Saturday morning was our last day of yoga! Rachel and I both decided to wear the salwar’s Stella gave us. They are oversized and less than attractive, but we wanted to wear the official outfits for the last day. Plus we wanted to get a picture with our instructor. Unfortunately, we can’t pronounce his name. It doesn’t even fit on his nametag! We arrived at the yoga department early and each took pictures in our outfits. When our instructor arrived, we asked if we could take a picture with him, and much to our surprise he said no! He explained, “A picture is dependent. Your memory is independent. Just remember me, it will last longer than a picture.” Rachel and I looked at each other in confusion for a second, before stepping into the practice room to begin our exercise.
After our practice, we thanked our yoga instructor and said goodbye. We had really enjoyed our yoga classes and would miss our instructor leaning over us, “breath normal.” To celebrate the end of the week, we decided to go to Hotel Vaishnava and get masala dosas for breakfast. After Mr. Kiran took me to get one, I have been dying for Rachel to get to try one. So our masala dosas came, and I explained to Rachel how to break apart the center to eat them and how the stuff inside is a tasty potato and onion mixture. We washed our dosas down with delicious tea, and then marveled at the fact that our entire breakfast only cost $1!
On our way to work, Rachel and I were so excited because we were supposed to have our massage today! We only had to work in the morning and then we would get to have a lovely massage and take the rest of the day off to sleep and relax. How wonderful! After arriving at work we waited impatiently for Stella to call us and tell us that it was time to go. After waiting and waiting, I called Stella to see if we were still going to have our massage today. She told me that she was already at the hospital and would go to make an appointment for us right now. She called back a few minutes later and told us that the company car was waiting for us outside, so we nearly ran downstairs to jump in the car.
The driver dropped us off at the main entrance, and we went in to the main desk to try to find the ayurveda department. With no clue as to where Stella was, we were directed around to the other side of the building and somehow finally found the correct department. The nurses at the desk were just as confused as we were. They didn’t seem to know anything about an appointment for us, so finally we called th office and got Stella’s number. We called her and she came to the ayurveda department. She had been looking for us too! I’m not sure what exactly happened, but we went in to meet the doctor, who talked with us about ayurveda as a medicine form and asked what was wrong with us. He was surprised when we told him we were fine, we just wanted a traditional massage. He gave us some forms to fill out which would help him determine the correct oils to use. The form encompassed everything from the size of your teeth to how soundly you sleep at night to your skin tone. We set up a consultation where we would meet with him again and he would evaluate us further, and then we would finally get to have our massage. So we had to wait a little over a week before we could get our massage! We were excited to learn so much about ayurveda, but we had both been counting on having our massages today! We thanked Stella for all her help and wandered out of the hospital. By Saturday we are always exhausted. Add in the disappointment of not having our massages today and the fact that we were starving, and we were pretty close to cranky. We went and picked up my salwar, then went to Saiba for lunch. We had chicken kurma with naan, and decided unanimously that we were in the mood to have entirely too much chocolate. Rachel ordered a brownie sundae, and I opted for the sizzling brownie. Holy cow, it was amazing! It was a piece of chocolate cake on one of those hot plates, with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top, then they poured chocolate sauce and nuts on top. I finished the whole thing, but by that time, I could hardly move. I was so stuffed! Rachel and I nearly waddled back to our apartment.
Since we had already asked off for the afternoon, we awarded ourselves a lovely afternoon by the pool in the Indian Sun. Lying out, and hopefully getting a tan, made it feel like summer. It was so nice; Rachel and I had to force ourselves to come inside after two hours. We didn’t want to get burned! After getting dressed, we set off to do a bit of shopping in the nearby clothing stores. We explored several higher end stores, but the only store that proved of any success was the very first we visited. A bit off the road, Second Skin proved to be a goldmine! I had overheard a girl in my office mention how much she liked it, and now I knew why! There were so many cute dresses and tops that Rachel and I just started a pile of things we wanted to try on. Rachel emerged with a few dresses and a top, and I settled on a top for my sister and a dress for me. We were quite pleased with our purchases, but unfortunately, that was the only successful stop of the day.
After shopping, we were tired from walking around so much and took an auto back to our apartment. After quickly vetoing Insanity for the day, we ordered grilled chicken burgers to have with a box of macaroni and cheese. I wasn’t feeling up to a night out, so I watched “Marley and Me” and went to bed early, while Rachel went out with some of our friends. I really enjoyed getting to have some alone time and just having a calm night.
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