Well, just got home from a 24 hour trip to Bangalore - boy oh boy am I worn out....That city seems to have that effect on me - always come home utterly exhausted...

Joyce, Jake and I headed to Bangalore yesterday afternoon around 2:30pm - we took the nice AC bus - about a 2 1/2 hour trip. Jake had booked us rooms at the Empire Hotel - a cheap, decent place to stay in the city center. As always, it is quite a feat to get a rickshaw driver to actually take you where you need to go in Bangalore - hoping that one day I'll finally get the hang of that city....But Jake found his Hindi quite useful, and I my Kanadda - the little we both know got us much further than one would imagine :)

After getting settled into our rooms, we ate at the restaurant just downstairs - one of the more satisfying meals any of us had in a long while - unfortunately for me, my dinner like me too and opted to sit in my tummy and hang out for a bit longer than desired....

After dinner we had a bit of time so we made way to a nearby mall so Jake could start scoping out the camera selection. The shop we did find had both my camera (canon rebel XTI) and a slightly older model canon 350D. He didn't buy anything Friday night bc he wanted to think it over - I picked up a new pair of earphones for my ipod (I lost the comfy ear piece for one of the earphones a few weeks back, and it has not been quite so comfortable to listen to music since - hoping the cheap earphones I picked up will do the trick til I get home:)

After a bit of browsing and purchasing, we ran back to the hotel to change, and then made or way to a highly recommended club, FUGA...The atmosphere was lovely, the music mainly techno - which Jake simply loves...I am not a big fan of techno, but made the most of my time - danced anyway - and Joyce and I seem to be able to tear up any dance floor, anywhere, regardless of music. Since clubs close at 11:30pm in Karnataka, we were home before 12am ;) I was quite happy about that b/c I was pooped - and wanted to get a good nights sleep as I knew that Saturday would be very tiring indeed...

Joyce and I shared a double room, and were both fast asleep soon after we got home...When I woke this morning I felt a bit like a truck had run me over - but after a nice hot shower I was rearing and ready to go.

We spent a little too much time trying to find a certain breakfast spot in the city - and after two hours we threw in the towel - failed attempt...When I get really really hungry my blood sugar drops, I can't really think straight, I get pissy, and well just become an unpleasant human being...I know Jake and Joyce were quite hungry too - we were just about to settle for anything when we luckily happened upon a nice little cafe off the main road - just in the nick of time too b/c it was about ten til 11am and they stopped the buffet breakfast at 11. They were kind enough to let us dine - and dine we did - all of us ate like it was going to be our last breakfast. We were all quite happy, full, and energized by that buffet - we paid the bill and started walking the streets of Bangalore once more....Will spare all the details, but the three of us managed to accomplish all that each had set out to - took all day, alot of walking, alot of stopping into shops, but by the end we were all happy...

Jake and Joyce wanted to hang out in Bangalore a bit longer, and I simply wanted to make the three plus hour trek back to Mysore. So I left them to relax in the city that doesn't seem to relax, and grabbed a rickshaw to the bus station, and a bus to Mysore...Girish picked me up from the station and brought me home....Home sweet home....The first thing I did was turn on my hot water heater, unpack, and take a nice long shower - whenever I return from Bangalore I feel weighted down by five pounds of dirt, grim, and scum....So nice to feel free from that....

On a wee different note, I have pictures coming soon - this time of some innocent fun and dancing...Joyce took tons of pictures of our Thursday night out dancing at High Octane (this has somehow become a tradition for me and Joyce and Erin every single Thursday - Friday mornings are a bit rough sometimes bc we dance our bums off - but so worth it to hang out with the girls and dance.dance.dance.) and pictures from our 24 hours in Bangalore....So I hope to post some up for you guys tomorrow or Monday...

Well I wish everyone a fabulous day or evening (depending on where you are in the world ;) - I myself am off to la la land.....