"Cool" is definitely the right word for it. Literally and not.
canada looks cool
Trollyherdsman
I dare you to use the word "Canadia" in lieu of "Canada" sometime while you are in Canada.
Peter
Proud Big Sis
Rachy, that's awesome!
Right now I am without my pack which has my phone charger and I don't know when I'll get it back, but my number is 858 220 4063; the country code is 1.
Woah, go Mt Kilmanjaro!! That's flippin awesome!! Go for it!!
mt kenya was 4985m, second highest mountain in africa and now got my sights set on kilimanjaro ( i think its like 5800m or something so quite a big diff - ahhhhhhhhhhh!)
so maybe i will be fairly fit when we catch up but with the low prices of food here i seriously doubt it!
high to Elise, ill hug the ground when i get out of the city if thats ok due to the large amount of hoicking that goes on...
wats ur cel number again cos i have a kenyan cell but i txted u and don't think it worked.... unless u just being a snob :(
anyway, off to have some marmite sandwhiches for dinner, trusty old marmite, love it!
Edmondina's Sister
Dude, that's awesome!! Go you!! How high?
You are hilarious!!
(alices friend elise from the homeland) YO!!!
how are you sunshine, your travels sound amazing....sigh, what a woman!
hug the african ground for me X peace
That was from Elise who I went to boarding skool with and Canterbury... She thinks you are amazing!! Everyone is amazed you are only 18 years old.
Rock on!!
Edmondina Hillary
hey sis
loved reading about your building experiences and your mishioning it around new mexico!
i survived my kenya! was the toughest thing i think ive ever done but the feeling at the top (not the feeling of being the coldest ive ever been or my jelly like legs) but the view and personal achievemnt and all was priceless!
am now back in nairobi at the 'Ritz' again, not sure of next plans but at the moment i walk like a 90 year old and am thinking of asking them to install and escalator...
back in room with Nyawira which is cool, we have been listening to some good old country music. and english friend comes back on tuesday so loving life at the mo!
luv u!
rach
Someone In America
John, thanks so much for the updates! Hero night (anything to do with the Heroes parade in Auycks?!) sounds kinda fun, as does TIGHT-ROPE WALKING - I wanna try!! That's so awesome! Is that Ian-lookalike from Ilam Village still into it?
Giving a lecture - man, full on!! Way to go you! Did it alter your thoughts about beomcing an astronaut (deciding to become a professor instead)? :P
Barbs: thanks for your comment! I just saw it now, after emailing you. I am THERE so do you think maybe I should just send THEM an email and give up on the surprising thing?
Rachy: awesome! Bet you loved it!
I think it's so awesome you're gonna hike Mt. Kenya!
Rachellia
hey nerd
just thought id let u no that i went on a safari and it was awesome - saw so many animals, felt so unreal. taking a while to organise photos so theyll be on blog eventually! am attempted to hike Mt Kenya on thurs... quite nervous but real exited too!
cant wait for may 3! exiting!
x rach
Barbara
Hey! Hope your plans are going well. sorry, didn't get an email yet that you'd be interested in. good luck and have fun! sorry for this short message, test tomorrow and essay to write.... thinking of you and missing you! barbs
Sponge John
Only just caught up on about the last month of your blog. Seems like you're still having an awesome time, Alice. :)
Fairly busy here at the moment - no end of assignments and tests. One of my assessments in the third (!) week of the uni term was a lecture that I had to give, worth 30% of my grade. (Yeah, it's an odd course, arranged such that the course coordinator does the first two weeks of lecturers and then the students in the class do the research / write-up / presentation of the rest of the topics themselves. An interesting way to run things, for sure... you certainly 'learn how to learn' in a new kind of way.)
Also had numerous assignments as I mentioned, in varying degrees of difficulty and length. Sometimes frustrating for some courses, in fact... for most of my courses the 4-6% assignments will require a day or so of work, but for one particular course assignments of the same worth (5%) take about five times as much effort and time (no exaggeration). Ah well, it's all getting done (gradually), anyway. :)
Anyway, enough about study. Lots of other stuff has been going on lately... not sure if you heard about the Rev from anyone else (he's away from the hall for a few weeks recovering in Timaru, had a minor heart attack a few weeks ago - doing fine now though, chatted to him a few times and he seems eager and impatient to get back here).
Janice the - unique - cleaner left last Friday. Andrea, the office lady is retiring this coming Friday. Grace is acting in the Rev's position while he's away, she's doing a good job... we've had quite a few good yarns lately.
All the other RA's are doing fine as far as I know. Most of us are busy with studies (well, all of us really, though some more than others ;) ). Been trying out tightrope walking with Phil and some of the other RA's lately, which has been interesting. I'm not quite as much of a natural at it as Aaron or Charlotte, I think. ;)
(Yes, I'm just typing this stuff out randomly as it comes to my head, hence the probable lack of coherency.) ;)
We had a 'Heroes' dress-up dinner thing last Saturday, which the Exec arranged. Certainly something new and different, and it seemed to go well. I was dressed up as a Desperate Housewife apparently (not my organizing, Michael's [RA]), though I don't believe the resemblance was that striking. Probably didn't help that the makeshift wig was awful, although my blouse was quite nice if I do say so myself. (Okay, that last bit might have come across as kind of dodgy, I admit.) Afterwards there was a 'singstar' evening at which I initially was going to abstain from participating in, but ended up trying eventually (and actually surprised myself [and everyone else] by doing fairly well). Yes, random.
Anyway, I've spent too much time writing already and I'd better get to bed. Catch up more later.
See ya. :)
Alice
Ohmygoodness I am SO JEALOUS you got to swim with turtles!! No way!! Even if they did swim off after you splashed in, you were still in the same water as them! :P
Well, yes, I hate to admit it but we are into like day 6 or something of grey-white skies... Very unsual for San Diego weather.
What nanas we are, talking about the weather. Remember when we used to write letters to "grown-ups" and always talk about the weather? I remember this one time mum made me write a whole page and like, what else was I meant to write about...!
Not so good sleep? Are you sleeping on deck or down below? Personally I WAY prefer on deck, and it's nice and convenient if you need to use the "facilities" (i.e. the deck) in the middle of the night. BUt it's a pain trying to rig up the mozzie net so it keeps you completely covered without touching you! Have you been bitten much?
Please catch me a turtle and send it to me for lunch. Kidding, but do send me one to play with, I'm sure it'll enjoy the tropical (or not!) waters of California... :)
