Protest March Part 2

Monday, July 10, 2006

OUB called Ivan in Singapore to ask if he wanted to cancel his trip to Mumbai because it seems that there was some political unrest. We had no idea such things were going on other than the protest march on Saturday.

Things seemed peaceful enough when Stanley brought us out for a walk around Colaba. The roads were empty and many shops were closed. We thought it was normal for a Sunday in Mumbai. It turns out that the shops were closed because there were riots in other parts of Mumbai.

Stanley is one of the friendliest people around in the office. Since our first day at work, he's been wanting to bring us out but we were just too busy with work. Yesterday, we finally went out to explore the area with him. Stanley brought us out to many places we wouldn't have gone on our own. We walked for 2 hours passing by art galleries, cinemas, parks, a library, a cricket field, Mumbai University. We discovered many nooks and crannies of Mumbai streets that had interesting shops. We also tried ice-cream from a small shop, crossing our fingers that we wouldn't get food poisoning. (Winnie got a tummy ache in the night though). Stanley also promised to lend us a set of Desperate Housewives DVD for us to pass time on weekends.

For dinner, we had Jewish food. As usual, the serving was really huge. I had steak which I have not had for ages. Yum yum. I think I'm beginning to like the city.