Random, but necessary stuff to say:
- My psych of conflict class is a three hour "we can talk about whatever you want in class" In a three hour class, the teacher will give us a break after the halfway point. My teacher takes a break every half hour...and it's not because we look bored, but because he has to go to the bathroom. And every time he gets up to leave, we all have to hold in our giggling until he leaves the room. This wasn't a one time thing. It's been happening for a few weeks and each time it just gets funnier. I think we had like three breaks plus the big 15,20,30 minute break. It depends on the day how long it is.
- We were filling out course evaluations for out teacher and this Ukrainian girl (who is the bluntest person I have ever met) just kept asking questions about the class for next semester and the lady who gave us the forms was just like "I don't know. You'll have to come to the International School Office"
On a related note, we were filling out the evals for Rabbinic Lit. and the teacher stayed there!! Besides the fact that I was in front row and that he could probably read what I was writing, I hate filling out evaluations when teachers are right there!
-There is a vending machine for hot drinks, which you might think is kind of gross. But it's not. It's 1.20 shekels. That's 25 cents for a small (really small) hot drink, usually hot chocolate. A cup drops down and your drink vends and you have a hot drink.
So, we finally got a microwave in our apartment a few weeks ago, but the timer was broken so my roommate went to go get it fixed. Anyway, I was helping her carry it from her trunk to our room and we started talking about Chanukkah and I mentioned how I forgot to bring a Chanukiah (it's not a "Menorah" in Israel) and the next day, I see a present on the table for me. I open it up and it's a menorah, I mean Chanukiah. From the box/the bottom of the Chanukiah, she probably got it for free or had it lying around her house. Either way, it was the thought that counts and it is very pretty.
This weekend was not as exciting at last week's trip to Jordan (I have more pictures, but it's too many to put into one album), but fun just the same. Thursday day just slipped through my hands. By the time I looked at my clock, it was 4:30 and I was like "WAIT it can't be. I haven't eaten lunch yet" At which point, my friend cam to borrow a laundry token from me and we ended up talking for an hour so by the time I lunch, it was actually an earlier dinner. Thursday night a bunch of us decided to go out for dinner because two friends of one of my friends came to visit (they are studying in Jordan and will be in Israel next semester). We went to Mercaz HaCarmel for dinner and I exactly knew where to get off the bus. It was exciting. Usually I have to wait until we pass the stop to realize that I was supposed to get off. We went to a Thai place called The Giraffe and it is run Israeli style. Before I get into that though, I want to mention something else. In the US, the waiters and cooks in Asian restaurants are all Asian. I think that the Head Cook was the only Asian and all the rest of the staff were Israeli. It's not just this restaurant either. I went to a sushi place at the beginning of the semester and the same type of staff was there too. It's just an interesting observation. Anyway, so the food in the restaurant is served whenever it's done. Which is good, except that some of us got our meals waaaay before others and the appetizer that we ordered came last. The other funny thing about being there was that a) my roommate was there with her parents and b) another big group (we were nine, them eleven) from the University came in literally two seconds after us. After eating dinner, we went ran into some other people from the university and went to for drinks with them. We were still nine people though because two others went home and it was only two that joined us.
Friday, I worked on my Rabbinic Lit paper, which is comparing the two creation stories. It is really interesting to read the rabbinic commentary because half the things they comment on have nothing to do with the actual verse. And they comment on every single word. In the book I got out from the library (which I can kind of navigate now!!), has 200 pages on just the first two chapters of Genesis. Friday night, it was someone's birthday (he's like 30 or something, actually 25, but that's 30 here) so there was a Red and Black party here. Those are the colors of Georgia State where he goes/went. It was fun, but I didn't get to sleep until late or early depending on how you look at it.
Saturday was a lazy day and Sunday was Food Shopping Day! So now I have food in my fridge, but yet there are still dishes in the sink...and there will be tomorrow, and the day after, and the day after that, and the after that, and the day after that...
- My psych of conflict class is a three hour "we can talk about whatever you want in class" In a three hour class, the teacher will give us a break after the halfway point. My teacher takes a break every half hour...and it's not because we look bored, but because he has to go to the bathroom. And every time he gets up to leave, we all have to hold in our giggling until he leaves the room. This wasn't a one time thing. It's been happening for a few weeks and each time it just gets funnier. I think we had like three breaks plus the big 15,20,30 minute break. It depends on the day how long it is.
- We were filling out course evaluations for out teacher and this Ukrainian girl (who is the bluntest person I have ever met) just kept asking questions about the class for next semester and the lady who gave us the forms was just like "I don't know. You'll have to come to the International School Office"
On a related note, we were filling out the evals for Rabbinic Lit. and the teacher stayed there!! Besides the fact that I was in front row and that he could probably read what I was writing, I hate filling out evaluations when teachers are right there!
-There is a vending machine for hot drinks, which you might think is kind of gross. But it's not. It's 1.20 shekels. That's 25 cents for a small (really small) hot drink, usually hot chocolate. A cup drops down and your drink vends and you have a hot drink.
So, we finally got a microwave in our apartment a few weeks ago, but the timer was broken so my roommate went to go get it fixed. Anyway, I was helping her carry it from her trunk to our room and we started talking about Chanukkah and I mentioned how I forgot to bring a Chanukiah (it's not a "Menorah" in Israel) and the next day, I see a present on the table for me. I open it up and it's a menorah, I mean Chanukiah. From the box/the bottom of the Chanukiah, she probably got it for free or had it lying around her house. Either way, it was the thought that counts and it is very pretty.
This weekend was not as exciting at last week's trip to Jordan (I have more pictures, but it's too many to put into one album), but fun just the same. Thursday day just slipped through my hands. By the time I looked at my clock, it was 4:30 and I was like "WAIT it can't be. I haven't eaten lunch yet" At which point, my friend cam to borrow a laundry token from me and we ended up talking for an hour so by the time I lunch, it was actually an earlier dinner. Thursday night a bunch of us decided to go out for dinner because two friends of one of my friends came to visit (they are studying in Jordan and will be in Israel next semester). We went to Mercaz HaCarmel for dinner and I exactly knew where to get off the bus. It was exciting. Usually I have to wait until we pass the stop to realize that I was supposed to get off. We went to a Thai place called The Giraffe and it is run Israeli style. Before I get into that though, I want to mention something else. In the US, the waiters and cooks in Asian restaurants are all Asian. I think that the Head Cook was the only Asian and all the rest of the staff were Israeli. It's not just this restaurant either. I went to a sushi place at the beginning of the semester and the same type of staff was there too. It's just an interesting observation. Anyway, so the food in the restaurant is served whenever it's done. Which is good, except that some of us got our meals waaaay before others and the appetizer that we ordered came last. The other funny thing about being there was that a) my roommate was there with her parents and b) another big group (we were nine, them eleven) from the University came in literally two seconds after us. After eating dinner, we went ran into some other people from the university and went to for drinks with them. We were still nine people though because two others went home and it was only two that joined us.
Friday, I worked on my Rabbinic Lit paper, which is comparing the two creation stories. It is really interesting to read the rabbinic commentary because half the things they comment on have nothing to do with the actual verse. And they comment on every single word. In the book I got out from the library (which I can kind of navigate now!!), has 200 pages on just the first two chapters of Genesis. Friday night, it was someone's birthday (he's like 30 or something, actually 25, but that's 30 here) so there was a Red and Black party here. Those are the colors of Georgia State where he goes/went. It was fun, but I didn't get to sleep until late or early depending on how you look at it.
Saturday was a lazy day and Sunday was Food Shopping Day! So now I have food in my fridge, but yet there are still dishes in the sink...and there will be tomorrow, and the day after, and the day after that, and the after that, and the day after that...
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