Snapshots of Life!

I freak out again...hahahaha!

Wow! India…what can I say?

Sometimes I think I am going crazy when I am here….this place is just insane!!! :)

I have moved to another friend’s house…..Rucha has kindly taken me into her house and we have slept in the gallery area. It’s like an open air area where we set up beach beds. It’s so cooling! I fell asleep listening to wild dogs barking and fighting outside (freaked out when I saw a dog walk along the ledge of her house) just like my cats at home. Anyway, I think the people here are just amazingly nice to one another. Rucha tells me she is pretty much dependent on her neighbors for help. Her mum has gone for a vacation visiting pilgrimage sites in India. Her dad has taken leave to look after her. Wow…but the AIESEC work here is intense…Rucha and I are out on the motorbike visiting companies. I nearly melt under the heat….yay to feeling sticky! I have not showered since 9am this morning and it’s 1am now! Err....

Anyway, I am at the cybercafe emailing and trying to work on a powerpoint presentation about the United States. Oops! Looks like I have to do abit of reading myself before I can put this powerpoint together. The AIESECers are at a late night meeting and I don’t think they will be done till 3am. Gawd and we have to get up for morning sales meetings at 10am. I will be staying at the Ceeder House later tonight since it’s too late to head back to Rucha’s place.

On the Ceeder house, it belongs to Deenal. I naturally freak out once again. It’s great man, I am having so many shocks and surprises. I spend the next few mins telling Deenal we need to clean up and throw stuff out to make space. The 2 room space will be used to house 9 people this summer and I don’t want to sleep in the bathroom. The kitchen is bare…literally, has no stove, no fridge, no counter top. Wow! I guess we can always convert the space into a chilling out space for visitors. Though with 9 people, I am not sure we can put any others into this 2 room space. (Gawd this keyboard is crappy! It’s buttons are junked up) I guess I just lost my nerve and ranted for awhile. I am going crazy!

However, Deenal has kindly offered to put us up so I should play my part I in cleaning it up. Juanita (a fellow CEEDer) turns to me to say “take it easy’. I figure those are words of wisdom, no point freaking out about anything in India. Man, I truly believe after living in Deenal’s house, I can live anywhere in the world. Hahaha!

I must say that having these other international AIESECers around me helps so much, keeping me sane. Because there is a natural tendency to want to judge things based on previous experiences.

I also learn that we will be traveling for 3 days on a train to get to the conference site located in Calcutta. I am fine with train rides and love them…until I find out we won’t get to shower at all! Ahh! Another freak out session is in play here. I hope I don’t jump the train when the time comes. Stay sane man, staying sane….

Anyway, Ali tells me I am too diplomatic. I’m not quite sure what it means but I tend to be more careful about what I say in general. Ali is the exact opposite of me and often uses the F word to express himself. So we’ll see, maybe I will loosen up and he will learn to be diplomatic like me. :P

P/s: I gushed about cute Indian guy with Juanita! Wish I took a picture of him though I was unceremoniously whisked away into the pool as I was about to introduce myself. Booger.

posted by Li'er @ 4:19 AM