August 2007

Auditions, and a Part

August 31, 2007

original Auditions for Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew.” Bianca, the adorable sister of the shrew, loved and desired by all, will be played by – the undersigned! (The guy above is just one at random, but he’s stupendous.) MomComm: Shakespeare. I was the screaming bitch wife in “A Comedy of Errors”. That was fun. [...]

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Dorm Life

August 31, 2007

original Shoes strewn around the floor. Hygenic conditions decidedly scarce! Between crumbs of greasy food that save you from starving (given the monotony of the school menu), clothes thrown around, books whose only use is to attract dust… CHAOS: I already feel at home! Every evening I have my hair dried and combined while I [...]

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School Routines

August 31, 2007

original Before I left Italy, the sensation was of a constant surrealism. As long as I had by my side my parents, my friends, my habits, nothing really would change. The transition was difficult, and by transition I mean the actual voyage. You’re tired and confused, but you can’t afford to be left “behind”. In [...]

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Mussoorie

August 28, 2007

original Advertising space. Shopping.

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Not in India

August 27, 2007

original From Monday to Friday I’m not in India. There are borders and rules which delimit who can enter and exit, what happens, and how one can behave between the “walls” of this school. Saturday morning arrives, from my windows still lacking curtains filter in the two minutes of sun that are possible during this [...]

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Freshman-Senior Friendship Day

August 27, 2007

original It’s traditional for the seniors to “enslave” and dress up the freshmen in what today is called “Friendship Day” (it used to be called initiation). I decided to stick to Indian themes, dressing my dear friend Anshuman as the Indian god Krishna. First prize for the best costume – the prize was a lot [...]

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Adventures in Colorado and New Mexico

August 26, 2007

luggage gargoyle at Denver International Airport Aug 13, Monday – Though still tired and sore from our strenuous hike the day before, I went to the Sun gym to do the physical part of my fitness assessment. Even more tired after that! Aug 17, Friday – Took a 6 pm flight from Denver to Albuquerque, where [...]

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Silly Costumes

August 24, 2007

original 10 minutes. Always the longest in my life! 10 minutes between the end of the lesson before the lunch break and the lunch break! 10 minutes from 4:00 to 4:10 when the schoolday ends. 10 minutes between the end of the schoolday and the after-school snack. 10 minutes from 8:50 to 9:00 when mandatory [...]

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Every Picture Tells a Story – Rossella’s India Diary

August 23, 2007

Rossella’s diary of her year at Woodstock School on the SAGE Program. diary 2007 Feb 25 Jul 27, 30 Aug 7, 10, b, c, d,  e, 13, 16, b, 17, b, c, 21, 22, 24, b,  27, b, 28, 31, b, c Sep 3, b, 6, b, 7, 10, b, c,14, b, 17, b, 18, 19, b, 21,b, c, 24, 25, 26, 27, b Oct 3, 5, 9, 11, 12, 15, 16,30, 31 Nov 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 10, 16, a,b, 17, 18, TOS gallery, 20,24, 25, 29 Dec 1, 2, b, 3, 8, 10, b, 13,18, 22, 25, 26 2008 Jan 18, 24, 29, 31 Feb 5, 11, 15, 20 Mar 9, 20, 26 Apr 2, 9, 21, 22, 24, 30 May 12, 13, 16, 17 Graduation awards,baccalaureate, bacc videos,behind the scenes, banquet,banquet videos, photos,graduation, photo gallery

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The Family Ambigram

August 22, 2007

the family ambigram

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Toys of Empire – Teaching Young Bengalis to be Bureaucrats of the Raj

August 22, 2007

While I was in New Mexico last weekend, Sharon and I drove to Santa Fe. The town has many museums, but we visited only one: the Museum of International Folk Art. It’s not big, but offers plenty to keep the attention. One room has drawers full of decorative panels from Bangladeshi rickshaws, and molé cloth [...]

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Dorm Life, Monsoon

August 22, 2007

Aug 22, 2007 SAGE bonding. FOG MIST Mussoorie Photo by Julia D.

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Indian Collapse

August 22, 2007

original Indian collapse. Amanda. (Photo by Julia D.) These posts are for the benefit of the SAGE parents! Ian, and his new friends…

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Roasted Green Chiles at the Las Vegas Flea Market

August 21, 2007

Last weekend I went to New Mexico to visit Sharon and Steve, Woodstock friends of long standing who now work at the United World College there. Among other excursions, we went to the local flea market, which was small but full of interesting things and people. I bought a few items, including some local music. Sharon and [...]

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Making Rumali Roti

August 21, 2007

original I got an A in my first Hindi test!

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Landour Sex Shop

August 20, 2007

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A New Kind of Education

August 17, 2007

original By 4:10, my brain hurts, literally. Lessons here are divided into periods of 40 minutes each, but usually (except for subjects like religion) there are two consecutive periods per lesson, so 80 minutes. Today, 80 minutes of Hindi with a test (I didn’t remember the word for “pocket” but I think everything else went [...]

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New Friends

August 17, 2007

original Chaia Chai [tea shop/breakfast place] MomComm: Note Ross’ left arm – two of those bracelets are mine! I’ll assume she wears them to remember me by. Her necklace is the one she bought at the auction at the WOSA/NA reunion last summer. As I was saying, Julia!

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Mehndi and Monkeys

August 17, 2007

original Looks like chocolate. Monkey! My new favorite word. Bhangra!

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Talk About My Life

August 16, 2007

original OMG I GET PHOTOGRAPHED and no longer PHOTOGRAPH MYSELF Walking, not the easiest thing to do with this on… I like the picture because NOTA BENE: no purse, no cellphone, makeup, various objects… ONLY a camera and my magnificent self! (Wrapped in a cloth, very simply.) Here they ask me questions like: “What is [...]

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