june 8th - always a day late with these

i don't feel too bad this morning. i thought i'd wake up extra early because of jet lag, but surprisingly (actually, not too surprisingly), i slept like a lump. fingers crossed i won't be extra sleepy this afternoon.

i took a shower today. normally, this isn't noteworthy, by any means, but i took an "indian shower." this basically consists of a big bucket filled with your preferred temperature of water, and a little pitcher which is used to pour water onto your body. while taking said shower, you typically assuming the position, which is basically a squat. it's actually a lot more pleasant than it sounds. the water heater for the room isn't on or it isn't working or something, so we only have cool water. if i would've taken an actual shower, my body probably would've gone into shock. but since i was able to control the amount of water that came into contact with my skin, it was more refreshing than anything.

today was also my first full day off work: i did go yesterday, but i wasn't fully utilized because i was jetlagged to a point of dysfunction. today, we had a MILES meeting. MILES is the elderly health program i talked about yesterday. i was responsible for keeping track of which participant said what in order to write up the meeting's minutes later. so i guess i've absorbed secretary-personal assistant duties or something. i mean, i'm alright with that role. it's a bit of a lot, but i can take it on.

i didn't stay at work all day today, i started falling asleep as i was listening to tushar's recording of the meeting while i was typing up the minutes so i came back to the hostel and napped for a few hours. i guess i haven't quite eluded that jet lag, but i'm getting there slowly, but surely.

food today was good. we had puri for breakfast which is like a flat, fried donut but bland to taste (like the roti/naan of breakfast food). with it, there was some sort of spicy potato curry. i liked it, but it was a bit too much fried food too early in the morning. if they serve it again, i'll just mack on some granola bars. for lunch, we skipped the canteen and had cool point, which is a little cafe thing on the hospital grounds. neeranjani (a pitt med school student-to-be) and i shared some veg noodles, which were good. and i also had an omelette: that was good, but what i thought were the same green colored beans as in the noodles were actually chilis, so it was a bit spicy.

all in all, a pretty good day. i can't complain. after all, i am in india :)