Meeting His Excellency

The Brigade getting ready for greeting his excellency

Well, I should have expected today to be completely busy and insane. Laxmi (my co-worker who is becoming my good friend) and I ended up leaving early in preparation for the event at a medical college (Maulana Azad). We had created our outline and our agenda was good to go.
So having arrived at the event, we met our biggest annoyance. A woman who worked for the Ambulance society who really should have hosted the show in hindsight. She got in our way and at points was obnoxiously rude to both of us for no given reason. Well , it didn’t matter- the show must go on and it did.


It actually seemed like a quick blur with lots of media and children as well from the local schools. His Excellency is actually 6ft tall and his body guards were hilarious. They had this stern look on their faces but were internally laughing because the crazy woman wouldn’t shut up on stage as well.


In my usual dorky stance in front of the awards


Well, his Excellency is definitely a politician. He can speak very well and was able to highlight the work of the St. John’s Ambulance and also the need for continued vigilance with the recent terrorist attacks. Overall, I think the event was a complete success and I was happy at the end of it


Funny story of the day: This I am sure what you guys really read: No day would be complete without a weirdo chasing me across the roads. Well, this time it was a St- John’s Ambulance member who I was keen on getting my number. He kept telling me that I had pretty eyes and eyebrow shape. Laxmi only encouraged him some more by comparing me to shilpa shetty ( a somewhat famous Indian actress?) Well anyways, needless to say it was a funny experience trying to get rid of him. He insisted on accompanying us to the hail an auto and we tried to lose him! I mean we ran across the road and the guy didn’t get the point. He still managed to cut across and ensure we were safe. I felt bad telling the auto to leave ASAP. But, what was I to do! Creepy...is creepy! Only in India.