LeT / Rain
so tomorrow we leave for the village. i'm hoping the BJP strike and recent terrorist attack here won't affect my travels-- some trains in Ranchi and Orissa were stopped... today there was a big protest near Jantar Mantar (a common site for protests in delhi) near where i work. but i am hoping that this is just the BJP-VHP making a big fuss and then soon they will realize they need to quiet down.
yesterday santosh picked me up from work so we could go to laxmi nagar for some shopping. i had to buy a nice salwar suit for myself, but i ended up getting two and three pairs of gold earrings. we're also getting filmed developed. on the way to laxmi nagar is started drizzling and then raining, but luckily not too hard. it was a fun kind of rain, not an "i'm cold and miserable" type of rain. santosh suggested i use the umbrella (yes, while on the back of a scooter), but i refused bc in the morning i saw a lady trying to do this and it did not look like she was getting much benefit for all the effort of trying to angle the umbrella so the wind would not destroy it (or sweep her off the bike a la mary poppins).
last night pappu (brother #3) brought me another ice cream on the way home from his shop. this is turning into a bad habit and needs to be stopped. but cornetto cones (the ones from vadilal, not kwality-wallz) are so good!
this evening after work i am running because it has nearly been a week-- i haven't even been able to walk because of all the rain! santosh will pick me up from the embassy and we'll go to anand niketan to do some laundry and pack my things from there.
speaking of the rain-- it has been chilly here! it is so cold that it is uncomfortable to take a bath. again, it is a fun type of cold, not an "i'm frozen and miserable" type of cold. rainy season can be a lot of fun. the downside are the insects. we started using the mosquito net again because the sounds of all the insects scared me. the net is like a safety blanket that ensures they will not crawl on me in the night. and we saw big cockroaches last night-- like the type that i remember we had in orlando.
yesterday santosh picked me up from work so we could go to laxmi nagar for some shopping. i had to buy a nice salwar suit for myself, but i ended up getting two and three pairs of gold earrings. we're also getting filmed developed. on the way to laxmi nagar is started drizzling and then raining, but luckily not too hard. it was a fun kind of rain, not an "i'm cold and miserable" type of rain. santosh suggested i use the umbrella (yes, while on the back of a scooter), but i refused bc in the morning i saw a lady trying to do this and it did not look like she was getting much benefit for all the effort of trying to angle the umbrella so the wind would not destroy it (or sweep her off the bike a la mary poppins).
last night pappu (brother #3) brought me another ice cream on the way home from his shop. this is turning into a bad habit and needs to be stopped. but cornetto cones (the ones from vadilal, not kwality-wallz) are so good!
this evening after work i am running because it has nearly been a week-- i haven't even been able to walk because of all the rain! santosh will pick me up from the embassy and we'll go to anand niketan to do some laundry and pack my things from there.
speaking of the rain-- it has been chilly here! it is so cold that it is uncomfortable to take a bath. again, it is a fun type of cold, not an "i'm frozen and miserable" type of cold. rainy season can be a lot of fun. the downside are the insects. we started using the mosquito net again because the sounds of all the insects scared me. the net is like a safety blanket that ensures they will not crawl on me in the night. and we saw big cockroaches last night-- like the type that i remember we had in orlando.
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