The long anticipated advisor reception has finally happened! Almost all of us (sorry Amber) met our independent research advisers. The event was very high class. It was held at the Indian restaurant in the Puma Imperial Hotel. There were many highlights of the evening. The food was quite yummy, but I think the group favorite was the huge amounts of delicious leftovers we got to take back to our apartment! So far instead of buying food for breakfast and lunch, we have been able to raid the seemingly endless containers of chicken curry, rice, and nan.
On the business end, I think there was a collective sigh of relief that we have met our advisers and have a little better idea about how plausible some of our project ideas are. Some people will be leaving for the county side, for digs and survey work, with in the next couple of days... i think. You never seem to know plans here more that a couple days or even hours ahead of time. Form what I've heard, most of the advisers speak English fairly well. My advisor studied in New Zealand for 3 years and speaks nearly perfect English. On the other hand there are a couple, like Evans advisor, who speak next to no English. At least in that case, they both kinda speak Japanese!
Right now we are in the thick of classes, busy memorizing Mongolian vocab and grammar, attending lectures on history, politics, biology (yay!), and economics, visiting every museum in UB, and spending the weekends in the countryside. This schedule keeps us pretty, the way I like things, busy. However, the advisor reception definitely made me, and I think everyone else as well, excited to start independent projects!
For now it's back to the flashcards!
Love, Emily
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