Meat, and the elusive passata strikes again... maybe

Well it has been a while since I posted the blog, so what can I tell you...

We have a washing machine... yipppeeeee... clean clothes.  Simone managed to shame our Landlord in to buying one for us, much to my embarrassment, but hey, if you don't ask (or rather give them a sob story of full-time work and having to live like it's the 1920's) then I suppose you don't get... I'm just not as cheeky as him.

So now we have our car, it is so much easier to move about, and I don't have to face the big walk to work every morning, which is great, because now it is starting to get very warm, even when it's dark, so I dread to think what the height of summer will bring.  And FYI the balaclavas have gone now... this morning I saw people just wrapped in blankets.... progress.

So we have had the car exactly one week now.  We drive it to and from work and that's all.  When we bought it, it was clean, shiny and sparkly.... Just to give you some idea of the pollution and dust here.....

......... anyone wanna donate me a lung for when I get back to UK??????

I thought I was going to have to pay my dad to come here and clean it for us....  then BINGO.... only a few hours ago a lovely gentleman knocked on the door.  He asked Simone if he wanted him to clean our car for us
"YES YES YES PLEASE"  I shouted from the kitchen
"How much?"  Asks Simone
"300 rupees sir"( £4)
hmmmmm that sounds expensive to me.......  I'm thinking...
"I will come every morning at 6, and clean it.  300 Rupees....... for the month"
RESULT.
My Dad will be happy.  He will be    H O R R I F I E D    to see the picture above.. but don't worry Daddy, my car will be cleaner than yours..... hahahahahaha it'll be cleaned EVERY DAY, beat that.

Work is ok.  Simone's boss is a very big, imposing Indian man with a very English name (Colin) and a very good sense of humour.  I think he is not the typical Indian guy and he eats a lot of meat (including beef).  As we have really stayed away from the meat since arriving here, Simone is having withdrawal symptoms and decided to ask his boss where he buys his meat..... FYI I knew NOTHING about this.
So I was on CICU the other day and Dr.Colin comes chasing after me.... baring in mind the Dr/nurse relationship here is ZERO, they barely look at the nurses....
"Louise Louise"
I turned around to be greeted my Dr. Colin
"Hi Sir"  heheheheheh yes even I can be polite to the doctors here.... I feel I have to be...
And with a big smile on his face, he leans in very close.... with all the other nurses looking and probably thinking 'why's he talking to her and not us'.... and says
"I hear you want some meat"  in a very low tone
"Excuse me?" as I nearly choked on my chewing gum
"hehehe I hear you want some meat.... beef.  How much do you want?"
"Erm..... ahh.... uuuummmmmm"
"You like it diced?  It comes diced"
GET ME OUT OF HERE..........
I was trying so hard to keep a straight face, be all respectful and that but SERIOUSLY.... This VERY well respected surgeon in India is asking me if I want meat... and how I like it....
Needless to say, Simone thought this whole escapade was hilarious.  And now whenever I see Sir Dr. Colin all I can think about is beef.
And just so you know... Dr.Colin's PA organised with his driver, and now we have beef... lots of it.. and it's not diced.  And apparently we organise with the driver and he gets us good cuts of meat whenever we want... imported from Australia I think... hurrah protein :))))))

The other day we had to take a trip to one of the big malls to take Simone's macbook to the doctors.  Unfortunately (or not-depending on your viewpoint) the cost of repairing the macbook amounted to such a cost that Simone decided (surprise surprise) that it was more economical to buy a new one; as we had 'happened' to venture in to an apple retailer earlier in our trip and 'discovered' that they are actually a few hundred pounds cheaper to buy them here...... So I now have a very happy Simone with a brand-spanking new macbook pro... BUT he is also going to fix the old one himself (DIY job) so, we will (and actually already do) have more apple products in our house than we have limbs between us.  NOT THAT I'M COMPLAINING.... I love my I phone 4 and macbook air that he bought for me  :)

So yesterday we went in to Bangalore to buy the said computer and we went to a place called UB city..  We walked in and I was in Heaven.  SO many nice shops, restaurants and bars.  We had some beers in a bar, then went for food to a really nice Italian restaurant- and even Simone said the pizza was good, so it can't have been bad.  Definitely going there to celebrate my 30th birthday... With Jody O'Connor :))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))  yippppeeeeeeeeeee I am now actually looking forward to turning 30...... Ok, maybe that is pushing it, but at least we have somewhere fabulous to celebrate it.

Oh and just to keep you updated... Simone's search for the elusive passata continues.  Today he has come home with this......

One question.............

      Would you let this man operate on your child's heart?

Namaste