Well back to India once again. The flight over was not particularly bad – although I did have one after effect. The salmon that I had for dinner must have been bad. I didn’t feel real well soon after eating it. Then that Sunday I yacked after eating supper at the Leela. Made it to restroom just in time. The bathroom attendant was probably rolling his eyes. But today, Monday, I feel quite well.
You always forget something when you pack, I forgot my captain crunch decoder – my vpn token that gives me the code to log into work remotely. Fortunately one of the other fellows left for India two days later and is bringing my token with him. So I should have full access by tomorrow.
The advertising for the 2008 Olympic games begins here already. Jackie Chan has a funny spot. He plays ping pong like an action hero – spinning, etc. Then does other sports stuff all in his Jackie Chan style, the voice over says you don’t have to work like this to get to the Olympics – all you need is Visa! So Jackie Chan buys the ticket to the Olympics and goes to his seat. Only to have Yao Ming the 7’ 4” center sit in front of him.
The airport is a lot nicer this go around. They are renovating it, but the changes that they have made really made it better. According to the one person that I spoke with, they have privatized the airport and a private company is investing capital to improve it. Traffic lights are new, but the traffic is still snarled.
Did have one curious incident with Hotel Security today. Came back from work and there was a cryptic message that I would need to get with the day manager to get my code to access the safe in my room. After regaining access to the safe from the hotel I was able to piece together the scenario. Inside the safe was not only the passport and $$ that I had placed in there, but also my ‘valuable’ $25 timex watch and an empty wallet that I had brought, but not used – both had been left on the dresser when I left. Apparently housekeeping was worried about these treasures and had notified security to do me a favor and lock them away in my safe for me.
On hand their concern is appreciated, on the other hand – access to that safe seems rather free. The day manager did get it unlocked with some sort of pass key, but could not reset it. A maintenance engineer came by and unlocked it again and was finally able to get it working completely. It feels like every other employee can waltz into a room and open a safe.