Gifts from India!

I was completely surprised today when Subbu at work brought in gifts that the offshore guys (Danny, Sivakumar and Krishnan) in India that we work with mailed to him (check out that run on sentence!). They sent me a beautiful hand carved jewelry box, an elephant keychain and a miniture caparison. It was very thoughtful! They said it was a gift of thanks for all my help (I’ve taught them a lot of flash/actionscript). They sent a gift for my supervisor, Tim as well. They sent him a hand carved elephant candle holder, keychain and caparison as well.

A caparison is usually a gold plated decoration that is put on the head of an elephant during festivals in Cochin, India (that’s where the guys are from). I’d love to visit India someday although the one experience I had with Indian food wasn’t the best. I loved the naan, but the rest was just ok… I’m willing to give it another shot though. They say Indian food is very different from each region of India. Plus the culture is very interesting to me.

I want to ride an elephant!

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