Thursday January 21st, 2010

I woke up in a pretty good mood, I think my new schedule will be a lot less worrisome for me.  Plus, the boat was hardly even rocking, which helped me to ease out of sleep mode and to shower without any jarring disruptions of balance.  Of course that changed by about noon.  Natali and I had lunch with the linguistics professor.  He’s teaching a world languages class that I think sounds pretty cool, you basically learn about the differences and similarities fo world languages, particularly of the countries we’re visiting.

  Shoot! I should have asked if I could sit in on one of his classes.

There’s a human voice in performance theatre course I would have liked to sit in on, but it’s the same time as my sociology class, so maybe not.

 

Field events for Sale 1 were due today. Ummmm this is costing way too much money.  There were a few I wanted to do, but then the professors al have Faculty Directed Practica (FDPs) they want their students to sign up for which conflict with ones I want to sign up for or which are too expensive for my budget. Also, there were quite a few FDPS from other professors I want to take, but with all the extra money that would cost, field event conflicts, and considering the priority given to students in the guiding professors classes, they may not happen.  The only thing that really matters to me right now is that I get into the Cape Town Jazz Safari event, and at least one service event. And Tai Chi, Tea and Dim sum.

 

I also had to apply for a Brazilian visa today. 175 more dollars. Wuh-oh…I really need my scholarship refund.

 

This community is really ideal.  Everyone is really involved, there are always events or seminars going on outside of class for everyones personal education, betterment, or sense of peace and/or fulfillment, and everyone appreciates their opportunities, no one condescends upon any of the choices other people make in terms of classes, field events, clubs joined, etc.  And if you sit with someone once at lunchtime they automatically call you friend and will stop to talk when you pass them.  It’s hard for me to tell whose known each other before and who has just met on the boat, because everyone engages each other in conversation and greets one another with equal enthusiasm and interest. If only this was a more stationary campus….Or at least one that remained parallel to the ground and did not play mind games with gravity.