you win some, you lose some.

Six nations this morning in the UK!! Quite exciting stuff if we were living back in Glasgow you’d be experiencing many many proud Scots stoatering about with their blue and white flashing, heading to the pubs for a beer or two to watch the Scotland vs England match in the Six Nations Rugby tournament.  I am not particularly a rugby fan, however I will watch the game to get a thrill out of the possible win against our rivals.  UK rugby is very intense, quite brutal and exhilarating to watch. Today we headed down to Brighton to the Green Briar, an Irish pub, to watch the match with many other, Irish, Scots and English.  Sadly cutting a long story short, we lost. We enjoyed the game though, cheering as we tried to win and pulling of rather impressive depressed faces every time the English cheered, and most importantly thoroughly enjoyed our sweet potato fries – my first time trying them – boy were they scrummmyyummy!

In the late afternoon, we scrubbed off our Rugby game faces and headed into Northeasterns campus, to join many domestic and internationals students celebrate the lunar New Year.  We ooh’d and ahh’d over dancers and performers sharing their amazing skills from traditional dances, warrior moves with even fight weapons, clapped and sang with the Chinese dragon that floated around blinking and winking and the crowds, ate traditional Asian cuisine and even tried on some Chinese attire for some photo opportunities! The night celebrated started with students wishing everyone a happy new year in many languages such as Chinese, Mandarin, Vietnamese and Japanese – I had a great night emerged amongst many students all from different cultures and backgrounds- celebrating the lunar new year!