Pinecone Hunt

Just as the squirrels gather acorns for the winter, so too do we at EMI gather pinecones to use in the bucari, a wood stove that serves as our source of heat for the winter months. Last Saturday, we had our annual pinecone hunt on the Mussoorie mountainside, where we collected about 70o pinecones for the winter. I personally collected 58, good enough for 3rd in our friendly office competition.

The other major highlight of the past couple weeks for me was that the other male EMI interns and I have started tutoring a few Indian guys in English 3 days a week. It's a test of my patience at times and a reminder of how convoluted the English language is, but it's been fun getting to know those guys and seeing their English skills progress (ever-so-slightly). It's also been a good way for me to practice my Hindi.

This upcoming week is our intern holiday, our week of vacation for the semester, and we are using the time off to trek the Himalayas, where I hope to take pictures similar to this one:

Please pray that we don't get lost.