Blogs from North America - page 26

Dit is mijn laatste blog voor dit jaar... Ik kan het bijna niet geloven, het eerste jaar aan de University of Miami zit er bijna volledig op! De laatste weken zijn eindelijk wat kalmer geweest. Ik heb hard aan mijn kortfilm, Predation, gewerkt. Toen de deadline naderde, hoorde ik van mijn klasgenoten dat ik de enige was van ons jaar die een volledig afgewerkte film kon indienen! Bij alle anderen was de film nog niet compleet (nog niet volledig gemonteerd, of nog geen muziek, ...). Dat komt waarschijnlijk omdat ik de enige was die per se voor we naar Guatemala vertrokken alles gefilmd wou hebben. Ik ben ook heel dankbaar voor de geweldige soundtrack die Geert Duhoux voor mijn kortfilm geschreven heeft! De hele klas is superjaloers! Deze zondag wordt Predation in onze cinema gespeeld.. Ik ... read more

Be warned this is a long post!!...Since last week Jade and me have moved on again and we're now back in lively Downtown Vancouver. We left Victoria on friday morning and headed by coach, 2 hours a bit further up the coast on Vancouver Island to a small town called Nanaimo, now when i say small it was actually tiny and had very little to do. But as one of the main ferry points was not too far away we decided to stay a couple of nights. We ended up at the Hosteling International place, which i think was the only hostel there and pretty much just chilled out and thought we would try and get ourselves some veiwings for appartments for when we got back to main Vancouver. The Hostel itself was really nice (a ... read more

I forgot to mention yesterday that we were rousted out of bed at 6 am by a fire alarm in our hotel. Some jerk pulled the alarm as a prank, but do you think anyone would come and tell all of the cold, sleepy people standing outside what was going on? No. Not impressive! Luckily we didn't have an agenda and were able to go back to sleep for a couple of hours. We spent yesterday driving. 12 hours of driving. Pretty boring day, but at the end of it my sister's friend in Fredricton had a cozy place for us to sleep. Even late at night she made us right at home. This morning we slept in late and then went for lunch at the most random motel restaurant that was really delicious and cozy. ... read more

It was after lunch when my daughter told me that we are going to Princeton University to see the various events the university is doing this April. I kept my excitement and stayed cool while I was quick to prepare my camera. Good colleges and universities always catch my interest because I love excellent education. Because I lacked information about Princeton U, I decided to consult several sources from the internet such as Wikipedia, and many others. These are what I gathered. Princeton University was founded in 1746 by New Light Presbyterians as College of New Jersey, making it as one of the nine (9) Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution. In 1756, the college was moved to Princeton, New Jesery. Its home in Princeton is the Nassau Hall, named for the Royal House of ... read more

Hello! So, day 2 at Riggs was very interesting indeed! Honestly, I've never known such a place existed anymore! Surrounded by eminent and frankly famous PhD and MD Psychoanalysts, often during case conferences, in a large room, discussing a patient, who is then brought in for an interview, in front of us all, invited to leave and then discussed at length! It seems very old-fashioned, but this centre in many ways succeeds on that! I had a meeting with my Preceptor - Dr Mark (something), which consisted of another walk and a philosophical analytical discussion. This time, we walked up a hill and the views were amazing! Picture attached! I'm loving it here - Barbara and Steve brought me a bagel this morning, with fresh coffee and cream cheese; and I had lunch at the Inn ... read more