I'm sooooooo sorry...
I haven't posted anything here for so long. I feel terrible. My excuse is that I don't have time, but I the procrastinator queen so I guess that's not a valid excuse.
I kind of forgot how to do this, haha. I don't have much time right now because I have to take two exams tomorrow at school and I haven't studied yet (once again procrastination...)
Let's get some updates going on:
- Yes, I am still vegan (proudly).
-I am at school now (since August) and I have lots of homework.
-It is physically impossible to miss Harvard any more than I already am.
-Good and bad things have happened since I got back, I guess I'll do a post about these things later on.
-In case anyone is interested, I am taking 3 AP classes this year (my school wouldn't let me take any more). AP Chem, AP Physics and AP English Language and Lit.
-Halloween , my favourite holiday, was last Friday and I dressed up as a biker for school and as pop-art for a party on Saturday. I might do a post about Halloween as well.
That's basically it for now. My life is not very interesting but I'll do my best to do some posts this month.
Bye.
Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Monday, July 21, 2014
June 19th - 20th
Heyyy
Sooooo, last saturday (June 19th) I didn't do much... I woke up early; around 7 a..m. I ate a banana and a vegetable juice for breakfast and I went for a run. I wanted to go to a gym as well but they were closed, so I just ran for a while and did some flexibility exercises. I returned to my room and took a shower. Then I went to the Widener library and stayed there for almost all day reading for my philosophy class.
Sooooo, last saturday (June 19th) I didn't do much... I woke up early; around 7 a..m. I ate a banana and a vegetable juice for breakfast and I went for a run. I wanted to go to a gym as well but they were closed, so I just ran for a while and did some flexibility exercises. I returned to my room and took a shower. Then I went to the Widener library and stayed there for almost all day reading for my philosophy class.
Saturday, July 19, 2014
June 18th
Hello
Yesterday (June 18th), I didn't had class because it was Friday; therefore I slept until noon. Initially I had planned not to go out in the whole day so I could do my readings. I had cereal in my room, and a thai-vegan rice I bought on Thursday; so I could eat that as breakfast and lunch. When I got up, Esther (my proctor) had send me an e-mail about all the activities that are taking place this weekend. All of them seemed very interesting, but I knew I couldn't go to every one of them. After thinking about what I had to do this weekend, I decided that I could go out to a 'roller skating dance party' at Boston, celebrating the 80's. It started at 6:00 p.m, so I had some time before going.
After taking a shower and getting ready, I remembered that there was a workshop about Stress Management, so I went there. It was very interesting and fun. It made me realise that stressing all the time (as I do) is not only unhealthy but also unproductive. Maybe later on I could write an entry about what I learned at the workshop because it is important to really know what happens when you stress, and what are the consequences of stressing.
After that, I went back to my room and had my thai-vegan rice for lunch. It had 'vegan chicken', and I didn't really expected a lot from it but it tasted really good. I was positively surprised.
When I finished eating, I decided to go to Boston for the 80's 'party', and Paige and Michael decided that they wanted to come as well.
When we got there, we noticed that the line for renting skates was extremely long, so I decided not to rent any. Paige and I danced for a while. We stayed in there for a while, and then decided to walk around. We found an amazing juice bar; I've never seen one before so I was very amused. Even though the juices were pretty expensive, I bought several so that I could keep them in the fridge and take them with me to classes. I also bought a vegan/organic vanilla pudding (or something like that). I can't believe how amazing that place was, and all the healthy things they sell; I wish there was something like that in Medellin...
We continued walking around, and we found a very nice park in honour of cancer sufferers. We stayed in there for a while appreciating the beautiful view. Then we went to the North End, and sat down in the grass and listened to a group of music that was playing around. It was very nice and relaxing.
Finally, we decided to head back to Harvard, so we took the T and came back. Every friday night, Harvard presents 2 movies (every week has a special theme); I do not remember what this week's theme is; but the movies they are showing are The Help and Dallas Buyers Club. I was planning on watching the one that stars at 9:15 p.m, but we decided to check out the karaoke night before (Harvard hosts Karaoke nights every friday). When we got there, it was practically empty, so we were able to sing as much as we wanted. After a while more people started arriving but we were having a nice time so we stayed there and didn't watch the movie.
They show the same movies on Saturday's night so I think I'l go watch them today (Saturday).
That was about my day... It was a fun day (not very productive thought).
Byeee
Yesterday (June 18th), I didn't had class because it was Friday; therefore I slept until noon. Initially I had planned not to go out in the whole day so I could do my readings. I had cereal in my room, and a thai-vegan rice I bought on Thursday; so I could eat that as breakfast and lunch. When I got up, Esther (my proctor) had send me an e-mail about all the activities that are taking place this weekend. All of them seemed very interesting, but I knew I couldn't go to every one of them. After thinking about what I had to do this weekend, I decided that I could go out to a 'roller skating dance party' at Boston, celebrating the 80's. It started at 6:00 p.m, so I had some time before going.
After taking a shower and getting ready, I remembered that there was a workshop about Stress Management, so I went there. It was very interesting and fun. It made me realise that stressing all the time (as I do) is not only unhealthy but also unproductive. Maybe later on I could write an entry about what I learned at the workshop because it is important to really know what happens when you stress, and what are the consequences of stressing.
After that, I went back to my room and had my thai-vegan rice for lunch. It had 'vegan chicken', and I didn't really expected a lot from it but it tasted really good. I was positively surprised.
When I finished eating, I decided to go to Boston for the 80's 'party', and Paige and Michael decided that they wanted to come as well.
When we got there, we noticed that the line for renting skates was extremely long, so I decided not to rent any. Paige and I danced for a while. We stayed in there for a while, and then decided to walk around. We found an amazing juice bar; I've never seen one before so I was very amused. Even though the juices were pretty expensive, I bought several so that I could keep them in the fridge and take them with me to classes. I also bought a vegan/organic vanilla pudding (or something like that). I can't believe how amazing that place was, and all the healthy things they sell; I wish there was something like that in Medellin...
We continued walking around, and we found a very nice park in honour of cancer sufferers. We stayed in there for a while appreciating the beautiful view. Then we went to the North End, and sat down in the grass and listened to a group of music that was playing around. It was very nice and relaxing.
Finally, we decided to head back to Harvard, so we took the T and came back. Every friday night, Harvard presents 2 movies (every week has a special theme); I do not remember what this week's theme is; but the movies they are showing are The Help and Dallas Buyers Club. I was planning on watching the one that stars at 9:15 p.m, but we decided to check out the karaoke night before (Harvard hosts Karaoke nights every friday). When we got there, it was practically empty, so we were able to sing as much as we wanted. After a while more people started arriving but we were having a nice time so we stayed there and didn't watch the movie.
They show the same movies on Saturday's night so I think I'l go watch them today (Saturday).
That was about my day... It was a fun day (not very productive thought).
Byeee
Monday, July 14, 2014
July 11th - 13th
I know I've been terrible at this blogging thing and I hate myself because of that; but I didn't realised how difficult it actually is to write an entry every single day. Even considering the fact that I go to bed at 1 am (the earliest), and actually fall asleep a couple of hours later, I do not find the time to write.
Today is July 14th; it is 3:56 p.m and I am at Starbucks. I got out of my writing class at 3 p.m and went to CVS to buy some stuff I needed and then came over to Starbucks because I was feeling quite tired. Even thought I am writing this entry today, I am going to write about the last 3 days. There is no special reason why I chose this days, other than the fact that I can still remember what I did, so I want to write it down before I forget.
Let's begin:
July 11th.
It was a Friday. I had a '1-on-1' meeting with my proctor Esther. She is a Harvard student, and she is in 'charge' of Wigglesworth D. She is a very nice person and I think it is amazing that we have such a close relationship with an actual Harvard student. She is also very humble about it, which makes her even more awesome. I asked her about all her applying process to Harvard and to other universities. She was accepted at Princeton as well! Wow...
After the meeting, Jason (one of my dorm-mates) told me about a Meson Temple near by and asked me if I wanted to check it out. I, obviously, said yes; so we walked there. It was a very nice place. When we got there, an orchestra was playing on the basement. They were amazingly good; that makes me want to practice an instrument again and master it as good as they did. We stayed in there for a while and then we retuned to Harvard because we had a Study Break.
When we were coming back to Harvard, we found a really cute park with some playground for kids. It was about 8:00 p.m, so there were no kids there. It was really cute and we stayed there for a while, admiring the nature and the sky.
(I will post pictures of this when my phone synchronises with my laptop)
We finally made it back to Harvard, and we went to the Study Break. Esther bought pizza, cake, fruits (yay go vegan), and cupcakes. I got there a little bit late because I went to my room to make sure I didn't look completely disgusting. When I got to Esther's room, Tina, Paige, Mitchell, Ivan, Lane, Michael and Jason were already there. I got a lot of fruit in a plate, and sat down at Esther's bed. We all played 'Never have I ever'. After a while, everyone arrived and after that, people started to leave. Jason, Michael, Georgie and I had planned to go out exploring Cambridge after the Study Break, but I was having a very nice time, so I decided not to go.After most of the people were gone and only Tina, Paige, Lane, Cole, Colton and I were there, one of the boys came up with the idea of watching a movie ( one of the boys bought a TV...), so they brought the TV to Esther's room and we watched Anchorman 2. It was a pretty funny movie, kind of random... but it was fun. While we were watching the movie, Mitchell and Ivan came inside and watched the movie with us.
After the movie, we went back to our rooms. Jason and Michael went to our room as well (what a surprise), and told us about their walk. Michael was really happy because he was almost sure that Georgie was gay... (Michael has the hugest crush on Georgie).
After that, we started talking about cute guys and Paige told me that Mitchell and Ivan were asking about me at the Study Break before I got there. I know this may be the most stupid thing to get happy over, but they are very cute ( specially Ivan), and I am very surprised that they actually know I exist and even know my name! Wow...
July 12th
I cannot really remember what I did in the morning... The first thing I remember was going to Annenberg; I went all by myself because I was planning on doing some of my readings. When I got to Annenberg, Michael and Georgie were there, so I sat with them. We started talking, and they told me that they were going on a walk after eating. Michael said they were planning to go to the Charles River. Georgie invited me to go with them and I wasn't sure at first because I had to do readings and to study for my midterm. Georgie insisted a lot that it would be very nice if I went with them, so I ended up saying yes; but after I said yes, he told me that the walk was going to be very long and maybe I wouldn't like it so I was very confused because I didn't know if they wanted me to go or not.
I'll finish this later... I am getting pretty tired here and I want to go brush my teeth lol.
Byeeeeeee
Today is July 14th; it is 3:56 p.m and I am at Starbucks. I got out of my writing class at 3 p.m and went to CVS to buy some stuff I needed and then came over to Starbucks because I was feeling quite tired. Even thought I am writing this entry today, I am going to write about the last 3 days. There is no special reason why I chose this days, other than the fact that I can still remember what I did, so I want to write it down before I forget.
Let's begin:
July 11th.
It was a Friday. I had a '1-on-1' meeting with my proctor Esther. She is a Harvard student, and she is in 'charge' of Wigglesworth D. She is a very nice person and I think it is amazing that we have such a close relationship with an actual Harvard student. She is also very humble about it, which makes her even more awesome. I asked her about all her applying process to Harvard and to other universities. She was accepted at Princeton as well! Wow...
After the meeting, Jason (one of my dorm-mates) told me about a Meson Temple near by and asked me if I wanted to check it out. I, obviously, said yes; so we walked there. It was a very nice place. When we got there, an orchestra was playing on the basement. They were amazingly good; that makes me want to practice an instrument again and master it as good as they did. We stayed in there for a while and then we retuned to Harvard because we had a Study Break.
When we were coming back to Harvard, we found a really cute park with some playground for kids. It was about 8:00 p.m, so there were no kids there. It was really cute and we stayed there for a while, admiring the nature and the sky.
(I will post pictures of this when my phone synchronises with my laptop)
We finally made it back to Harvard, and we went to the Study Break. Esther bought pizza, cake, fruits (yay go vegan), and cupcakes. I got there a little bit late because I went to my room to make sure I didn't look completely disgusting. When I got to Esther's room, Tina, Paige, Mitchell, Ivan, Lane, Michael and Jason were already there. I got a lot of fruit in a plate, and sat down at Esther's bed. We all played 'Never have I ever'. After a while, everyone arrived and after that, people started to leave. Jason, Michael, Georgie and I had planned to go out exploring Cambridge after the Study Break, but I was having a very nice time, so I decided not to go.After most of the people were gone and only Tina, Paige, Lane, Cole, Colton and I were there, one of the boys came up with the idea of watching a movie ( one of the boys bought a TV...), so they brought the TV to Esther's room and we watched Anchorman 2. It was a pretty funny movie, kind of random... but it was fun. While we were watching the movie, Mitchell and Ivan came inside and watched the movie with us.
After the movie, we went back to our rooms. Jason and Michael went to our room as well (what a surprise), and told us about their walk. Michael was really happy because he was almost sure that Georgie was gay... (Michael has the hugest crush on Georgie).
After that, we started talking about cute guys and Paige told me that Mitchell and Ivan were asking about me at the Study Break before I got there. I know this may be the most stupid thing to get happy over, but they are very cute ( specially Ivan), and I am very surprised that they actually know I exist and even know my name! Wow...
July 12th
I cannot really remember what I did in the morning... The first thing I remember was going to Annenberg; I went all by myself because I was planning on doing some of my readings. When I got to Annenberg, Michael and Georgie were there, so I sat with them. We started talking, and they told me that they were going on a walk after eating. Michael said they were planning to go to the Charles River. Georgie invited me to go with them and I wasn't sure at first because I had to do readings and to study for my midterm. Georgie insisted a lot that it would be very nice if I went with them, so I ended up saying yes; but after I said yes, he told me that the walk was going to be very long and maybe I wouldn't like it so I was very confused because I didn't know if they wanted me to go or not.
I'll finish this later... I am getting pretty tired here and I want to go brush my teeth lol.
Byeeeeeee
Sunday, July 6, 2014
Earthlings
Heyyyy
I don't usually write like this but I think that what this entry is going to be about is a very important topic I feel passionate about and is worth the exception.
I am an animal lover; I've always been one. I cannot stand an animal suffering. If you asked me when I was younger what I wanted to do when I grew up I always answered that I wanted to study to be a veterinarian so that I could created an animal shelter, drive around the world rescuing homeless animals and helping them in all the possible ways.
As time went on, I decided that I wanted to be a vegetarian. My parents didn't approved the idea at all because I need a balanced diet that includes proteins; and as some of you may or may not know, it is nearly impossible to find proteins substitutes in the city I live (Medellin).
I respected their reasoning, so I decided that I was going to eat the reduce my meat consumption until I finished growing up and moved to a different place where I could be a vegetarian.
I've been living like that for a long time. Last month, I was watching one of my favourite youtubers (Joe Sugg), and in one of his vlogs Caspar Lee (another great youtuber) mentioned that he became a vegetarian because of a documentary he watched. "It will change your life" he said. I can't agree more.
I made a note to myself to watch that documentary, and I decided to watch it today.
It is a 90 minute long documentary regarding our relations with animals (company, food, clothes, entertainment and science). I have to admit that I couldn't watch the whole documentary. I listened to everything, but many times throughout it I had to look away because it was too much for me to handle. It is an excellent documentary and made me feel even more sentimentally connected with the subject. I really really really recommend everyone to watch it. It is a life lesson that everyone should experience. It is very hard to watch, and I certainly don't recommend everyone to watch the explicit parts because some people (like me) cannot handle that. I also want to warn anyone that may watch it, that I cried a lot.
I will leave a link to the website where there is more information about this and where you can watch the documentary.
http://earthlings.com
It's really hard to communicate adequately the way Earthlings made me feel. I think that this documentary shows us what we know deeply inside of us, but try to avoid thinking of. The documentary shows live footage of slaughtering houses, but not in a way to make you feel disgust towards meat; but in order to make you understand what we are causing the animals to go through only for personal pleasure. It emphasises in the fact that animals are living creatures that do suffer and feel pain. I consider that anyone with a bit of compassion in their hearts will not want to keep doing things the same way after noticing the repercussions caused. It is simply cruel and (ironically) inhumane to be accept, be part and support the suffering and slaughtering of animals for the sake of human selfishness.
I loved the way Ellen described it: "A very disturbing reality."
It is simply the truth. The documentary limits to open its viewers eyes and show them the truth around humans' relations with animals; and it is shocking and cruel.
There are different ways to react to this video. Some people (like me) would change their life styles because of their respect for animals and the disgust of nowadays consumerism and animal suffering; while other people might become aware of the hugely amount of sanity depravations that take place at slaughter houses, the antibiotics injected to the animals, the chemicals added to leather and fur clothes and millions of other stuff that happens and must of us don't really think about.
I could write for hours about this problems, but for the sake of the paper I have to write for tomorrow and for anyone that might read this, I am going to end it here.
Just as some kind of conclusion,I want to tell you that I am becoming a vegetarian.
I am vegan now... :)
Byeeee
I don't usually write like this but I think that what this entry is going to be about is a very important topic I feel passionate about and is worth the exception.
I am an animal lover; I've always been one. I cannot stand an animal suffering. If you asked me when I was younger what I wanted to do when I grew up I always answered that I wanted to study to be a veterinarian so that I could created an animal shelter, drive around the world rescuing homeless animals and helping them in all the possible ways.
As time went on, I decided that I wanted to be a vegetarian. My parents didn't approved the idea at all because I need a balanced diet that includes proteins; and as some of you may or may not know, it is nearly impossible to find proteins substitutes in the city I live (Medellin).
I respected their reasoning, so I decided that I was going to eat the reduce my meat consumption until I finished growing up and moved to a different place where I could be a vegetarian.
I've been living like that for a long time. Last month, I was watching one of my favourite youtubers (Joe Sugg), and in one of his vlogs Caspar Lee (another great youtuber) mentioned that he became a vegetarian because of a documentary he watched. "It will change your life" he said. I can't agree more.
I made a note to myself to watch that documentary, and I decided to watch it today.
It is a 90 minute long documentary regarding our relations with animals (company, food, clothes, entertainment and science). I have to admit that I couldn't watch the whole documentary. I listened to everything, but many times throughout it I had to look away because it was too much for me to handle. It is an excellent documentary and made me feel even more sentimentally connected with the subject. I really really really recommend everyone to watch it. It is a life lesson that everyone should experience. It is very hard to watch, and I certainly don't recommend everyone to watch the explicit parts because some people (like me) cannot handle that. I also want to warn anyone that may watch it, that I cried a lot.
I will leave a link to the website where there is more information about this and where you can watch the documentary.
http://earthlings.com
It's really hard to communicate adequately the way Earthlings made me feel. I think that this documentary shows us what we know deeply inside of us, but try to avoid thinking of. The documentary shows live footage of slaughtering houses, but not in a way to make you feel disgust towards meat; but in order to make you understand what we are causing the animals to go through only for personal pleasure. It emphasises in the fact that animals are living creatures that do suffer and feel pain. I consider that anyone with a bit of compassion in their hearts will not want to keep doing things the same way after noticing the repercussions caused. It is simply cruel and (ironically) inhumane to be accept, be part and support the suffering and slaughtering of animals for the sake of human selfishness.
I loved the way Ellen described it: "A very disturbing reality."
It is simply the truth. The documentary limits to open its viewers eyes and show them the truth around humans' relations with animals; and it is shocking and cruel.
There are different ways to react to this video. Some people (like me) would change their life styles because of their respect for animals and the disgust of nowadays consumerism and animal suffering; while other people might become aware of the hugely amount of sanity depravations that take place at slaughter houses, the antibiotics injected to the animals, the chemicals added to leather and fur clothes and millions of other stuff that happens and must of us don't really think about.
I could write for hours about this problems, but for the sake of the paper I have to write for tomorrow and for anyone that might read this, I am going to end it here.
Just as some kind of conclusion,
I am vegan now... :)
Byeeee
Birthday!!! Whoop whoop!
I am soooooo sooooo sorry!!!! I haven't posted anything in ages!
I will avoid spending time apologising and explaining why I haven't posted anything in so long, and will go straight to telling what I've been up to.
July 3rd, last thursday, was my birthday. I turned 17 (wow). I had to wake up 'early' because I had my Evolution and Cognition class. (Inside note for myself: BB waved @ me/ Michael's reaction. ) I wore my new black shorts with my new plain/basic shirt from UO. When I went back to my room, Tina gave me a birthday letter and a beautiful Chinese necklace.
I skyped with my mom and she told me about her friend and the birthday party they planned together for my mom's birthday. After that, she told me that they had send me a little something, so I had to go to the mail center and checked. I decided to wear my blue skirt instead of the black shorts.
I went to get lunch before going to the mail center because I was hungry. I got my usual salad, strawberry yogurt with musli on top and some cookies. I ate by myself because there was no one I knew in there.
After getting lunch, I checked my mail box, but I hadn't gotten anything. I texted my mom telling her that, and she told me that the webpage to follow the packet's trajectory said that it was already at Harvard. I asked the mail man again, but he assured that there was nothing in there for me. For some reason, I got very frustrated in that moment, and had a bit of an anxiety attack because I almost cried. I knew there was no reason to stress out, but I felt really bad and depressed.
I decided to go for a little walk to see if I started feeling better.
My walk lead me to Urban Outfitters (what a surprise...) and I checked the instantaneous cameras they sell. I've been wanting to have one of those for ages, but I always find that they are pretty expensive. I decided to ask my mom if I could buy one for my birthday. I obviously expected a no for and answer, so you can all imagine my excitement when she said yes.
I got so excited that I had to leave the store because I wanted to choose adequately which one to buy.
Meanwhile, I got an email saying that I received a package through the mail and that it was at the SSP office. I picked it up and went to my room to open it up.
When I got to my room, my roommate Paige was about to leave to NJ to celebrate 4th of July with her family, but right before leaving she congratulated me for my birthday, and told me that y gift was at the fridge.
She got me a box of Insomnia Cookies!!!! I am completely in love with those cookies, so that gift was perfect! :D I got so excited.
I don't like the chocolate-mint combination, but I decided to try a cookie with that flavour. It was incredibly delicious! I cannot believe I could like something with that flavour so much!
After eating that delicious cookie, I opened the gift from my parents.
I will attach pictures of the gifts I've gotten so far.
Just so you don't have to wait for the pictures, I'll tell you that they send me a letter, a stuffed dog animal and the COLOMBIAN T-SHIRT!!!! :D :D :D
Michael came to my room when I finished unpacking, and Roy (a friend I have on snapchat and that I've never meet in person) asked me if I wanted to go out somewhere. I said yes; so Michael and I went outside to meet with him.
We met him, and walked around Harvard Square. We found out that there's a Newbury Comics store very close to my room. After checking out the store, we went the Charles River and crossed one of the bridges. The view was amazing.
I just want to add that the day was incredibly hot and sunny. We were basically dying.
Michael didn't really got along with Roy, so he wanted to go back to our dorm; but I really liked Roy because he was very outgoing and chilled. We finally went back to Harvard, and Michael went into his room but I decided I was ready to buy my camera. Roy went with me to Urban Outfitters. I got my camera after waiting for an eternity in the line. After that, Roy leaved because he was going to play basketball, and I went back to my room.
Later on, Michael and I went out and got something to drink at Starbucks (coolers, because it was a freaking hot day! )We went to Newbury Comics again and Michael bough himself some kind of action figure, and he got me a 'bobby head' Daryl Dixon (from the walking dead) for my birthday. :D
We went back to our dorms. I appreciated the whole load of things I got for my birthday (I am not used to get so many stuff for my birthday) so I was very excited.
I love the way the image starts really bright and changes until it is the actual picture.
Finally, due to a storm that was supposed to hit Boston the fourth of July; the fireworks were going to be the third. Tina and I decided to go, so we took the metro and found a nice spot right next to the Charles River to watch them. We got there around 8 pm; and the fireworks started at 10 pm. My phone's battery died so I couldn't take all the pictures I wanted to.
The show ended at 10:30 pm.
We started walking back to the metro station, when suddenly we saw that across the street where we were, it was raining a lot. It was really weird because it wasn't raining where we were. That didn't last long, because almost immediately, it started pouring rain where we were. It rained a lot!
I got soaking wet...
We finally found the metro station, and it was so crowded that there was a huge line of people waiting outside in the rain.
We decided to walk back to Harvard.
We (obviously) got lost... but after a lot of trials, we made it to Harvard Street.
We walked for an hour or more; remember I was soaking wet and that I was wearing my 'sneaker high heels' so you can imagine how tired I was.
We finally got to Harvard at 12:12 ( I remember because I took a picture of the clock with my new camera). It didm't turned out good, thought.
We were very hungry, but we didn't have much time because our curfew was at 12:30. We ended up going to CVS, where we saw Roy with his group of friends; and Jason. We bought Pringles, 'birthday cake' Oreos, cookies and Nutella to go. Just so you all know; Tina had never tried Nutella before. She loved it.
Jason, Tina and I walked back to our dorm and checked in. We chilled for a while in our room. Catalina, our other roommate, gave me a beautiful ankle lace and a bunch of chocolate.
I had an amazing birthday day. It was definitely one of the best so far; I cannot thank all my friends enough for making me feel so good on this day, and for actually celebrating it (because I usually don't).
THANKS :) xoxo
I will avoid spending time apologising and explaining why I haven't posted anything in so long, and will go straight to telling what I've been up to.
July 3rd, last thursday, was my birthday. I turned 17 (wow). I had to wake up 'early' because I had my Evolution and Cognition class. (Inside note for myself: BB waved @ me/ Michael's reaction. ) I wore my new black shorts with my new plain/basic shirt from UO. When I went back to my room, Tina gave me a birthday letter and a beautiful Chinese necklace.
I skyped with my mom and she told me about her friend and the birthday party they planned together for my mom's birthday. After that, she told me that they had send me a little something, so I had to go to the mail center and checked. I decided to wear my blue skirt instead of the black shorts.
I went to get lunch before going to the mail center because I was hungry. I got my usual salad, strawberry yogurt with musli on top and some cookies. I ate by myself because there was no one I knew in there.
After getting lunch, I checked my mail box, but I hadn't gotten anything. I texted my mom telling her that, and she told me that the webpage to follow the packet's trajectory said that it was already at Harvard. I asked the mail man again, but he assured that there was nothing in there for me. For some reason, I got very frustrated in that moment, and had a bit of an anxiety attack because I almost cried. I knew there was no reason to stress out, but I felt really bad and depressed.
I decided to go for a little walk to see if I started feeling better.
My walk lead me to Urban Outfitters (what a surprise...) and I checked the instantaneous cameras they sell. I've been wanting to have one of those for ages, but I always find that they are pretty expensive. I decided to ask my mom if I could buy one for my birthday. I obviously expected a no for and answer, so you can all imagine my excitement when she said yes.
I got so excited that I had to leave the store because I wanted to choose adequately which one to buy.
Meanwhile, I got an email saying that I received a package through the mail and that it was at the SSP office. I picked it up and went to my room to open it up.
She got me a box of Insomnia Cookies!!!! I am completely in love with those cookies, so that gift was perfect! :D I got so excited.
I don't like the chocolate-mint combination, but I decided to try a cookie with that flavour. It was incredibly delicious! I cannot believe I could like something with that flavour so much!
After eating that delicious cookie, I opened the gift from my parents.
I will attach pictures of the gifts I've gotten so far.
Just so you don't have to wait for the pictures, I'll tell you that they send me a letter, a stuffed dog animal and the COLOMBIAN T-SHIRT!!!! :D :D :D
Michael came to my room when I finished unpacking, and Roy (a friend I have on snapchat and that I've never meet in person) asked me if I wanted to go out somewhere. I said yes; so Michael and I went outside to meet with him.
We met him, and walked around Harvard Square. We found out that there's a Newbury Comics store very close to my room. After checking out the store, we went the Charles River and crossed one of the bridges. The view was amazing.
I just want to add that the day was incredibly hot and sunny. We were basically dying.
Michael didn't really got along with Roy, so he wanted to go back to our dorm; but I really liked Roy because he was very outgoing and chilled. We finally went back to Harvard, and Michael went into his room but I decided I was ready to buy my camera. Roy went with me to Urban Outfitters. I got my camera after waiting for an eternity in the line. After that, Roy leaved because he was going to play basketball, and I went back to my room.
Later on, Michael and I went out and got something to drink at Starbucks (coolers, because it was a freaking hot day! )We went to Newbury Comics again and Michael bough himself some kind of action figure, and he got me a 'bobby head' Daryl Dixon (from the walking dead) for my birthday. :D
I decided to open my camera. I read the instructions and tried it out. I am in loooooveeee with my it. The first picture I took was of the flowers I got at the Farmer's Market.
I love the way the image starts really bright and changes until it is the actual picture.
Finally, due to a storm that was supposed to hit Boston the fourth of July; the fireworks were going to be the third. Tina and I decided to go, so we took the metro and found a nice spot right next to the Charles River to watch them. We got there around 8 pm; and the fireworks started at 10 pm. My phone's battery died so I couldn't take all the pictures I wanted to.
(Sorry for the crappy pictures...)
The show ended at 10:30 pm.
We started walking back to the metro station, when suddenly we saw that across the street where we were, it was raining a lot. It was really weird because it wasn't raining where we were. That didn't last long, because almost immediately, it started pouring rain where we were. It rained a lot!
I got soaking wet...
We finally found the metro station, and it was so crowded that there was a huge line of people waiting outside in the rain.
We decided to walk back to Harvard.
We (obviously) got lost... but after a lot of trials, we made it to Harvard Street.
We walked for an hour or more; remember I was soaking wet and that I was wearing my 'sneaker high heels' so you can imagine how tired I was.
We finally got to Harvard at 12:12 ( I remember because I took a picture of the clock with my new camera). It didm't turned out good, thought.
We were very hungry, but we didn't have much time because our curfew was at 12:30. We ended up going to CVS, where we saw Roy with his group of friends; and Jason. We bought Pringles, 'birthday cake' Oreos, cookies and Nutella to go. Just so you all know; Tina had never tried Nutella before. She loved it.
Jason, Tina and I walked back to our dorm and checked in. We chilled for a while in our room. Catalina, our other roommate, gave me a beautiful ankle lace and a bunch of chocolate.
I had an amazing birthday day. It was definitely one of the best so far; I cannot thank all my friends enough for making me feel so good on this day, and for actually celebrating it (because I usually don't).
THANKS :) xoxo
Friday, June 27, 2014
Chronological Mess but a Great Day at Yale and Cambridge
Well... I am going to do something I should't do but, who cares. I'm going to write this post about today's day ( Friday, June 27) instead of keeping u chronological from where I left it last time. I know I shouldn't do this because it will create a huge disorder, but I also know that if I don't write what I did today right now, I will forget.
Having said that, let's begin:
As none of you know, I don't have classes on Friday (yay!), and most of the students don't have classes this day either, so Harvard plans a couple of activities that take the whole day during Fridays. This Friday's activity was going to Yale. I bought my ticket last week, and I was very excited about going because Yale is a prestigious university that I've never visited before. Unfortunately, we had to meet in a specific location at 7:30 a.m; which is extremely early when you share the bathroom with other 3 girls and you have a check-in curfew at 11:00 p.m. the day before.
Two of my roommates were also going to the trip. We got ready and went to the meeting location. Another bad thing about such an early meeting time is that Annenberg Dinning Hall is not open until 7:30, so we didn't had the chance to get breakfast. Every single one of us had to check in with a Harvard Proctor and give them our phone number and, as we were a lot of people, there was a long line to do that. Meanwhile, one of my roommates and I decided to go into Annenberg Hall (which was right there) and grab something we could eat fast, like an apple or a banana.
After we did this, we registered with the Proctors and we had to wait for a while until the buses arrived.
Just before the buses arrived, the Proctors told us to grab a bag of food that they had, which was our breakfast. I took one that had 'Turkey' written on the side; it contained a small bottle of water, a turkey sandwich, an apple, and some cookies. Now that I think about it, I am pretty sure that it was lunch instead of breakfast...
I really really really want to continue writing about my amazing day, because I did so much stud and had such a great time, that I wanted to share it ASAP, but I am falling asleep. I just realised how tired I am.
Byeeeee
P.S: I swear I will write tomorrow to continue today's activities.
P.S.S: Here's a small bullet point-brainstorm of what I will write about today:
Ohhh, I just remembered. Just so you'll know, there is a Dance tomorrow night. Yay!
Byeeeeeee and sorry for sucking at this.
Having said that, let's begin:
As none of you know, I don't have classes on Friday (yay!), and most of the students don't have classes this day either, so Harvard plans a couple of activities that take the whole day during Fridays. This Friday's activity was going to Yale. I bought my ticket last week, and I was very excited about going because Yale is a prestigious university that I've never visited before. Unfortunately, we had to meet in a specific location at 7:30 a.m; which is extremely early when you share the bathroom with other 3 girls and you have a check-in curfew at 11:00 p.m. the day before.
Two of my roommates were also going to the trip. We got ready and went to the meeting location. Another bad thing about such an early meeting time is that Annenberg Dinning Hall is not open until 7:30, so we didn't had the chance to get breakfast. Every single one of us had to check in with a Harvard Proctor and give them our phone number and, as we were a lot of people, there was a long line to do that. Meanwhile, one of my roommates and I decided to go into Annenberg Hall (which was right there) and grab something we could eat fast, like an apple or a banana.
After we did this, we registered with the Proctors and we had to wait for a while until the buses arrived.
Just before the buses arrived, the Proctors told us to grab a bag of food that they had, which was our breakfast. I took one that had 'Turkey' written on the side; it contained a small bottle of water, a turkey sandwich, an apple, and some cookies. Now that I think about it, I am pretty sure that it was lunch instead of breakfast...
I really really really want to continue writing about my amazing day, because I did so much stud and had such a great time, that I wanted to share it ASAP, but I am falling asleep. I just realised how tired I am.
Byeeeee
P.S: I swear I will write tomorrow to continue today's activities.
P.S.S: Here's a small bullet point-brainstorm of what I will write about today:
- What I wear
- How we got to Yale
- How Yale looks/feels like
- Harvard and Yale relationship
- The guided tour
- The super cute guide of the tour
- The 'speech'
- How we got back to Harvard
- How freaking hungry we all were
- My lunch/dinner
- Getting ready for the party
- The party
- The karaoke 'party' at Harvard
- Eating a Au Bon Pain or whatever the name of that place is..
Ohhh, I just remembered. Just so you'll know, there is a Dance tomorrow night. Yay!
Byeeeeeee and sorry for sucking at this.
Sunday, June 22, 2014
Arriving at Harvard
I arrived to Harvard!
I packed everything last night so I went to sleep pretty late. I had initially planned to arrive to Harvard as early as possible in order to do everything I had to, and still have time to check out extracurricular activities; but, obviously, I was very tired and I decided not to hurry so much.
After all that, I got to Harvard at around 10 something a.m. I picked up my room key and left my bags in my room. I have 3 roommates (a lot!) I meet one of them when I left my bags in the room.
My room has 3 small rooms; 2 singles and one double, a bathroom, and a common area. I am in the double room (we have a bunk bed) and my desk is in the common area.
I'll post the pictures later because my phone hasn't synchronised them...
Well...I haven't been able to write anymore down. I have so much stuff to do all the time; it's incredible that I aways have something to do. Anyway, I'll try to narrate how has been my experience so far at Harvard (Just to keep in mind, I am writing this June 26, oppss).
For some weird technological reason that I seem not to understand, my phone and my computer haven't synchronised any pictures yet, so I guess I will add the pictures once it works again. For now, I'll just tell what I've been doing these days.
The first day was a pretty busy day because I had a list of things to do. That list is called your 'H-Ticket,' and you have to have to have it with you all the time during your first day. Firstly, I picked up my room key (which I already told you), then I had to go for an 'International Student Check-In' which was basically a really long line where they gave one a paper to fill the basic information, and then one needs to show them one's passport. After that, I picked up my Harvard Summer School ID Card, which is really cool because makes everything seem more official. Then I went to the disabilities center to ask about my request for an air conditioner and lastly, I had to do a long and extremely slow line to get a vaccine I was missing. That was for my Immunization Status and it was, by far, the most boring and time consuming activity of the day.
When I was going back outside after getting my shot (and dying of hunger), I meet a nice college boy in the elevator who was also taking classes during summer. He asked me to get lunch with him but, sadly, I had to turn down his invitation because my parents were waiting for me.
I picked up some essential things I rented from the Student Services and then I went to have lunch in a Chinese restaurant with my parents.
(I'll insert food pictures here later...)
Feeling satisfied and happy, we decided to make one last 'trip' to the mall so I could get a Doctor Who jacket I totally loved (I bought it at Newbury Comics, it is an amazing store!). For some reason, I got a terrible headache so I also bought some pills for that.
We came to Harvard again, and my parents left.
I packed everything last night so I went to sleep pretty late. I had initially planned to arrive to Harvard as early as possible in order to do everything I had to, and still have time to check out extracurricular activities; but, obviously, I was very tired and I decided not to hurry so much.
After all that, I got to Harvard at around 10 something a.m. I picked up my room key and left my bags in my room. I have 3 roommates (a lot!) I meet one of them when I left my bags in the room.
My room has 3 small rooms; 2 singles and one double, a bathroom, and a common area. I am in the double room (we have a bunk bed) and my desk is in the common area.
I'll post the pictures later because my phone hasn't synchronised them...
Well...I haven't been able to write anymore down. I have so much stuff to do all the time; it's incredible that I aways have something to do. Anyway, I'll try to narrate how has been my experience so far at Harvard (Just to keep in mind, I am writing this June 26, oppss).
For some weird technological reason that I seem not to understand, my phone and my computer haven't synchronised any pictures yet, so I guess I will add the pictures once it works again. For now, I'll just tell what I've been doing these days.
The first day was a pretty busy day because I had a list of things to do. That list is called your 'H-Ticket,' and you have to have to have it with you all the time during your first day. Firstly, I picked up my room key (which I already told you), then I had to go for an 'International Student Check-In' which was basically a really long line where they gave one a paper to fill the basic information, and then one needs to show them one's passport. After that, I picked up my Harvard Summer School ID Card, which is really cool because makes everything seem more official. Then I went to the disabilities center to ask about my request for an air conditioner and lastly, I had to do a long and extremely slow line to get a vaccine I was missing. That was for my Immunization Status and it was, by far, the most boring and time consuming activity of the day.
When I was going back outside after getting my shot (and dying of hunger), I meet a nice college boy in the elevator who was also taking classes during summer. He asked me to get lunch with him but, sadly, I had to turn down his invitation because my parents were waiting for me.
I picked up some essential things I rented from the Student Services and then I went to have lunch in a Chinese restaurant with my parents.
(I'll insert food pictures here later...)
Feeling satisfied and happy, we decided to make one last 'trip' to the mall so I could get a Doctor Who jacket I totally loved (I bought it at Newbury Comics, it is an amazing store!). For some reason, I got a terrible headache so I also bought some pills for that.
We came to Harvard again, and my parents left.
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Friday, June 20, 2014
Continuing My Journey at Boston
I'll continue from where I felt on my last entry...
There are a bunch of famous swan boats at Public Garden. I didn't got to ride one of them last year, but I did this year. It is a very nice, slow ride.
Sorry for the bunch of pictures, but I just took a lot and I think they turned out really good.
Later on, we got to Prudential Center and decided to eat something before heading back to the hotel.
We tried the California Pizza Kitchen. It was delicious!!
There was a cute little kind of island for the ducks :)
Here is a picture of a group of cute ducklings we found.
Sorry for the bunch of pictures, but I just took a lot and I think they turned out really good.
After that, we walked through Newbury Street. Something very interesting we found was a place with 3D printers.
Later on, we got to Prudential Center and decided to eat something before heading back to the hotel.
We tried the California Pizza Kitchen. It was delicious!!
We got a free appetiser; it had spinach and mushrooms.
I ordered some pasta bolognesa. It was very good. Down there is what my parents ordered. My mom got a hawaiian pizza and I can't remember the name of the pasta my dad ordered.
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