Joel & Judy Forever: Thunderstorm

I'm sitting here listening to the wonderful sound of a thunderstorm, which is fun. I was sitting out on the deck for a while listening to it, and ran back inside to see if I could catch a photo of the storm... got good video, but the lightning eluded me for the most part. Got one cool shot, which is included below.

Things here are fairly routine. I got a chance to watch quite a bit of cricket here on Sunday, and am trying to figure out whether that counts as culture, or if that really only counts the same as sitting around and watching baseball back in the states, for which I would feel somewhat lazy... :)

Got a chance to talk to some of my team-mates today and got an idea of how to make roti/chapati , which is a type of flat-bread that is very common to eat with lunch. Most of the folks who bring lunch here bring some roti and a small portion of chutney or other type of lentil/curry to eat with the bread. Looking forward to getting some wheat flour and trying it out... It sounds kind of "knack" based to make it well, so we'll see how I do.

On other food fronts, I must say that, yet again, I learned the lesson of occasionally reading the box before diving into cooking.... :) I made some masala gravy with mutton that was really good, but oh my gosh hot! Would have helped if I would have read the package and seen that red chili powder was the second ingredient on the masala spice pack, before I decided to enhance the spice with a portion of red chili powder of my own. Was searching out beer in the fridge to drink with it to cool my lips in quite a anxious moment after the flavor built up a bit. Was awesome tasting, if I don't say myself, but really hot.

I've got to get to sleep (and calling Judy), so I'll post again soon... Below are pictures of a view of one of the malls (sorry about the picture quality - judy will be here soon and she will have better pictures),