this is my roommate, nicolette, on the right. she left for the u.s. for two weeks tonight. this makes me sad, because i like her. you may be thinking to yourself, "marianne, two weeks is a short time". oh, but its a long time when you live in a fish bowl sized bubble.

Marriott asks:

would you like some...

.....sugar? or some brown?

south asia is full of tough decisions.

-exciting, but makes me laugh: http://www.noelheikkinen.com/ go to the march 21 post.

-i have killed three mosquitos in the last ten minutes


-the temperature in my room is 86 degrees. when i have two fans running on full speed.

ok. in entirely true and new news, it is watermelon season here, and the streets are glistening green and red.

to be fair, i had never seen a bug bat in the U.S.! i will work harder on my fact checking before i decide that things do or do not exist in entire countries. :)

As promised, I present to you the Bug Bat:

so, you hunt down some bugs around your room...preferably before bed time when they will wait around to bite you all night long. it looks a little like this.

then, when you catch one, their little bodies spark and sizzle until they dissapear. it is quite exciting. we tried to capture it in the picture, but it happens too fast.

i am aware that i am well overdue for an update, and for that i apologize. it has been really busy here since i got back. i will try to get around to updating this and sending out an update email this weekend.

for now though here is a picture from the most recent village trip i went on:

these two girls are amazing. and if i can get it cleared, i will share their story.