The non-existence of toilet paper.
Things That Interested Me
Trucks requesting, sometimes begging, for you to honk your horn.
Things That Frustrated Me
1. People stared at me so much that I started staring back at them. Imagine what it's like to play several staring contests with complete strangers in a foreign country.
2. Transportation is regularly late, beit train or bus, expect 1-5 hour delays on departure.
Things I Liked
1. Children - These two posed, and then ran back after every flash to see themselves on the camera, then ran back in front of it for another. This went on for about 15 pictures.
Things I Never Figured Out
1. STDs...if anyone can clarify what it stands for, please do come foreward and enlighten me!
AND finally, it is official. My 4 and a half years companion of a digital camera took it's last picture on March 6th, of this Cricket match in Bodh Gaya.
While bribing the train attendant to let me stay in the sleeper car instead of the overflowing sitter ("stander" is more like it), I dropped my camera on the floor. I thought nothing of it, since I've dropped it many times before. I put it back in my pocket, only later to feel an incredible heat. The battery must have exploded or something. I only managed to salvage the memory card.
:_(
1 comment:
This STD does not stand for what you think. This STD stands for - dont laugh - subscriber trunk dialing as opposed to Operator Trunk Dialing where you booked a call and waited for the operrator to connect. You would have found the ubiqutous STD booths from where you can call anywhere in the country. This is basically a throw back to the days when most public phones had local dialing and STD dialing was a privilege for few. Now virtualy all public phones have not only STD facility but also ISD - International Subscriber Dialing.
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