Wednesday, July 2, 2008

A Wedding

Hi all,
Our project in Hubli has come to a stand still. As we diligently completed all of our materials in two days, we have been waiting much more than that in just trying to get our materials translated and printed. We have found multiple people who speak English and can translate it to the local language Kannada, multiple people who can type in Kannada, but have yet to find someone who can do both. Until we get that done our project will be at a hold and we will try to hold back our frustrations.
-Also yesterday we met with Desh Deshpande (the philanthropist giving us the money to come here) and his family. His son, who happens to be friends with my high school buddy Duncan Ma, is getting married on Sunday and we have all been invited. We have to go get some dress shirts but hopefully its open bar, we don't embarrass ourselves, and we enjoy the wedding.
Jeff is having a pretty bad string of luck. He is now peeing into bottles and aims to use our shower bucket if he doesn't get better any soon. Please pray for his ankle for his sake and for that of Taj and I. Jeff and I also witnessed a child casually defecating on the side of the street. Jeff has seriously become a different person since we saw that.
-So far I would guess I have gained around 10 pounds...who would've thought.
-We are trying to work with Apollo Hospitals (the largest private hospital in Asia) to set up a screening program in Hubli. This endeavor would bring together the public and private health sector and be a landmark event. We will update you on this possibility in the future as the event unfolds more.
I'll leave you guys with that for now. take care and please write comments on our posts.
-sagar

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Now for wedding food you have to be very very careful. Everything you touch has to be stirfried type and fried in front of your eyes. I got sick because I had rice at the wedding in Baroda. Monoj masa had ice cubes in whisky.I hope the wedding is in 5 star. Sagar buy Kurti and Indian shoes as you will also need them for Saju's wedding. Spend $100 and good quality and embroidery.
Food is very tasty and tempting but you have to make good choice. Share this with everyone.