Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Merry Christmas!

I have finally finished with all the tests and papers I had due before vacation. It has been VERY busy but SO fun! I think that my tests and papers went well. I have a couple projects to do over the break but I will not worry about those till next week:) I posted pictures below of the bike ride I did with my Extremers Club from Tyre(in the South) to Hamra(Beirut). After the break we are going caving! For Christmas, I baked LOTS of cookies to bring to a Christmas party I had with some friends. It was really nice and I still had some left over to give to others at my dorm. On Christmas Eve I went to my aunt's house. We had a nice dinner and visited. After everyone went to bed I watched "Love Actually" and then went to sleep:) On Christmas day I walked around the neighborhood and saw the Christmas decorations then I visited some family who I have been meaning to see for a while and it was very nice. I had to go back to my dorm in Hamra on Christmas night because I had another project. On the morning of Dec. 26th I had to be at Haigazian at 5am. A group of Hagaizian students went to Akkar, a neighborhood in the North near the Syrian border, to renovate a school that is in need of help. We renovated an entire building...the entire inside and outside. We cleaned, scraped and painted and the final product was worth all the hard work. We were totally exhausted by the end. I will post pictures when I get them in a couple weeks of the before and after. I came back after a couple days and my vacation finally started. Yesterday, I went shopping...bought a shirt and two books...then went to the premiere of a documentary called "Gaza Hospital" at AUB. Today, I went running/walking/gazing at the sea and the cloudy sky opened up beautifully for me for a couple hours. I plan to spend my break exploring Lebanon...especially the areas close to where I live...and take pictures so you can all see this neighborhood that I live in. It is an exciting place to be! I promise I will also spend this break writing about some topics that have been on mind and posting pictures on this blog.