Oh, India

Tonight on the bus back from celebrating Easter with friends an old auntie started yelling at me as I was getting pushed into her while people were getting off the bus.  Baffled by this absurdity, I responded in my sweetest Southern twang, "Well, I'm tryin' honey." -- not all composure has left me yet.

Also, this conversation from last Thursday basically walks you through "a day in the life":   me: yeah, so when i was walking to the my choices office, the project manager stopped to ask me if i needed a lift on his scooter.  barely looking at him, i said no and did the hand-headbobble motion at himthen i realized as he drove off who it was.

  i feel awful

Yasmin: lolz

  did you see him at the office?

 me: yes, and i tried to explain and i apologized a lot.

  i don't think he quite understood..

i know he def didn't understand why i would be walking the 30 minutes from charminar to falaknuma anyway

Yasmin: oh man

  whatever

  what are you going to dojess did that to someone last year

  I remember her telling me

  / I would have done that too

 me: nothing, it's done.

  i just have the terrible habit of ignoring everyone when i walk down the street.

Yasmin: as you probably should

 ---several hours later---  me: oh man, this guy was just sitting in the ccd near charminar on his cell yelling out the window at his friends on charminar Yasmin: haha that was like that one time we were up at the top waving down to you and hannah

 me: only, there is no way his friends could hear him

  and. he was on the phone with them. why the yelling?

 Yasmin: it's like the man who ran after the bus at the airport

  nothing makes sense

 me: this is india.

 Yasmin: how would you describe milaap - right now i'm at 'a crowdfunding microlending organization'

 me: yes. like that

 Yasmin: also i think it's hilarious you blew someone off like that today

  almost as hilarious as hannah making a three year old cry

 me: you are so supportive as a friend

 Yasmin: it's funny

 me: fine. ok

  it's not funny.. blood.

  :)

5 minutes

 me: also. this child just looked at me and opened his mouth to show me his gum and then went back to what he was doing.. geesh. what a day.

 Yasmin: It's not funneeeeeeeeeeeee

 me: haha.

Yasmin: we'll miss this

 me: truths

Yasmin: also i'm trying to teach this three year old how to high five while i'm sitting here

 Yasmin: she's doesn't get it

 me: lol

Oh, India.

Happy Easter! And in case you missed the Facebook picture extravaganza, here are a few pics from Holi, which is a festival that (from what I can tell) is about celebrating spring and maybe just life generally.  Anyway, it's the most colorful, messy, fun, photo-worthy festival of all. And it makes 50 year old men act like children again.