We did "Roses, Buds, and Thorns" at the end of weekly house meeting tonight.
Buds = what you're looking forward to
Thorns = bad news
Roses = good news
Bad new first? Thorns...
*Harddrive crashed a few days ago, and though I backed up all my pics and docs, it still sucks that I lost other important and useful things
*Getting used to having limited internet
*Not always feeling safe
*Money (or lack of)
*Figuring out summa summa plans
*Missing being able to easily call or text family and friends
*Lack of privacy
Roses of the past few days:
*Thursday - Welcome Dinner at Africa Café. Food from all the different countries of Africa. Unlimited servings. Face painting.
*Friday - Saturday - Rafting Trip on the Breede River and major housemate bonding. Stones (a club/bar) on Long Street.
*Sunday - Easter :). Brunch. Kirstenbosch Concert in Botanical Gardens.
*Monday - City Tour. Given an overview of the history of South Africa. REALLY intriguing stuff, no doubt. Our tour guide, Colleen, is a G.
*Tuesday - First day of classes. Talk with Dr. Paul Wise (my hero).
*I was finally able to pick up my laptop. New hard drive and workin' fresh. You know what that means? I can finally upload my gazillion pictures of Cape Town. So of course, I have already. The one you see here is my favorite thus far. It's Camps Bay, with mountains known as the "Twelve Apostles" as the backdrop. I didn't even photoshop or edit the picture at all. It's that beautiful, naturally.
Buds
*Making new buds (lame?)
*Learning, researching, and service-learning
*Inside jokes
*Growth
*Interesting, deep, random, insightful, hilarious conversations
*Bungee jumping
wow! yeah thorns for rome similar to yours:
ReplyDelete(1) i had a hard drive, but it was encased in a toshibasaurus
(2) limited internet-500 people sharing one router? YEAH, my roommates and i had to leave our internet on overnight just to upload one facebook album!
(3)felt safe but was hit on constantly by locals. it was flattering at first, but got old fast
(4)i missed being able to communicate with america whenever i wanted too. once i spent $60 on trying to reach stephen on a payphone...and all i got was his voicemail
(5) lack of privacy-not an issue in rome, but you remember the philippines...WOW
Do you LOVE the food there yet? I'm sure it's very different than the African foods I've tasted, but it's all been very tasty =)