"Notttttttt-hing"

:-) Ah, it feels good to hear familiar sounds again.
I have kept my promises, I am back! Back in India within the year (I had promised myself to make full use of my one-year-multiple-entry Indian Visa)...and even better: back in Bangalore. I even saw St. Patrick's church (where Dev and Karen got married) on my second night in town. Who would have thought...

I am going to be working for a non-profit start-up called Embrace. If you have never heard of them, you should check out their website at embraceglobal.org. We make low-cost baby warmers. In short (in case you are too lazy to check out the website), the baby warmer consist of a sleeping bag where you put the baby in, a pouch that contains a wax that melts arounf body temperature and a heater to melt the wax once it is solidified. Pretty cool! I was supposed to conduct product usability tests, but things change. Instead, i'll be working on setting up the manufacturing and production of the sleeping bags here in India and will be researching all there is to know about logistics. How to import things from Europe and the US to India, how to ship and distribute everything from and too Bangalore, etc...so if you know anything about logistics or shipping in India, let me know, I can use some help. Or if you know someone that knows someone that knows someone (I have found out that this is how things really work over here...my dear American friends, you still have a lot to learn about networking!), let me know as well.

Talking about knowing people. This is a call to all my friends out there that have friends in Bangalore that might want to entertain a cool (?) Belgian girl while here, let me know, i'd love to meet people at night or during the weekend. Otherwise it might get pretty lonely here. And even if they are not that enthusiastic about meeting me, just guilt them into doing so ;-).

My trip so far has been filled with pleasant little surprises. This country keeps on amazing me, especially the people i meet here. I don't think i've met so many friendly, warm and welcoming people in so little time. To all my brown friends out there: your country rocks, really! If i hadn't been Belgian... :-)

Anyway, if you get the sudden urge to talk to me, you can always call me on my Indian cell :-). Number is +91 953505 3837 or email me, of course! Looking forward to hear from all of you!

Sylvie