mujhe toilet jana hai.

My most important phrase yet in Hindi... this digestive stuff is hitting me hard, but I think I'm at the tail end (haha) of it all. Last night I sat on the toilet and exclaimed, "Gods that bless this country - bless my bowels!" Then I knew it was the pits. The pits of the pits of the pits. But it's also okay. So don't worry none on bit at all.

I hope this blog is making sense, I was reading over the last entry and saw a lot of English mistakes and I'm starting to wonder if my writing is going to suffer dramatically from Hindi-overstimulation. And I'm telling you, we are being overstimulated. We have Hindi class every day for 3 hours. Three hours of solid grammar with Prahlad-ji. He's very nice, but definitely practices the Indian teaching style... meaning he's a bit distant and tends to cover about four chapters a day.

We had our first "Arts and Culture" lecture today, which was great. All about the Indian art theory of the Rasa. I won't go into it all, but it's cool. I'm actually headed off to the India International Centre tonight to see an exhibit of Hungarian art (films, paintings, etc) to write about for my cultural event report. We are required to go to a cultural event every week and then report on it.

Blah blah, enough academics. That is my life right now... but there are a few other things happening. It has been pouring all day, for one thing, and this morning we drove in a cab (no rickshaws could go) and we were going through 1 1/2 feet of water and the cars were all overheating and people were pushing them down the street - it was madness. Thankfully it covers up some of the stench of my street, though the underlying smells are still there for sure.

Also, I've gotten hooked on this Hindi soap opera that my host-mother watches. It's all about a family in Rajasthan and this little girl who gets married at age 13 and I have no idea what's going on but Aunty always laughs and yells "OH MY GOD!" at the television before "explaining" the scenarios to me. She is truly hilarious.

Anyway, still percolating on the ISP ideas... they are getting good.
Love ya'll.