Little Indian victories...
Friday, 31. August 2007, 11:46:37
Some of the small things that make westerners like me happy in Pune:
- crossing the street on my own safely
- finding a strong brave man to kill the cockroach in my room
- convincing some riksha driver to take me home after being refused by previous 3 rikshas(conclusion: enterpreneurial spirit of local riksha driver=0)
- finding ANY toilet when diarrhea comes
- taking a warm shower when we have enough water
- bargain a decent 'indian' price
- being appreciated by the locals when wearing indian clothes
- suprise face of riksha driver when I tell him in Marati - don't charge me extra money, I live here!
- staying calm about all the noice outside my room in the morning (pls do not kill the pigeons and jackdaws
)
- listening to hindi songs
- actually enjoying indian spicy food
- not suffocating in the traffic jam
- booking a flight to Kerala
- having a translator for a hindi movie
- ...
- crossing the street on my own safely
- finding a strong brave man to kill the cockroach in my room
- convincing some riksha driver to take me home after being refused by previous 3 rikshas(conclusion: enterpreneurial spirit of local riksha driver=0)
- finding ANY toilet when diarrhea comes
- taking a warm shower when we have enough water
- bargain a decent 'indian' price
- being appreciated by the locals when wearing indian clothes
- suprise face of riksha driver when I tell him in Marati - don't charge me extra money, I live here!
- staying calm about all the noice outside my room in the morning (pls do not kill the pigeons and jackdaws
)- listening to hindi songs
- actually enjoying indian spicy food
- not suffocating in the traffic jam
- booking a flight to Kerala
- having a translator for a hindi movie
- ...
WIDGETIZE
Anonymous # 5. September 2007, 11:28
Ahoj Anetka moja:)
SOm na teba moc pysna ako si pohla zase o kus dalej so zivotom..naprosto suhlasim ze zivot sa niekedy obrati o 180 stupnov behom kratkej doby...a clovek len pozera jak sa vsetko meni a kam a do jakych situacii sa vdaka tomu dostava...asi to tak ma byt...aby sme sa naucili to co mame na nasej ceste poznania...A moja prax???hm stake v procese..tento tyzden sa mam dozvediet vysledok jednej..nechcem to yakriknut a tak radsej nikomu ani nic nehovorim...takze keby to vyslo tak odchadzam zhruba za 3 tyzdne...samozrejme dam pak vediet kde si mooooc vitana ma navstivit!!!posielam vela pevnych objati a drz sa moja!
Evik
Anonymous # 22. November 2007, 23:14
Very cute to hear about your stay in India/Pune. I am Indian from Bombay, but my professor is Czech/Prague.
aniket # 28. April 2009, 09:38