Wednesday, February 23, 2005
...especially the Huggies and Castrol GT commercials - if I could record those I would play them every day...
# posted by Rob @ 11:41 AM 
The commercials are funnier when I can pick up the brand names, but otherwise can’t understand what they are saying.
# posted by Rob @ 11:39 AM
Why is there no fabric softener available in India?
# posted by Rob @ 11:38 AM
In India, the first floor is “0”, the second floor is “1”. That is the secret, ladies and gentlemen.
# posted by Rob @ 11:31 AM
Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Site Changes
I keep changing the site layout b/c I'm trying to find a way to get the comments to post right along with the text - I figure some of these comments are so colorful (Lupe) that it's a just dirty shame to keep them hidden... but I think I gotta go jack with the template tags or something b/c it's not working. And now my link to the beer page is gone - and when I've finally added more beers too... anyways now anyone can comment without having to sign their soul away to Blogger, so that's cool - peace!
# posted by Rob @ 9:25 PM
Friday, February 18, 2005
"Dude, you go - she ain't playing around - I'm waiting till she's gone..."
Notice how no one bothers her as she collects for her and her kid...
"Hey, hey, hey - they're pulling over... you know what that means..."
"Sound OK Horn" or some variation of that is a common painting on the back of big trucks - idea being "honk all you want - it's cool..."
The trucks are all lined up outside the city until rush hour ends, then they are allowed to enter - otherwise traffic would be more impossible than it already is - zoom the pic to see the detail of the painting on these trucks
All of the trade logos are hand-painted... painting trucks seems like a fun job (to me anyway) - this would of course be secondary to making millions with my OJ empire (invest now, kids)
If you look really close, you can see the paintings on the mudflaps and the rear differential, along with some detailing all over the truck
Roadside Monkeys!
Ran into a family of monkeys on the roadside on the way to work today. They were just chillin' until we busted out some grain, at which point momma came crashing out of the tree and scared off all the young punks. It's obvious that in monkey society, momma gets first dibs, especially when she's carrying a baby like this one was.
I'm also including some pics of some of the trucks here. Every industrial truck is artistically painted, right down to painting demon faces on the differentials - they even have a celebration once a year where everyone decorates their rigs.
Finally, I've tacked on some photos of Satya Sai Baba Hospital, which is a huge, very nice hospital situated somewhat outside the main city, and all treatment there is free. The guy who runs the hospital, Sri Satya Sai Baba (here's a link about him -> http://www.einterface.net/gamini/sai.html), it is somewhat of an icon around here, and so they get a lot of donations to keep the place going. You can even get open-heart surgery here, all for free. Isn't that the way hosiptals should be?
I'm also including some pics of some of the trucks here. Every industrial truck is artistically painted, right down to painting demon faces on the differentials - they even have a celebration once a year where everyone decorates their rigs.
Finally, I've tacked on some photos of Satya Sai Baba Hospital, which is a huge, very nice hospital situated somewhat outside the main city, and all treatment there is free. The guy who runs the hospital, Sri Satya Sai Baba (here's a link about him -> http://www.einterface.net/gamini/sai.html), it is somewhat of an icon around here, and so they get a lot of donations to keep the place going. You can even get open-heart surgery here, all for free. Isn't that the way hosiptals should be?
Statue of Gandhi in front of a local crafts festival which we checked out after seeing the summer palace - Gandhi is also featured on all of the paper money here (at least, all the denominations which I was able to afford) - I find that to be infinitely more appropriate than slapping on the image of some current politician
Pralhad explained that this is a "rangoli" which is a kind of blessing drawn on the ground at the entrance to a temple or home (apparently this one is very basic, and you can find much better designs at many people's houses - feel free to search Google for "rangoli" and see for yourself) - anyway, the Hindu religion holds that the gods travel in the morning, and so the rangoli is drawn as a kind of "welcome mat" to please the deities and invite them into the temple or home
Detail of the ceiling inside Tipu's summer palace (yes I know this pic is out of order - deal with it)
With 330 crore gods to appease, Sultan Tipu was wise to ensure he had plenty of shrines adorning his summer palace...
View from outside Tipu's summer palace - basically the entire place is an open-air venue (appropriate for a summer palace I guess)
"Bless My Ride" - nearby the Bull temple, a man has brought his car to be blessed by the priest, another common custom here - and after seeing Indian traffic, I completely understand...
This Bull shrine is another one some 500+ years old - you can see that they are always building and remodeling the housing, probably to protect the Bull god from the Pigeon gods... according to Pralhad, the Hindu mythology states that Bull was always getting bigger and bigger, so the gods put a heavy bar on his head to prevent Bull from growing any larger. That's oppression...
After employing a nearby temple monkey to create a ruckus, I've managed to slip past the guards, and have positioned myself for this very exclusive profile of the Bull...
"Oh no... another freakin' tourist with his camera and stupid grin... at least he took his shoes off this time..."
