-I took a walk today to a neighborhood I had never been too. It is a bit out of the way, past the river and past the railroad tracks. Apparently, not many foreigners have been there. In my neighborhood, the locals still give me the occasional glance, but are used to me and to my fellow volunteer. In the neighborhood I visited today, I felt like I was coming into a village as the president or some other famous person. The kids surrounded me and kept asking me tons of questions. One woman came up, took my hand, and started shaking it. Then the kids wanted me to go and play shotput with the boys. I refused. (I really wanted to, because the boys looked pretty skinny and I wanted to display some feminist power. But in the end I decided not to).
I liked the change of scenery, but don't know of how appropriate it is to go and explore villages like that again. Of course I want to see all walks of life, but I don't want to raise attention. This leaves me searching for other activities to do in the evenings.
-Perumal was excited about "news from America": "George Bush's son is running for president!!!" My face went sour as I thought about his support of shaming campaigns, "Ugh, I know." Perumal thought that was so funny. He told me to run for president. He, Lalida, and Tamil (one of our friends' name is Tamil, like the language) all got a kick out of that.
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