Candrama bhara hua

On the way out of work last night, I glanced out the car window to find a big red full moon following us home. I said something like, "wow," which caught my driver, Amit's attention. He took a glance back but quickly decided it was better to keep his eyes on the road.

To let him know what I was looking at, I pulled out the Hindi-Urdu phrasebook I've been carrying (Anna, I think this once belonged to you), and looked up "moon" and "full." Amit, who speaks very little English, did his best to help me pronounce the words. (chundramah bar-uh hoo-a, from what I could gather, if you're interested.)

And then I realized that this is my life for the next three months. Very cool.

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