-You learn the meaning of fresh chicken. When you wish to purchase one, you go to the side of the road store and tell them your order. You then receive the pleasure of hearing the chicken squeal as they give you the freshest chicken possible. You can watch if you like.
-Cows roam around everywhere, which also means mud pies roam around everywhere.
-Electricity goes off at 8 am promptly for 2 hours.
-They laugh when you say, “I thought you didn’t drink milk!,” only to give you soy milk.
-You come out of the grocery store to see 4 balcony levels full of Indian men staring and shouting at you.
-The store is out of toilet paper, so you use napkins.
-Mosquitos keep trying to be your best friend.
-Autorickshaws are your major form of transportation.
-Monkeys (big ones) run around eating everything in sight.
-You live in legit fear that a monkey will run away with your laundry.
-Chai tea breaks are common.
-You look super out of place if you don’t wear your sari or punjami.
-Showing your ankles or shoulders is considered sexy, but your stomach and back are fine.
-You are told you would be great on Bollywood because of your Indian dancing.
-Bangles, henna, and jasmine are popular. Many women wear jasmine in their braided hair.
-The woman next door laughs hysterically at the way you wear your sari.
-Most food is spicy.
-You stop traffic because you have blue eyes, legitimately.
-Horns ring in your ears all day, every day.
-If you don’t almost get in an accident at least 5 times per ride, you’re ridiculously blessed.
-The head wobble!!! It can mean yes, maybe, or I understand. Which one is up to you.
-There are few traffic rules. Other than drive on the left side of the road, most is free reign. Even that rule is negotiable.
-Speed bumps are everywhere, sometimes even three right in a row.
-Cows always have the right of way.
-You have to take off your shoes before entering houses or stores.
-You get paid in chocolate because they are out of change.
-Groups of teenage girls form around you.
-Your conversations get interrupted by a cow walking in the middle of you all talking.
-One word “wandanalu” means hello, goodbye, and thank you.
-Two girls answer the question “are you married?” by pulling out their toes and showing their bare toes.
-You see monkeys chilling on ledges or stairs often.
-You hear fireworks randomly throughout the day, which could mean all sorts of things.
-A man stops by with a decorated cow so he can dance for us.
-You have to pay with your right hand because the left hand is considered dirty.
