For the evening we went to Seva Cafe to volunteer because they were short on volunteers. I was put on dish washing assembly. This is the entry level post, everyone must start from here before given more responsibility. This is the first step in the ladder. Then you will be trusted with putting yummy spreads on bread to be toasted. Yes, that’s the protocal unless you are Guri from Charity Focus known for her cooking and can come in and revamp the menu and run the place then you don’t have to start at dish washing station.
Well, I was limping and had trouble standing from car accident injuries that it was great I could lean on the sink while I did the dishes. I tried to hand mop the floor instead so I could actually just not stand but Laxmi insisted that it wasn’t my job to do so. I’m thinking like which step of the ladder is the floor mopping on? She said because for the longest time she resisted moping the floor and everywhere she went she would some how always end up getting stuck mopping the floor. Now she sees it as a practice because she doesn’t want to do it she has to in order to over come it. So moved and impressed by this beautiful spirit, I left her alone to mop.
We had dinner there and it was delicious. Bology from MIT who is on his way to his sister’s wedding down south found out about Seva Cafe online and stopped by Ahmedabad especially for this experience. He brought his acoustic guitar and played any request that was Pearl Jam related. This made all the Australian native volunteers very happy. The energy was at an all time high.
Afterwards Linda and I got onto a rickshaw and went to a night market bazar to do shopping. Shopping makes Linda happy and Linda has not been happy since the train ride. Linda wanted to be in a nice Hotel and no longer wanted to rough it in any dorm bed and she wants clean new white sheets with running hot water and to sleep on a real bed and use a real towel. So we went shopping and she got lots of gifts for her friends and family. A local woman told us we as females should not be out later than 10pm that it was dangerous for us even if there was more than one of us. She also told us to only pay 30% of the given price. Linda had me haggle for her. The trick is you have to be willing to walk away and if they don’t call you back then you have to take that too. Well, there are plenty of stall who are selling the same thing so if this one doesn’t then go to the next one.
