all good

this is a flower.

There was some important meeting going on
outside so Zane, Micha, Nick and I chose to stay inside
and watch.

DO NOT accept food from Jews, especially at Sedar.
The train station told me it was poison.

I just got word that I'll be going to Nasik on the 18th to take part in a 5 day yoga and music course. Then, on the 12th to 22nd of January there's 4am free yoga at the fair ground in Jalgaon. Staying busy and Indian.
By far the best thing that's happened to me recently is English teaching. Every morning at 10, an hour and a half before their regular school begins, my class of 20 smiling boys and girls files into the room and waits obidiently for my lesson. The kids pay attention to me like they would any dancing and pantomiming teenage foreigner but respect me like a teacher when it comes to exams and coming to class on time. I spend my evenings preparing lesson plans (I'm in need of a good beginner English book, not written in Hindi) In the morning I have to cycle over a 1km "bathroom field" with my colored chalk and graded papers on board.
I teach at a public Mahrati medium high school to a mix of 7th and 8th graders. Mahrati medium is synonomous with poor person's school, so I am actually providing the students with a service they wouldn't otherwise have. Of course, I probably get the greatest benefit out of it. It gives my life in Jalgaon some meaning and keeps me busy in a helpful way.

Expect a better written and more interesting entry in the next few days.