Moving in

Moving in today, provided I get a mattress. Met some Koreans yesterday, apparently there's a Korean center in town that teaches Korean. The couple spoke decent Hindi as well. Were visiting us to discuss the waste management situation in Patna, along with a professor of civil engineering who specialized in water and waste management. He had some pretty good inputs.

It's dusshera season here, so it's getting pretty hectic around the city, lots of loudspeakers blaring badly tuned spiritual songs, larger crowds and more garbage. The closer you move towards the state of Bengal, the more intense the celebrations get. Bihar, of course, is right next to Bengal.

Took a cycle rickshaw today, the old kind, not the new kind that AIF has designed. Have to take a ride in the AIF ones to see the difference. When I see one of the rickshawwallahs riding in the newfangled ones I'll ask him what he thinks of it.

Also, my apartment is a THOUSAND sq.feet. And it's just me in it. Maybe I'll make one of the rooms a home-gym/home-office. Gotta get some plants for my balcony too. Going to turn into Martha Stewart.