List of 10 Amazing things I did today/that happened to me:
10. Ate another rava masala dosa and died and went to heaven. Except my friend and I went to a legit restaurant (a really nice one) so it cost us rs. 90 instead of the 38 rs. I spend on a rava masala dosa and this hole-in-the wall joint in the market behind my school. And the hole-in-the wall rava masala dosa is better. But Dosas are amazing regardless...so BDE.
9. Bought these beautiful orange flowers at the market next to my house for rs. 50 and put them in my room. Amazing. BDE.
8. We to Lag Pant Nager Central market and bought, in the following order:
7. Asked an Indian woman what was going on because there was some sort of rally. When I asked her, she seemed genuinely confused and questioned my identity, “What, you’re not Indian?” BDE. Finally. (The rally was about “the raised prizes of”…and that’s as far as I understood from the lady.)
6. Rode the bus and metro. I even had to change metro lines, and figure out how to get to Lag Pant Nagar. The metro line by my house is the yellow line, where as the one by Lag Pant Nagar is the violet (no, not purple—violet) line.
5. Bought “feminine supplies” from a chemist (pharmacy) not by my house, because (other than being like 13 years old) I didn’t want the chemist by my house to know me so well.
4. Technically it was today…Went to an Indian club, where my friends and I visited a DJ we met on Thursday, and danced the night away. Then had a fabulous and very limited conversation in Hindi with the taxi driver on the way home. Here is what our conversation consisted of:
BDE.
3. Had not one, not two, but three cups of Chai. BDE. So much caffeine.
2. Washed my underwear. Apparently you aren’t suppose to give undergarments to the people that wash your clothes because they wash clothes by hand. So…yep. Not exactly BDE, but I’m pretty proud of my newfound “pre-washing machine” skills.
1. Finished Stieg Larson’s book, The Girl That Kicked The Hornet’s Nest. BDE.
10. Ate another rava masala dosa and died and went to heaven. Except my friend and I went to a legit restaurant (a really nice one) so it cost us rs. 90 instead of the 38 rs. I spend on a rava masala dosa and this hole-in-the wall joint in the market behind my school. And the hole-in-the wall rava masala dosa is better. But Dosas are amazing regardless...so BDE.
9. Bought these beautiful orange flowers at the market next to my house for rs. 50 and put them in my room. Amazing. BDE.
8. We to Lag Pant Nager Central market and bought, in the following order:
- Vegetarian momos—basically pot stickers and also street vendor food. Yum. (Yes, mother it’s safe to eat.)
- A belt—nope…it’s just that when you wash your clothes without a dyer, they don’t shrink back down…which could be consider a good thing when eating Rava Masala Dosas.
- Bangles—amazing. BDE.
- A chocolate milkshake—ehhhh no so BDE but still had a vague taste of what a chocolate milkshake should taste like so…BDE. But next time I’m sticking to somosas and jalebies (think: better than funnel cake).
7. Asked an Indian woman what was going on because there was some sort of rally. When I asked her, she seemed genuinely confused and questioned my identity, “What, you’re not Indian?” BDE. Finally. (The rally was about “the raised prizes of”…and that’s as far as I understood from the lady.)
6. Rode the bus and metro. I even had to change metro lines, and figure out how to get to Lag Pant Nagar. The metro line by my house is the yellow line, where as the one by Lag Pant Nagar is the violet (no, not purple—violet) line.
5. Bought “feminine supplies” from a chemist (pharmacy) not by my house, because (other than being like 13 years old) I didn’t want the chemist by my house to know me so well.
4. Technically it was today…Went to an Indian club, where my friends and I visited a DJ we met on Thursday, and danced the night away. Then had a fabulous and very limited conversation in Hindi with the taxi driver on the way home. Here is what our conversation consisted of:
- Taxi Dude: Hindi?
- Me: tori tori Hindi teke bolieye (I speak a tiny bit of Hindi)
- Taxi Dude: “laugh”
BDE.
3. Had not one, not two, but three cups of Chai. BDE. So much caffeine.
2. Washed my underwear. Apparently you aren’t suppose to give undergarments to the people that wash your clothes because they wash clothes by hand. So…yep. Not exactly BDE, but I’m pretty proud of my newfound “pre-washing machine” skills.
1. Finished Stieg Larson’s book, The Girl That Kicked The Hornet’s Nest. BDE.
