The first day of school was a ceremony rather than class, so the foreign students shortly introduced ourselves, then gave flowers to teachers. I had a great time watching the dance and song performances of the grade school children; they were very well coordinated. Afterwards,
I woke up at 6AM, early so I can add a quick post before my First Day of school. I hope it will be a fun day, although I probably cannot understand most of the Russian for today. On a lighter note, I was reminded
So today, I spent time with my sister’s friends at McDonalds and the nifty shopping center next-door to it. Apparently, there’s an arcade there, which I find really cool. There’s a teddy-bear kid version of DDR to children’s songs like “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” and
Woke up early to chat with some people from home, then went back to sleep for an hour. Breakfast was great, we had some leftover blini! Today the sisters and I watched another Disney film with Adam Sandler and some other famous actors called “Bedtime
After an ultra-comfortable train ride for 12 hours, we arrived in Cheboksary. I was nervous to meet my host family, but I immediately felt their warm spirit as the students disembarked the train. Today might be the first day living without the other exchange students
Currently, it is 5:40AM in Moscow as I begin this journal entry. I awoke because of the loud falling rain. The sound is prominent, but soothing. None of the roommates are awake, and I tried to find a way to type without disturbing their rest.
Due to weather problems, we stayed an additional 2.5 hours on the plane as rain poured, lightening smashed and thunder boomed. This lengthened our original 10 hours flight from DC to Moscow. This would be my last time in Dulles and American soil for quite
Orientation has been a great experience. Although my original flight from SJC to JFK was cancelled due to bad weather, JetBlue arranged me with seats on a Boston to NY connection. The seats had extra leg room, and the TVs/radio were great during the travel.
As scared as I am about leaving the States to a country where I wouldn’t be able to communicate as well, I am also really excited. Russia would be the first time since KS where I experience snow, frost and cold; I’m going for ten
Okay, I admit it. I couldn’t come up with a witty title, but this New Year has arrived! Thank goodness! I have a million things to be thankful for, and I am grateful about the people in my life right now. This summer (or perhaps
The first day of school was a ceremony rather than class, so the foreign students shortly introduced ourselves, then gave flowers to teachers. I had a great time watching the dance and song performances of the grade school children; they were very well coordinated. Afterwards,
I woke up at 6AM, early so I can add a quick post before my First Day of school. I hope it will be a fun day, although I probably cannot understand most of the Russian for today. On a lighter note, I was reminded
So today, I spent time with my sister’s friends at McDonalds and the nifty shopping center next-door to it. Apparently, there’s an arcade there, which I find really cool. There’s a teddy-bear kid version of DDR to children’s songs like “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” and
Woke up early to chat with some people from home, then went back to sleep for an hour. Breakfast was great, we had some leftover blini! Today the sisters and I watched another Disney film with Adam Sandler and some other famous actors called “Bedtime
After an ultra-comfortable train ride for 12 hours, we arrived in Cheboksary. I was nervous to meet my host family, but I immediately felt their warm spirit as the students disembarked the train. Today might be the first day living without the other exchange students
Currently, it is 5:40AM in Moscow as I begin this journal entry. I awoke because of the loud falling rain. The sound is prominent, but soothing. None of the roommates are awake, and I tried to find a way to type without disturbing their rest.
Due to weather problems, we stayed an additional 2.5 hours on the plane as rain poured, lightening smashed and thunder boomed. This lengthened our original 10 hours flight from DC to Moscow. This would be my last time in Dulles and American soil for quite
Orientation has been a great experience. Although my original flight from SJC to JFK was cancelled due to bad weather, JetBlue arranged me with seats on a Boston to NY connection. The seats had extra leg room, and the TVs/radio were great during the travel.
As scared as I am about leaving the States to a country where I wouldn’t be able to communicate as well, I am also really excited. Russia would be the first time since KS where I experience snow, frost and cold; I’m going for ten
Okay, I admit it. I couldn’t come up with a witty title, but this New Year has arrived! Thank goodness! I have a million things to be thankful for, and I am grateful about the people in my life right now. This summer (or perhaps