Day 14 – SPARish
Hello slow day… Hein
was still feeling sick this morning, so he stayed at home. So something we learn today is that when a
member of closely formed “pack of four” is wounded and at home, it has an
effect on everyone in the group. Kaishni
actually felt a little wounded for his sake until about 12 in the day. Don’t worry though, they both survived.
One thing that we picked up since we got here is that they
have some sort of breaking news almost every day. Today the union minister (Vilasrao Deshmukh)
passed away at age 67… it seemed a bit sad.
Now on another note, tomorrow will be a public holiday in
India. The 15th of August is
known as Independence Day in India. So
the guys here are planning some serious partying. But also we saw (again in breaking news) that
there is some terrorist group planning on hijacking a plane tomorrow… so once
again security was tightened up almost everywhere that you could want to
go. I’m just saying, the planning couldn’t
have been too great if everyone in the country knew about the said planning…
And again we decided to have some pizza for lunch… it ended
up being dinner also. We are kind of
losing our “lus” for food. When we got
home Hein told us about his “Eating lunch on the stairs” experience: After his walk to the bank earlier today he
got back and knocked for them to open (yes we cannot open for ourselves, not
because we are lazy, just because they keep the key) and they couldn’t hear
him… after about 30min (give or take) he decided to put some loud music on so
that they would hear him more clearly.
We also heard about a SPAR in the InOrbit mall, we decided
to go and have a look at what they have there and maybe get a taste of
home. So if you know anything about
South Africans, we like our braai, this is not something that should be toyed
with in our minds. So one of the guys
here told us that we would find a braai and some braai meat there… All I can say is: NO!
SPAR in India is not even equivalent to the small little Portugese shop
down the road from the house I grew up in, in Glenharvie… It was sad.
At least they had a hairdryer, so Kaishni had a smile after the shopping
experience. We also found a Spa today;
that will have to be included in our day off tomorrow.
-this was thought about on many
levels including novice, beginner and awesome
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