Day 3

Day 3

“ Just a Kiss on Your Lips in the Moonlight”

Well, I am more than half way through with day 3 living at the Sangam World Centre in Pune, India. I think my body is slowly but surely adjusting to the time difference. Yesterday morning I was awake at 4:30 am and this morning at 5:30. I am shooting for 6:30 tomorrow! I seriously have not been up this early since my early morning seminary days, and that was some time ago.

So, last night I went with my director and her husband to visit a local family. I have no clue how to spell their names, but that doesn't matter because they were some of the nicest people I have ever met. They made me feel at home in their country. We all went to Kaluni for dinner. I found out that if you are vegetarian you usually do not drink alcohol. If you are not a vegetarian, they naturally assume that you drink alcohol. Not sure where I fit in because I love my beef, but I don't drink alcohol. We had a good laugh about it. I also found out that Indian driving is very simple. All you have to remember is not to hit people, other vehicles, and the roaming animals in the road. Speaking of roaming animals, we past a herd of goats on the scooter ride last night. Now, I will have to tell you that I am absolutely petrified of goats. No, I am not kidding at all.....just ask my family. They can totally vouch for my crazy fear. :)

I am getting accustomed to the noises around Sangam. We have some freakin annoying birds that never, and I mean never shut up! Apparently, we have a weapons facility across the river at the back of our property. No big deal right? I usually just hear their bell per se (it sounds like a tornado siren) to signal shift changes. Well, today I hear all them testing bombs. I swear I felt like we were under attack. I was the only one freaking out....they just told me to be strong. It was pretty funny. I am not use to people telling me to be strong. It's usually the other way around.

My day starts off with breakfast at 8:30am and then we have morning tea at 11:00am. Lunch comes at 1pm followed by afternoon tea at 4:30pm. Right now the cooks do not prepare dinner so we go out on the town so to speak. I am beginning to enjoy these tea times. We don't usually have those in the States that I am aware of, but they are quite pleasant. Gwen and Priyanti read from the newspaper to each other. The funny part is that we read what's called the “Sexpert”. All I can say is AWKWARD! This first day I went to tea I was laughing so hard I was turning red. The questions are ridiculous, no seriously trust me. The one we read today asked if you can contract HIV by shaking someone's sweaty hand. I will not divulge what the other questions were. All I will say is that we call this time our “colorful conversation time.” We always have a good laugh. I have also been reading the local newspaper in the morning because it's in English. Kim Kardashian is in the paper! Really people?!? I swear her 15 mins of fame was up a long time ago.

The title of today's blog is because the other girls think that I should get an Indian boyfriend while I am over here. So tonight we are going out to find me one. I think it's hilarious! I am more concerned with taking pictures since I haven't than finding myself an Indian boyfriend. Don't worry I will not do anything too stupid! :)

I have found out that we have a movie theater in town and that Harry Potter will be here in July!!!! Sorry, but I kinda love Harry Potter movies.

I just returned from going out tonight. All I can say is that Pizza Hut was HEAVEN! Gwen and Pryanka took me out to tour the shopping district. We took a rishka which is a funny looking taxi.

The pic below is of a rishka..

So blogger is being stupid and won't upload my pic!

These things don't go very fast. It took forever to get from SGS Mall to Sangam. Well, I shouldn't complain because I made it back safe and sound.

We also went shopping at an imported grocery store. I spent $653 rupees. If I weren't so tired I would convert it for you. I do know that $20 USD is about $900 rupees. I won't tell you how little I got for that amount. I definitely wasn't comparison shopping like I usually do!

Tonight was awesome! I am glad that we went out and I was able to see more of the city. Oh I forgot to tell you the most exciting part of the day! There was a mouse in the toilet downstairs. I hate mice almost as much as goats. They are really just about tied in the freaking out Robyn factor. Oh and I now have my international phone # it's +91 9860152916 or you can hit me up on Skype. My Skype name is robyn.statum.