!), Dire Straits and maybe another couple which I can't remember and finally finished up with Stairway to Heaven. And they ended the show with Sunset Man. Joy to the world.
And the central government employees though are not paid well subsist on the many allowances that are permissible. For example, the hostel I live in is about five minutes away from the gate of Medical and thus "outside" the campus. Which means them that live there are eligible for conveyance allowance. Which is good. What is better is that I'm given 4.30 meters of white cloth and Rs 130/- to get myself two white coats to induce hypertension. I'm good with that. Aren't you?
Cringe people who read this. I did too.
Then I figured it was too late to purge, one way or the other and there was nothing to do but hope that chlorine is as good as they say it is.
Then I wondered for a moment if this was a good way to rid the world of them that live in and around "medical". Then I had to rush to the facilities.
It's been cold and raining for the past few days here and like Russia, the met department's been blaming some western cause for the muck that I have to wade through to get to work. There are moments of wonderful bright sunshine that drive the pigeons that are trying to build a nest in my window out into the open. I'm tossing the idea of pigeon egg omelets in my head but will just board up the window I guess.
All the preamble about my otherwise miserable life done with, the highlight of the past two days has been the serendipitous discovery that Thermal was playing less that ten minutes from Medical. And since I went there, the discovery that they can cover any band. Over twenty minutes they went seamlessly from Rush, U2, RHCP, Aerosmith, Stevie Wonder (Superstitious, can you believe it!), Dire Straits and maybe another couple which I can't remember and finally finished up with Stairway to Heaven. And they ended the show with Sunset Man. Joy to the world.
And the central government employees though are not paid well subsist on the many allowances that are permissible. For example, the hostel I live in is about five minutes away from the gate of Medical and thus "outside" the campus. Which means them that live there are eligible for conveyance allowance. Which is good. What is better is that I'm given 4.30 meters of white cloth and Rs 130/- to get myself two white coats to induce hypertension. I'm good with that. Aren't you?
