what the hell are you wearing?

today is sunday. went to puttaparthy yesterday to see Sai Baba. Took a 4 hour bus ride there which was surprisingly enjoyable. We started the day at 6 am. The weather was very cool in the morning and we took at non-aircon bus. I think the best part of the trip was the bus ride. haha. anyway, reached puttaparthy ard noon and we went to the ashram. It's a big compound where Sai Baba lives and has a hospital, museum and some prayer place. We joined the darshan (like mass in catholic church, prayer seesions in mosque) and the guys and girls were separated.

So, 4 of us girls joined the queue to get into this big hall. we had to queue in rows and the ladies in front of the row had to pick a number which determines how near u sit near Sai Baba. My row was number 5 but i had to sit right at the back of the hall like some outcast. Getting into the hall was quite an experience. They let us in late so when Sai Baba went into the hall, we were still outside. Everybody started squeezing and pushing. Luckily they were all women. Then suddenly, 2 young girls will molest ur legs to check for what i think is weapon. then, we have to pass the metal detector, and get further molested by this fierce lady. This is because indian ladies like to keep things near their breast so...you know...they have to check. haha. When she saw us, she shouted, "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU WEARING?" haha. so paiseh. everybody was in saris but we were wearing tshirt and long pants. I was wearing a black t-shirt and my green darw string pants. Quite conservative by my standards already. But i felt so exposed when i was there.

We ended up right at the back of the hall, apart fr everybody and guarded by the people working there like we'll do something wrong like that. Sai Baba comes out twice a day in this red golf cart-like thing and the devotees come fr all over the world just to see him. He supposed to interview 10 devotees for something while everybody just sit ard and wait. We had to catch the bus back that day so we left after seeing him go round in the golf cart.

hmm...feeling sick today. have sore throat, cough, running and itchy nose, grumpy, headache and nausea. weird symptoms right? maybe it's homesick.

tomorrow is monday again. I kind of like school more than the weekends. The medical students are very very nice. They gave us lots of information on where to go ard Bangalore, and invited us to their hostel. Everybody speaks very good english so communication is not a problem.

spent too much of internet time already. think i have lots of spelling and grammer mistakes but no time to check. don't laugh at me.

till next time!