So far, Tokyo is pretty nice! It is really hot a humid here, just as everyone promised. I wouldn’t want to do a lot of running around unless I knew I could shower afterwards. I am sharing a room with two other women, both from the DC group. The room is decent-sized, in my opinion, a good size for three women over three days, that and I’m the only ( Read more... )

I stopped blogging a while back for two reasons: (1)I had fallen into the mistake of using the blog like a personal diary (sharing more details than I should have) (2)and none of my friends seemed to be using livejournal anymore ( Read more... )

What to blog, what to blog, what to blog ( Read more... )

Eu nao gusta meu escribe profesoro! yeye ni egotistical maniac ( Read more... )

I got a phone call from someone from Thika this morning at 5 am. Now ok, that would have been awkward given that my family operates on the principle of "if it is a phone call when it is dark out and after mid-night on a weekday--something is wrong" so the phone waking us up sent adrenoline for a spin. but that is ok, whoever it was just forgot ( Read more... )

just got back from my 2nd trip of the summer. apparently last week someone has been breaking into houses near my place including 3 on my block! our next door neighbor's was broken into last night, the hosue directly accross the street from them was also and a third break-in one door over and accross the street. soooo the soulution to this is I told ( Read more... )

I am going to leave home soon for my 2nd trip to kenya. I will be spending a few days with my professor's friend then I will go to the Thika High School for the Blind, where I will spend about 2 months.. I am hungry and tired right now, last 2 nights were late nights....

GREAT BIG HUG TO MY LOYAL READER!!!!!(princess pumpkinhead)!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have joined modern society. I bought an MP-3 player yesterday!!! I am setting it up now. says it can hold 500 songs and okay for 20 hours. I am playing with it now. I will sit down later and rip some CD's I really like onto it ( Read more... )

well, turns out that my asthma gets the last laught each time. I woke up yesterday will full asthma symptoms. went to work, was sent home from work (I had been there for about one hour before I was sent home, all I could do was cough-a lot- and loudly... I managed to see my doctor right away. turns out that as typically happens with me, while I ( Read more... )

Just in time for the GRE I have developed either a minor cold or mega allergies (most of you have seen how sick I get when I have a cold so you understand why a mild cold=mega allergies). I am still gonna take the exam as schedualed because I have gotten someone to cover for me at work. I took a practice test last night, my score is improving. I ( Read more... )