Journal 10-27-2010

Journal 10-27-2010

In the morning I realized that I really didn’t have enough background information to write a good introduction. So I went to the library and found, took pictures of and read as many more sources as I could. This really helped with the writing process. In the evening John, Leah and I went into town to go out for dinner. Before we went we stopped at Allmart to get some groceries. I finished checking out first and was waiting for John and Leah outside the store when a white girl with blonde curly hair walks right in front of me and stands, as if she is waiting for someone, a couple of meters away. You don’t just see a blonde girl here every day so I waved and said hello to her. She came over and we started talking. Her name is Stephanie and she is a German student doing a semester in India. Her program has her studying at VIT, which she is not too wild about. Anyway pretty soon John Leah and I were talking to the German girl, her boyfriend and another guy who were both French exchange students. They invited us to come with them and four Indian dudes for dinner at a hotel in Vellore where they serve beer (if you can call it that… King Fisher). The hotel did have great food though! I got to try some chicken lollypops, a BEEF steak, some chicken noodles and some chicken spring rolls. Mmmmmmmmmm. We all sat talked and kept ordering more and more food and drinks for several hours. Then the restaurant closed and we had to leave. It was really fun to hear about the experiences of the European exchange students. Their observations are so similar to ours. We got to gripe about the conservative society and lack of beef and beer. We aren’t really affected by the conservative practices that are common in south India but the European students have to deal with all kinds of crap because they are staying inside VIT. It was a fun night.