No sleepy for me...
Hello again.. sorry it's been a few days. I've been feeling a little on the sicky side so not much has been going on. Yesterday I spent the entire day in my pajamas, and almost half of the day in bed. However, today has been much better, so I thought I'd update.
The only real noteworthy event this week before today was that I agreed to give a presentation to some high school students about America on February 17th (Jeremy's birthday!). I don't know how great of an example I will be of the US, but I will do my best to represent. Anyone who knows me knows I am downright terrified of public speaking. This would explain why I can't sleep right now.. I am thinking too much about the presentation. It should actually be pretty easy- I talk for 30 minutes about various things, and I get to talk slowly because the students have only studied English for 2 years... so I am going to try and bring lots of pictures for 'show and tell'. But of course I will freak myself out about it beforehand. I am really good at being a worry-wart. (I have been thinking about strange expressions we use in English, and I am adding that one to the list.) Anyway, I find that my best brainstorming time is right when I'm about to fall asleep. Then anxiety kicks in and I start worrying about all kinds of things. This is why I'm writing right now. :)
In other news, tonight we took Hara-san, Tanaka-san, and Fujita-san out for a "Thank You" dinner. They have all been very helpful to us so far during our stay and we finally got the chance to all take time out and have a good meal. We ate at the Nepali Kitchen... I had some excellent curry and cheese nan. I really need to find a place like that in SC... I'm going to miss it! Anyway, it was nice hanging out with the three of them and getting to relax. I usually only see them at the lab so it was nice to talk about things other than work. Hara-san just passed his dissertation defense so he is officially DR. HARA-san. :) He laughs every time we call him that. What's amazing to me is that he still stayed at the lab last night until 1:30 a.m.! They work so hard here... crazy hours! Sounds like Mr. Hetrick will be pulling those types of hours after I leave. :( Actually, I think he will be happy doing it.. he feels like a 'slacker' (his word) compared to a lot of them, and I can almost understand why after seeing the way they work. I just hope he also gets to relax when he comes back to SC- I have had fun hanging out with him in the evenings and on Sundays when he's home.
I guess that's about all for now. I'm still not tired yet so I think I will continue with this brainstorming thing. :) Only 2 more weeks until it's over!
-Ashley
The only real noteworthy event this week before today was that I agreed to give a presentation to some high school students about America on February 17th (Jeremy's birthday!). I don't know how great of an example I will be of the US, but I will do my best to represent. Anyone who knows me knows I am downright terrified of public speaking. This would explain why I can't sleep right now.. I am thinking too much about the presentation. It should actually be pretty easy- I talk for 30 minutes about various things, and I get to talk slowly because the students have only studied English for 2 years... so I am going to try and bring lots of pictures for 'show and tell'. But of course I will freak myself out about it beforehand. I am really good at being a worry-wart. (I have been thinking about strange expressions we use in English, and I am adding that one to the list.) Anyway, I find that my best brainstorming time is right when I'm about to fall asleep. Then anxiety kicks in and I start worrying about all kinds of things. This is why I'm writing right now. :)
In other news, tonight we took Hara-san, Tanaka-san, and Fujita-san out for a "Thank You" dinner. They have all been very helpful to us so far during our stay and we finally got the chance to all take time out and have a good meal. We ate at the Nepali Kitchen... I had some excellent curry and cheese nan. I really need to find a place like that in SC... I'm going to miss it! Anyway, it was nice hanging out with the three of them and getting to relax. I usually only see them at the lab so it was nice to talk about things other than work. Hara-san just passed his dissertation defense so he is officially DR. HARA-san. :) He laughs every time we call him that. What's amazing to me is that he still stayed at the lab last night until 1:30 a.m.! They work so hard here... crazy hours! Sounds like Mr. Hetrick will be pulling those types of hours after I leave. :( Actually, I think he will be happy doing it.. he feels like a 'slacker' (his word) compared to a lot of them, and I can almost understand why after seeing the way they work. I just hope he also gets to relax when he comes back to SC- I have had fun hanging out with him in the evenings and on Sundays when he's home.
I guess that's about all for now. I'm still not tired yet so I think I will continue with this brainstorming thing. :) Only 2 more weeks until it's over!
-Ashley
posted by Ashley at 2/03/2006
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