1. Don't eat with your left hand
2. Stop saying "Thank You" so much, there is this sort of unspoken gratitude
3. Pick out the little green peppers in the rice and in the daal unless you really feel like crying
4. Never translate Hindi sentences and phrases as their literal English meanings
5. There are three different ways to say and write a "D," but they are NOT interchangeable and NOT the same thing
6. It's no big deal when people stare at you and touch your hair - you're probably just the first blonde they have ever seen. Just smile back and say "Yes, It's real."
7. When a sign says "No Honking," it doesn't pertain to you (or anyone for that matter) and you can completely disregard it
8. Don't wait for cars and motorcycles to slow down or even let you cross the road - just go for it and hope for the best
9. Forks are never a necessity
10. Bobbling your head side to side means "Yes," not "No" or "Maybe"
11. Two-lane road is English for four-lane road
12. No matter how many times you ask your host siblings to repeat a word or phrase, you won't remember it
13. If you think you have experienced mango, you haven't. From here on out all other attempts will be unsatisfactory
14. Accept your early-onset addiction to chai, it becomes a necessity - you will be needing it AT LEAST three times a day
2. Stop saying "Thank You" so much, there is this sort of unspoken gratitude
3. Pick out the little green peppers in the rice and in the daal unless you really feel like crying
4. Never translate Hindi sentences and phrases as their literal English meanings
5. There are three different ways to say and write a "D," but they are NOT interchangeable and NOT the same thing
6. It's no big deal when people stare at you and touch your hair - you're probably just the first blonde they have ever seen. Just smile back and say "Yes, It's real."
7. When a sign says "No Honking," it doesn't pertain to you (or anyone for that matter) and you can completely disregard it
8. Don't wait for cars and motorcycles to slow down or even let you cross the road - just go for it and hope for the best
9. Forks are never a necessity
10. Bobbling your head side to side means "Yes," not "No" or "Maybe"
11. Two-lane road is English for four-lane road
12. No matter how many times you ask your host siblings to repeat a word or phrase, you won't remember it
13. If you think you have experienced mango, you haven't. From here on out all other attempts will be unsatisfactory
14. Accept your early-onset addiction to chai, it becomes a necessity - you will be needing it AT LEAST three times a day
OMG, these are great, Sami! LOVE reading your blog posts! :)
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