School presentations...
Weather? Raining, it pours in india, just like in Singapore. I bought myself a pink raincoat, not sure if I'll ever get to wear that in the states or Singapore.So yes, with the wonderful rain, this has also brought the electricity down in some parts of the city. I was working on a powerpoint on Disaster Management (Singapore has no disasters by the way) for a school here in India yesterday night when the computer hung on me. F***! And then I redo the powerpoint for the second time and just as I am about to save the ppt...I hear this "shoom" sound. Yes my friends, the collective sound of computers going off in the cyber cafe and electricity being cut. *Silence* I start laughing! Wow...this is India! Hits you in the face when you least expect it.
Im not in panic mode...I have a presentation in front of 200 students at 9am the next day and I am without my powerpoint. So without a presentation in my CD, I headed out to get Lassi (yogurt drink) to soothe my nerves. The rain had slowed to a steady drizzle and I am standing on the street thinking about where to go. For the first time since i have been in India, I am not surrounded by people or curious stares. It's just me and India. I'm still not quite sure what to make of this country. It's exciting and gets me thinking all at the same time. It's like paradoxes exist everywhere you go, screaming for your attention. The rich opulent houses VS the poor slums that exist round the street corner. The big cars VS everything else. Animals on the streets (last count: cows, water buffaloes, chickens, goats, mad dogs, donkeys, oh...and the people (:P) ) I actually thought there were 10 types of animals...I'll figure it out soon enough. Street side food (20 Rupees for noodles) VS restaurants (food is about 400 Rupees at its peak). Still that cannot beat my friend who is in Delhi and blew 10 000 Rupee on a dinner. Wow!
I've been getting up early in the mornings the last few days...and India at 6am is actually really serene. No blaring of horns...people trying to get into your space... ANyway, I did make it to the school this morning without my presentation. Im still quite amazed how I carried off talking to the kids about disaster management....
Still, we did get an excellent reception and had red paint annointed onto our foreheads. I felt like a celebrity at times, shaking the hands of these students and teachers. It was so strange!
Sidenote: Oh yes, the principals in these schools are really funny too. The best one thus far is this head master who sits in his office and presses a button on his front desk every few seconds. It makes the most annoying buzzing sound. During a tour around the school, we would walk into classrooms and teachers would have a wide-eyed expression. The kids seem stunned. The atmosphere is tense. Haha...gawd, reminds me of my VJC days when Lee Phui Man walked around the school. :P
Going to the cyber cafe on the rickshaw was another experience in itself. The auto rickshaw driver was so tired he kept drifting off to sleep. I could see his eyes close every 2 seconds in the mirror, and after some time...my friends and i were so freaked out we actually hit him on his shoulders to wake him up. These autowallahs! You can never be too sure about them...
2 Comments:
nice to read you blogs
oohhh so much stress because of this. but finally you made it. :)
yay come and visit me!!! that would be so awesome!! when you will be graduate??
I'm really thinking of getting my master in australia. but this need some time...I need the TOEFL engl. test and so on. so I won't be going this year. probably beginning or middle of next year.
so you have to come because I miss you both too and we will certainly have some great time together in germany!!!
hugs and kisses!
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