2009年1月13日火曜日

01.13

I came to the City of Pune.

Well-known for the ashram of notorious guru Osho and home of many Universities thus called Oxford of the east-


Right now I am a little overwhelmed by the energy of real Indian people...90% of the people tries to get more money out from you as fixed-price does not exist and people wants to get more money fsimply they know you have money in your pocket.
yet it is mentally exhausting to negotiate price for everything...coconut water, rickshaw ride, purchasing small items, finding acomodation etc.,



This is the very first time I see real poverty,too. people living on the streets and in slams, kids pulling your clothes begging for money, peeing on the street, women washing their colorful saris in muddy water.



On the positive side, school started from yesterday and we have an interesting mix of people . French, American, Indian-American, British, Russian... all ladies in their 20's - 50's. Most of them are practicing some kind of medicine, such as Homeopathy, Naturopathy, Neurology, and a Psychologist, as well as two medical students from U.S.


we went out to have wine together and it is really nice to have some company after being on my own for several days!



4 件のコメント:

nori さんのコメント...

明と暗だねー

あっきー さんのコメント...
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あっきー さんのコメント...

Good news:Hideo bought a new airconditioner with humidifier function in Rakudouan.

Bad news:Pepper,vegica's parrot, had gone to Heaven ,2nd Jan.Very sad.

santosima さんのコメント...

Nori-kun and the 2nd person, I can only read + write in Roman alphabet I will get back to you next week.
whoever the third person is, thanks for updating the news in Kanda. I am going to miss that crazy parrot.