Work Work Work

I was up early again. Even though I've been getting decent sleep (like 6 hours) I've still been feeling tired for some reason. I need a good break, like an actual weekend. I'm looking forward to India. After a quick breakfast with Utsav and some others, went off to classes. Sanchez was back on the ship and his eye was doing much better. But he wouldn't be teaching till after India. So in Global Studies, Maclamore talked about Indian culture a little but mostly showed pictures, Allard took off with Economics and never came back, and Aguilar gave a great and fascinating lecture about Indian Art and Architecture and discoursed meanings behind architectural features that I never knew (different sizes of domes on temples represent distance from Himalayas and the abode of God). Some people complained that his lecture was boring, but I found it one of the most interesting lectures I've had yet on the ship. I went for lunch down to the Main Dining Hall today to have lunch with Balaji and Sunila and some others they had invited. We talked more about India and its culture and had lots of salad and french fries. After lunch was over, I played some games (like "boxes" and Tic-tac-Toe) with Leo, who had joined us towards the end. Then it was time to get working on history again. After around 2 hours, Aaron came down to teach some of the kids Improv, and I joined them for a some time before getting back to my work (Aaron was a really good Improv tutor). I had dinner down in the Main Dining Hall with Nick and Howard, and then I looked for Dino to do econ homework with. I found him and others in the Garden Lounge, but they were leaving to go dye Alycia's hair. I had to stay behind to do econ homework, which made no sense and there were so many problems. On my way to the cultural explorer seminar I saw Allard who told me we only had to do 2 of the 14+ problems, which made things so much easier. I went with Aman, who I met at the seminar, down to his room and did the homework with him down there. I also met two of his friends who were also in our hall (Sabrina and Chelsea). I then went back to my room and did a little research about the India day trip. I fell asleep in the middle of it, and woke up feeling kind of sick. So I decided to call it early, and also canceled Piano lessons for tomorrow.
-Nimish
October 17, 2010