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October 10, 2006
on food and equality
the price of a small beer in the hotel's bar is equal to 200 samosas from the old local guy at the office canteen.
so far i've slept way too little, overeaten, starved, lost appetite for long stretches of time, had a very weird half-day bout of intense stomach-ache, but mostly been tired, cranky and down. and this is day 3 of the trip. now it's looking brighter though, the project i'm here on is looking ok and i got my first chance to walk around and smell the air, and decided to remedy my nutrition & sleep situation by a regime of lassi, naan, vindaloo, paan and antihistamines. i ended up blowing, like, over 5 euros on dinner. i had punjabi food, even if it can make you sikh. *rimshot* but how does one have fun in a conservative place like chennai, as an outsider? (any ideas?) besides people relate to you in really weird ways. i mean, let's face it, the retail price of the clothes i wear would buy a family food for a year. kind of puts a damper on the point-and-laugh instinct.
then again, dude who services my hotel room is the indian version of kramer.
it's the little things:
Posted by matti at October 10, 2006 07:10 PM