i left for Australia one year ago today... July 11th 2007.

and i miss the beautiful city of Sydney.

a year ago today i embarked on a new chapter i my life... followed by a new beginning 6 months ago upon return (a pretty miserable semester-ahead.)

but today....god spoke to me and i felt an overwhelming change my heart.

this shift was not directly ( Read more... )

 what is one of Jennifer's greatest pet peeves?

people that are absent minded.
*correction: people who are very academically gifted, yet are absent minded when it comes to basic street smarts and common knowledge.

i think there's a problem if the class average on the last finance test was a 46.

i beat the class average, but not enough to say that i am proud of my grade.

by the way...  no class average on any test has exceeded a D.

so i really just did.

i remember studying information systems sometime around 5 o'clock.
only to franictally wake up at 7:50pm

i put on my shoes, ran to the car, parked in the very last space in the VV lot, ran into hibbs, up the elevator, only to hear that the APO meeting JUST ended with clasps and cheers.

so i missed it.  
the last meeting.
my first ( Read more... )

so this blog is now "aViewFromRichmond" ?

eeehh.  doesnt sound so good.

can't believe i was ACTUALLY in Sydney, Australia.

i miss it terribly.  

 the "going homes blues" have officially really, really set in ( Read more... )

that's right... I'm Back ( Read more... )

i am boarding the plane in 12 hours and 7 minutes ( Read more... )

next i will mention Dorris.

Dorris has been a more recent new friend of mine, i wish we had more time.  she kept telling me in my last weeks "nooo! dont go home."

Dorris is from Taiwan, although she has lived a good part of her childhood in Australia.  she is studying to be a primary school teacher, as she loves kids.  she teaches weekly swimming ( Read more... )

i am going to do a few (3) entries about my closest Australian/Sancta friends.

first there is Katy, my roommate.

Katy is the eternal optomist.  she is the happiest person i have ever met (that is, behind the ever-so delightful Ame Branum---but still, on a similar wavelength.)

me and Katy talked virtually every night before bed.  sometimes we'd both ( Read more... )