August 1, 2010 & August 2, 2010

August 1- we had about three hours before our cars came. So five of us went to a Kali Temple and then to a Sikh Temple. I really liked going to the Sikh Temple because it was my first time and even though I didn't understand what they were saying it was nice to visit and the people were very nice. After the two temples we decided to go back to the hotel and rest before we had to leave. Most of us had a good South Indian meal, while some people went somewhere else to eat. Finally we got in the cars which would take us to the train which was three hours away. However, since it rained so much there was a mudslide which caused traffic. We were stuck in traffic for an hour, luckily we did not miss our train because we left almost 5 hours before our train left. We left so early because it takes three hours to get to Kalka where the train was. On the train most of us studied our Hindi and did our Hindi homework. I did most of my Hindi homework Thursday because i didn't want to do it on the train because i knew I would be too tired, so I helped other people. We got in the station around 10:15pm and I got back to my homestay around 11pm.

Monday August 2- In the morning we had two hours of Hindi. After Hindi me and Melody went to JNU to get our registration taking care of. We had a good, cheap lunch on the campus. However, because Indian bureaucracy is slow, we didn't finish, so we have to return. The good news is that it won't take long to finish and I know what class I am going to take. It's a politics class about modern India. The teacher is very renown and the time works well with my other classes at IES. I am also thinking of working for an NGO called Sshrishti. Each of the IES students get to pick an NGO that we want to work with, we get a credit and we can pick our hours. Sometime this week or next week me and two other students are going to visit Sshrishti to see if we like it and to work out hours that work with our schedules. After JNU, I came back to my homestay and studied until dinner.