Last night was extremely eventful!
We just went around sudder and invited all the volunteers to my hotel (Paragon) for a 4th of july celebration. the party was set for 9pm... and when it struck 9, not a single person was there. I felt sad because... it was 4th of July and everything was so boring. But within minutes the party got bigger and bigger... and bigger. Everybody brought food and we had plenty of it for everyone. There was about 100- people there. It was absolutely amazing. One of my friend bought 3 live chickens and had Kissore (the wonderful man at the Tariupati fastfood stand) cook it for us; with this yummy Bhrata chicken, we also brought tortias for it. There were several bags of chips, bottles of sodas (orange fanta, pepsi, coke, spirte), vodak and plenty of beer. We had pineapple, chocolate and deliciuos momos. It was an amazing party. There were some people from the hotel next door (hotel Maria) looking over from the balacony and we kept on inviting more and more people over. By the time it was 10:30 our courtyard in front of my bedroom was packed! Everyone was socializing and just having a great time. Then... it began to rain. Yes yes... it's the season here in India for plenty of it. But to my suprise, nobody cared. We all stood around in the rain and continued to hang out and talk. We had people all over the world hanging out having fun; from France, Germany, Austria, Australia, Spain, Mexico, Korea, Japan, China, and of course the celebration for the US. (i'm sure i'm leaving out several countries). Around midnight the party was still going, everyone was done eating and it was time for entertainment. And of course... on a fourth of July part we can't just have any entertainment but something that lights up the night. We couldn't find a place where they sold fireworks but we did have some amazing friends that could do some firedancing! And for surely enough we had the most amazing fire dancers. Twirling these chains with a ball of fire at the end in the most extravgant manner. It was so beautiful to watch in the night although it was pouring rain. So lady and gentlemen.... that's how we celebrate 4th of july here in India!
Well as for today, it's a thursday which means all the volunteers are stuck inside because the various MC sites have the volunteers day off because it's the sister's prayer day. So I'm not too sure what i'll end up doing today. There's poweroutage at many of the local internet shops, sadly it's the shops that have all the international phone calls connected to the internet so... I guess today will be a reading and writing day for me. which is good, since I haven't had the opportunity to do much of it. Maybe i'll write more later but till than! take care and God bless. I hope you guys all had an amazing 4th of July. I miss it all and if you have an amazing 4th of July story please email it to me... i'd love to hear. The last time around 4th of July me and acouple of the Xmen caught the driveway on fire, and there was black smoke sky high... so if you have any exciting stories like that be sure to swing it my way. Well I hope all was safe and fun!
6 comments:
Buddy-
The 4th was crazy. I stayed home and watched movies and then crashed at 1130pm. The rest of the group headed down to Camas (like 5 hrs away) to spend time with Emily. I have class at 2pm so you know how that goes.
I figure you already are but definitely get the names and contact info of all the wonderful people you have met because those are memories you can all share for 10 lifetimes. Your 4th was probably by far the best. Lots of people all spending time with each other. I so want to know the rest of the story how the chickens went from being alive to a meal(what is all done to cook chicken)??
Hey have a good day and if you have the day off find something new or sightsee some more.
God bless! Stay safe.
this year fourth of july was alright. the family and all the relatives went to ocean shores. it was very windy so the sand was getting into everyones eyes, hair, and food. thats the down side. but everything else was very funn. tri and tommy skimboarding. girls doing random things. the usually. glad u had a good fourth of july. no fireworks for our family this year. we left ocean shores early and didnt lite ne fireworks with the rest of the relatives. but ocean shores was good. i love u anh tuan. take care. we've been praying for u everyday.
Ok Tuan...this is so cool....I hope I am doing this right....I just wrote to you, but somehow lost the copy so I am trying again....please pray for my neighbors and their friends as they just lost their 8-year-old son in a 4th of July accident.....there was an explosion and a piece of metal pierced his chest....he died at St. Pete's an hour later....sorry for the tragic, unhappy news, but prayers from you and Calcutta have to be pretty powerful.....know that you are for surely loved and missed. You are always in my thoughts and prayers. God bless you, my friend.
Jennifer McCauley,
I'll for surely make it Mother's Tomb no matter what condition it is tomorrow to offer the prayer intention. That is so tragic. I'll be sure to spend some time in adoration and offer it up to our Beloved Lord and Blessed Mother.
Ryan...
here's a quick summary of how the chicken is prepared. it's prepared "mexican style". I don't know if you ever saw how they did it there... but yes the term; running around like a chicken with it's head cut off really means something here in India, and over in Mexico... and if you were in my crazy asian family in the states (on some rare occasion).
hanh,
I wish i was able to be with the fam on the 4th! it sounds amazing and you know how much i love the beach! Hopefully all's going well! I'll keep you all in my prayers and hope that you're keeping a daily rosary going. Take care and God bless chica. I love you dearly.
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