bizarro hindi and pretty flowers

So I have finally realized why I'm having such problems fitting in blogging time. It is my Hindi classes. In the fall my classes were in the evenings but now they are on Tuesday and Thursday morning so I get into work late and my days are completely crazy. Next week is the end of my classes, which is sad, but the long days were getting tiring.
My Hindi classes have been fun even though I've had a hard time learning the language; languages have always been tough for me but I try. I can communicate now with my maid and I've managed a few times at the market when they don't speak English so I'm happy. Part of the reason I have a hard time with it is that the grammatical structure is so different from what I'm used to, but every once in a while there is a rule that just sticks in my brain for some reason or other. Yesterday we went over the rule of plural nouns followed by a postposition (they put their prepositions after the noun here, hence "post"positions), and when that happens in Hindi you put an o at the end of the noun. So, since the word for market here is Bazaar, if you make it plural with a postposition it turns into bazaaro (pronounced bizarro, just like the Seinfeld ep). How fun is that! Now when I do my homework where we have to come up with sentences I always write something about being "in the markets" so I can say bazaaro.
This is the wacky way I learn a language.
And as a final non-related note. There is this bright orange/red flower that has suddenly bloomed all over the city and it is just spectacular. I have no clue what the name of it is, but it is on these fairly big trees and it almost makes the trees look like they are on fire - but in a good way. Soooo pretty.