other stuff...

Things I forgot!
We got our eyebrows threaded yesterday- happened upon a "feminine" store and there was a woman who threaded for 10 Rs.
This is like literally 20 cents.
It was so hot she had to powder all over my head to get a grip on my eyebrows!
and it was painful. I will say. Not as bad as tweezing, but she took a lot off and wowee it hurt.

I finally bought 5 cotton tops and a salwar. So I don't stick out as much. Problem is, the salwar needs tweaking and a string for the pants. Too many details in Indian retail!

This afternoon we also attended clinic. This is a jungle. A small room with three residents, three stools and patients filing in and out quickly. Complicated patients. Nephrotic patients on Ca gluconate chronically. And they had 5 min. for each. In a tiny room- again, no HIPPA. This was all in Tamil and we were very much in the way- needless to say, we left a little early as the clinic madness goes until 8 PM!

Also, we were told that a year ago there was a spat of kerosene aspirations because Pepsi was marketing a blue drink matching domestic kerosene color. Our attending, Dr. George, noted that they still watch out for this as some children remember that Pepsi taste too well. It is ironic that a company would happen to market such a strange color drink in a country constantly using old fuels of the same color. As long as Nestle doesn't market a burning cow-patty colored chocolate...