Sunday, September 23, 2007

   College Life
well, as hard as it is to adjust to I'm starting 2 get the hang of things & I've made new friends. on one of the first few days, i met 2 girls on my floor (all female floor BTW) that are into anime 2! I also had a camping trip for my life science scholars program. we went into the mountains & slept in log cabins. it was fun when we arrived there at night and saw the night sky from the countryside. i haven't seen so many stars since i went to Nigeria. the next day we went to a stream and looked for fossils. i found a few and we found alot of salamanders (so cute^_^). then we went canoing which was a first for me (the rowing made my arms a bit sore though). after that point it went downhill. we then went to a bog where every few seconds ppl would sink knee deep into the mud. at first it was ok since ppl were willing to help each other out, but then the program director started a mudfight! i was so mad! i sank knee deep & had to pull myself out. i then ran with about 12 other ppl back to the log cabins. we got first dibs on the showers! it sucked because my shoes were wet & i couldn't wear them in the chilly mountains so i wore flip-flops with socks. The worst part is when a cold front came through, the air dipped to about 30 degrees & none of us were prepared for that. I was freezing, especially since the log cabins weren't heated. in the early morning, my friend & i had 2 get up & eat since we had to fast. when we left the cabin we could hear bears. we dashed to the kitchen! luckily we didn't get mauled but the professors were always denying the likelihood of finding bears. but on the last day when we were glad to leave, the director told us about a recent incident where a man had to shoot a bear in his house took place near the camp site. WE WERE SO MAD! but we let it go since the buses came soon after. so yea, that was my bittersweet experience.
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