Happy New Year
January started off with a bang...literally. Our new year was brought in with a massive cake and people lighting fireworks at midnight. I think it was safe to say we were spent on New Years Day. We still had to go to school of course. We wore our best sarees and strutted to school ready for the mayhem. There was a cake cutting ceremony with some of the teachers, which ended in us covered in cake in the baking sun. If you pardon the pun.
We were given greetings and chocolates by the children and spent the whole day shaking people's hands and wishing them a Happy New Years. It was a good day.
In mid-January there is a 3 day festival/holiday called Pongal, Bhogi and Sankranthi. My partners had gone to Kerala on holiday while I stayed back to enjoy the festivals (Sankranthi is unique to Andhra Pradesh). I was given a variety of new dishes and was practically force fed these little crisp things, rather aptly named Pongal. During the second festival Bhogi, I asked Sir if we could go to Temple. He accepted and I got changed into my best Salwar Kameez. It was a lovely sunny day and Sir took me to a new, different Temple. We went in a Magic Van (crammed with people, some hanging out the boot) and the driver had Telugu song blaring out the tinny speakers. I was loving life watching the world go by, while my favourite tunes scored the magical moment.
After the girls returned from their Keralan adventure it was soon to be my birthday. On the 26th of January (Indian Republic Day) I turned a ripe old age of 18. I spent the whole day with my favourite partners, watching Sherlock and Dr Who on my DVD player, eating yummy Biriyani and playing Monopoly. Jo and Emily bought Monopoly while they were away. We spent hours playing that game. It was a great birthday!
All in all January has been a good month. Here's to February ...
January started off with a bang...literally. Our new year was brought in with a massive cake and people lighting fireworks at midnight. I think it was safe to say we were spent on New Years Day. We still had to go to school of course. We wore our best sarees and strutted to school ready for the mayhem. There was a cake cutting ceremony with some of the teachers, which ended in us covered in cake in the baking sun. If you pardon the pun.
We were given greetings and chocolates by the children and spent the whole day shaking people's hands and wishing them a Happy New Years. It was a good day.
In mid-January there is a 3 day festival/holiday called Pongal, Bhogi and Sankranthi. My partners had gone to Kerala on holiday while I stayed back to enjoy the festivals (Sankranthi is unique to Andhra Pradesh). I was given a variety of new dishes and was practically force fed these little crisp things, rather aptly named Pongal. During the second festival Bhogi, I asked Sir if we could go to Temple. He accepted and I got changed into my best Salwar Kameez. It was a lovely sunny day and Sir took me to a new, different Temple. We went in a Magic Van (crammed with people, some hanging out the boot) and the driver had Telugu song blaring out the tinny speakers. I was loving life watching the world go by, while my favourite tunes scored the magical moment.
After the girls returned from their Keralan adventure it was soon to be my birthday. On the 26th of January (Indian Republic Day) I turned a ripe old age of 18. I spent the whole day with my favourite partners, watching Sherlock and Dr Who on my DVD player, eating yummy Biriyani and playing Monopoly. Jo and Emily bought Monopoly while they were away. We spent hours playing that game. It was a great birthday!
All in all January has been a good month. Here's to February ...
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