1/14/09

Awesome bridge^

I went to a club called Kushion last night. I went w/Paula, Emma and 2 other girls they knew, Debbie and Kathleen. We didn't get there until after 10:30pm. Paula immediately went to meet up w/her boyfriend. I was nervous about going to the club, since I had never been to a club before, but Emma and Debbie were very nice and I stuck w/them all night. We didn't get back to our flats until 2:30am and I had class today at 10am. At 7:40am a fire alarm goes off. I did NOT want to get up, so I stayed in bed w/my hands over my ears. But after 10 mins. I got up, put my coat on and went outside. I passed the firefighters in the hallway (I'm on the 4th floor), I just glared at them, I am not a morning person especially after only a few hours of sleep. Everyone else was already outside, and I met up w/my friend April. A minute later, Emma comes out w/the same evil glare on her face.

I finally did not have to use my map to navigate around campus today! I even got to all my classes on time! Classes are very confusing, there is always a different lecturer, so I never know if I am in the right class.

I went to Iceland today (a cheap grocery store about a mile from my flat) w/one of the girls from my program, Ashlee. The cashiers always have really thick accents and I can never understand them, and Scottish credit cards have special chips in them so the just stick them in a slot and it reads the chip, but w/american credit cards you need to slide them and the cashiers always seem to have an issue w/my card, so its very stressful and overwhelming just trying to pay for goceries. And today I left a bag of groceries there, and didn't realize until I had already walked the half hour back to my flat, so I didn't go back. Oh well, it was just a couple pounds worth of pasta.

There are around 11 girls that share a kitchen here, and thats where we all meet each other and chat. When i was eating dinner, it was so cool cuz i sat at a table w/a girl from Nigeria, Debbie from Scotland, Paula from Finland, Emma from England and Sophie a french canadian! Then I have befriended a girl named April, from Hong Kong! I feel so multicultural! Everyone is so nice here! It's crazy, everyone is from a different part of the world w/there own story and background, and its so easy to talk to them and share stories! I'm getting along better w/the international students and the local students than the american group i came with! I feel like this world is so big, and i want to get to know every part of it. I can't believe I've never left the U.S., I am just in awe of the world right now, and all the ppl, everyone is so interesting!

Well, I have to go read Shakespeare's Winter's Tale b/c apparently I didn't get the memo that today's lecture was on Winter's Tale. So I should at least try to be prepared for tomorrow's lecture, which should still be on Winter's Tale.