Happy Happy Happy

Well as the title says I'm happy today. Why? Because today Hardo finally came around to meet us and he was his usual self again. Saima and Jigisha(who btw refers to him as our `caretaker') didn't miss him much and even confessed to having gotten used to his absence, but it was rankling me...so I was very happy to see him and even told him so. I was glad that some stupidity with his profs wasn't gonna have a backlash effect on us. Infact today we talked about the excursion and its so sad that other people less qualified than him have been selected but not him. I have nothing against the others, but it makes no sense to leave out the one person who knows maximum about India from amongst those who applied...even more than the profs...ofcourse then we realised that, that is the reason he's been left out. Very disgusting in my opinion...and very unfair too. And he can't do a thing coz if he objects he could lose his jobs with the depts of Socio and English....gick!!! Anyways he is such a sweet fella, he got each of us a loong stemmed rose to apologise for his absence last week....very charming despite his rough and ragged appearance....LOL...wish he could read this...he'd blush I'm sure!!!

Anyways today Saima and I gave Annika some more hindi lessons...Saima is quite surprised that despite my lack oof vocabulary and dluency in Hindi, when it comes to grammar and spellings they are as faultless as in English....infact this sunday both oof them had requested me to start correcting their grammar and pronounciation like I do with Hardo...dunno whether to be flattered or embarassed!!!

Leaving for Heidelberg tomm...looking forward to spend the weekend away froom Magdeburg, seeing the area, meeting didi and staying in her house which will be much better equiped than ours..will feel more like a home...ah but I've started missing my bathroom at home, my blue coffee mug, the kitchen so clean and equiped, the dining table, the music system, the awesome speakers on bhaiyya's computer, the TV with english channels (not German).....

Was talking to Saima today before we met Hana (she's from the Czech Republic..dunno if I mentioned it before) and she said that Jigi and she envy me for my daily emails froom home and friends...in addition to my weekly calls from home and the call from Kunaal, I have recd a package from home, a card from Nitin and a looooog letter from Kunu...they think I'm very lucky!! I agree....I am indeed very lucky to have such wonderful family and friends....*toouchwood*!!!!

We were talking with Hana and she said that she doesn't like the weather here...its cold..that surprised us coz we assumed so was the Czech Republic...then she explained that to her, cold comes along with snow...she doesn't like the greyness of the sky, the bare trees and the cold wind here...ofcourse for us either of the two are a first experience...I do hope it snows here before we leave, but I have also enjoyed the experience of the cold autumn as well...seeing the leaves change colour and fall...knowing what it feels like to be pushed forward by the wind against your back, feeling your cheeks flush with the cold wind blowing into your face, your eyes smart with the winds speed...its been a wonderful experience and I'm savouring each moment as much as I can....

I also love the atmosphere here in class...profs like Wiemann, Breunig and Ebeling encourage us to voice our thoughts openly and accept most of our views and interpretations, so it feels very different from the sessions back home where we simply absorb what the prof says...interacting with the profs here, specially Wiemann has made me feel more confident about my 'intelligence' (if I may say so!!!) and I think that's one reason why I was so chilled out foor my presentation on Tues and also why it was so well recd!!! :)

Changes changes...so many changes I observe outside me and in me...food for thought...for you and for me...shall leave you to them and take mine with me...must walk back to the apt and pack for the weekend...Bonne Weekend to my blog loyals!! :)