Colleen Bell, UFV Librarian, visited Chandigarh today to present a library resources orientation to our Business 100 students. She wasn't actually here but, through the magic of technology, she was able to guide them through the online resources that will help them with their major projects.
Colleen worked a bit overtime, starting at 8 pm Monday night, and our students came in early, 8:30 am Tuesday morning. We had only a few little Skype glitches but the session was a success. Pretty amazing! Thank you, Colleen.
Our fourth year student, Reekrit Serai, presented us with a very nice gift today. It is a copy of the first book he authored, "As I Turn Twenty." He wanted to say thank you for our comments on the rough draft of his third book which has just gone to the printer. It is called "Master of Failure." Very powerful writing from such a young man!
A bit more about Shimla--while it is still fresh in memory.
What do you call a 108 foot tall Hindu god who stands high above the city of Shimla?
Hanumanji!
At 8000 feet, the highest point in Shimla, is the Jakhoo Hanuman Temple.
This was a stop on our Shimla tour last Saturday.
Hanuman is the god who was able to move a mountain. He was sent to find an herb that would help someone who had fallen ill. When he couldn't decide which herb to choose, he picked up the entire mountain and carried it back with him.
Sometimes I use a similar technique when shopping!
One can reach Hanumanji by taking the challenge of walking up from The Ridge, starting just by this church.
We rode in a van. That was a bit of a scary ride, though. A few hairpin curves were so tight the driver had to back up to manoeuvre his way around the corner.
We did go into the small temple built on the site where Hanuman is said to have first stepped on earth.
Hanuman is known as the monkey god. Interesting, because the one warning we had before going up the mountain was, "Watch out for the monkeys!" They can be very aggressive and are known to steal glasses right off your face, jump on your back and pick pockets. Adi and our driver both came equipped with big sticks to protect us.
We didn't witness any monkey incidents.
