Andrew and Abdul at Abdul's first AU basketball game.
One of Abdul's amazing snow pictures.
Happy New Year Everyone!
Yes, it has been two months or so since I wrote, but a lot has happened! Finals came along and I was sick for a while before that, but I made it through my first semester in college and enjoyed a nice and relaxing three weeks at home. It was great to see my family and friends, and nice to have NO HOMEWORK over break -- the first time in my entire life!!!
I had my wisdom teeth removed, went back to Grant High School and got to play in the Winter Concert with Wind Ensemble, played in the snow on Christmas day (YAY!), had fun in San Fransisco, and ended the year with a Pink Martini concert that had my bro and the Royal Blues and Jane Powell (actress and singer from "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers," and "Royal Wedding" with Fred Astaire). It was a great way to end an AMAZING year.
And I seem to have started the year off right, as well! This semester I am taking quite a lighter load compared to last semester (thankfully), which gives me more time to do the multitude of other things I am planning on doing.
Here is my schedule:
Mon: 8:30 - 9:45 am Finite Math (algebra, the easiest math - yay!)
10 - 2 pm Work (at the Children's Development Center, the on-campus childcare for 2.5 to 4.5 year olds)
Tues: 8:30 - 9:45 am Literary Imagination (hereafter called LI: English class where we learn to interpret and and read lots of cool books)
12:45 - 2 pm Living in the Environment (also known as LITE: an Environmental Studies class)
3:35 - 4:50 pm Spanish (a MUCH better teacher than last semester: I am doing SO much better in this class this semester)
Wed: 10 - noon Work
3:35 - 4:20 pm Spanish
8:10 - 10:40 pm Gospel Choir (YAY!)
Thurs: 8:30 - 9:45 am Math
10 - noon Work
7 - 7:55 pm Samba Class (at the campus gym - really fun and a great workout)
Fri: 8:30 - 9:45 am LI
12:45 - 2 pm LITE
3:35 - 4:50 pm Spanish
Sun: 11 - 2ish pm Choir practice, Mass, and Starbucks afterwards with the choir. Yes, I am going to church on Sundays now, and yes, it's a Catholic church. But it's all in the name of music. I am playing my flute there (and singing) with the choir. I found out about it and was invited by my friend Myonnie who I met on the plane coming home. She lived went to Japan with the JET program (so we practice Japanese together), plays flute, and lives in DC so we have a lot of fun together. Yet another learning experience for me.
Another exciting thing for this semester is that Andrew (the computer guru and fellow UC bio student) has a new roommate! His name is Abdul and he is from Kuwait. He is a senior, studying business information systems and is really cool! He has already become a part of the family! His English is perfect and he's quite fond of meditation, photography, and puns. (^_^)
It was so cute to see him when it snowed! Apparently it doesn't snow much Kuwait, so when it snowed here the other day, Abdul's face lit up and he was outside and taking pictures in a second. Here is one of the pictures he took. Some of the snow is STILL here, sitting on random lawns or patches, much of it iced over as it is FREEZING here.
Other excitements: the other night I was almost asleep when I was awoken by what at fist smelled like cologne. But then it got increasingly nasty smelling so I got up to find that it was coming from my heater! I ended up having to sleep in my friends Blair and Alisa's room on the floor. Shirin's grandparents from Iran are in town so she has been gone frequently (they are very nice, by the way. I had the pleasure of meeting her Grandmother when they came to pick Shirin up), so she was not here. It was only yesterday that the fix-it people finally got to my request and came to clean my heater out. They don't know what caused the smell: after a night with the window open, there was no scent in the morning, but they did a much needed clean out anyway. The best part is that they found two very nice necklaces in there as well! I checked with the previous occupants of this room and they don't recognize them so I now have two new pieces of jewelry!
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