happy easter!

hello out there,

no, I have neither fallen out of a rickshaw nor sweat to death. just been busy fighting with the internet. I have already uploaded last weekend's pictures three times to slide.com but always failed to save them. the fourth upload is currently being processed...we will see if I make it this time.

any news on my end? no, not really. most noteworthy is probably the fact that my sister and brother-in-law will move to the "us and a" on a (lottery) green card. lucky bastards...pardon my french but I am right, am I not?

besides that, these were my 'highlights' of the past week:
- I bought another two kurtas to be equipped with appropriate clothing for the indian heat
- ...which seems to gain in force faster this year than usually (if even the indians start complaining...)
- in this country, waiters and the like often face fairly rude treatment although their guests show good behaviour otherwise
- establishing efficient controlling activities in our indian subsidiary requires, for starters, convincing your colleagues that
a) well-maintained master lists will save a lot of time when you most need it
b) excel was conceived to do more than merely display numbers, and
c) transparency constitutes the key to informed decisions
- I doubt that I will be able to do without indian food after returning to germany
- the average indian engineer picks up the german language impressively fast
- they do sell real cow milk (as opposed to the soy crap) over here
- I finally succeeded in uploading those damn pictures. enjoy!

and, I almost forgot, I am about to witness my first cricket match tomorrow morning!

ti-bob