India

Today was an Indian day.  Dr. Girish Kaul reached out to the 2010 participants, providing us with our itineraries, plus the names of the hotels we would be staying at.  In addition, we have been given the names and personal information of the 2009 Fulbright-Hays Seminar Participants.  I have already reached out to them with pressing questions like:

1)  How often do we get to wash clothes?
2)  Are we allowed to wear short sleeve t-shirts? loose-fitting jeans?
3)  How many dressy outfits do we need?
4)  Are we going to get to go on any hikes into nature?

Can you imagine?  It's a little embarrassing.  Look I can be as academic as the next guy/gal, but I'm from MIAMI, FL., we have to look good, too!  Anyway, in an effort to redeem myself, I've included a link to a really cool site on India. It's got a cool vibe to it.  Once you're there, click on gallery to view beautiful pictures and some short, artsy videos.

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/india


In addition, we received an Orientation Handbook, jam-packed with important information that we will need.

I also got my wish.  We will be staying in Shimla for three days.  Does that mean I have to "roll" myself to the next city in gratitude?  Check out the link to see what I mean.
One of the cities we will be visiting is Jaipur.  I came across a picture of a magnificent, floating palace.

Cloud Label

So, I've been playing around with the HTML to try to get a decent looking "cloud label". I tried phydeaux's Cloud but for some reason it wouldn't work for me. Now tonight I found this other website. I'm embedding the link in the title because I think after I create this post, I will start seeing something of a cloud. So, if anyone wants to do the same, check the link out.

Preparing for India

Well, ever since I found out I was chosen to participate in the Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad-India, I've been immersing myself with as much information as I can find out regarding all aspects of what this trip might entail. There are hundreds of things running through my mind. Sometimes I'm scared and apprehensive, but most of the time, joyous, excited and simply can't believe I will be fulfilling a dream of a life time. Now, one of the first things I did was get on the Internet to try to find any information that previous participants had posted. That's when I came across Linda Allen's blog. I thoroughly enjoyed reading all parts of her blog, especially her recommendations regarding what to read. Ms. Allen's blog was witty, insightful and full of information. So, after buying a couple of books (I'll list those later), I've been CONSUMED with creating my own blog. I write consumed in capital letters because other than Facebook, I know nothing about creating a blog. It's like learning a new language, just what I need before embarking on a trip when I should be learning a new language. But it should be Hindi, not blog!!! But that's my personality. Even as I'm writing this, I don't know how it will look on the blog. I'm going to stop right now and check. One thing I've learned is...I can edit.

O.K. not bad. Now how do I get rid of the "scissor" image next to everything I can change in the blog? Aaaargghh!