Living in India especially during its summer season is perhaps the worst thing that ever happened to me.
Here are some of my unforgettable experiences:
Today, April 2, 2010, we 3 volunteers are placed in a very nice office, a newly constructed building.However, what do you expect!!!since we occupy the topmost floor, it’s like a huge furnace, a glass furnace where glass bottles are manufactured…and we are the bottles or the simplest similarity is an oven--- we are the cakes or breads being baked...hahahaha....this is one of the severe tests to measure your PATIENCE!!!!
I prefer to stay in the old building but what can we do!!!! We have no more space to stay in that office. But if you ask me…I can rearrange the old office and definitely all of us can fit in. It is also a waste of money renting this very hot place since almost everyday there are only about 4 of us staying here while the other staff are all in the field.
Life in India …is no joke….it’s a total sacrifice!!!! With the heat alone…..i bet....if someone who has no passion for the kind of job you are in or you have no personal reason why you have to stay in India…then you will not survive.
But it's amazing that I've completed the 2 summer cycles-- 2009 and 2010!!!! whewwww...I'm congratulating myself for that...
To describe how it is ---- Deoghar is like a big oven---- this is not an exaggeration!!!!! In my flat I sleep at night almost bare..nothing on, sweating a lot --- the ceiling fan is not enough-- you just go to sleep sweating and enjoy the hot bed - beside me is my Johnson's baby powder and towel to dry me up everytime i wake up due to severe sweating and unbearable heat--- you will only cry.
My most terrible experience in Deoghar was in the summer of 2009 since my first flat was not provided by any power inverter nor any power generator--- so i have to settle for totally no electricity during power off for at least more than 10 times-- i cannot count how often for the entire day. But at night , i can vividly remember how often--- it's like at least 3-4 times and each power off lasts for 2-3 hours.
I had this very uncomfortable experience because the flat that my organization contracted before i arrived was located on the topmost floor. It's a 2-storey house and on top of my ceiling is already the house rooftop. The house is made of Indian bricks...all made of stones and no part of walls are made of wood except of course the doors plus my house is directly facing west - where the sunsets.
I made some solutions how to address this very hot condition. Every morning, before I leave home for the office , I put my towel and clothes for the evening inside my fridge so that when I get home and have shower , i can use cold towel to damp my body and clothes cold enough to sooth my mind and body even for about 10 minutes.
For my 3rd flat, still so sorry for me-- as I cannot afford to have airconditioning unit - even if I want to buy one-- I will not be allowed -- it's useless--- since the power provider voltage cannot handle an AC--- only allowed to use at least 3 fans and my fridge is off everytime the power goes on and off at night and switched to the power inverter.
Not to forget-- in 2009 - hot weather started from April until September ( almost half of the year ) and in 2010- hot weather started earlier - in the middle of March and until September. Actually, months of August and September are supposed to be monsoon season -- however the rain is so scarce but humidity is too high!!!! You will almost wish to stay in your bathroom the entire night as the temperature goes up to 48 degrees !!!
The first thing i did when i had my vacation in the Philippines last December 2009 was to buy a rechargeable fan and lantern.
my first month in Deoghar...no rechargeable fan/ lantern yet..just candles during power off at night....
But it's amazing that I've completed the 2 summer cycles-- 2009 and 2010!!!! whewwww...I'm congratulating myself for that...
To describe how it is ---- Deoghar is like a big oven---- this is not an exaggeration!!!!! In my flat I sleep at night almost bare..nothing on, sweating a lot --- the ceiling fan is not enough-- you just go to sleep sweating and enjoy the hot bed - beside me is my Johnson's baby powder and towel to dry me up everytime i wake up due to severe sweating and unbearable heat--- you will only cry.
My most terrible experience in Deoghar was in the summer of 2009 since my first flat was not provided by any power inverter nor any power generator--- so i have to settle for totally no electricity during power off for at least more than 10 times-- i cannot count how often for the entire day. But at night , i can vividly remember how often--- it's like at least 3-4 times and each power off lasts for 2-3 hours.
I had this very uncomfortable experience because the flat that my organization contracted before i arrived was located on the topmost floor. It's a 2-storey house and on top of my ceiling is already the house rooftop. The house is made of Indian bricks...all made of stones and no part of walls are made of wood except of course the doors plus my house is directly facing west - where the sunsets.
I made some solutions how to address this very hot condition. Every morning, before I leave home for the office , I put my towel and clothes for the evening inside my fridge so that when I get home and have shower , i can use cold towel to damp my body and clothes cold enough to sooth my mind and body even for about 10 minutes.
For my 3rd flat, still so sorry for me-- as I cannot afford to have airconditioning unit - even if I want to buy one-- I will not be allowed -- it's useless--- since the power provider voltage cannot handle an AC--- only allowed to use at least 3 fans and my fridge is off everytime the power goes on and off at night and switched to the power inverter.
Not to forget-- in 2009 - hot weather started from April until September ( almost half of the year ) and in 2010- hot weather started earlier - in the middle of March and until September. Actually, months of August and September are supposed to be monsoon season -- however the rain is so scarce but humidity is too high!!!! You will almost wish to stay in your bathroom the entire night as the temperature goes up to 48 degrees !!!
The first thing i did when i had my vacation in the Philippines last December 2009 was to buy a rechargeable fan and lantern.
my first month in Deoghar...no rechargeable fan/ lantern yet..just candles during power off at night....
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| my first flat in Deoghar....a 2-storey house--- my flat is at the 2nd floor facing the sunset... |
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