Archive for April, 2008
Did somebody say Iced Tea?
Posted by Mark Dalton in Personal, Work on April 23rd, 2008
So a short post tonight as it’s been a busy week and I am knackered. I am going to have a cold beer and watch TV for an hour just so the AC can kick in and cool down the bedroom.
The temperature is starting to climb now and we are easily in the 40’s. The out look for the week just show’s it getting hotter and my main job each night is to make sure there is enough water in the fridge for the morning. It’s starting to get difficult to sleep now and you can’t leave a bottle of water, coke, or beer on the table for 5 minutes before it’s undrinkable. I also never feel hungry. I eat because its breakfast, lunch, or dinner tine, but never because I am hungry.
It’s not all bad thought! There is something good about waking up and knowing its going to be a nice day, and walking outside with the sun on your face. Knowing that you can sit outside in the evening and have a drink. Not having to think, do I need a coat?
Getting Out and About
Posted by Mark Dalton in Personal, Work on April 20th, 2008
After feeling rough mid-week I decided I needed to take it easy and stick to a plain (English) diet. Thursday I was feeling better (In as much as I could function) but by Friday I felt normal again, but decided not to have an easy weekend.
It was Mik Bedson’s (Operations Director) last day Friday, before he fly’s back to the UK to take up his new role, and as always it called for a party. The band he played with here in India gave a very good performance and Mik, his normal fun loving self, was soon there guitar in hand to join in the fun. Friday night there were drinks and joint dinner party for Mik and Nick De Vansey, who is also leaving shortly, at the DLF Golf and Country club where we all got to say goodbye, or see you in a few months for those of us following in his foot steps.
It was a lovely evening and a lovely venue and I got to catch up with a lot of people I only usually speak to across a meeting room. It was a nice and relaxed evening and I was home and tucked up in bed by 23:30.
Friday Chris, Sandra, and myself had made tentative plans to get out and do something on Saturday. So after a nice lay in Saturday morning Karan picked us up and we headed towards Delhi. We first of all headed to a dear park which we spent about an hour and a half walking around before stopping at a restaurant for lunch. After lunch we had about an hours walk around the rose garden before heading to
. This was an extremely large park that has been created along what is known as Delhi Ridge, which according to the guide book is the last outcrop of the Aravalli Hills extending northwards from Rajasthan.
After about 5 hours walking we were all pretty tired and had trouble keeping our eyes open during the drive back to Gurgaon. Once in Gurgaon we headed to
Harriez
for something to eat and lots of water as we were all feeling pretty dehydrated after all the walking.
Today I woke up about 09:00 and did the normal washing and called upon the services of the Ironing man (really need to find out his name before I leave). Now I am sitting down with a cheese and onion sandwich sorting out my trip to Thailand, oh and another trip I am looking at doing 1st-5th May to
Khajuraho
and a tiger reserve. More on that later!
Traffic is Murder here
Posted by Mark Dalton in Personal, Work on April 17th, 2008
Okay so feeling better today, but still not 100% confident. One thing that keeps me going is when you look out the window in a traffic jam and see things like this!
Funny nobody cut the Elephant up!
Not so good today.
Posted by Mark Dalton in Personal, Work on April 16th, 2008
About 03:00 this morning I woke with terrible stomach pains. I took some tablets and hoped they would sort me out and tried to get back to sleep. I was up and down for the next few hours until about 07:00 when I got showered and dressed and headed for the office. By 11:00 I knew I just wasn’t going to add any value and at lunchtime I headed home. I took some more tablets and crashed out. I woke up about 15:30 and although still not confident I am starting to feel a little better. I have drunk about 3 bottles of water and plan to starve myself today in the hope I’ll be okay tomorrow, but being unwell in this heat isn’t much fun at all.
What’s Hindi for Asprin?
Posted by Mark Dalton in Personal on April 14th, 2008
So yesterday I woke up about 09:00 and decided that I needed to do something with the day! Karan picked me up about 10:15 and we headed to the local shops so I could get my hair cut and pick up some groceries. We were done by midday and I headed back to the apartment for some lunch. After lunch we headed off towards Surajkund. There wasn’t much to see but I didn’t want to hang around the apartment all day. On the way back we stumbled on an old fort, but unfortunately it was closed as they are currently restoring it, but we had a little walk around the outside.
We got back to Gurgaon about dinner time and I got Karan to drop me at TGI Friday’s. The staff were all please to see me again as I hadn’t told them I was going back to the UK and they thought I had left. I told them not to worry and that they still had a few more tips coming there way. I had a couple of beers and something to eat when a bunch of the staff from the Crown Plaza (The hotel I stayed in when I first arrived). came in. They all said hello and were keen to hear what I had been up to and what I thought about India. I then grabbed a rickshaw home and had a few more beers. I must admit this morning I woke up with a sore head.
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