On our second night in Trivandrum (city), Kerala (state) we were treated to the loveliest dinner. The faculty, Indian MPH and DPH (diploma in public health) students were also invited. The dinner was at the top of a very nice hotel. On one level they had a rooftop pool and on the level below they had an open thatched roof room with beautiful views of the city.
I had my beautiful new salwar kameez on and life was good, that is until I started choking…ha ha. Ok so it wasn’t funny at the time but it is funny in retrospect. Evidently some food went down my windpipe and I wasn’t able to cough it up. That is when I had to choose between drinking “the water” or choking to death. It wasn’t a hard choice to make.
Thankfully my new friend Ujjwala came to my assistance, she brought me more water, rubbed my back and made sure I was ok. In the meantime my American Red Cross CPR certified classmates were too busy eating to notice my near life/death experience…ok perhaps I am being “a little” dramatic but it was still a bit scary and I am glad I am ok.
All is well that ends well. Overall it was still a pretty fabulous night.
I had my beautiful new salwar kameez on and life was good, that is until I started choking…ha ha. Ok so it wasn’t funny at the time but it is funny in retrospect. Evidently some food went down my windpipe and I wasn’t able to cough it up. That is when I had to choose between drinking “the water” or choking to death. It wasn’t a hard choice to make.
Thankfully my new friend Ujjwala came to my assistance, she brought me more water, rubbed my back and made sure I was ok. In the meantime my American Red Cross CPR certified classmates were too busy eating to notice my near life/death experience…ok perhaps I am being “a little” dramatic but it was still a bit scary and I am glad I am ok.
All is well that ends well. Overall it was still a pretty fabulous night.
1 comment:
so glad you are okay!
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