My first day of school went well. It's kinda funny talking about "my first day of school" I feel like a little kid... Anyway, i head down to the lobby to wait for my ride and find that there's 4 other students waiting for the van. We didn't have to wait long for the nearly full van to pull up, and we all pile in. It's almost like a clown car, there's 9 of us stuffed into a little mini van. We arrived at the school and were ushered into the lunch room where we filled out paperwork. We did the usual "what's your name?" "what course are you taking?" "where are you from?" and so on. Once we signed on the dotted line then it was time to go to class. Interestingly enough I am ... read more

Well I am doing much better than yesterday. Thankfully. I decided that I might as well start checking out some of the sights around New Delhi and I chose to see the India Gate. So I hired a taxi and haggled the driver down to about half the price of the fair. Yeah me I'm getting better at this. So after zipping through traffic and squeezing past busses over flowing with passengers and weaving in and out of rickshaws I made it there. Apparently the taxi driver thought that it was enough that we drove past the India Gate until I told him that I want to actually get out of the vehicle and look around. Shocking I know! India Gate is a towering arch that was built to commemorate the Indian soldiers who died in ... read more

I learned a very important rule while flying, make sure the name on your airline tickets match what is on your visa! Fortunately the people at Qatar airways were able to fix the problem very quickly. I didn't even have to get my birth certificate out :P As I was waiting to board the plane the person who originally helped me with my ticketing just smiled and said "Glad you made it." The flight was a nice one, and I slept most of the way to Doha. Oh Mom you will like this, they handed out socks to everyone so your toes would stay warm. Luckily, the flight wasn't full so I had the row to myself (the row consisted of one extra seat). I was so happy I could have done the happy dance but ... read more