An Ordinary Week

We have had a pretty laid back week. Sam has had a week off cause in Australia his school is on camp. Mum has still made him do some work but I say he's done nothing. I don't get weeks off so I have done my usual amount of school work this week.

We got a keyboard a couple of days ago so I am back to practicing, Mum says I'm a little rusty. The keyboard is a Casio, full length, weighted keys and one pedal. It is not an Indian plug so we have to use the international adapter.

Mum left today to a women's retreat so its just Dad, Sam and I. We plan on eating food we don't usually get and I think that we are definitely going to get Maccas one night, in India they do delivery. I got new thongs and after a few moments I realised they were MacDonalds colours, red and yellow. Sam said that if I put them together they look like the golden arches!

We have youth on Friday which is always something to look forward to. Me and Sam are registered for baseball with the Gibbons (The Australian Family.) Otherwise it has been a pretty ordinary week so far.

Talk soon

Hunter

The Weekend!

Sorry I haven't written a blog in awhile but I'll try to catch you up. So...

On Saturday we went to city walk where there is a whole strip of big malls. We went there looking for a couple of things but only found Sam some new sneakers. The only thing that I liked about those malls was the Hardrock Cafe! We went there for an early dinner an got hamburgers...they were good. The frozen yoghurt was good as well but Hardrock was definitely the winner.

When we were driving home that night we saw a tea towel wallah (tea towel man) We have been looking for one cause we need tea towels in the apartment. The moment we saw him Sam stuck his head out the window and started shouting "Tea towel wallah over hear!" Dad started beeping the horn and I started jumping up an down. The guy obviously came over, I mean how could you not see us we were obviously going to by one.

So when he came over we asked him how much and he said 100 rupees for 3 ($2.50) Of course we took them and then he had one more left. He asked if we would buy it for 30 rupees so we bought it. The guy had no more tea towels left so he walked home probably thinking we're a bunch of maniacs, but what I didn't get is how can 3 be 100 rupees and 1 be 30 rupees? However that works.

On Sunday we went to the ashram for the church service. I really like Sundays at the ashram and I'm thinking its because we get chicken for dinner, oh and not to forget chow mien for breakfast....my favourite!

However that night I felt a little but ripped off. You see usually Mum gives me 1 or 2 pieces of her chicken because she's not to keen on it but that night she didn't give me ANY...isn't that just ridiculous?

And so for the rest of the week we just do school work...

10th Birthday in India!

Well it was my birthday on saturday and we went to splash water park. It was my first time. I was tall enough to be an adult so I got to go on all the rides. At first I was a little scared but once I had one go I loved it. Luckily the big slide opened...on that one you have to use mats. One guy left with a head injury because everybody tried to get his mat but he wasn't off it yet. There weren't many mats so everybody fought for them.

There was one slide that you had to push yourself down the whole time so your hands get tired but it worked for Dad. He went so fast water splashed out of the sides. There was a bit of a line at that slide but whenever the guy saw me he let me through past all of the Indians every time.

Everyone kept asking me what my name was and asked me to show them how I swim although the water was only knee deep. Dad was popular as well, heaps of people crowded around him and wanted to know his name as well but it never seemed to come out right for them. They also asked him if he would dance with them!

When we got back to the ashram instead of a birthday cake we handed out papaya to all the patients.

That night we went to the apartment and watched Hannah Montana and ordered in Chinese food.

I got the Game Of Life for my birthday but I am finding it hard to get everyone to play. We have not had one game yet with all of us and I'm not very happy about it.

School is going great and it all seems to be working. The ashram is great as well and we have been visiting everyday.

Talk soon

Hunter