The Cake Is A Lie

So, we are three weeks in to our four week language program. It is ridiculous. Who knew a language could have so many words in it? Roxy and I are doing fairly well in our studies, however we do both feel a bit behind on our vocabulary. Roxy made some flash cards yesterday so hopefully that will clear that problem right up.

Hindi is actually a pretty easy language once you get past the fact that you're writing it in a different alphabet. EXAMPLE!!!: They only have four irregular verbs in their entire language. ONLY FOUR! It is a very formulaic language without many exceptions so when you learn a rule that's pretty much all there is to it. Actually learning Hindi is making me realize how stupid English is. Our entire language is made up of exceptions and irregulars. Boo on that.

While I'm on the subject of language. Mom: most everyone here has some level of proficiency in English. You need it to go to college here and they teach it in high school. That being the case I don't really need to speak Hindi to get by, I can just trust that everyone else is better educated that me. What I do need Hindi for is to not look like a ignorant American tourist looking to get ripped off.

On a completely diff(OMG! I was just handed a bowl of homemade Punjabi sweet rice! I am told that it is a traditional dish made when a new wife comes into her husbands home for the first time. On a completely unrelated topic, the internet cafe's owner, Peter, was just married.)erent note: I was threatened by some monkeys this morning. Those simians roll mad deep. I left for school a bit late today and as such was walking by my self. After passing a few of them I noticed that they had begun to follow me along rooftops in an ever growing pack hissing and howling at me. To make matters worse I didn't have my cane with me and was therefor unarmed. Feeling them start to move in I resisted the urge to 23 skiddoo and instead quickly scanned the path for adequate impromptu projectiles. Running is the worst thing you can do, you turn your back on your foe, show fear, and make yourself prey; plus they can run MUCH faster than you. I turned and flung a few rocks into their advancing mass and the cowardly beasts broke ranks and fled.

This was only the last skirmish in a drawn out battle for Dev Dar Hotel. Many students have been attacked, chased, intimidated, and baselessly slandered. It is disheartening to admit that our EAP forces have proven to skittish to put up a real fight. Most of those attacked have responded by running away; and some even still refuse to admit that monkeys are godless killing machines bent on our destruction. We have had some victories though. I related to you before how one of our few fighters, Louis, pepper sprayed an attacking monkey last week which is to date our greatest victory.

Sorry for the break in the posts. We have a TON of pictures from Yamunotri that need to get resized before we can post them and we would rather do the second half of the Yamunotri post with the photos that go along with it. So just wait it out, we'll let fill you in on the rest of our shenanigans soon enough.

I would love to here from some of you guys who haven't posted on here yet. Don't get me wrong, It's always great to here from: Dad, Mom, Caleb, Cathy, Matt, and J.B., but we're starting to wonder if our readership is down to six people now, and that would bode ill for our ad revenue.

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