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Friday, 10. August 2007, 12:04:51
So I made it! I'm here in India, in Pune beginning my 2 months traineeship in one indian NGO.
My trip to India was quite smooth, I had a chance to visit my AIESEC friends Alexis in Vienna and Khalil in Mumbai. Many thanks to both of them for letting me stay overnight at their place!
Now, I'm living at a trainee appartment with 3 people from China and 1 girl from Italy. Yesterday we attempted our first Indian cooking at the house - vegetarian byriany. I have to say that the result was 'eatable' even it didn't look like that during the process. Yes, they are different ways how chinese and europeans cook rice, it just takes a bit of cultural understanding
Today was my first day of work. So far I did a bit of reading on the NGO, trying to understand their objectives and to see how I can fit in and how can I help. Also I visited one nursury school (balwadi) that they set up 2 months ago in a near by slum area of Pune. It was quite an experience for both of us - the kids and myself. I stayed at the school a bit longer and later I was playing with some of the older children from primary school. I was teaching them how to dance czech traditional dance Polka - which they extremely liked. It seems like that I will be attending this Balwadi few times a week for couple of hours and teach the kids. The only problem is a language barrier, however I'm figthing it by learning few words in Marati (their local language).
Maybe you might know that Pune is quite famous for its Osho international meditation resort. For more info www.osho.com. It's world known place established by a 'guru' named Osho and there are several different meditations every day, which are 'scientifically designed for the modern man to allow him to experience the silence of medition more easily.'...since I was talking about this center quite a lot with my friend Urvi, I've decided to join and tomorrow I wanna spend a whole day there...it should be really a special experience hardly descriable by words...well, I'll see tomorrow and write about it maybe later.
I don't have any access to internet here, so from time to time I'll pop in some internet cafe to inform you about what I'm up to. Would be nice to hear from you too, let me know how are you doing, how is life in London, Prague or wherever you are at the moment.
Oh, and not to forget I have to say that the most suprising thing is - I have a warm shower!!!! After my last trip to India I was not really hoping to have such a luxury but I do! juchuuu
My trip to India was quite smooth, I had a chance to visit my AIESEC friends Alexis in Vienna and Khalil in Mumbai. Many thanks to both of them for letting me stay overnight at their place!
Now, I'm living at a trainee appartment with 3 people from China and 1 girl from Italy. Yesterday we attempted our first Indian cooking at the house - vegetarian byriany. I have to say that the result was 'eatable' even it didn't look like that during the process. Yes, they are different ways how chinese and europeans cook rice, it just takes a bit of cultural understanding
Today was my first day of work. So far I did a bit of reading on the NGO, trying to understand their objectives and to see how I can fit in and how can I help. Also I visited one nursury school (balwadi) that they set up 2 months ago in a near by slum area of Pune. It was quite an experience for both of us - the kids and myself. I stayed at the school a bit longer and later I was playing with some of the older children from primary school. I was teaching them how to dance czech traditional dance Polka - which they extremely liked. It seems like that I will be attending this Balwadi few times a week for couple of hours and teach the kids. The only problem is a language barrier, however I'm figthing it by learning few words in Marati (their local language).
Maybe you might know that Pune is quite famous for its Osho international meditation resort. For more info www.osho.com. It's world known place established by a 'guru' named Osho and there are several different meditations every day, which are 'scientifically designed for the modern man to allow him to experience the silence of medition more easily.'...since I was talking about this center quite a lot with my friend Urvi, I've decided to join and tomorrow I wanna spend a whole day there...it should be really a special experience hardly descriable by words...well, I'll see tomorrow and write about it maybe later.
I don't have any access to internet here, so from time to time I'll pop in some internet cafe to inform you about what I'm up to. Would be nice to hear from you too, let me know how are you doing, how is life in London, Prague or wherever you are at the moment.
Oh, and not to forget I have to say that the most suprising thing is - I have a warm shower!!!! After my last trip to India I was not really hoping to have such a luxury but I do! juchuuu
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