Archive for November 2008

Weekend in Hyderabad (Days 27-28)

This weekend my flatmates and I checked out two hotel buffets – the Marriot and Taj Krishna for brunch on Saturday and Sunday. Each offerred 1000/1500 rupee buffet brunches with high class food, including unlimited lobster, crab, wine, and cocktails: From Hyderabad From Hyderabad Super-ridiculous. The Marriot had a nice longe on the top floor [...]

Sumitra’s Wedding (Day 26)

Friday’s big event was attending Sumitra’s wedding. I headed home from work to change into the kurta I purchased a few days earlier. As soon as I took it out of the bag, I realized that it was still full of wrinkles, so I spent a good 10 minutes ironing them out. Hopped into a [...]

Desserts

Although Wysz will probably never miss India in his lifetime, here’s a glimpse of the dessert tray in the Google Hyderabad office. Quite comparable to the desserts in Mountain View: From Hyderabad

Walking Home

Here’s a short clip of what it’s like for me to walk home from work. Note: I live literally a minute away from work (awesome!). Although you can get a sense of how much crowded it is in Hyderabad, I’ve seen much crazier traffic (literally standstill, car honking craziness) when walking back. If I see [...]

Fabindia and Fabulous Food (Days 24-25)

Wedesday: With Sumitra’s wedding coming up this Friday, Joshua and Ravi wanted to take me to Fabindia to get a kurta. For those of you not familiar with a kurta, it’s a loose fitting traditional shirt that can fall below the knees. I’m linking to the Wikipedia article about kurta‘s, but the pictures aren’t very [...]