march 12, 08

namaste.

we awoke at 9 am and ate a tasty breakfast. we rickshawed over to the school and the ride was a thrill, as always. we split into groups and began activities with the children. Ella, Zan, and Kelley worked on making braided bracelets with the children. they were beautiful. the painting group resumed their painting. Chenyu worked on the "Know-the-Ledge" mural and the children began their illustrations around the emblem. Anna and Grant painted an illustrated alphabet on the wall. The string of the kite and xylophone both looked good and colorful. Outside, Chenyu, Kelley and Taylor painted a flowering tree mural. This painting was done while listening to mac dreezy. We blew bubbles with the children and they were enthralled. Imani and Googie interviewed the children. They did a mix of guys and girls. It was interesting to hear the answers from many of them. There was a common theme-many of them wanted to be doctors and travel to America. One boy was attached to Grant and clung to him, hanging on with his arms around his neck. We returned to home and bronzed in the company of one of the boys from the school, Saddam. After, we ventured to a labyrinth. There were over a thousand different passage ways and the we had to navigate our way through, led by AP Kevin. During the adventure, we visited each of the four floors, with the top floor standing at 215 feet, towering over Lucknow. We visited another nearby mosque. The outside had impressive architecture, and the inside had many interesting artifacts, such as old tombs. We ended the day by eating at Pizza Hut, a classy dinner in India. Inside, there was a birthday party in action, great Indian pop and tasty pizza! We stuffed ourselves, some of us until we broke a sweat and needed to stand in front of the AC (KEVIN!)and exited, ringing the cow bell, which read "ring if you enjoyed yourself." The majority of the group went to bed shortly after we arrived home after a long day. So long,

Zubin