Sunday, December 14, 2008

"Everything is just a little crooked here"

Ziggy and Zoe have taken the day off, so we humans are writing now.
We bought some colorful wall hangings to decorate some walls. A couple are framed and others are cloth that needs to hang from rods. We found a very nice handy man who did some tasks for us- like putting insect netting over some gaping holes around vent pipes and fans. Malaria does exist and we didn't see a good reason to encourage the mosquitoes. We had the same fellow put up some of the hangings. After the first one was done we saw that it was hanging in a slightly odd way. It is because the material is hand made and not exactly rectangular, so it hangs as a parallelogram. The same guy put up another hanging and, when finished, he asked how we liked it. One side was noticeably lower than the other, which he initially denied, but then measured and agreed. After fixing it, the low side is now a little high. This fabric is also hand made and not exactly square either. We also have an entry - way table made of very nice wood and a marble top. It has only two legs and is meant to be attached to the wall. It looks very nice with a mirror above it, but if you look closely, you can see it is slightly slanted from horizontal. So, it is the case that "everything is just a little crooked here"... This seems to be the rule.
On other matters, Janet finished 2 weeks of daily physical therapy sessions on her injured right arm. She says it is still hurting, but is better each week. We also joined a Spa/Health Club so Janet can swim a few times a week. Our Apartment building has a small gym, but no pool. We live near the "Bangalore Club", which is said to have a great pool, but they are not currently taking new members, So, Janet has to go further afield.
Jim got quite sick the past week. It started with a sore throat Sunday evening, by mid day Monday he was ready to fall into bed and did so after returning home in the evening and participating in several teleconferences. He went to bed about 9:30PM Monday and was up for no more than 5 hours out of the next 36 hours when he started to feel a little better. He saw a doctor that afternoon and got antibiotics to take. He is feeling a little bit better each day, but it is slow progress.
On Saturday the 13th we visited an art exhibition where there were some wonderful carvings in wood and various kinds of stone. They were all either Hindu religious figures or Buddhist and the quality was very high. The pieces are for sale, and the prices seemed quite reasonable.
The quality was so good that NOT everything is just a little crooked- these are one exception to the rule above.
We managed to meet the other neighbors in the building this weekend. They are also here from other countries and seem quite nice. We met one for lunch at a very nice restaurant

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