India so far

I was delaying posting until I could upload Europe pics, but my ibook adapter finally gave out (I lasted much longer than the rest) so it's India time.

I'm trying to figure out how I fell in love with Chennai so quickly and why Bangalore and I still have awkward moments.
1. I live out in the boonies in a sterile, gated, ex-pat paradise -- with French landscaping!
2. The cheapest way home is 40Rs (buses and 1 auto) and I can't even beg an auto to drive me home for 200Rs.
3. Infrastructure: ridiculous flyovers, traffic, and urban development projects.
4. The founders of the organization I work for gave it all away, including trips to Milan, to start up this NGO.
5. People at work keep taking me for a chump. I've been assigned to work on a magazine I don't want to work on for next to nothing. My colleague is paid 5 times as much as me, and so far, it seems like we're expected to have the same role in the production of this magazine.

Why Chennai won't be the same if I go back:
1. I won't be living like a baller with 3+ servants.
2. I'm no longer fascinated by Indian dudebrahs.
3. It won't be balls hot in the fall.
4. No Daniel!