Day 9- 31/08/13 Freshers' party, shopping and Starbucks in Delhi!
Today was a lie in day, I got up at 8 to get to the freshers' party at Maitreyi college which was supposed to be one of the best college in Delhi University. We got there at 10 and the whole courtyard was transformed into an enormous tent with a huge stage for the Miss Maitreyi contest to take place! The girls were gorgeous, smart and very talented so I can only imagine how hard it was to choose a winner.
There were 21 contestants and all of them are amazing girls that will probably have the best time of their life in this college. We had our pictures taken and hanged out with our buddies from uni that are now already our friends and we plan to visit each other in the future. Our UK team also had some talented representatives that entertained the public with their talents and I have some funny videos of their impromptu fashion show and dance acts.
After we finished at the college, we came back and we went shopping, however I visited 3 markets, Jan Path, Shankar and Palika, because I bought material from one place, went to a tailor in another and bought a petty coat from the third. The whole experience was really fun as I went with V, one of my newly made friends and we both loved the haggling and tough negociations that took place. All in all it was a productive day but I spent way too much money on a wonderful Indian dress but I only take part in such an amazing programe once.
The shopping trip was followed by an interesting lecture on what is Indogenius and where it wants to go.We got to meet a very interesting speaker and hear more about an utopian project in ways, but I cannot say too much about it. The night ended with a trip to McDonalds for McFlurry and fries and then a long walk to A block to the Starbucks for the most delicious iced drink from Hibiscus infusion. I will now proceed to tidy up my room and then at 4 AM I am leaving for the Taj Mahal which promises to be very exciting.
Night night and hope you are having as much fun as I am!
There were 21 contestants and all of them are amazing girls that will probably have the best time of their life in this college. We had our pictures taken and hanged out with our buddies from uni that are now already our friends and we plan to visit each other in the future. Our UK team also had some talented representatives that entertained the public with their talents and I have some funny videos of their impromptu fashion show and dance acts.
After we finished at the college, we came back and we went shopping, however I visited 3 markets, Jan Path, Shankar and Palika, because I bought material from one place, went to a tailor in another and bought a petty coat from the third. The whole experience was really fun as I went with V, one of my newly made friends and we both loved the haggling and tough negociations that took place. All in all it was a productive day but I spent way too much money on a wonderful Indian dress but I only take part in such an amazing programe once.
The shopping trip was followed by an interesting lecture on what is Indogenius and where it wants to go.We got to meet a very interesting speaker and hear more about an utopian project in ways, but I cannot say too much about it. The night ended with a trip to McDonalds for McFlurry and fries and then a long walk to A block to the Starbucks for the most delicious iced drink from Hibiscus infusion. I will now proceed to tidy up my room and then at 4 AM I am leaving for the Taj Mahal which promises to be very exciting.
Night night and hope you are having as much fun as I am!
