Day 3 - Getting on!

The next day we woke up by 5am and after the usual routine, reported to the job by 7am. Now we went to work in the farm as labourers. We met our co-workers on the way and after some chatting, started the work.

Our colleagues :)

We worked well till the 10am break.

We shared some food with our new friends and then ate some more food prepared by the boss's maid (since we worked for food, the boss made sure he gave us good stuff :)) during the 10 o'clock break.

A custom in the village was that people who eat must take their leaf or plate with them and clean or dispose it appropriately. The custom was applicable at homes, work places and restaurants.

After that, we were assigned other jobs - weed cutting, spraying water to cocoa plants etc.

Mr. Muthu with the weed-cutting machine.

Watering the cocoa plants.

After work, we reached the mill, had lunch and were talking stuff and laughing about when kids came in for tuition classes. Every evening and morning, the kids come to the mill for their tuition. Since this was a holiday period, only 10th class students came.

The kid in the red t-shirt was the son of one of our co-workers and the other kid, called Sethupathy, wanted to become an IPS officer.

Manoj had to leave that day to Chennai to attend an interview the next day. So he went off, saying good bye to some of the people who had become friends with us. After sending him off, I came back to the mill and slept alone. This time I was suddenly aware of all the sounds and activities around the mill. I removed my belt and kept it at an arm's length to use as a weapon in case something happened. Apart from that, things were fine, I slept like a log and woke up at 5am. I was into the fourth day now.