Searching for an NGO?

Who thought you would actually have TROUBLE finding those in India? According to the Indian business communications setup, I should have my internship by the time I need to leave for the US... Needless to say I've decided to press people for a little quicker turnaround. However, I'm pretty sure I'm set up to get a pretty cool job, no matter what. The main options seem to be either:

1. receiving feedback on the quality of Pune's footpaths from residence organizations
2. promoting Car Free Day to happen in September in Pune
3. teaching children in grades 7-9 about the role of bicycles in improving the quality of city life
4. making a film documentary about a local environmental problem
5. improving biodiversity (still need details) in the hilly areas on the outskirts of Pune

We shall see. But people have been begging for pictures, so here they are! And no, Ella, I don't look like a freak with "blonde hair and nearly black eyebrows." And I don't even have swine flu.

Here's Sasha and I last Monday before our hair adventures. We just found the salon, walked in and got our hair dyed! ... talk about planning ahead...

I was still sitting in my chair waiting while Sasha finished the first time... oh no! Purple!

I doubted that my hair would actually react to anything... but I started seeing some changes through the top of the foil.

And here we are... post purple! A complete switch of color :)

Finally took a picture of the outside of my apartment/hostel... can you see why I call it the barracks?

Went shopping on Luxmi Road on Sunday, and Rebekah got this awesome salwar kameez set (shirt and pants). She wonders whether she can wear it back at Princeton... I told her she better.

The sign for the Shisha cafe... a great hangout with hookah and... alcohol... no really the best part was that it wasn't freaking crazy like the rest of India.

Louging on our dinner couch... this is what India should be like. Instead we get stranded by rickshaw drivers. :P

Cheers!
Kaitlyn refusing to pose with the hookah.

Carolyn doing otherwise.

There's me! With my hair!

Went to see a Kathuk dance performance. Our host mom, Swapna, was playing violin to accompany, along with a singer, tubla (drums) player, and a accordion (sort of thing) player. The music and dancing were great... for about 15 minutes. Watching a play/dance festival with only one dancer and no words we could understand for 2 hours was a little more than I bargained for. Like I said-- I'm a Republican. I don't do art.

Coleen and I at Pizza Hut... so good! And really fancy too. It was hysterical.

Here is the cow out the front window of our hostel.

And here's the whole view off the front patio/entrance. Looks pretty, smells like sewage... but it's home!!

We went to a local Sant (read saint)'s hometown the other day, so that will have a lot of fun pictures. Also spending the weekend with Liz and Reilly in Mumbai for the 4th.

And I should have a job by the end of the week. Hopefully. :)