Three Week Recap Part 3: Venturing Delhi-NCR!

Blog 10 - Three Week Recap Part 3: Venturing Delhi-NCR!

Slideshow of the busy Saturday Night!

For the past two weeks, I have been practicing Kho-kho during the first half of school, and on Friday we had a first match against another Amity school (has around 6 schools in Delhi-NCR region).  On Saturday, I went to school to get extra help on Economics as I am very behind because they started school in April and the syllabus is quite large and fast-paced, making it especially hard to comprehend in class without the extra help. After an hour and a half of eco. help, I took an auto rickshaw home and received an invitation from Reeta’s (from Finland) host mom, Sweta inviting me over to tour her publishers place (as she is an author) and then go out to dinner with them.

Once I received permission, I used an auto rickshaw to get to the metro and got off at Rajiv Chowk, we went to her publishers building and was given a book, in which I thought of my mom right when I saw the title ("How To Stop Worrying and Start Living"), but I took it as it could help me get rid of those genes passed down to me!!!

Left to Right: Sweta Aunty (Reeta's host mom), Publisher Manager, Me, Reeta, and Yoshima (Reeta's Host Sis)

On the way back to their home, we were at a stoplight and a very young girl and boy where balancing pots on their head, my lunch were samosas in paper bag from Sweta Aunty, I decided to give them one. In India, you can never give money to the children as you don’t know if the money goes to them, but it might go to a person who owns plenty of them in a scheme to get money. To help them, you always give them food to eat. It was my first time having a samosa and it was so good!

When we got home, I was gifted a Hindi learning book to be able to have structure when learning Hindi. Around 6pm, we all got in the car with the joint family, and drove to Gurgaon (where I live) to go to Cyberhub, the food joint spot. Due to traffic, it took longer than expected and was already late seven eight-ish being around halfway there. Sweta Aunty asked my host parents if I could spend the night so we could just eat somewhere in Delhi. My host parents said it was not an issue, so we stopped at Khan Market. The place where they wanted to eat was not open (I think) so we decided to just go to Cyberhub. By the time we arrived and ate, it was late and I did not want them to stay awake for me, so my host parents said I can stay with the family for the night. We ate at a restaurant called United Coffee House and I ate more than I could handle! (Pictures of CyberHub in slideshow above) When we arrived back in Ghaziabad around 2am, we went to sleep and we woke up at 7:30 for me to return home early enough. We ate breakfast and talked a lot, so I ended up leaving around 11am, making me arrive home around 1:30pm. These past couple of weeks have been action-packed and I am excited for the 9 months to come!