Ohhhhh boy.

Well, again -- I have so much I need to add. This is inexcusable behavior and trust me, I'm punishing myself in my head.

We just had an incredibly busy weekend--Saturday was Maitri's annual fundraiser, which included a golf tournament in the (wee early) morning and an awards/dinner @ night at this beautiful hotel. Additionally at this event there was a fashion show in which Ali, Kacee & I joined 10 professional models and pretended to be pros ourselves. It was interesting, and very fun. :)

In the meantime, we delayed a work trip to Shillong (Northeast India) due to the fact that some riots have taken place as the result of a strike at a nearby military base (some 60+ people were killed--it's really sad)... so we're going to go tomorrow morning and hope for the best, I suppose. It should be quite something... I'm really looking forward to it.

Oh and p.s., woke up this morning @ about 4:45 b/c there was an earthquake happening. It was quite intense, and the jolts were real -- being on the second-to-top floor of our building made it *fun* b/c the sway to and fro was that much more evident. Apparently it was just a "mild" earthquake that deserves little mention, however.

When Ali wouldn't wake up I just decided to go back to sleep. Why? Because you don't ask "why" in India. Even if there's an earthquake... never ask why. One of the most valuable lessons I've learned here. Ali's epic sleep-through of it was testimony to that concept.

In the meantime, I've been DYING to post a picture of the following:

Here is the pedestrian road sign we're all very used to:



And here is the same concept but India/Delhi-style:



Yeah. It's not so much "Pedestrian Crossing; Be Careful" so much as it is "YO! There are people hauling ass across the street to get to work, try not to hit too many of them" ... type.

I love it. It really is Delhi in a nutshell.

On that note, I'll be back with more as soon as I can -- love to all ;-)

I'm terrible. I know.

... I have no excuses. I have reasons, but no excuses.

At least my apparent deficiency in posting is a result of how busy and crazy everything has been! I'm amidst writing, though, and I'll get it up asap!! :)

Overall everything is generally insane, a level that has thoroughly developed into my status quo... it's for sure an interesting mindset ad nauseum.

In the meantime I'll post some pictures... stories of the pics to come soon.


Chak de....

f.m.l.







































































Yay! Be in touch soon...

Don't burn the day :)

Eat, Drink, and Be Merry....

So, I know it's been forever since I've posted..... terribly sorry about that. Last week was absolute chaos--helped staff a United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime conference in Delhi-barely enough time to sleep, etc. Then we went to Goa, this beachtown in southwest India, which was amazing.



I'll post on both of these events soon, but in the meantime, here's a picture from my recent weekend and a more-than-appropriate song to go with it:

A bientot and all my love....

Don't burn the day!


We were above
You standing underneath us
We were not yet lovers
Dragons were smoked
Bumblebees were stinging us
I was soon to be crazy
Eat, drink and be merry
For tomorrow we die
'Cause we're tripping billies

We're wearing nothing
Nothing but our shadows
Shadows falling down on the beach sand
Remembering once,
Out on the beaches we wore
Pineapple grass bracelets

So why would you care
To get out of this place
You and me and all our freinds
Such a happy human race
'Cause we're tripping billies



We are all sitting
Legs crossed round a fire
My yellow flame she dances
Tequila drinking oh our
Minds will wonder
To wonderous places

So why would you care
To get out of this place
You and me and all our friends
Such a happy human race

Eat, drink and be merry
For tomorrow we die

-dmb




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Now playing: Dave Matthews Band - Tripping Billies
via FoxyTunes

It's been soooo long

and i have so much to share.

my deepest apologies.

i'm going to post different events as different posts right now, and add more as time allows.... so here goes :)

I'll start with the icky....

soo there's this oven that is the size of a microwave in our kitchen. i didn't realize that, in fact, there is a top burner, and these pictures were taken a week after I reached in to grab some bread I was warming.

Not to be a baby, but OWIEEE.... right now it's bubbling much more and peeling off, exposing multiple layers of flesh... it's really hot.

Description not enough? Here are some fun pics:

Hello Kacee!

Just want to give a shout-out to our new roommate/coworker from Utah... Kacee Kniazeva. :) Welcome to India, girl.... good luck! Haha. Just kidding. We're in it together now and there is noooo looking back...

And this is just funny b/c it's India...

Jon sent me a small package recently, and it looked normal, he said, when he mailed it, but this is what I saw when I received it:





Comedy.

The names of these chips are just funny.

Period.

October 2: BIG DAY

Soo October 2 is a big birthday day for many special people in Becky's world, including (alphabetically):

Christy Voss, my godmother.... sadly, I have no pics of her with me :(


Ghandi



Izzy-B



Jon B



So.... Happy birthday to all!!

And... because it is indeed Ghandi's day of birth, India takes the day off of work. This is a pic of me + Ali hanging out @ Connaught Place, which is this, well... cirlce... there's "central park" in the middle of the place, and it's surrounded by two circles of stores and merchants. There was a local choir/performance going on in the the middle of the park, so it was, indeed, a nice afternon. :)



... So Happy Birthday to ALL!!! :)