Ah finally the weekend. To start off, casual Friday dress code rocks. No ties, no dress shirts, no dress pants, and no dress shoes.
So more group fun for the culture classes and finally we're done with the day. I sign up to use the gym and hit that up. The class decided for all of us to go out and party at a bar in town after work to celebrate the completion of our first week. So at 7 we all load up the bus and go to Planet X. Now this was the first time most of these kids stepped off campus.. and they looked shocked. Some were spreading rumors concerning the place saying there will be a "cover" charge to get in... silly Americans to say things like that where they have not even been there.
So as the experianced crew was completely correct to defunk that rumor, we all start having a great time. The food and drinks were good. A couple of us tried to go go-karting after a few beers and they threatened to do a breathalizer.... rediculous... I though they wanted my money more than that. So we all left at around 11:30.
So comming from late nights a few of us decided to ride bikes around campus. We did. Enjoyed the sweet gazebos they have and late night juice bar. Called it a night after that.
Saturday 3/3/2007
So today we have a trip around mysore on a Infosys paid bus. 2pm we start the show. First stop was to one of the biggest palaces in India.
I forget the name of the damn thing.. but thats ok because inside was unimpressive. The old Palace burned down real early in the 1900s so this new palace was constructed and everything inside was donated by other countries.. so nothing is original or Indian in there... blah. But it does look pretty damn cool at night. Check it out.
Afterwards we went to another lame temple and to see the 2nd biggest bull in the world. There are pics of the bull on webshots which you should all be checking regularly.
After the bull, we went to town to shop around on the major street. So sight #1 was this little girl like 7 holding another baby like 3 and clinging on to us for about 10 blocks. It was the most annoying thing and she kept saying "la la la la la...". I suppose this means give in thier language but how annoying and she grabs you by the hand and she was all dirty... yuck.
The next sighting to which i regret taking a picture so you can all believe me was this man lying on the road right by the sidewalk on the busiest circle intersection and he was dare i say it... dead. He had dust all over him and he was just lying there. I couldnt get a shot cause there were so many people crossing the intercetion that if you stop you will get pushed forward by the mob.
The whole trip we were all harassed by sales people. Everywhere you go its worse than Mexico. And they were selling these annoying magnets that make a noise when the click together that i wanted to knock it out of their hands.
Sunday 4/3/2007
So a relaxing day today. Went to the gym, relaxed in the pool, got crappy Domino's pizza, and did my laundry for the first time on campus. It was cheap but so was the quality. I learned how to play snooker today as well. Other than that not much happened.
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