Random Comments and Thoughts

Do you know what is kind of fun? Watching cartoons in Hindi. Especially ones that I have seen in English. It is fun, and kind of funny. I was watching TV the other day with Muscaan, my host sister. Her name means smile in Hindi, isn't that cute? Well, we were watching TV and she would watch Disney Channel and Nickelodeon but they had some different shows on them. A few were the same, like Mickey Mouse Club House, but others were very new to me yet they were still on familiar channels. The commercials are amusing too. They are a lot more dramatic than commercials in America. Though I do not understand anything they say. Haha. That will come eventually, when I start classes maybe.
My host family has a maid. I do not know what her name is and I can't really talk to her because she only speaks Telugu, the native language of Andhra Pradesh. I feel bad about this and I don't really know what to do about it. She asks me if I want tea or anything, and she says good morning and good bye but otherwise there has been no real interaction between us. I'm happy that she say good-bye to me but I'm sure she says bye to everyone. I'd love to make friends with her, but the language barrier is hard to cross.
I'm not really sure about her status, either. I read all about the caste system before coming here but it really isn't that apparent. Obviously she is of a lower caste than my host family. They do not treat her badly; they talk to her and everything. But I can tell they think of her as lower. Nothing has specifically been said, but it's quite apparent. So, one of my missions in India. Befriend the maid, well... at least learn her name and be on good terms, if any terms, with her.
They feed me a lot of food. I thought when coming here I would get skinnier because I wouldn't like the food and I would sweat a lot. Well, the sweating is true. Haha. There are some things I don't like, but a lot of the food I really do enjoy. And the sweets and biscuits are very good. All of the fattening stuff. And once my host family realizes I like something they feed me a ton of it. It's very funny.
Yesterday for breakfast I had this huge spread. Scrambled eggs, chicken sausage, toast, corn flakes, tea. It was intense. I was stuffed and they were still giving me more food. I am definitely not going to be losing any weight here. Though, due to the amount of sweating I'm doing, I'm unlikely to gain much either. So I'm good. I'll stay my current weight! Haha.
Much Love,
~ Jenna
P.S. By the way, once classes start I doubt I'll have this much time to blog. The only reason I'm writing so much now is because everything is new and there is so much to comment on.