*waves* ahhh Ive know Ive been missing out or skimming over events that has happened..but when I get to Hong Kong I promise I will fill in the details. Im also going to need photos to jog my poor memory! I cant believe I have been in India for nearly two months already. Time has literally flew. I dont want to think about the day I have to leave Parikrma and then leave India :( The day is drawing near. Ive been making flight reservations and tomorrow I have like a zillion train reservations to make. Im already dreading going to the reservation office. I hope Bangalore has a less congested office. I will be leaving India towards the end of this month. Its funny how my original plan was to leave before Christmas, (staying for 6 weeks), then I extended it to mid-January and now its the end of January. No more extensions. My parents want me in HK!
Because I know I am leaving so soon, Ive been trying to squeeze so much things in each day. And by like 9pm I am already soo tired. Y-day, it was Monique bday and I had to leave after the dinner because I could hardly stay awake. I hope it is just mere tiredness...and not because Im coming down with something nasty.

School has been pretty much the same. I think I mentioned doing art-and-craft after school. I have to mentally (and physically) prepare before each class. lols. There isnt much discipline in the school. I think its because these kids are not used to school. They dont necessary enter Parikrma at Standard 1. You have kids going into Standard III (grade 3) or IV and they had never been schooled before. On Thursday we made greeting cards and I brought like color, sparkly paper, stickers, crepe paper, dried flowers..and they went berserk. They were so possessive! It was so hard to get them to share the material. But after a break in the middle, they were less wild. I will always keep that in mind. Let the kids out and run around for 10 minutes to drain their excess energy! These kids have boundless energy. [I go home during middle of school when I have a gap between classes to take a power nap! I dont know where the kids get there energy].

Sorry, got to go!
bye