Moving day

We got our stuff out of the hotel today and we were supposed to move it to the flat now, but the guy who owns it has a function until 1. It's really funny how much people just do their own thing here. Even though the guy was likely alerted a while ago that there would be people moving in today at 11, he sort of brushed it off and just continued with his schedule. You see this sort of thing in transport a lot too. You have five guys that are sitting on a bench seat in a car made for three and another one just comes along and jams himself in and everyone else just has to adjust. There's a quote from a bollywood movie that's eerily appropriate for this Indianism. The actor is railing against defeatism in India and says, "What's the most common phrase in this country? 'Adjust kar na, boss.' (Won't you adjust, boss). Ten men in a rickshaw meant for 3? Adjust kar na, boss. Train bench made for one, but holding 8? Adjust kar na, boss..." Adopting a stressed out attitude doesn't help anything. When we were looking at the host families a couple of days ago, I was really tense, because it wasn't certain that there'd be enough rooms for the guys. It seemed like the program directors hadn't sorted their shit out and we were gonna get it. I was so tweaked up that apparently I shouted "Jesus fucking Christ!" in my sleep. But once it became apparent that everything was gonna work out okay, I managed to settle down and everything fell into place just as it should have. You just have to adjust, boss.