Today was Friday! (I have already blogged twice today but I wanted to write about this)!
Tonight at 7:00 p.m. after watching a bit of Indian Disney Channel (WAAAAAY different from the US!), my host mother and I walked down to a temple that was just a few blocks away. The temple has a special ceremony every Friday where a different God or Goddess is worshiped by people that come to sing and make offerings of flowers, fruits, sweets, etc. We met our neighbors there (the two little girls Sanju and Bapu and their mother Vanivu) after the ceremony and had some rice in banana leaf cups.
On our walk home, Sanju and Bapu's grandmother insisted on buying us all a piece of chocolate, so, I decided that I would look to see what kinds of things were available. To my surprise, the only recognizable chocolate was a Kit-Kat, one of my favorites (although I may get cravings for Reeses sometime soon!) and the others were all brands that I had never heard of before. Sanju and I shared a Kit-Kat, and when I offered it to Babu she insisted on only eating her candy (and not sharing it!) and wouldn't touch mine. I'm actually happy with the progress that I've made so far with these two little girls, although Bapu still won't talk to me, she will talk ABOUT me with Mahesh or with Vanivu, and she's even started to come near me now! Sanju has adapted much quicker (probably because she's a little older) and is talking to me now and even walked beside me today on the way home from the temple!
I also finally got a converter and my camera is charged! Yea! Now I can post more pictures for all of you here and on my facebook! There would be some now, but my computer is having a lazy day and is taking over 20 minutes!
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Is Bapu fluent in English yet? Little kids sometimes speak very little (or no) English until they've been in school for quite some time. And if they're shy, they won't even try... :(
she knows a little bit- definitely not enough to converse, but she's been speaking in Tamil to me! Her sister on the other hand is fluent in English and she's starting to talk to me a little!
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