Archive for October 2008

Happy Diwali

I’ve returned from an amazing trip to Delhi, Agra, and Jaipur this and will post pictures once I caption all of them. In the meantime, here’s a quick video from the nonstop fireworks going on in Hyderabad this past Tuesday to celebrate Diwali. It was basically this from 6pm to midnight. This is the view [...]

Day 4

Another productive day at the office. Got beat pretty bad at ping-pong today – Jayan has a wicked spin that I’ll need to figure out how to handle. Oh, and they call it TT here :D Ate a nice meal of chicken tikka masala with some teammates at f cafe, which is a short walk [...]

Day 2-3

After being up way too late with jet lag, things have gotten better. Who knew that drinking was the trick to getting to bed at the right time? Emanuele, who is visiting from Dublin, and I went to Fusion 9 for dinner on Tuesday – very good lamb and wine in a nice restaurant (which [...]

Day 1

Besides finding it very difficult to sleep last night and tonight (it’s 3AM here), my first day at the office was a blast. Met the team (need to work on memorizing names), learned a bit about Indian food, and set-up a bunch of meetings. They’re all so nice and the chocolates I brought for them [...]

Last Week and Traveling

Recap of last week: Attended a conference re: online communities. Met with colleagues from other global offices. Ate everything I knew I’d miss In-n-Out Gooyi Gooyi BBQ ribs from Chili’s Thursday potstickers from Charlie’s Watched The Office (which featured Orbit Baby, the company where my housemate Wilmot works!) Traveling: Slept a bunch on the flight to [...]