I want to give you all a feel for my day to day life here in Gurgaon. My alarm goes off at 8:15 am and I typically snooze until 9 am (I am changing it up next week now that I feel better I can start working out again). I get ready for work and head to breakfast buffet at about 9:45 am. You can pretty much get anything on the breakfast buffet. I generally stay away from typical Indian dishes and the eggs. The eggs here look a little funny. I can’t put my finger on it but the one day I got scrambled eggs the color looked very white (and the yoke was in it). I also noticed that the eggs aren’t refrigerated. The hotel leaves them in a bucket of ice and at the market I noticed that the eggs are kept on the same shelf as the bread. Now you can understand why I stay away from the eggs. I normally have toast and fruit for breakfast. If I am feeling a little crazy I add some peanut butter and honey to my toast. If I am feeling really adventurous and go outside the box I will have something from the India section of the menu. I’ve tried Dosa, which is the stuff you make crepes with and potatoes on the inside. I would prefer it if it was an actual crepe but the Dosa is actually pretty good. The presentation of the Dosa at the hotel is pretty cool; they make it look like a giant cone.
I’ve also tried Uttamum which is the same crepe like breading but cooked on the oven with green peppers and onions. Uttamum doesn’t have the same cool presentation (so no picture) and is much richer than the Dosa. After I finish breakfast I take one more pass at the buffet to borrow a bowl and spoon to make oatmeal for my lunch.
Our driver meets us outside of the hotel at 10:30 am. The drive to the office takes about 30 minutes because of the traffic. The car ride here is always a fun experience. You drive where ever you feel like. The road we take is actually a highway but by looking at I would have never guessed it. When we get to one particular intersection I get to see people begging for money, selling crap from 1980, and men peeing off the side of the road. When I saw the latter I was really happy I listened to the travel doctor and only brought closed toe shoes! This is just a random pic from the car ride.
At 11 am we sign into the paper log book and I say hi to everyone in the office and start up my computer for the day. Getting my e-mail down from the server takes a good 30 minutes. The internet is really slow and my computer goes back to the US server and then back to me here. I do a little work from 11:30 to 2 and most of the time I start writing my blog entry when I have down time. Everyone goes to lunch around 2ish. Since I generally don’t eat the food here I try to hold off eating my oatmeal until 3. Today I had maple brown sugar which was quite delicious. My day really picks up at about 6 pm when everyone is almost finished with the work and it needs to be reviewed. Our driver picks us up from the office at 8 pm and we head back to the hotel. It can take anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour to get back because of the traffic. It is dark out by the time we leave so I don’t get to see as many scenic items.
Once back at the hotel it is dinner, blog posting/e-mails, and off to bed. I eat a lot at the hotel mainly because by the time I get back I really don't want to do a super long dinner. When we do group dinners we normally don't get back until after 10:30! So that is my typical day.
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