Today for lunch we were brought "Indian-Chinese Food." Given that Anna is Chinese you would think that she would vaguely see the resemblance, but no...it is something entirely different than what Americans call Chinese food. What they brought today was called "The Manchurian" and is basically a really thick, garlic-like soup with these balls in it. I am not entirely sure what is inside of the balls, but it tastes a bit like cabbage? We were also given rice with these hidden chilies in it. I blame this for the sickness I currently feel. Another fun thing, chilies in India look deceptively like green beans...but I can assure you that they are NOT.
We are preparing to give the kids their first writing assignment, which should be challenging to say the least. They are all good kids but are in desperate need of daily sedatives.
Yesterday, I spent about 15 minutes talking to a group of 7th graders about Michael Jackson. Indian media is severely screwed up because according to their general knowledge MJ was a cross-dressing Muslim who quit all his drugs an will be mummified and buried in a glass coffin, and we can anticipate the eventual sale of his brain on eBay by his family.
I also read that Palin is stepping down as governor of Alaska with 18 months left in her term, which I guess is a positive thing for all the thousand or so people that live up there!
The days are getting more humid and it is getting more difficult to keep dry. It is so humid here that all the pages of my books are crinkled as if they were doused with water. I suppose this is what 90% humidity feels like.
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