I don’t know if this is a bad sign or not but I am marking off the days on the calendar. As of today it is 10 weeks down with about 14 weeks to go. Just two more weeks to the halfway point.

Mukesh is out of town for the rest of the week and I have to take a taxi to and from work. I had a 10 minute conversation with a taxi driver last night when I was trying to say pick me up at the apartment and drop me off at the office this morning. With the language barrier the message was not comprehended. I then had to have a coworker talk to the guy. It took about a 30 second Hindi conversation for that.

Driving this morning the taxi driver was burning incense in the car. I think he was trying to cover up the alcohol scent. As a result the inside of the car was also smoky. Plus the taxi driver was showing a different driver the route. A little taxi driver training. The trainee struggled with the underpass bridge just like everyone else. I made it to work in one piece at least.

At work I am still trying to get use to the time frames. When someone says I will give that to you tomorrow it usually means about a week from now. Unfortunately that doesn’t work for my due dates. I go around and stop at the same people’s offices everyday to check in with them on the status. The answer is always one more day and then it never comes.

The days are also getting shorter here. The sun is setting around 6:30. I am ready for the fall weather around here. With this summer being so hot and no monsoons, people around here are wondering what the winter will be like. Will it continue to be warmer than normal or will it be cold? An article in the paper said this change is from the El Nino affects. If it is a cold winter, people around here are worried. The buildings are all designed to keep the cool air in and the heat out. No one has heat, and only a few people have electric heaters. If it gets down to freezing at night, the houses get very cold as well.

With the interviews I was talking about yesterday, another difference is people talk about salary in a monthly total and not an annual total.