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
Sunday, 28 August 2011
Tuesday, 23 August 2011
Super Girls!
This is a video I found on YouTube from one of the malls we performed at in Pune, India with HP. It was taken by one of the Indian audience members... they titled it super girls!
Monday, 22 August 2011
What a great weekend at the "office"!
Namaste. It’s Sam writing tonight.
Today we are unwinding after another successful weekend of performances in Bangalore. This weekend went incredibly well, and perhaps were our best performances yet! The mall we were at is the Mantri Mall – the biggest mall in all of Asia! The response in Bangalore has been very good. We also made a new friend, our anchor in Bangalore, Neelakshi. But unfortunately we had to say good bye to our regular anchor, Adi. :(
On our agenda for the next two days are: 1 – Find a performance outfit for our stage show. 2 – Practice, practice, practice, and perfect our routine. 3 – Have a great performance on Wednesday. It’s going to be a busy week once again considering that as soon as we’re finished on Wednesday, we are flying to a new city, Kolkata for the NEXT weekend of performances. Wow! We have about 3 weeks left, and it is going to go by so fast since we will be constantly traveling.
I absolutely love shopping in the Indian marketplace. There are so many stores it’s overwhelming sometimes! Also everyone is trying to get your attention and have you buy something by shoving it in your face. We have a three day shopping trip planned when we finish our activities and arrive back into New Delhi. That’s when I’m going to buy all the things that I’ve wanted to buy because New Delhi has the cheapest prices and absolutely everything to buy.
Sujit has come to Bangalore to help us prepare for the stage show for the Perfetti Company. He also has 9 male dancers coming tomorrow for a similar show in Bangalore. They are doing a glow-in-the-dark black light show.
I don’t know what else to write so I’m going sign off for now. Have a great start of school to everyone! ~
Today we are unwinding after another successful weekend of performances in Bangalore. This weekend went incredibly well, and perhaps were our best performances yet! The mall we were at is the Mantri Mall – the biggest mall in all of Asia! The response in Bangalore has been very good. We also made a new friend, our anchor in Bangalore, Neelakshi. But unfortunately we had to say good bye to our regular anchor, Adi. :(
On our agenda for the next two days are: 1 – Find a performance outfit for our stage show. 2 – Practice, practice, practice, and perfect our routine. 3 – Have a great performance on Wednesday. It’s going to be a busy week once again considering that as soon as we’re finished on Wednesday, we are flying to a new city, Kolkata for the NEXT weekend of performances. Wow! We have about 3 weeks left, and it is going to go by so fast since we will be constantly traveling.
I absolutely love shopping in the Indian marketplace. There are so many stores it’s overwhelming sometimes! Also everyone is trying to get your attention and have you buy something by shoving it in your face. We have a three day shopping trip planned when we finish our activities and arrive back into New Delhi. That’s when I’m going to buy all the things that I’ve wanted to buy because New Delhi has the cheapest prices and absolutely everything to buy.
Sujit has come to Bangalore to help us prepare for the stage show for the Perfetti Company. He also has 9 male dancers coming tomorrow for a similar show in Bangalore. They are doing a glow-in-the-dark black light show.
I don’t know what else to write so I’m going sign off for now. Have a great start of school to everyone! ~
Wednesday, 17 August 2011
Sitting, Waiting, Wishing
Today is Wednesday.
Sammy and I only left our hotel room to order food from the front desk. Other than that we didn't even step outside. The closest we got was when we had our hotel room window open.
Yesterday was about the same... although we did go outside to buy some banana's, chips, and juice.
Tomorrow we are going to try to go to a amusement park called Wonderla! The rides look completely different from the rides in USA. I am excited... not only because it's an amusement park but because we get to leave the hotel room and not being performing at a mall.
This weekend will be out last in Bangalore... and a week from today we will be showing our first Prefetti show. It will be fun.
There was a really cool soap store at the last mall we performed at. Sammy bought us a facial cream/mask and so we did facials last night. First time I've done a facial. I can't believe I was not taught facials in massage school... kind of made me upset. They are fun... and feel REALLY good.
Yesterday was also the first day that I realized I did not have my cell phone that I just bought before leaving for India. I assume that I either left it at the security check or when I turned it off on the plane it must have fell out of my hand bag... or maybe I left it on my lap and it fell off when I fell asleep. Either way I'm SOO upset about it. $200 new cell phone gone. The worst part is that I have been paying for the service even though in India it doesn't have service... but Cricket wouldn't let me put my service on hold without giving away my number and canceling my new phones insurance. So I changed my plan to the lowest plan possible. And now I'm thinking that I am going to cancel the plan all together and get maybe Verizon or Sprint... I hear the iPhone 5 is coming out soon so maybe I'll just go without a phone until that comes out. :)
Well, not much left to talk about... so goodnight!
-Corinne
Sammy and I only left our hotel room to order food from the front desk. Other than that we didn't even step outside. The closest we got was when we had our hotel room window open.
Yesterday was about the same... although we did go outside to buy some banana's, chips, and juice.
Tomorrow we are going to try to go to a amusement park called Wonderla! The rides look completely different from the rides in USA. I am excited... not only because it's an amusement park but because we get to leave the hotel room and not being performing at a mall.
This weekend will be out last in Bangalore... and a week from today we will be showing our first Prefetti show. It will be fun.
There was a really cool soap store at the last mall we performed at. Sammy bought us a facial cream/mask and so we did facials last night. First time I've done a facial. I can't believe I was not taught facials in massage school... kind of made me upset. They are fun... and feel REALLY good.
Yesterday was also the first day that I realized I did not have my cell phone that I just bought before leaving for India. I assume that I either left it at the security check or when I turned it off on the plane it must have fell out of my hand bag... or maybe I left it on my lap and it fell off when I fell asleep. Either way I'm SOO upset about it. $200 new cell phone gone. The worst part is that I have been paying for the service even though in India it doesn't have service... but Cricket wouldn't let me put my service on hold without giving away my number and canceling my new phones insurance. So I changed my plan to the lowest plan possible. And now I'm thinking that I am going to cancel the plan all together and get maybe Verizon or Sprint... I hear the iPhone 5 is coming out soon so maybe I'll just go without a phone until that comes out. :)
Well, not much left to talk about... so goodnight!
-Corinne
Monday, 15 August 2011
A month to go
It has been POURING rain outside for the last few hours. It is beautiful.
We have just finished our first weekend in Bangalore! It was a great time! Today is Indiapendence Day too!! YAY!!! Even though India is still corrupt there is a lot of citizens proud of their country.
This weekend our performances were Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. Since India's Independence Day is the 15th of August and that is a Monday the client decided to remove our Friday shows and exchange it for the Monday performances, expecting the crowd to be bigger because of the holiday.
Sammy and I are getting pretty worn out from out traveling... Living out of a suitcase is difficult when it is for longer than a month. Not only that but only feeling safe to eat fast food has not been so good on our bodies. I am sure that our vitamin levels and nutrition is in decreasing rapidly. I have been eating McDonalds at least 4 or 5 days a week for the last month... It is almost like I am addicted to it. I would rather eat McDonalds than Subway. This might be because I ate a footlong from Subway in Ahemdabad and ended up throwing it all up and dry heaving because of whatever bug got in my stomach... but there isn't much else that I feel safe eating.
Luckily today was the last day of our 3 day performance weekend... bad news is that we only have tomorrow, Wednesday, and Thursday to rest. We start the activity again on Friday. I am not sure what I want to see in Bangalore yet... but I have heard a store about a beautiful flower garden that is only there around Independence time.
Tonight on the way home from the mall we got to ride in an auto that had a giant Indian flag attached to it! So the whole way to our hotel we were supporting India. I, of course, was screaming out the side of the auto "HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!" to everyone walking. There was no way I couldn't with a huge flag flying above our auto.
We only have a month left until we are flown back to the USA. It is about time I start packing presents for everyone and souvenirs. They might be over prices here in Bangalore so I'll most likely wait until we go back to Delhi to pick up the good presents.
Our hotel in Bangalore is nice although the air conditioner keeps making this cracking noise and it is driving me nuts! I tried a special ninja technique called "HIT IT" but even after banging it on all sides (with force) and trying to jiggle it, the noise is still there... It is like someone breaking a stick... and it happens every 5 seconds. <-Not Exaggerating. I have no clue what is going on inside that thing... but if I turned it off it would be so hot in our room. Well I am pretty tired from our performances today so I'm gonna get some zzz's. Goodnight readers. Thanks for reading! -Corinne PS We had a photographer ask to snap some shots of us during our performances yesterday... he got some good ones! :) Here is one of my favorites...
We have just finished our first weekend in Bangalore! It was a great time! Today is Indiapendence Day too!! YAY!!! Even though India is still corrupt there is a lot of citizens proud of their country.
This weekend our performances were Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. Since India's Independence Day is the 15th of August and that is a Monday the client decided to remove our Friday shows and exchange it for the Monday performances, expecting the crowd to be bigger because of the holiday.
Sammy and I are getting pretty worn out from out traveling... Living out of a suitcase is difficult when it is for longer than a month. Not only that but only feeling safe to eat fast food has not been so good on our bodies. I am sure that our vitamin levels and nutrition is in decreasing rapidly. I have been eating McDonalds at least 4 or 5 days a week for the last month... It is almost like I am addicted to it. I would rather eat McDonalds than Subway. This might be because I ate a footlong from Subway in Ahemdabad and ended up throwing it all up and dry heaving because of whatever bug got in my stomach... but there isn't much else that I feel safe eating.
Luckily today was the last day of our 3 day performance weekend... bad news is that we only have tomorrow, Wednesday, and Thursday to rest. We start the activity again on Friday. I am not sure what I want to see in Bangalore yet... but I have heard a store about a beautiful flower garden that is only there around Independence time.
Tonight on the way home from the mall we got to ride in an auto that had a giant Indian flag attached to it! So the whole way to our hotel we were supporting India. I, of course, was screaming out the side of the auto "HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!" to everyone walking. There was no way I couldn't with a huge flag flying above our auto.
We only have a month left until we are flown back to the USA. It is about time I start packing presents for everyone and souvenirs. They might be over prices here in Bangalore so I'll most likely wait until we go back to Delhi to pick up the good presents.
Our hotel in Bangalore is nice although the air conditioner keeps making this cracking noise and it is driving me nuts! I tried a special ninja technique called "HIT IT" but even after banging it on all sides (with force) and trying to jiggle it, the noise is still there... It is like someone breaking a stick... and it happens every 5 seconds. <-Not Exaggerating. I have no clue what is going on inside that thing... but if I turned it off it would be so hot in our room. Well I am pretty tired from our performances today so I'm gonna get some zzz's. Goodnight readers. Thanks for reading! -Corinne PS We had a photographer ask to snap some shots of us during our performances yesterday... he got some good ones! :) Here is one of my favorites...
Friday, 12 August 2011
Bangalore
Dear Blog Readers,
Coco typing...
This week went by really fast. And it is sad to think that we are coming close to being "home". I wish I could travel forever.
Monday: We traveled by plane to Delhi. We arrived around 1 and rested for the remainder of the day.
Tuesday: We were supposed to wake up early for the studio but I sent the alarm wrong so we were woke up by Sujit knocking on our hotel room door. We frantically got ready to go practice a routine that we hadn't choreographed yet. After about 2 hoursish at the stuido we had our routine and used the space as much as we could. Sammy made a super steller contortion video and it is up on her facebook wall so go check that out and comment if you can. Eventually we left for the hotel where we had an awesome Indian dinner. Sujit always helps us to try Indian dishes. If he was not there to eat with us, we probably would have ordered pizza hut... :P
Wednesday: I woke up more sore than I have been for a hot minute. All the stretching and studio space did us well. I feel like I am sooo close to doing the splits. BOTH WAYS! My middle splits are still far from being there unfortunately. Around 3 we went to the studio to rehearse our routine... we did it a few times and eventually went back to the hotel and ordered Pizza Hut for dindin. :)
Thursday: We had to show the client our routine so we woke up early for that... I think they liked it... but we still have a lot of polishing to do... for some reason our flowers of power just do not come out clean... There's like 2 other things that are kind of off but after a week of practice we will have the routine down like a clown. It is a simple routine so it will be easy to clean up. Other than that, we got some banana's went back to the hotel and geeked out. The Matrix finally finished downloading... after 6 days. So we watched that... kinda. haha I was so tired from the practicing that I fell asleep before the end :( I'll have to re-watch it.
Friday (today): We woke up around 8 to get ready for our flight at 12:10 to Bangalore. Sujit arrived at 9. We had breakfast and then Sammy and I left for the airport. After a 2 hourish flight we arrived in Bangalore. It's less humid here than it was in Delhi. But we still love Delhi like it was our home. The colors here are a mix of yellows and greens... which I like... and I feel like our performances tomorrow are going to rock. We visited the mall after arriving at our hotel and it was really busy. Although I do not have any idea where our booth is going to be... the mall doesn't have very much free space... After eating Subway for lunch/dinner we tried to get a auto back to the hotel... but since it was right down the street no auto driver wanted to take us because of how small the fare would be. Even though it was raining we decided to walk. I enjoyed it 100%. Bangalore is awesome so far. But I have only been here for a couple hours. :) :) :) This weekend we perform Saturday, Sunday, and Monday because of Independence day... they are assuming the mall will be busier Monday than Friday. That is okay with me... except that we might be flying back to Delhi after our performances this weekend so that we can use the studio to practice for our Prefetti show... which then we would fly back to Bangalore Thursday for our Fri-Sun HP performances... that makes a lot of traveling during this week... so it might or might not happen. Our newest hotel does have wifi so that is good. But they do not have a kitchen... sooo we will be ordering out even more... I don't even know what we are going to do about breakfast... The other bad thing about our hotel... it's right next to the busiest place in Bangalore... I think. All around our hotel is tourist and travel agencies. Not to mention it's a bus station for those trying to travel out of town... so we here horns a lot. I think I am going to have to sleep with my head at the foot of the bed because our head is right under the paper thin window... Maybe I could buy some ear plugs to sleep with. There is a hotel right around the corner that the rest of our team is staying in... I heard through the great vine that it is better than our hotel... so maybe tomorrow we will move to that one. Well there is not much more to talk about... so I should probably hit the hay. We have a big performance day tomorrow. Gotta book those laptops! I don't know if I mentioned it already but our extension got removed so we should be back "home" on the original plan date. Unless we get these other 2 gigs that I'm hoping for. Wish us luck!
Here is a picture that we took at the Hard Rock Cafe in Pune :)
Later!!!
-Coco
Coco typing...
This week went by really fast. And it is sad to think that we are coming close to being "home". I wish I could travel forever.
Monday: We traveled by plane to Delhi. We arrived around 1 and rested for the remainder of the day.
Tuesday: We were supposed to wake up early for the studio but I sent the alarm wrong so we were woke up by Sujit knocking on our hotel room door. We frantically got ready to go practice a routine that we hadn't choreographed yet. After about 2 hoursish at the stuido we had our routine and used the space as much as we could. Sammy made a super steller contortion video and it is up on her facebook wall so go check that out and comment if you can. Eventually we left for the hotel where we had an awesome Indian dinner. Sujit always helps us to try Indian dishes. If he was not there to eat with us, we probably would have ordered pizza hut... :P
Wednesday: I woke up more sore than I have been for a hot minute. All the stretching and studio space did us well. I feel like I am sooo close to doing the splits. BOTH WAYS! My middle splits are still far from being there unfortunately. Around 3 we went to the studio to rehearse our routine... we did it a few times and eventually went back to the hotel and ordered Pizza Hut for dindin. :)
Thursday: We had to show the client our routine so we woke up early for that... I think they liked it... but we still have a lot of polishing to do... for some reason our flowers of power just do not come out clean... There's like 2 other things that are kind of off but after a week of practice we will have the routine down like a clown. It is a simple routine so it will be easy to clean up. Other than that, we got some banana's went back to the hotel and geeked out. The Matrix finally finished downloading... after 6 days. So we watched that... kinda. haha I was so tired from the practicing that I fell asleep before the end :( I'll have to re-watch it.
Friday (today): We woke up around 8 to get ready for our flight at 12:10 to Bangalore. Sujit arrived at 9. We had breakfast and then Sammy and I left for the airport. After a 2 hourish flight we arrived in Bangalore. It's less humid here than it was in Delhi. But we still love Delhi like it was our home. The colors here are a mix of yellows and greens... which I like... and I feel like our performances tomorrow are going to rock. We visited the mall after arriving at our hotel and it was really busy. Although I do not have any idea where our booth is going to be... the mall doesn't have very much free space... After eating Subway for lunch/dinner we tried to get a auto back to the hotel... but since it was right down the street no auto driver wanted to take us because of how small the fare would be. Even though it was raining we decided to walk. I enjoyed it 100%. Bangalore is awesome so far. But I have only been here for a couple hours. :) :) :) This weekend we perform Saturday, Sunday, and Monday because of Independence day... they are assuming the mall will be busier Monday than Friday. That is okay with me... except that we might be flying back to Delhi after our performances this weekend so that we can use the studio to practice for our Prefetti show... which then we would fly back to Bangalore Thursday for our Fri-Sun HP performances... that makes a lot of traveling during this week... so it might or might not happen. Our newest hotel does have wifi so that is good. But they do not have a kitchen... sooo we will be ordering out even more... I don't even know what we are going to do about breakfast... The other bad thing about our hotel... it's right next to the busiest place in Bangalore... I think. All around our hotel is tourist and travel agencies. Not to mention it's a bus station for those trying to travel out of town... so we here horns a lot. I think I am going to have to sleep with my head at the foot of the bed because our head is right under the paper thin window... Maybe I could buy some ear plugs to sleep with. There is a hotel right around the corner that the rest of our team is staying in... I heard through the great vine that it is better than our hotel... so maybe tomorrow we will move to that one. Well there is not much more to talk about... so I should probably hit the hay. We have a big performance day tomorrow. Gotta book those laptops! I don't know if I mentioned it already but our extension got removed so we should be back "home" on the original plan date. Unless we get these other 2 gigs that I'm hoping for. Wish us luck!
Here is a picture that we took at the Hard Rock Cafe in Pune :)
Later!!!
-Coco
Tuesday, 9 August 2011
Busy, Busy, Busy!
Hey everyone! It’s Sam writing today. :)
We have just arrived in New Delhi. Today we were at a dance studio all day working on a choreographed performance for a stage show. We are working for the Perfetti van Melle company doing a “pre-reveal act” before the launch of their new product. We are creating a two-minute, high energy routine to open their show with. It is a simple, clean routine. I also tumble a lot during the performance! We are doing this routine for three shows in three different cities. The dance studio has no air conditioning and it is quite hot in Delhi, so it was a sweaty (but fun) time. That’s an Indian dance studio for you! Tomorrow we will be polishing the routine, and on Thursday we will be demonstrating it for the client (Perfetti). Also on Thursday we are flying to the city of Bangalore to do another mall performance weekend. It’s going to be busy at the malls because on Monday the 15th it’s Indian Independence Day – yay Gandhi!
My Grandma & Grandpa have sent me a package filled with candy & goodies that I got today! Also I have received a card from my mother and cousins – the card made me feel so special! Thank you everyone for your continuous support and emails. I really enjoy it!!!
I am so excited about the busy week ahead. This week I am especially thankful for being able to have this opportunity. I am so blessed with love in my life!!
~ Namaste, Sammy ~
We have just arrived in New Delhi. Today we were at a dance studio all day working on a choreographed performance for a stage show. We are working for the Perfetti van Melle company doing a “pre-reveal act” before the launch of their new product. We are creating a two-minute, high energy routine to open their show with. It is a simple, clean routine. I also tumble a lot during the performance! We are doing this routine for three shows in three different cities. The dance studio has no air conditioning and it is quite hot in Delhi, so it was a sweaty (but fun) time. That’s an Indian dance studio for you! Tomorrow we will be polishing the routine, and on Thursday we will be demonstrating it for the client (Perfetti). Also on Thursday we are flying to the city of Bangalore to do another mall performance weekend. It’s going to be busy at the malls because on Monday the 15th it’s Indian Independence Day – yay Gandhi!
My Grandma & Grandpa have sent me a package filled with candy & goodies that I got today! Also I have received a card from my mother and cousins – the card made me feel so special! Thank you everyone for your continuous support and emails. I really enjoy it!!!
I am so excited about the busy week ahead. This week I am especially thankful for being able to have this opportunity. I am so blessed with love in my life!!
~ Namaste, Sammy ~
Monday, 8 August 2011
Last Weekend in Pune
Hello everyone!!
Yesterday was friendship day and I did not have time to post on the blog so here is my "Happy Friendship Day" to all of you reading.
This last weekend we were in Pune at a mall called SGS Mall. It was one of the oldest malls in Pune. It was right in the center too... but unfortunately not a lot of shops. The weekend was "a great day at the office" but the only day we had a decent crowd was Sunday. Now we are in Delhi taking a little break from traveling with the HP Team. We'll head to Bangalore on Thursday night or Friday morning. More airplanes to ride! Todays airplane ride was 2 hours. Seemed long since our flight from Jaipur to Ahemdabad and Ahemdabad to Pune were only an hour. Sammy and I were so tired from the weekend and the cabin was super cold... which made it feel like it lasted even longer than 2 hours. When we landed in Delhi we immediately felt a difference in weather. In Pune the weather was actually on the chilly side... here in Delhi it reminds me of Nebraska, very humid. Well we have a long day ahead of us so I am going to keep this blog on the short side. I have two great pictures from this weekend that I would like to share as well, enjoy!
Yesterday was friendship day and I did not have time to post on the blog so here is my "Happy Friendship Day" to all of you reading.
This last weekend we were in Pune at a mall called SGS Mall. It was one of the oldest malls in Pune. It was right in the center too... but unfortunately not a lot of shops. The weekend was "a great day at the office" but the only day we had a decent crowd was Sunday. Now we are in Delhi taking a little break from traveling with the HP Team. We'll head to Bangalore on Thursday night or Friday morning. More airplanes to ride! Todays airplane ride was 2 hours. Seemed long since our flight from Jaipur to Ahemdabad and Ahemdabad to Pune were only an hour. Sammy and I were so tired from the weekend and the cabin was super cold... which made it feel like it lasted even longer than 2 hours. When we landed in Delhi we immediately felt a difference in weather. In Pune the weather was actually on the chilly side... here in Delhi it reminds me of Nebraska, very humid. Well we have a long day ahead of us so I am going to keep this blog on the short side. I have two great pictures from this weekend that I would like to share as well, enjoy!
Thursday, 4 August 2011
Traveling traveling and more traveling!
Wowsie... we just got another 3 shows added to our schedule! We will be flying a ton this month! That is fine by me. I love flying! :) I can not write much now because we have performances today. And we are supposed to change hotels at ten. Unfortunately we gave our "costumes" to the hotel to be cleaned yesterday and they have not returned them yet... so I'm going to wait until they get here before rolling out of bed and getting ready. Our newest hotel has wifi... sooo I'm taking advantage of it. Arrrg the pirate is coming out in me! Well I will get off to leave the bytes speed for the torrents :) Feel free to post our blog on your site/facebook or comment... any feedback would be lovely on our end. We miss everyone back in Lincoln and Omaha!
-Corinne
-Corinne
Monday, 1 August 2011
The First Day of August!
Namaste - especially to all those who keep telling me to blog more!
It’s the beginning of August in India. We are in still in “monsoon” season, while you all are enjoying summer. The weather has been really great, actually. It’s hot during the day and cool at night, raining throughout the day at random intervals. I heard all of you in Nebraska are just BOILING in the heat!
The new count for sickness is Coco: 2, Sam: 1. I was sick on Sunday. Coco believes that we had the same bug; mine was just lighter than hers. It is common when entering the tropics to get sick because it is a very different climate. I am feeling better already though!
We have finished with the first weekend of performances in Pune (pronounced Poon-EH). They went really well. The crowd is more modern and westernized here. It was fun talking to the other team members working at the HP booth. They are all about our same age, and they tell us all about being a 21 year old Indian. Most of them are students in college doing the HP promotional work to earn some extra cash. Everyone has Facebooks everywhere we go in India, so I have made many new FB friends.
Also, practically everyone speaks English here in Pune; which is a relief since in Gujarat (a state of India) everyone spoke Gujarati. In India, each state has a different language that is spoke there, so India has many, many languages. Hindi and English are the two main languages of India, however.
A lot of people comment on my tummy tattoo and belly ring. Tattoos are becoming more popular in India, recently. The big Bollywood movie stars have started getting belly rings, so everyone thinks its super fashionable to be pierced. I am going to get a tattoo here, I haven’t decided yet, but I think it will be the mantra “Om Mani Padme Hum” written in Sanskrit going down my right arm. It will be very small, but a great remembrance of India.
We are just resting today. We have just finished breakfast; my mom sent a lot of instant oatmeal and it makes a delicious breakfast and snack – thanks for the package Mom! Perhaps later in the week we will be planning a day-trip to Mumbai. Tomorrow we may go to the Pataleshwar Cave Temples, they are Hindu temples built into caves – amazing. I haven’t seen any Buddhist temples yet, but I wish to!
Here’s a thing I think is very ironic… in America, girls are prematurely aging their skin and increasing their chances of melanoma by baking themselves in the sun for hours in order to get that "summer glow." In India, women use harsh chemicals to peel their skin and bleach it lighter; "Fair and Lovely" skin is the ideal. I hate socially constructed ideals of beauty! They don't exist. It's an illusion created by marketing campaigns in order to get you to buy their products. To quote the words of Wookiefoot, "Don't let them have you." ~
It’s the beginning of August in India. We are in still in “monsoon” season, while you all are enjoying summer. The weather has been really great, actually. It’s hot during the day and cool at night, raining throughout the day at random intervals. I heard all of you in Nebraska are just BOILING in the heat!
The new count for sickness is Coco: 2, Sam: 1. I was sick on Sunday. Coco believes that we had the same bug; mine was just lighter than hers. It is common when entering the tropics to get sick because it is a very different climate. I am feeling better already though!
We have finished with the first weekend of performances in Pune (pronounced Poon-EH). They went really well. The crowd is more modern and westernized here. It was fun talking to the other team members working at the HP booth. They are all about our same age, and they tell us all about being a 21 year old Indian. Most of them are students in college doing the HP promotional work to earn some extra cash. Everyone has Facebooks everywhere we go in India, so I have made many new FB friends.
Also, practically everyone speaks English here in Pune; which is a relief since in Gujarat (a state of India) everyone spoke Gujarati. In India, each state has a different language that is spoke there, so India has many, many languages. Hindi and English are the two main languages of India, however.
A lot of people comment on my tummy tattoo and belly ring. Tattoos are becoming more popular in India, recently. The big Bollywood movie stars have started getting belly rings, so everyone thinks its super fashionable to be pierced. I am going to get a tattoo here, I haven’t decided yet, but I think it will be the mantra “Om Mani Padme Hum” written in Sanskrit going down my right arm. It will be very small, but a great remembrance of India.
We are just resting today. We have just finished breakfast; my mom sent a lot of instant oatmeal and it makes a delicious breakfast and snack – thanks for the package Mom! Perhaps later in the week we will be planning a day-trip to Mumbai. Tomorrow we may go to the Pataleshwar Cave Temples, they are Hindu temples built into caves – amazing. I haven’t seen any Buddhist temples yet, but I wish to!
Here’s a thing I think is very ironic… in America, girls are prematurely aging their skin and increasing their chances of melanoma by baking themselves in the sun for hours in order to get that "summer glow." In India, women use harsh chemicals to peel their skin and bleach it lighter; "Fair and Lovely" skin is the ideal. I hate socially constructed ideals of beauty! They don't exist. It's an illusion created by marketing campaigns in order to get you to buy their products. To quote the words of Wookiefoot, "Don't let them have you." ~
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