letters from england...

hi everyone,
how are all of you doing? doing well, i hope. what are you up to? anything new and exciting? vibha and i saw jhanak jhanak payal bhaje....so surprising, there were more caucasians attending than indians! it's a very very good movie, watch it if you get a chance too. what else? hmm, we're practicing as usual- we (by "we" i mean vibs and myself) have been given an opportunity to dance at the launch for a new, asian, BBC radio station- on the 11th of july i believe. so there'll be live tv coverage and radio coverage, should be cool- if i see a tv camera, i'll be sure to jump in front of it and say hi to all of you :) there's such a huge south asian community here- esp pakisthani muslim, so we hear urdu as much as we hear english. it's really interesting, going down some of the streets here i don't even feel like i'm in england. the streets are lined with salwar and sari shops, desi style vegie/fruit stands, desi restaurants, this arts academy we're attending is right next to a HUGE mosque, so we even hear call to prayer. like a different world- some of the schools we visit are all asian, all muslim students. even the teachings of the school are structured around the childrens' ethnicity....when we get out of the car- there are so many desi restaurants here that the air always smells like desi kana!!
today, we came to work early- helped out with the paper work that builds up here- lots of busy work, then danced for a few hours. the room we dance in is bloody depressing. it's in the basement of this office park we're located in- there are 67 misc rooms in the basement, like a maze...not all on the same floor- so the basement is actually 2 or 3 floors combined...and we dance in room 62- which is actually BEYOND room 67- try to figure that one out. crazy brits. anyway, we go in-the doors are this drak gray and very very heavy, with black handles-the room itself is stone flooring, in this speckled gray and black motif, the walls are concrete blocks painted white, and there's one, small, window- which is locked and has jail cell type bars over it. this is where we spend at least 3 or 4 hours a day, if not more. vibha, myself and our stereo. depressing, but it helps you concentrate, surprisingly. no distractions, i guess. what else can i tell you- i'm getting to be pretty plump and rolly poly on my aunts cooking- we have icecream almost every night :) and "tea", which consists of hot chocolate and cookies for us- every five mins..... people here are obsessed with tea. speaking of obsessions, i'm now totally immersed in this one hindi soap opera- kabhie aaye na judaai- ridiculous story line, but i LUUUUB it :) right now i'm still in the office, waiting for my aunt to finish up the weeks work. this sunday is the wedding....*sigh*, i'm nervous, i can't believe that we got signed up for this!! oh well, will be a good experience, nah? okie loves, off i go- time to go check out that hall where the wedding will be, then home. take care dears, have a wonderful day! talk to you soon~

love,
sadhu


PS- this email was written on firday, but i didn't get to send it- so sowwwwwwwy. i'll write more later :) take care my dears, i miss uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!