Coast Hike

Wonderful hike, beautiful views. Enjoy:

And of course I went through that tunnel. Because of course I did. :)

Week Three

Well this has been a busy week; five club meetings, two biology symposium seminars, and classes with labs. I got my first two essays assigned and will have a biology exam next Friday. This weekend I go to the coast!

I have found some beautiful studying places in the meantime:

I also managed to go to a soccer game with one  of my friends (my first college sporting event). We won!

Fun Things

My forays into Portland have included two trips to a garden center (my friend was on a hunt for a cute bonsai- mission complete), another trip to the Saturday market, more trips to the tea shop (I want to see if I can taste all the flavors in the next four years (I do not believe it is possible, but it's fun to try); five flavors down, ...more than a hundred to go :P), a trip to a sushi shop, and some fun trimet navigation. Getting the hang of the city bit by bit (and taking full advantage of my minor-status to get half-off bus tickets!).

I got my futon! I love it!

My dorm with my futon:

Last weekend I baked nutella-swirled banana bread. Everyone was popping their head into our kitchen asking what made the hallway smell so good. It was decidedly delicious.

First Week

I have now taken college classes as a college student! Right now, they're pretty exciting; I hope my enthusiasm will hold throughout the semester. This semester, my classes are:

• Biology 141 (Monday Wednesday Friday 9:10-10:10)
• ecology based class
• Exploration & Discovery (Monday Wednesday Friday 10:20-11:20)
• reading/writing based class that every incoming student must take
• Chemistry 110 (Monday Wednesday Friday 12:40-1:40)
• Intro to Cultural Anthropology (Tuesday Thursday 1:50-3:20)
• Ghanaian Dance (Tuesday 7:00-8:00)

Yay college!

New Student Stuff

Hello people!

I'm a new student at college, going on New Student Trips and participating in New Student Orientation (NST and NSO, respectively).

Most exciting things that have happened so far:

1. I hiked 12 miles up and down a mountain
2. I ate a large quantity of wild huckleberries
3. I slept outside under the greatly-visible stars
4. I semi-set up my dorm
• still waiting on that futon
5. I watched a fire dancing show
6. I explored Portland and:
1. Ate at food carts 
• an  absolutely fantastic blackened salmon with chipotle mayo pie (shout-out to Whiffies)
• a disappointing "veggie mezze plate" that took twelve minutes (probably don't want a shout-out, although their falafel was pretty good) 
1. Went to the Saturday Market
2. Didn't get lost
7. I BOUGHT PLANTS
• a peace-lily named Josephina, a tillandsia named Tilly Jr. Jr., and a currently unnamed succulent
8. I BOUGHT NUTELLA
9. I found a cool tea store that I plan to frequent (cool tea store)

Tomorrow I start classes!

Until next week,

Cecilia