Just thought I'd let you know that all is going well. My class is a group of very sweet Tibetan women (except two who are from Bhutan), of all different levels and ages, who work in a handicraft workshop, which is where we're holding the class. They took me with them to temple today after I showed up for class, not realizing that they go to pray at that time on Mondays.
Other than that I've been taking it very easy. I've been taking a break from religious texts, reading the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, by Douglas Adams. For the few of you who haven't read it, you may be surprised to learn that it doesn't mark as radical a departure from my previous studies as one might expect - its main concern is the question of "life, the universe, and everything." In fact on the first page of The Restaurant at the End of the Universe is a rather startling passage: "There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened." Maybe it's a good thing I haven't had much success so far in my search. If you suddenly happen to disappear though, you can blame me.
I haven't played it yet since I've been waiting until I finish the book, but Adams even wrote an IF version of Hitchhiker's: you can play it at the BBC (fully illustrated and with saving allowed), or on douglasadams.com (the original 1984 version).
I didn't come halfway around the world just to read, surf the net, and play video games though... No, I'm watching movies, too! There are three video halls in town that play DVDs all day on large-screen TVs for under a buck, mostly Hollywood flicks and documentaries on Tibet. I saw The Brothers Grimm the other night - it was okay. Apart from these exciting activities I've met plenty of cool folks, Tibetan and otherwise, and the town itself is beautiful. There are hills, forests, waterfalls, winding roads, and monasteries. I've seen some not-so-beautiful things as well, mainly at the Tibet Museum, which you can visit online. (It's not all depressing though.)
More soon, including pics (for real!)...
PS: I hope you enjoy the new clock as much as I do! 8P
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Yes, the clock was indeed what caught my attention ! However, I thought that all of India under a single time zone. How is it that McLeod Ganj is an hour ahead of local time?? BTW, how many days a week are you teaching?
i was supposed to be teaching 5 days a week, now it looks like it will be 4.
there is definitely something screwy with the clock - from my side it looks like the victoria time is incorrect, and the mcleod ganj time is right. i think the problem is that it can't handle half-hour deviations from GMT. darn...
ok, i replaced it with a simple indian time only clock... it's working from my end, hopefully from yours as well? it does seem to mess with the nav bar at the top though in internet explorer (but not in firefox). i'll see if i can't get a more interesting one that displays well in all browswers and shows PST too when i have a bit more time.
i hope you're having fun in washington and oregon!
i moved the clock down to the bottom so it doesn't annoy when reading, and it displays fine with MIE now... it's got the date, too. i could put a victoria one in as well, but it starts looking cluttered, and i can do the conversion in my sleep now anyway :) but if anyone knows where to find a compact javascript multi-timezone dropdown clock without ads that WORKS, let me know!!!8P
hahah, ok i think i'm happy with it now, it's back in the sidebar but i took out the seconds so it doesn't distract... i may be anal retentive but i certainly learned a bit about html and stuff :)
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