Day Five

2/7/10
We moved in with out home stay family today. My roommate is Ayshea which I’m really excited about. She’s from Atlanta, Georgia but studies film at Ithaca College in NY. She’s super chill and laid back so I know we will get along just fine.
Were staying with a woman named Sunita. She’s a widow with one son who goes to school in Maryland. Her house is absolutely beautiful in a really nice neighborhood. She’s super sweet and an amazing painter which is great because I can use her as an advisor as well. She’s also an incredible cook. For dinner she made some sort of potato and mushroom dish, roti, and rice. I don’t even like mushrooms but I mopped it up pretty quick. Ayshea and I live on the 2nd floor in a bedroom with its own terrace. It’s a pretty nice set up. Unfortunately Sunita has a bucket shower so I’m just going to have to get used to it. No internet as well… I’m dying.
Although I’m really excited to be living with Sunita-ji, I’m kind of disappointed that I’m not living with a big family. I don’t know what I’m going to do with all the candy and Michael Jackson t-shirts I brought. Maybe I’ll meet some kids later on or Sunita-ji has some little nieces and nephews. Or ill just rock them back in the States.
The first day moving in was successfully awkward, just as all first days. So many quiet moments. Sunita speaks English pretty well but she’s shy about it and Ayshea and I know barely any Hindi so it’s hard to converse. Dinner was pretty quiet too. Ayshea and I are both quiet and kind of shy so that combined with the language barrier might be kind of rough. Hopefully it will get better and the house won’t be so quiet.
Tomorrow we’re going to some library, should be interesting. I should kick my butt in gear and start researching my ISP.
The neighbor is blasting some sort of bollywood music… oh India.