9 April 2008

A new air conditioning unit had been installed in my hotel room by time I got home last night. Not to sure what was wrong with the old one except that it was more noisy than it was worth and if I turned it off I had to wait about two hours before it actually shut down. I think the older ones have some kind of power storage system in them in case of power cuts. With this one I just have to use the remote to turn it off. I’ve been trying to get the hotel staff to fix the fridge. (I think its run out of gas). Each time the fixit man comes in he looks at it, pokes around it for a while, then looks at the air con unit, (This was prior to the new one) as though fixing that will solve the problem. So now I have this amazing air con unit and a hot fridge. Well, we’re getting somewhere. Can’t rush these things. Life is not about speed here in India.
I was a bit late getting to work today. Khilandeep had some last minute phone calls come his way. (Not the most ideal).
All the students were here today. We were able to cover some ground with the session. Not so many distractions. The IT person was trying to work around us, finishing of the computer setup. The Airtel (Their Telecom) people were in the classroom setting up the internet. Ah, well, all in a day’s work.
At lunchtime I was waiting for Khilandeep in his car. Just down the road, there were a few young boys playing cricket. They were having a great time. The boy who was in bat gave the ball a good whack, it bounced of the side of a house, then bounced down the road a few times before landing in a rickshaw that was trundling down another street. (What are the odds?) Four of the boys went running after the rickshaw and came back a few minutes later. That really made my day that did.