hello!
I'm still alive here, although not much has changed other than classes have started and I find them somewhat not at all challenging. I do have money though, and now food. Food used to be a low priority for me, but since going hungry for over a week it has moved up to 'toilets', 'bed' and 'shower' priorities. I am of course homesick, I think the things besides family, friends, and pets that I miss most are:
-normal food (the English have a poor sense of taste, but Indian food is now the best thing ever)
-sunshine (makes having S.A.D unpleasantly emotional sometimes. Like pms except when its really overcast and rainy)
-my car
-clean toilets/kitchen
-activity things, like biking, tennis, the pool, etc.
-tv. I have no idea what's going on in any of my favorite shows, seems small in comparison to starting graduate school on the other side of the world... but still.
things that I love so far about this place:
-very easy access to historical sites and museums
-Indian food
-school
I'm lucky in that my friends skype me pretty regularly which helps with the missing them part of life here. I'm trying to be cool with going places alone, but sometimes it sucks because I see something awesome and I immediately want to tell someone about it or talk about it and I have to wait for email or a call home. Making friends is still proving difficult, I don't seem to fit in well with the majority of people because I don't enjoy parties with a bunch of drunk strangers (or drunk people), I'm not interested in sleeping with anyone (or really even dating right now- its more trouble than its worth), and things like that. So, we'll see what happens. I'm now able to post pics to facebook, and I put up a few this morning if you want to have a look :)
-normal food (the English have a poor sense of taste, but Indian food is now the best thing ever)
-sunshine (makes having S.A.D unpleasantly emotional sometimes. Like pms except when its really overcast and rainy)
-my car
-clean toilets/kitchen
-activity things, like biking, tennis, the pool, etc.
-tv. I have no idea what's going on in any of my favorite shows, seems small in comparison to starting graduate school on the other side of the world... but still.
things that I love so far about this place:
-very easy access to historical sites and museums
-Indian food
-school
I'm lucky in that my friends skype me pretty regularly which helps with the missing them part of life here. I'm trying to be cool with going places alone, but sometimes it sucks because I see something awesome and I immediately want to tell someone about it or talk about it and I have to wait for email or a call home. Making friends is still proving difficult, I don't seem to fit in well with the majority of people because I don't enjoy parties with a bunch of drunk strangers (or drunk people), I'm not interested in sleeping with anyone (or really even dating right now- its more trouble than its worth), and things like that. So, we'll see what happens. I'm now able to post pics to facebook, and I put up a few this morning if you want to have a look :)