Work, Work, Hindu Temple, Work

As always, I woke up early today to do work. Unfortunately, I was not nearly as productive as I had hoped to me. I pretty much wrote my Sociology journal and looked stuff up for Paris. Eventually I will get this work done!

I left with Sam and Chelsey around 2:45 to go to Sociology at a Hindu temple. It was absolutely incredible! Check out this link: http://www.mandir.org/. The temple took three years to finish and it was completed on August 20 (my birthday!) in 1995. The stone and wood for the temple were carved in India and volunteers in London reassembled the whole thing. It was amazing. The three of us got there earlier than the rest of the class, so our professor told us to go ahead and walk through. We went to the mandir first, where people were praying and statues of the Hindu dieties were displayed. It was one of the most gorgeous rooms I have ever seen. After spending time in there, which was a bit uncomfortable at first since we did not know proper protocol, we went downstairs and walked through an exhibit explaining Hinduism. The exhibit was incredibly well-done and I learned so much. I was extremely impressed with the temple overall and how welcoming the people were to visitors. The place gave off a vibe of wanting people to learn and be educated, but it was in no way pushy. I really enjoyed the experience.

After that, we got to leave early since we finished what we needed to do. Now, we are cooking dinner (Chelsey's mom is here, so she's actually out to dinner) and doing, you guessed it, more work. Tomorrow I have a free day to get caught up - yay!