{friday 5's}

Finishing up week 6, another great week with some great people. only 2 more weeks left. It is bittersweet.

friday fives:

1.    Tanvi

·      Gosh I love this girl. I am so glad that I’ve made such a great friends while being in India. And I am so thankful for getting to spend time with her this past weekend. We had girls night on Saturday with a few of us, munching on snacks and having “girl talk”.  On Sunday night she made us pasta, and it was DELICIOUS! I love pasta in general so I couldn’t have been a happier girl, plus I finished off a great weekend with great company. I have absolutely loved getting to know Tanvi; we both have said that it feels like we have been friends for year. I am so thankful for her and am gonna miss her when I leave.

2.   Biryani

·      Saturday afternoon we were invited to have lunch with some of the guys we met in the Pharmacology department. They invited us to have Biryani- which is an Indian delicacy here, it is rice and either lamb or chicken cooked in spices for 24 hours. They were amazed that we had never had and it in awe that we had never even heard of it, so they ordered it for us. It was seriously my favorite Indian food I’ve had. It was spicier than our normal food but it had so much good flavors. We spent the afternoon just talking and laughing about stupid things and finished it off with a dessert of oreos and peanut butter. It was a great afternoon.

3.   Movies & crafts

·      I am thankful for one of the pharmacology department guys for allowing us to get movies off his external hard drive. The Internet was down at the beginning of this week so having movies was a great way to pass some time. I also spend my time doing some crafts and just relaxing.

4.   Bhandardara

·      We were posted in the mountain area for a day this week. It was a very interesting curvy car ride and I’m not sure I learned anything at any of the sites but it the view was absolutely breathtaking! The mountains were so green and the way the sun reflected off them and the clouds that would roll in and cover the peaks was beautiful. There were rice patties everywhere. Pictures can’t even do it justice… it was just stunning.

5.   Dinner for the international student

·      We had dinner with the vice chancellor the other night with all of us international students. It was so fun to get to spend time with everyone and just enjoy each other’s company. We had dinner outside by candlelight and ate so much food.