Little India, WE'RE BACK.

- August 12,2009, Wednesday

- Picked up Charmaine at her house at around 1pm, and rode the train to U.N. Ave. to meet Clevis.

- After meeting Clevis at around 1:30, we walked towards Little India.

- As always, I started out my tour by showing the Sikh Temple in front of Unilever. Next stop was Assad Minimart (bought yummy samosas....), Talwar's Indian Grocery, and Simron.

- After visiting the little Indian stores, we planned to eat at Assad's Cafe. Too bad though, the chef who cooked Indian food was taking his break. We just had to return at about an hour if we really wanted Indian food. Due to this, we just went to the Hindu Temple first for my interview appointment with Mr. Damoodar Dumri (again....).

- We arrived at the temple after a short trike ride from Assad's Cafe. We went in, and were greeted shortly by Mr. Dumri. We removed our shoes and went upstairs in the prayer room.

- Before the interview, Mr. Dumri had to assist Baba Kartasi (the Sikh priest in the Hindu Temple....ironic isn't it??) with the prayer that they did with an Indian family.

- After the prayer session, Mr. Dumri finally invited us to sit on the carpeted floor of the prayer room for the interview.

- During the interview, Mr. Dumri showed me more of his skills in playing the tabla (the drums), the Indian flute, and the harmonium (a sort of accordion-like instrument). He also sang some mantras for us. The mantras were sang in Sanskrit, Hindi, and Nepali.

- I also saw Mr. Ashok Maharaj today, which meant that he was feeling better.

- After the interview, I showed Clevis and Charmaine around the Hindu temple.

- We later went out and walked towards Assad Cafe. Good thing Indian food was already served. The three of us had Kashmir Fish, Mutton Biryani, chapatis, and some mango lassis.

- We rode another trike to the LRT station and rode to Carriedo. We got down Carriedo and walked towards Chinatown. We went to "Charmaine's and Clevis' suki DVD store" to buy their super cheap DVD's.

- We later walked home, with a full heart...........and a full stomach. Haha. :D:D:D:D