AUF WIEDERSEHEN UND GUTES GLÜCK

Goodbye Katharina!

We have got to know a lovely German girl, who worked along side Katie in International Co-op, for the duration of ten weeks.
Tonight was her last weekend in Boston, and we thought we would give her a propper send off with friends!

We all gathered in our apartment, with tonnes of snacks and banquets of laughter and conversation. 

It has been great to meet our German friend, and experience a few months in Boston with her.  I hope that keep in touch in the future, and she enjoys her time with her host family down in Florida before returning the Germany in the new year.

Soon to be Stars..

.....Hopefully.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-z2_ljtrKU&feature=youtu.be

Maybe one day.

This is the trailer from the event we helped out at a few months ago, during my first free visit to the century-old FENWAY Park.
Perhaps when the video is released our talents will be revealed worldwide, and we will be, of course, head hunted to star in the next BLOCKBUSTER film. 

Stay tuned.......... ..

Ice Skating on Frog Pond!

This was going to be the caption, which I had planned a few days ago...

After work, friends and I all gathered and headed downtown to Fajitas & 'Ritas, for some “unabashedly fun” food and atmosphere. http://www.fajitasandritas.com/  Recommended by our friend, we slevered over sizzling fajitas and marveled at the creative wall art work and paintings. This was a nice toasty warmer and prep for our next acitivity iceskating!
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Sadly to our disappointment, when we eventually arrived on the Frog Pond- of course the night we had planned to go ice skating- it was only the night they close the rink to refresh the ice.  So alas, we walked to Max Brenners and had a tastebud worthy smooth warm hotchocolate.

Until next time ice rink!!..... ..

Treats for All.

Warm hands, Warm Hearts.

 http://www.northeastern.edu/coopconnections/events/warm-hands-warm-hearts/

This Sunday we helped out with some of NEU volunteers spread some cheer and enjoy treats whilst helping treat others.  We joined Phi Delta Theta, NRHH, the NU Black Student Association, the NEURONS,
and Co-op Connections for holiday fun, stuffing fluffy teddy bears to give to others, making cards for soldiers and decorating cookies (for our own pleasure.. yummmm)

The event also gave us the most amazing Turkey, cranberry and stuffing sandwiches along with holiday giveaways and music! It was the perfect start so the festive season.

There was a gingerbread competition, which required early regisration- which we had missed.  But to our surprise and good fortune, one of the teams had dropped out to other commitments and we were luckily given a gingerbread kit to tackle and compete with.
This of course happened 30 minutes into the hour you were allowed to build the house, so with amazing team work and cordination around sticky icy fingers and sugary delights we built the most impressive (bias) gingerbread house I have ever seen!!

Due to other plans, we sadly had to leave the event before the end and grand announcement of winners.  An email shotly revealed that our house came joint second place, which we could not be more happier about considering our hurried efforts.

Go team Scotland Huskies!

Its beginning to look a LOT like Xmas

Arriving back from a long day at work, we had a surprise awaiting us.

Except this wasn't your usual little white envelope nor was it a brown wrapped box.  It was a large, white net covering a 6ft Christmas Tree-  A REAL ONE!

My flatmate had, bless her, dragged the tree round from the front of the apartment to our door by herself once she noticed it had been delivered. It was beginning to look a lot like Christmas in our Kinross Apt!!

The following night we all trooped down to the local $store, which with a massive $7 each spent we were able to get a healthy bunch of decorations to storm our tree with.  We sat with cookies and candy canes, singing christmas songs and put our tree up, allowing it to shine in all its decorated glory.


Can't wait for Christmas 2012 in Boston with my roommate, now that we have a tree to dance 'around'!!

Fortune COOKIES

Today, 12/5 I attended the Northeastern University Beyond Borders Event exploring specifically China today.  I got to listen to two student speakers explaining their experiences within the United States, and within China.  Showing their personal comparisons on cultural differences, and the way of life habits.

I really enjoyed their presentations learning about the comparisons, and tips on what to know if I was to travel across to that part of the world.  I even got a Fortune Cookie, which I learned from a student at my table, that these are not actually traditionally chinese.  They were, from what they claimed, boosted by the Americans on a false interpretation on Chinese fortune tellers... interesting.. 

And so within my cookie- authentic or not- my fortune inside read:

"Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness." 

Which of course guides me to atleast face some troubles with some courage, than to avoid them all together making it harder to cure.  Or along those lines.. .

 

My chinese word was, Pumpkin- which related heavily to my past few weeks in New Jersey enjoying, pumpkin: soup, cookies, beer, pie and even pumpkin air freshener!

Twenty years of happiness

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MEEEE

I aged into a new decade this week. November 27- My twentieth birthday in Boston!

It was a lovely week, everyone spoiled me with many fabulous treats from cakes to lunches! I was greeted to balloons and two chirpy roommates when I woke up in the apartment which was lovely.  And entering work, my office had a massive Happy Birthday Banner covering the door! 

I was treated to going out to the ballet for the evening with friends. We went to see the Boston Ballets, The Nutcracker.  Which.was.amazing.  I teared up towards the end when the 'nutcracker' music played, it was a beautiful art watching the dancers sway and float across the stage with such elegance.  I thoroughly enjoyed my night there, and the full week of becoming a year older!

Thank you to everyone who gifted me with cards, presents, cakes, friendship and love!