February 2011
10 posts
Finished in Pondicherry
…So now I have come to the end of my time in Pondicherry. It is very strange to be leaving this afternoon, and still hasn’t really sunk in… after all, this has been my home for the past five months!
This evening we are getting a train to Villupuram Junction, from where we will get an overnight train to Kanyikumari, on the southernmost tip of India, where the Bay of Bengal, the...
Jodi's house
At least I got to say goodbye to creche teacher Jodi, who invited me to her house on Sunday, which proved to be an interesting experience.
She picked me up at 3pm - her, her husband Gerrard and son Godley (!) came on motorbike and then found a rickshaw for Jodi, Godley and me to return to her home in, which was a good half hour away. I tried to pay for the rickshaw, but she insisted… I told...
Final straw at Volontariat!
The first day back at work after Pongal, I was really shocked at the audacity of Madame’s behaviour. At just after 3pm I was sitting in the classroom waiting for Mohana to come for her lesson (which she never did) when Madame suddenly barged in along with her husband, her PA Ganesh, and a few other Indians who I think work in maintenance.
She vaguely glanced in my direction but on the whole...
