Seeing as this will probably be my last blog post before leaving to go to Puri to see the Bay of Bengal, I thought I would end the month of April with a nice picture of me with my favorite Indian dish to eat...poori (also called loochi). Today Auntie taught me and Rachel how to make poori so we can make it for our families when we get back home. Normally poori is eaten with aloo (potatoes) and curries, but I like to spread some mix berry jam on mine and eat it like a crepe. Poori is dough that is fried in oil so it gets crispy and puffs up. I recommend everyone who comes to India to try some because they will find it delicious but maybe not so nutritious (it is fried in oil, but anyone who knows me well knows that I loved fried foods so this is definitely my cup of tea). I am hoping that Auntie will also teach us how to make fried egg rolls, which are different than the egg rolls made in America. Egg rolls are quite popular here and some of us CSBSJU students have even considered opening up our own egg roll stand on campus because we think it would be quite popular. We tend to buy egg rolls for lunch while at school in Kolkata and the added bonus is that they only cost 30 US cents. Where else are you going to get an egg roll for 30 cents?!?!
Anyway, I am getting excited to go to Puri because it will be nice to go to the beach and swim. This also means that I will have been to 3 oceans (I consider this being in the ocean because the Bay of Bengal flows into the Indian Ocean). The only drawback to Puri is that it will be extremely hot and we will have to stay inside around the afternoon so we don't get sick or sunburnt. Frankly I am hoping that I don't get burnt and come back to the US looking like Bob from Veggie Tales (for those of you who don't know, Bob is the tomato).
After Puri, there will only be a few days left before I go home. My time is winding down here but I can't help but think about all the stuff I still want to do and all the things I have achieved. I think my greatest accomplishment in India is that I have grown to be a more assertive person. I have learned to really care about my own wants and desires and that it is okay to voice them even if others disagree. It has been a hard journey since entering college for me to be assertive because I have always cared more about the feelings of others than my own, but what I didn't understand was that there needs to be a balance in caring about the wishes of others and caring about what you need as well. I think India has been able to teach me this lesson and I hope that I will continue to remain assertive when I get back to the States.
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| Me with my poori...it was delicious! |
Anyway, I am getting excited to go to Puri because it will be nice to go to the beach and swim. This also means that I will have been to 3 oceans (I consider this being in the ocean because the Bay of Bengal flows into the Indian Ocean). The only drawback to Puri is that it will be extremely hot and we will have to stay inside around the afternoon so we don't get sick or sunburnt. Frankly I am hoping that I don't get burnt and come back to the US looking like Bob from Veggie Tales (for those of you who don't know, Bob is the tomato).
After Puri, there will only be a few days left before I go home. My time is winding down here but I can't help but think about all the stuff I still want to do and all the things I have achieved. I think my greatest accomplishment in India is that I have grown to be a more assertive person. I have learned to really care about my own wants and desires and that it is okay to voice them even if others disagree. It has been a hard journey since entering college for me to be assertive because I have always cared more about the feelings of others than my own, but what I didn't understand was that there needs to be a balance in caring about the wishes of others and caring about what you need as well. I think India has been able to teach me this lesson and I hope that I will continue to remain assertive when I get back to the States.
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