Well, saturday marked the first day of my homestay with my new family. I have two parents, and a 13 year old brother who is very good at english and who translates everything for me. We help each other out because i teach him english, and he sits on the floor with me and helps me read the hindi newspapers. he is endlessly sweet, and i feel really lucky to have someone around like him. i have an endless number of "relatives" who all manage to live in the area. They all stopped by at different points over the past two days, and though I cant remember anyones name, i had a blast trying to communicate with all of my aunts who wore bright pink sari's and most were missing teeth. I have been asked if i am married about 6 times, and the "domestic help" tend to make fun of me and pretend the 15 year old cook is in love with me. amusingly enough this has made him really nervous around me, and he managed to dump water on the table while trynig to pour me a glass. The customs in a huose are very different from the hotels, and I have had to get used to eating with my right hand, or not being able to pick up after myself. i have a room all to myself, but it does nothing to deter everyone from entering and moving all of my things around. I get fed every 20 minutes and am starting to feel that i will expend more energy on saying bus bus ( enough in hindi) than on anything else in this country. I have a dog named sweetie, she is a pug and is as wide as she is long. It makes me miss chloe, but there is nothing that can compete to a dog that eats chapatis for dinner.
One thing i am happy abuot is the fact that i learned how to play cricket yesterday, and hope to bring back the trend to the states....good sport. I am also planning to fly kites off the roof with my brother this afternoon when i get home. I am endlessly entertained by the camels in the street, and i am actually starting to get used to the people staring which i thought would never happen. Not much time left, so so long, and i hope people will write me emails, its nice to feel connected to home. LOVE!
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2 comments:
Jessica- you are a wonderful writer and you are living your mother's dream having all that 'domestic help':)
Love and miss you- keep writing...
Auntie (no missing teeth) Abbie
Ancient wisdom:
Keep your eyes down, don't walk in the street alone, and stay away from monkeys and chapati. Much love from the first person who visited you---Pita
P.s. Send Hammer clothes.
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