Doesn’t sound too bad huh? Well so far, it really isn’t. Granted I am limited to campus but, going to school in Hawaii has to be one of the best choices that I have made! Don’t get me wrong. I do miss my friends and family and pets! Now, as much as I love it here, I am coming back. I have to. There is a lot for me back home and I am here for just school (hear that papa? JUST school ;) ) Well I suppose you want to know how I am doing… like classes, roommates, friends, etc… Well here I go:
I have to say the most awesome thing about college so far is that you meet people from all over!!! My roommates are from Alaska, Oahu, and Japan. I have made friends from across the US like Idaho, Colorado and Rhode Island. But I have also managed to pick up a few international friends! Like Canada, Sweden and Norway!! Its so exciting to meet new people :) My friend from Norway (my first international friend named Simon) is sooo funny! The accent just makes him adorable. My two Canadian friends are really funny as well! One I run into a lot around campus, and he seems really chill. The other Canadian friend was actually the van driver to Hapuna! Me and my suitemates had a bundle of fun antagonizing him and singing random camp songs (One about a moose named Fred and another about a bay with watermelon). The international exchange program here is really big! I cant wait to meet more friend from around the world :)
Classes are well.. its school haha not much to say… I’m just kidding! Lets see… Chem is chem. The teacher is really cool. Mr. Furumo… Think he is Asian? Haha nope White guy!!! Full name: Norbert Furumo… ya I was really confused too… He gives a lot of extra credit which I am so taking advantage of! All test are online and quizzes you use that cool iClicker thing! It’s a really big lecture hall so haven’t really made any friends in there… I have no chem lab yet, as the lab has not been completed yet (yay no class but I still get credit!) My marine biology and diversity class is kinda cool.. I mean it’s the beginning so its about scientific method and basics like that (which we went over in chem AND archaeology!) Mrs. Turner seems really cool. She LOVES batman! I also have her as my marine bio lab teacher. That class will be one of my top favs! 8 out of like 13 labs are out in the field!!! Aka guess who gets to snorkel for class?? That’s right this girl right here :) So awesome. Archaeology will be interesting to say the least. My teacher in there isn’t too fond of religion (Christianity) I am noticing…. More on that class later. Public Speaking will also be quite interesting. But that is just because it’s a speaking class and Im not much of a speaker… but according to everyone at graduation, I was great! Granted everyone was probably just being nice… haha Last class is the MOP seminar. This one is sheer fun with minimal work. Its all about what I love and I honestly have no idea what to expect from this class!
Oh! I got to work with some turtles this last week! Granted they were dead… and frozen….. but still! Ok so you know when something dies how its stinks?? And when it sits in the Cali sun during summer how THAT smells? Ok add that to a rotting fish smell and you get one putrid funk of an odor. Not for the faint of heart my friends! But my line of work wont be all glamour, and Im gonna hafta get my hands dirty sooner or later!
Ok so back to that archaeology class… So my teacher’s dad was a minister. But my teacher is not a religion fan (funny how that works). So of course one of our books is gonna bash (not obviously but if you know its happening, you notice) Christianity. Now instead of getting offended, I find it quite comical. How? Cause it slyly blames Christianity for everything that’s “wrong” scientifically or too complicated. No really. Too complicated. Christianity has too many variables where the laws of nature are broken by God (i.e. burning bush). So because Christianity is too complicated it can’t be true. One thing I almost died laughing while reading was that science does not claim to be the one truth and that it’s the only way, while earlier the book said that Darwin’s Origins of the Species was the most brilliant scientific fact and blah blah blah… So while reading my archaeology book it so far has basically said that religion (Christianity, no really its hasn’t named a different religion… just Christianity) is too complicated to be true and that science doesn’t claim to have all the answers but is easier to understand so it must be the right way… Oh how it entertains me. Oh and then it goes on to say that Evolution is fact based on theory... Isnt your theory supposed to be based on facts?? Little backwards to me...
On a happier note, this weekend was a BLAST! Hapuna beach on Saturday was soooooo much fun! The van ride to and from was hysterical with our teasing/antagonizing/messing with/ singing with our van driver Andrew. He was a good sport and I swear we have to have been at least one of his top favorites to have driven! The beach was gorgeous! Not much to snorkel but it was really nice none the less. The water was crystal clear and warm. We used our "Poi Pounder" boogie boards... which is a fancy term for foam covered in fabric... those things were so cheesy but fun! Oddly the worked better upside down... Ya crazy I know. Had so much fun with my suitemates :)
Ok so my suitemates rock! Hannah (Alaska) and Jaidon (Oahu) are super fun and sweet and we are always laughing and having a good time! We already have our own language after the first week… People probably think we are crazy but we embrace it! Best part- they are Christian!!! Its sooo nice to have 2 suitemates that share your values. Me and Hannah actually had a talk the other day about God and guys and our lives. It was amazing! Im so glad God granted me suitemates like them! My other suitemate is Karin (Cah-reen) is from Japan. She is sweet but I haven’t really seen her as she has her exchange friends that she already knew. I’m hoping to get to know her more though.
Last night Hannah, Jaidon and I decided to make a run to Target and Walmart. Well we made a normal college student spree... Target: Snacks, snacks, snacks, a mop (Ill tell you that story later) and a movie. Pretty normal. Then we headed to Walmart. Now Target and Walmart are not right next to each other but instead Walmart is another building or so away... We must have been a sight at 7:30pm walking with out Target bags to Walmart! Well we grab what little we need from Walmart (taking turns, two people sit outside while one runs around for their stuff and we switch). Then while we are waiting for our taxi, who else would show up but Andrew, our van driver from Hapuna! He looked just about as confused and shocked as we did. Once he comes back out with all his stuff and is trying to figure out how to carry a giant calendar and white board and a bag of stuff on his scooter, he asked us if we were going to this weekends trips. We said yes and explained how we mistook the OAC (Outdoor Adventure Center) opening time with the gyms (6:30am) and how we were there at 7am when the OAC didn't open until 8... He laughed and said "Oh so YOU are the crazies!" Glad to know that the whole office got a kick out of that for the day!
Ok so the mop story... Well with four girls in one bathroom you can just imagine how dirty it can get with hair and what not... So this weekend we took a few minutes to clean the bathroom... It was all going smoothly until we got to the shower... mind you this shower is tiny! its like a 4x5 box with a "dressing area" outside the actual water part of the shower... well that outside part doesn't really have a drain... and we didn't think about when we spray it, scrub it then poured water on it, that it wont drain anywhere and it will just sit there..... Well after a few paper towels and much thinking, Hannah runs down to the laundry room to scrounge up old towels... Well she runs into our Norwegian friend Simon! He lets us borrow this little rag. Saying its magic in Norway. And sure enough it was! After about half a dozen soaks, most all of the water. And in return for his kindness of letting us borrow his rag, we give him an avocado... And that is why we decided that we need a mop!
This first week was amazing. Easiest part of college is over. First week jitters are gone, know its getting down to business. I will try to keep updated with the latest, but as I don’t have internet in my room, I have to go downstairs to the internet table, which is where everyone sits and you are almost guaranteed to meet someone new!
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