Since my study abroad time is done I haven't really written on here so I want you to know that I do have other sites:
Www.wix.com/graphicartam/portfolio
soIsaidsaidtoFred.tumblr.com
And a wordpress: amdesigned
I am entering a photo contest for the photos I took while in England.
A maximum of five (5) photos may be submitted per entrant, one (1) photo per contest category. The categories are: Landscape, People, Comical, Architecture and Cultural Snapshot.
a) LANDSCAPE – photos should be of a landmark or landscape that is clearly identifiable as an international location.
b) PEOPLE – photos should capture images of study abroad students in an identifiable international location.
c) COMICAL - a lighthearted category meant to exhibit the entertaining and social aspects of studying abroad. Good clean fun only please.
d) ARCHITECTURE – photos of any man-made structure (located outside the U.S.) are welcome.
e) CULTURAL SNAPSHOT - a miscellaneous category of sorts, but photos should capture a moment in the study abroad program of particular cultural poignancy.
Feel free to take a look and leave me comments or suggestions about them. All these photos will be sent to the study abroad office to be used for the website whether or not they are used in the contest.
Enjoy!
You can click or copy/paste the link below:
http://picasaweb.google.com/ravensong03/ForStudyAbroadSite?authkey=Gv1sRgCLP-197tmISP_wE&feat=directlink
Scarf given to me from the Block
Rob likes the Weatherspoon
Tamsin looking at the menu at the pub
Rob's Buddha Beer made in China, popular in Australia, new in the UK
Megs and Joolzy
A terrific trio
Alex wearing Joolzy's coat
The card from the group
So sweet trying not to cry, while Josh is making a face
Lucy jamming
Joe joins the jam session
Tamsin jamming in my room
Me and Beccs
So here is the blog I wrote at the airport:
I realize that my blog is in desperate need of an update, so while I sit here at the airport waiting to check-in my bags I will write these. I am extremely tired seeing as it is 6:40 am and I got the cab to the coach station at 2:30 am. I have had little sleep so please forgive me if I leave things out of make a few mistakes. I will try to be thorough and accurate, if I mess up now I will correct later. So first things first, as I have mentioned I am at the airport (London Heathrow). I left Block 2 at 2:30 AM. I already miss them. I hate being at the airport by myself and it is freezing today as well. I will be checking in soon, but the time is passing so slowly. If I find a Starbucks in this airport, which I think I will, I will definitely be getting some coffee to keep me semi awake. I am ready to see my family and have missed them a lot, but I will miss this place and people that have been my home for the past three months. I will dedicate a blog post to them as well, but now I will begin to actually to update you on the past week or so.
The last day was really hard and stressful. To begin with my cab was late so I ended up calling another one got there 5 minutes before I was supposed to be at the coach station. Luckily the coach was late so I made it. The coach company was having issues so two groups rode on the same one. I was really worried I wasn't going to be on the coach and would miss my flight, that didn't happen. I did get on the coach and made it to the airport with time to spare. Tamsin was great at calming me down and keeping me focused. We were able to text while I was at the airport so I didn't feel alone. The airport security in London is a lot more lax than at DFW or Houston. I lost one of my favorite earrings at the airport, which was a bummer. :(
The airport was HUGE. DFW is huge but this one is much more open than ours. It's mostly glass which I liked. I'll post pictures. I slept on the 10hr flight mostly. I also watched the Ugly Truth and a few other movies. The guy next to me was snooty and kind of rude, but it happens. I had a stop in Houston which didn't seem reasonable. A flight straight to Dallas is quicker. Houston airport is terrible, try not to go to that airport.
When I got home, Clayton's surprise was bringing my best friends to the airport to meet me. It was wonderful they made signs and everything.
Opening gifts
Happy People with gifts!
"Joe Kempton is the Party" from Beccs
Happy Joe!
Luana loves her bear from Joe!
Joe is the party
Tamsin loves Megs gift
Sid does love curry!
She's never letting go
Mike, Lucy, and Tamsin ready to go to dinner
City Lights
City Lights and Lucy looking at them
More Lights
Tamsin is excited about the dinner
Josh says "Whaaa?"
Looking at the drink menus
Happy Luana
Happy Jenny
Happy Meg
Me and Luana
J dressed as one of the elves
Alex as Snap, Crackle, or Pop
Sid and Jenny waiting for food
Josh says "Why are you taking pictures of me?!"
Bread with Olive oil and vinegar
Mike with his crown
Jenny and Sid wearing their crowns
Tamsin and Bhups in crowns
Lucy and Hannah talking about old TV shows with their crowns on
Me and Joe wearing crowns
This is the blog I wrote before I left England about the Christmas dinner:
I was in Luana’s room the other day and found out about crackers (no not like edible Ritz). They are toys that they have at Christmas that you pull open like a popper, it makes a loud bang, and then inside is a paper crown, a joke, and either a toy or candy. I was so excited, like a kid a Christmas(haha). Block 2 had planned a traditional British Christmas meal at the Slug & Lettuce (yes, that is the name of the restaurant and despite its name it was beautiful).
Now let me expand. Crackers are amazing! I brought some home to my family and they loved them. I've seen them in the movies and they're real! Haha! Dinner was good. It was like our Thanksgiving dinner. I had turkey and gravy; parsnips; brussel sprouts (which I liked); some of the others had roast. We did secret santa, I got to be Santa. It was all really nice. Ali, J, and Alex came dressed as Snap, Crackle, and Pop for some bar hop/club deal. It was really funny. There are pictures.
That was about all.
I need to catch everyone up and write on how everything ended and getting home. I typed up a blog the day I left but haven't posted it yet. I will hopefully get everything up soon sorry for the delay. Also I may make another blog for my friends, particularly my British friends who want to keep up with how things are here. I won't add that stuff to this one because I want it to be for Study Abroad.
Barats and Bereta are two guys who are really funny and they make random videos for youtube. You will laugh.
Now I am all caught up, I will continue to update you and give you all the juicy details. I hope that I didn’t forget anything. Also I adjusted the comment boxes so that they should work properly. If they still aren’t working feel free to message me. Also, see this on Facebook as well, feel free to add me.
Tata for now! :D
