Three Weeks

Now I've been here for three weeks. Crazy, no? It feels like the first two weeks took forever, but this week just flew by. I have now settled on what classes I'll be taking, and I turned in my registration form this afternoon to the Study in India Program Office. I signed up for four classes:
1. Intermediate Hindi
2. Religion, Culture and Society in Medieval India
3. Sociology of Gender
4. Art and Architecture in Medieval India

I feel really excited about all of my classes. I'm still trying to get a handle on what's expected of us academically though, so I've asked a couple of my teachers for their input, but I'm still a bit unclear. First of all, any of the readings that they assigned aren't necessarily required; you're expected to pick a couple and do a presentation on them and write a book review. Then the books aren't that easy to find, and when you do find the readings you have to photocopy them. It's such a new concept for me; rather than buying all their assigned books at a bookstore, they find them and photocopy them. There are many photocopy centers around the campus, so that's not too bad. I just feel like it's a bit wasteful, but at least it's cheaper than buying all the books right?

I don't have many big plans for this weekend because I have a cold, so I'm planning on sleeping as much as I can this weekend, which is difficult because so many people are inviting me to go out with them, and I have to turn them down. I keep telling myself that I'll be here for five months, so it's better that I get well rather than go out and allow my cold to continue bugging me.