It’s Sunday morning at about 6:20 and I have been lying here in bed for at least 30 minutes. My body still has about an hour and a half to go before I’m on India time. I have kind of been enjoying getting up early and not wanting to stay in bed. I have developed a little morning ritual of getting up and eating a breakfast cookie while writing the previous days happenings.
Speaking of which…It was a really good day yesterday! From 11:00am-6:00pm I was at a girls home here in Delhi. I taught about six girls the very basics of haircutting and then set them lose on all the little girls! There were a few in particular that really ran with it and did several haircuts! No mannequin heads needed here! There was a little line outside the door and we all just cycled them through. I did several haircuts while at the same time keeping an eye on the girls and helping them as they went. It was quite entertaining at times and there was a lot of giggling and shoulder shrugging as we tried to communicate. A couple of the girls spoke some limited English, and one spoke it pretty good, so I was able to get my points across eventually. The girls were all so eager to learn and it was so much fun teaching them!
We broke for lunch at 2:00 and I got to eat with the lady in charge. She was very nice and we chatted about her kids and grand-babies over a yummy meal of rice, dal, and battered/fried cauliflower. It was really good! We washed it down with a glass of water and a traditional rice pudding of some sort. Then it was back to the “salon” for the rest of the afternoon!
Jyoti came and picked me up at 6:00 and after we got home I made myself some rice and warmed up some beans from the night before. Jyoti and Pradeep had a meeting to go to so I got to fend for myself. It was fun working in their kitchen and making my own food American style with Indian ingredients. I guess I really didn’t cook much, I just made some rice, but I felt cool anyway and it was fun! I’m not a difficult one to please, that’s for sure! I took my dinner upstairs and watched a movie on my laptop while I ate. After that it was a cold shower (you have to turn on the hot water tank and let it warm up for about 20 min if you want a warm shower, which I usually don’t because I actually like cold showers) and off to bed!
Speaking of which…It was a really good day yesterday! From 11:00am-6:00pm I was at a girls home here in Delhi. I taught about six girls the very basics of haircutting and then set them lose on all the little girls! There were a few in particular that really ran with it and did several haircuts! No mannequin heads needed here! There was a little line outside the door and we all just cycled them through. I did several haircuts while at the same time keeping an eye on the girls and helping them as they went. It was quite entertaining at times and there was a lot of giggling and shoulder shrugging as we tried to communicate. A couple of the girls spoke some limited English, and one spoke it pretty good, so I was able to get my points across eventually. The girls were all so eager to learn and it was so much fun teaching them!
We broke for lunch at 2:00 and I got to eat with the lady in charge. She was very nice and we chatted about her kids and grand-babies over a yummy meal of rice, dal, and battered/fried cauliflower. It was really good! We washed it down with a glass of water and a traditional rice pudding of some sort. Then it was back to the “salon” for the rest of the afternoon!
Jyoti came and picked me up at 6:00 and after we got home I made myself some rice and warmed up some beans from the night before. Jyoti and Pradeep had a meeting to go to so I got to fend for myself. It was fun working in their kitchen and making my own food American style with Indian ingredients. I guess I really didn’t cook much, I just made some rice, but I felt cool anyway and it was fun! I’m not a difficult one to please, that’s for sure! I took my dinner upstairs and watched a movie on my laptop while I ate. After that it was a cold shower (you have to turn on the hot water tank and let it warm up for about 20 min if you want a warm shower, which I usually don’t because I actually like cold showers) and off to bed!
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