hello. things have been crazy around here lately. i've been so busy with school and then as soon as school lets up i have social commitments. it's fun. plus since i only have a couple weeks left there is so much that i haven't done that i'm trying to fit in.
last wednesday was the 17th of may, a wonderful holiday, and i couldn't celebrate because i had to study for a test, which sucks. and then thursday i just hung out with a couple neighbor girls. we had our last regular dance class. our teacher keeps telling us how we had no rhythm when we got here and how we're so much better now. now we can actually move our butts. whenever he wants us to put effort into something he says "don't window-shop it!" so funny.
friday was a big day. after spending the morning in bed, the girls from next door came over and we went to mexican for happy hour and a late lunch (happy hour starts at noon every day, outrageous). after that we went home, got all dressed up and went to the ciee final dinner. they took us to La Med for drinks. La Med is a beachfront cocktail hotspot. It was weird though because the 90 of us dominated the place, but there were still a few random people there. but it was a nice place. After that they took us to Africa Cafe. There we were served a 16 course buffet of african food from around the continent. it was delicious and really fun. They tell you where every dish is from and the waitresses all have their face painted. they came in and sang for us also. After that everyone went out on their different ways. Molly, Katie and I went out to a different place from most people. we went to obz, the local bar neighborhood. most places had a cover and since we just wanted to hang out and not spend much money we wandered into a bar called "the one ring." it's a lord of the rings themed bar (there's actually another one down the street called Gandolf's). That night the UCT science society was hosting an end of semester party and the bouncer begged us to come in. everything inside was carved out of wood and there was a map of middle earth on the ceiling with mordor right above the bar. Plus, because of the science club everyone was wearing lab coats decorated in that puffy fabric paint. it was so ridiculous. so we sat down and hung out for a little while, not really talking to anyone and then went home pretty early.
Saturday my house and our two neighbor houses hosted a huge house party. all semester the different american houses have hosted parties and we hadn't had one yet, so we decided to all do it together and make it really good. We got a huge sound system, made playlists, had people on door duty and took donations for the orphanage that i volunteer at. We had a lot of people there that we didn't know, a lot of non-americans. There was an entire rugby team, and apparently a local celebrity - a member of the Springboks, the national rugby team. everyone was dancing and having a good time, and nothing too crazy happened which was good. Sunday us Bollihope kids woke up late and headed to a restaurant called "greek," where they serve greek food. we sat there for a couple hours, went back and cleaned up and then a few hours later a few of us tried to go out for sushi, but nothing was open because it was late on sunday so we drove around the city looking for a restaurant. Finally we found a french restuarant downtown, ate, and then went home to bed.
today i turned in my last paper of the semester. and soon i'm off to my friend kelly's house so we can prepare for our xhosa oral final tomorrow morning. it should be good considering i still can't properly pronounce the name of the language. thursday is the last day of classes and then my first final is on the 6th. i come home the 10th.
last wednesday was the 17th of may, a wonderful holiday, and i couldn't celebrate because i had to study for a test, which sucks. and then thursday i just hung out with a couple neighbor girls. we had our last regular dance class. our teacher keeps telling us how we had no rhythm when we got here and how we're so much better now. now we can actually move our butts. whenever he wants us to put effort into something he says "don't window-shop it!" so funny.
friday was a big day. after spending the morning in bed, the girls from next door came over and we went to mexican for happy hour and a late lunch (happy hour starts at noon every day, outrageous). after that we went home, got all dressed up and went to the ciee final dinner. they took us to La Med for drinks. La Med is a beachfront cocktail hotspot. It was weird though because the 90 of us dominated the place, but there were still a few random people there. but it was a nice place. After that they took us to Africa Cafe. There we were served a 16 course buffet of african food from around the continent. it was delicious and really fun. They tell you where every dish is from and the waitresses all have their face painted. they came in and sang for us also. After that everyone went out on their different ways. Molly, Katie and I went out to a different place from most people. we went to obz, the local bar neighborhood. most places had a cover and since we just wanted to hang out and not spend much money we wandered into a bar called "the one ring." it's a lord of the rings themed bar (there's actually another one down the street called Gandolf's). That night the UCT science society was hosting an end of semester party and the bouncer begged us to come in. everything inside was carved out of wood and there was a map of middle earth on the ceiling with mordor right above the bar. Plus, because of the science club everyone was wearing lab coats decorated in that puffy fabric paint. it was so ridiculous. so we sat down and hung out for a little while, not really talking to anyone and then went home pretty early.
Saturday my house and our two neighbor houses hosted a huge house party. all semester the different american houses have hosted parties and we hadn't had one yet, so we decided to all do it together and make it really good. We got a huge sound system, made playlists, had people on door duty and took donations for the orphanage that i volunteer at. We had a lot of people there that we didn't know, a lot of non-americans. There was an entire rugby team, and apparently a local celebrity - a member of the Springboks, the national rugby team. everyone was dancing and having a good time, and nothing too crazy happened which was good. Sunday us Bollihope kids woke up late and headed to a restaurant called "greek," where they serve greek food. we sat there for a couple hours, went back and cleaned up and then a few hours later a few of us tried to go out for sushi, but nothing was open because it was late on sunday so we drove around the city looking for a restaurant. Finally we found a french restuarant downtown, ate, and then went home to bed.
today i turned in my last paper of the semester. and soon i'm off to my friend kelly's house so we can prepare for our xhosa oral final tomorrow morning. it should be good considering i still can't properly pronounce the name of the language. thursday is the last day of classes and then my first final is on the 6th. i come home the 10th.
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