par-tay

so.
last night the tibetans had a party. it was kind of ridiculous, but in an awesome sort of way. the night started as traditional tibetan parties go, with lots of food and people taking turns singing songs and telling jokes and stories. then, the next 3 hours turned into a weird combination between a middle school dance and a smith quad party. they played everything from mid-90's dance music, to bad hip-hop, to hindi film music, to bob marley. the evening started off with the girls awkwardly standing on one side of the floor, while the boys tried to look too cool on the other side (as per middle school dances); but as the night progressed and people started dancing, it turned into something like a smith quad party (minus the alcohol and scantily-clad women), with loud popular music that i hate and random sketchy boys trying to dance with groups of girls.
it was actually a LOT of fun though, and it was nice to get to spend time with some of the students when i didn't have to worry about talking to them too much. one thing that i learned last night though: tibetans can't dance. not a single one. it was pretty awesome.