Day 5 - Yummy Indian Food

I actually did a little training at work today. Not a class but some one on one time with a student. It made the day go by a little faster which was nice. I got up early and actually made it to work by 8am today. Nobody seemed to care so I might not be in such a hurry tomorrow.;)

Next to our office building there is a big construction site. I have mentioned the workers before and every time I go in there I can't help but watch them. I somehow find it entertaining. I was talking to someone at work about them today. Like I said most of them are Indian. They come here from India just to work. The construction company provides them housing and food and a small salary. The small salary is no doubt much more they than can make in India. There is a building at the top of the picture is made with a tin roof and tin siding. That is the housing the construction company provides for the workers. Not so nice. It must be tough living right on the construction site like that.

I love Indian food and I started to feel like I needed to get some for dinner. I jumped on the MRT after work (I took the wrong train for the first time!) and took it to Little India. It is an interesting place the streets are lined with small stores that sell really cheap and really low quality stuff. They have lots of gold stores and they sell the cheapest, gaudiest looking jewelry that you have ever seen. You can find just about anything in these little stands. Fruits and veggies, liquor and medicinal supplies all in the same store, and booth with these flower rings used for religious ceremonies. They are sort of like a hawaiian lei. There is also lots of Indians. There is a big grass park in the middle of the area and it is filled with Indian's sitting on the grass. I am not really sure if they sleep and live there or just like to hang out. I had read about a couple of good Indian restaurants on the internet and I went to one called Mushu's Curry House the last time I was here. I figured I would walk around for a while and see if I could find a new place. I didn't really find any of the so I went back to Mushu's. It was really awesome. The food was great, I had some butter chicken, some vegetable pakora's, a green dish and lots of naan, rice, and mint chutney. It was delicious! You get your food on a tray that has a large leaf from a banana tree instead of a plate. You are supposed to eat everything with your hands, your right hand in particular because you are supposed to use your left to go to the bathroom. I wasn't really all that interested in getting messy but I noticed that just about everyone was using a fork and spoon so I did the same. The Indians believe that desert will help with the digestion process. Since I need all the help I can get digesting Indian food I splurged and went with the desert. I had the best homemade Indian strawberry flavored ice cream. I could have gone for seconds even though I was absolutely stuffed. Of course I washed it all down with a Pepsi Light.;) It was the most expensive meal I have had here but it was also the best. I plan to hit it up at least once more before I go.

Afer that I came back to the hotel and watched a horribly corny Singapore game show, kind of close to a Japanese game show knock off with a team of guys from Singapore Idol vs The Girls From Deal or No Deal. I realized that even natives here find it hot. It was all outside and over the course of the show I noticed that the host got sweatier and sweatier. His shirt was literally soak and I found it a little odd because you would never see that in a US game show.

After I got back to the hotel I noticed that my AC is broken. I don't feel like having a repair guy around now so I will tough it out and ask them to come during the day tomorrow.