debbie
April 22, 2006
Spring Week Carnival
Today was the Spring Carnival on the Simmons Quad. It included all the Colleges of the Fenway, and had a bouncy obstacle course, a mechanical bull, radio station, DDR, a sign making place and free food galore! Abbey and I went together (since we both were the only one’s here on the weekend between the two rooms), where we racked in the loot. It was a ton of fun, we actually stayed there for the whole time it was going on (a surprise for the both of us…we expected to leave so we could do homework). Here’s the pictures of the damage we did…
Abbey and the sign set-up. You give them a word, pick a type of sign and they make it for you.
Me on the Mechanical Bull. I stayed on for 12 seconds. Rodeo anyone?
Watch out! Abbey’s taking the bull by the horns…
Me and the Simmon’s Shark.
Okay…Who let the Mascot’s go near each other? Simmons Shark and the Wheelock Wildcat.
“This campus isn’t big enough for the both of us…”
All the loot I collected around the carnival.
All of Abbey’s loot…
Abbey’s proud of her collection. Check out the Mean Girls CD she got for wearing mismatched socks.
That’s right. I got a whole bunch of stuff. I won a CD player for being at the right place at the right time.
Posted by debbie13 at 11:06 PM
April 15, 2006
Ethnic Night in the Dorms!
So last Saturday we had an ethnic night in the dorms since most of our roommates would be gone for the weekend (one has to entertain oneself!). Maria, Amy and I decided that we would have an ethnic night, a combination of Indian, Pakistani, Norwegian and American foods. Maria and I made an Indian dish with potatoes. She brought some kabobs her mother had made, Rhoti (a type of bread), Amy made cheese and crackers (Norwegian style) and we had apple pie with vanilla ice cream for dessert. To top it off, chai and mango juice to drink. Maria suggested that Amy and I try her Salwarkamez and Hijab’s. So the following pictures are of us all dressed up and cooking.
Me, Maria and Amy
Watch out for these angels!!!
1..2..3..
Never give Amy the camera…
Debbie being shy? Never!
Potato patties
Frying the patties
Maria washing dishes…fun!
So tired from all that cooking!
Oh! And my Japanese has come in handy. While we were out shopping for the ingredients for the dinners, I had to ask the produce worker at Shaw’s for some good Cilantro (the stuff they had out was wilted). I could tell he was Japanese, as he was talking to a customer in it. I said excuse me in Japanese and he was surprised to hear me speaking his language. He asked me if I was American, I said I was in Japanese and when I told him what I was looking for - he ran in the back to get me the “very best cilantro in the store.” It was so cool to be able to attempt to speak to someone in their own language. I could tell he appreciated it. I apperciated the experience in speaking it. And I thought it wasn’t going to do me any good. heh heh heh
Happy Easter, Passover, Weekend to everyone!
~Debbie
Posted by debbie13 at 06:46 PM
April 08, 2006
Yay for the Weekend!
So I registered for classes the other day. Smoothest registration I have ever had. I just clicked “register” for all the classes I picked out previously and hit “submit” and I was done! No waiting. I was pleasantly surprised.
So for the fall I am taking:
Japanese 201 (of course)
Women and Literature
17th Century Literature (I know I am gonna love this class)
Advanced Creative Writing: Non-Fiction
Intro to Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual studies
So another five class semester. I figured I was successful this semester that I would give it another go. Especially since I am keeping up with Japanese. It finally hit me in the past week how to do it. I wanted to go on the Japan short term, but alas I was too late. Someone else filled the position. Oh well. Hopefully I can get over there at some other point in time. Perhaps to teach English?
The next thing I am waiting on is the lottery for housing next year. I have enough credits that I could stay where I am without a problem, or because I am a rising senior I could get a good number. I will be rooming with Ariel next year, one of my original roommates. That’s going to be nice. Everyone has been teasing me that I blow through roommates like no one else. Sarah transferred, Priscilla is getting an apartment…I hope nothing happens with Ariel.
I am already looking into Graduate schools. I talked to my mom, and we agreed that perhaps waiting a few years would be a good thing, to build up my resume. I will be interning(hopefully) next spring semester, and I want to work at a local bookstore. Get some experience in all aspects of the publishing/writing industry.
It’s a slow weekend around here. Its overcast today, but warm. So I could go around the city if I wanted, but I am feeling too lazy. I am mostly caught up on my work, so it’s a weekend to relax. It’s just me and Maria, the rest of our roommates have gone home. We are going to have an ethnic food night tonight. Maria is making some Pakistani food, and I am going to see if I can make an easy indian recipe. I am going to head over to Starmarket(sorry, Shaws) for ingrediants soon.
It’s Samurai Saturday on IFC, so it’s fun to be watching an old Japanese film and understand some of the words that they are saying. I was watching “The Last Samurai” a couple of weeks ago and I understood most of what Tom Cruise was saying in Japanese. It was a happy moment for me.
Well, time to head out. First I am going to look at some Marsala recipes online.
~Debbie
Posted by debbie13 at 01:56 PM