Tuesday, September 27, 2005
Friday, September 23, 2005
Thursday, September 22, 2005
reality
as much fun as it is looking through my spain pictures and blog about my trip... i am actually feeling super stressed... have been thinking about my thesis proposal for weeks, and still can't decide on a major point that i want to focus on ....and time is running out. i need to turn in the proposal to my department by oct. 2nd (next sunday). And i still need to choose who i want my adviser to be because it will effect a million other things. Then i have to consider whether my study is workable, otherwise Human Subject Committee might not pass the idea if my procedure isn't clear enogh, if this if that... blah blah blah...
back to real life... =(
AAAAHHHH......
back to real life... =(
AAAAHHHH......
Monday, September 19, 2005
back from Spain!
just got back from Spain yesterday.. and i miss it already...
it was a good trip. we had a lot of fun together, got to know everyone pretty well being with them 24/7. we also ate lots of good tapas too...top priority for joy. =) learned a lot about spain from Brick Steve.. aka bob lin. he practically read the Rick Steve guide book from cover to cover.
some of the sightseeing highlights are:
- Gaudi's work in Barcelona (Sagrada Familia, Case Mila, Casa Batllo, and Park Guell)
- British Library
- Flamenco show in Seville
- Granada; especially the Alhambra area with Moorish architecture
experiences of spain:
- outdoor cafe
- street musicians
- cobblestones
- second hand smoke everywhere
- flower box on the windows
- lack of deordorant.. Europa!
yummy foods:
- chocolate con churros
- croquetas de gamba (shrimp croquettes)
- melon con Jamon (melon and ham)
- spinach and gorgonzola pockets
- rabo de toro (bull tail)
funny moments:
- andrea's "Oooo-Kkkk"
- joy's flying all over the place on the bus and "i am okay!"
- karen and the black cat "why aren't you a dog??"
- joy's Marilyn Monroe incidence
- photos of the Khakis and huge...
- andrea walking down the escalator backwards
- joy and andrea bleeding chocolate
can have less of:
- ham and sandwiches
- Bang
- waiting around at the airports... our flight was cancelled going into Barcelona, so we wasted a whole day at the airport. =(
can have more of:
- an extra day or two in barcelona would be nice... actually a whole week more would be nice.
well, that sums up my two weeks in spain. i will try to upload the pictures from spain soon on my yahoo photos. you can also check out our other blog. http://chipsandchurros.blogspot.com/
it was a good trip. we had a lot of fun together, got to know everyone pretty well being with them 24/7. we also ate lots of good tapas too...top priority for joy. =) learned a lot about spain from Brick Steve.. aka bob lin. he practically read the Rick Steve guide book from cover to cover.
some of the sightseeing highlights are:
- Gaudi's work in Barcelona (Sagrada Familia, Case Mila, Casa Batllo, and Park Guell)
- British Library
- Flamenco show in Seville
- Granada; especially the Alhambra area with Moorish architecture
experiences of spain:
- outdoor cafe
- street musicians
- cobblestones
- second hand smoke everywhere
- flower box on the windows
- lack of deordorant.. Europa!
yummy foods:
- chocolate con churros
- croquetas de gamba (shrimp croquettes)
- melon con Jamon (melon and ham)
- spinach and gorgonzola pockets
- rabo de toro (bull tail)
funny moments:
- andrea's "Oooo-Kkkk"
- joy's flying all over the place on the bus and "i am okay!"
- karen and the black cat "why aren't you a dog??"
- joy's Marilyn Monroe incidence
- photos of the Khakis and huge...
- andrea walking down the escalator backwards
- joy and andrea bleeding chocolate
can have less of:
- ham and sandwiches
- Bang
- waiting around at the airports... our flight was cancelled going into Barcelona, so we wasted a whole day at the airport. =(
can have more of:
- an extra day or two in barcelona would be nice... actually a whole week more would be nice.
well, that sums up my two weeks in spain. i will try to upload the pictures from spain soon on my yahoo photos. you can also check out our other blog. http://chipsandchurros.blogspot.com/
