Uno, Shopping, and Eating Habits

June 9, 2012

Today was kind of a laid back yet tiring type of day.  First, we ate breakfast.  Although the food is good, its allure is wearing off very fast, and I just wish I could eat something other than a sauce thing with some sort of bread vehicle to soak it up.  Needless to say I cannot wait to go to Outback the second I touch down in Detroit.  After breakfast, we had a short meeting with Dr. Grooms to discuss what all we would be doing on our brucellosis, tuberculosis, and Newcastle’s projects, and just to learn a little bit more about the diseases in general.  Then, we all decided to go up on the roof of our hostels for a bit to catch some sun.  After that, our new friend Priyadarshini (the 10 year old daughter of a faculty member at TANUVAS) came to play UNO with us.  She seems enamored with Daryl, and is pretty darn cute.  After lunch, a woman named Katherine took us shopping to a 9 story department store named Saravana’s.  I have never in my entire life seen so many people in one store in America, including Black Friday.  I found a beautiful orange Saree, along with a really pretty pink and blue one for my sister Jen.  After we found the saree’s, we went up a couple floors to look at accessories.  I found some pretty ones along with some nice souvenirs.  Then, we came down out of the store, and we bought some shoes at a shop right by the store.  I bought a pair of gold flip flops with rhinestones for the wedding we have to go to next week for 140 rupees, the equivalent of about $2.80 USD.  Finally, we went to the tailor to have the blouses for our sarees made, and then we headed back to the hostel.  We just finished eating dinner, and I have to say that I feel nauseous, and I’m deciding to become a vegetarian while in India, because if I get one more chicken tendon in my mouth I’m going to lose it.  Anyways, I’m exhausted, and I will catch ya on the flip side.