1. my toliet sometimes doesn't have enough water to flush (especially brilliant after a #2)
2. my cell phone bill is cheaper here than at home, yet i call internationally all the time
3. tuk-tuks will sometimes refuse to take me places
4. i've been drinking out of the wrong water faucet-doh. no wonder i had so many tummy aches when i first got here
5. black dal? yellow dal? what's the dif?
6. the cheese looking thing on the salad bar that i eat up and always feel sick after eating
7. cow pies and why they are perfectly round
8. everyone carries their left overs and milk products in steel jars
9. the government. and how they allow the extreme poverty to pervade the society
10.some cows have a hump that looks like a camel hump
11. if cows are so sacred why are they eating out of the dump at every corner
12. how tuk-tuk rides will be in the winter
13. where my clothes are washed when my dhobi comes
14. my maid, when she talks to me
?????
of course, these are just today's thoughts. i thought that if i wrote them down i might, just might sleep tonight. amazing how a full head keeps you awake all night.
xoxo
One Day
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So, I was inspired over the Winter break by one of the books that I read, One
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2 comments:
Rebecca ,Happy late birthday wishes.
I enjoy reading your adventures.Keep it coming.
Luis Vasquez
There was an artcile in the NY Times yesterday about the people who collect garbage in New Dehli and I thought you would find interesting.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/27/world/asia/27ragpickers.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
...makes me realize how much I take for granted...I know it may be a conflict of interest seeing that you live there and need these services but maybe you could organize a strike for the garbage collectors so everyone would realize just how important they are!!!!
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