Last night was another sleepless night. But at one point I went out side, it was completely silent. The moon was almost full and the light was soft but bright. The ground looked like white sand. I felt like I was walking on the bottom of the ocean. It rained a bit but very gentle rain. It hit the tin roof so softly it was actually comforting.
During class, I brought out some maps I got in Kolkata for the class rooms. Siddarth had a large world map laminated for Class IV, so I thought I would add a few more. For only $3, I got two India Political Maps, one India Geography, one World and one Jharkand map in Hindi. They are only about 11"x14" but I think they will be useful. Besides today we were reviewing nouns, so it was perfect to list all the places we could find. Everyone, least of all me, had a hard time finding Godda (the closest town);). At break Rekha and Lata sang for me. They showed me a song to Ganesha in their notebook - but it was in the Devenagari script in Hindi so I talked them into singing it for me. I will post the video as soon as I can! Just lovely.
To celebrate the New Year, we are having another bonfire. I can't wait, not just because of the food, but simply for the heat. It's starting to get a bit colder each day. I end up eating one two many daal pakoris (lentil, tumeric, cumin, scallions, cilantro rolled into little balls and fried) and the warm Pepsi tastes really good! By the time we all wander away from the fire it is almost 10pm! I went to sleep with a raging party in my tummy but honestly was willing to pay the price;)
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