Rabies?
The past two weeks have been pretty chill. I spent a week in the city of Dehra Dun and stayed at my homestay. The Mehtas are such a nice family and it was nice to be in a home for a change. One of the doctors that I shadowed was Dr. Prem Nath. He specializes in Reiki, accupressure, and Ayurvedic medicine. The best part is that he is 94 years old! He's pretty incredible because he acts like he's 60 and is very wise. When I told him I had lower back issues he performed reiki on me. I don't know if I really believe in Reiki, but if anyone could channel energy from the universe into my lower back and heal it, it would be Dr. Prem Nath. And my back did feel better the next day! Ironically, I think it was the yoga that hurt it in the first place. So no more yoga for me.
When I told my mom on the phone about reiki, she was like, "Rabies!? Did you get rabies?!" "No, mom, reiki! Reiki! It's a type of alternative medicine" Dad picks up the phone, "Did I hear your mom say rabies? Because you didn't get the rabies vaccination..." "No, dad, not rabies. Reiki. It's when you channel energy from the universe to heal your chakras....not rabies." "So you don't have rabies?" "No, I don't have rabies." "Good, try and stay that way."
Right now is festival season. The weather is perfect so there are a lot of celebrations going on. There are all these processions for weddings and such on the main roads. They don't block off traffic and there are marching bands, tractors, electric generators, and elephants and camels. On Saturday I went to Dhandia, which is for Navratri. When we got to the field where everyone was celebrating there was this HUGE long line to get in. We would've waited for hours if we had stayed there. So, true to Indian style, we went to the front of the line, and when the gates opened, we just pushed our way in. It was so much fun! At Dhandia, you dance with sticks in your hand and you hit them together and then hit them against other people's sticks and it's very rythmical and takes a lot of coordination. I was terrible at it. I almost poked Arshana's eye out a couple times and we were doing really simple stuff.
This weekend we are off to ride the toy train up to Shimla which is a hillstation. I don't know what the toy train will be like, but I always fall for gimmicky stuff like that. "It's a TOY train and not a regular train? Let's go!"
I also gave my first injection. My mom laughed when I told her that.
Happy Birthday Mom, Moe Moe and Katherine!
When I told my mom on the phone about reiki, she was like, "Rabies!? Did you get rabies?!" "No, mom, reiki! Reiki! It's a type of alternative medicine" Dad picks up the phone, "Did I hear your mom say rabies? Because you didn't get the rabies vaccination..." "No, dad, not rabies. Reiki. It's when you channel energy from the universe to heal your chakras....not rabies." "So you don't have rabies?" "No, I don't have rabies." "Good, try and stay that way."
Right now is festival season. The weather is perfect so there are a lot of celebrations going on. There are all these processions for weddings and such on the main roads. They don't block off traffic and there are marching bands, tractors, electric generators, and elephants and camels. On Saturday I went to Dhandia, which is for Navratri. When we got to the field where everyone was celebrating there was this HUGE long line to get in. We would've waited for hours if we had stayed there. So, true to Indian style, we went to the front of the line, and when the gates opened, we just pushed our way in. It was so much fun! At Dhandia, you dance with sticks in your hand and you hit them together and then hit them against other people's sticks and it's very rythmical and takes a lot of coordination. I was terrible at it. I almost poked Arshana's eye out a couple times and we were doing really simple stuff.
This weekend we are off to ride the toy train up to Shimla which is a hillstation. I don't know what the toy train will be like, but I always fall for gimmicky stuff like that. "It's a TOY train and not a regular train? Let's go!"
I also gave my first injection. My mom laughed when I told her that.
Happy Birthday Mom, Moe Moe and Katherine!
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