My first day here was spent learning about the NGO I'm staying at, meeting the Selvaraj family, and forming the research project for my college Sudhir and I will be working on while I'm here. I ended the day with dinner at the Selvaraj house with students and interns at Visthar from Iowa, New York, Finland, and Nigeria.
Now I am sitting at the end of day two, which included a lot of walking and meeting people. We walked around a middle-class, normal college hang out shopping area in Bangalore, attended a high school personality competition Siddarth (Sudhir's brother) was judging, sat and ate lunch/dinner (actually, I had a mango milk shake that was fantastico), went to a theater group meeting (more on this another time), and ended the day with dinner at a Chinese restaurant (which is different from one back home because it has Indian influences with the food... essentially it's less greasy) with a few of Sudhir's close high school friends.
Organizers of the personality contest performing Soulja Boi while the judges decided on a winner for the competition.
Hey Julie! Glad you made it there safe and sound! Also glad you got aisle seats...international flights with two people on either side of you=pain in the ass to go to the bathroom or walk around, especially if they're sleeping! haha anyway it sounds like you are having an amazing time so far! I can't wait to read more.:)
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ReplyDeleteSoulja Boi??? Really??... That's funny!
ReplyDeleteI miss you! Can't wait to hear everything in person : )...... I think I'd rather ride in a car James was driving than one of those rickshaw thingys.... no offense James if you are reading:)...
....news for the "A" .... your nephew can't wait to see you... your neice in crawling all over the place.... and your big sis got a 95 on her 1st Calc. test...
Love You Jules! ....... Meghan