one heavy spice girl

well, maybe i love the curry too much:

went to a spice preparation plant yesterday and popped onto the spice scale :(
looks like i'm 54 kg! i'm not sure exactly how much that is (2.2 lbs ?= 1 kg) but i think i'm a little bigger. maybe gravity is stronger here in india....

Hakkan (the turkish) departed yesterday, and our little international troupe is disbanding, as we all head separate ways. it was quite a nice experience. Domenico, the jovial big-hearted Italian, has a way of infecting everyone with his good nature. whoever we met seemed to be a good person. i don't think he realized it was because _he_ brought it out of them. i was lucky to have met them.