Journal 6

Dear Journal,

Today is Sunday and it really was not that eventful. Actually it was what most women would call the perfect day J. We slept, had breakfast, slept, had lunch, went shopping, had dinner and we will conclude by sleeping some more.

We all were so tired and exhausted from the weekend and the whole group took a nap after breakfast. After lunch Satya picked us up and took us Sari shopping. It was a very different experience for us. We went into a very nice looking shop and were seated around a small table. Instantly, the men behind the table/counter showed us Sari after Sari, they showed us pink and blue, Silk and cotton, with gold lining or without…they showed us any style possible. We then had to pick the ones we liked and they would put them aside and show us even more Saris. So then we went to the next table and looked at some more Saris. After all of us had one or two Saris picked out Sari started bargaining, we were all soo glad that Satya was there, because we would not have been able to figure all of that out. Most of us ended up buying one Sari. Tomorrow we will each have the tops made here on campus and then we will be able to wear our own Saris, which will be exciting. We stopped at another mall at get some small things and then headed home.

To me it is kind of odd how quickly all of us have gotten used to things that at the beginning of our stay seemed so crazy and different and scary. For example, the driving scared me when we got here, but now it seems like the most normal thing in the world to me. I seem to notice the looks and stares less and less and even the constant honking seems “normal.” It is weird to see the change in myself and how my own perceptions have changed. It took less time than I thought it would….