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My health has not been so great, but other things are definitely looking up! I went shopping with Audrey at the volunteers weekly outing in Pondi yesterday & we definitely splurged spending about $50 USD over a four hour period (including a very nice lunch). I've had an awful cough-- went to the pharmacy for some medicine, & didn't notice until this morning that my cough syrup is mostly made up of Codeine.. I've been teaching & tutoring the young ones, who grow up pretty western-- in the clothes they wear & the movies they watch, but today I'll have my first English class of 8 Indian men who want to enter the Religious community that I am working with. The whole society is pretty misogynistic, so I'm curious (& not optimistic) on how they will accept a female teacher... (good thing for my cough syrup today :) ) There are some social things going on-- tonight is a French cheese & cocktail party in a neighboring village made up of mostly tourists. The next night is live rock music (*yawn*) in town that one of the other volunteers is excited about, and the next day is a wedding. I'm looking forward to my first Indian wedding. I will post pictures soon thereafter.
toodles til next time.
My health has not been so great, but other things are definitely looking up! I went shopping with Audrey at the volunteers weekly outing in Pondi yesterday & we definitely splurged spending about $50 USD over a four hour period (including a very nice lunch). I've had an awful cough-- went to the pharmacy for some medicine, & didn't notice until this morning that my cough syrup is mostly made up of Codeine.. I've been teaching & tutoring the young ones, who grow up pretty western-- in the clothes they wear & the movies they watch, but today I'll have my first English class of 8 Indian men who want to enter the Religious community that I am working with. The whole society is pretty misogynistic, so I'm curious (& not optimistic) on how they will accept a female teacher... (good thing for my cough syrup today :) ) There are some social things going on-- tonight is a French cheese & cocktail party in a neighboring village made up of mostly tourists. The next night is live rock music (*yawn*) in town that one of the other volunteers is excited about, and the next day is a wedding. I'm looking forward to my first Indian wedding. I will post pictures soon thereafter.
toodles til next time.
