A Day Without Wi-Fi

Could I make through Tuesday Jan 22nd? You might ask if you know me well ;) Or better yet I should ask myself, and I did--self study/enquiry. My affirmation was: "Acceptance is the end of suffering".  No sense to whine the WANT, and just made the best of what I got for this day. Isn't that what I have been learning from the philosophy sessions?

First, actually I was appreciated for having more time to prepare for the exam in the morning.

  

Then in the afternoon after fruit time, I had so much free time (no karma yoga for me--we take turn in a small team to clean every other 2 days) and it was too hot to go for a walk to the Internet cafe, so I decided to browse around the ashram: I circled the front yard and saw an old lady, who was quietly making strings (necklaces) of fresh flowers for daily offerings to the deities. Then I wandered beyond the lunch room to the kitchen and met some ladies who were sorting dry herbs, washing the pots & pans, or cooking our dinner...

I was also allowed to go in the section where they making medicinal medicine from dry herbs. I cherished these moments because I felt connected with these people even we couldn't communicate much due to language barrier. They were happy to "talk" to me, I showed them pics of my husband, my Dad, baby nephew Ryan, baby niece Ella...

After dinner, my group took a walk through the neighborhood. There was a kind of religious elebration going on for days from one street to the next. Streets were lighted up, drummers played with passion, people were starring, curious about us. Especially kids with whom I never get tired to interact or to have pics taken...

Before the group's walk, I tried to head to the Internet cafe but there were only 2 old computers and they were occupied with kids so no luck of contacting :( I managed to borrow Ragesh's phone to leave Gunther a quick message.

By the time we got back, it was time to pack for the next day's adventure, and to hit the bed asap because we all agreed to start the day trip at 6am to beat the rush hours traffic.

To me, this day obviously was a test or a practice which I was thankful for having a day off from the iPhone & iPad. I simply got time to do something else :)

Edit 3 days later: there was still no Wi-Fi, my patience is getting thinner by days! I know you all might wonder what happened to me. Knowing overcoming the adversities in this training is part of finding what I am made of, so I continue to experience everything: power and water shortage, the unreliable Wi-Fi, the boring "baby food" meals which I have no interested in the recipes, the mouse, ants, pigeons living in the room with me... I am more self-observing now; but there is a moment I just wanted to shout:"get the freaking wi-fi working now before I go crazy here!" LOL!