All of your comments were thrilling so I thought I’d take a moment to respond…the post with the thick content on the internet connectivity, cell phone networks, education system and people giving ‘a shit’, and the photos upload is still in the works.
Ram asked, “What have you been doing during the days? Are you going to get a job? Do you have a phone number? Can we do one of those silly internet phone calls and call you? How about Roger Wilco when you are in a netcafe? There’s a place in India called Santa Cruz?”
So a lot of my time is spent getting to whatever place in Bombay I need to get to. Its only been 8 days since I got here and as of now most of my time has been spent on the local train getting from Matunga to Borivli and back. Also since its just the beginning I’m still getting around to visiting everyone. Off the top of my head there are still six houses of relatives and close family friends I haven’t yet visited.
I’m working on the whole getting a job thing. I’ll post updates about that as the hunt progresses. Right now I’m still setting up shop here.
Yes I do have a phone number. If you want to call me from the states you need to dial: 011-9198-2147-3258. That’ll be rather steep better you just send me an SMS message. Go to SMSJunction and on the left hand side there is a little area to send SMS messages. Fill in 9821473258 as the mobile number and then your email address and then the message you want to send me. If the site is working I get the message almost instantly and I have my cell with me all the time except when I’m sleeping and the phone is charging in another room. Don’t try the silly internet call things it doesn’t work and RW from a netcafe is just crazy talk Ram.
Dan said, ” It feels weird without your online ever-presence.”
Yea I don’t like not being online either. The net connectivity here for the common man though is at best a bad 56K connection. The next step up from the bad 56K is so much more expensive and offers such a minor speed upgrade its just plain not worth it.
Dan said, “What was that about drinking in the message?”
A beer for breakfast does a Dan good. Unless Ram finds out in which case it does a Dan bad.
Dan said, “Oh, and you mention phones without links. How backwards are we talking here? (seems odd for an asian country… or any country not in northern america) Do you tote one? if so, what’s the e-mail associated with it (so I can bother you wiht some of my 500 monthly msgs.)”
I do tote a cell, the number is listed on the right and I explained the detail above in answering Ram’s question(s). I will post details on the networks and services hopefully sometime this week. It all depends on which relative’s house I have to go to sleep. I’m still making the rounds so this type of uncertainty will go on for a while. Right now I’m in Matunga at my mama’s place.
Dan said, “The next time I see you I expect you to be married. :)”
Read the title of this post.
Anyway so yea internet connectivity is really shitty although right now its being really kind to me. Well I should really get some sleep. I’ll try and keep the postings regular, still hoping on the picture update. Nothing solid yet.
Posted by Mr. Keyur at June 25, 2003 02:56 PM | TrackBack