I know I've missed blogging a few days...not sure if anyone has missed me but I've got a lot to talk about today!
Work has been very busy this week! I'm trying to make sure all the little things I've made notes about on about ten pieces of paper are getting resolved before I head home. Two funny things about work...the first is that one of my trainees told me I look like an Indian actress named Kajal Aggarwal. I'll put up her picture so you can decide for yourselves...I don't think we look alike but I took it as a compliment. Another funny thing from work is how many times they have commented on my typing speed and asked how many words I can type per minute. Today they finally decided that I was going to take a typing test online so I took two different tests and each time came up with 88 words per minute (1 error each time bringing it to 87 wpm). There were happy to finally know that but then asked me if I knew anyone who could type faster than me. So, if anyone is up to the challenge the site is http://www.typingtest.com/. If you can beat 87 wpm, let me know and I'll tell the class. :)
Yesterday I decided to forego some sleep in order to go out and take care of a few last minute things. I brought my sari to a tailor and they will be making my blouse that will go underneath. Our cab driver took us to a site called the Seven Tombs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qutb_Shahi_Tombs) which was quite cool. The tombs are large domed structures...check out the wiki page for more info and I'll post some pics here also. After that we stopped by Chowmahalla Palace (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chowmahalla_Palace) which was beautiful! It was a royal palace and I took a lot of pictures of that as well. Then, we went shopping for pearls as Hyderabad is known as the City of Pearls.
Today (Thursday) we celebrate a major Hindu festival called Navrati or Dussehra (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navratri). As it is a major holiday we have the night off of work! We were invited out to a fair or festival which I'm looking forward to! They had a contest at work last night and people were invited to dress up in Indian formal clothes to celebrate this holiday. Both of the ladies in the class dressed up but the men wore their normal work clothes. I wore one of my new tunics and a scarf (dupatta) which went over well! I'll try to post another pic of that. I hope you all have a good end to the week!
Work has been very busy this week! I'm trying to make sure all the little things I've made notes about on about ten pieces of paper are getting resolved before I head home. Two funny things about work...the first is that one of my trainees told me I look like an Indian actress named Kajal Aggarwal. I'll put up her picture so you can decide for yourselves...I don't think we look alike but I took it as a compliment. Another funny thing from work is how many times they have commented on my typing speed and asked how many words I can type per minute. Today they finally decided that I was going to take a typing test online so I took two different tests and each time came up with 88 words per minute (1 error each time bringing it to 87 wpm). There were happy to finally know that but then asked me if I knew anyone who could type faster than me. So, if anyone is up to the challenge the site is http://www.typingtest.com/. If you can beat 87 wpm, let me know and I'll tell the class. :)
Yesterday I decided to forego some sleep in order to go out and take care of a few last minute things. I brought my sari to a tailor and they will be making my blouse that will go underneath. Our cab driver took us to a site called the Seven Tombs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qutb_Shahi_Tombs) which was quite cool. The tombs are large domed structures...check out the wiki page for more info and I'll post some pics here also. After that we stopped by Chowmahalla Palace (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chowmahalla_Palace) which was beautiful! It was a royal palace and I took a lot of pictures of that as well. Then, we went shopping for pearls as Hyderabad is known as the City of Pearls.
Today (Thursday) we celebrate a major Hindu festival called Navrati or Dussehra (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navratri). As it is a major holiday we have the night off of work! We were invited out to a fair or festival which I'm looking forward to! They had a contest at work last night and people were invited to dress up in Indian formal clothes to celebrate this holiday. Both of the ladies in the class dressed up but the men wore their normal work clothes. I wore one of my new tunics and a scarf (dupatta) which went over well! I'll try to post another pic of that. I hope you all have a good end to the week!
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