Little Pleasures: Part One

1. The taste of the 200 ml small bottle of Limca at 3:30 in the afternoon when all I want to do is go to sleep until it stops being so hot.
2. The look on the faces of my English class when they get sentences right.
3. Having Nazia, my favorite 15-year old, find me after a sex ed class to ask me shyly what a condom is and how babies are made.
4. Kellogg's Honey Crunch Cornflakes and Nestle "Slim" Milk.
5. Getting asked directions by locals and sometimes being able to tell them (so I guess I do look like I fit in a little, Miz Payal).
6. Cold showers.
7. Mithai, mithai, mithai (Indian sweets)
8. Getting the spot right by the door on the train on the way home so I can hang out the door a little and let the wind cool me down as the train rushes along.
9. Knowing the Hindi song on the radio.
10. My ever-increasingly dark brown face in the mirror (AACK!).
11. Having Deepti rub coconut oil in my hair.
12. Being invited to the wedding of my coworker, Sangeeta, with whom I have such funny, smart conversations about culture and boys (and I love Indian weddings!).
13. Late night conversations with Manu and Jenny (it's been a long time since I've had bedroom-mates.)
14. Seeing the Indian Idol (think Kelly Clarkson for cheese-factor), Abhijeet Sawant, at a Barista (Indian Starbucks) in Colaba.
15. Dancing. Dancing. Dancing.
16. Reading emails and comments on the blog and missing home love. And you all.