Salaam Namaste

Ok, seriously, it might seem like that I'm turning into one of those overly dramatic and bubbly people who makes things sound more fantastic than they are all the time. I hope that is not the case. But its really because Bombay is a bit of a twilight zone where crazy things just keeps on happening. So here's the latest adventure. My friends Shaaroni and Gila know the owner or someone in higher management of the Taj Mahal Hotel. They invited me along to enjoy all the facilities, and it was sooo amazing! The design and decor of the place was just incredible. I went for a swim in the Taj pool (best view ever), and swimming pools are hard to come by in Bombay, even crappy ones. The room was magnificent and we ordered room service Real Chinese Food (as to Indian-Chinese food federicks style) while listening to a huge selection of soundtracks programmed into the sound system of every room, (really I didn't even know they had that in Western hotels, but I guess its because I rarely stay at fancy hotels). It was great!
We then joined some friends at a bar up in Bandra, and met some other interesting foreigners living in Bombay. The expat community in Bombay is incredibly small, everyone seems to know everyone else, and its so interesting to find out what brings different people to Bombay and what keeps them here.
Finally saw my first Bollywood movie, Salaam Namaste! The bloody song has been stuck in my head ever since... It was suprisingly good and the best part was how every westerner is portrayed to be shamelessly promiscuous!
I still can't seem to get use to the 6 day work week. This morning I woke up and thought, well yesterday was saturday, so today is Sunday, so I can sleep in. But that was entirely untrue - at 10:30 it hit me that I only get one sleep-in day a week and that today was in fact Monday. Oi, what a way to start the week....