spendo in vasant vihar

I'm sorry I haven't been blogging lately. Things seem to be happening too quickly to record them accurately.

On Saturday night, we had a spendo at my apartment in vasant vihar. I had invited the ladies over to watch the Olympics on my fabulous TV and couches - of course, without first checking to see if my apartment had cable (I swear the woman whose house this is said something about cable) but unfortunately there was not. So instead we tried to watch a Bollywood film on the DVD player instead, but because we bought it on the street for 69 Rupees, only about 69% actually worked.

So, without much to do but lots of energy to expend, we decided to do some masks. Doing face masks is one of my most favorite pastimes, and I am glad that I always encounter other people to enjoy them with me.

For the record, Kanako and I are wearing a Himalaya Herbals Almond and Cucumber peel-off mask (it's a mask, I promise we're not just that sweaty) and Erin and Ryan are sporting the Oriflame Tomato Clay mask. After a photo shoot and about 30 minutes of giggling, our skin was as soft as a baby's butt.

as promised, photos of my apartment

my bedroom, with an air conditioner (!) and my beautiful new quilt I bought at Fabindia. (Don't tell Clemens or my mother, please.)

the living room, with a real TV and dvd player - I haven't used them yet, but I'm looking forward to the Olympics

the terrace, with lots of nice green plants like okra and eggplant

the bathroom, with one of the most interesting placements of an electrical socket I've ever seen - actually IN the shower. How can that be safe?


I don't think this map turned out at all, but it gives you some sort of idea where everything is in South Delhi. To give you an idea, it costs me around $1.25 to get to the Green Park Hospital from Visant Vihar. It costs Erin around $1.00. It costs us about $.75 every time we go to the Siri Fort Sports Complex to work out/swim. Not bad.

one month down, one to go

Kanako is here! Erin and I picked her up at the Delhi airport very early this morning and I happily passed over the reins as Ryan's official "caregiver."

Today I officially moved into my new apartment. Here are the pros and cons of my new pad.

Pros:

• I have the whole 3-bedroom apartment to myself, at least for the next three weeks
• air conditioning
• wireless internet
• I am paying much less than it is actually worth (see the first point)

Cons:

• location - it's a bit farther out than I had hoped for, tonight I had some difficulty getting a rickshaw that wanted to go that far (but I still only spent $2.00 to get there, and it took about half an hour)
• location
• location

I accidentally left my camera at the hospital today, so I'll post some pictures of it tomorrow. Instead, please enjoy this photo of two monkeys on leashes, one wearing a dress and the other about to bite me in the face.