Let's start the list of "things I should have known before I came"
The American Way of Purchasing a Cell Phone
1. Go to store, choose cell phone
2. Choose a plan
3. Pay money, begin using cell phone without much delay
The Indian Way of Purchasing a Cell Phone
1. Have cell phone sales guy come to guest house, choose cheapest model of cell phone available
2. Choose between two (2) plans
3. Pay money for actual cell phone
4. Wait two days
5. Pay money for SIM card that will let you use the cell phone
6. Fill out three forms, take four photographs, make three copies of passport and visa, sign everything
7. Bring it to government office
8. Wait an indeterminate amount of time
That's as far as I've gotten. We're hoping to have the stupid phones tomorrow. Hooray bureaucracy!
UPDATE: I now have a cell phone. Will wonders never cease?
On a side note, if you're reading this and you're not my parents, please leave a comment. I got one from someone I didn't know, and it's cool to have an actual audience.
1. Go to store, choose cell phone
2. Choose a plan
3. Pay money, begin using cell phone without much delay
The Indian Way of Purchasing a Cell Phone
1. Have cell phone sales guy come to guest house, choose cheapest model of cell phone available
2. Choose between two (2) plans
3. Pay money for actual cell phone
4. Wait two days
5. Pay money for SIM card that will let you use the cell phone
6. Fill out three forms, take four photographs, make three copies of passport and visa, sign everything
7. Bring it to government office
8. Wait an indeterminate amount of time
That's as far as I've gotten. We're hoping to have the stupid phones tomorrow. Hooray bureaucracy!
UPDATE: I now have a cell phone. Will wonders never cease?
On a side note, if you're reading this and you're not my parents, please leave a comment. I got one from someone I didn't know, and it's cool to have an actual audience.
posted by Jake | 3:50 AM
2 Comments:
I have just read the first entries of your blog. I laughed aloud at the mental picture of tall you kissing the Swami's feet (which I hope had been bathed in recent memory).
Is the dance class for traditional Indian dance, which I had always thought was only for women. (Might be a way to meet interesting people!) And, what is JSS, please?
Keep writing; it is wonderful to share your adventures immediately, rather than waiting for a journal to be published.
Warm regards, JF
who is JF? Jessica Friedlander?
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