So a new year is coming…

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New Year, postaday2011, Resolutions, Self-Improvement, Volunteer work

Normally, I don’t make New Year’s resolutions because I don’t see the point in waiting for a new year to make a change. However, coincidently for me, I happen to what to improve myself right as this year is ending. So here are some of my New Year’s resolutions…

1. Volunteer at an animal rescue home, specifically Kitten Rescue
2. Volunteer at my local police station
3. Learn to drive (yea, I’m 21 and I don’t know how to drive =\)
4. Read minimum a chapter of a book a day
5. Take more pictures with people and myself in them
6. Go on some walks here and there
7. Do some crunches or something because I’m getting a little pudgy
8. Stop eating chips (Hot Cheetos are my weakness, especially at that certain point of the month)
9. Explore St. Petersburg more
10. Most importantly have fun!

I hope ya’ll have a happy New Year. Feliz Año Nuevo¡ С новым годом!

Re: Leningrad Rock!

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80's, CIEE, Concert, Leningrad Rock, postaday2011, Russia, Study Abroad

December 8th, 2011

What is Leningrad Rock? 

The purpose of this concert is to celebrate the 30th anniversary of “Rock Club”, which was the first Russian rock club. It was a concert put together by CIEE, which is the study abroad program I am apart of. Students from CIEE preformed Russian songs and also some American songs. Oh, I forgot to mention that it was an 80′s theme party, which was so awesome. Almost everyone dressed up which was GREAT!

Leningrad Rock Poster

It was such a great night and I had lots of fun. Surprisingly, my feet were not killing me during because of my high heels but I did feel some pain walking home. Anywho, my friend, Mitchell, performed “Don’t Stop Believing” by Journey and it was my favorite performance of the night. The crowd really liked it and we all hugged him afterwards. He was really happy and that made me happy. For most of the night I was dancing and I was a bit sore the next day. I love to dance and I loved dancing with my friends.

At the end of the night, all of CIEE took a group picture up on stage and here it is…

These are the students in the Russian Area Studies and Russian Language program.

On a different note, this is my 100th post and I am so happy that I hit my 100th post before the New Year. To be honest, when I started this blog, I did not think that I would hit 100 posts. Wow, 100. That’s kind of a big number.

Yawn after Yawn

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Leningrad Rock, postaday2011, Sleep

I’ve been so tired since I’ve been home. I don’t understand it. It’s barely 10PM and I’m already thinking of going to bed.

Tomorrow I will tell you all about Leningrad Rock because I realized that I never posted anything about that night.

I’m yawning like crazy so until tomorrow my dear blog.

Спокойной ночи!

Finally back!

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Home, postaday2011, Russia

It feels a bit strange to be back home and not in Russia. Since the semester is over now, I do plan to write everyday, which brings me to talk about Postaday2011. Although I did not exactly post everyday this year, I did do a lot better than I thought I would. Once I joined postaday2011 in August, I did a good job and posted almost everyday, except for the few breaks that I took here and there because things were too hectic. Yes, I did break my promise to write everyday but things will be different in the new year.

I have so much to tell you all since the last time I posted. I’m excited to tell you everything.

Also I’m close to hitting my 100th post!

Спокойной ночи!

Byebye Munich (finally)

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Finally, after spending most of the day at the airport in Munich, my plane will be boarding soon. I’m so happy to finally be going home even though it will probably take about 12 hrs to get to Los Angeles. 

Also I didn’t think that I would say this but I am so thankful that Starbucks exists. I would not have made it through this layover without them =)

The End of the Semester

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My bags are packed. Tonight will be my last night in St. Petersburg, well until next semester. I’m going to miss everyone that I met here. I made a lot of memories. Everything is so bittersweet.

Maybe it’s punishment?

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Blog Gods, postaday2011, punishment, Swollen Lip

When I woke up this morning, I got up and grabbed my stuff to go shower. Then I noticed in the mirror that my lip was swollen. The left half of my lower is red and swollen. I felt extremely pretty when I saw that (sarcasm).

Why is it swollen? I got in a fight last night at a bar and I got punched in the face. However, I did win the fight. Woohoo! No, that is just a lie. I don’t know why it’s swollen. There was not fight, no bug bite (I don’t think), and no nothing. Of course, I am assuming that it is an allergic reaction to something but what that something is I do not know. Not even the slightest clue. Since I woke up the swollen has gone down a lot which is great because I have an excursion that I want to go to at 3:30PM. We are going to the Yusupov Palace. This is also going to be our last planned excursion by the program.

Part of me is starting to think that maybe my swollen lip is punishment for my post yesterday. That is why I decided to write something today just in case. Maybe if I please the Blog Gods, they will make my swollen lip go away. This is far as I go though because I am not going to perform some kind of human or animal sacrifice. Hope you are pleased now, Blog Gods!

Just 2 weeks

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Blog, postaday2011, Russia, Study Abroad

Finals are coming and things are going to get extremely hectic the next 2 weeks. I feel that it is going to be best to take a break from my blog even though I just came back not too long ago. There are just so many things that I have to do for school, to get ready to go home, and I want to enjoy the last 2 weeks in Russia before I go home for the holidays. Of course, I will drop by now and then but chances are my posts during the next 2 weeks will be lacking in quality just because of lack of time. I’ll be back as soon as I am home. Also promise to tell you everything that happens in those two weeks! Byebye!

Leningrad Rock!

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80's, CIEE, Concert, postaday2011, Russia, Study Abroad

Decade of the day: 80′s

I don’t have time to write a lengthy post today because I am going to Ленинградский Рок! (Leningrad Rock!) It’s an event that our program, CIEE, is hosting. Lots of students from the program are going to perform English and Russian songs. Also the theme of the concert is 80′s so right now I’m dressed up in what I hope looks somewhat like the 80′s. I’ll tell you all about it tomorrow. Hopefully, I don’t know if I will have time. Byebye.

I’m so excited.

Peter, you are great but…

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Family, Food, Friendship, Home, postaday2011, Russia, St. Petersburg, Study Abroad

Food of the day: Strawberry soup

Yea, such an amazing thing exists and I barely discovered it today. After my classes, which seemed to drag on forever, a couple of my friends and I went to this great little pastry shop/restaurant. I ordered pasta carbonara which was yummy and some orange juice because I think I’m getting sick. Then I knew I wanted dessert because well, I can’t say no dessert. It’s the best part of any meal, in my opinion. Of course, I didn’t know what I want and I was disappointed that they didn’t have the pastries from downstairs on the menu. I suppose that the pastries downstairs are only for the shop and not the restaurant. Then I read “Strawberry soup” and I was intrigued by that because I never heard of that before. My friend said that it was good so I decided to get it and I am so GLAD I did. I was happy and it was a nice pick me up because I was feeling terrible the whole day. When I first tried it, I remembered that I love strawberries and that I had not had any the whole time I have been in Russia. There are so many foods that I miss.