I woke up at 0900. It seems that I had forgotten to set my alarm clock the night before. I don’t believe I have mentioned: when I had opened my suitcase my alarm clock had been crushed beyond use. I guess that’s what one gets for purchasing a very cheap alarm clock. I bought a small 2” x 2” x 1” traveler’s alarm clock from the school store a ( Read more... )

This morning, I had no plans. Many of my friends had plans. I met Heike, Rose, J (Umm, J is just J.), and Kindel (I don’t know that I met her before this trip). They said they would be going to Stellenbosch, which were winelands of South Africa. I said, “Of course ( Read more... )

How to wake up in Cape Town ( Read more... )

I'm in South Africa, putting a few pics online on Facebook. It's taking about 2 mins per pic so I won't be putting up too many. One day! Trying to pick a few pics that show some of the people I've mentioned.

I awoke for class. My clock said 1213. Class began at 1215. I had set my clock to Rusty’s clock. Jesse said that I had 25 minutes. I went to get lunch. I ate within 15 minutes. I was fifteen minutes late for class. I didn’t set my clock to Rusty’s clock tonight ( Read more... )

After a heated game of Chess with Antonio (he was pressuring me the entire time but I kept fighting back until I could no longer do so and lost), five of us go up to see the sunrise. The clouds block it, and we spend 15 minutes trying to figure out why it has yet to rise. “Make it happen, Tony!” says one. (Antonio always says that he’s going to ( Read more... )

I noticed on the horizon what appeared to be a ship roughly due North. Another North by Northwest. I can only what these were. The moved up and down like the stars, but were on the horizon. I looked at the stars, and noticed just how much they seemed to twinkle. It was like the first time I had ever seen them twinkle, so it felt. Let me also ( Read more... )

Day 15 (Wednesday, February 06, 2008): The Day after Carnaval ( Read more... )

Day 23: Archimedean Existence ( Read more... )

Day 22: Neptune Day, No Class Day, Valentine’s Day ( Read more... )