July 21, 2010

Yesterday we had more Hindi, which is a little hard but I'm getting used to it. After that we had lunch and then we went to get cell phones, since it's required for us to have phones in case there in an emergency. Where we had lunch was the same place I ate before the last time I was in Delhi which was nice because the food is really good there. Getting the phones took a lot of time which was a bit frustrating. After that most of us went shopping to FabIndia which is a nice store. They have very nice shirts, skits, saris, salwars for men and women. FabIndia has stores all over India, they have three in Delhi. After that we went back to the residence. The residence is like a dorm. There is a common room where we eat and a basement where we can watch tv and they also have computers since some people didn't bring their laptops. We do not live with our host families until sunday evening. All, but four people are doing a home stay. After dinner we studied some more and went to bed. It also rained which was nice because it wasn't so hot though it did rain heavily. Also, the electricity went out about 5X during out Hindi class and twice when we were in the residence. Today, everyone went to the FRRO to get registered so the Indian government knows they are here. They get a card about the size of a passport with their picture and information. Since I don't need one because I have an OCI card (Overseas Citizen of India). So, they get to wait in like for about 4 hours to get the card, they might even have to wait longer. As of now, I did my laundry and about to study my Hindi. Today, we are just doing Hindi and I think tomorrow we register for classes, I hope!