By bluerasberry on 2008-11-02
I met this Indian at a coffeeshop the other day. I was practicing Hindi writing (my tutor Ali at http://www.zabaan.com/ is awesome!) and he came up to me and asked me if I spoke Hindi. I answered him in Hindi and asked him if he spoke Hindi, but he just said he did not speak […]
Posted in education, encounter, India, Seattle | Tagged coffee, Hindi
By bluerasberry on 2008-10-02
Since I started my job as a clinical researcher a few months ago I have not done any data collection. I and Danielle, the other researcher, have been preparing paperwork so that we can begin paperwork. Right now the independent reviewers from DC are here looking at what we have done and then they will […]
Posted in education, HIV, India, legal, presentation, Seattle, work | Tagged Ballard, fundraiser, government, hampster, Hindi, library, license, sport
By bluerasberry on 2007-05-13
Today in my Hindi copy I wrote sentences in unusual formats like future perfect continuous (“…will have been going”) because I wanted to be comfortable with the grammar. I continually want more and more vocabulary and my memory cannot meet my needs at the rate which would satisfy me. Tonight I go to Lucknow with […]
Posted in education, India, religion | Tagged astrology, Hindi, Hinduism
By bluerasberry on 2007-05-06
My routine is to study alone for about three hours a day and to have lesson with M.N. Upadhyay for about two hours a day. I have a vocabulary which seems large to me and I feel like I can make simple statements about most topic which come to conversation. I can certain tell people […]
Posted in work | Tagged Hindi, logistics
By bluerasberry on 2007-01-09
I am at Mishra Guest House. I paid Rs 150 for room 206 and I like this room better than others I have had. There seems to be no electricity despite many lights and switches and there is I hot water tap I have not tried but I doubt it works now. I am near […]
Posted in animal, education, India | Tagged Hindi, monkey