Friday, 9 March 2012
Friday, 16 September 2011
USA
I am back in the USA. It is 5am here. I need to go back to bed but I couldn't so I decided to surf the web a little bit.
It was really cold when we got into Nebraska. 48 degrees! I shouldn't have been as surprised as I am... We missed the entire summer.
It is a big difference being in USA and not India. I got so used to it. Driving home from Omaha was like driving threw a deserted country side. And the traffic makes me want to sleep. So boring and unexciting compared to India.
I feel like I have been spoiled since I have arrived at the airport... I got a huge bundle of roses, a super amazing ring and bracelet, chocolates, cookies!, a super great man is now my boyfriend, motor cycle rides, and steaks. I was completely pooped by the end of the night... passed out super early. Which is probably another reason why I am awake right now.
I haven't heard much from Sammy, but that is probably because I passed out really early.
Wellll, I think I might be tired enough to go back to sleep now... :)
I am not sure if this blog is done now or what? I am sure I will be back in India... I wonder when...
<3 and Miss you Sujit!
<3 India
<3 CoCo
It was really cold when we got into Nebraska. 48 degrees! I shouldn't have been as surprised as I am... We missed the entire summer.
It is a big difference being in USA and not India. I got so used to it. Driving home from Omaha was like driving threw a deserted country side. And the traffic makes me want to sleep. So boring and unexciting compared to India.
I feel like I have been spoiled since I have arrived at the airport... I got a huge bundle of roses, a super amazing ring and bracelet, chocolates, cookies!, a super great man is now my boyfriend, motor cycle rides, and steaks. I was completely pooped by the end of the night... passed out super early. Which is probably another reason why I am awake right now.
I haven't heard much from Sammy, but that is probably because I passed out really early.
Wellll, I think I might be tired enough to go back to sleep now... :)
I am not sure if this blog is done now or what? I am sure I will be back in India... I wonder when...
<3 and Miss you Sujit!
<3 India
<3 CoCo
Tuesday, 13 September 2011
Last night in India
Wow. It's already the last night in India. Tomorrow night we leave.
I wish this could be longer...
I hope that I get to come back.
It was really really great for me to come here. It couldn't have been a better time.
My manager Sujit is the best manger I could ask for. I hope he stays in contact with us.
Tomorrow morning we are going shopping one last time with Adi and J.P. I probably should go to bed... It is going to be a long day... after I wake up tomorrow morning... I probably wont get to sleep well till Thursday evening... which is Friday morning India time. 14 hour flight...
Can't wait to see everyone when I get back!
1 day and 16 hours.
Goodnight India.
I wish this could be longer...
I hope that I get to come back.
It was really really great for me to come here. It couldn't have been a better time.
My manager Sujit is the best manger I could ask for. I hope he stays in contact with us.
Tomorrow morning we are going shopping one last time with Adi and J.P. I probably should go to bed... It is going to be a long day... after I wake up tomorrow morning... I probably wont get to sleep well till Thursday evening... which is Friday morning India time. 14 hour flight...
Can't wait to see everyone when I get back!
1 day and 16 hours.
Goodnight India.
India by the Numbers
80 days…
31 performances…
27 blog posts…
19 hula hoops…
17 flights…
11 weeks…
10 different hotels…
9 cities visited…
8 states…
3 packages from home…
2 girls from Nebraska…
ONE country.
31 performances…
27 blog posts…
19 hula hoops…
17 flights…
11 weeks…
10 different hotels…
9 cities visited…
8 states…
3 packages from home…
2 girls from Nebraska…
ONE country.
Friday, 9 September 2011
Holy Friday!
Wow. It seems like we were just in Kolkatta performing last weekend... and it is already Friday night. We will perform all day tomorrow and Sunday then fly back to Delhi monday around 10am.
Wednesday was a crazy day! First we thought we were going to go out and do things around Delhi. But after hearing about the latest terrorist attack which was a bomb that went off Wednesday morning in DELHI the city we were in...we decided against going out. I spent most of the day trying to decide on new LED hoop colors. After that I took a long nap till about 8pm. Sammy and I were sitting on our bed geeking out on the net... when all of a sudden the entire bed starts shaking! It lasted no longer than 5 seconds... immediately Sammy looks at me and says, "That was an earthquake!" Supposedly it was a 6.6. We were on the 3rd floor of the hotel so I am sure that is why we felt it for such a short time. I bet it was worse on ground level.
Last night we went out shopping at these awesome market places! So many things for cheap! One pair of pants from these places is about $40-$60 in USA and $3 if you get them at these markets! We are stocking up! I cannot wait for next summer I will be wearing all my new pants from India.
After our flight from Delhi to Lucknow my head is throbbing! I just took some Ibuprofen so hopefully it will quit hurting soon. I stuffed myself for dinner... kind of have a stomach ache too from eating so much.
I have been shopping on Ebay for costumes and I am excited to be getting some beautiful isis wings! Hopefully they will arrive by the time I get back!
I am having Mark pick me up from the airport. I think Matt is picking Sammy up too. It is going to be one big love fest when we get in! I have missed Mark so much since I left. I know Sammy misses Matt a lot too.
When I get back to the USA I know I will be missing our manager Sujit. He is the best manager ever! I hope to see him again... even though it is only a 99% chance that I will ever see him again... :( He bring enlightenment each time we talk. Such a wise man. I am excited to give him the gift I bought for him!
Well I better get back to shopping on ebay... lots to find! Lots to buy! :D
Later gater!
-CoCo
Wednesday was a crazy day! First we thought we were going to go out and do things around Delhi. But after hearing about the latest terrorist attack which was a bomb that went off Wednesday morning in DELHI the city we were in...we decided against going out. I spent most of the day trying to decide on new LED hoop colors. After that I took a long nap till about 8pm. Sammy and I were sitting on our bed geeking out on the net... when all of a sudden the entire bed starts shaking! It lasted no longer than 5 seconds... immediately Sammy looks at me and says, "That was an earthquake!" Supposedly it was a 6.6. We were on the 3rd floor of the hotel so I am sure that is why we felt it for such a short time. I bet it was worse on ground level.
Last night we went out shopping at these awesome market places! So many things for cheap! One pair of pants from these places is about $40-$60 in USA and $3 if you get them at these markets! We are stocking up! I cannot wait for next summer I will be wearing all my new pants from India.
After our flight from Delhi to Lucknow my head is throbbing! I just took some Ibuprofen so hopefully it will quit hurting soon. I stuffed myself for dinner... kind of have a stomach ache too from eating so much.
I have been shopping on Ebay for costumes and I am excited to be getting some beautiful isis wings! Hopefully they will arrive by the time I get back!
I am having Mark pick me up from the airport. I think Matt is picking Sammy up too. It is going to be one big love fest when we get in! I have missed Mark so much since I left. I know Sammy misses Matt a lot too.
When I get back to the USA I know I will be missing our manager Sujit. He is the best manager ever! I hope to see him again... even though it is only a 99% chance that I will ever see him again... :( He bring enlightenment each time we talk. Such a wise man. I am excited to give him the gift I bought for him!
Well I better get back to shopping on ebay... lots to find! Lots to buy! :D
Later gater!
-CoCo
Tuesday, 6 September 2011
Back at home base in Delhi
Well I tried to update from our last hotel, but the hotel told us to go back to our room right as I was posting it. When I got to the room I pulled up the browser to see that it didn't post successfully.
Since our latest post we have traveled to Mumbai for a day. We had a Prefetti performance and it went wonderfully. No hoops were dropped this time :) Unfortunately we didn't get to see anything in Mumbai except the hotel room. And it was raining the entire time we were there. We flew to Mumbai at 6am... then back to Kolkatta at 7pm. It was a long day.
After we got back to Kolkatta Sammy was finishing her sickness and I was collecting one. So the rest of the week I spent sleeping and trying to get better before our H.P. weekend. We stayed a few more nights in the Bodhi Tree Hotel and switched to a hotel that was closer to the next mall we were at. Our 2nd weekend in Kolkatta we were performing at a mall that was half inside half outside. :( It was hot and humid. Luckily we had Dexter to distract us. The weekend went pretty fast and before we knew it we were flying back to Delhi.
We did our last Prefetti performance in Delhi on Monday afternoon. It was great! No dropped hoops and the performance was perfect. After that was done we rode in the taxi with some of Sujit's dancers back to the Iris hotel. This hotel has been the best hotel we have stayed at since we have arrived in India. It is clean, fashionable, great food, and good service. I am glad we are back at this hotel. We fly to Lucknow Friday afternoon for this weekend... but before that we hope to go shopping for presents. I have a long list of item to buy. Also I want to experience an Indian massage. The last thing on my list of things to do before leaving India is get a tattoo. I feel like we are kind of short on time. We only have Wednesday/Thursday of this week then Monday/Tuesday of next week. We probably will have some of Wednesday of next week but I do not doubt that we will most likely spend the majority of the day packing and getting to the airport. Our flight leaves at 11pm Wednesday night, 14 hours later we arrive at New Wark, New Jersey airport. After waiting at that airport for 3 hours we hop a plane to return at 9:41 Thursday morning to "The Good Life". Even though we will be traveling for such a long time... it will be great to leave late Wednesday night and return early Thursday morning. It will almost seem like we didn't travel.
I wish I could have got my return ticket to fly into Lincoln... so that I could avoid the hour long drive... but I was not thinking when I had Sujit book the return flight. Oh well! I have my entire Thursday planned... but I don't know if I'll be to tired to do anything. I think I will be able to sleep on the long flight. So I should be charged enough to bike all over town Thursday. I am for SURE spinning fire that night. Who ever wants to come watch is more than welcome. FIRE STAFF!!
FIRE HOOP! They both feel so neglected. I wish I could burn here in India... but it's not as easy as it is at my apartment. A week after I get back is the Playshop I have been trying to organize. It is a lot of work... but I think it will be worth-it.
Tomorrow we have plans to meet up with J.P. and Adi sometime in the afternoon. I am not sure what we are going to do... maybe dinner?
Thursday I hope that we get to go shopping... because then Friday we fly to Lucknow... Saturday and Sunday we will be performing all day. Monday morning we fly back to Delhi, then hopefully I can get a massage that day and we can talk to the tattoo artist about our tat's... then maybe we can get the tattoos Tuesday? And then Wednesday we fly back!
Time is flying by! Especially since we are busy.
I cannot wait to see everyone! The Saturday that I get back is Nasty Nasty at The Bourbon Theatre... I am excited for that. Maybe I can perform on stage. :D
I want to work on performing, teaching, and workshops when I get back.
Wellll, there is not much more I have to talk about...
oh yeah... here is the latest Youtube video I have found of us at Mantri Mall Bangalore (which is the biggest mall in Asia)
Goodnight everyone!
-Love CoCoLovin
Since our latest post we have traveled to Mumbai for a day. We had a Prefetti performance and it went wonderfully. No hoops were dropped this time :) Unfortunately we didn't get to see anything in Mumbai except the hotel room. And it was raining the entire time we were there. We flew to Mumbai at 6am... then back to Kolkatta at 7pm. It was a long day.
After we got back to Kolkatta Sammy was finishing her sickness and I was collecting one. So the rest of the week I spent sleeping and trying to get better before our H.P. weekend. We stayed a few more nights in the Bodhi Tree Hotel and switched to a hotel that was closer to the next mall we were at. Our 2nd weekend in Kolkatta we were performing at a mall that was half inside half outside. :( It was hot and humid. Luckily we had Dexter to distract us. The weekend went pretty fast and before we knew it we were flying back to Delhi.
We did our last Prefetti performance in Delhi on Monday afternoon. It was great! No dropped hoops and the performance was perfect. After that was done we rode in the taxi with some of Sujit's dancers back to the Iris hotel. This hotel has been the best hotel we have stayed at since we have arrived in India. It is clean, fashionable, great food, and good service. I am glad we are back at this hotel. We fly to Lucknow Friday afternoon for this weekend... but before that we hope to go shopping for presents. I have a long list of item to buy. Also I want to experience an Indian massage. The last thing on my list of things to do before leaving India is get a tattoo. I feel like we are kind of short on time. We only have Wednesday/Thursday of this week then Monday/Tuesday of next week. We probably will have some of Wednesday of next week but I do not doubt that we will most likely spend the majority of the day packing and getting to the airport. Our flight leaves at 11pm Wednesday night, 14 hours later we arrive at New Wark, New Jersey airport. After waiting at that airport for 3 hours we hop a plane to return at 9:41 Thursday morning to "The Good Life". Even though we will be traveling for such a long time... it will be great to leave late Wednesday night and return early Thursday morning. It will almost seem like we didn't travel.
I wish I could have got my return ticket to fly into Lincoln... so that I could avoid the hour long drive... but I was not thinking when I had Sujit book the return flight. Oh well! I have my entire Thursday planned... but I don't know if I'll be to tired to do anything. I think I will be able to sleep on the long flight. So I should be charged enough to bike all over town Thursday. I am for SURE spinning fire that night. Who ever wants to come watch is more than welcome. FIRE STAFF!!
FIRE HOOP! They both feel so neglected. I wish I could burn here in India... but it's not as easy as it is at my apartment. A week after I get back is the Playshop I have been trying to organize. It is a lot of work... but I think it will be worth-it.
Tomorrow we have plans to meet up with J.P. and Adi sometime in the afternoon. I am not sure what we are going to do... maybe dinner?
Thursday I hope that we get to go shopping... because then Friday we fly to Lucknow... Saturday and Sunday we will be performing all day. Monday morning we fly back to Delhi, then hopefully I can get a massage that day and we can talk to the tattoo artist about our tat's... then maybe we can get the tattoos Tuesday? And then Wednesday we fly back!
Time is flying by! Especially since we are busy.
I cannot wait to see everyone! The Saturday that I get back is Nasty Nasty at The Bourbon Theatre... I am excited for that. Maybe I can perform on stage. :D
I want to work on performing, teaching, and workshops when I get back.
Wellll, there is not much more I have to talk about...
oh yeah... here is the latest Youtube video I have found of us at Mantri Mall Bangalore (which is the biggest mall in Asia)
Goodnight everyone!
-Love CoCoLovin
Sunday, 28 August 2011
Prefetti!
Dear readers,
It has been awhile since we have updated. I have been putting it off... I was telling myself I would update yesterday while in between performances at the mall but it never happened... I was too busy re-watching DEXTER. :P
So let me start with... our first Prefetti/Centerfresh stage performance...
HA! I sucked. It is annoying. I had 2 minutes of a hula hoop routine in which I should not drop the hoop... and I did. Why!? The client was not happy. Luckily I have been practicing a lot so that it will not happen tomorrow at our performance.
Literally right after we were done performing the stage show we packed up our bag and rushed to the airport... the taxi took forever to arrive at the hotel and the traffic was bad... Sujit was convinced we were going to miss the flight but we made it for the last boarding call! Yippie! I had a lot of fun traveling with the Prefetti crew. They are all REALLY nice people and funny. Sadly when we landed in Kolkata we immediately had to say goodbye to them because we were staying in different hotels.
We checked into the hotel and then found it that it had no internet and even better had only veg foods to offer! The restaurant was called the Desert... Sujit joked that it was called that because their menu was deserted with food to eat. Since we really can not eat veg food we got to change hotels! Now we are staying in a amazing hotel called Bodhi Tree... it's also an Art Monastery. We will definitely take pictures to post of this hotel.
The first day in Kolkata, Sujit woke us up and took us to a market place... after awhile we decided that we were seeing the same things that we could purchase in Delhi so we decided to go back to the hotel to watch a movie... on the way back we stopped at the Victoria Memorial. It was inspired by the Taj Mahal and it was beautiful! We walked around and checked it out... and about 5 minutes after walking outside it started pouring down rain! We tried to take cover under a tree but when we realized it was not doing much good we ran for a taxi... but there seems to be this thing about getting a taxi... whenever you do not need a taxi, they are everywhere... but when you REALLY need a taxi... they are no where to be found. We showered and tried to dry our clothes once we got back to the hotel. Then watched a few movies before heading to bed.
I tried to wake up early to watch the sunrise on Friday but it was cloudy and rainy so no sunrise was there. It was our first performance day in Kolkata and the mall we are at is pretty cool.
Sujit's 9 dancers came to support us and they were awesome! The Indian audience is hard to get clapping but these guys were hooting and hollering and clapping and making the performance soo much fun! We had yet to see their performance so we asked if they had their music... they did! So during our next performance they joined! They're sooo good! It was a lot of fun hanging out with the guys. After we all walked around the mall Sujit bought us lunch at KFC. The manager was so impressed with Sammy and I's performance that he gave us a discount! :) Then the 9 dancers had to leave :( Sujit left too. We have not seen him since... he is in Mumbai now with the dancers. Sammy and I fly to Mumbai early tomorrow morning. 6am! So we have to leave for the airport at 3:30! I do not even know if I will sleep tonight... after our performance in Mumbai... we go back to the airport and fly back to Kolkata. Lot of flying these next 24 hours... more than performing :) When we get back to Kolkata I have no idea what we are going to do... we have nothing planned for Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Neelakshi (our MC from Bangalore) has a friend in Kolkata and we are hoping she can take us to some cool places... Then back to the mall to perform. I guess the next mall we are supposed to perform at is outside... and it is super humid here... so our team is trying to convince the client that we should be at this mall again next week. Sammy and I hope it gets approved, we do not want to be performing outside in the heat. And not only that but I doubt the heat is good for the laptops.
So I bought some Gatorade today... and it is 225 rupees... that is 5$! I can't believe it. I buy a 40 of beer for 60 rupees! I do not think I will be buying Gatorade anymore... it is good for us since we need energy and electrolytes... but beer can do the same thing, right? ;)
Yesterday went by very quick... Sammy and I sat in the green room/box watching DEXTER when we were not performing. I also saw the biggest spider EVER! It was the size of my fist I swear. And it was not a tranchula. On our way home from the mall our taxi broke down! Haha! Sammy has a complete commentary video from Shiv of the situation. It was epic. We finally got it to work and made it to the hotel. I was just thinking earlier that day... that there would be no way that we could go the entire India experience without getting into a taxi that would break down in the middle of our ride. And voila, it happened. It was fun when he got the vehicle started going. We all cheered! We will share the video on youtube when we upload it.
Somehow when I was eating at the hotel I got bit by 4 mosquitoes. All of them are around my elbow. It is annoying. Those little things should not be alive. The world would be a better place without them.
Wellllll not much more to talk about... it is Sunday about 6pm so we probably have about 3 more performances left until we get to go to the hotel.
Then we have to pack for the Mumbai trip. I have to shower... ever since I cut my hair I have to shower ever 2 days, my hair gets greasy fast. I think we might try to get a couple hours of zzz's in and then wake up at 3:30 for the plane!
It is the week of Burning Man. I wish I could be there. We were originally supposed to be returning to the USA tomorrow... but because of the heat our tour was pushed back 2 weeks. I will see everyone soon! Gotta go for now!
<3 Coco
It has been awhile since we have updated. I have been putting it off... I was telling myself I would update yesterday while in between performances at the mall but it never happened... I was too busy re-watching DEXTER. :P
So let me start with... our first Prefetti/Centerfresh stage performance...
HA! I sucked. It is annoying. I had 2 minutes of a hula hoop routine in which I should not drop the hoop... and I did. Why!? The client was not happy. Luckily I have been practicing a lot so that it will not happen tomorrow at our performance.
Literally right after we were done performing the stage show we packed up our bag and rushed to the airport... the taxi took forever to arrive at the hotel and the traffic was bad... Sujit was convinced we were going to miss the flight but we made it for the last boarding call! Yippie! I had a lot of fun traveling with the Prefetti crew. They are all REALLY nice people and funny. Sadly when we landed in Kolkata we immediately had to say goodbye to them because we were staying in different hotels.
We checked into the hotel and then found it that it had no internet and even better had only veg foods to offer! The restaurant was called the Desert... Sujit joked that it was called that because their menu was deserted with food to eat. Since we really can not eat veg food we got to change hotels! Now we are staying in a amazing hotel called Bodhi Tree... it's also an Art Monastery. We will definitely take pictures to post of this hotel.
The first day in Kolkata, Sujit woke us up and took us to a market place... after awhile we decided that we were seeing the same things that we could purchase in Delhi so we decided to go back to the hotel to watch a movie... on the way back we stopped at the Victoria Memorial. It was inspired by the Taj Mahal and it was beautiful! We walked around and checked it out... and about 5 minutes after walking outside it started pouring down rain! We tried to take cover under a tree but when we realized it was not doing much good we ran for a taxi... but there seems to be this thing about getting a taxi... whenever you do not need a taxi, they are everywhere... but when you REALLY need a taxi... they are no where to be found. We showered and tried to dry our clothes once we got back to the hotel. Then watched a few movies before heading to bed.
I tried to wake up early to watch the sunrise on Friday but it was cloudy and rainy so no sunrise was there. It was our first performance day in Kolkata and the mall we are at is pretty cool.
Sujit's 9 dancers came to support us and they were awesome! The Indian audience is hard to get clapping but these guys were hooting and hollering and clapping and making the performance soo much fun! We had yet to see their performance so we asked if they had their music... they did! So during our next performance they joined! They're sooo good! It was a lot of fun hanging out with the guys. After we all walked around the mall Sujit bought us lunch at KFC. The manager was so impressed with Sammy and I's performance that he gave us a discount! :) Then the 9 dancers had to leave :( Sujit left too. We have not seen him since... he is in Mumbai now with the dancers. Sammy and I fly to Mumbai early tomorrow morning. 6am! So we have to leave for the airport at 3:30! I do not even know if I will sleep tonight... after our performance in Mumbai... we go back to the airport and fly back to Kolkata. Lot of flying these next 24 hours... more than performing :) When we get back to Kolkata I have no idea what we are going to do... we have nothing planned for Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Neelakshi (our MC from Bangalore) has a friend in Kolkata and we are hoping she can take us to some cool places... Then back to the mall to perform. I guess the next mall we are supposed to perform at is outside... and it is super humid here... so our team is trying to convince the client that we should be at this mall again next week. Sammy and I hope it gets approved, we do not want to be performing outside in the heat. And not only that but I doubt the heat is good for the laptops.
So I bought some Gatorade today... and it is 225 rupees... that is 5$! I can't believe it. I buy a 40 of beer for 60 rupees! I do not think I will be buying Gatorade anymore... it is good for us since we need energy and electrolytes... but beer can do the same thing, right? ;)
Yesterday went by very quick... Sammy and I sat in the green room/box watching DEXTER when we were not performing. I also saw the biggest spider EVER! It was the size of my fist I swear. And it was not a tranchula. On our way home from the mall our taxi broke down! Haha! Sammy has a complete commentary video from Shiv of the situation. It was epic. We finally got it to work and made it to the hotel. I was just thinking earlier that day... that there would be no way that we could go the entire India experience without getting into a taxi that would break down in the middle of our ride. And voila, it happened. It was fun when he got the vehicle started going. We all cheered! We will share the video on youtube when we upload it.
Somehow when I was eating at the hotel I got bit by 4 mosquitoes. All of them are around my elbow. It is annoying. Those little things should not be alive. The world would be a better place without them.
Wellllll not much more to talk about... it is Sunday about 6pm so we probably have about 3 more performances left until we get to go to the hotel.
Then we have to pack for the Mumbai trip. I have to shower... ever since I cut my hair I have to shower ever 2 days, my hair gets greasy fast. I think we might try to get a couple hours of zzz's in and then wake up at 3:30 for the plane!
It is the week of Burning Man. I wish I could be there. We were originally supposed to be returning to the USA tomorrow... but because of the heat our tour was pushed back 2 weeks. I will see everyone soon! Gotta go for now!
<3 Coco
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