So, as stated before, nothing too exciting happens on a day to day basis, so I'll just highlight some interesting debvelopments. Last weekend, all of Shalem was planning on going to Ein Gedi for th weekend in honor of two birthdays that weekend. And as I was picking up the tents from the Young Judea office, I unexpectedly recieved the second package my parents sent :) which is awesome. But anyways, we got the tentsand were all set up but people kept being noncommittal and dropping out, so in the end we weren't able to do it. So we had two tents and nowhere to use them. So we built one in our kitchen. And camped. It was so much fun, even though we didn'd get to see Ein Gedi which is a nature preserve with lots of wild animals right across the street from the Dead Sea.
Anywho, great weekend hanging out with friends and such. On Sunday night, Masa (fund for sending teens to Israel) hosted an Edan Reichel concert in Jerusalem that I went to. At first I was a little annoyed because we were told to escort VIP's to their seats and then we listened to a couple speeches and watched a few videos telling us all about how great Masa is and how it's great to send kids to Israel. But after that, it was great- the first time I heard most of their music, but I really enjoyed it. A few songs in, everyone started getting up and dancing, so me and Chana (who was sitting next to me) got in and it was a blast.
The siyyur this week was Sea Scouts, where first we wentdown t the Bat Yam beach and played some relay race- water based games, then went sea kayaking. I've gone sea kayaking with my Aunt ASliza in the Galapagos before, which was absolutely stunning, but this time it was toally different. Me and Barry were in a two person kayak, and we were a power team, the fastest and most efficient out there. Plus the weather was great for being on the beach, and the sea was beautiful. It was great.
Wednesday we had a great dating shiur from R. Yossela :) Then the girls (and whoever didn't wanna play b-ball) went to the Michal Negrin factory, where they make all her jewelery, which was interesting, but not exactly my style.
Thrusday I reall enjoyed Atara's class on Ruth, even though there were only 4 kids who showed up. She's really sweet and has invited us all to Shabbat at her house :)
This weekend's weather was ridiculous. It stormed Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Yikes. I mean thunder, lightning, and raining cats and dogs. Nothing you ever see in Israel, but it was really good for the water shortage. And it made me hgappy, cause now it's in the 60's, not the high 80's. Feels like fall.
Right after shabbat ended, I worked on lots of homework, since I have a midterm in Bible Babel tomorrow and had to do the take-home midterm for Godtalk ("let's talk about God"). Hoping I'll do well, but not worried at all ;)
Love to all <3
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Thursday, October 22, 2009
October... and still 80 degrees F with no air conditioner
So, I know it's been an entire month since I last posted a blog, I have been very busy and it was difficult for me with the holidays and such... and yes I do kno that's a poor excuse. The main thing is that right now, I am postponing my much- needed nap to finally blog. Yay!!
So, here's Sukkot (hut holiday) in the one- minute version: I was with my friend, Jason Edelman (also on Shalem), and his family in teir Jerusalem apartment for both ends of the holiday, visiting the Kotel (Western Wall) a few times and on Simchat torah, a huge dancing party-thing. The food there was delicious (it may even rival yours, Grandma, although no one can come anywhere near how great your Borscht is), the hospitality was wonderful, and I had a wonderful time hanging out with Jason and some other kids from Shalem who also went for the holiday. In the in-between days of Chol Hamoed, Shalem all went to the Western wall to hear Birkat Hacohen, and the next day we went (I'm not sure where) snorkeling for techailet- a snail used to make the blue dye used for talit/tzitzit. I had alot of fun exploring around, although i did not actually find any of the right kind of snail. I did see this really cool school of fish, though, they swam together in such a way that they looked like Medusa. But I didn't bring any extra clothes, so I was wet on the bus for the hour- long journey home.
I had my birthday over Sukkot, and I had a great time, getting to hear the birthday song way too many times, but on wednesday after my birthdya, all of Shalem went out for a birthday dinner to a nice meat restaraunt. I had alot of fun going out with everyone, which doesn't happen very often. :)
Everything else the past couple weeks has been as usual, volunteering, classes, etc. are pretty much the same, nothing to note about those, the only new things to talk about are the Tuesday siyurim. So, diving for techailet was one siyur. The next one was sports day, where all the tracks (Shalem, medical, classic, bussiness, sports) played basketball, volleyball and soccer against each other in a tournament. I played 3 games of volleyball (we lost to the sports team but beat everyone else), one game of basketball (again lost to the sport track) and one game of soccer... needless to say I was totally wiped after that insanely hot and active day, but I'm pretty impressed with how we did since I was the only one there who had ever played team sports at all in high school.
And the Siyur this week was to "Dialogue in the Dark"- a blind museum in Holon. Basically the entire place is pitch black, and ther are rooms that each set up a scene- a boat, a marketplace, a street, a forest, a park ranger's lodge. Everything is in the dark, and you are guided through there by a blind or visually impaierd person. It was definitely an interesting experience, but i felt so lost the entire time, always calling to the guide to reorient me every so often.
Oh- and yesterday, i finally got my package from the Young Judea Office!! Yay!!!
Then I went to the Comic book shoop in Tel Aviv with Barry- and then Falafel for dinner!!
If there's one thing you should know about the food here, it's that both falafel and schwarma are delicious and great meals- I got mine last night for 14 shek ($3.50) for a meal!!
peace out, lovelies
miss you all and love you
<3
Anna
So, here's Sukkot (hut holiday) in the one- minute version: I was with my friend, Jason Edelman (also on Shalem), and his family in teir Jerusalem apartment for both ends of the holiday, visiting the Kotel (Western Wall) a few times and on Simchat torah, a huge dancing party-thing. The food there was delicious (it may even rival yours, Grandma, although no one can come anywhere near how great your Borscht is), the hospitality was wonderful, and I had a wonderful time hanging out with Jason and some other kids from Shalem who also went for the holiday. In the in-between days of Chol Hamoed, Shalem all went to the Western wall to hear Birkat Hacohen, and the next day we went (I'm not sure where) snorkeling for techailet- a snail used to make the blue dye used for talit/tzitzit. I had alot of fun exploring around, although i did not actually find any of the right kind of snail. I did see this really cool school of fish, though, they swam together in such a way that they looked like Medusa. But I didn't bring any extra clothes, so I was wet on the bus for the hour- long journey home.
I had my birthday over Sukkot, and I had a great time, getting to hear the birthday song way too many times, but on wednesday after my birthdya, all of Shalem went out for a birthday dinner to a nice meat restaraunt. I had alot of fun going out with everyone, which doesn't happen very often. :)
Everything else the past couple weeks has been as usual, volunteering, classes, etc. are pretty much the same, nothing to note about those, the only new things to talk about are the Tuesday siyurim. So, diving for techailet was one siyur. The next one was sports day, where all the tracks (Shalem, medical, classic, bussiness, sports) played basketball, volleyball and soccer against each other in a tournament. I played 3 games of volleyball (we lost to the sports team but beat everyone else), one game of basketball (again lost to the sport track) and one game of soccer... needless to say I was totally wiped after that insanely hot and active day, but I'm pretty impressed with how we did since I was the only one there who had ever played team sports at all in high school.
And the Siyur this week was to "Dialogue in the Dark"- a blind museum in Holon. Basically the entire place is pitch black, and ther are rooms that each set up a scene- a boat, a marketplace, a street, a forest, a park ranger's lodge. Everything is in the dark, and you are guided through there by a blind or visually impaierd person. It was definitely an interesting experience, but i felt so lost the entire time, always calling to the guide to reorient me every so often.
Oh- and yesterday, i finally got my package from the Young Judea Office!! Yay!!!
Then I went to the Comic book shoop in Tel Aviv with Barry- and then Falafel for dinner!!
If there's one thing you should know about the food here, it's that both falafel and schwarma are delicious and great meals- I got mine last night for 14 shek ($3.50) for a meal!!
peace out, lovelies
miss you all and love you
<3
Anna
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