I feel like you either have to be pretty brave or pretty dumb/naive to study here. My stomach has decided to be the latter today, but hopefully that doesn't last too long, since I have to eat things in order to live (a thing we lifeforms must do). I'm the latter hoping to transition to the former. It will be terrific.
There is no hot water, really, unless you fill up a little pitcher with water from the little water cooler, provided because sometimes the tap water isn't so great for putting in your mouth. This is less of an issue than I initially thought it would be. The power went off for the first time! I assume this is because we all turned on the air conditioners in unintended concert. And we got computers and internet set up, it was mostly easy but pretty impossible to discover independently. Other than that we walked around campus and kind of got to know each other in a super-nebulous way. I may remember a few people's names tomorrow! Progress. And the buildings are kind of shabby and facilities/resources are not to the standard we have in the US, but I doubt anyone expected them to be. Everything seems really tranquil with a minimum of students around, but I have no idea what it will be like for classes. Oh, and my luggage is coming maybe soon. Might have to get new sandals. These are really nice, but really 1/4 size too small, so I guess my feet swelled in the past twoish days.
Talked to one of the girls downstairs, TJ. She's from Guyana, and she seems really friendly. Most people do, it's just disconcerting to be stared at (mostly by men, because this is what Indian men do is stare at women).
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