I can't believe I only have 10 days left in New Zealand.
I try not to think about it because when I do I just feel sad.
I've fallen in love with this country. I've grown accustomed to living here. It'll be strange to return to the US and have to re-adjust all over again.
I had my first exam last week for Religion in Pop Culture and I think it went okay. My second exam is tomorrow morning for Art History. I'm worried about this one. I have to write three essays in two hours. I don't want to do it. I've been studying for days and I still don't feel ready. What can I do about it? Nothing really. Just gotta get it over with and hope I've retained all the information from this semester.
I started volunteering at the Red Cross today and it was good. I'm working in the Red Cross Shop, organising, pricing, helping customers, etc. I wish I had done this throughout the entire semester instead of only during my last days here.
Other than that, we had a biscuit party last night and it was fun. We had so many biscuits! I couldn't believe it. The point was for all our guests to bring biscuits (cookies) and then everyone would exchange and eat cookies all night long. We ended up having anywhere from 25-30 people show up. Lol. TOO MANY COOKIES. They were delicious though.
Anyway, back to studying! Wish me luck (I'm gonna need it).
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Monday, June 1, 2009
Essay Stress, Party Distractions, & My 21st Birthday
The past two weeks of my life have been utterly crazy, frantic, exciting, and interesing all rolled into one.
During the week of the 18th through the 22nd, I had three essays due. The first essay was due on Monday for Art History - 2,500 words about what makes the artwork of Rita Angus so distinctive. That night, my wine making class went up to our instructor's winery to celebrate the completion of our Merlot! It was really exciting. The wine came out tasting absolutely delicious. There were 10 of there at the winery, and we ended up finishing about 8 or 9 bottles of wine among the group. Lol, yeah, that's almost an entire bottle of wine per person. Let's just say we had a really, really, really good time :].
This was a bit of a problem as I had a 2,000 word essay due on Tuesday for my Religion class. No worries, though - I'm excellent at multi-tasking, and I'm confident that I did a good job on it.
I went to a birthday party Thursday night at my American friend Tiffany's flat. It was your typical Dunedin student party (minus the couch burning, thank God) - tons of people stuffed into a small space, kegs, people doing keg stands, people playing beer pong, loud and obnoxious music. Definitely not my kind of party scene at all. This was certainly a bad distraction as I had a 2,000 word essay due on Friday for my Irish Poetry class.
Like I said, I'm excellent at multi-tasking.
Anyway, between the parties and the essay stress, I had tons of choir practice since our concert was on Sunday the 24th! It turned out to be a great concert. It was held at the Dunedin Art Gallery and we actually sold out. It was pretty cool. We worked really hard to get all the songs down. One of the songs, Bach's Gloria, was incredibly difficult, and we learned it in only two weeks, so yay Cantores.
Me and some Cantores girls being divas.
Most of us from Cantores. Really gonna miss singing with them :[.
Tuesday the 26th was really exciting. It was my 21st birthday :D. Everyone made it really special for me. Jess sent me the best birthday package ever! My parents and my sister sent me really nice birthday cards in the mail. My friend Damian took me out to lunch. My flatmates baked me the coolest birthday cake! Bright lime green with pretty blue frosting. Yummmm. Also, the sun had finally come out after hiding for two weeks. It was a beautiful day. The perfect birthday.
Isn't it amazing??
Me and the birthday cake.
Lol, it's beautiful.
Unfortunately, though, last week, I caught a cold. It's been circulating our flat so it was only a matter of time before I'd get sick.
Anyway, my final essay was due this past Friday, the 22nd , for my Lit and Gender class. That was a really tough, 3,000 word paper, but I managed it all right, I think. It was definitely difficult to get it done since I was so miserably sick, but I did okay.
Friday night was also my birthday party. It was incredible. Possibly the most fun night I've had in NZ. I pretty much have the coolest mates ever. No kidding.
During the week of the 18th through the 22nd, I had three essays due. The first essay was due on Monday for Art History - 2,500 words about what makes the artwork of Rita Angus so distinctive. That night, my wine making class went up to our instructor's winery to celebrate the completion of our Merlot! It was really exciting. The wine came out tasting absolutely delicious. There were 10 of there at the winery, and we ended up finishing about 8 or 9 bottles of wine among the group. Lol, yeah, that's almost an entire bottle of wine per person. Let's just say we had a really, really, really good time :].
This was a bit of a problem as I had a 2,000 word essay due on Tuesday for my Religion class. No worries, though - I'm excellent at multi-tasking, and I'm confident that I did a good job on it.
I went to a birthday party Thursday night at my American friend Tiffany's flat. It was your typical Dunedin student party (minus the couch burning, thank God) - tons of people stuffed into a small space, kegs, people doing keg stands, people playing beer pong, loud and obnoxious music. Definitely not my kind of party scene at all. This was certainly a bad distraction as I had a 2,000 word essay due on Friday for my Irish Poetry class.
Like I said, I'm excellent at multi-tasking.
Anyway, between the parties and the essay stress, I had tons of choir practice since our concert was on Sunday the 24th! It turned out to be a great concert. It was held at the Dunedin Art Gallery and we actually sold out. It was pretty cool. We worked really hard to get all the songs down. One of the songs, Bach's Gloria, was incredibly difficult, and we learned it in only two weeks, so yay Cantores.
Me and some Cantores girls being divas.
Most of us from Cantores. Really gonna miss singing with them :[.
Tuesday the 26th was really exciting. It was my 21st birthday :D. Everyone made it really special for me. Jess sent me the best birthday package ever! My parents and my sister sent me really nice birthday cards in the mail. My friend Damian took me out to lunch. My flatmates baked me the coolest birthday cake! Bright lime green with pretty blue frosting. Yummmm. Also, the sun had finally come out after hiding for two weeks. It was a beautiful day. The perfect birthday.
Isn't it amazing??
Me and the birthday cake.
Lol, it's beautiful.
Unfortunately, though, last week, I caught a cold. It's been circulating our flat so it was only a matter of time before I'd get sick.
Anyway, my final essay was due this past Friday, the 22nd , for my Lit and Gender class. That was a really tough, 3,000 word paper, but I managed it all right, I think. It was definitely difficult to get it done since I was so miserably sick, but I did okay.
Friday night was also my birthday party. It was incredible. Possibly the most fun night I've had in NZ. I pretty much have the coolest mates ever. No kidding.
Self-timer of some early arrivals.
Karaoke time. Have you figured out the theme yet?
Me with my two favourite kiwis.
Lol I <3 Dr. Stewart.
That was the most memorable 21st ever. I feel blessed to have such awesome mates :].
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