Bangalore is Lovely

So we’re finally in Bangalore!!  We’ve just finished out first full day here and so far so good!  We were met at the airport by Shobitha and her father (who right now I cannot remember his name but I’ll find out!) who led us to the school bus which was going to take us into Bangalore.   Also, they seem to have their own drivers but they may be attached to the school, we’re not entirely sure yet.  They took us to have some lunch, some lovely rice and spicy samosa.  Then we were driven to the house where we are staying.  Driving down the little streets is really interesting.  We’ve learnt not to really look at what’s happening on the road because it might not be very good or safe to our eyes, perfectly fine by Indian standards

We arrived at our new home and were shown to our room.  It’s lovely.  We really cannot complain in the slightest.  It’s one room with our own bathroom and even a balcony.  And everything is so clean, it’s amazing.  We were so pleased when we saw it.  The only thing is we don’t have a wardrobe but to be honest that is nothing to complain about at all!  

That night though, after being fed a lot for dinner, we had to embark on the shower.  And what some of the other girls who were already out before us have said, it’s like the Ice Bucket Challenge.  So I am doing my nominations, everyday several times over.  And you all know what my hair’s like, so it takes a while.  It’s not fun! But luckily tonight for some reason we had warm water out of the tap!! So I managed to wash my hair properly at last! It was amazing and I’m feeling rather guilty about it when some other people don’t really have that ever.

Today we were shown to the school and it’s really nice! Although it is quite Christian and I’m not really but it’s only a year and the school is lovely.  We were taken down to see the assembly and all the kids stand in rows in their amazingly neat uniforms.  So much neater than back home and we have washing machines, no dust, and good houses.  Some of the kids we are teaching come from really poor backgrounds.  The school has all ages from 3-16 and they all speak such good English, even the three year olds.  We will be teaching the LKG and UKG which are the youngest in the school so the 3-5 year olds with a little bit of an opportunity to teach the older ones.  Sarah already seems to be a primary school teacher and she’s making me feel inadequate!

We have also managed (we think) to ask for oats for breakfast instead of noodles.  Which is still a bit strange.  But the food is so good and I’m managing to eat all the vegetables! I’m just trying to eat everything so I can really experience it and then I can go back to bacon, shreddies and mince when I get home.  Although they are constantly trying to give us tea, I’m trying hard to drink it. It’s not too bad because they seem to sugar it a lot. 

So far I’m enjoying India although we do get stared at, which is kind of unnerving but we’ll just have to learn to live with it! Like everything else this year! As I said earlier to Sarah when the power went out and we were still to have a shower, “we’re just going to have to deal with life.”