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Jouluks menin takasi Kolkataan (perjantaina 23.paiva tulin takasi Bodhgayasta), oli kylla niin mukava nahda kaverit taas. Jouluaattona mentiin iltapaivalla orpolasten&kehitysvammasten luo viettamaan joulua, laulettii lauluja, koristeltiin niiden huonetta, lakattiin kynsia jne. Oli kylla niin mukavaa, ne lapset on niin ilosia ja onnellisia, niin vallattoman sulosia ja ihania. Illalla sitten mentiin Dr.Sujitin luo 'jouluruualle', syotiin normi intialaista ruokaa, laulettii lauluja, juteltiin, oltiin vaan. Sitten jaettiin lahjat, oltii tehty 'secret santa' eli jokanen oli ostanu jollekki tietylle ihmisille lahjan ja sit kun oli pakettinsa avannu nii piti arvata et kenelta se on. Sain Monicalta niin ihanan rannekorun, sen palasen lehtikuviot on niin yhteensopivat mun 'tree of life' kaulakorun kanssa joka mulla on aina kaulassa. Sain myos oranssin intialaisen helmikaulakorun. Jarjestolta kaikki sai kaulahuivin, osa oli hienoja ja osa aivan hirveita. Mun oma oli silta valilta et onko kiva vai kamala, ok:n puolelle kallistuu. Matkalla kotiin tajusin etta taa oli mun ensimmainen joulu kun ei oo joulufiilista tai ei tunnu yhtaan etta olis joulu. Ei oo eka kerta kun oon joulun ulkomailla, mut ensimmainen kerta kun ei vaan tunnu joululta. Amerikassa, Ruotsissa, Virossa jne on aina ollu joulufiilis. Aiemmin talla viikolla oli kylla tullu joulufiilis kun oltiin Ranchissa kayty mun kaverin perhetuttujen luona. Siella oli niin joulusesti sisustettu koti, joululauluja soittivat pienolla. Siella tajusin etta jouluhan on ihan muutaman paivan paasta. Mutta sitte se fiilis taas katos.
Joulupaivana sitten paatettiin kahen mun uus-seelantilaisen kaverin kanssa ettia kristitty kirkko jos sielta joulufiiliksen sais. Nooh ehka vahan tuli joulufiilis kun seimen naki, mut siinapa se kun kirkon lapi jonossa sai vaan kavella. Nahtiin sit mainos etta tanaan on yhessa puistossa Christmas Festival ja etta puoli6aikaan lauletaan joululauja. Sinne sit paatettiin menna. Park St. paa ostoskatu Kolkatassa oli niin jouluvaloin koristeltu ja ihmisilla oli tonttulakkeja paassa, tosi paljon oli ihmisia liikkeella. Pikkuhiljaa rupes tulemaan joulufiilis, aattelin vaan etta en malta odottaa kunnes pimenee ja kunnolla jouluvalot nakee. Ennen joululauja osa meista jai kattomaan tanssiesityksia mut ma menin Joen ja Ru:n kanssa kiertaa sita pikku puistoa, kun se musiikki oli nii kovalla etta korvia sarki. Siella oli 3pikku poikaa pelaamassa crickettia, mahan innostuin aivan hirveesti ja menin kysymaan et jos voitais pelata niiden kanssa. Joku reilu puoltuntia oltiin ennatetty pelata niiden kanssa. Pikkutyttojaki tuli multa kysymaan jos neki vois pelata mut just sillo niiden poikien piti lahtea. Oli kylla nii mukava ja rentoa pelata niiden kanssa, joululauluja vaan soi taustalla, oli niin mukavaa. Sit mentiin takasi muiden luo kun joululaulujen aika rupes olemaan. Silloin kylla tuli niiin joulufiilis, oli jo ennattany pimetakki, oli niin mukavaa. Lahettiin pois joskus 7aikaan, onneks silla aivan kamalasti oli ihmisia menossa sinne puistoon sillo, kadut oli aivan taynna ihmisia. Sellaseks olin kuvitellu etta Kolkata olis aina, kadut aivan taynna ihmisia niinku Time Square New Yorkissa. Vierastalolla sit oltiin vaan, pelattiin korttia.
Ihanaa joulu oli sittenkin tana vuonna.
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I went back to Kolkata on Dec 23 for Christmas. It was so nice to go back and see all the friends and spend christmas with them. On Christmas eve we went to the handicapped center to spend christmas with the kids. We sang christmas carols, decorated their room, painted nails etc. It was so nice, the kids are so cute and sweet and so happy. In the evening we went to Dr. Sujit's home to have a 'christmas dinner', it was normal indian food. It was really nice, we sang and just spent time together. We did Secret Santa with the volunteers and gave the presents at Dr.Sujit's house. My secret santa was Monica and from her I got a lovely bracelet, it matches perfectly to my 'Tree of life' neclase that I bought from Boise over a year ago at the Farmer's market, I wear it everyday. I also got a Indian necklace, orange with big rocks. We also got a christmas present from the organization. Everyone got a scarf, either a nice or an ugly one. I don't know which one is mine, it's okay. On the way back home I realized that it's my first Christmas that I don't have a christmas feelinng or it doesn't feel like christmas. I have spent severeal chritmases abroar but I always have had a christmas feeling in USA, Sweden, Estonia etc. This is the first time I don't have it for some reason. Earlier that week I had a christmas feeling when in Ranchi we went to see my friend's family friends. They had decorated their home so christmasy, they played christmas carols. Then I realized that christmas will be in few days. But then I just lost the christmas feeling, I forgot that christmas was coming.
On Christmas day we decided with two of my New Zealand friends that maybe we should find a christian church. That maybe if we see a crib and angels we get christmas feeling. Maybe we little got a christmas feeling when we saw the crib at a church. But that was it, we were onlu allowed to walk throught the church in a line. But then we saw a Christmas Festival ad and it said that 5.30pm is Christmas Carols. We decided to go there. It was by the main street, Park St., in centrum at Allen Park. There were a lot of people and they had put up christmas lights. I started to get a christmas feeling and when I saw the lights I thought that I can't wait for the dark so I can see the lights. Before the christmas carols some of us stayed and watched some dance performance but Joe, Ru and I thought that the music was too loud so we went to walk around the park. The park was really small. I saw 3 young boys playing cricket and asked if we could play with them. We played over half an hour until they had to go home. It was so much fun to play with them. Then we went back to the others when they started to sing the christmas carols. Then we got christmas feeling, it was really nice. It also started to get dark. 7ish we started to go back to our guest house. I'm glad we left at that time because there were so many people heading to the park. There were a lot of people. That was how I thought Kolkata's streets would be, full of people like Time Square in New York. At the guest house we just hanged, played cards. It was really nice. I had a christmas, I got the christmas feeling in the end.
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