08:30 - It’s time for Nirvana, no not the Buddhist place for eternal bliss but Kurt Cobans idea of hell on earth, hehe! It seems that somehow it’s only day six here, so yes I’ve been as usual a bit crap at my daily writing. As you can see it’s quite early, we left the house early and I’ve managed to find what I believe to be the quickest way between our house (hotel) and the dance teacher’s house. The key to this route is not the actual time it takes but more the pleasantness of not having to deal with a single large road. The small roads are far more enjoyable as with fewer cars and motorbikes there is less honking. There is something about honking in this country, something I had actually forgotten, you see, they love it! When you come to a crossroad you honk, when you see anything in front of you it’s time to honk, really no matter what you can honk, and they do, some more obnoxiously than others, but everyone seems to do it all the time!
Every morning now I read The Times of India and the New India Express, both are crap they take up an hour and make me feel more educated in some way. Here in Bhubaneswar there was a road accident in one of the main junctions. The accident itself I would say is nothing exciting as each day there are some four or five reported, all with casualties. The roads, especially at night are hazardous and extremely scary in my opinion, I avoid them at all cost. Perhaps thanks to the British there are trains covering nearly everywhere one needs to go, therefore I rarely find myself on a bus or taxi journey. Back to the point: this accident is worth mentioning as the cyclist run over by a ten wheeler lorry was not only a milkman but his death (immediate) incited something of a riot. Apparently the junction was closed for an hour, and according to the Times the “mob” attempted to catch the truck on fire. This seems a bit elaborate to me, but as I was not there I can’t speculate, I simply thought I would share that story with you for some reason
Perhaps it’s too early, I woke up at six for some reason and as I sit here looking at my heat rash filled arms I wonder how I’ll survive another week! Yesterday was actually much cooler, on the night before last we finally had some rain appear out of nowhere. After a cloudless 45c degree day as evening rolled around the clouds moved in. Great gusts threw up the dirt and rubbish all around threatening rain but doing little of the sort. It was quite amazing however as the temperature dropped at least 15c inside twenty minutes and as we stood on our balcony Jeanie even wanted to take a video so alive was her excitement. Only once it seemed the threatening clouds had passed did the rain come. It rained on and off throughout the night and the following morning walk to the studio was by far the most pleasant. It was not until evening that Jeanie gave up on the idea of rain once again and the heat rolled in, suddenly after a pleasant day we were again sitting in a puddle of our own sweat. Sadly this morning looks to bring more heat as indeed the much awaited monsoon has yet to truly arrive.
Four days ago I brought a small bottle of talcum powder as a small heat rash had begun to develop on my inner thigh, often a problem point for me. Generally a small bottle has lasted me months if not longer, however this morning I will have to go out and buy a large bottle as the small one is simply not enough. Jeanie got what we tend to believe may be a slight case of heatstroke the other day and was ill a few times throughout the night while managing to lie in bed for some eighteen hours. The skin on her face and neck had become quite sensitive to the point of hurting her and upon applying sun cream it only stung her face and had to wash it off straight away. This effectively wiped out the idea of a sunburn and having spent our entire time here sweating, her particularly in the face we figured her pores must be – I don’t know the term – over exposed. So we tried the baby powder. Applying a layer of white to her face for a few days this greatly cut down the amount of sweat and helped her skin to recover. Therefore, along with her face, my arms, her arms, my legs, and just far more sweat than either of us have ever experienced it’s time to get more powder!
Yesterday was our one chance so far to go and see something, to go explore and see a temple or something yet this didn’t happen. We walked around too much looking for food and then took a small “digestion walk” after our meal and by this time it was 15:00 and both of us were ready for bed despite the mild temperature. We did just that not waking up till two hours later and this was effectively the last time Jeanie got out of bed! I don’t know if it’s the heat or the dancing or the food or having to spend so much time with me but she’s having a rough time with this heat. If I thought the dirt and poverty would be the kicker I never planned on it being this hot, it radiates throughout everything I’m currently writing so I should find another topic I suppose. That or I could stop writing this and write an e-mail to someone, that way I could bitch to them about the heat, a fresh audience!!
10:13 – Yes I admit I played Mario Cart! What I did was stop writing this, write a few friends but realizing that I was not in the most pleasant of moods I stopped and played Mario. I now have forty-five minutes till I need to start walking to Jeanie. It’s not so how in the room but I have a feeling it’s hot out there and sadly we will do little once again today. It does make time move slowly, sitting here most of the day, but so far I’m handling it well I think.
Okay I was wrong, it’s overcast and there might be hope for us today. The only way we will go out is if we come straight home, have a bit to eat and then take a nap. If we are up by three then there I a good chance, today we will try! Yesterday we tried to eat somewhere new, well different, and that ended up tireing us out, so today we’ll just do the restaurant in the hotel and then straight to sleep. She showed up early today so I wonder if that means she’ll finish early? Probably not…
That’s it for me now, I’m going to get ready to leave and get away from this computer for a bit, plus the power just went out so my battery will die any minute!!
