Cait and Shalini Go out on the Town (Cait)

Shalini, cait, Udai, and Michelle

ShaliniCait Thanks, Vishal




Highlights from the rest of this week:

Wednesday night Shalini, Felix, Nandini, and I went to dinner with Arwen and a few of her friends at a little restaurant that was only reachable by walking down several tiny twisted alleys and then up four flights of stairs in an unmarked building. Once you found it though, the food was great and really inexpensive, and there was even a lakeview! (Who knew they had random lakes in the middle of Delhi??)

Thursday we started teaching four classes instead of three, as we finally divided the boys into a more advanced and a more basic class. Though this made the teaching a lot more effective, it also made for a very long and draining day, especially as the heat was back up into the 100s. (Don't worry, we were able to recharge after work by watching the Glee season finale, after an epic 6-hour download.)

At one point during the day, Vishal, who is the cutest little boy who ever lived, was drawing people on the board. I told him to draw Shalini, and a bulbous, abstract figure appeared (a tribute to the drawing skills of a 7 year old). I then told him to draw me, and he drew an identical bulbous body with scary hair. However, this time, after the body was complete, his hand moved to its stomach and drew a smaller figure there. I looked at it in puzzlement for a minute before realization hit. "Nooooooo!!! No baby, Vishal!!" Turns out that the day before, Vishal had misinterpreted what Shalini meant when she had explained to all the kiddies that I was sick while rubbing her stomach. We got one of the workers at the center to clarify the situation in Hindi to Vishal. At least we know he pays attention...

That night, after Glee of course, we hit up the Delhi nightlife scene for the first time! First we had dinner with our UPenn/ Taj Mahal friend Michelle at an Italian restaurant (a nice changing eating something without the words "curry" or "masala" in the name) and then met up her friends Sean (also from U Penn) and a few of their Indian friends at a bar nearby with a interesting idea of what mood lighting was (randomly turning the lights off). The group was celebrating the birthday of one of the girls, and we had a super fun time with them. We went to a club afterwards which was full of expats and techno.

Tonight (Friday) we have plans to meet up with Sam and Michelle to watch the opening match of the World Cup!!! Go America!!!!! (and Brazil for Shalini!!!)