Just got back on Sunday and still somehow adjusting to being back after the massive change of reality. The trip was amazing and two weeks were really not enough time. I definately want to go back and the next trip should be a whole month for sure. It was such a good experience and really makes you appreciate everyday things. The main thing I bring back with me is the approachability and general kindness of Indians in general. Met some really really cool nice people. Was the most diferent place I’ve been to in my life and I can highly recomend it. I’ll be back for sure. Its really mind-blowing the way people somehow make a positive out of any situation. Also being able to speak to anyone on the street is such a good thing. The next time I go should be even better cause I already know what to expect in terms of everyday things (half the trip was probably figuring out what the hell was going on in pretty much every situation!). India is an amazing chaotic harmonic place full of contradictions that live in relatively perfect harmony 
I can really recomend the book “In Spite of The Gods”, which I just finished, as a really good account of India’s current situation, culturally and politically. Its a really easy read for a novice on all things Indian and was a bit of a guide for me as I read it while travelling and answered a lot of questions I had as well as providing explanations for many things I was puzzled by.
I’m still writing up the trip in the previous blog entry to this one (Two Weeks in India) and hopefully I’ll finish it off this week and get on to all the photos and videos…
Was basically a crash back to reality since Monday I was back at work and Tuesday night back at class.
Getting back into class and music type things, I’ve just picked up some M-Audio IE-10‘s which are by far the best (and most expensive, although not the price quoted on the M-Audio page!) headphones I’ve ever had! This are to replace some pretty nice Creative in-ear headphones (EP-630) I had that got the plug bent by being run over by a bus (see entry about that) which I kept on using even though I had to constantly wiggle the plug around in the socket and sections of frequency would cut out every now and again (like no bass all of a sudden and stuff like that). They where really quite good, although they do suffer the usual exagerated bass (which can be good depending on what you use them for), and seriously cut out outside noise. They also replace some crappy cheapo big-ass cup-like headphones I got for like €9. Anyways, exciting headphones the new ones, if headphones can be exciting, and they even have a pseudo-leather carrying case which is really useful, firstly to protect them cause they’re worth protecting and secondly cause I’ll be carrying them around pretty much every day without using them all the time so its basically a sweet deal. They really do sound amazing : great definition and really clear depth resolution (something I hadn’t actually ever heard so clear in any other headphones). Also they seem to completely cut off outside noise which is great for working with although could be dangerous if walking around in traffic. 
Been listening to the new Slightly Stoopid album and some Fat Freddys Drop this week with my new headphones off my mobile phone, which is a sweet setup and means I’e only got one gadget instead of two to carry around. Just annoying that Nokia are still putting mini-jack plugs instead of normal jack plugs on their phones as it means you have to stick an adapter on there to plug in normal headphones. Hopefully I’ll be making some more music soon as I’ve an exam next week and then things should get quite chilled class-wise till after xmas.
