HAIR
MASSAGE AND GIGGLING PEDICURE
We decided
to pamper ourselves a bit and went to a beauty salon with Floor and Emma. Floor
opted for a refreshing back massage while Emma and I sat in for pedicures (the
most expensive pedicure was 500 Rs/ approx. 5-6 Eur).
The young
girl who did my pedicure was in good spirits, she kept smiling and crooning but
as she couldn’t speak English, we didn’t talk much. Then, when after a few
laughs she invited Emma’s pedicurist (who did speak English) over to touch my
skin, she explained that the girl said it was really white and soft, and so I
realized why she kept laughing the whole time. Oh those weird milky white feet,
right?
Then Floor
came back to check up on us, as she finished with her massage. It turned out,
that the massage was quite interesting, as she received a hair massage with
oils and vibrating head massaging machines even though she insisted on a back
massage several times. Oh well... her hair looks amazing ever since!
10 USEFUL EVERYDAY
EXPRESSIONS AND THEIR MEANINGS
- 5 minutes = 10 – 60 minutes or maybe more
- ‘yes, yes’ = yes, no, maybe, I don’t know, whatever.
- the society = the community of a given flat, ‘commune’
- a paper = the final paper for a course, also the course itself
- to xerox, a xerox = to copy, a copy
- mosambi = sweet lime, similar to orange
- FRO = Foreign Registration Office
- ‘later, later’ = never mind, forget about it
- water bottle = bottled drinking water
- ‘it’s quite spicy’ = dude, you are about to feel like you’ve just eaten the Sun.
SO YOU
WANNA BUY A MEIN KAMPF?
Because it’s
possible. We found it on the shelves of Crossword, a huge bookstore, under the
‘arts and design’ section. Though I think the arrangement was not intentional, that’s not quite the point.
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| Quite a shocking sight to see for the European eyes (photo credit: Viktoria) |
IT’S A GREAT MAP TO GET LOST
Before I moved to Bilbao last year, I went online and checked my future street, flat, the university etc. on Google Street View, as every twenty-something, normal internet-addicted person would do. Well, in the case of Pune that was not quite the case. One has to get used to the fact that maps are mainly for 'suggesting' or 'advising' directions, given that one can point out his/her location on it (usually: not a chance).
Street names as such, are rarely to be seen, if so, usually written in Hindi. Emma and Mathieu got a Pune book before their departure, that even has some ambitious maps for each district of the city. As one of our friends put it: 'It's a great map to get lost.'
DO NOT SPIT
Try to keep it in your mouth, alright?
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| Keeping the parking clean (photo credit: Viktoria) |
CHEESE
APPERCIATION
The question of cheese is a serious one around here. It's great to have paneer and some cheese spreads, but after a few weeks who wouldn't miss a good slice of 'real' cheese? Having a French guy (Mathieu) around makes the pressure for cheese even more serious. One night we went to a restaurant with fondue on the menu. Mathieu ended up being seriously depressed that night, let's just leave it at that.
Then his birthday came, and guess what he got: camambert, brie and even blue cheese (which he wanted to put out in the sun for a few days so it smells 'better'). Emma even found a baguette-imitation.
We feasted as kings that night.
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