In contrast to last week this week could not be more different.
I've been thinking a lot about the wedding we went to this week. Firstly because we were having a chat with the local volunteers on whether they would prefer an arranged marriage or what they call a 'love marriage'. Most of them said arranged marriage and I guess I just found this a little shocking; it reminded me of the bride and groom of the wedding we went to. Throughout the duration of the weekend I couldn't help but notice they never actually spoke to each other and furthermore they didn't often smile. We later found out that theirs was in fact an arranged marriage and they hadn't actually met until that weekend. A truly bizarre concept for myself to understand but here it just seems to be so ingrained in the culture. There has been another reason I have been thinking about the wedding this week and that is because the wedding food has massively upset our belly's. We spent Monday morning handing out certificates and shields to schools who participated in the previous dance for life module and since Monday afternoon........ KaBam!?! We were struck down we fever and belly cramps. So, myself and Katy have done very little all week. The boys who decided not to go the wedding have been absolutely fine, but after contacting the Chennai girls and hearing their similar predicament we concluded................ Bloody wedding food!!!
I did however manage to drag myself out of bed on Friday as we had another NGO, (Raleigh) come to the office to investigate how we work. They're planning on running a similar programme to the one we run here in the West of India, so we brought them along to a school to show them how we worked (well, Will and Jack taught - I still wasn't feeling too peachy). So, yeah that was pretty interesting.
Unfortunately not much to say this week other than.........being ill in India is no fun.
I've been thinking a lot about the wedding we went to this week. Firstly because we were having a chat with the local volunteers on whether they would prefer an arranged marriage or what they call a 'love marriage'. Most of them said arranged marriage and I guess I just found this a little shocking; it reminded me of the bride and groom of the wedding we went to. Throughout the duration of the weekend I couldn't help but notice they never actually spoke to each other and furthermore they didn't often smile. We later found out that theirs was in fact an arranged marriage and they hadn't actually met until that weekend. A truly bizarre concept for myself to understand but here it just seems to be so ingrained in the culture. There has been another reason I have been thinking about the wedding this week and that is because the wedding food has massively upset our belly's. We spent Monday morning handing out certificates and shields to schools who participated in the previous dance for life module and since Monday afternoon........ KaBam!?! We were struck down we fever and belly cramps. So, myself and Katy have done very little all week. The boys who decided not to go the wedding have been absolutely fine, but after contacting the Chennai girls and hearing their similar predicament we concluded................ Bloody wedding food!!!
I did however manage to drag myself out of bed on Friday as we had another NGO, (Raleigh) come to the office to investigate how we work. They're planning on running a similar programme to the one we run here in the West of India, so we brought them along to a school to show them how we worked (well, Will and Jack taught - I still wasn't feeling too peachy). So, yeah that was pretty interesting.
Unfortunately not much to say this week other than.........being ill in India is no fun.
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