Happy New year!

Hey everybody, Happy New Year!

I had a great time along with most of the other exchange students. Our New years bash was thrown by the Sweet Keerthana (from the rotex) who was nice enough to have us all over! We had a blast and danced all night... There was no fireworks - not at all like in Denmark. I guess this year is just all about trying new things and having different experiences that I could not have dreamed of when at home!

But the celebration of new years also means that I have only 5 months left of my beloved exchange :( Cant even dream of packing my bags anytime soon... I feel really great in my current host family and I really wish I could just stay here for the rest of the time (they are my 3rd), but I dont know whether or not that is possible.

I feel like I have been living in Mumbai for my whole life - I've become so accustomed to the food, I listen to the Bollywood music that in the beginning just seemed annoying to my danish ears, but that i now enjoy very much (Sheila Ki Jawani, Anjaana Anjaani, Tujhe Bhula Diya, Badnaam Munny and all those) I actually enjoy the crowded trains (hate to admit that I very much enjoy getting to push those -very- pushy ladies! If they push I push!), I cant Imagine not getting up in the morning and going to Santa Cruz for my yogalessons and stopping for coconutwater or a guava on the way back to the stations afterwards. I love having a day at home just wearing my extremely comfortable Salvar Kameez all day and having a Mango lassi in the afternoon (everything is better with Mango!!!!!!!!!!!!). Taking a rickshaw to go to the station even though its just 2-300 meters away just because its only Rs.11 (ca. 1,4 kroner). I cannot Image how it is going to be to live in a city that will not be completely on hold for a day or two just because of one of the million annual festivals :)The people, the food, the surroundings, the home, the families, the clothes, the way of life - I enjoy every minute of it!

That was my little ode to my life as an exchange student in Mumbai... Ill go now, dinner time! ... more food! yum!