I can't promise I'll keep up writing on this blog near every day, so don't get your hopes up, but for now I am, probably because I'm so excited for the internet, so I get on, and then everyone is either asleep or just waking up or going to bed. (12.5 hr time difference from CA)
Today was a day of what was for me an extreme duality of emotion. I'm generally a pretty even-tempered person, so to start out the morning sad, homesick, and that whole deal, and then to spend the rest of the day in a really good way, excited for my classes, the clubs on campus, the people here, is very odd to me. Its strange to experience such a range of emotion in one day. I almost don't want to say that I was happy, because I wasn't in the morning, but neither can I say I was sad, as I spent most of the day happy.
Today I worked on my course schedule,
Voila:
Philosophy of Religion
History of India 1750-1950
Human Rights, Gender, Justice, and Reconciliation (human rights and conflict studies with gender thrown in there)
Independent Study
My Independent Study is gonna be something to do with Sustainable Development. Its like a thesis, I have a year to do it, so I don't know what exactly the topic will be, give me ideas if you have them! Maybe something about renewable energy in emerging and established economies, or pollution and development, value of preserving open space, not sure what yet. I'll go to my first classes tomorrow. Philosophy and history are five days a week, plus a tutorial when that starts up. The human rights class will be in the evenings starting maybe next week, and they will work on appointing an advisor for my independent study, who I will meet with once a week.
I also had fun today, going with my friend Vrinda to look into singing classes, and this evening I'm going to watch Tootsie (I thought they were saying Tulsi, a movie with Dustin Hoffman, but Dad clarified).
I think since there is kind of a general sort of noise, from the fans, cars, people talking, etc., it actually makes it easier to sing, listen to music, and call home without fear of offending anyone.
So anyway, thats how my day was.
Today was a day of what was for me an extreme duality of emotion. I'm generally a pretty even-tempered person, so to start out the morning sad, homesick, and that whole deal, and then to spend the rest of the day in a really good way, excited for my classes, the clubs on campus, the people here, is very odd to me. Its strange to experience such a range of emotion in one day. I almost don't want to say that I was happy, because I wasn't in the morning, but neither can I say I was sad, as I spent most of the day happy.
Today I worked on my course schedule,
Voila:
Philosophy of Religion
History of India 1750-1950
Human Rights, Gender, Justice, and Reconciliation (human rights and conflict studies with gender thrown in there)
Independent Study
My Independent Study is gonna be something to do with Sustainable Development. Its like a thesis, I have a year to do it, so I don't know what exactly the topic will be, give me ideas if you have them! Maybe something about renewable energy in emerging and established economies, or pollution and development, value of preserving open space, not sure what yet. I'll go to my first classes tomorrow. Philosophy and history are five days a week, plus a tutorial when that starts up. The human rights class will be in the evenings starting maybe next week, and they will work on appointing an advisor for my independent study, who I will meet with once a week.
I also had fun today, going with my friend Vrinda to look into singing classes, and this evening I'm going to watch Tootsie (I thought they were saying Tulsi, a movie with Dustin Hoffman, but Dad clarified).
I think since there is kind of a general sort of noise, from the fans, cars, people talking, etc., it actually makes it easier to sing, listen to music, and call home without fear of offending anyone.
So anyway, thats how my day was.
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