Ana mareed -_-
It's tough to try and think of ho you would spell something in Arabic in English after spending hours saring at Arabic script in attempt to study for a midterm.
So long Alif Ba book and hello Al Kitab!
Well this week has been pretty crazy. I had my first ballroom comp on saturday and my partner and i made it to the semi finals in swing and got to finals in foxtrot! But for the next comp they put me with my old partner but only for the rhythm dances we are learning and not for smooth (aka foxtrot et al). I will be dancing with some guy named Aaron. I hope he is at least as tall as me in heels or once again I shall look a little awkward. I'm hoping to dance with the kid I tried dancing paso doble with at initiation at the next comp since he is the best of both worlds, tall and a good dancer.
(For anyone who knows the movie strictly ballroom our group tried to recreate the ending dance scene for initiation...lol it was fun)
That night I tried to dress up as a dragon and accompany my princess (my roomie) and some friends to a party. It was uber crowded, preventing the random chats with people I generally enjoy at such things so I found the evening generally nrewarding and certainly occasionally awkward. Sunday night I went home for a grand total of two hours since my dad turned 60!!!! Eeks! It was a fun little outing and I even ran into Marieji on the train ride home.
On Monday I started to come down with the cold, which, combined with the 20 hour day I pulled on Tuesday, effectively knocked me down on Wednesday and has limited my capacity to function since. I even did not go to ballroom tonight but that was more for fear of spreading my germs o others rather than to preserve energy.
Today I also did something I have never done before...
I skipped a class >.<
i have econ right before arabic and i figurd he seems to follow the book exactly so i shall skip it to study. I hop it ends up paying off. I honestly could not remember the name of the first form of arabic writing but hopefully the bonus question will save me from a miserable fate.
Now tomorrow I do not know if I should go to the Wang center as a gospel member choir even though I cannot sing or if i should go to a rally with THE Barack Obama instead. I hope my choral director gets back to me before I am supposed to leave for my internship tomorrow.
The other big question will be what classes to take next year? I'm thinking intro to international relations, physical anthropology (fullfills a science requirement! ::cheers::), arabic 2, french 4, and international economics.
I hope I live :D
Valerie (my advisor and quirky arabic teacher) will probably tell me im nuts but I'll do my best!
So long Alif Ba book and hello Al Kitab!
Well this week has been pretty crazy. I had my first ballroom comp on saturday and my partner and i made it to the semi finals in swing and got to finals in foxtrot! But for the next comp they put me with my old partner but only for the rhythm dances we are learning and not for smooth (aka foxtrot et al). I will be dancing with some guy named Aaron. I hope he is at least as tall as me in heels or once again I shall look a little awkward. I'm hoping to dance with the kid I tried dancing paso doble with at initiation at the next comp since he is the best of both worlds, tall and a good dancer.
(For anyone who knows the movie strictly ballroom our group tried to recreate the ending dance scene for initiation...lol it was fun)
That night I tried to dress up as a dragon and accompany my princess (my roomie) and some friends to a party. It was uber crowded, preventing the random chats with people I generally enjoy at such things so I found the evening generally nrewarding and certainly occasionally awkward. Sunday night I went home for a grand total of two hours since my dad turned 60!!!! Eeks! It was a fun little outing and I even ran into Marieji on the train ride home.
On Monday I started to come down with the cold, which, combined with the 20 hour day I pulled on Tuesday, effectively knocked me down on Wednesday and has limited my capacity to function since. I even did not go to ballroom tonight but that was more for fear of spreading my germs o others rather than to preserve energy.
Today I also did something I have never done before...
I skipped a class >.<
i have econ right before arabic and i figurd he seems to follow the book exactly so i shall skip it to study. I hop it ends up paying off. I honestly could not remember the name of the first form of arabic writing but hopefully the bonus question will save me from a miserable fate.
Now tomorrow I do not know if I should go to the Wang center as a gospel member choir even though I cannot sing or if i should go to a rally with THE Barack Obama instead. I hope my choral director gets back to me before I am supposed to leave for my internship tomorrow.
The other big question will be what classes to take next year? I'm thinking intro to international relations, physical anthropology (fullfills a science requirement! ::cheers::), arabic 2, french 4, and international economics.
I hope I live :D
Valerie (my advisor and quirky arabic teacher) will probably tell me im nuts but I'll do my best!