saturday night been about 18 hours since i've returned from the india expedition.the flight back was quite empty.found out that it was stopping over in singapore before heading to sydney

so anyhows.the trip was fulfilling both educationally and in terms of broadening my own perspective on issues.so very quickly.the team spent 21 days in kolkata.of which the last 3 days were r&r (rest & recreation..for the uninitiated).first 2 days was spent gettin orientated with the environment.weekends were spent moving to other towns and places of interests

work was done at kishalaya home.but the term "home" is too much of an overstatement.anyhows.the kids there were very receptive to what we taught.the bonding between us ngee ann fellas and (to quote the home's superintendent) inmates of kishalaya was incredible
we had a soccer match with them (we lost 2-1) as well as a cricket match (losing by 2 runs with 2 wickets to spare; 75-77).on a personal note.the cricket game was one hell of a game for me and daryl.we combined for a total of 67 runs

over the course of the expedition.the company of gary (who's from mass comm) benjamin (aka bae yong-jun) eugene (chao keng eugene; cke v1) lionel madelyne adelyn (or isit adeline?) jeffrey daryl yifan (aka jackie chan) melvin jinnah and of course the crazy lecturer called andrew was really great

now that the trip's over.looking back.i figure the process of adapting to the environment was much easier than anticipated.perhaps it was because i was prepared for the worse.having said that.the standard of living is really different.itself quite evident from the moment the plane landed in God-knows-what-name international airport

accomodation was decent enough.surprisingly there was even tv for us to watch.and oh.it was cable tv too.so a few of the guys and myself still managed to catch a couple of the EPL and Champions League matches.highlights included seeing man utd winning newcastle.liverpool winning arsenal and a few others here and there

nights were pretty cooling.no fans needed.the place where we stayed in at barasat's called proggaloy.its a roman catholic development center/hostel.so food there was pretty standard (we got bored of it after one week) and design spartan

enough for now.am really itching to get back to playing floorball and collecting my book prize come monday.am also looking forward to meeting a few people sometime soon

happy birthday kangni!
happy birthday jesline!
happy birthday andrew! (in advanced)