minkan

Hey,
sorry that i haven't written for a few days. I've been busy i guess and when i've gotten to a computer i've been e-mailing instead. But i should try to write a bit more here i guess.
Anu's internet cafe has opened back up now, so i don't have to climb that hill to Rishi's. Haha so lazy...no but really in this heat anything uphill is a challenge..no actually scratch that in this heat..most things are a challenge.
The last few days have felt hotter, if that now is possible i don't know. But yeah. It's hot here i can tell you that much.

Yesterday was Saturday (naturally seeing today is Sunday) Saturday means resting day, or no practice atleast. I went to Chamundi Hill with three friends and we climbed all of the famous 1000 steps. Very uneven steps i might point out. Some were tiny little steps and others were big ones. At some places it was also very steep and it was more climbing than walking up some steps. It was hard work, especially with the weather being hot, but i really enjoyed it. We had a nice time, had to stop a few times on the way and drink our water though. So yes climbed the 1000 steps..actually there were 1001, at the top was this big nice temple and like lots of cows up there just laying around outside the temple. haha lovely! You actually don't have to climb it, you can take a bus or riksha either half way or the whole way up. But i think the climb was just as big part of it as the actual temple. The temple was nice and we had a look inside and had a rest and drank a coconut before heading down again.
I can feel it in my legs today, especially the muscles you use going down the steps and also i think you tense up a bit more going down hill, since you're more scared of falling.
But yeah Chamundi Hill was very nice, that's one of those things you should do when in mysore and i've been wanting to do it.

The other day i went to this mehendi place (i'm not sure if that is how you spell it, i've seen it spelled like ten different ways, anywho) It was at this indian womans house and all these indian women sit around doing different kinds of crafts, embroidery, painting, sewing etc. I got to learn mehendi, the drawing with henna that they draw on hands and feet, but i was just learning the designs on paper for now. It was fun and interesting, we were the only western people there in this little house. I liked it the indian women were so sweet sitting there chatting, gossiping etc. They were very friendly to us, and i think we are going back tomorrow.

So today i haven't done much, got up at the crack of three this morning, nope not joking. On fridays and sundays my alarm goes of at 3:00 am, sometimes 3:10 though. So yeah my alarm went off at 3:00 am this morning and somehow i had trouble finding it, i was deep in to this dream of popping popcorn with Hailie at the summer cabin, allthough we were making the popcorn on a little burner that looks just like my one in india, and just like here we didn't have a lid so we had to use a plastic plate for a lid. Either way the popcorn got out of hand and me and Hailie ran outside and stood in the sandbox (suddenly we were standing in the sandbox at my old house in jarlasa...here we go again) then we went inside and there was popcorn everywhere!!! Then through my dream i heard my alarm go off and i litterly had to dig my way through the popcorn to find it.
haha woo...intense. Yep So i got ready and dressed and teeth brushed etc and walked to practice, 4:30 am(shala time) lead class this morning with sharath. Intense, good practice though. I was way tired afterwards, went home, showered and went back to bed. Isn't that lovely when you're able to go back to bed? Allthough it makes the day quite strange, I woke again at 8:30 and almost thought i'd missed practice, then remember that it was still the same day.
So i went to Om Cafe and had some french toast "it's a french toast kind of morning" everyone was saying and somehow everyone at my table were eating frenchtoast this morning. =)

After breakfast i went with some friends to an organic market. They didn't have so much there so we weren't there too terribly long, then we went to a bookshop, supermarket then home again. Cause by this time it was getting super hot and it's nice to be inside during a few of those hottest hours atleast. I fell asleep once home again.. again..LAZY!

Haha well now i'm out walking around again, it's after three now and there are a few clouds on the sky which makes it okay to walk around, well i managed to walk here without fainting atleast =) i'm going to head over to the shala i think, they have office hours now and i need to change a thing i bought there (hopefully)
Well this evening i'm going to go with some friends and listen to some live music here. I've herad that should be nice, some kind of jazzy style on the rooftop at some little place around here. Sounds nice and i'm looking forward to it.

Well you guys.
That was atleast a bit of an update i guess. Oh and what day is it today?...One month til Sydneys first birthday!! I got to talk to my sister yesterday! Yay, we hadn't even planned it, i just logged on and there she was.. it was great though eventhough we didn't talk for such a long time. For two months i've ony spoken to my sister three times... that's usually how many times we'll have called eachother on a normal day, before lunchtime.
I got to see them all too on the webcam, got to see how sydney can walk. Sweety pie. The camera was a bit delayed so it looked like she was walking in slow motion =) aaw..gotta love the internet sometimes don't you!!

Okay..now i need to get going.. just wanted to mention that little thing. =)

take care

mich.