Aug 12

Another week has passed and the surroundings seem to get more and more normal to me, I actually need to remind myself frequently that I’m in India. Not that I don’t know that, but it doesn’t seem so strange or foreign anymore. I guess it is a sign of me, starting to fit in. The previous week witnessed the ending of local district elections. Wednesday was the last day of elections and therefore, a holiday (this means- no more waking up at 5.30).The elections were a bit annoying but at the same time, more interesting than the ones in Estonia. Could you imagine Edgar Savisaar, walking in front of a parade (consisting of people whom he had paid some money- therefore in our case- the pensioners) and singing songs, stopping traffic and using any kind of drums to make noise? Besides the parades there were auto-rikshas with loud speakers on them and which drove around and shouted out election promises. Anyway it was once again an entirely new experience for me and I’m glad to have seen the event.On Saturday I went roaming with a guy from commerce section, Sarab J. It was really pleasant, although I’m not much of a biker person (usually they roam in cars but at that moment everybody were in tuitions and the cars were not available). We met a lot of people and I had a nice time, so I’ll be looking forward to next free days.