As we rolled out of bed Monday morning, we remembered that we still hadn’t gone grocery shopping! Deciding against butter and jelly as viable options, we went to work with our stomachs grumbling. Rachel had an early presentation with Mr. Pai about her projects, so we made sure to get to work early. What a great opportunity for her! She has been working on exploring potential markets for India in the States. She did a great job, and Mr. Pai was impressed with her work. After Rachel’s presentation, we went to our tea break early so she could fill me in on her success. Since we hadn’t eaten anything for breakfast, we got a kind of puff pastry with egg and spices inside to have with our tea. It was quite delicious and very filling despite its small size. Feeling much better, we tromped back upstairs to work until lunch. After lunch the day went quickly as I read and took notes on a management book called Getting Things Done by David Allen. Soon it was time to clock out, and we started our walk back to our apartment.
Every day when we walk past the “Hot Chips” stand, we see the man cutting the potatoes and frying them in a giant pot. As we came upon the “Hot Chips” stand, we decided that today was the day to sample some and hoped that we would be able to communicate effectively enough to make our purchase. Despite the fact that the shop owner hardly spoke
English, Rachel managed to get some plain potato chips sprinkled with chili powder, and I got some round crunchy chip made from some kind of dough. Although mine were a bit too oil-saturated for me, Rachel was quite satisfied with her choice and declared it a success. As we continued our walk back, we decided that it was about time to get some groceries. We stopped at the fruit stand near our apartment to get some mangos and bananas, excited to finally have some fruit again. Next we stopped at “Queens” general store to pick up our signature items: bread, cereal, and chocolate. Hey we’re girls after all!
Relieved to have food in our apartment again, we strolled home and got ready for our Insanity workout. Thankfully, this week is a recovery week for the program. But while our workout was slightly less intense than usual, it wasn’t what I would call easy. Afterwards, we wandered over to the Carrom boards in the game room section to see if we could figure out how to play. When we realized we had no clue, we asked the trainer if he would explain it to us. He was pleasant in agreeing to help us and began to explain this tabletop board game. It is relatively similar to pool in strategy, and is also compared to shuffle board. There are 9 white coins, 9 black coins, 1 striker, and a red queen. The board is set up with the red queen in the center of the board and the black and white chips alternating around it. The objective is to get all your chips in the corner pockets.
You flick the striker to knock your coins into the pockets, keeping it on the lines that are on the sides of the board. Once all your chips are in the pockets, you get as many points as your opponent has chips left on the table. If you get the queen in plus and a follow up coin, you get an additional 5 points. You play until someone reaches 28 points. The game is very fun and we really enjoyed playing, even though we were horrible. I think the trainer enjoyed watching us play just because we were so bad at it. Soon we got tired of playing, and went upstairs to our apartment to shower.
After a shower, we felt much better. Our engineering friends, Vatsal and Rishi, came over to watch the World Cup game. And before we knew it, it was nearing midnight. We kicked the boys out, insisting that we needed to get to bed. We did a quick clean up of the apartment and crashed in our beds.
No comments:
Post a Comment