Our terrace

Debra on the terrace
Originally uploaded by qiubuo.

Here is a picture of me wearing a salwar kameez on our terrace. Gilles has been taking good care of the plants, and they are growing quite a lot!


Gilles went back to the electronics market tonight - it looks like a vegetable market except that instead of produce they sell computers. We bought our TV there - it's a sort of homemade brand thst we guess was fashioned from a tube and some harvested parts! It was much cheaper than a Sony.
At any rate, right after Gilles arrived at one of the shops tonight the power went out, so he bought his wifi card by candlelight. That must be a first.

The power goes out intermittently in Bangalore, but our neighborhood seems fairly stable. Last week we had a copy of a key made and the shop had to start a generator. We thought it was for a key-making machine but it was really for the lights.

Gilles watering the plants
Originally uploaded by qiubuo.

Today I went to an art fair and met some deaf artists selling paintings and drawings. Some of the artists were quite talented and I plan to go back and purchase a piece or two for our bare walls. The artists were very happy to meet me and other volunteers from the school for the deaf - the more I meet deaf Indians, the more I realize how rare it is for hearing people to take an interest in them.

It turns out our maid's husband is an autorickshaw driver. They live pretty close to us - he's probably taken advantage of us at least once by now!