is toliet paper really expensive?

ok. day one. am i really in india? the driver picked me up this morning, not until after poonam showed up inquiring about employment however, and took me to the director's house for the new hire breakfast. very nice. he lives on campus, which is about 4 blocks from my house in malcha marg. malcha marg is the name of the neighborhood and the biggest street that runs through it. i live on B street. we toured the INCREDIBLE campus and had some long informative sessions. yawn. everyone is a little jet lagged. we went to lunch at the embassy. note to self: NO CAMARAs in the embassy. after that we went to khan market: a conglomoration of everything you would find at freddies, split up into about 1000 little stores. it's crazy, i heard jay-z in the passport photo place, you need passport photos for everything in this international loop. then i got dropped of here at B8 MM. ran out of toliet paper, hence my first trip to 'the market.' lots of people. lots of little stores. after scanning all my options i turned around and went back to the first stall, the garg store. i am not yet assertive enough and had about 5 people jump ahead of me. ah, the patience begins. mr. garg was very nice, asked if i lived in MM and told me that he could, in the future, deliver anything i needed. not quite sure about that. his toliet paper was very expensive. i think i got ultrapulsh tp.

it's so hot here. hot and humid. brow sweat within seconds of leaving my apt. but everything is very lush. i have a fabulous garden out front. i suppose i have a gardener that is charging his hours as we speak. so many many things to find out.

it's dinner time here, i will cook the lasagna that was left in my fridge for me. then i think i need a harry potter fix, and a good night sleep.

the pic is the plaque on my door and my front patio.