So my first week is offically over, it went by extremely fast. I spent most of week (near 55 hours) at work, where I received various trainings on website developement, mobile application development and CRS systems. All those things sound techincal but after only a few days, I am getting the hang of things.
I work everyday 11-8 with an hour lunch break where I always go to the "Food Station." This American-style restaurant is very close by and reasonable. A normal meal costs me around 150-200 ruppes or 4-5 USD. They don't sell beef here in Kolkata, so I eat a lot of fish, chicken and eggs. My boss took me to an interesting northern-Indian style restaurant Saturday night where I tried near 30 different types of food. From potatoes to curry to different types of bread -- overall it was a good experience and I tried everything. (well.. almost everything) :)
The weather is very humid -- similar to a summer day in Philly or Tampa. It is around 85-90 everyday with at least 50-70% humidity. I find myself sweating a lot and take more showers then normal. Sometimes 3 a day! I eat less food, even though I probally should be eating more for all the sweating I do, haha! :) I haven't gone swimming yet because the only body of waters I have seen are quite dirty. I saw over 100 people bathing in somewhat of a mini-river on Sunday and I can't imagine it was clean water!
On Sunday I went to a science park with my boss and his kids. It brought me back to when I was little and how much fun those science parks were. I was able to experience more "Indian-driving" from my house and on the return trip. I wasn't the one driving but my boss was. Let me say that Indian driving is more crazy than U.S. driving, and even more crazy then Mexican driving. Indian drivers cut people off without warning, random people walk through the street, there are no street lines, so in a street that should hold 2 cars there are usually 3 that are parallel to each other. My favorite part of Indian driving is that everyone BEEPS. It doesn't matter if your approaching an intersection or if you see someone crossing the road -- almost every Indian driver will beep -- and not once, usually up to 4-5 times in a row. After a few days of this the beeping is almost becoming normal to me. That's all for now. Soon I will add photos or maybe a video.
Cheers.
I work everyday 11-8 with an hour lunch break where I always go to the "Food Station." This American-style restaurant is very close by and reasonable. A normal meal costs me around 150-200 ruppes or 4-5 USD. They don't sell beef here in Kolkata, so I eat a lot of fish, chicken and eggs. My boss took me to an interesting northern-Indian style restaurant Saturday night where I tried near 30 different types of food. From potatoes to curry to different types of bread -- overall it was a good experience and I tried everything. (well.. almost everything) :)
The weather is very humid -- similar to a summer day in Philly or Tampa. It is around 85-90 everyday with at least 50-70% humidity. I find myself sweating a lot and take more showers then normal. Sometimes 3 a day! I eat less food, even though I probally should be eating more for all the sweating I do, haha! :) I haven't gone swimming yet because the only body of waters I have seen are quite dirty. I saw over 100 people bathing in somewhat of a mini-river on Sunday and I can't imagine it was clean water!
On Sunday I went to a science park with my boss and his kids. It brought me back to when I was little and how much fun those science parks were. I was able to experience more "Indian-driving" from my house and on the return trip. I wasn't the one driving but my boss was. Let me say that Indian driving is more crazy than U.S. driving, and even more crazy then Mexican driving. Indian drivers cut people off without warning, random people walk through the street, there are no street lines, so in a street that should hold 2 cars there are usually 3 that are parallel to each other. My favorite part of Indian driving is that everyone BEEPS. It doesn't matter if your approaching an intersection or if you see someone crossing the road -- almost every Indian driver will beep -- and not once, usually up to 4-5 times in a row. After a few days of this the beeping is almost becoming normal to me. That's all for now. Soon I will add photos or maybe a video.
Cheers.
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