Had a great conversation with my Indian flatmate about the differences btw the Indian and USA university systems and what it does to hiring requirements by the companies in each country, and companies that hire in both companies.
I've been increasingly cranky all night because of being tired. I really need to develop better tired-me social skills. I developed better drunk-me social skills years ago; this shouldn't be hard. I just need some more practice.
I wish I'd gone out with the other TWUers to dinner, but I wasn't hungry, and I just had a pretty wonderful shower, and I'm going to get like 10 hours of sleep, so I guess I don't regret it that much. I do want to experience India but I'm content to do it tomorrow and Sunday rather than tonight.
So far I have no bugbites that I've noticed, and only mild intestinal discomfort. Hopefully this happy state of affairs will continue. Brushing my teeth with bottled water isn't difficult.
I feel bad for Tom because apparently his room is much less wonderful than anyone else's... bugs, no bottled water, no snacks, small... Tomorrow if this is still going on, I think I'll try to talk him into calling housekeeping and getting some of that fixed.
Dani's room has broken internet... the router puts out a network but the network isn't connected to anything. I think Ron was going to try to fix that... I wonder how that went.
I feel like everyone here from the USA has had more travel experience than I have. Everyone is like "I just got back from Amsterdam/Belize/LA/etc..." I mean, I travel excessively... but they travel uber-excessively. Which I'm cool with but it means that I'm a little behind when it comes to the ability to understand and discuss the common threads and themes of travel.
I'm really really really looking forward to shopping. I have a list. On the recommendation of Wolter, each of us withdrew 5000 rupees, which will probably last us about two weeks, maybe a little more? My bank charged me $111 for the amount and didn't charge an atm fee, which makes me happy. Wells Fargo is so much better than Chase. I'm leaving most of it in the same locked cabinet with my US money and checkbook (oops, didn't mean to bring that) and carrying my pared-down wallet and my passport (in a passport baggie holder thingie) in my pocket...