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April 27, 2006
This is not Mumbai...
The Boy took this pic of me in the quiet night streets of Macau last year. Sometimes, when feeling miserable, it's nice to look at pictures and think of better times.
I like the mood this picture captured. It's very real of how I feel about Macau.
Posted by lainey at 07:06 PM | Comments (0)
April 25, 2006
Dhoby Gaut, Mumbai
Perhaps to let a picture speak on its own.
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April 23, 2006
Meme To Pass The Time
I'm grumpy, exhausted, hungry, almost angry and waiting for someone with bad time sense.
So I guess I will do this to pass the time...
[A is for age:] 25
[B is for booze of choice:] vodka or red wine
[C is for career:] youth work
[D is for your dog’s name:] Do sisters' dogs count? Rum & Riki. (I came up with the name for Rum)
[E is for essential item you use everyday:] moisturiser
[F is for favorite song at the moment:] Interpol's Next Exit
[G is for favorite games:] Scrabble, Balderdash, Chess but I play
none enough.
[H is for Home town:] Singapore
[I is for instruments you play:] Don't play any instruments
[J is for jeans] I like Earl jeans.
[K is for kids?We are all big kids
[L is for last hug?:]the boy
[M is for marriage:] is for grown-ups
[N is for name of your crush:] too many
[O is for overnight hospital stays:] none in the recent memory
[P is for phobias:] heights, rejection, crowds..too many, just gotta brave 'em.
[Q is for quote:] (at time of post) "I'm scared of wanting to die" - Yuko, It's Only Talk
[R is for biggest regret:] Not being stronger.
[S is for status:] ar?
[T is for time you wake up:] between 7 - 9 depending on how badly I slept the night before.
[U is for underwear:] hmmm they are essential I guess
[V is for vegetable you love:] zucchini, spinach, spinach, spinach
[W is for worst habit:] mess when dishevelled
[X is for x-rays you’ve had:]how to remember?
[Y is for yummy food you make:] I dunno, the new york bunch will remember my vindaloo curry, mew remembers my pasta, sis remembers my chicken and cabbage soup and an ex will remember my teriyaki chicken with brocolli.
[Z is for zodiac sign:] Cancer
Posted by lainey at 10:17 AM | Comments (0)
April 17, 2006
Mumbai Travel I
Being in Mumbai is like going to war. Endless pollution, men staring at your chest, children begging for chocolate and money, the terrifying slums, the sweltering heat, the spitting, the incessant honking and the everchanging smells - it is like an assault of the senses of explosive proportions.
But the colours from all corner, the children tugging at you to take a picture of them ( you don't even have to show them the picture), the excellent service and charm all around is quite a thrill. I probably wouldn't want to stay too long in Mumbai ever (a day in Mumbai is equivalent to smoking 80 - 100 cigarettes) but it would be a place I would love to re-visit, get to know and make my friend.
Dinner at Trishna, swanky and popular restaurant for Manglorean food. A bit stuffy and too upmarket for my liking.
Insisted to the driver we wanted to eat real local food, no stuffy restaurants, nothing meant for pampered tourists and he brought us to a little hole in the wall with good cheap food but very dubious straws. Well, the food was great and the naan was fabulous, mr J is a compulsive naan-eater.
Here's the spread, we are addicted to paneer anything.
They really like gathering in groups and standing under the hot sun to chill..
I'm hungry and going for dinner. This will be continued...
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April 14, 2006
Bombay Sapphire
In Mumbai now.
Just braved a 2 hour cab-ride from the airport to the hotel. Cab driver going at 40km/hr in a cab full of mosquitoes is not something lainey likes. Oh well. Braved it rather unscathed. Braved booksellers along traffic junctions and beggar children working on my sympathy. Tempted to give in to both but will prob do it when the boy is around instead.
I met my uncle on the plane, hopefully he can bring me around after his meeting is done.
Life is strange. Ahh well. I will go down to get some food.
The question is, do I have the courage to wander out on my own?
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