Day two at Amar Seva Sangam began bright and early as we ripped up weeds whilst being serenaded by Frozen and our favourite couple from High School Musical. We sure let those weeds go as we dug through snails, ladybugs, toads and cockroaches, and found shoes and Nokia phone chargers in the soil.
This strenuous gardening built up an appetite, which allowed us to have guilt-free second and third helpings of breakfast. We then moved onto our first activities of the day. These included teaching an English class and Australian songs (think "Home Among the Gum Trees"), assisting in physiotherapy sessions for people with spinal injuries and other disabilities, and cleaning and organising closets in the Sangam's clothing factory.
We were then offered an exciting opportunity; to paint some walls in the Physiotherapy and Early Intervention Centres for the disabled. Trains, fruit and vegetables, rainbows and animals appeared on the walls as we threw ourselves into this new activity.
Every night we assist in the kitchen chopping novelty vegetables for the next day's meals, to the delight and amusement of the kitchen ladies. We also help the residential children with their home work.
We must give a shoutout to the delicious food that we enjoy each day, especially the 'butter chickpeas' and the cauliflower korma. We must also thank the ladies who so lovingly insist on refiling our plates, even when our bellies are about to burst from consuming so much delicious and flavourful food. The arrival of fresh fruit in the guesthouse also caused a stir, as we devoured two of the sweetest pineapples to grace this Earth. Paw paw, mandarin, sweet lime and bananas were also favoured, although Tim Tams and M&Ms also featured heavily in these snack sessions.