These pictures were taken after the AMU choir sang at the Festival of the Arts on March 9. One of my friends recorded the concert and I'm hoping to have my roommate put it on a CD.
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Additions to the gallery
These are pics from the Scythian concert. It was super fun and high energy the whole time! They're great!Here's a short video clip. Though I couldn't really capture the atmosphere...If you clap along and hop up and down like you're an Irish step dancer you might get close... ;)
A picture is worth a thousand words...
An indoor picnic!
O.k. Because I took such a long break from blogging, I'm just posting a bunch of pictures to up date everyone. This first set is of the decorated dorm room (though this was before I moved).
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Long time no blog...
Yes, it's been a small eternity since I last posted something on this blog. There are several reasons for this. 1) Life moves fast here! I mean, lots of homework, and then just hanging out with friends. 2) I've gotten used to living here so I don't feel as compelled to record the ordinary events of daily life. 1 is the overriding reason. So I'll just ramble to bring everyone up to speed...
I joined the women's discernment program so that I could focus more on what God wants me to do with my life. So I moved to the neighboring dorm. My roommate is a theology grad student. She's really great! She is also the lab coordinator: thus she knows a lot about God and His creation!
Literature is the most difficult class I have this semester. I get confused a lot; it's pretty lofty stuff. Thus far we've read Beowulf and Dante's Divine Comedy (Inferno, Purgatory, and Paradise inclusive!) The latter was deep poetry! I felt lost for most of the class. But I passed the midterm exam, praise Jesus!
It was crazy! The week before midterms we had a history paper due on the Friday before, and a literature paper due on the Monday of midterms week! Need I say more...The good thing was that Monday was a reading day, so there were no classes.
Midterms week itself went pretty well. Though I've only gotten one test back (literature) I wasn't panicked this time 'round. What a grace!
I joined the choir this semester. It's challenging, but very fun. The director is incredible! But he's not terrifying. We had our first concert on March 9 and it went well. I heard a recording of the concert which was taken with a small digital recorder, and even on that we sounded quite good! I'm hoping to ask my roommate to make a cd of the concert.
The concert was part of the Festival of the Arts. So we also watched a dance program, and the musical Guys and Dolls. There is no formal drama department here; it's all completely student run. They are outstanding!
Well, that's it for now. Of course there are more little things, but I'll have to leave somethings to tell in person!
P.S. I'm writing now because I forgot to do my laundry so I'm waiting up for the wash cycle to finish!
I joined the women's discernment program so that I could focus more on what God wants me to do with my life. So I moved to the neighboring dorm. My roommate is a theology grad student. She's really great! She is also the lab coordinator: thus she knows a lot about God and His creation!
Literature is the most difficult class I have this semester. I get confused a lot; it's pretty lofty stuff. Thus far we've read Beowulf and Dante's Divine Comedy (Inferno, Purgatory, and Paradise inclusive!) The latter was deep poetry! I felt lost for most of the class. But I passed the midterm exam, praise Jesus!
It was crazy! The week before midterms we had a history paper due on the Friday before, and a literature paper due on the Monday of midterms week! Need I say more...The good thing was that Monday was a reading day, so there were no classes.
Midterms week itself went pretty well. Though I've only gotten one test back (literature) I wasn't panicked this time 'round. What a grace!
I joined the choir this semester. It's challenging, but very fun. The director is incredible! But he's not terrifying. We had our first concert on March 9 and it went well. I heard a recording of the concert which was taken with a small digital recorder, and even on that we sounded quite good! I'm hoping to ask my roommate to make a cd of the concert.
The concert was part of the Festival of the Arts. So we also watched a dance program, and the musical Guys and Dolls. There is no formal drama department here; it's all completely student run. They are outstanding!
Well, that's it for now. Of course there are more little things, but I'll have to leave somethings to tell in person!
P.S. I'm writing now because I forgot to do my laundry so I'm waiting up for the wash cycle to finish!
Sunday, January 20, 2008
There and Back Again
And so ends the first week of classes. I have enjoyed it; thus far I like my new teachers, am actually excited about lab, and have not totally freaked out about studying yet!
Though there is not much to say other than that for classes this Saturday was the 19th Century Ball. There was a crash course in 19th century American dances on Thursday and Friday and I had a ball (haha...hum...bad joke...;) And the ball was just as good only fancier and with dinner.
That I went was something of a "miracle". I had been reluctant. My main excuse was the lack of a proper dress. Lo and behold, one of my roommates had a dress that didn't fit her anymore! So I went, and had the time of my life! :)
As we were walking back to the dorms we prayed a Rosary. It was slightly sprinkling. But by the middle of the third decade it began to rain! We took shelter under the library, but by the end of the Rosary it was still raining though a bit lighter. So we took our chances, and what do you think happened? It rained harder! So we were happy but wet!
Stay tuned for pictures...
Though there is not much to say other than that for classes this Saturday was the 19th Century Ball. There was a crash course in 19th century American dances on Thursday and Friday and I had a ball (haha...hum...bad joke...;) And the ball was just as good only fancier and with dinner.
That I went was something of a "miracle". I had been reluctant. My main excuse was the lack of a proper dress. Lo and behold, one of my roommates had a dress that didn't fit her anymore! So I went, and had the time of my life! :)
As we were walking back to the dorms we prayed a Rosary. It was slightly sprinkling. But by the middle of the third decade it began to rain! We took shelter under the library, but by the end of the Rosary it was still raining though a bit lighter. So we took our chances, and what do you think happened? It rained harder! So we were happy but wet!
Stay tuned for pictures...
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
The end is near...
It's been a looooonnnngggg time! But, there has been a lot going on! A final lab report and an analysis of a biologically related news article, last touches on the last history paper, reading Virgil's Aeneid so that we could finish it in 4 classes, an open hall Christmas party which concluded with spontaneous caroling outside in the quad (I played my violin), a surprise birthday party, a Latin recetation which my roommates were in (I was one of a select group of freshmen who were given new text books as a gift for our good work this semester and probably as a ploy to get us to keep taking Latin ;), and of course FINALS!!!!!!!!
We've all been studying REALLY HARD!!!!! Especially for the history final which was on Monday. That was a scary test! It consisted of two essays and 12 identifications which are like mini essays! My Latin test was on monday, and Literature was on Teusday. Today is my last test-biology. It's going to be DIFFICULT because it's an applied knowledge type exam. At least it's open book so that I don't have to get hung up on the details.
It's almost time for Christmas break!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!!!! I'M SOOOOOOO EXCITED!!!!!!!!
Aaah! But first I must study for my exam tonight at 7 p.m. On to DNA Replication!
We've all been studying REALLY HARD!!!!! Especially for the history final which was on Monday. That was a scary test! It consisted of two essays and 12 identifications which are like mini essays! My Latin test was on monday, and Literature was on Teusday. Today is my last test-biology. It's going to be DIFFICULT because it's an applied knowledge type exam. At least it's open book so that I don't have to get hung up on the details.
It's almost time for Christmas break!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!!!! I'M SOOOOOOO EXCITED!!!!!!!!
Aaah! But first I must study for my exam tonight at 7 p.m. On to DNA Replication!
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