I'm not sure if I can tell which it is. Plenty of things are going on in my life, but I think I'm too lazy and then I cover it up by saying I don't have time because of the activity. Aidan's now 2 and half years old. He's reading, running, playing with his bat and ball. He's an awesome kid and we are completely in love with him. As do other children, he learns at such a fast pace, and we love that about him. When we correct him on his speech, he's always making sure we follow our own rules. "Don't say 'Yeah' papa, say 'YES'"  Living i...

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 It shouldn't be this difficult. Getting online took nearly 6 months, staying online is hair-pulling. Internet here is very frustrating. There are several ISPs to choose from but what sucks is that none of them are "good", there's something wrong with every one of them. BSNL (our current ISP) - Government guys, means the facilities and the people are run down. They don't get off their @$$ for anyone. Internet goes off about twice a week, and is slow about 40% of the time. Call to lodge a complaint, as they instruct, and IF the line ...

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Woke up Friday morning freezing. The windows were open as usual but the cold wind had made it's way in. We already put the blanket away because the summer was here. But I suppose we need to keep it handy. I grabbed it and went back to bed, must have been about 4am.   Woke up at 6:24am to get ready to catch the train to Bombay. The little guy had peed last night and so he was sleeping next to me in just a shirt with no chudi. Shaving and showering the night before was a good move considering we were supposed to leaving the house at 6:20 n...

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Survived 1 year in India. Landed Apr 1 2009.   Summary: If you don't need to have anything done for you, you're fine. Once you need something, you face hardship, frustration, and happen to find a solid number of idiots who don't understand what they are actually doing at their "job". Customer service comes only if they have seen or talked to you a few times, otherwise there's no need to bother putting any effort out.   There are barricades acting as medians which are really just 4 foot high concrete separators because people WILL ...

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Everybody says "Wishing you a prosperous year". It's starting to sound redundant and devalued.   I intend fully to have an excellent year. I feel it so strongly, it's incredible. Surgery is scheduled for Tuesday Jan 5. An estimated 4-6 weeks has been prescribed for recovery. I'll spend some if not more time in Physiotherapy. I want to work my hamstrings and calf muscles back to normality. I need to start walking heel to toe as soon as possible.   If my health is returned then I can take that off my concern list. I can start focusi...

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