Greetings from Bangalore!

Hello hello from Bangalore, India! So after much dread, I finally boarded the plane to India. Dear Trish took half a day off work yesterday to send me off. We had lunch together with my mum, then we went to fetch my sis from college and then headed home for a final pack and change of clothes. Dad also rushed back from KL just to see me off!! So sweet!

We checked in fairly early and I had nearly two hours to kill. But once I said goodbye to everyone, my flight to KL was delayed for nearly 40mins!! Aiyoh!! And of course...though I had a window seat, next to me was an Indian guy who thankfully didn't smell but was coughing and clearing his phlegmy throat the entire flight!! Ew!

Then when I reached KLIA, I had only a short time before I had to board the flight to Bangalore. That also...I was told the wrong gate and had to rush from gate 4 to 8!! Grrr!!

Thankfully, though my row was a three seater, it was only me and Erwin (my colleague) and he had the aisle, me the window. :-) I also had my own TV compared to the last time when it was a general TV right in front.

I had so many things to watch, read or listen. I could have chosen to watch HP7(2), Spy Kids, Toy Story etc. In the end, I chose a teen flick for easy watching. The flight was 3 hrs and 40mins, which could have allowed me to watch two full movies. But alas, I feel asleep.

Many people told me that Bangalore would be very cold. Sure enough, when we touched down, the temperature was 20 celcius. It was also raining but surprisingly, I didn't feel THAT cold. I could stand it.

Upon reaching the apartment where Erwin and I were to put up, I found that the place had no fan. Only air-conditioners!! Thank God there's a heater as the water is like ice!

I cooled my room for a short while before sleeping the whole night with the air-cond switched off. Not that it matter, coz apparently, the electricity kept going on and off.

This morning, after a short meeting with the local organisers, we went to walked to the event venue. After that...Erwin and I took an Auto to Brigade Road I think, to get our local SIM and buy water. Just looking for those two things alone took us nearly 4 hrs!!! There's no 7-11 or mini-mart where SIM cards and water can easily be purchased.

Plus...being a foreigner, getting a local SIM card is a hassle and it apparently takes 24hrs to activate the card. :s Also, we went to a few places to check out the exchange rate coz we needed to change our money.

Having skipped lunch, we ate at...McD's!! Lol...we figured that it's safe and that the next few days would see us eating solely Indian cuisine.

We walked so much today and also under the rain!! I'm hoping my legs won't punish me tomorrow and that I won't get sick. Touch wood!!!

Till my next entry when I find the time and when the electricity and WIFI permits me to do so.