What's-update part 2

Some more news

Welcome back. This is part 2 of my update for October 27. I suggest you read part I first. Here you go, or you could scroll down, your choice: http://bit.ly/1gRPWUE

First up on the agenda is band.

I'm now a part of Advanced and Wind Bands here. This means that I have band practise every day of my 6 day cycle except for day 5. 

I originally started going to Wind Band to help out the 2 percussionists they had there, but there's a concert coming up and I'm more like a band member now. I feel like it is also making me more mature as a musician, becoming a helper to them. 


This means that day 5 I can have a decent breakfast. I take down my vegemite and honey or peanut butter and have a feast. I share it around and enjoy the meal. 

Because of the concert, the band rehearsals now go from 7:30-8:30, rather than till 8:10. 

In advanced band, I'm no longer the only percussionist. Thankfully some people have stared to come and it's been super helpful.

Sticking to the musical theme, an update about Tabla. 

I've started to learn new beats and I'm really enjoying it. My teacher, Mr Mathias is trying to teach me enough beats before I leave. he wants me to get a recoding of him playing beats that I can then watch in Australia. 

Anyway Tabla's a lot of fun and I'm gona miss it. 

Here's a picture of me and my Tabla teacher:

A couple of weeks ago, the power went out when I was having a shower. Was singing in the shower, when 'I can see clearly now' came into my head. As I was humming it the lights when out. I replaced some of the words. This is how it went, “I can’t see S#!& now the lights are out. I can’t see my conditioner or my soup…” Maybe I should make a full parody of it.

Now, onto food.

I now consider myself self somewhat cursed as a slow eater. Whenever I eat a meal, I am the last one to finish. It's annoying because the people here have the custom of waiting till everyone is finished before leaving.  It means that everyone is waiting for me to finish. 

Also on occasions people will leave and I'm the only one left at the table. But the people here are really nice and I'm not alone for long. 

School put on the best lunch I've had so far. It was a french lunch. Here's the menu:

I don't know what they mean but I remember mashed potato and chicken was spectacular. 

The puns about my name have started to pop up. Are you actually Wild (sounds like you’re saying Ashley)? You should be a croc hunter so you could be actually Wild.

It makes me facepalm every time, but even more proud of my name. 

Another parcel arrived from my parents. 

It was basically a supply drop of food, socks and jocks (socks and undies).

It's so special to receive something from home. 

I made a call to the people who attended the evening service at Canterbury Bapts a couple of weeks ago. Although the skype signal wasn't great, hearing their voices was. They've been in my thoughts a fair bit and I can't wait to jam with them again soon.

Jumping forward to last friday night, my dorm went out on a late night walk. Our dorm parent gave a little tour of some of the sights at Kodai. 

The route was from East House (start) - Bryant Park - Clav Gate - Graveyard - Lower Shola Rd - 500 year old tree - Haunted House - La Salleth Church - TV tower - Coakers Walk gate - Van Allen - Back

Here's some of the photos:

There were some spectacular views but I didn't take my camera with me. 

There were halloween themed events on saturday night. People went to a lot of effort to dress up and some costumes were amazing. 

There was a canteen in the Arts Block and Hotel Rwanda was shown in the mini theatre. I watched Hotel Rwanda, since I'd never seen it before. It was a great film. 

And finally, a picture of how construction work is done next to the road in India. 

The road is all useful space.

That's all for now. I'm having an amazing time, and trying to making the most of it. 

If you want to contact me, you can email me at:

comanduash@gmail.com