I just walked into my room and was welcomed by literally hundreds of ants...dead and alive, all over my floor and two of my chairs and my table. Apparently this "happens" when the weather changes. Gross, gross, gross.
Now, me 4 months ago probably would have cried and ran the other way. Luckily my threshold of gross, gross, gross has increased (did you know that when a gecko is threatened their tail falls off as a defense mechanism but still wiggles around?? gross, gross, gross).
So, I got my broom and got busy. Now I still see some wondering around but there is nothing more that can be done, except perhaps to shower and wash off the ants I feel crawling in my hair.
I THINK it might be time to come home for a break :)
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Winter in India
Recent Happenings:
1. Winter in India – I’m not sure one can really call a high of 80 and a low of 50 degrees “winter”, but to Indians, it is. November through January are the winter months, when all of a sudden you start seeing women put sweaters over their saris and walk around shivering at night. It really is funny because the westerners here are still walking around in tee-shirts. Their bodies really are acclimatized in a different way. My body is somewhat used to the heat now (although when it hits 115 in February, I might be thinking different).
2. Cooking – It is a challenge to cook without measuring cups and in an oven that has no real temperature setting. It is more of a challenge to cook something you never have before in such a setting. As I attempted on Thanksgiving with a pecan pie (as pictured here). While everyone seemed to like it, it was nowhere near as good as my Aunt Gail’s. Plus I think it should have cooked a lot longer but I had no way of knowing having never cooked one before. Thanksgiving dinner turned out to be really good, pretty close to an American dinner as I would think we could get, given there are no turkeys to eat here. We did have stuffed chicken, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, and corn.
3. I have become a pool shark – Just kidding. But my skills have improved as its one of our only forms of entertainment. There is a “party room” that we use occasionally for people’s birthdays, “going away” parties, etc. While I don’t think of myself as good at pool, I’m certainly better than a lot of the people coming through here. I look forward to showing off my new skills at Buff in the near future.
4. The Metric System – I think it is annoying that the U.S. is on a totally different system than the rest of the world. Why must we always be different? People walk around talking in kgs, kilometers, Celsius and I have no idea what to think. I was in Pune last weekend and using the treadmill at the healthclub in my hotel, running who knows how fast and who knows how far, at one point I decided to just run a 5k because I do know that distance!
5. Coffee Mugs – It is interesting that a coffee mug made in China costs what I would estimate about $6 from Target, and yet, .75 cents in India…quite a bargain.
6. Hole in the Wall – This morning I noticed a big pile of dirt behind my mini refrigerator. They are doing construction outside my building so I figured out quickly where it was coming from. The most disturbing thoughts I had were: 1) how long has this been here? 2) where has the family of critters/snakes set up camp in my room? and 3) how could these workers not realize they had knocked a hole into my wall?
1. Winter in India – I’m not sure one can really call a high of 80 and a low of 50 degrees “winter”, but to Indians, it is. November through January are the winter months, when all of a sudden you start seeing women put sweaters over their saris and walk around shivering at night. It really is funny because the westerners here are still walking around in tee-shirts. Their bodies really are acclimatized in a different way. My body is somewhat used to the heat now (although when it hits 115 in February, I might be thinking different).
2. Cooking – It is a challenge to cook without measuring cups and in an oven that has no real temperature setting. It is more of a challenge to cook something you never have before in such a setting. As I attempted on Thanksgiving with a pecan pie (as pictured here). While everyone seemed to like it, it was nowhere near as good as my Aunt Gail’s. Plus I think it should have cooked a lot longer but I had no way of knowing having never cooked one before. Thanksgiving dinner turned out to be really good, pretty close to an American dinner as I would think we could get, given there are no turkeys to eat here. We did have stuffed chicken, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, and corn.
3. I have become a pool shark – Just kidding. But my skills have improved as its one of our only forms of entertainment. There is a “party room” that we use occasionally for people’s birthdays, “going away” parties, etc. While I don’t think of myself as good at pool, I’m certainly better than a lot of the people coming through here. I look forward to showing off my new skills at Buff in the near future.
4. The Metric System – I think it is annoying that the U.S. is on a totally different system than the rest of the world. Why must we always be different? People walk around talking in kgs, kilometers, Celsius and I have no idea what to think. I was in Pune last weekend and using the treadmill at the healthclub in my hotel, running who knows how fast and who knows how far, at one point I decided to just run a 5k because I do know that distance!
5. Coffee Mugs – It is interesting that a coffee mug made in China costs what I would estimate about $6 from Target, and yet, .75 cents in India…quite a bargain.
6. Hole in the Wall – This morning I noticed a big pile of dirt behind my mini refrigerator. They are doing construction outside my building so I figured out quickly where it was coming from. The most disturbing thoughts I had were: 1) how long has this been here? 2) where has the family of critters/snakes set up camp in my room? and 3) how could these workers not realize they had knocked a hole into my wall?
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