tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80751402007-04-25T16:15:37.924+02:00Follow my adventures through 9 months of Maltese University.Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03738937724506609063noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075140.post-1118687217830285332005-06-13T20:20:00.000+02:002005-06-13T20:26:57.836+02:00

i'm in london right now. i got here at 2am on saturday. i met up with stephanie and i came here with kate. we've seen pretty much everything worth seeing. the changing of the gaurd, the aquarium, paddington station, the orators in hyde park, big ben, westminster, soho, buckingham, regents park, green park, st james park, picadilly, leisceter square, dali universe, we've been riding the tube

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03738937724506609063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075140.post-1118316514304943792005-06-09T13:13:00.000+02:002005-06-09T13:28:34.310+02:00

Everything is coming to an end now. its getting sad. today Lori(canada), Daniel(Idaho), and Alexis(France) left for Sicily; Marlo(montana) and Jenn(canada) left for Vienna; and Chris(canada) left for home. all before 10am. Julia and I went with marlo and jenn to the airport at 6am. we got a ride with marlo's friend, kurt. it was weird saying good bye to them. I spend most of my days in

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The semester is wrapping up. We've been trying to find the perfect balance between study and fun. I think fun is winning out. I finished that huge paper and on the same day was assigned another paper. But, so far i have 2 papers done and a presentation (well in an hour the presentation will be done) So, i have 3 papers, 2 reaction papers, and 4 exams left. *whew* exams start next week and

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This weekend was pretty good all considered. We went to Gozo to camp on the beach on friday night. there were 11 of us. We made a fire on the beach which burned down pretty quickly. there wasnt a whole lot of wood laying around and no one thought to bring anything thing. we had a couple pieces of cardboard, a phonebook and toilet paper. that was it. but we had fire long enough to make hot

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Alright, I will admit, maybe i skipped one class on tuesday to go to the beach. We went to Paradise Bay. It was so fun, i dont regret it for a second. We found clay! once we started afixing things to each other's backs the other people on the beach began to leave. Greg, Julia and Marlo all had fins on their backs and some how i got an... ashtray? and a parrot. After the beach we came home

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Once agian, it's been a while. There just hasnt been too much to report. The weather has turned and it's now sunny and beautiful. Last week on friday I made Hotdish for the weekly family dinner. it seemed to go over pretty well. Sunday we went to a rabbit, cat, and bonsai show. it was very strange. they had a dog show too. and i saw the biggest rabbit i've ever seen in my whole life! I

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Venice was a blast. I was really happy to see mom and dad and jake finally. They brought me all kinds of yummy food and things too. It didnt start off quite right though. I landed in Venice on saturday and they didnt have my bag. I didnt have an address or a phone number for where we were staying so they couldnt really help me beyond having me leave a discription and giving me a number to

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03738937724506609063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075140.post-1110976464982843362005-03-16T13:29:00.000+01:002005-03-16T13:34:24.983+01:00

it all started on a gorgeous afternoon, yesterday (tuesday). Marlo came over and wanted to go to Valletta. I said I'd love to go, but can we stop at the Embassy so I can get a signature noterized... she said that would be delightful. so we went to the embassy where a maltese lady with a gun and a huge eye booger told us to come back tomorrow between the hours of 8am and 11am. We read the

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Football (soccer) went okay. i didnt get to play in the first match or the last match but i played all the matches in between. i even got some good plays against the kuwaiti national team. my team won the championship. even though it was just for fun the guys all took it pretty seriously. which is why i didnt fuss too much when they didnt let me play... (it wasnt nearly as important for me

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I got killed yesterday. it was sad... but fun. I came home from uni on the 330 bus and scottish mark was chilling in the reception with some people. I saw him notice me when i walked in and then i saw him leave the group and so i walked faster to my flat and then i saw him following me and so i walked faster and then he said, 'so jessica,' and then i screamed 'STAY AWAY FROM ME MARK!!!' and ran.

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Things have gotten deadly at the Residence! Okay, not really. We're playing a game called 'Gotcha' better known as Assassin. its very popular in the states, though i've never played it before. Everyone put their names on a list and then on sunday we were each presented with an envelope containing someone else's name and instructions. Basically, we have to find the person we were assigned and get

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There really hasnt been a whole lot happening. everything is getting resettled now that the new semester has started. A bunch of new kids moved in and the last of the old kids have left. it was quite sad. i'm slowly making new friends though. its a bit more difficult because i still have old friends left so that sense of desperation is gone. i'm being more selective in my friends. but so

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Finals are over, the papers are handed in. a new set of classes are comencing. i hope it will be a good semester. The last of my 1st semester friends are leaving today. The weekend was all tearful goodbyes and promises to come visit. For the most part I didnt really appreciate all the new students standing around in the way watching everyone say goodbye like it was some kind of train wreck.

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I have my last exam today. I'm not too concerned about it. it will either be really easy or impossibly hard. i studied so i should do okay. Its raining really hard today. the sky is pretty threatening. if i was home i'd worry about a tornado. This weekend was a lot of fun. The guys i hang out with turned their room into a dance club and the whole residence showed up. it was amazing!

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03738937724506609063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075140.post-1106900907893982002005-01-28T09:20:00.000+01:002005-01-28T09:28:27.893+01:00

Its finals week here at Malta University. I have 3 exams and 1 paper. Finals take 2 weeks, so its almost like a mini vacation. yesterday i took myself shopping. I was going to go to the catacombs but i didnt make it past valletta... something about the SALE signs drew me in like a moth to a lamp. I didnt buy much though. it was such a nice day i almost regret not going to the catacombs, but

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The other day I was walking home from school (yes I walk sometimes) and a little car drove by with a dog in the driver's seat. I thought about this for a few minutes before I realised, the dog was actually in the passenger's seat and I'm still not used to people driving on the otherside of the road. I may never get used it it in fact. Last night was probably one of the most entertaining nights

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Well, I'm back in Malta. Everything went just fine. My clothes smell to high heavens and my room is a mess with all the junk i brought back in my bag. i had a huge stack of mail waiting for me (thanks guys!) and an empty apartment. Most all of my friends were back in Malta when i got home so we all sat around and traded souvineers. it was nice. then i stayed up pretty late writting letters

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New Years eve was pretty fun. a little bit scary, but fun. the city had a huge celebration with a dj on a stage. we found ourselves in a sea of people! more people than ive ever found myself in before. whats more is in the streets they lit off palettes of firecrackers and fireworks. so, right after we hit midnight ann and i made our way back to the hostel to watch the celebrations from 4

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03738937724506609063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075140.post-1104497205741274762004-12-31T13:35:00.000+01:002004-12-31T13:46:45.740+01:00

In Holland... again. its really really nice being so familiar with the city. we know where the grocery store is and where our hostel was and what we have left to do. its great. after 2 days in Brussels we went to Brugge. it was the most beautiful city ever. its really old and there are canals and swans and old churches and the palace is magnificent. we had a really nice time there

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in belgium the keyboards suck... Or rather, they are very difficult to navigate. my first impression of belgium is... "lets get out of here". the weather sucks. today it was rainy and cold and we couldnt figure out any of our maps. the room at our hostel smelled really bad and so we walked in the rain for several hours until finally just as we were about to give in and call it a day we found

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Hello from Holland! Its very beautiful here. The Canals are just great. The bus ride from Copenhagen was the longest 13 hours of my life! we had a baby crying the WHOLE way. and for the most part the bus was full to capacity so we couldnt really stretch out or get any good napping in. So far we have seen the Anne Frank Huis (kind of a downer) and the Van Gogh Museum and we've walked all

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alright. i'm still in copenhagen. tomorrow is our last day. we're having a lot of fun too. it was a 13 hour bus ride from holland. We've seen the Strøget (shopping street) Christianina (hippy town) and the old Stock Exchange Building, and the Carlsburg Brewery. We met a bunch of new people too. we met a guy from Walker MN, he knows some of Anns friends and a girl i worked with over the

Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03738937724506609063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8075140.post-1103556557922707672004-12-20T16:28:00.000+01:002004-12-20T16:29:17.923+01:00

Right now i'm in Copenhagen, Denmark... where are your children? i'm having a great time.

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I'm getting really excited for my trip! I leave tomorrow. in 24 hours i will be flying high above europe! And wouldnt you know it, i have a cold! again! I'm going to have the worlds best immune system when i get back home. I'm okay though. i figure if it gets too bad i will be going to some of Europe's finest countries in terms of medicine. I think I trust the Dutch and the Danes with my

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So, its some kind of holiday here. St. Nicks... where the kids get candy in their shoes. Soooo, Ann and Zdenka and I are going to Burger King. I've forgotten what BK tastes like, so i'm excited. Also, Wednesday is some national Holiday here and everything is closed. Its going to be a fun week i think. My eye was bothering me most of the week so i didnt really do much. it was better by

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