Another Indian Weekend
Hey everybody. It's Saturday and I'm at work.

Training is going much better. I'm participating more in the class, and it's been more hands-on than at first. The students are really improving. Here are some of the interesting things I've heard them say (and corrected):

"Colored" for black people
"Red Indian" for Native Americans
"Ain't" instead of isn't (he had no idea it shouldn't be used)

There have been a lot of mispronounciations and such, but it's been pretty easy to correct them.

I thought I'd also write a bit on some of the things I see on the road here. It's become second nature to see these, but if I really think about it, they are still unusual to an American. And remember, this is a city of several million people.

What I See on the Streets of Hyderabad
Cattle and buffalo walking the streets, sometimes laying in groups in the middle of the road.
Men peeing in public, either at a stand urinal or just on the side of the road.
Packs of dogs roaming around.
Pedestrians everywhere.
Small children, old people, and cripples, begging at stoplights.
Bicycles, scooters, mopeds, and motorcycles.
Autorickshaws.
Chickens scratching around.
Laborers breaking boulders wih a hammer and wedge.
Women washing clothes in a puddle.
Huge "tent cities" - small tents made of plastic, garbage, etc... each housing a family of laborers.
Scaffolding made of bamboo.
Crowds of people wearing eye patches outside the optical hospital.

I could go on and on, but I've got to get back to training.