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!
