Okay, so not 100 days then...

So the week before last I racked up a year since I first came to India for the site work on this job. At that stage I was visiting the offices of our sub-contractor, MECON Limited, in Bangalore to help clear up their questions on the job. If I had known the troubles that were going to emerge from that office to swallow my life over the next 12 months, I would have brought a bib and spoon with me and been very much more deliberate about leading them through the job. And for those of you who have been thinking that you haven't seen much of me, I've only been out of India for a total of 8 weeks over that period, including my two weeks in Japan. Hmm, I think I need to rename blog. Or maybe just leave it as a ironic and veiled reference to sub-continental efficiency.

At this stage, I see the light at the end of the tunnel, thankfully. It's still dim and flickering, but to torture a metaphor and borrow an adage, sometimes its better to light a candle than curse the darkness. But don't let anyone try to convince you that India is going to take over from China as the global manufacturing powerhouse, it ain't gunna happen.

Oh, and Happy Birthday Tash.