mia in india

i think i'm starting to like bollywood music?

 but bollywood and i are not on good terms right now. today was a
school holiday (it is both rakhi and coconut day) and i was supposed
to do voice dubbing for a bollywood movie (white people/ westerners
are basically instant d list celebrities in this city, and being an
extra or doing voice-over for a bollywood movie is an obligatory
tourist activity) but when i got there, after the cab/ train/ auto
ride and an hour of waiting, not to mention skipping my wednesday yoga
class, they were like "oh, we need a 35 year old" and sent me home.
classic mumbai.

 anyways, who needs school holidays. i love school. it's always some
kid's birthday and they give me chocolate. my favorite kids in my
class are ayesha, the girl who actually understands english and can
communicate with me, which makes a nice change, and sahil dupte (there
are two sahils in the class -- sorry other sahil, you're nice too),
who is really naughty and responds to everything with these goat
bleating sounds. i always try to yell at him but instead end up
laughing because they're such funny sounds and he has such a round
little head. yesterday i was handing out name tags and we had this
conversation:

 me: sahil dupte.
sd: sahil dupte!

 i can't believe that my 3 months in india are almost over. time flies
when everything runs 30+ minutes late. i don't think i am ready for
post-michael jackson america.