Hello friends and family!
Well, I have officially moved into my dorm room at Trinity College and am no longer living out of my suitcases (for those of you lucky - or unlucky - enough to see my crazy suitcases, you'll understand my enjoyment for ditching them!). However, in my shopping extravaganza to obtain the necessary items for living (i.e. bedding, toiletries, cooking utensils, etc), I seem to have a problem locating clothes hangers of all things. Sooo, while I thankfully have drawers under my bed for most articles of clothing, all my jackets and other attire needing to be hung up are still currently slung over my chair or stacked in a pile on the floor (hence the reason you will not see pictures of my room up here yet...but I do promise they will come soon). The good part about living in the middle of a city: you get exercise walking everywhere. The bad part: you walk everywhere. I did give in at one point during my shopping trip and grabbed a taxi back to my dorm since carrying pillows, a quilt, sheets, and towels got heavy after 2 blocks. Don't worry, it's the only time I've given in to the taxi route so far.
Ok, so the good part about the dorm: location, location, location. It takes me no more than 5 minutes to walk to class every morning. The school gym is across the street (on my way to class). There's a small grocery store half a block away (literally). In between the grocery store and my building is a fantastic Catholic Church. Sooooo, you will not hear me complaining about the living situation really. Oh, and did I mention that my dorm room has a double bed?? I think I am getting spoiled for dorm life.
While classes do not start until next Monday (6th of October), orientation started yesterday for the MBA program. Thanks to the good ol' Irish and their sense of time and providing information, I had no idea until I showed up yesterday at 9am what orientation would entail. I figured it would be a little bit of the ol' "getting to know you" deal with the class and the department folks, with a little team building thrown in for good measure (there are only 30 students in the class). Reality: I was in a classroom until half six (that's Irish lingo for 6:30...PM). AND, we were assigned two case studies to read overnight, in preparation for Tuesday's class on "how to use case studies." It was the first day of orientation, and I stayed up until 12:15am reading the darn articles. And I need to clarify for those who are aware of my procrastination skills: I wasn't procrastinating. The best part of the case study reading: the part that took 90% of the time to read wasn't even discussed. We watched a video put together regarding the study that was used to tell us how to analyze case studies. Grrrrrr.
Ok, now that I'm done venting, here's a bit about my class:
*A little over half are from Ireland (all but about 2 are from the Dublin area)
*5 Americans (one guy from San Fran, and the other girls are from Michigan, NY, and Boston).
*1 Nigerian
*1 South African
*2 Japanese
*1 Chinese
*1 Spaniard
ummm, I think I caught all the nationalities there, but if I forget one now, I'll make up for it later. All in all, 30 students.
I believe that this stage I am the youngest person, but there are one or two people very close to my age. Overall, the average age is probably right around 28-30, so it is still fairly young. Having some folks knowledgeable about Dublin is great, as we get to go to different places around campus for lunch that I probably would never figure out otherwise.
Roommates: only one other girl has moved in at this time, her name is Kate and she is from the East Coast, so a fellow American. She is getting her PhD here, and also got her Masters from Trinity a couple years ago, so it is excellent to have another American who is used to navigating Dublin!
Well, that is the update for now, but I promise to get some more pictures up soon of my room and perhaps more of the school where I will be spending plenty of time....
Turns out that I will be able to come home to CA for Christmas though, so I am excited about that!! Woooot!
Take care everyone, and until later-
Liz
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hi!! sounds like you're getting into the swing of things. you should read what happened to me today. :-p i think you being gone is going to help me keep up on my blog for those who read it (mainly my uncles), so thanks! :-p reading about your travels makes me miss guatemala and you soo much, though!!! hugs. me.
ps--how long will you be home at Christmas?? we're partying at Cat's for New Years... ;-) Jamie might come.
Oo...looks nice over there. Especially the green. Soooo much green. Good luck with finding hangers in Europe. They end up costing soo much it's almost not worth it. Try finding a dollar store. :)
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