27th May

So, I’ve been here for a month now. The course is going well, and we are preparing for another to start in July. (All going well, another full class)

I have a new companion. He popped in the other day. He’s an Indian lizard. He’s very tiny. I suspect he’s quite young. I’m hoping lizard are quite partial to ants. If he is then they’ll be plenty for him to feed on. He may even grow to be a nice big strong fella. That’s assuming it’s a he. It might be a she. Then I’d be in trouble, inviting a girl into my room. But, on the grounds that I’m not sure how I would tell, I think I’ll call him Raj. The ants are vicious little buggers. One had a chew on my foot the other night as I was cleaning my teeth. It’s a bygone ant now. (That’ll learn him. Ha!!)

I went to the movies last night. First time since I’ve been here. It started really late. 10.50pm. (I’m normally asleep and snoring by then!!!!) But at least I got Ashutosh away from the office for a while. He’s been working crazy hours for weeks. We saw ‘Pirates of the Caribbean 4’ in 3D. The movie was OK. Not one of Jonny Depp’s better movies. It might have been better for me if I didn’t have the 3D glasses on. By the end of the night, I was starting to get a headache. Of course, it could also have been the time of night. I finally tucked myself in at around 1.30am. “uggggg”. The alarm mercilessly woke me at 6am as per usual. I would have been happy to yell at it and go back to sleep, but I knew the cleaner would be coming soon, so I obeyed the call and started my day. I blame it all on Ashutosh. Fancy going to the movies at that time of night. I didn’t even get to say goodnight to Raj.